K-Drama 
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It gets exciting after they meet each other again as showed in the prologue
The main attractions of the drama is the storyline and the TXW. The drama itself is boring at the start but it gets interesting much later after the 2nd reunion. TXW literally carried the whole drama but it's quite expected of her since the drama is written around her character. (I haven't been watching drama for almost 10 years due to heavy workload. Recently, I watched this one and Shine on Me. Comparing to each other, Shine On Me is a little better).
Now on to my criticism.
1) I find that the ML is very unexpressive - 木. The most crucial part for him is the 2nd reunion part with TXW. That is his story and the part where he can really shine. But I find him not doing a great job in expressing himself. For example, the feeling of frustration that he is way behind TWX, not worthy of her, and he is embarrassed in front of TXW and his friends, is not very well expressed in his acting. That would be more touching. Well, maybe because it was his character in the drama that he his the 木 type or maybe the director didn't give him more expectation. I don't know.
2) I felt that the story doesn't have enough depth. For example, I felt that the screenwriter could have given the plots a deeper sense to let the viewer guessing what happened to the ML (I am Gen X and watched plenty of HK dramas and got used to deep heavy plots and depth). I felt like spilling the beans too early as to what happened to the ML past 5 years ago, killed the suspense. If I am the screenwriter, I would also add some spice to it to tell the life of the ML during those past 5 years as to how he lived his life. I would also get him some worn or torn clothing and shoes as to show how he has been suffering. I felt that the 2nd reunion is one of the defining moment of the drama. The crew should have given more depth and emphasis on this part.
3) I felt the ending was rushed. Just like playing a drum, the drumbeat should should get more intense overtime and the story would get more exciting overtime. The ending was like 1 big knock on the drum and that's it. A typical HK dramas would usually end in a way where the main actress would fly away and the main actor would work very hard but they miss each other very much. The final reunion will be sweet.
Now on to my criticism.
1) I find that the ML is very unexpressive - 木. The most crucial part for him is the 2nd reunion part with TXW. That is his story and the part where he can really shine. But I find him not doing a great job in expressing himself. For example, the feeling of frustration that he is way behind TWX, not worthy of her, and he is embarrassed in front of TXW and his friends, is not very well expressed in his acting. That would be more touching. Well, maybe because it was his character in the drama that he his the 木 type or maybe the director didn't give him more expectation. I don't know.
2) I felt that the story doesn't have enough depth. For example, I felt that the screenwriter could have given the plots a deeper sense to let the viewer guessing what happened to the ML (I am Gen X and watched plenty of HK dramas and got used to deep heavy plots and depth). I felt like spilling the beans too early as to what happened to the ML past 5 years ago, killed the suspense. If I am the screenwriter, I would also add some spice to it to tell the life of the ML during those past 5 years as to how he lived his life. I would also get him some worn or torn clothing and shoes as to show how he has been suffering. I felt that the 2nd reunion is one of the defining moment of the drama. The crew should have given more depth and emphasis on this part.
3) I felt the ending was rushed. Just like playing a drum, the drumbeat should should get more intense overtime and the story would get more exciting overtime. The ending was like 1 big knock on the drum and that's it. A typical HK dramas would usually end in a way where the main actress would fly away and the main actor would work very hard but they miss each other very much. The final reunion will be sweet.
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