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Reassuring watch if you're in love with someone who doesn't love you back
Complete transparency: I didn't finish this movie. The characters/dynamics seemed genuinely interesting in the beginning, with a lot of room for development and growth which this film fails terrifically at. Genuinely surprised that they have them get together in the end, even though I know this isn't an uncommon plot for jdramas. The male lead could have had some level of complexity/substance if they didn't end up together, and because they do, he becomes a very vapid and heartless character when it begins to dawn on you. Some really boring choices are made with the plot unfortunately, and I don't tend to fall prey to 2nd lead syndrome. The only moral of this movie is keep loving people who don't love you because they MIGHT love you back one day. The female lead starts out very shallow and doesn't have an ounce of growth throughout the entire movie because it never actually challenges her. It's mostly so disappointing because she is such a fun character and is brought so much life by her actress, that you really end up wanting her to respect herself more and develop outside of the boy she's spent possibly half of her whole life chasing. I did like the visuals, it's a pretty movie with charmingly tacky vfx. Loved her nails every time I saw them but hate every single hat in this movie. First 40 minutes is fun and overall a fine watch if you are looking for a bland, slow and substanceless movie beyond that mark. Great background movie perhaps...Was this review helpful to you?
Peak cinema
Absolutely peak. Super camp and so fun, was excited everyday looking forward to watching. The ending felt a little dragged out and disappointing, but that's okay, because if it had been as good as the best bits of this show, I think it would ruin the rest of my life knowing that I never had any more to watch. The visual direction was gorgeous for this era of dramas and the vfx are so charmingly awful and weirdly placed. The comedic timing of this show is so delightfully bizarre and had me on the verge of tears laughing multiple times. Will rewatch again in the near future. No clue why they remade perfection 3 years later but that is okay <3Was this review helpful to you?
