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cityhunter

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Summer Fever taiwanese drama review
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Summer Fever
7 people found this review helpful
by cityhunter
Jul 11, 2013
30 of 30 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
now before you dismiss this review as useless b/c i didnt watch the entire show hear me out. no one has written a review for this so i decided to as i have seen over half and then the end. at episode 12 i started having to skip through about half of each episode. after five episodes of that i decided to skip to the end to see if it was worth finishing. sadly, Summer Fever never quite found it's rhythm. it starts slow and pretty much stays that way.the tension never quite feels urgent to the viewer. at 30 episodes there is alot going on that you are supposed to care about that you just don't. the plot also takes several abrupt turns that are more annoying than exciting or intriguing. it has it's moments but over all it never got me going. the cast are all fine and funny, George Hu being a delight to watch. he isnt just pretty on screen he is one of the most natural, comfortable actors i've seen in asian drama. it's not at all unusual for an actor to be good at the big emotions like sorrow and joy. But for some reason often when an actor is just supposed to be sitting there, portraying those little conversations we all have every day or even just laughing with friends, it seems very forced. not so with George Hu. which is what made the end soooooo awful. the end of the show is just horrible and the motivations behind people's actions are murky nonsense. A Kuan's reaction is spot on but some of the dialouge and imagery is so ridiculous as to render his response to events comical. it's sad because he delivers such a believable performance over all.
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