Horrible pacing and tone
Minor minor spoilers ahead if any.This drama wasn't for me... A lot of people like it, but after episode 12 I decided I just couldn't waste any more time trying to watch it and I pretty much just skip-watched to the end from there...
First of all, the premise has potential. After loving Hometown ChaChaCha I thought I'd love another small town story, but this one has some really annoying characters I just couldn't stand. I loved the actor who played Gyutae in It's Okay to Not Be Okay, but whenever he came on in this show I just hated him because he was just screaming like a big manbaby (I know that's who he is, but it was still really irritating). Dongbaek has a really bad victim complex... the women of Ongsan are developed really poorly and they suddenly decide to just like Dongbaek because she kind of starts to assert herself but she's actually so flip floppy. I didn't feel for Hwangmi that much throughout the whole show. Omg Jongryeol... Probably the most annoying. Even if that was the aim for these characters, the pacing was just sooooo dragged out, and while I had no characters to grow close to and love, I was just bored and annoyed watching this whole show. I will say there were some moments and scenes I enjoyed though. But those were far and few between.
The tone of this show is very confusing. It was either really bubbly and bright or so dark and eerie that I was like.. This can't be serious. I was thinking if they made that police guy the Joker that would have been soooo good if they made it work... but of course they made some random guy we don't know the Joker.
I'm glad I don't have to worry about trying to finish this show anymore!
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Lackluster
Had some cool concepts, but was not executed anywhere near its potential. The beginning laid down some good groundwork, but after that, it was just a skeleton with no meat or soul. I wanted to like the second couple more because of their characters, but the first couple was much more enjoyable to watch, because the actors had way better chemistry. I liked the idea of assassin brothers and their boyfies, but it didn't really expand on the politics of that kind of dynamic. Things felt kind of contrived and hollow at the same time. The cinematography looked nice, but the acting just felt like... acting... it was hard for me to become immersed.Was this review helpful to you?
