The usual makjang route without anything new or interesting that would stand out. Which would be fine if it weren't 160 episodes. Aside from the repetitive nature of the genre, they were including a lot of necessary fillers that were meaningless. Apparently the writer was struggling too, especially with the autistic main lead Hyung Woo. He was introduced briefly and had some screen-time in the first 30 episodes then he almost was never on screen other than once every 5 episodes until they brought him back for the last 30 episodes. I guess writing for an autistic character would require more effort.
is there chemistry early on and throughout the entire drama? and just how brief is the romance?
Kinda early on then there's a big gap before it comes back. If you collect it together, it would amount to a few episodes only while the rest is just school and work.
It's very hard to make a good sports drama and this one definitely failed in making one. Kim Bum's childish character was irritating beyond belief. He single-handedly brought the drama down. You can make him a troubled youth/teen character without making him as a literal child throwing tantrums every 2 seconds.
Awful story, characters, writing, editing, production, score, dialogue, love square, development and conclusion. The last episodes was pure cancer. Literally garbage!
Nice concept, awful execution. Its low production and low quality almost made it unwatchable. Most cases were boring and uninteresting. The same can be said about the characters' backstory. The cast performance was lackluster, half of them can't act!
Its low production and low quality almost made it unwatchable. Most matchmaking cases were boring and uninteresting. The same can be said about the characters' backstory. The cast performance was lackluster, half of them can't act! Lee Tae Sung got some really awkward scene. That one scene in eps 9 while trying to talk to Joo Ri, who approved the scene? Anyway, there's already a better matchmaking drama called "Love Marriage (2008)", way better than this one. There's also another one called "Divorce Lawyer in Love (2015)" which is decent.
No where near as good as the original movie. The drama constantly jump between different periods/episodes/scenes, even scenes from the final moments are in early episodes, this was a really bad decision in the directing department and the scuffed production doesn't help either at all. Yeah sure the drama had Hyun Bin but that's not enough!
Even if we disregarded the ending, I wouldn't recommend the drama. Sure it had some funny moments amongst the family members and there was good chemistry roaming around but the drama had serious issues in many different aspects. Despite having a good start, the problems started surfacing within 10 episodes only! Not a good sign!
I believe the writer became possessed by an old midget goblin demon soul as she was crafting this abomination of an ending. She must've really hated her job at the time or had a big conflict with the production company/staff. I refuse to believe she was normal while writing the ending. Despite the writer being known to have these kind of unhinged tendencies, stupidity and retardness shall not be forgiven!
The usual makjang route without anything new or interesting that would stand out. Aside from the repetitive nature of the genre, the drama had the bad kind of revenge. On the other hand, the female lead Soo Hyun was genuinely detestable and revolting from beginning to end with no exceptions.
I love Yoon So Yi but this is her worst project she picked up to date, even worse than "The Color of a Woman (2011)" or "Say You Love Me (2004)". Barely serviceable story and full of generic makjang characters. Unnecessarily long for such a scuffed story. They created a massive conflict in the last 2-3 episodes and then proceeded to brush it off within half an episode despite having a very relaxed 51 episodes of nothingness. There wasn't much chemistry between the leads. Both male lead sucked. All the relationships sucked, romantic and non-romantic one. Especially with the in-laws, it was exhausting and brain numbing. By the end, I couldn't care less who would end up with who and what happens to who.
To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. I came into this expecting something similar to "Giant (2010)" but ended up getting a flashy action and a lousy over-dramatic fuss. This the type of drama were you get 20 quick flashy shaky camera edits before an action is taken. Lackluster action despite having a massive budget. It seems the number of episodes was predetermined before finalizing the story/writing, this is why we got a handful of nothingness. What do you expect from the writing department when they had internal issues midway through. Even the lead actress dropped out halfway through. Even the other female lead had a significant screen time reduction.
The drama had one of the cringest last scene epilogue out there. The awkwardness as they were sitting around the table, I could feel it piercing through my bones. Can't help but feel this was a waste of big cast. Classic Korean society normalizing rape with no consequences, even more favorable for the rapist. My expectations and interest were nullified when that happened. All the relationships sucked, romantic and non-romantic ones. By the end, I couldn't care less what happens to who. One finale remark, if they want to commit to the route they choose, then there should've been more deaths!
My biggest problem with this drama was Dae Pung. I've never seen a more obnoxious, childish, repulsive and sleazy character like him. I can't stress enough how annoyed I was watching the drama because of him. He's the type of the character that's always loud no matter what, I wish I could turn down the volume just for his character, I actually had to watch the drama at slightly lower volume than usual because of him. He gave me physical pain. He didn't deserve to have a love interest. I hated him and his story.
Anyway, the other stories were fine. Mi Pung's story get brought up for a scene every few episodes, you'll always keep forgetting about him. Sun Pung's story had some attention at the beginning then became similar to Mi Pung's case. Jin Poong's story was the only one that was constantly present and had some development. The drama was lacking to create a good family dynamic, the individual stories were the main focus and the family felt like it was their to react not to interact. I gotta say, the old geezers in the drama were likeable.
On another note, watching kids bully each other because one's mother is dead was more of a comedy rather than being sad. At this point, this trope should end because it's cringe.
Decent cast but the story was a massive let down. With every single turning point the writer choose to take the worst possible route. Let alone the story itself wasn't interesting. By the end of episode 5 everything was revealed and there wasn't much to look up for. It's also the worst bodyguard themed drama.
The cast did a great job but the story was handicapped from the very beginning. No amount of effort in the writing department would save it if the basis were this fragile. The most crucial part was to show how deep their love was but they failed to establish that, not even remotely close. This led to make all the subsequent events lukewarm and impractical. They didn't even dare to show a single kiss. The drama is padded with sad scenes to make us forget that fact and be drenched in the sadness instead.
Good entertaining drama with a lot of fun but, unfortunately, the middle parts were kinda weak and uninteresting. The four leads played a nice dynamic with each other. There was no nasty and vicious love square. The romance in general wasn't the focus anyway, the family takes the bigger focus. I wish it will be available in glorious squeaky clean (no-upscale) 1080p one day.
Yeah it's kinda fucked up how they took the events but regardless of these events, the drama remained weak with…
Since everything happened they didn't even let Dong Woo speak. Really saving a lot of effort in the writing. Otherwise, it would require a very careful write up not to ruin what they built.
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I believe the writer became possessed by an old midget goblin demon soul as she was crafting this abomination of an ending. She must've really hated her job at the time or had a big conflict with the production company/staff. I refuse to believe she was normal while writing the ending. Despite the writer being known to have these kind of unhinged tendencies, stupidity and retardness shall not be forgiven!
The drama had one of the cringest last scene epilogue out there. The awkwardness as they were sitting around the table, I could feel it piercing through my bones. Can't help but feel this was a waste of big cast. Classic Korean society normalizing rape with no consequences, even more favorable for the rapist. My expectations and interest were nullified when that happened. All the relationships sucked, romantic and non-romantic ones. By the end, I couldn't care less what happens to who. One finale remark, if they want to commit to the route they choose, then there should've been more deaths!
Anyway, the other stories were fine. Mi Pung's story get brought up for a scene every few episodes, you'll always keep forgetting about him. Sun Pung's story had some attention at the beginning then became similar to Mi Pung's case. Jin Poong's story was the only one that was constantly present and had some development. The drama was lacking to create a good family dynamic, the individual stories were the main focus and the family felt like it was their to react not to interact. I gotta say, the old geezers in the drama were likeable.
On another note, watching kids bully each other because one's mother is dead was more of a comedy rather than being sad. At this point, this trope should end because it's cringe.
I hated the ending:
Rest in piece Lee Eon.