Baejoo

Everything about this from the story to the music and the way it’s filmed/edited is over the top and not in beautiful melo way like Siege in Fog or other Republican dramas are, but in a low budget vertical short drama way that took all the seriousness out of serious scenes. The big suit executives at Tencent and Iqiyi clearly did not even bother hiring a good writer or really putting any effort into this cause they knew fans of the Zhang Linghe and Wang Churan will eat it up anyway.

The Background Music:
Somebody turn this off, there’s background music blaring at all times and overshadowing the dialogue. I seriously hate the “this is where you have to be sad” “this is where you laugh cause there’s funny music” sound effect thing dramas do and this was so excessive with it. Again in vertical short dramas where it’s more aesthetic vibes than substance, maybe the blaring is okay but this is a high budget full length drama, there’s no excuse.

Acting:

It’s your standard cdrama acting but somehow worse, I think both of them are no Oscar winning actors but ZLH and WCR has been better in other works I’ve seen them in so idk what happened here. Chemistry too I felt nothing.

Rewatch Value:

There’s nothing valuable about this. Just watching something else.