Danny Yatim
Jakarta, Indonesia
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Nice beginning. Terrible story line
I just watched this series for fun. It started as a sweet romantic story, although some parts seemed questionable (like swapping houses with your bestie, and then it turns up to be somebody else's home. Really, could that happen in real life?), but oh well, like I said I just watched it for fun.
I do think the acting was really good. The actors and actresses were mostly good-looking. The scenery was beautiful (countryside, the island, city scenes), but the storyline was so terrible. Okay, this was the usual rich girl/poor boy love story with all its challenges. The plot is also filled with politics, social injustice, family business, trust and betrayal, love and revenge, but the romance became more and more trashy. Why make this into 17 episodes, when you could have stopped at episode 10. I couldn't stand the "I still love you--No, I dont love you anymore- Yes I love you--No I dont love you" and the "Let's sign the dvorce papers--No, dont--Yes, I will sign it--No, I wont sign it" cycle. This seemed to be never-ending and was very tiring to watch.
Could the title also be changed to "Bad Romeo, Bad Juliet". Khim was not the sweet-and-innocent rich girl who cannot be blamed. Yes, there was an issue of mistrust towards people around her. But she also had her share in making Kla's life miserable. It went both ways.
The final episode was -what can I say?- too simplisitc and boring. A nice honeymoon on an island, with cheesy romantic talks between Khim and Kla. Then what happened with the other characters? Suddenly we were suppossed to forget about them all. The happy ending, left us with no further explanation on what happenned to the other characters: Khim's father, cousins, aunt, bestie, ex-boyfriend, and also Kla's sister, stepmother/natural mother Asia. Everything seemed to be hanging, and viewers were just supposed to forget they all existed? Okay, let's just focus on the everlasting love between Khim and Kla. Now everybody's happy. Ha ha ha.
One minor thing which also didn't make sense to me. Do super-rich people who live in huge mansions live alone? Khim's father, Asia, even Carl (Kla) lived alone and did their own house work. No domestic helpers? No security guards? No drivers? No gardeners? I just can't believe this to be true.
Would I watch this series again? I dont think so.
I do think the acting was really good. The actors and actresses were mostly good-looking. The scenery was beautiful (countryside, the island, city scenes), but the storyline was so terrible. Okay, this was the usual rich girl/poor boy love story with all its challenges. The plot is also filled with politics, social injustice, family business, trust and betrayal, love and revenge, but the romance became more and more trashy. Why make this into 17 episodes, when you could have stopped at episode 10. I couldn't stand the "I still love you--No, I dont love you anymore- Yes I love you--No I dont love you" and the "Let's sign the dvorce papers--No, dont--Yes, I will sign it--No, I wont sign it" cycle. This seemed to be never-ending and was very tiring to watch.
Could the title also be changed to "Bad Romeo, Bad Juliet". Khim was not the sweet-and-innocent rich girl who cannot be blamed. Yes, there was an issue of mistrust towards people around her. But she also had her share in making Kla's life miserable. It went both ways.
The final episode was -what can I say?- too simplisitc and boring. A nice honeymoon on an island, with cheesy romantic talks between Khim and Kla. Then what happened with the other characters? Suddenly we were suppossed to forget about them all. The happy ending, left us with no further explanation on what happenned to the other characters: Khim's father, cousins, aunt, bestie, ex-boyfriend, and also Kla's sister, stepmother/natural mother Asia. Everything seemed to be hanging, and viewers were just supposed to forget they all existed? Okay, let's just focus on the everlasting love between Khim and Kla. Now everybody's happy. Ha ha ha.
One minor thing which also didn't make sense to me. Do super-rich people who live in huge mansions live alone? Khim's father, Asia, even Carl (Kla) lived alone and did their own house work. No domestic helpers? No security guards? No drivers? No gardeners? I just can't believe this to be true.
Would I watch this series again? I dont think so.
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