DISAPPOINTING ENDING
Season one ended and Season 2 begun. All hope was on JoJo and Song Kang's character , Sun Oh getting back together.Even though there was no rhyme or reason why they broke up, I delved into Season 2 with high hopes.
Only to be brought down back to earth, flat on my face! Lol What a complete waste of time!
Just fastwarded the ending and got it over and done with!
Totally disappointed she ended up with Hye Yeong.
The writers were probably going for second male and female leads getting their guys, but to be honest, it didn't work.
So lead male, ends up with second female lead and lead female, ended up with second male lead. But this is where the disappointment cones in!
Plain and simple, didn't work. Leaving most with a very disappointed take on Love Alarm!
Sometimes sticking to tradition is always better!
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DO NOT WATCH
Story is so bad, it distroyed the show. I wanted Jojo to end up with Sun Oh but I would have been OK with this ending if there was a better conclusion to Sun Oh' story and if there was chemistry between the leads. If you show the clip of leads to someone who never watched the show, he/she would NEVER EVER guess that they were in love because they do typical romantic stuff, but actors don't do a good job of showing emotions. And don't get me started on stupid side plots and side characters. Side plot lines that tried to mix in social commentary were distracting. This follow-up uses all the K-drama tricks in the book but does them extremely bad compered to other K-dramas. Once again, DO NOT WATCH THIS.Was this review helpful to you?
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If it doesn't ring it means he doesn't love me?
I'm a little bit confused, when I think about this drama. I didn't expecte much from it after season 1, but at the same time I wanted producers to take one clear direction in this history.I still think that the story had a great opportunities to comment on certain social issues. With the Love Alarm apps as main theme, I was hoping to delve into the subject of love and loneliness. The problems of today's world, when relationships and feelings fall into the background, take on a new meaning, when in the end it isn't us who have to confess our feelings, because one sound will do it for us. But what if all this comment is only mentioned here and there during the show. If not the character of Duk Goo, I would have lost hope that the writers wanted to show more than a dramatic love triangle.
Out dear love triangle... I think the story of each character was interesting, but the potential was not fully realized. Our Jojo - a girl with a trauma who can't trust her feelings, having the thought in the back of her head, that they might hurt her. Sun Oh, a rich boy who needs genuine concern, not being a crush. However, he is based only on app, not paying attention to what his heart tells him. Finally Hye Young, who understands that it takes time to really love someone, but living in the world of Love Alarm, he feels pressured for his phone to ring. It sounds great, but in a drama we get maybe 40% of it. I think the character development could be presented much better.
The biggest mistake of this drama was divide it into 2 seasons. It is difficult to fully tell such a story within 8 and then 6 episodes. The writers had a problem to present the main characters and their problems well. Side arcs were only touched, and the social commentary was practically omitted. I would love to watch 16 episode version of Love Alarm.
But to be honest, despite so many disadvantages, I enjoyed season 2 a lot more. Shots and scenery looked amazing and beautiful. Music has been adapted to each scene perfectly. I would change some things, but overall I recommend this season.
Remember that you don't need app to love someone. Maybe app appeared at the right moment, but not to replace the true feelings, but to remind you of them.
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All is fair in love and war
The Soundtrack is a class. The cinematography is a class. The actors is a class.The story telling is a chaos. Maybe it is the bewildered rendition.
Jojo and Sun Oh has intense and anticipation scene in each encounter. The passion is there. Raw. Suppressing.
Sun Oh still got that fearless conviction. As he was in season 1. Here he’s more fueled with anger too and beaten black and blue.
Hye Young with all the perks he earns, still found himself running in circles self-effacing. Jobs and Girl not sufficient enough to braved grim past life.
Jojo is not ‘trying’ to get caught by her love triangle had she not shielded her Love Alarm years before. Closure is a closure whatever the form she needed.
There are some loose ends here and there. Odd occurrences. Peculiar disappearances. Some characters are like missing puzzles.
So the ending is an ending. Let’s hope this is Fin.
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I liked
I must say that I generally liked this second season more than the first and these are my reasons:1. The female character had a good development in this season, while in the first one she was always closed to what she thought was "right" without overcoming her traumas.
2. The male characters also grew and in this season we get two totally different male protagonists.
3. I feel that the female protagonist stayed with who was the best option for her, since that character grew along with her.
4. Also the change from school to a life outside of it, makes the drama itself should be more mature and I think people were expecting something more of school and it is something that could not be given by the context.
Overall it had a good closure in all the plots it proposed.
NOTE: Can you imagine a series of suspense with the theme of love alarm, it would be good because although it does not touch the subject talks about the extent to which the app tells you that only likes you or that person is obsessed with you.
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5. While it didn't stay with who most people wanted, I think it's still a good kdrama, since as I said before there was a better character development, the story is not dramatic, but still intriguing a bit.
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Not up to rhe expectations
Even in a real it is not okay to stay with a person because you pity them and think they are lonely.The FL didn't consider sunoh's feelings since the first episode in season 1.
I am not sure this season will be as watched as the first season was.
If you wanted to create a love story, it was better to keep the prince as prince instead of turning him into a frog in season 2.
Personally I didn't like this season and I am never gonna watch it again on my Netflix.
Who evem approved the script? There are so many points that are not clear, she breaks with sunoh with no clear reason.
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I actually really like how the story developed.
Please, if you can't see its beauty at least try to respect and appreciate others work.First of all the reality of Jojos life which is basically like ours even though she lives in the ringing world. The struggle of understanding and accepting her past and that none of it was her fault. Past is always gonna be a part of her. duh. cause that’s her memories. She was really hurt and we have to sense that. I know that sometimes it was hard not push her and make her talk about how she feels and what she thinks but it was her choice and we have to respect that. She was just not ready yet.
Season one was about her love life, relationship with Sun-Oh and with Hye-Yeong. I fell in love with that plot and I was expecting the same from the season 2, but season 2 was on a whole different level. Center of this season was who she is and that she has to accept herself in order to move on. She literally had to hug the kid version of herself. If this won’t grab your heart idk what will.
Jojo is the perfect example of the situation when you first have to love yourself if you want to love someone and create a healthy relationship with them. I also think that relation with Sun-Oh was TOXIC for both of them. They loved each other but it was painful FOR BOTH OF THEM . As for Hye-yeong, their relationship was more like they were improving individually and in the end they were healed together.
Sorry for my bad english…Hope this was helpful ;)Thanks for reading <3
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A good amount of people will hate this but I gotta say.
First of all: the second season is better than the first. Period.To be honest I've only watched the second season because I was very excited when I've heard about this drama where the second lead actually got a shot. I was sick of dramas putting an unecessary love triangle that everybody knew the second lead had no shot (still suffering from True Beauty). I got through the cringey plot, the corny scenes and problematic characters only for that. In 2019, when the drama was first released, I watched. I barely could finish the first episode of so bad I thought it was. Yes, I did only rewatch the first ep, and then watched the rest of the show (2 years later) due the buzz of the second lead having a shot.
This may escape from being a critical review, it's more like a "defense" of an unjustified attack this drama got. I can't get why people are so in love with Sun-Oh. Is due his looks? (I personally don't find him attractive, neither of both, but I do think in fact Hye-Young is better looking than Sun-Oh). But really, you guys should revalue your concepts, that's not what love is, that's not a healthy relationship, not in terms of friendship or romantic. He only expect and demand from people. He's what we call a rebel with no cause. I've heard one of the reviews saying "Jojo had no regards of Sun-Oh's feelings".... DID SUN-HO HAD REGARDS OF JOJO'S FEELINGS? Hyn-Yeong' feelings, his allegedly bestfriend? His girlfriend who always stood beside him? NOO. He did not have regards for anyone's feelings. Potential? No, he had no character's potential. The writers didn't ruin him, he was already bad written in the first place.
The drama itself only revolves about the relationship between these three. To be honest, it's more Jojo trying to live her relationship and Sun-Oh going after her time after time hurting Yuk-jo's feeling over and over. Interesting enough, I didn't think it got dull to watch, and look, I'm not a very romantic kind of girl, I do think it'd be better if they had a plot beside the love triangle, so many wasted material: Jojo's art thing for instance. The characters didn't have bigger aspirations in life, what Jojo was studying? What Hye-Yeong wanted to do as a career? Many unanswered questions. It had a lot of loose stitches, not gonna lie. But still, I liked watching it, maybe because I was keen of the main couple, they really grew on me. I thought they look good together, it had a lot of cute scenes too. Hye Yeong was always a very supportive and respectful about Jojo's life and decisions, while Sun-Oh would only be shouting at her demanding answers, acting like his life was the worst of all. So entitled, he thought the world was only about him. It truly made my day when Hye-Yeong punched him in the face.
Back to my point, I tend to drift away from my subject. In the second season you're more used to this whole love alarm idea, and you kind get why this is so important for them, although it may seem silly at first. Once you get used and set your mind for this concept, the actions and story becomes better (or at least less frustrating and less: "why they care so much about this?"). Although it could be better developed, there is a message behind it, about the issues/bad side of social media, technology and algorithm.
The OST here is awesome, it really made everything better and more emotional. A lot of depht. As you can read by know, I developed a big aversion of Sun-Oh, however, his last scene with Jojo was very good, very emotional, full of nostalgia. It touched me. People change, the heart changes, love change, life moves on. Another thing that usually annoys me in k-dramas is this scenario where someone you dated for a month in high school and that you're still madly in love and it makes impossible to you to date anyone after that (or worse: to feel you don't deserve love again). Gosh, you're not a penguin, it's not only one love for life and that's it. You can have crushes, you can love again.
Overall, is not the best drama ever, obviously is not. But this season deserves way better. I just needed to say these things. Thank you if you read to this point. :)
*I'm rating this keeping in mind the last season *
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S2 is good, for me.
Love Alarm is not a masterpiece, however, the actors are really good, the music is amazing, I enjoy the production value of most scenes, AND, it stuck to the values of the author, which I respect so much. The author doesn’t owe viewers anything, so the hate she, the drama writers and directors are getting feels a bit much to me.I guess if you are heartbroken about the pairing you ship, and feeling dead inside, you will find the plot of S2 boring, but, that’s not my case, so I was never bored at all, except for one moment in the last episode where they went all mystic. I never even used the skip 10 seconds button, which is usually used a lot.
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Please don’t make this a ship war.
I haven’t written a review in ages but I could not, in good conscience, leave this page without doing so. Not when I feel the score is not reflective of the actual drama’s quality. Instead, it’s been reduced to a ship war which isn’t fair.STORY - The story of the Love Alarm world is innovative and new. We have a world where people don’t use words as a love language; instead they rely on their alarm ringing to convey their feelings. A disastrous idea in my opinion but one that takes off in their world and quickly becomes the norm.
We follow our three main characters - Jo Jo, Sun Oh and Hye Yeong. Each have their own unique backgrounds but in this season, we see Hye Yeong’s dark secret and how he comes to terms with it. We also revisit Jo Jo’s past and see how she makes her peace.
The story of this season relies heavily on the love triangle - following Jo Jo as she tries to get the shield removed so she can show her true feelings (even if she herself doesn’t really know them). We see how that quest wrecks her and her silence impacts the other two.
I genuinely think that this season is on par with the previous season - we continue to explore this world and see the conflicts resolve in a satisfying (maybe not ship wise for some) conclusion.
ACTING - I think all the actors do an excellent job here. Our three leads excel and really make you take their sides (aforementioned ship wars not excluded). I would like to shout out the actress who plays Yuk Jo for how she plays her character. It’s one that can come across as desperate but she handles it with such poise and charisma that she has me rooting for her until the very end.
MUSIC - I loved the music in season one and here it is again and still just as heart wrenching and haunting.
REWATCH VALUE - I think this is a very personal rating and for me, it’s high. I’ve already watched season one four times and I have this season already saved for another rewatch in future. Especially now that I know that my heartache pays off in the end!
OVERALL - Ships aside, I think this is an excellent conclusion to the story. Many will (and have and will continue to) disagree but for me, this is a 9/10.
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NOT BIG SPOLIER just a few things you should know before watching thisb drama
This drama was different from the others i usually watch. That's why many watchers are dissappointed in this drama. Well firstly the FL mett her first love in school, then broke up with him and few years later falling in love with his best friend. That would not be that bad but they made whole season 1 and 2 look like she and her first love are supposed to be together. I was very dissappointed in storyline becouse i wanted somebody other to be the ML actually in the end i ended up crying. But i would not put this drama between those bad ones, i would just say it was waaaaay too realistic i mean the romance and for somebody it could be a big dissapointment. So you can try watch it but be aware of the twisted ending.Was this review helpful to you?
Love Alarm could have been so much more than this.
The concept of Love Alarm itself is so intriguing - it's something that would fit right in with the Black Mirror series. However, it only scratched the surface of this amazing concept which is such a major waste. The plot itself was bland, horrible and failed the bring out the potential of Love Alarm and the effects it could have on society. The series was just filled with childish decisions, selfish thoughts, and half-assed feelings.I did like the ending though, for the most part. I was only able to get through both seasons because of the actors.
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