Someone Please Hide the Zoom Button
I really wanted to enjoy Overdo, but the more I watched, the more disappointed I became.The directing, camera work, and editing are honestly exhausting. Every emotional scene is filled with dramatic zoom-ins, endless close-ups, and cuts every couple of seconds. Instead of making the scenes more intense, it just became distracting. At one point, I felt like the camera was acting harder than the cast.
The drama also got off to a rough start. That original AI-generated opening looked surprisingly cheap, and it's no surprise viewers complained enough for it to be replaced. It wasn't exactly the best way to introduce a supposedly high-budget production.
Then there's the story. It's incredibly predictable and stuffed with the same old tropes we've seen so many times before. The constant misunderstandings, toxic relationships, and over-the-top drama don't feel fresh—they just feel recycled.
What bothered me the most was the directing style. It reminded me of those vertical micro-dramas you scroll past online: nonstop close-ups, frantic editing, and background music that practically screams, "You're supposed to cry now!" A good scene shouldn't need all those tricks to make people feel something.
Even some of the CGI took me out of the story. That airplane looked like it belonged in Pororo the Little Penguin. I genuinely laughed because it looked so out of place.
As for the acting, I know Zhang Linghe and Wang Churan have plenty of fans, and both of them are undeniably good-looking. But visuals can only carry a drama so far. Zhang Linghe spends much of the series wearing the same brooding expression, while Wang Churan often feels more like she's modeling beautiful outfits than fully becoming her character. Their scenes together rarely feel natural. Instead of two people genuinely reacting to each other, it often feels like two actors waiting for their turn to say the next line.
And before anyone jumps to say, "You're just a hater," not really. I actually think it's important to talk honestly about these things. Being a fan doesn't mean pretending everything is perfect. If anything, constructive criticism is what helps actors, directors, and writers improve. Blind praise helps no one. Good performances deserve to be celebrated, and weak ones deserve to be acknowledged too. That's just part of appreciating dramas as a viewer.
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