I agree with pretty much everything you've written here. Yet, I absolutely loved this drama...it jolted me out…
Agree! I too loved the best friend's character and the actress who plays her did a really good job. I really wanted her to be happy and to be loved the way she deserved to be.
I'm genuinely so confused and frustrated why they wasted so much time with the sister's storyline in the last four episodes. As a cute side story, briefly depicting young love it would be fine, esp. if they just used it for comic relief. But their half-hearted attempt to develop it and with a pregnancy of all things on the least developed and most unqualified couple is so puzzling and infurriating and it left me feeling unfulfilled, which is at odds with the fact that the main's relationship was so good!
The acting was good and the main couple's story was well written and entertaining. However a major mistep was having THREE other couples, trying to cover it all in 14 episodes. Even if they had 16 episodes they should have kept it to the main leads relationship and at most another 2 couples to do it justice.
The main casualty was the main couple's storyline getting sidelined, and while I'm good with slow burns, we still tune in for a romance to actually see it develop beyond the infatuation stage, which we don't really get to see here. A real pity as the leads had really good chemistry and their storyline had a lot of potential.
Sang Jin's character was really interesting, I liked how they showed him growing from his past relationship. His relationship with U Ri could have been good had they written her just a little less naive. Seeing his earnest attempt to be a good person, I was kind of rooting for him to have a happy ending, though he had more chemistry with his ex-wife.
The best friend's relationship was sad, she needed to dump his ass. It had potential to explore a different kind or post-marriage relationship, but was badly paced and developed. Ultimately I just felt sorry for her. Their storyline became a snoozefest, partly because it was repetitive and only started getting interesting when she finally called him out on it in ep 13. If it had happened earlier we could have seen how they actually try to address what happens when monotony and taking one for granted can or cannot be resolved. But while it was dull it didn't irritate me as much as BoMi's storyline did.
The sister was less than a caricature, there was barely any fleshing out of her character in two thirds of the drama, then suddenly the pregnancy plot that distracted and took away precious time from the main story. What was the point??? And it may be just me, but I had no patience for her attitude and tantrums directed at her sister, I found myself feeling sorry for the fictional foetus to have her as a mother. To be really fair we the viewer know next to nothing of her character, she's not even a flat character, you at least know the purpose of a flat character, with Bo Mi I have no idea, what is her trait except to ensure we know Bo Ra wasn't dropped by a stork into dramaland.
I just wish we had more screentime with the leads, both BoRa and Soo Hyuk were compelling characters and all their moments shone. We just got so little of it.
Their subtitles are often really bad, enough to affect your viewing experience. Literal translations that dont take into account figurative-language, cultural issues or even grammar. From just awkward dialogue that changes the tone to causing genuince confusion and misunderstanding of what is being said.
I think for me 2016 had the highest number of highly rated dramas collectively. 1. Goblin 2. Signal 3. The Legend of the Blue Sea 4. Descendants of the Sun 5. Jealousy Incarnate 6. W :Two Worlds 7. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo 8. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo 9. Dr. Romantic 10. Another Miss Oh
Can anyone spoil this for me, does Hong Deok Ro become a traitor/betray his friendship to the Crown Prince/King in any way or does he remain a loyal servant? (Use spoiler tag pls.)
In the middle of this and I can't help but ship Gyo Dong and Yoo Rae. I know it's a long shot and unlikely but I can see the two of them making a cute couple.
I hope this has a good ending with a romance all on it's own. I'm willing to look at this as a whole new series as opposed to the idea it's the same character whose HEA only happens in 2020. Edit: I just read the synopsis, they're messing with my 2020 Lee Yeon, I thought this would be his past self 🤦
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As Long As We Both Shall Live (2023) https://kisskh.at/726653-my-happy-marriage
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My Happy Marriage (2023) - Live-action film version https://kisskh.at/726653-my-happy-marriage
Hopefully if enough request go in, they might bring it in, cause right now I don't think this is on Netflix's roster of upcoming films.
I'm genuinely so confused and frustrated why they wasted so much time with the sister's storyline in the last four episodes. As a cute side story, briefly depicting young love it would be fine, esp. if they just used it for comic relief. But their half-hearted attempt to develop it and with a pregnancy of all things on the least developed and most unqualified couple is so puzzling and infurriating and it left me feeling unfulfilled, which is at odds with the fact that the main's relationship was so good!
However a major mistep was having THREE other couples, trying to cover it all in 14 episodes. Even if they had 16 episodes they should have kept it to the main leads relationship and at most another 2 couples to do it justice.
The main casualty was the main couple's storyline getting sidelined, and while I'm good with slow burns, we still tune in for a romance to actually see it develop beyond the infatuation stage, which we don't really get to see here. A real pity as the leads had really good chemistry and their storyline had a lot of potential.
Sang Jin's character was really interesting, I liked how they showed him growing from his past relationship. His relationship with U Ri could have been good had they written her just a little less naive. Seeing his earnest attempt to be a good person, I was kind of rooting for him to have a happy ending, though he had more chemistry with his ex-wife.
The best friend's relationship was sad, she needed to dump his ass. It had potential to explore a different kind or post-marriage relationship, but was badly paced and developed. Ultimately I just felt sorry for her. Their storyline became a snoozefest, partly because it was repetitive and only started getting interesting when she finally called him out on it in ep 13. If it had happened earlier we could have seen how they actually try to address what happens when monotony and taking one for granted can or cannot be resolved. But while it was dull it didn't irritate me as much as BoMi's storyline did.
The sister was less than a caricature, there was barely any fleshing out of her character in two thirds of the drama, then suddenly the pregnancy plot that distracted and took away precious time from the main story. What was the point??? And it may be just me, but I had no patience for her attitude and tantrums directed at her sister, I found myself feeling sorry for the fictional foetus to have her as a mother. To be really fair we the viewer know next to nothing of her character, she's not even a flat character, you at least know the purpose of a flat character, with Bo Mi I have no idea, what is her trait except to ensure we know Bo Ra wasn't dropped by a stork into dramaland.
I just wish we had more screentime with the leads, both BoRa and Soo Hyuk were compelling characters and all their moments shone. We just got so little of it.
1. Goblin
2. Signal
3. The Legend of the Blue Sea
4. Descendants of the Sun
5. Jealousy Incarnate
6. W :Two Worlds
7. Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
8. Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo
9. Dr. Romantic
10. Another Miss Oh
Do Dan O and Kang San end up together?
Do all four of them survive (any deaths among them)?
Who is the Crown Prince and who the Watchman?
Edit: I just read the synopsis, they're messing with my 2020 Lee Yeon, I thought this would be his past self 🤦