Madiha
The story was really interesting at the beginning. The minute I read the description, I thought to myself, 'A good looking straight guy pretending to be gay? Why not?' The show started off really well, with nice, refreshing humour. I haven't seen Son Ye Jin in too many dramas, but I found her acting really well done, and her character came out really cute. I really enjoyed Lee Min ho's acting as well.
If a show makes me ship the heroine and hero really quickly, I tend to stick until the end. The "villains" weren't exactly lovable, but that was easily over looked. For the first half, I mean.
After the sort of "climax" halfway through the show, I was expecting them to resolve the really small issues that were left (i.e Jin Ho's mother, the Dam Project thing, etc.) But of course the writers thought that that wasn't enough! This show could've ended at around 13-14 episodes, but they just decided to pile more problems on top of more problems. I'm not exactly a big fan of cliches, and this show took it too far. The two villains were like black smudges on a mirror. Just plain annoying. The little scenarios that In Hee came up with to separate the main couple were just stupid, and Chang Ryul just acted like some dumb puppy who listened to everything she said without having second thoughts about it, whilst acting like he "loved" Kae In more than anything. And don't even get me started with Na Hye Mi. I had to force myself to watch the show. In all honesty, it's actually on hold for me right now, because I really don't have the patience for them to resolve such petty problems in 4 entire episodes. This show just became homework for me, and I NEVER want to feel that way when watching something.
Still, I don't want to just spew hate all over this show. I really enjoyed the side characters Yeong Seon and Sang Joon. Especially Yeong Seon, she was my favourite character. She was probably the only character that didn't bother me. The drama between Jin Ho and Director Choi was really well done. I predicted Director Choi's... secret, I guess, pretty early, but it was still really entertaining when it was finally revealed. I'll also admit that Jin Ho and Kae In's little romance moments were really cute, and were probably the only reason why I've bared to watch this series.
I really loved the soundtrack. One of the songs were a bit overused, but the soundtrack was one of the things that I really liked about the show.
I don't think I'll ever re-watch this show. It's a good watch if you just want to watch it to take a break from another show, just watching a couple of episodes whenever you're bored.
Overall, I give this a 6. This show passes for me, but don't expect me to watch something like this in the future. I'm not blaming the actors, it's just that the writers decided to put a little "too much" drama into the show. I understand that this is a drama, but there's a still a limit, you know?
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