Rari
Cloud Drama
This review may contain spoilers
Age Ain't Nothin' But A Number and Money Isn't Everything.
This show set out to illustrate how a big age difference should not be a determining factor on whether two people should be together or not as portrayed by Young Gun and Dan Dan; It also set out to show through the actions and experiences of its characters that money is not everything and love, affection and family trump money - this is shown through the characters of Cho Sa Ra and her mother, and also through Dae Bum's story and his struggles while dating a woman richer and older than him.
I would say that all in all the show did succeed in illustrating these points but it was done in an uneven manner, the writer focussed heavily on the negative with only a sprinkling of goodness. This made for a frustrating watch.
Cho Sa Ra ruined this show single handedly, the writer drew out her schemes for way too long that by the time she got her sad
(ish) ending it was too little too late.
Having said that, I enjoyed the family slice of life, the kids and Park Dan Dan, I also really enjoyed the relationship between Dae Bum and Se Ryeon, their unabashed love for each other kept me going when other aspects of the drama were dragging.
By the end of the story the characters had learned the lessons they were supposed to learn but the road walked by some characters to redemption was a bit trite, eg. Yeon Shil, what made her change and decide that money isn't everything? she just changed her mind from one day to the next. A more believable transition is that of Mrs. Wang, I could clearly see her battle to change her mindset and eventually events and life experience changed her and she became sincerely repentant.
I could have easily dropped this around the episode 25 mark but something made me keep watching so I can say that much about it.
Music was repetitive, it would have been nice to hear more songs
One great thing I can say about this drama is that it has made me interested in watching the longer episode weekend dramas which I have never watched before, I enjoyed the up close slice of life vibe of this show and am looking forward to watching more longer form dramas,
I would say that all in all the show did succeed in illustrating these points but it was done in an uneven manner, the writer focussed heavily on the negative with only a sprinkling of goodness. This made for a frustrating watch.
Cho Sa Ra ruined this show single handedly, the writer drew out her schemes for way too long that by the time she got her sad
(ish) ending it was too little too late.
Having said that, I enjoyed the family slice of life, the kids and Park Dan Dan, I also really enjoyed the relationship between Dae Bum and Se Ryeon, their unabashed love for each other kept me going when other aspects of the drama were dragging.
By the end of the story the characters had learned the lessons they were supposed to learn but the road walked by some characters to redemption was a bit trite, eg. Yeon Shil, what made her change and decide that money isn't everything? she just changed her mind from one day to the next. A more believable transition is that of Mrs. Wang, I could clearly see her battle to change her mindset and eventually events and life experience changed her and she became sincerely repentant.
I could have easily dropped this around the episode 25 mark but something made me keep watching so I can say that much about it.
Music was repetitive, it would have been nice to hear more songs
One great thing I can say about this drama is that it has made me interested in watching the longer episode weekend dramas which I have never watched before, I enjoyed the up close slice of life vibe of this show and am looking forward to watching more longer form dramas,
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