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Ryan B

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Cleveland, Ohio
Bon Appetit korean drama review
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Bon Appetit
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by Ryan B
Oct 2, 2023
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 9.0
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
This review may contain spoilers

Loved it - Wished it was longer

When I started this one, I wasn't sure where it was going to take us. When it was over, I wished they had given us more.

While Chinese rom-coms and dramas drag things out to 48 episodes with the main characters learning nothing and going through everything imaginable - BLs still tend to be 3 hour movies chopped into small segments and called a series. That's okay...baby steps.

A few faults in continuity - but, forgivable. No real time tracking for us. What day is it? How much time has passed? What led our characters to think and act the way they do/did? Enquiring minds want to know...

I really felt for everyone. The feelings and reactions seemed very true. This is where I wanted more detail. What was the result of A, B, or, C?

Characters:

Lee Yoon Soo was the most developed. You knew everything you needed to know about him. He knew who he was. You know where his passion lies. You know enough of his story to be believable - and, one you can invest yourself in. You want him to succeed.

Jung Do Hoon's details needed some tweaking. He shows an interest in girls in every scene he is around other groups and people but, he's okay with exploring another side of himself? This is where we needed help in how much time has passed. It could have been solved with the reason he focuses on work so much and just lives to work is because he really doesn't know who he wants to be with and can't understand why any attempts at a relationship always fail.

I have seen this successfully pulled off in a few other BLs where the guy has many one night stands or, starts new relationships with girls but, they always end/fail. I loved the way this was handled in Theory of Love. Khai - being rich - was able to hide his failed attempts at relationships by being a jerk. The attention would focus on his actions rather than, why he wouldn't let a relationship proceed past quick and easy sex. When the girls wanted more from him - he would put an end to it. When he found out Third really loved him - he went into fear and acted the only way he knew how - and the writers remembered to put that in Khai's words to Third.

Jung Do Hoon needed to come to terms with himself while we got to watch and cheer him on. As with many BLs - we only get to see the beginning of their relationship and have to guess the rest.

Now, that this company has three BLs under their belt - do like MAME and give us story continuations through new BLs. Let's see the characters a couple years later getting married or, being a small part of the new couple's lives. We want to know.

Loved the side characters - would have loved to learn more about them so, we could connect. As the money and product placement grows - we will see longer BLs. I love that in Wedding Plan - they landed The Arches.
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