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Disappointment of the year
I was really looking forward to this drama because I love both the ML and FL actors. I will start by saying their acting was about as good as it could be, given what they had to work with. The problem with this drama was a terrible storyline, dark content that never really was resolved, and overused tropes against the ML that overplayed its hand. Seriously, how many times can the ML get shot, stabbed, beaten, and abused before you just throw your hands up and move on? The FL character was ridiculous at best. Her character was meant to be a dark beauty who is mysterious and vengeful, but we really got tired, paunchy, and the maker of bad decisions.
Again, this is no fault of the actress, who I think did the best she could. The character was mysterious, but her abuse and neglect of the ML was ridiculous. The only one who truly loved her, sacrificed 3 years of his life and took the blame for a murder that she committed, and dedicated himself wholeheartedly to her, she rebuffed and refused to share her past nor her future plans of revenge. She did it all in the name of "protecting" him, but she had no problem literally telling everyone else in the drama her business. ML is the only one who proved how much he loved her for her, not to use her in some way that benefited himself. And when we did discover why she held a grudge against him, it was for something that happened when he was a child and wasn't his fault in the first place. I expected the ML & FL to come to grips with each other and act on the love/passion they started. Even after she bore him a son, she shot back that she didn't want him to be the father - even though he was. I felt like the ML & FL actors didn't have much passion, and they didn't have great chemistry. That was sad because I loved them both in other roles.
The ending was probably one of the dumbest I've seen. And I've seen a lot! They had so much time to wrap this up and make it better, but they failed, and nothing ever gets resolved except in the end everyone pretty much dies. The ML mom and sister don't really get what they deserve, and that makes it completely unsatisfying. So for me, this was probably one of the biggest disappointments to date, and I do not recommend it. I would have given it less than one star, but it wasn't an option.
Again, this is no fault of the actress, who I think did the best she could. The character was mysterious, but her abuse and neglect of the ML was ridiculous. The only one who truly loved her, sacrificed 3 years of his life and took the blame for a murder that she committed, and dedicated himself wholeheartedly to her, she rebuffed and refused to share her past nor her future plans of revenge. She did it all in the name of "protecting" him, but she had no problem literally telling everyone else in the drama her business. ML is the only one who proved how much he loved her for her, not to use her in some way that benefited himself. And when we did discover why she held a grudge against him, it was for something that happened when he was a child and wasn't his fault in the first place. I expected the ML & FL to come to grips with each other and act on the love/passion they started. Even after she bore him a son, she shot back that she didn't want him to be the father - even though he was. I felt like the ML & FL actors didn't have much passion, and they didn't have great chemistry. That was sad because I loved them both in other roles.
The ending was probably one of the dumbest I've seen. And I've seen a lot! They had so much time to wrap this up and make it better, but they failed, and nothing ever gets resolved except in the end everyone pretty much dies. The ML mom and sister don't really get what they deserve, and that makes it completely unsatisfying. So for me, this was probably one of the biggest disappointments to date, and I do not recommend it. I would have given it less than one star, but it wasn't an option.
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