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Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce) korean drama review
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Love (ft. Marriage and Divorce)
2 people found this review helpful
by Trish Mish
May 31, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

When Men fully embraced the noun ANIMAL.

I did not give this drama a somewhat low rating because it involves cheating, i knew fully well what i was getting into because i read the synopsis and the tagline.

I see a lot of the reviews gave low rating just based on the infidelity aspect which i find strange because it was stated in the synopsis and it was tagged as well. Nevertheless, everyone is entitled to their own opinion and write what they liked/disliked.

Although i did not based my rating out of the infidelity tag,that does not mean i agree with it. I am 100% against infidelity. I rated based on how it was written & directed and the delivery and flow sequence of each episode.

** SEASON 1 TELLS THE NARRATIVE OF THE WHY(S) MEN CHEAT.

The drama on a whole was slow,however, it did not start that way. To me, at the beginning it was somewhat fast paced which kept me on edge, But somewhere in the middle it started to get slow, so slow to the point it became exhausting and sickening and i felt that some scenes... well I should say a lot of the scenes were filled with unnecessary dialogues. The dialogues and scenes were so un fitting that i thought they just added it to make the episode an hour long which made some episodes felt like a filler.

I sorta grasps on what the writer was trying to portray/ convey in the eyes of the men but at some point it felt like the writer was trapped and the message could not not be conveyed properly. So it was like a never ending circle.
Aslo, at some point it felt like a 2nd season was an after thought. I say that because of the way it started and the progression just became so stagnant with so many dragged out scenes to make way for the 2nd season. Just imagine watching new episodes weekly but nothing is moving along in the plot line.

So basically the way i see it is that you could start the series from the 10th episode and not miss any important or significant detail and then go back and watch the first for formality. But then again it's just the way i see it, i won't advise to do that though because some people take longer to catch up on things.

I would not categories this as a "bad drama" but in my opinion i find it was missing something. I don't know if substance is the right word, anyway it was missing something. Patience is a virtue and if you don't have patience this drama is definitely not for you.

I know there are good men out there and not all of them cheat, but seeing it and why they do it from their prospective is quite shallow in my humble opinion.

It's a drama i don't see myself rewatching but don't regret i watched. However, if you dislike dramas with infidelity tag just exit now because the entire drama is based around that. To those who are planning or are venturing into this drama bear in mind that you will feel frustrated, disgusted, disappointed, anger/range and all the emotions that makes one want to choke somebody But since there is a 2nd season you will feel that hopefulness of a deserved penalty for the wrong doers.
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