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A Thousand Kisses korean drama review
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A Thousand Kisses
5 people found this review helpful
by maymaymaymay
Feb 25, 2014
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
Typically, I don't watch weekend dramas. They get too makjang, too quickly and I don't like the whiplash that comes with the random plot twists. I watched this mostly because I wanted a nice filler-drama I could skim through and still laugh at, and I don't think I was *too* disappointed, but "A Thousand Kisses" still fell a bit short. Story: Up till about the 26th episode, this drama was pitch-perfect rom-com. The meddling second-leads' presence was overshadowed by the leads, both main couples had cute stories, the laughs were abundant and the angst was minimal. After that, the whole show went off its rockers. Suddenly the angst and the second leads were everywhere, and the laughs were gone. Oh, and that title? "A Thousand Kisses"? Total misnomer. We got a grand total of maybe five and most were from the secondary couple. Not that I'm complaining- I was only in it for Ryu Jin and Kim So Eun. Their story really stole the show- but it honestly wasn't anything new. In fact, nothing in this drama was original. It was just a hodgepodge of random drama cliches thrown together and we wound up with something that could have gotten maybe a 8/10 had the writer not suffered a sudden lobotomy in the second half and the story got out of control. It randomly shifted gears in the second half from focusing on the two couples to focusing on Cha Hwa Yun's character. The random plot change came out of the left field and really killed my love for ATK. Acting: I love Ji Hyun Woo. In the right role, he really shines. Here, however, I kind of wanted to shake him by the shoulders and tell him to get his act together. His performance was decidedly sub-par and could have been a lot better. Seo Young Hee was great, Kim So Eun was bubbly and bright, and Ryu Jin put his all into his performance. I was surprised by the chemistry Ryu Jin and Kim So Eun had, considering their real life 20 year gap. Surprisingly, they pulled it off. Ji Hyun Woo's and Seo Young Hee's chemistry was fine, but I really felt nothing from that couple. Their relationship made sense on paper, but when I watched them together they seemed more like friends? I don't know, that was just my impression. Other viewers probably feel different. Music: Random ballads and maybe a cute pop song thrown in? Nothing remarkable. Rewatch Value: Certain scenes from the first half, definitely. Not touching the second half with a twenty-foot pole. Overall: I really wish this had been better. That's all I can say.
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