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It's such an interesting series to watch, really. It was my first contact with NetJJ, and I'm hooked. Yeah, I get it, I'm getting it. Now I'm talking about the series....
I think it has some little problems with the directing. It's a mix of JJ being a rookie and the direction not guiding him well enough in some episodes, because it's got way too comical, to the point that it feels embarassing to watch in the early episodes. Towards the end, that improves completely. I also think it's partly a matter of JJ sinking into the character a little more, get more used to it. Still, for his first time as a main lead, it's very good. It's not a bad performance, really not. But Net is not a rookie. He's a much more mature actor, and it really shows: his acting is so perfectly on point that it's so satisfying to watch.
I really love the whole storyline of Love Upon a Time. It's beautiful and well made. My only problems were the over-the-top comedy in the first episodes and the rushed ending. In some episodes around the middle the story moves so slowly, and then, when we get to the end, everything is squeezed in. I think the pacing wasn't distributed well across the episodes. That doesn't make the series bad, not even close, it's just that at some points I think it could have been done better.
The production effort to make a series set 400 years in the past is beautiful. You can really see that the whole team was passionate about what they were doing. Overall, it's a fun series that balances comedy and emotion really well. It's deeply emotional without being heavy.
The only other thing that felt a little off: this is a series where you have to be patient. If you make it through the first episodes, you'll find gold. But those first episodes are very confusing. I think it's a directing choice, because the main character is confused and we see everything from his point of view. So you're confused with him, but it makes the viewing experience a bit tiring. I think there were smoother ways to do it. Still, it's a very fun series, and easily one of the best I watched this year. I really enjoyed it.
I think it has some little problems with the directing. It's a mix of JJ being a rookie and the direction not guiding him well enough in some episodes, because it's got way too comical, to the point that it feels embarassing to watch in the early episodes. Towards the end, that improves completely. I also think it's partly a matter of JJ sinking into the character a little more, get more used to it. Still, for his first time as a main lead, it's very good. It's not a bad performance, really not. But Net is not a rookie. He's a much more mature actor, and it really shows: his acting is so perfectly on point that it's so satisfying to watch.
I really love the whole storyline of Love Upon a Time. It's beautiful and well made. My only problems were the over-the-top comedy in the first episodes and the rushed ending. In some episodes around the middle the story moves so slowly, and then, when we get to the end, everything is squeezed in. I think the pacing wasn't distributed well across the episodes. That doesn't make the series bad, not even close, it's just that at some points I think it could have been done better.
The production effort to make a series set 400 years in the past is beautiful. You can really see that the whole team was passionate about what they were doing. Overall, it's a fun series that balances comedy and emotion really well. It's deeply emotional without being heavy.
The only other thing that felt a little off: this is a series where you have to be patient. If you make it through the first episodes, you'll find gold. But those first episodes are very confusing. I think it's a directing choice, because the main character is confused and we see everything from his point of view. So you're confused with him, but it makes the viewing experience a bit tiring. I think there were smoother ways to do it. Still, it's a very fun series, and easily one of the best I watched this year. I really enjoyed it.
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