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I MEAN IT WAS OKAY...
Comedy was cute/funny! However, couldn't really attach to the main girl - maybe the acting, lack of chemistry, and just the character she had to portray (sort of obnoxious and really over the top).However, loved Habaek and his role - the idea was fun/cool... Lovelinle was okay - doesn't do a good job of how he really fell for her etc. Loved the secondary guy - but yeah...
Still completed and enjoyed - just not a top recommendation! Could have done more with the romance and chemistry between the two.
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Disappointing, definitely won't rewatch
I am pretty disappointed by this series. It took me forever to finish it, I was not at all invested.I like Shin Se Kyung but her character was so boring and depressing. I hated all the other characters, they were sooo annoying, especially Biryeom and Mura. I also hated the personality of Habeak, what an unlovable character. The only character I liked was Mr. Shin. Everybody was on his case, poor guy.
The love story was boring, I cannot imagine how So-a fell in love with Habaek. He was always rude and haughty and arrogant, what a jerk. And she just accepted everything and fell in love I guess.
The storyline was actually not that bad, just poorly developed, and the characters' personalities ruined everything for me.
I definitely won't be rewatching this, it took everything just to finish it.
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I was pleasantly surprised by this K-Drama and feel like it gets a little worse than it deserves. I have read the Mahwah a couple times over the years and in my opinion, it is a classic in its own right. That being said there are not many similarities between the two from what I recall. I believe this to be a good thing and actually raises the score I've given it. I don't think I would have enjoyed this as much if it was a faithful recreation of the manga. By switching things around we have a wonderful little man out of time kind of story which creates fun story opportunities. I felt like the chemistry between the two main actors was solid and absolutely adorable at times. The story can be a bit confusing but that does seem to be mostly intentional. It unravels as you go, and you get more and more info on things that the characters have mentioned or hidden from each other. This may not be for everyone, but I actually found it more interesting because of this. Now I did enjoy this drama, but I do have an issue with it that did lower the score from what I did want to give it. The ending was not anything spectacular, and now that doesn't mean there is anything bad about but it's just boring and almost felt like the big thing, they were worried about the whole time didn't really amount to much. This isn't out of the norm for most dramas I mean of course you have expectations of what should happen with the relationship, but you want the ending to be entertaining at the least no matter what does happen. Was this review helpful to you?
I had higher hopes...
Despite the rating I had higher hopes for this one. Fantasy genre plus Nam Joo Hyuk in the main role.Regarding plot it was pretty descent for the first half, it had charm and elements of comedy. But by the end they twisted it in an absolutely ridiculous way. The last episode is probably the biggest disappointment as they plot actually made no sense.
Another negative point is dialogues, mostly between main characters. Sometimes there was like a gap between what the actors where saying and what the scene was actually about
Overall, I would have enjoyed the series if not for it's second half. Because of this I would not recommend it to anyone.
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Água com pouco açúcar
Ainda não sei dizer direito o que me levou a assistir, talvez tenha sido mais pra passar o tempo...Não gostei muito da história em si, então não culpo os atores pela atuação deles, inclusive diría que fizeram um bom trabalho com o que tinham, e até deu pra ver um pouco de química entre eles.
No geral, não é de todo ruim, mas não me encantou a ponto de entrar pra minha lista de favoritos ou mesmo dos que pretendo assistir novamente depois de um tempo. Com exceção de algumas cenas, uma vez é suficiente.
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Slow Story and frustrating characters
Hmm tsk tsk tsk...😮💨😮💨 I didn't like it. We are all titled to our own opinions this is mine: I didn't like this drama because Not only was the Plot dragged out, It felt boring. I think the viewer Are so blinded by the good looks of the main character who was in weightlifting fairy and the actress, You automatically trash the supporting characters. I did not watch this drama with the comments on but occasionally when I notice something and wanted to See what other people were thinking I would turn it on and then I notice how trashwd the CEO character was in the comments.
I think Sin Hoo,( Im Joon Hwang) would have been a better person for her to end up with, he wasn't the villain. From when he was an egg in his mother's womb he wasn't going to have a normal life- because of him being a Demi-God he was abused physically and emotionally and he tried to escape, which he did, he went on to a "better world" And was Doing fine for himself until she came along. Don't even get me started on her character, I did not like her at all. I gotta say the only point, the only time where I thought she was smart was in episode 14. And why is she ALWAYS rude to her assistant? . I did not like her in this drama But I am a fan of hers.
The "gods" were useless.
the "music"? have u stopped and listened.
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Unsatisfying story development
I liked the trailer of the drama and thought of watching it, and somehow, I did like the few episodes, and even the childish banter of the female goddess and her friend, sky god. They were fun to watch, however, I already read the manga version of this drama before this was even made and honestly, it was so different so I was a bit disappointed. I thought perhaps, they were only borrowing the name of the manga but as the drama progress, I no longer found it worth watching and kept skipping parts. Even the romance between the leads were uninteresting and only found krystal's unrequited love with joo hyuk and her banters with her friend as amusing. I definitely feel as if the female lead was an unimportant character that was not really necessary in the story. In terms of the story, it has no rewatch value, the acting is fine, however, I think they could have done a better job for it. however, if there is one thing that is a bit satisfying from this drama are the effects. The effects were fine all. I hope a better story about gods and goddesses are made in the future.Was this review helpful to you?
The Drama's Not That Bad The Low Ratings Are Unjustified.
This show is about a God of Water (Habeak) finding his servant on earth. Which is the female Lead, Yun So-a.The story isn't really anything special in my opinion. It just seems plain. Sure there's twists with the suppose second male lead being the bad guy and having past history but that's in most fantasy dramas.
The acting was actually pretty good! People say that the Female Lead's acting was bad but I disagree. Her acting isn't AMAZING but it's justable.
The Music? Not that Good To Be Honest. Only liked the intro music a lot but that's all.
Re watch value is pretty low. I can't really bring myself to watch more than 7 episodes then come rewatch where I was left off like 2-3 weeks later.
In total, the couple is cute, I say give a try if you have nothing to watch or just trying to distract yourself. Not my favorite but it's good to watch!
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This is a very good and entertaining drama. From here on, the rest of this review is full of SPOILERS! This drama is a television series derived from the Korean manhwa of the same name but, given that it is a spin off, it has its own plot. The drama is not about a showdown of powers that the water god Ha Baek (played by Nam Joo Hyuk) and the other involved gods have; it is a fantasy romantic comedy that focuses on the developing relationship between Ha Baek and his servant Yoon So Ah (played by Shin Sae Kyeong). Taken as a romantic drama between God and servant, and other insufferable gods, this drama was nicely done. The leading lady, Yoon So Ah, is a character that carries deep wounds from her dysfunctional parental upbringing and the water god, He Baek, comes to the human realm with a mission. Both leading characters clashed for been presumptuous and self serving given the nature of their backgrounds but, as they experience adversity, tantrums from Moo Ra/He Ra (played by Krystal Jung), a goddess from the Water Kingdom and Bi Ryum / Ahn Bin (played by Gong Myung) a wind god, jealousy, and their own misconceptions, they grow to understand each other and from then on, a steadfast and nice romance develops. Although there are too many stiffed facial expressions, a leading lady that spends most of the drama in tears, quirky characters to bring comedy forth, and a spoil brat that provides some antagonistic instances, at the end of the day, the leading couple has a happy ending and there is also a smart twist to one of the gods. As said before, the drama is entertaining, enjoy it! Was this review helpful to you?
Another breaking the molde
You will read a lot of people complaining but, if you have patience and get into the skin of the characters, you'll enjoy it until the end. It's different from all angles. Enjoy 😉this is to complete the 500 characters that I'm asked to write lol
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The drama looks good at first even though the main plot, as well as the side plots, are not original at all. Still, I wanted to give it a try for the casting, and after seeing how successful other dramas of the same genre were, I have to say, I had high hopes for this. I have seen a lot of people say they had high hopes for this and that was lowkey what ruined everything; I think they are not wrong, but there is no way you couldn't have high hopes for this as both the cast and the story were pretty hot at the time this was released.
What went wrong? Let's start off with the plot and the story in general. I didn't read the manhwa when I started watching the drama -and I still haven't. Because of this, everything related to the world of the gods was quite confusing to me, I personally think the writers should've focused a little bit more on explaining what went wrong with Habaek, the different gods and their problems, etc. In the drama, we don't really find a lot of scenes explaining that kind of information, which is the genesis for the rest of the story. So without a clear base, the rest was almost nonsensical, is like everything turned into a rom-com drama but at a certain point, you wonder, how did we get here? Besides this, everything becomes cliché, extremely repetitive, and very confusing.
Some characters were a waste, at least for me, because of the lack of evolution. We had the (typical) main couple and other couples with their respective side plots. Great, that is how it's supposed to be. The problem arrives when the characters barely evolve throughout the whole drama; I'd dare to say the only character that evolves a little bit and shows us some change is Moora (Krystal) -no wonder why she's the fan-favorite of the drama. Seeing a character evolving, showing us their weak points and different faves is very interesting, especially when it comes to characters like Moora, and that makes me wanna watch more of them to see where are they finally going. But when a character barely evolves and remains almost the same from the time we first met them, then it's a disappointment, almost makes me wonder why did I even watch that in those cases. In Bride of Habaek we barely find the evolution of characters, just like we don't find a grey area, it's either black or white when it comes to the actions of the characters.
Another problem with the characters is how bad they are distributed, or rather the lack of investment in them. We have gods in the modern-day world, making their best to adapt to the world of humans while the "villains" put some traps, and I honestly really liked that, I wanted to see more of that as I thought that could have been a great "thing" for the drama, but it seems like the writers didn't think that way. Without that, do the villains really have a purpose in the drama? Probably yes, related to the original plot regarding gods and all that; if only they explained that! The other issue with the distribution of the characters is how bad they invested in great characters that most parts of the audience liked, like Shin Hoo Ye (Im Joo Hwan) or Moora (Krystal).
When it comes to cast and acting, I have mixed feelings. I think the characters were poorly written, as I explained before, which is a minus point to this part of the review already. I loved how some actors did their roles just like I despised others. Starting with Nam Joo Hyuk, what can I say? I didn't get any vibes from god from him at all and he is supposed to be one of the greatest gods; now that is a problem. It was like I was seeing a man in his 20s being rude and ungrateful for every little thing that happened to him, and not even that really fits Nam Joo Hyuk. Was Shin Se Kyung good? Well... probably? I don't know exactly what to say because her character was really (really) intense and that got on my nerves most of the time. I've seen a lot of people talk about it as a drag for her acting, but I don't think it's her fault but the writers' fault for building up a character that unlikeable. On the other hand, I think Im Joo Hwan was exceptional, Krystal's aura was already defining her character and Gong Myung did quite well for his role too.
The music was one of the best things about the drama. Having as the singers for the OSTs the acclaimed Yang Da Il, Kassy, or Junggigo really added a lot of emotions to this drama. I even still listen to the songs from time to time!
All in all, would I rewatch the drama? Not exactly rewatch the whole thing at all, but rather revisiting some scenes and parts that got stuck on my mind. I think there were some wasted talents on this drama and the potential and the high hopes already asked for a lot of things from this drama that it clearly didn't have from the start. A bad script, poorly written plots, and flat characters make this drama deserve a 4 out of 10.
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Bitter sweet romantic drama…
The reviews are all over the place…people loved or hate it…I am inclined in the like it part…
The beginning was funny… with Haebaek trying to adjust to modern life, driving FL crazy… and how they both fell in love was sweet…
Main leads have great chemistry…. Although the story is kept quite PG10… only a gew kisses and ghat was it… and as usual FL is running away every time Haebaek started a bit more romantic than usual… which was not really credible… but its a norm in these series …
And the story was more or less ok until ep 11… then it dragged… like 30 secs of him watching her sleep… and a lot of scenes like that.
Somehow, it felt like the writers missed the point at the end… the resolution of yhe conflict felt deflated…. And it was missing ML showing more of his powers throughout the series…
Overall… I liked it.
Story… 8
Music was really nice! … 9,5
Acting was ok… 8,5
Would I watch it again… 6… maybe…
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