betun
India/United States
I am watching Strong Girl Do Bong Soon for the second time; I was not watching carefully the first time and I was not too impressed. That makes complete sense as the joy in this drama is not in following the average and inconsistent story but in reveling in the sweet moments that the drama has, and it has so many!
The Good: The acting in the drama is top notch and it is easy to relate the romantic situations to real life. Both male leads are really good looking but I was quite taken aback by how incredibly cute Min Hyuk was. He is probably the most playful male lead I have seen. I could really relate to how he felt when he called Bong Soon a cutie pie or his reaction when she sent him the Min Min emoji, even the caress of the hair he liked to give Bong Soon, these details on him falling for her made it so enjoyable! The height difference with Bo Young is very obvious but she overcomes it with cuteness. The first time, I was not too impressed by Bo Young but this time I realized that her poker face or deer in the headlights reactions in certain situations is exactly how some girls act and she is quite sensational when she acts happy, confused or sad; her expressions are often worth replaying.
The OST is excellent and apt for a romcom. I particularly liked Double trouble Couple and Heartbeat but the whole OST is a good listen with a peppy and fun, youthfhul vibe. I even liked the action music they brought on in the thriller scenes.
The thriller element in this show was actually good. The villain felt dangerous but was not so horrific as to make this unsuitable for adolescents. He was smart and a worthy adversary talking less and doing more. I have had enough of dramas where the villain makes baseless and empty threats. Here, the villain was genuinely ahead all the time and would have probably won if not for the supernatural element.
Overall the humour in this show was very good and I mostly liked the slapstick nature of the comedy. The supporting characters were quite involved in the storyline and came together quite well. Kyung Shim as the girl who preemptively understood certain things or the secretary and even the Development Team doppelganger of the gangster were enjoyable characters.
The Bad: The main story of Bong Soon and her powers is hopelessly underdeveloped. That was why the first time I felt the drama was a drag. The writers call for an absolute suspension of disbelief. Ok, just roll with it. However, it is hard to take messages about weak girls and the strong preying on the weak seriously on such flimsy premises of unearned strength. Frankly, I found those lines irritating and preachy. The journal on the family's use of strength and Bong Soon's plans on what to with her superpowers, there was almost no detailing. The drama gets all the subtle elements of the lovable romance right: the smile, the teary eyes, the cute laugh, the rising tone of the voice showing ecstacy and completely messes up the detailing in the story. It is so frustrating.
Bong Soon's aim of joining Ainsoft is not to create games but create a game centered on herself, the height of narcissism. There is little in terms of further details on this game and it is kinda important since she has nothing else on her resume worth joining a corporate firm.
The villain's reasons for kidnapping are not really well specified. He wants to marry them and then what? The police's handling of security protocol was really awful. i couldn't understand how lockdown of facilities was not initiated even once even when the guy made repeated similar attempts at the same hospital.
The funny baddie of Tak Baek development was played too long without adequate character development; the amount of screentime given to that segue was too much. The segue needed better writing to funnier or could be edited to a fraction.
One last thing, I feel a bit worried for Bong Soon's fiance. She can be a bit of a bully at times and her mother is a particularly bad example. I wonder how he would stand ground in an argument against her when all she has to say is that I don't like it and you might get hurt but well..let's assume a happily forever after.
The Good: The acting in the drama is top notch and it is easy to relate the romantic situations to real life. Both male leads are really good looking but I was quite taken aback by how incredibly cute Min Hyuk was. He is probably the most playful male lead I have seen. I could really relate to how he felt when he called Bong Soon a cutie pie or his reaction when she sent him the Min Min emoji, even the caress of the hair he liked to give Bong Soon, these details on him falling for her made it so enjoyable! The height difference with Bo Young is very obvious but she overcomes it with cuteness. The first time, I was not too impressed by Bo Young but this time I realized that her poker face or deer in the headlights reactions in certain situations is exactly how some girls act and she is quite sensational when she acts happy, confused or sad; her expressions are often worth replaying.
The OST is excellent and apt for a romcom. I particularly liked Double trouble Couple and Heartbeat but the whole OST is a good listen with a peppy and fun, youthfhul vibe. I even liked the action music they brought on in the thriller scenes.
The thriller element in this show was actually good. The villain felt dangerous but was not so horrific as to make this unsuitable for adolescents. He was smart and a worthy adversary talking less and doing more. I have had enough of dramas where the villain makes baseless and empty threats. Here, the villain was genuinely ahead all the time and would have probably won if not for the supernatural element.
Overall the humour in this show was very good and I mostly liked the slapstick nature of the comedy. The supporting characters were quite involved in the storyline and came together quite well. Kyung Shim as the girl who preemptively understood certain things or the secretary and even the Development Team doppelganger of the gangster were enjoyable characters.
The Bad: The main story of Bong Soon and her powers is hopelessly underdeveloped. That was why the first time I felt the drama was a drag. The writers call for an absolute suspension of disbelief. Ok, just roll with it. However, it is hard to take messages about weak girls and the strong preying on the weak seriously on such flimsy premises of unearned strength. Frankly, I found those lines irritating and preachy. The journal on the family's use of strength and Bong Soon's plans on what to with her superpowers, there was almost no detailing. The drama gets all the subtle elements of the lovable romance right: the smile, the teary eyes, the cute laugh, the rising tone of the voice showing ecstacy and completely messes up the detailing in the story. It is so frustrating.
Bong Soon's aim of joining Ainsoft is not to create games but create a game centered on herself, the height of narcissism. There is little in terms of further details on this game and it is kinda important since she has nothing else on her resume worth joining a corporate firm.
The villain's reasons for kidnapping are not really well specified. He wants to marry them and then what? The police's handling of security protocol was really awful. i couldn't understand how lockdown of facilities was not initiated even once even when the guy made repeated similar attempts at the same hospital.
The funny baddie of Tak Baek development was played too long without adequate character development; the amount of screentime given to that segue was too much. The segue needed better writing to funnier or could be edited to a fraction.
One last thing, I feel a bit worried for Bong Soon's fiance. She can be a bit of a bully at times and her mother is a particularly bad example. I wonder how he would stand ground in an argument against her when all she has to say is that I don't like it and you might get hurt but well..let's assume a happily forever after.
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