So I Married an Anti-Fan (2021)

Fanfic material but an okay watch

I was not expecting a masterpiece so it I enjoyed it for what it is.

The story is a typical wattpad or fanfic material. I feel like I've read this kind of plot over and over already. That being said, the story was not novel for me but I liked this kind of cheese and trope so I consumed this one with gusto. At first, I was hesitant with the main leads' chemistry. Probably because at the first few episodes neither one of them is actually likable. But if you actually gave it a chance, the character growth is fantastic.

Sooyoung and Tae Joon did well although I think even rookie actors could've done this show too. After the initial unlikability of both HJ and GY, I was always smiling when I see them both on-screen. I am convinced of their chemistry and love story. I also didn't care for the other characters in this show (well I liked JJ in the beginning - so much potential in his character that got wasted). The "past" was an overdue arc that I stopped caring for it halfway through the show. I only really liked the relationship build-up between the main leads. I feel like we were robbed of more moments with the two of them. Give me more HJ and GY lovey dovey moments. They should've just focused on the love story instead. Lots of unnecessary plots in there that the writer decided to stop caring midway.

I liked the songs used in this show albeit a bit overplayed but that's not an issue for me because Kdramas tend to overuse their OSTs. Pity though because they could've put more songs in there considering the main character is supposedly an idol.

Overall, it's an okay show to pass time. If you want to watch something with a grand plot and more substance, this show is not for you.

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Fine Cliche Light-Hearted Drama

Honestly, there is nothing much to review as what the headline is it has a common plot. If you want a break or are yearning to watch a jocund drama then I recommend this.

The OST was also great! Until now it keeps playing in my head ☺️ And the chemistry was satisfactory.

The cons are that I was disappointed at one scene's editing but overall it is great. And personally, I did not like how Geun-Young — the character was made, as what I have seen I felt that her effort in their relationship was lacking which made me displeased.

After watching this, I pondered and wished that the audience who have seen or will see this drama realize that an idol is also like every other people that have their own life. I wished that the fans will refrain from being over possessive and just wish all the best for their idols.

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This was a cute storyline. The storyline was pretty harsh, I wished it was a little longer because a story needed to be told especially toward the end of it. I felt it left me incomplete during episodes 12-14. It's like the screenwriter got tired of writing and just wanted to end it. The main actors/actresses and supporting actors gave it their all. I thank them for that. I loved their costumes and wow that one outfit that was on the main actress... wow... that would sell out! I know somebody is trying to make it. That black and white long suede or leather coat that was worn by the main actor... was awesome! I won't expand my thoughts any further just want to thank the whole crew for their participation in this film.

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Nonsense at some points

I was attracted to this drama because of its plot: an anti-fan getting married to an idol sounded like something new and fresh to me. Plus, I admit that I was also in because of the main female actress, which I have recently seen in "Run on".
At first I was happy with everythimg; There were missing parts which I didn't understant but I was at the very beginning, so I thought it was going to get better after a while. I was deeply mistaken. There are plot holes everywhere. And the story keeps going round and round in circles without any explanation about what happened in the past.

I must confess that I kept on watching it because of the actors. I really believe that all of them acted very well. I couldn't stop laughing at some points with the female's expressions and faces or crying with JJ and his problems (and he has got a lot of them).

When it comes to the music, I was expecting more. This drama involves an idol, so I was waiting for it to have more songs. But no. It has got only one or two, which seems extremly poor to me.

All in all, this is a cute cliché drama where you have fun but that's all. There are a lot of holes in the story. For exemple (SPOILER): What happens with the sibling relationship? We only see the big brother asking the driver about his relationship with his ypunger brother. That's all. No solution. What happens with the mother-son relationship? The main lead struggles and suffers during all the drama and... Surprise! Nothing happens between he and his mother. The second female, suddenly, decides to help JJ and falls in love with him.
Really? I mean, it wasn't the best drama, but it could have had a better solution for all those things (well, a better... I must say it should have had a solution).

Just a drama to have some fun and to despair yourself at some points.

BTW: Sorry if my English is not good! Hope you understant it.

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Good drama

Starting is little bore but when the drama reach to end , I get little connect with characters , how much pressure a star face . Though they got their dreams but they loss their fredom . They become some what robot whose remote in the hand of president of the production house , he not aloud to his phone , new phone provide by company ,what to eat , what to wear , always live in hide , calculative speak among the people , everything is just under control . In so much pressure they are living with secondly if you not get success so how people react with you , how you become. Unknown .
Everything is well when ends well. So 10 points. Star has right to live their live according to their will and they can manage their personal and professional life . Last scene has shown this.
Good Drama

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Great premise, poor delivery

The premise of the show is really interesting, and the 1st episode can really hook you in to want to know how thing are gonna develop.

A lot of episodes were really funny, specially in the beginning with the filming of the reality show.
While having most (if not all) the "feel good" k-dramas clichés that we all wait for and love, they did managed avoided some extreme obvious clichés, and I quite enjoyed that.

Best characters by faaaaar: Screenwriter No Do-Yoon hahahaha she's amazing, and whenever she showed up on screen, I knew something good was coming. Director Han Jae-Won was also great, and I love their interactions. They both got their happy ending, and No Do-Yoon's has to be the cutest one I've seen in a while.

To me the biggest problem with the show is character development, or to be more precise, the lack of.
Both main leads didn't had ANY character development. From the first episode, to the last, they all behaved the same, and not for a lack of opportunity.
1FL is too passive, and never learns to stand up for herself. I like how empathetic she is, but nobody learns anything from her, so it feels like lost potential.
1ML has a "savior complex" that is really annoying. They make him to be this tormented guy for things that are not even real, or don't make any sense.
2FL was unbearable(!!!), the actress is super cute, but the character is so selfish and so egocentric, it had to be Stockholm Syndrome to make them like her.
2ML had a really good dynamic with 1FL, and even though cliché and very very dramatic (boy could go straight into doing telenovelas in Mexico), I can't say that I didn't hoped he got his happy ending.

Then, they rushed the last 2 episodes to make the standard happy ending: side characters who were "bad/mean" apologising, time jump to "develop" the lead, etc. But it felt really forced, with some characters going full 180, and some not even having a reason to do anything except "honour".

Overall, it's a bit above average, some interactions made it worthwhile to watch, but I felt the pace of the show was poorly managed. A lot of moments wasted repeating the same things, and a LOT of things towards the end was rushed or straight up not explained at all.

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Unique twist on famous and "ordinary" - I thought it was cute

9.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2021 South Korean romantic comedy with 16, 60 minute episodes

Reporter Lee Geun-young (Choi Soo-young) does not realize just how bad her night can get when she sets out to get a story on a top star. After meeting her boyfriend for what was supposed to be a romantic evening but turns out to be a birds eye view of his cheating romance with a man, a series of events leads her to getting on the bad side of top star, Hoo Joon (Choi Tae-joon). Forgetting how powerful and influential his opinion can be, Hoo Joon gets Geun-young fired. With a lot of time on her hands Geun-young sets out to let everyone know this not so charming side of Hoo Joon and proclaims herself his anti fan. A reality show finds the animosity of the two intriguing and a show is developed around this anti fan marrying the top star and the two living together. During filming both pretend to get along but when they think the cameras are off - the true hilarity begins. Can two people who got off to such a rough start learn the true nature of the other and will this anti-van become a convert?

*spoiler alert. I wondered how this could be depicted in a believable way that they would be in contact enough that they would get married. As I watched it and discovered how and why she became his anti-fan and that they were not really married but that was the premise of the reality show - it made a lot more sense. The romance that developed between the two was perfectly paced and very believable. The "side couples" those romances were not very interesting. The show editor/producers alluded to a connection they had before and that they were reunited in the making of the reality show. So they seemed to "fall into" a romance rather quickly and, since we did not see it develop, I had little interest in their connection. Those relationships could have been left out and would not have been missed. I think she had a talent for acting so it would have been nice to see her product after the reality show ended. I wanted to see her succeed. I enjoyed this start to finish and highly recommend it.

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What a cute drama!

It's just a simple drama but even though it was simple, it makes my heart flutter and my face smile for the whole day. This story makes me thinking too much. This drama reminds me of Lee Sung Min from Super Junior. In this drama, the lead actor are not allow to be in relationship with the female lead because this will give bad effects on the reputation. So I'm thinking. Maybe this was similar with the reality that Sung Min had to face when all the Super Junior fans making petition to 'kick' him from his group.

Ok. Let's go back on the story. I love all the character in this drama especially Ms No and her boyfriend. They are fully and romantic also. And I pitied to JJ and Oh In Young.

Anyway, don't be stress because finally the ending was still happy and romantic! I also had download the soundtracks into my phone. See? How diligent i am.

ok. Enjoy watching!

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I had a pretty good time up until around episode 12. I mean sure the writing is pretty sloppy throughout, but the variety show concept and the fluff were nice. The leads had reasonable chemistry and quite a few cute scenes.
The second lead stories were annoying, but luckily I found them easily skippable.

Chan Sung as a cartoon villain did not work, then again can I really blame him under performing, when it was such a badly written character?

Ultimately why I decided to rate this show at 6/10 is due to the last two episodes. This is supposed to be a preproduced show, but the writing resembled live writing during the last 2 hours, you know when the writers keep stumbling trying to save the bad ratings or at least make a token effort.. People in the comment section here praised the drama for not breaking up the main couple, well I'm not sure if I can agree with them. Episode 15's script at times made me feel like they were separated for like 2 years, then after a short reunion they went into another 3 months of pseudo separation in the final episode. Perhaps it's just kdrama fatigue, but the separation(s) made unusually little sense to me, even if I compare this drama to something like This is My First Life. So yeah, the 10 minutes of happy ending before the rolling credits did not alleviate the bad taste in my mouth.

I cannot stress enough how good the variety show with the antifan idea is, unfortunately they did not expand on that enough. It could have been something really great, oh well..

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Feel good romance

I’ve been waiting for years for this to air, since they filmed it in 2018 and put it on pause until this year I was desperately waiting for this to air. I had very high expectations for this drama and I can say most of them WERE met. The romance between the leads was great I loved their interactions and I loved how they made ho joon so understanding and sweet and main girl was able to speak her truth (after a character arc) overall these 2 characters were very well developed and I LOVED LOVED the ending it was so sweet and I adored it. However, JJ and in hyung’s characters were kinda off for me. I have not read the webtoon so I don’t know if these characters are written like this in the og work but they were unbearable. While I felt bad for in hyung I didn’t particular care for her character and she seemed kinda like a bland character I wish they gave some more backstory or something on her so you could see more of her without her link to JJ cause she seemed to be there just to be angst for the two guys which was annoying. JJ was unbearable I hated this man so much he claimed to love in hyung but he never gaf about her until the very end really????? He made EVERYTHING about himself his victim complex was something else he even made her suicide attempt about HIM????? I hated that they didn’t make in hyung and JJ go their separate ways in the end cause they were very toxic together and it makes no sense for them to stay together. Also the ost was kinda annoying especially the main ost I really was expecting some hits in this but the ost really was horrific ? there was some good songs but nothing remarkable. Overall this was a cute drama with cliches but they were all so cute and endearing and I recommend for when you wanna binge something fun and light!

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I love it! It was super light, cute and fluffy. I’m a big fan of the leads and their couples IRL so it makes me think the four are close friends which is great. It was definitely a good watch after watching stressful dramas like Law School and Mouse so I really enjoyed this one. The story was cliche obviously and some say that it’s more like a Cdrama than a Kdrama. But for me, it was def a Kdrama, a cliche one. There were funny scenes which I loved. I cant believe it only aired 3 yrs after being shot. But I guess now is a good timing cause the leads are back from the army (just in time for CTJ’s release too) I just didnt like the story of Inhyung, didnt like how desperate she was, but it was part of the story so meh. Another, the music I didnt like. I had expectations since it was an idol drama, but I know CTJ is not a good singer but they shouldve still picked better songs. It wasnt catchy at all. Other than those, I love it.

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A tour-de-force to end this.

For some unknown reason I forced myself to watch this, and I think I should have dropped it at some point, but I love Soo Young, so I tried to finish it just to watch her acting.

While I feel the Chinese movie has it's own faults, I somehow ended up enjoyed the really silly plot, and I always thought, that even if it wasn't the best acting by all the main actors, Chanyeol and Mabel managed to develop a believable chemistry during it.

Let me tell you, not only there was no need for this to be 16 episodes, the plot was also washed down to make everybody less unsympathetic than in the movie, and in the middle of it, they ended up drawing characters without a personality.

The positives: While I don't like Hoo Joon, the main character, AT ALL, and I didn't even like it when he starts to become less rough, his chemistry with Geun Young is good, their couple was probably the only reason this drama was semi-watchable.
In the beginning, it's fun, it starts as a nice comedy, and the characters are fun.

The negatives: Don't even get me started on the second leads. How Chan Sung managed to say yes to this abusive character is out of my understanding completely.
Their relationship plays a bit like that awful 50 Shades, this is the textbook of "don't have this relationship" for kids, they are two awful people making each other miserable.
All their tries to make the plot longer, and deeper, failed to me. Nothing made sense, they jumped from one thing to the other. Honestly, stick with simple, simple is best.

I am going to hope this is an old drama, and it just had a lot of production problems, and it ended being shown at the wrong time.

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