Surprisingly Entertaining
Adaptation: As someone who read the wattpad story, the drama was a very close to the book. They did change some topics/words that would have been inappropriate in today's times but overall it still kept to the story (which I like, I hate when shows steer too far from the original plotline).
Plotline: Bc I read the story, I wasn't surprised on how some people reacted to the characters' personalities cause .. same. I'm still team tripp, but after watching Drake's POVs at the end of each ep.. it ALMOST made me jump ship. Heavy on the almost. But plotline is very onpoint with the coming of age genre and teenage puppy love. We were all stupid teenagers in love at one point lol
Acting: This is my first watching any of the actors and I was very pleased esp with the FL. I was shocked to discover this was her first lead role (besides the web series?)! Her micro expressions were very on point, but the one thing I would fault is the heavy emotional scenes for her. She did fine, but there's always room for improvement. Overall, she still exceeded my expectations as her first lead role. As for the ML, I feel like because all his lines were in english it felt a little lacking. But taking in consideration that English is probably not his first language, he still did great as Drake. His eyes are intense, which apparently is what he is known for. SML.. damn, he's so good looking. On top of his looks, I enjoyed his acting too. Same for the rest of the cast.
Chemistry: I felt like everyone meshed well. The chemistry was there, at first I was meh about the main leads but towards the middle to end, I could see that they got more comfortable with acting with each other. Maybe bc I'm Tripp bias, I do enjoy her scenes with Tripp more.
Music: It's cute. But if I have to hear sugar sugar one more time... I'm going to rip my hair out LOL
Overall, I enjoyed it. The acting wasn't as cringe as a lot of other pinoy dramas I have watched, but there were still a little bit of secondhand embarrassment. I'm just going to take it for what it is because I would have ATE this up as a teenager. 8/10
Plotline: Bc I read the story, I wasn't surprised on how some people reacted to the characters' personalities cause .. same. I'm still team tripp, but after watching Drake's POVs at the end of each ep.. it ALMOST made me jump ship. Heavy on the almost. But plotline is very onpoint with the coming of age genre and teenage puppy love. We were all stupid teenagers in love at one point lol
Acting: This is my first watching any of the actors and I was very pleased esp with the FL. I was shocked to discover this was her first lead role (besides the web series?)! Her micro expressions were very on point, but the one thing I would fault is the heavy emotional scenes for her. She did fine, but there's always room for improvement. Overall, she still exceeded my expectations as her first lead role. As for the ML, I feel like because all his lines were in english it felt a little lacking. But taking in consideration that English is probably not his first language, he still did great as Drake. His eyes are intense, which apparently is what he is known for. SML.. damn, he's so good looking. On top of his looks, I enjoyed his acting too. Same for the rest of the cast.
Chemistry: I felt like everyone meshed well. The chemistry was there, at first I was meh about the main leads but towards the middle to end, I could see that they got more comfortable with acting with each other. Maybe bc I'm Tripp bias, I do enjoy her scenes with Tripp more.
Music: It's cute. But if I have to hear sugar sugar one more time... I'm going to rip my hair out LOL
Overall, I enjoyed it. The acting wasn't as cringe as a lot of other pinoy dramas I have watched, but there were still a little bit of secondhand embarrassment. I'm just going to take it for what it is because I would have ATE this up as a teenager. 8/10
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