This rom-com is pretty low on the "rom". The last several episodes are really draggy. But IMO, It's worth watching through at least episode 4, because episode 4 has some incredibly funny scenes in it. The kisses are decent, but there's only 2 or 3 of them. And weirdly, while the kisses are good, I don't pick up any chemistry between the leads at all.
The OST goes so hard. Really funny and nostalgic little drama. It's worth it alone to see these actors when they…
I wish they still made at least SOME k-dramas like this. I like the feel of the older ones better in a lot of respects... and their sense of style back then was AWESOME. K-dramas still have really good fashion sense, don't get me wrong, but I love the look they were doing back in these days, so sek-shi!!!
I gave it a 7 because it's awesome in so many ways and loaded with angsty tension... and there were only 2 kiss scenes, both of which were cut way way way too short. That just didn't match up at all. I could easily have given this a 9 if there was actual kiss scenes, and the last 2 episodes weren't completely messed up and copped out on.
Pros - LSG and LDW are super hot, and some good laughs, that set of couples coffee mugs had me just dying. FL not annoying most of the time. OST is fire. Cons - I haaaaaaaaate this FL so much I skip her scenes in EVERY drama she's in. Last few episodes feel like they were not even written by the same writing team.
I thought the whole point of the story is that you can't tell which one of them is worse, they both started off lying to eachother. All he lied about was that he left his ex for the FL. It drove his ex to attempt suicide, and he was taking care of her ever since. That's all he didn't say to her. But in bed when she asks him if he'd ever lied to her, he did admit to her that yes, he'd lied to her, and he was trying to find a good way to fix his mistake.
All the things he did after that, as stupid as they were, he says himself in the end, he did because he was freaking out that he might lose her. That makes all his actions childish and somewhat abusive, but not sheer psycho.
Whereas SHE lied lied lied lied lied all the damn time to him, then she wrecked his entire career it took him 20 years to build.
Who's worse there, y'know? I was thinking the ENTIRE time, that if she didn't feel some strange urge to compulsively lie all the time, they'd never have been in that whole mess in the first place.
Did I miss something?
I get that the recording was creepy, but I think that's to set up the audience early on to anticipate that the way the story's going that he's a true psycho, when really he's just an idiot man. With a different musical score, the whole thing would seem a little bit different.
I think the movie is trying to ask it's audience.... did she drive him into certain actions by bringing out the worst in him? Or was he really the effed up one? And for the audience to kind of discuss that and mull it over, with no real answer.
Granted... it would have helped to have had subtitles for the written stuff in the movie like the flash drive, the diary, the text messages. So I'm not sure, but that was just the impression it left on me once I finished, was that the whole situation was very much also her fault. Like at the end when she dares him to be his honest self. He gets totally honest, and then talks about her lying as well, and she puts her hands to her ears and goes all "shattered" and crazylike. She can't even be honest with herself, but she's asking him to be. It's so messed up. I was just thinking about how she was just as messed up as he was really.
couldn't even finish the first episode... the cutting and camera work made me cringe... 😬
God, the camera work.... "Hey, let's backlight this scene.... hey let's backlight this scene too.... this scene was perfect but can we re-shoot it with a glaring backlight?"
Or how EVERYBODY needs proof of everything before they can level an accusation, but when Lil' Cuz strolls in with…
Or the FL's dad just letting everyone think he's a child-killer / family murderer for several episodes before he comes back all like "yeah, I didn't do that, actually tho."
I'm on episode 10 and I have to say the warehouse scene makes no sense! She would have needed to be read into…
Or how EVERYBODY needs proof of everything before they can level an accusation, but when Lil' Cuz strolls in with a 4 second recording that alludes vaguely to the ML not being the heir to the company, that's apparently good enough for him to take over everything without the board needing so much as a DNA test.
First off, I gave it a 7.5 for... something. I don't know exactly what. It had a really good level of kilig and spice and kiss scenes up until the last episodes, and that was very pleasant. The ML and FL were good actors. The ML was really handsome. The storyline and plot twists were awesome.
What you'll have to endure when you watch: Crater-sized plot holes, glaring technical mistakes, low-budget hilarity, a few wicked bad fashion choices here and there, an extremely aggressive OST that sucks... and WHY. WHY. WHY. are c-dramas obsessed with the "spunky loud short-haired overacting" 2FL?!?!?!? News flash, chinese-drama-makers: She's not funny, she's not sexy, she's not cute, and nobody likes her. So... one of THOSE 2FL's. It was sort of annoying that every female on the show looked like an advertisement for Rogaine. And also, wrapping up the plot in the last 3 episodes sucks the romance right out of the show, but that's kind of a more minor point, because all the way up until almost the end they manage to keep the ML/FL chemistry going. Oh, and I almost forgot that the ML grabs the FL by the throat twice before she falls in love with him, and never apologizes for it, but whatevs, right? And that's another thing, why is it perfectly acceptable in c-dramas to grab a woman by the throat?!?!?
Honestly it has so many glaring flaws that I have a hard time justifying even why I gave it a 7.5. I guess just because it was interesting and sexy in a really twisted, low IQ, guilty-pleasure kind of a way. It was a sexy (?) thrill-ride in a bucket of Easy-Cheese. And by "sexy" I mean sexy if you can overlook the whole strangling thing.
The highlight of this drama is that the FL is so cute and adorable. There is ok chemistry with the ML, but ML is not the best actor. Not the worst, but not the best either. This is a story about an ML and FL that get together early on, and face obstacles together, becoming a stronger couple as they overcome those obstacles. A very sweet and fluffy story.
A few of the downsides... the OST is hideous, and very aggressive. I muted many times to get away from it... and if the OST isn't aggressive enough for you, the product placement is ludicrously in-your-face.... There is virtually no spice or kilig. There's only a few kiss scenes in all 33 episodes, which isn't very nice to do to a viewer imo.... and finally, what's with the brown rubber jacket in the final scene? Yikes.
I gave it a 7.5... pretty engrossing and light, very sweet... but distinctly lacking in fire or spice, and not the kind of acting that would make me rate it higher. FL is the only one who turned in an outstanding performance.
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Pros - LSG and LDW are super hot, and some good laughs, that set of couples coffee mugs had me just dying. FL not annoying most of the time. OST is fire.
Cons - I haaaaaaaaate this FL so much I skip her scenes in EVERY drama she's in. Last few episodes feel like they were not even written by the same writing team.
All the things he did after that, as stupid as they were, he says himself in the end, he did because he was freaking out that he might lose her. That makes all his actions childish and somewhat abusive, but not sheer psycho.
Whereas SHE lied lied lied lied lied all the damn time to him, then she wrecked his entire career it took him 20 years to build.
Who's worse there, y'know? I was thinking the ENTIRE time, that if she didn't feel some strange urge to compulsively lie all the time, they'd never have been in that whole mess in the first place.
Did I miss something?
I get that the recording was creepy, but I think that's to set up the audience early on to anticipate that the way the story's going that he's a true psycho, when really he's just an idiot man. With a different musical score, the whole thing would seem a little bit different.
I think the movie is trying to ask it's audience.... did she drive him into certain actions by bringing out the worst in him? Or was he really the effed up one? And for the audience to kind of discuss that and mull it over, with no real answer.
Granted... it would have helped to have had subtitles for the written stuff in the movie like the flash drive, the diary, the text messages. So I'm not sure, but that was just the impression it left on me once I finished, was that the whole situation was very much also her fault. Like at the end when she dares him to be his honest self. He gets totally honest, and then talks about her lying as well, and she puts her hands to her ears and goes all "shattered" and crazylike. She can't even be honest with herself, but she's asking him to be. It's so messed up. I was just thinking about how she was just as messed up as he was really.
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-China, probably
First off, I gave it a 7.5 for... something. I don't know exactly what. It had a really good level of kilig and spice and kiss scenes up until the last episodes, and that was very pleasant. The ML and FL were good actors. The ML was really handsome. The storyline and plot twists were awesome.
What you'll have to endure when you watch: Crater-sized plot holes, glaring technical mistakes, low-budget hilarity, a few wicked bad fashion choices here and there, an extremely aggressive OST that sucks... and WHY. WHY. WHY. are c-dramas obsessed with the "spunky loud short-haired overacting" 2FL?!?!?!? News flash, chinese-drama-makers: She's not funny, she's not sexy, she's not cute, and nobody likes her. So... one of THOSE 2FL's. It was sort of annoying that every female on the show looked like an advertisement for Rogaine. And also, wrapping up the plot in the last 3 episodes sucks the romance right out of the show, but that's kind of a more minor point, because all the way up until almost the end they manage to keep the ML/FL chemistry going. Oh, and I almost forgot that the ML grabs the FL by the throat twice before she falls in love with him, and never apologizes for it, but whatevs, right? And that's another thing, why is it perfectly acceptable in c-dramas to grab a woman by the throat?!?!?
Honestly it has so many glaring flaws that I have a hard time justifying even why I gave it a 7.5. I guess just because it was interesting and sexy in a really twisted, low IQ, guilty-pleasure kind of a way. It was a sexy (?) thrill-ride in a bucket of Easy-Cheese. And by "sexy" I mean sexy if you can overlook the whole strangling thing.
A few of the downsides... the OST is hideous, and very aggressive. I muted many times to get away from it... and if the OST isn't aggressive enough for you, the product placement is ludicrously in-your-face.... There is virtually no spice or kilig. There's only a few kiss scenes in all 33 episodes, which isn't very nice to do to a viewer imo.... and finally, what's with the brown rubber jacket in the final scene? Yikes.
I gave it a 7.5... pretty engrossing and light, very sweet... but distinctly lacking in fire or spice, and not the kind of acting that would make me rate it higher. FL is the only one who turned in an outstanding performance.