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Extraordinary Attorney Woo korean drama review
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo
49 people found this review helpful
by AbztractIsight
Aug 19, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 5.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

Quirky law drama

LIKES:
Actors and actresses well selected for their roles.
The premise and execution of each episode.
A satisfactory ending, but would love a second season.
Loved the delivery of law, whale and autism facts.
Loved seeing the background whales when Attorney Woo was inspired or happy.
Just enough romance, without it being the focus of the drama (and if it was supposed to be, then they failed, lol).
Even though it had a lot of the usual trope, it was decently written and directed.
Music was mostly enjoyable, the whale sounds were cute.
I had the full range of emotions; happy, sad and annoyed.
I liked Attorney Woo’s quirks.
I liked FL & ML’s interaction and wanted more of that to be explored, end seemed a little rushed.
Cinematography and colour palette was good too.

DISLIKES:
Shaky camera syndrome typical with a lot of kdramas, (Please can people start using a film stabilizer!).
Secondary romance wasn’t necessary between Choi Too Yeon and Kwon Min Woo.
Hardly any development of supporting characters or especially ML, Lee Joon Ho.
Every case was ended too easily and not enough mixed final rulings, to show greater range of reaction from Attorney Woo.
Sometimes the background music was a bit too loud and it made hearing the actors and actresses a little hard.
No conclusion about the fates of her colleagues and how their relationships developed. It needed more of how Attorney Woo was slowly changing them too, with her honesty, etc.
There were times I fast forwarded because pacing was a little off, especially in the second half of the drama.
The autism part of the drama was very understated, although FL did a fantastic job with her character.
They failed with showing how Attorney Woo matured and showed independence, by getting a job as a lawyer and exploring romance.
Needed more suspense for it to be a good drama.

OVERALL:
It’s enjoyable to watch, but I didn’t binge it. Has it’s faults and is a bit overrated, but I would recommend it to others. Everything is very suitable for a teenage audience. I wont rewatch it, but would give a the second season a chance, if they do give us more.
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