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Lost Potential
After watching the show trailer i developed some expectations for the show, I thought it will be a typical harem story with multiple love interests. Centered around the mystery of "Who is Enchanté?"
The first episode showed me that it was nothing like expected and "Who is Enchanté?" mystery is at best side plot.
I think the reviews for Enchanté will be pretty polarised because if you come for "harem", or "mystery" you will end up pretty disappointed.
What I liked:
- Nice cinematography and locations. The campus scenery is really beautiful.
- Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - analogy intertwined in the plot .
- Plot ideas - just idea their execution is so-so at best.
- Akk character - he is really likable character and showed pretty good acting skills.
- Akk little sister - she is a future star in making for sure the only downside is that she had too little time onscreen.
- Exploring hidden intentions of various Enchante imposters.
What I disliked:
- Enchanté plot - the whole idea of the show is about learning who is Enchante, but screenwriters made Enchanté irrelevant from the start which affected the whole plot and gave it a feel of time filler or subplot at best. If they build him up some more, my reaction in ep.5 for Theo looking for Enchante wouldn't be like - "Huh? We are still doing that? Why? Go back to Akk..."
The entire exchange between Enchante and Theo was so short and meaningless that it's a true mystery why he or us viewers should care about it.
- Theo character - i wouldn't call him unlikable but his character setting makes it kinda hard for viewers to cheer for him or connect to him on an emotional level. He is very self-centered and kinda just there... he feel more like plot device than the main character.
- Attention to details - there is several plot point that just doesn't make sense, in scrip and in editing - how no one caught them before airing is beyond me...
- Peacing - it feels draggy at times, making it feel boring because nothing interesting happened that affect the main storyline. There are many scenes that just have these time-filler feelings about it and felt like were written as middle school fanfiction, just not sure if it was caused by budget or screenwriting.
Overall Enchnate is a good show that had some really nice ideas that really weren't executed properly due to poor screenwriting. Directing and post-production also didn't help it. While main duo are pretty much newbies to acting...
But it has this comforting quality about it making it very easy to watch so if you are bored and want some no-brainer and unproblematic storyline you might like it.
The first episode showed me that it was nothing like expected and "Who is Enchanté?" mystery is at best side plot.
I think the reviews for Enchanté will be pretty polarised because if you come for "harem", or "mystery" you will end up pretty disappointed.
What I liked:
- Nice cinematography and locations. The campus scenery is really beautiful.
- Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - analogy intertwined in the plot .
- Plot ideas - just idea their execution is so-so at best.
- Akk character - he is really likable character and showed pretty good acting skills.
- Akk little sister - she is a future star in making for sure the only downside is that she had too little time onscreen.
- Exploring hidden intentions of various Enchante imposters.
What I disliked:
- Enchanté plot - the whole idea of the show is about learning who is Enchante, but screenwriters made Enchanté irrelevant from the start which affected the whole plot and gave it a feel of time filler or subplot at best. If they build him up some more, my reaction in ep.5 for Theo looking for Enchante wouldn't be like - "Huh? We are still doing that? Why? Go back to Akk..."
The entire exchange between Enchante and Theo was so short and meaningless that it's a true mystery why he or us viewers should care about it.
- Theo character - i wouldn't call him unlikable but his character setting makes it kinda hard for viewers to cheer for him or connect to him on an emotional level. He is very self-centered and kinda just there... he feel more like plot device than the main character.
- Attention to details - there is several plot point that just doesn't make sense, in scrip and in editing - how no one caught them before airing is beyond me...
- Peacing - it feels draggy at times, making it feel boring because nothing interesting happened that affect the main storyline. There are many scenes that just have these time-filler feelings about it and felt like were written as middle school fanfiction, just not sure if it was caused by budget or screenwriting.
Overall Enchnate is a good show that had some really nice ideas that really weren't executed properly due to poor screenwriting. Directing and post-production also didn't help it. While main duo are pretty much newbies to acting...
But it has this comforting quality about it making it very easy to watch so if you are bored and want some no-brainer and unproblematic storyline you might like it.
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