Also if you are going to play the will-they-won't-they game- give the audience more than 5 mins of the couple being together. It's annoying when kdramas pull this + n number of years apart and only give the last 5 mins of the couple together in a ROMANCE drama.
What a waste of a great cast. I hope they two leads can come back for something more substantial. This drama is visually great, but has one of the most tired story lines (a truly dapttaphae friends to lovers plot). The writing was meh, the ost plain (expected better music from something where the characters are in the music industry). The cast was great, but there's only so much you can do with meh-writing.
Everything just felt so....unremarkable, except maybe the cinematography. It's a good thing this was only 4 eps- I was already fast forwarding towards the end because it was becoming too will-they-won't-they.
You know, I watched this when it first came out and at that point I thought it was cute but not that great. Now l when I look back at clips of it on YT it makes me smile so much and feel so good. This was really a great drama! I judged it too harshly when it first came out. JGS and MGY made such a cute couple, I wish they would reunite in another drama. But I think JGS is never going to touch a romance drama anymore :(
You know, I watched this when it first came out and at that point I thought it was cute but not that great. Now l when I look back at clips of it on YT it makes me smile so much and feel so good. This was really a great drama! I judged it too harshly when it first came out. JGS and MGY made such a cute couple, I wish they would reunite in another drama. But I think JGS is never going to touch a romance drama anymore :(
This was good but not remarkable for me. I actually really enjoyed the saeguk part of the story line, the comedy and overall plot was good, as was the acting for the most part. I have to say I was so impressed by the three female actors in this drama (FL, Shaman, Ghost). Each one acted so well, I look forward to seeing more of them.
What this drama lacked was good script. Although the writer was good at the comedy, they dragged out parts, had too many filler scenes of nothing happening. I think from 13-15 it was really really boring, esp for something with an interesting crime subplot. Even before that there were too many scenes that were just boring. The script either seemed to forget there was a bad guy out there or in the serious parts just couldn't deliver.
This is a drama I know I will forget because the writing lacked the punch for a plot like this, but it was good to simply pass the time. This could have been better as 12 eps as opposed to 16- I really felt them struggling to fill the time in this the way cdramas do with 32+ eps.
I agree with your comment regarding "Starforce". But sadly Agency like starforce is still non existent in Korea.This…
100% agreed. It's about changing the mindset of this so called fan culture. Basically idols have to be like ef this, like Shin Min Ah and Won Bin. They just forced the fans to accept the relationship, and even though it took a few years now people support them.
Personally after watching so many long winded cdramas, I feel this cdrama is kinder sweet, short & precise. No…
I wonder if ALL writers suffer from lost first-loves because childhood sweethearts is such a big trope. I have zero memory of who I was friends with as a kid and only keep in touch with my closest friends as a teen. The idea of such strong childhood first love is alien to me.
Cute & adorable. At first I didn't like the FL but she won me over quite quickly. This was better than a lot of full length c-dramas. I recommend when you want something that's got decent acting and is short and sweet.
I'm on episode 4 as well. It's not fast paced but it's not boring for me. CLOY was more boring for me than this…
Same, CLOY was good up till the time they were in NK. Then after that it was meet, tearful goodbye scenes- rinse and repeat every 2 eps. Got boring real fast then.
If someone suddenly breaks a rumor that Mona Lisa was actually Shakespeare's daughter, morons with no life will…
For reals. I can't imagine people who actually spend their life/time actually hating someone just for existing or leading a better life than them. Man go out there and do something about your own instead of being a bitter soul.
Although this isn't ground breaking it is such a sweet watch. This drama leaves with you all the warm and fuzzies - a feat not easily accomplished in a drama with multiple couples and side characters. It's a fun watch when you just need something sweet a-la Weightlifting Fairy (it has similar vibes). I found all the couples charming and unique in their own way, and I usually dislike dramas with more than 2 couples in a story but the writer really pulled this off. The main leads seem not to have enough screen time somewhere in the middle but the other couples make up for it and then it picks back up for the MLS in the last 2 eps. Also I liked that for once when friends gather everyone got space to talk about their issues and it wasn't just the main lead using 'friendship' as an echo-chamber.
I wish companies like Starforce actually existed, who didn't treat idols/actors like products but as humans. Then maybe netizens would also treat them as humans too and not go crazy for "dating scandals". Hopefully the deeper meaning (packaged in sugar sweetness as it is) still gets through to both companies and fans. Antis are just crazy weirdos so there's no hope there.
My only critique is that the OST is forgettable and Lee Sung Kyul as pretty as she is still needs a lot more work as an actress. The ML did a lot of the heavy lifting in the emotional and chemistry scenes. I thought she was pretty decent in Dr Romantic but here she was flat in a lot of scenes (though there were some that she did well in). It's not all bad- she just needs improvement. Also her weight loss in this is a little worrying? I hope she's ok.
Overall a cute watch, slight dip in the middle but it picks itself back up pretty fast and is everything you want in a romcom.
Couldn't agree more! I'm actually quite annoyed with this drama cause it had all the ingredients to be spectacular,…
Oh I totally get you on the drama slump. I have been skip watching so many terribly written c-dramas for the cute vibes because nothing of substance has come along and I'm not in the mood for the darker no-romance genres at the moment.
I always think back to 200- pound beauty and how easily we forgave the trash that was that movie. From the fat shaming to the shallowness of every character. Also lol I remember those scenes from YAMG. I almost threw my laptop on the floor. I loveee ZLS and I can't believe writers like to write in fat shaming jokes at all let alone for her. I think it's cause she has slightly (and she lost so much weight for who rules the world) chubby cheeks. But I think it just makes her look so beautiful.
And it isn't just the females (although ofcourse it's way more pressure for them) but look at Lee Dong Wook or anyone in the kpop industry. They just don't eat and that's considered beautiful. Sigh.
I'm with you on plastic surgery- it's ok in a small dose but when it becomes all you want to do - we have a bigger societal problem. I could (and it seems like am lol) write an essay about the problematic beauty standard in Asian dramas. That being said, there's a reason I have been an avid drama watcher for more than 12 years now and it's cause they are generally fun/inspiring/cute/loveable/positive and the reallly good ones can spark change in the real world.
We just need better writers who don't throw normal people under the bus for cheap laughs. And make up artists who don't think thick layers of foundation is the cure for old age! XD
Yeah, it is silly, but I was in the right mood for this type of silliness, cliché story...but the second half…
Yeah seriously - she ripped his book, gave him a totally different one and some candy and that as a CHILD became the point of his obsession? Do writers think that every single interactions 5 years old of opposite sex have = first love? It looked like she didn't even play much with him after she met the other kid, so what memory is there to hold on to?
Why does the FL keep saying the ML lied to her without reflecting on the fact that she lied to him multiple times too? He had his reasons for lying as did she...but since she's written like a 5 year old and everyone enables that she has zero self reflection.
Everyone treats her with kid gloves and so she has no growth:
-At the start of the drama she's a nobody paparazzi and by the end she doesn't even seem to be a paparazzi but now has a rich boyfriend. -Did she mature at all in the job she had to whilst her sister was sick? Nope. She just keeps getting saved by the ML. -Did she grow in being in a relationship? Nope. She is constantly insecure, threatens to break up multiple times, and is always worried about him cheating. And she remains like that till the end. -Even when the 2ml threatens her instead of actually coming up with a counter plan or you know talking to the ML (whom she says can solve every problem, she decided she's going to just give in and be kidnapped.
The writer reaaalllly did this character dirty. But even the actress took the role too far from cute and bubbly to dumb and annoying.
This....was something. I mean it's obvious from her dual role the FL could act- and act really well to the point where I kept checking if different actresses were playing the twins. But....the writer made the main twin so....immature. It was like watching a 13 year old in a relationship - tantrums and all.
ML was manipulative in a way that in real life would scream get outta here girl but somehow was still more mature and likeable than the female character. It's so weird how the writer made a guy who manipulated the FL more likeable than the actual FL. There was ZERO growth in her character btw. She does not change from start to finish except getting more sad towards the end. That's not character growth- that's just having emotions?
If you ignore the red flags ( and it's really easy to because of the writing), this can be cute at times and a semi-fun watch. The leads did have some chemistry but in the third act barely had any screen time as we are forced to watch the secondary couples instead. Production was good overall and OST forgettable.
This is completely bingeable and can be a good inbetween drama if you go in knowing you need to put aside the darkness of the ML and the terrible writing of the FL.
Everything just felt so....unremarkable, except maybe the cinematography. It's a good thing this was only 4 eps- I was already fast forwarding towards the end because it was becoming too will-they-won't-they.
Reply 1997 did it better.
What this drama lacked was good script. Although the writer was good at the comedy, they dragged out parts, had too many filler scenes of nothing happening. I think from 13-15 it was really really boring, esp for something with an interesting crime subplot. Even before that there were too many scenes that were just boring. The script either seemed to forget there was a bad guy out there or in the serious parts just couldn't deliver.
This is a drama I know I will forget because the writing lacked the punch for a plot like this, but it was good to simply pass the time. This could have been better as 12 eps as opposed to 16- I really felt them struggling to fill the time in this the way cdramas do with 32+ eps.
I wish companies like Starforce actually existed, who didn't treat idols/actors like products but as humans. Then maybe netizens would also treat them as humans too and not go crazy for "dating scandals". Hopefully the deeper meaning (packaged in sugar sweetness as it is) still gets through to both companies and fans. Antis are just crazy weirdos so there's no hope there.
My only critique is that the OST is forgettable and Lee Sung Kyul as pretty as she is still needs a lot more work as an actress. The ML did a lot of the heavy lifting in the emotional and chemistry scenes. I thought she was pretty decent in Dr Romantic but here she was flat in a lot of scenes (though there were some that she did well in). It's not all bad- she just needs improvement. Also her weight loss in this is a little worrying? I hope she's ok.
Overall a cute watch, slight dip in the middle but it picks itself back up pretty fast and is everything you want in a romcom.
I always think back to 200- pound beauty and how easily we forgave the trash that was that movie. From the fat shaming to the shallowness of every character. Also lol I remember those scenes from YAMG. I almost threw my laptop on the floor. I loveee ZLS and I can't believe writers like to write in fat shaming jokes at all let alone for her. I think it's cause she has slightly (and she lost so much weight for who rules the world) chubby cheeks. But I think it just makes her look so beautiful.
And it isn't just the females (although ofcourse it's way more pressure for them) but look at Lee Dong Wook or anyone in the kpop industry. They just don't eat and that's considered beautiful. Sigh.
I'm with you on plastic surgery- it's ok in a small dose but when it becomes all you want to do - we have a bigger societal problem. I could (and it seems like am lol) write an essay about the problematic beauty standard in Asian dramas. That being said, there's a reason I have been an avid drama watcher for more than 12 years now and it's cause they are generally fun/inspiring/cute/loveable/positive and the reallly good ones can spark change in the real world.
We just need better writers who don't throw normal people under the bus for cheap laughs. And make up artists who don't think thick layers of foundation is the cure for old age! XD
It looked like she didn't even play much with him after she met the other kid, so what memory is there to hold on to?
Everyone treats her with kid gloves and so she has no growth:
-At the start of the drama she's a nobody paparazzi and by the end she doesn't even seem to be a paparazzi but now has a rich boyfriend.
-Did she mature at all in the job she had to whilst her sister was sick? Nope. She just keeps getting saved by the ML.
-Did she grow in being in a relationship? Nope. She is constantly insecure, threatens to break up multiple times, and is always worried about him cheating. And she remains like that till the end.
-Even when the 2ml threatens her instead of actually coming up with a counter plan or you know talking to the ML (whom she says can solve every problem, she decided she's going to just give in and be kidnapped.
The writer reaaalllly did this character dirty. But even the actress took the role too far from cute and bubbly to dumb and annoying.
ML was manipulative in a way that in real life would scream get outta here girl but somehow was still more mature and likeable than the female character. It's so weird how the writer made a guy who manipulated the FL more likeable than the actual FL. There was ZERO growth in her character btw. She does not change from start to finish except getting more sad towards the end. That's not character growth- that's just having emotions?
If you ignore the red flags ( and it's really easy to because of the writing), this can be cute at times and a semi-fun watch. The leads did have some chemistry but in the third act barely had any screen time as we are forced to watch the secondary couples instead. Production was good overall and OST forgettable.
This is completely bingeable and can be a good inbetween drama if you go in knowing you need to put aside the darkness of the ML and the terrible writing of the FL.