Completed
ctechperson
19 people found this review helpful
May 17, 2021
20 of 20 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 4.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

For younger audiences

Simple story -- good vs evil. Great graphics. Good looking actors, all around. Basic plot involves a group of friends who can't quite decide whether they're battling as a group, or depending on themselves.

Flat characters with very scripted (stereotypical) words and behavior. The hair-flouncing or finger-pointing anger. Temper tantrums (literally) when things didn't go perfectly. The loyal boyfriend. the Dad (aka Buddhist monk), the PhD psychiatrist, the shy smart kid, the schizophrenic girl, the best-friend-turned-evil... all there. Three couples with very flat predictable relationships. All the girls get pulled in by evil-guy, and the good-guys have to save them. The orphan meme that Disney loves to make sure viewers have enough sympathy.

Acting of the schizophrenic girl is pretty good -- the actress plays three characters, and does each quite well.

Rating scores are clearly a function of age: under 18 rates near 10.0, while ages 50+ rate closer to 2.0. The stereotypes become too simplistic to maintain interest.

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Dropped 1/20
XS33
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 6, 2024
1 of 20 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 4.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Can skip this drama

LIKE

For the first time I don't have anything that I like

Even the worst drama had something but this...

DISLIKE

Everything as this drama and I are of different frequency

I thought Gong Jun is quite popular so I gave The Player a try and omg... story was so bad

I don't know what it is showing

MUSIC

Not to my liking

REWATCH VALUE

Nope
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