Started of better than it ended. Also kind of ironic: our ML said to (one of the) FL that he'd arrest if she didn't cut all ties with politicians, but then he ended up becoming a politician and getting involved with her.
I debated whether to reply to this post, because I don't want to disrespect or invalidate other opinions, definitely…
I agree with you and, not that my opinion matters, your anger is justified as it was definitively offensive. I just appreciate the honesty which these charities are depicted with; it's not about helping people, it's about pushing a narrative and presenting an image. In my opinion exploited countries is a better term than third world countries, because most of these countries were actually richer than western countries in terms of oil, gold, minerals, diamonds before being colonized and were very affluential; as demonstrated by the stolen art in British museums.
Quiet and understated. I was sometimes confused by the actions and backstory of the main couple. But even though they are cute and Seo Kang Joon is beautiful, I was mainly drawn to the aunt's story; it broke my heart.
Let's just be honest and admit we all watched this drama for the very hot main couple. That being said, I don't really know how to feel about the nonchalant inclusion of a very dark subplot about child abduction in a romantic comedy...
Bickering couple, romantic tropes subverted, frenemies to lovers; I just adore this drama. I love it so much that I'm even willing to overlook the fact that they undermined the drama's message about body postivity for female athletes by casting a slim, modelesque, traditionally attractive actress for the female lead.
The word that describes this drama best is "fresh". The story kept reinventing itself, which I was impressed by. And the visual effects were very well done.
This was a near perfect drama for me: An original, funny, action packed, emotional story, a bickering couple, quirky side characters, a wholly evil villain with a puppy side, Song Joong Ki's exasperated expression. It just felt a little formulaic and repetitive towards the end, before picking up the pace again. I think 16 episodes would've been better. And somehow this drama reminded me of the works of Edgar Wright.
I haven't watched the last episode; I just can't do that to my heart. The actors were so intense, I felt everything they conveyed; the love, the despair. I know how it ends, but I just want to remember them when they were their happiest, because they deserved to be.
I just love this, it was funny, it was romantic, touching, sad. I love fairytales, mermaids, LMH's face. The secondary characters are so much fun. This drama is my happy place.
I loved the ending, though it did take a while to get there. I think 16 episodes would have been better suited. Silly Rowoon in love is the absolute highlight of this drama.
I know I'm in the minority here, but not only did I not like this drama, I actively dislike it. The first thing I noticed was that the colours were very bleak in this drama, the story I didn't particulary like, I really did not appreciate the over the top shrieking office manager guy or the randomness of a murder and abduction of women subplot in a romantic comedy. And again I know I'm in the minority here, but I don't like the main 3 actors.
I really like the lead actors and I was drawn to the plot. But disappointingly, the execution was poor. The story was repetitive, the same conflicts kept happening without resolution and there was no character development or story arch. Such a shame, because it had so much potential.
Overhyped. I thought this would be an epic love story, whose though? The female lead spends well over half the episodes pining for someone else, what happens after they get together feels contrived; dramatic for the sake of being dramatic. The female lead's acting was very weak. Apart from the amount of beautiful people and Lee Joon Gi's fight scenes, this was very mediocre.
Also kind of ironic: our ML said to (one of the) FL that he'd arrest if she didn't cut all ties with politicians, but then he ended up becoming a politician and getting involved with her.
In my opinion exploited countries is a better term than third world countries, because most of these countries were actually richer than western countries in terms of oil, gold, minerals, diamonds before being colonized and were very affluential; as demonstrated by the stolen art in British museums.
That being said, I don't really know how to feel about the nonchalant inclusion of a very dark subplot about child abduction in a romantic comedy...