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The Light in Your Eyes korean drama review
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The Light in Your Eyes
3 people found this review helpful
by ItsBlu3Viper
Apr 3, 2023
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 3.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Messy writing meets worst direction

So draggy. 4 episodes stretched out to 12. Ratings on MDL are highly inflated. Most of the scenes are panned for too long as if the camera is mounted on an ant & they had to give each of that shot 30 seconds at least.

Worst direction among all of the kdramas I have seen so far. Very weak script. Plot is just a pretty good premise expanded to poorly written 12 episodes.

ML seems to be only capable of looking mopey & pathetically sad - all the time. Guess that's the extent of his character and the range of his acting skills.

FL (younger one) did not get enough script time, but still managed to give quite a nice performance. FL (elder) was similarly good, but, after 4 or so episodes, her character was all about probably asking the viewers to feel pity for her every second of this show (understandably for first few episodes, but for the whole show? Way to make this one as a 1D character like the rest).

This show has an amazing combination of poor writing and worst direction for such an uncommon, but interesting plot line.

Only redeeming part in this sorry excuse for a show, were the actors playing FL (s), FL's friends, FL's mother and FL's brother bringing life to very limited poorly written characters.

This one is like a bait show, asking you to empathize and possibly cry for the sad lives of all the characters involved in a very dull worldview. What a waste of a good plot that could have been a mature outlook on the struggles of a unambitious girl & a helpless old lady, and support of those around her, also (ep 11 & 12) FL;s regretful despair; could have been a good slice of life and a melodrama.

Watch it only for FL (younger)'s friends, mom and trolling brother.

Also, bad execution of the twist in ep 11. Full of loop holes. Totally unnecessary.

This show is messy writing meets worst direction; giving a messed up and confusingly draggy experience. Inflated ratings on MDL. I watched it and this show helped me in a way of letting me know that the bar for worst shows can always be lowered.

3/10.
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