I hope the kisses in this drama will be worth waiting for... they are teasing the audience so much, hope they won't disappoint during the steamy scenes 🥲
So far the first two episodes made curious for me. Something about the visuals is a bit different to other dramas but it is hard to explain... the selected actors are well suited for their roles. Him being in a politician position, being a tough guy who rarely smiles and her being innocent and quiet... there was just one disappointment
The kisses were so disappointing to me that even the last one couldn't save the overall impressionother than that…
Park Shin Hye is known for her not so good scenes... apart from that she is married and has baby now, maybe it was a part of the contract that she is not forced to show steamy kiss scenes
Maybe I am the only one but although it was a well done drama somehow something was missing. Maybe the realism, the lack of motives, the bad cutting, the inconstant pace, the predictable ending or the missing depth but it couldn't catch my attention fully for 10 episodes.
But the acting was top notch. I didn't know the actor who played the dentist before but wow what a handsome and charismatic man. Couldn't take my eyes from him.
What's with this drama? The beginning is already so trashy and I don't get what is happening but the ML is such a eye candy and I can't stop watching ðŸ˜
I honestly don't know how many times I've tried to watch this drama and always dropped it around ep 2 or 3 because of the boring atmosphere, the slow pace, the unbearable and bossy FL and the weak and annoying ML. Didn't like both of them, especially since both were abusing their power as members of the police/special force unit so often. They were acting sometimes so reckless, know-it-all and stupid that it was hard to imagine that both went through a professional training and are actually civil servants who were bound by law. Later I learned that the male actor has a huge fan base. Well this explains the extreme high rating.
Now I tried to watch this drama again since I needed badly something to watch and this time I completed it. I guess for every drama you just need to be in the right mood.
It was overall a good drama, rated it with 7.5. If you love survival stuff and you are a zombie veteran like me you will also like this new approach on a zombie apocalypse. New that it doesn't focus so much on gore and explicit themes. Sometimes the pace was so slow that it felt like a slice of life drama. So not your typical action filled thriller. Unfortunately there were many plot holes, infuriating and unbelievable scenes (like when the stupid FL jumps into a truck full of zombies and doesn't get bitten at all?!), dumb descisions and dubious and weird motives (like the secret behind Andrew's identity was so disappointing and didn't fit all). And like always you would wonder why the villains were so slow and not killing the hero and heroine asap... The music also didn't fit always and the ending was so rushed and disappointing and with many unanswered questions. Wish they would have focused on Han Tae Seok instead of that cringey scene in the epilogue.
The acting was overall good, but weak from the FL (her facial expressions weren't really strong). The ML did a decent job especially in the last episode when he showed his more vulnerable side. Both didn't have much chemistry. The acting of the side characters, though many of them were really dumb, was excellent, especially the crazy house represent and the doctor. Overall a well done thriller with a couple of scary scenes (like the truck scene or when the FL was stuck in the bathroom) but many many unlikeable characters. Even the child was annoying. Most likeable characters: the brother and the sister. Well appreciated: no dumb drunken scene.
Although I loved the couple in the main drama this one was a bit disappointing. Somehow the trailer felt much more exciting. I think it was the chemistry which was lacking since it was just a sequel and her being stuck in her story. I gave it a 6.5
One of the most boring, flat, uninspired dramas I've ever seen. Lee Sung Kyun is a terrible terrible actress,…
Exactly my thoughts. She is super pretty like a model (but awfully thin) but her acting wasn't doing for me... she just seemed to be really bitter for her age. The ML wasn't much better
Well, that whole Africa thing in the first episode was very embarrassing, not to mention racist and deeply cringe.I…
Yup, really embarrassingm and I say this as a non black person. Why not chosing a poor city in South Korea? I am pretty sure not every corner over there is super rich like it is always presented in dramas.
I am at ep 3 and it is really hard to continue. The plot seems boring, so far no chemistry between the leads and on top the female lead doesn't seem interesting at all. Sure she is super pretty but I don't care for her as a character. She just seems to be really bitter and all the time angry. Both her and the ML are not good actors. I wouldn't think that the ML is a very popular actor, he just hasen't those idol vibes like Byeon Woo Seok or an impressive aura like the guy from "what's wrong with secretary kim".
And regarding the Africa thing... this is just so disrespectful and ignorant. Hello, this was produced in 2022, not ten years ago. Korean cinema got an international fan base from which the Korean entertainment gets much profit. So why being so disrespectful to people from Africa? No-one would say that they are going to Europe or Asia. Africa is a diverse continent with very poor but also well developed countries. Why not mentioning a specific country? Why so much generalising as if everyone over there is starving? I guess now it is the turn for Koreans to feel like the white saviours for black people.
Interesting article. You put clearly much work into it.
But I would recommend to change the title in "Myths and Legends in East Asia" or "East Asian Cinema" just out of respect.
Asia consists of more than South Korea, Japan, China and Thailand. A bit annoying that the use of this word is limited to East Asian countries (especially after the popularity of Kdramas) and excludes the sheer different cultures of others countries like in the South, South East, North and the West of Asia.
Another extremely shitty kdrama romance.As usual, the FL who fked lot of men.As usual, the 30 year old pure virgin…
To be fair this is just a trope in the latest dramas. For a long period it was (and it is, especially still in Hollywood!) still the case that the ML is a womaniser while the FL is a bookworm who has never looked at guys before meeting the ML.
But the acting was top notch. I didn't know the actor who played the dentist before but wow what a handsome and charismatic man. Couldn't take my eyes from him.
Now I tried to watch this drama again since I needed badly something to watch and this time I completed it. I guess for every drama you just need to be in the right mood.
It was overall a good drama, rated it with 7.5. If you love survival stuff and you are a zombie veteran like me you will also like this new approach on a zombie apocalypse. New that it doesn't focus so much on gore and explicit themes. Sometimes the pace was so slow that it felt like a slice of life drama. So not your typical action filled thriller. Unfortunately there were many plot holes, infuriating and unbelievable scenes (like when the stupid FL jumps into a truck full of zombies and doesn't get bitten at all?!), dumb descisions and dubious and weird motives (like the secret behind Andrew's identity was so disappointing and didn't fit all). And like always you would wonder why the villains were so slow and not killing the hero and heroine asap... The music also didn't fit always and the ending was so rushed and disappointing and with many unanswered questions. Wish they would have focused on Han Tae Seok instead of that cringey scene in the epilogue.
The acting was overall good, but weak from the FL (her facial expressions weren't really strong). The ML did a decent job especially in the last episode when he showed his more vulnerable side. Both didn't have much chemistry. The acting of the side characters, though many of them were really dumb, was excellent, especially the crazy house represent and the doctor. Overall a well done thriller with a couple of scary scenes (like the truck scene or when the FL was stuck in the bathroom) but many many unlikeable characters. Even the child was annoying.
Most likeable characters: the brother and the sister.
Well appreciated: no dumb drunken scene.
And regarding the Africa thing... this is just so disrespectful and ignorant. Hello, this was produced in 2022, not ten years ago. Korean cinema got an international fan base from which the Korean entertainment gets much profit. So why being so disrespectful to people from Africa? No-one would say that they are going to Europe or Asia. Africa is a diverse continent with very poor but also well developed countries. Why not mentioning a specific country? Why so much generalising as if everyone over there is starving? I guess now it is the turn for Koreans to feel like the white saviours for black people.
But I would recommend to change the title in "Myths and Legends in East Asia" or "East Asian Cinema" just out of respect.
Asia consists of more than South Korea, Japan, China and Thailand. A bit annoying that the use of this word is limited to East Asian countries (especially after the popularity of Kdramas) and excludes the sheer different cultures of others countries like in the South, South East, North and the West of Asia.