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Skip Beat! taiwanese drama review
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Skip Beat!
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by Pandiko
Jan 7, 2015
15 of 15 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
I'm a little old to be watching this to be honest (mid 20's), but I'm a fan of Super Junior and like manga so it was still fun. I really liked the story (not many start out with the whole revenge thing) but I should've known that since this was made in 2011 and the manga is still not done 4 years later, that the show would not have an ending. This was a big disappointment to me since I just watched Marry Him If You Dare which also had the same problem! That's why I dropped the story score to a 9. The cast was great because there were two members of SuJu in it and I enjoyed the other characters as well. I gave them a 7.5 because although I don't think their acting was award- worthy, it wasn't dull and kept you entertained (I might be biased since I like SuJu though). I definitely am more of a Donghae fan, so naturally instead of finding things like Donghae's little victory pose and strawberry pudding odd or annoying, I thought it was cute/funny seeing him and not his character doing these actions. The long leg thing was cute too (we all know you use insoles because of SM Entertainment, little Donghae <3). I was not as big of fan of Siwon before this show because I found him to be a little fake on variety shows, but he isn't ugly for a main role, and his acting's not too poor either. SuJu's acting must've been at least good though because I didn't even notice that they were being dubbed and that Donghae's voice was much higher than usually and that Siwon's sounded like his impression of that famous designer he always does impressions of. I just thought that that was how all Taiwanese drama's were where the voices didn't match the lip movements. Gong Xi was easy to like in the beginning because of her strong sense of purpose and since she seemed more lively than other main leads tend to be. She was cute but it was a little weird that she looked like YoSeob from Beast to me mixed with Gollum from Lord of the Rings (even more so when she held that stone). Unfortunately she seemed to get annoying and whiny towards the end (especially the baby voice and weird dancing fit?). I liked the actress who played Qin a lot. She was very beautiful and her confidence was admirable. Du Xian seemed like a very credible actor to me especially how believable his smiles were compared to Siwon's (for a while, I thought that he had something going on with Gong Xi and that they would end up together), but his expressions began to become repetitive and was a little creepy sometimes when he kept smiling to himself. His yellow phone was cool though. Mary did not seem cute at first because I thought she looked old, but later her little round face reminded me of the adorable kid from Modern Family. I'm usually not a fan of odd humor, but I thought that the CEO was interesting. I did like some of the manga effects they used in this show and the little treats that made them happy. I gave the music a 7.5 just because I like SuJu. The beginning song was nice but I didn't really get addicted to the music. I don't rewatch shows so I'd give this a rewatch value of 1. Overall it was fun to watch and didn't really have many hard to get through scenes, but no wow breathtaking, heart-wrenching moments either so I gave it a 7. To be fair, I don't think that they could really have the actors get too close since it would upset their fans, and it's very rare for people who are trained to be singers to have outstanding acting like Gong Yoo's performance in Coffee Prince as well (I did enjoy Rain's acting in Full House though). If you're a fan of Donghae or Siwon and aren't overly obsessed to the point that you can't see them with another girl (which you might want to get checked if you are), then I would recommend this show. It's cute, funny, and keeps you entertained.
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