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Went into this looking past the reviews and while there are positives to Abyss, I found myself mostly confused after watching the whole thing. The story is interesting on paper and the drama even starts out grabbing your attention immediately, but the more it went on the more I found myself only wanting the romance portion and not the murder-abyss mystery. The two leads and the romance story are what kept me going to completion. I thought about dropping it a few times throughout my watch through, but I'm glad that I pushed to get to the very end. If it wasn't for them and their acting + scenes, I wouldn't have been interested. I didn't really care for any of the other back stories at all, plus the villain is easy to guess from the beginning.
The plot holes are always a little crazy in fantasy dramas, but this one seemed to be on another level to me. Some of the questions you are left with are huge and the way the story progresses can seem a little messy. A huge one for me is how everyone just moves past that they brought themselves back to life. Not just 1 person, 3.. and everyone moves past it and continues on like they didn't die and come back looking entirely different. If you truly look at how their relationship starts it's so messy and toxic. How he was pining after her during his previous relationship, how he still is pulling both girls along for most of the drama while knowing who he truly wants to be with.. I do wish we could've gotten more scenes of how she liked him with his previous face. That is the downfall to these Ugly-to-Hot dramas for me.. they are still the same person they were before, but everyone treats them differently and suddenly realizes their true feelings or wants to express them after they are Hot v. Not.
Good for cute romance scenes, but the story wasn't one that kept me hooked or satisfied.
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Don’t miss out on this drama
In this society, day and age online criticizm became a norm. People are looking for “plot holes”, for “predictability score”, nitpick on insignificant details and forget to get the true essence of the story. Sometimes there is a comfort in predictable and simple. Not everything needs to be done in over-the-top manner.I don’t understand such negative reviews and low ratings. If I paid too much attention to them I would have missed out on this wonderful piece. This is such a wholesome drama. It’s ominous but also entertaining, clever, offbeat, hilarious at times and also sweet. It has many layers. It’s a mystery, fantasy, comedy and romance. It’s a thriller. It’s a story of a friendship that naturally blossomed into love. It does not have even a drop of cheesiness. Park Bo Young and Ahn Hyo Seop did amazing job portraying their characters. And the music is so, so darn good. See for yourselves.
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action combined with romance
the action combined with romcom is my favorite type of kdrama, so that's why i absolutely loved it. the storyline is so evenly split between action and romance that i just kept watching. the main actress in abyss also plays in other kdrama's with this sort of vibe and she fits right in. i can't really think of any negative stuff to say, except that it could probably become a little boring at times.i sincerely recommend this to anyone who loves a little thrill both because of the storyline and the romance! it's also a very good kdrama for beginners to watch.
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No matter how good the acting can be, the overall story and plot can really make it look worse than it is. I love Park Bo Young, I'm a huge fan of her work and have generally loved all of the stuff she's been in. Werewolf Boy, Oh My Goddess, Scandal Makers to a name a few, I think her as an actress has a special air of charisma about her and that's why I like her so much. Ahn Hyo Seop also does a great job in this and I heavily believe that the acting is the only thing good about this show. But unfortunately, I'm a firm believer of "the acting is only as good as the story" and that part is where this entire show falls apart.. and it really didn't take long to show the worst part.This show has tons of promise and has a great premise to capture viewer's attention. A mystical alien orb that right off the bat revives the main character and his love interest! Not only that, but also revives the main antagonist! This happened ALL IN ONE EPISODE. So it's no wonder I got instantly hooked by this show! I'm now on episode 7 but I'm already growing tired of the plot. The abyss' power is already being abused non-stop, elements of the shows or sequences don't make sense or aren't powerful enough to push my interest further.
Why should I care that Oh Yeong cheol tries to kill the same person 3 times? Why should I care that the characters don't seem interested in the Abyss' power more? Why should I care that almost everything each character does is almost inconsequential? Cha Min's big reveal happens early on but his family just completely accepts it within a couple of scenes. It's bizarre! Why should I care about Cha Min's creepy character depicted in the flashbacks that all of a sudden turned gorgeous that somehow resulted in his demeanor and attitude doing a 180? He's no longer a stalker and no longer does creepy things toward his love interest further driving home the idea to its audience that ugly people are creepy and beautiful people are perfect.
There are a plethora of issues that leave me disappointed and hard-pressed to continue watching this and the only reason I've continued thus far is because of Bo Young's amazing acting ability, though even with her ability, I don't think I can finish Abyss. The biggest losers in this show are the actors/actresses, I think they've done a good job all things considered, but their performance is heavily hampered most likely by the director and the script.
Trust me, I wanted to love this show as I've been waiting for it ever since it was announced Bo Young was going to star in it.. but this gets an abysmal 4/10.
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The serial killer line was really good but the romance between the 2 main characters was what really made this drama special. You just need to watch it to see what I mean.
I do have one gripe, the last episode seemed a bit rushed and left a few holes but it could be I just wanted more and didn't want to see it end.
I definitely recommend.
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What I didn't like: Even though I previously said that the scenario was nice I think that sometimes the drama didn't exploit it well enough and sometimes I feel like it's hard to understand certain points. Would I recommend this drama? Yes, especially if it's your first fantasy drama, would I watch this drama again? I don't think so, maybe to understand some parts I didn't otherwise no.
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Good Idea - Awful Execution
This is the first drama I have ever dropped unfortunately, as I do not continue watching a drama if it falls below a 5/10.Now, what went wrong, for me at least? The idea was inventive and I liked it. But how should I explain Abyss in the most honest way possible?
Abyss is simply boring.
I don't care about the characters or what happens to them later on in this series. A 1 hour episode honestly feels like 2/3 hours long. Cringe script writing, awful acting at parts, mega-slow pacing at parts, too.
I welcome people to still try out Abyss, but don't say I didn't warn you. I feel you'll find yourself dropping it too.
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too much stuff going on
I didn't /hate/ this drama but i think there was too much going on, really.The fantasy stuff wasn't explained well which was a bummer... the ? aliens ? you see in episode one? well that's it! But the thing I didn't like the most is that the plot went on because of really dumb stuff which most of the time didn't really make sense??
Also, side note, but I really didn't get why they showed so many times scenes of domestic violence with *REDACTED*, most of the time always the same one replayed over and over... I don't think that was really necessary.
What I liked about this drama is the acting. I think that Park Boyoung did a fantastic job and I can't believe we're supposed to believe she is ""ugly"" or not pretty like... have you seen her.... True Beauty who... anyways! Her character is kind of annoying, especially at the beginning but I think in a way that's her charm lmao.
The main couple is cute even tho I'm not a big fan of the "I pinned after you for x years to the point I looked kind of obsessed" but I think they played it well in the late episodes.
A special mention to Kwoon Soohyun, he was crazy good! I really didn't recognise him from Record of Youth like whaaat... acting... wow... hope to see more of him, hopefully with a lead role.
In conclusion the main plot is really messy and the show is carried by the amazing cast, I think it's fun if you watch it with friends so you can laugh about the plot holes together + the funny scenes are actually really funny.
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Im not sure why the reviews are so low for this show, I'm picky and if something truly isn't good I'll be fair. So this is my honest review.
I couldn't wait for the next episodes, this was soo entetaining and it eas a different story from what I've ever seen, there were some questionsable scenes, but apart from that its no reason to give a low rating, the music, actinf and the story itself surpasses any tiny flaws this may or may bot have.
I'd say, give this one a chance and see for yourself whether it's good or not. Me and my sister and niece thought it was really.good, suspenseful and entertaining. And the music in this, i I haven't felt this good about catchy music since the legend of the blue sea, even my husband kept asking what we were watching because of the music in this.
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