This had such a good start. Usually it takes a few episodes for me to like a cdrama but I was hooked on this since episode one. And also usually in other cdramas, the plot gets better and better all the way to the end, but this one was the opposite. The first 25 or so episodes were so good but the plot went downhill in last 15 episodes. And frankly nothing made much sense from ep 28-35 🥴. It started so good but it became cliche and extremely frustrating. Also this was definitely a girl power type of drama and it was nicely portrayed in the beginning, however towards the end it felt like the show really wanted to stress this point and it was a bit much for me.
Pros: nice tropical backdrop, lovely girlfriendships, compelling romance (which was really annoying for a few episodes), relatively good plot and message in the first 25 eps
Cons: wonky political plot (mostly just people explaining the politicking and scheming like “xxx did this” but you don’t really see it happening, weak villains (tbh is there even a villain or antagonist? 🥴). Weird decision making by main characters at around ep 30. Sometimes it felt like things were happening only because the writer wanted it to. The FL is framed as eloquent and convincing but tbh sometimes I was not very convinced by her monologue or actions, and I honestly don’t know how some of the characters buy her words
Honestly I think this is better than the drama!! The plot is tighter and there are less unnecessary scenes of course because of the shorter run time. Also I think the romance is less cliche (there were a LOT of accidentally falling on each other and long stares in the drama, none of that in the movie). The movie is quite heavy on the comedy. Overall pretty enjoyable and time passed very quickly when watching this. You can totally watching this on it’s own without watching the drama first
I watched the movie without watching the drama first. Besides wondering about whether the characters (not referring…
Yes it’s fine to watch this movie without watching the drama. There are some references here and there to the drama but it doesn’t really affect the plot
I just watched it and I think it’s fine as a stand alone movie. There are some references to the drama but you don’t have to watch it. The drama is pretty decent though and worth watching
I swear I’ve seen this plot before in some other Yaya lakorn. The one she did with nadech around 10 years ago is pretty similar. I think it’s game rai game rak? Poor guy becomes insanely rich and innocent girl grows up to not be so innocent anymore?? I’ve not watched this though so I’m just making a passing comment based on the synopsis
In the last few minutes they really tried to make the town cute and warm but y’all we all know a lot of those people were low key crazy and insufferable in other episodes 🤪
The first half was good and thrilling. Lost its charm in the second half and got very draggy in the last three episodes. I literally just wanted the show to end. Also the leads break up A LOT… they even break up before getting together 💀. The show is more about the effects that stalking/kidnapping have on the victims and their families rather the the psyche of the perpetrators. But still… it would’ve been nice to explain why these psychos did what they did instead of leaving it as “oh cos they psycho 🤪”. Also for a murder mystery the killer reveal was so anticlimactic. The killer is almost always the most obscure character that barely had any screen time until the last three episodes. This is the main reason why I stay away from most Korean murder thrillers. they always follow the same generic pattern. Also shame on me for thinking this was gonna be a fluffy fantasy rom com before I started watching the show. 💀
Pros: nice tropical backdrop, lovely girlfriendships, compelling romance (which was really annoying for a few episodes), relatively good plot and message in the first 25 eps
Cons: wonky political plot (mostly just people explaining the politicking and scheming like “xxx did this” but you don’t really see it happening, weak villains (tbh is there even a villain or antagonist? 🥴). Weird decision making by main characters at around ep 30. Sometimes it felt like things were happening only because the writer wanted it to. The FL is framed as eloquent and convincing but tbh sometimes I was not very convinced by her monologue or actions, and I honestly don’t know how some of the characters buy her words