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PHILIPPINES
Honestly I decided to watch this because of its high ratings and gave it a shot. It's not groundbreaking but I get why it appealed to many viewers because it had all the ingredients of a perfect family drama, it had something for everyone. The writers took a common soap opera plot and added fantasy spin to it which made it unique
pros
1. Kim Myung Min. His character might be one of the most complex and hardest to portray so far from all the kdramas I saw because of the dual personality. I can really feel his confusions and frustrations
2. Kim Hyun Joon. As much as I love Ra Mi Ran, to me KHJ is the star in this drama. She made me believed in everything she's fighting for. Great acting especially her nuances and subtleness speak so loudly.
TBH I was rooting for her the entire time
3. the OST. touching and emotional songs that really complimented every scenes
4. the supporting casts. This is probably the first time where I think collectively, the supporting and minor casts (with the exception of a few) were much more interesting than the leads. Their stories were fun that made the lead's storyline seemed like a filler. From the bank employees to the mother and daughter tandem were all entertaining
5. the kids. In connection with #4, the special recognition goes to them. I really enjoyed the kid actor's parts. their silly little adventures gave the drama a much needed shed of light (they reminded me of stranger things)
6. the splash of fantasy. Kai did a good job(great improvement from ANDANTE). And I must say that the way the writers incorporated the fantasy scenes were smart, it was not overdone
7. great ending. it got me choked up a bit
cons
1. the lead's personal lives. I'm talking about their "jobs" that practically eats up 50% of each episode. It was just lackluster from KHJ's job at the mall to RMR's insurance job and even the bank fizzled out towards the end
2. the detective. He also gets a lot of screen time and he was really annoying TBH. When you already know half of the truth from the start, there's no point in his quest for justice. the thrill is already gone
3. the mall CEO. the weakest character for me, the writers even tried to build him his own back story but this is to me is a definition of a filler character. Sorry but even the fling he had with KHJ wasn't exciting either
4. the slow pacing. I love me some slow burn, slice of life melodrama but if you don't have the right amount of feels to fill in the gaps then it would just be a yawn fest
5. the whole illegal loan and murder on the side thing. I don't know how many times we've already seen this plot in every drama out there.To me this was just a lot BS with this greed for promotion and power, kinda reminded me of MY LOVE FROM THE STAR where you get a lovely fantasy plot and then the whole crime/detective scenes were sucking the whole fun out. Writers please just let this plot take a rest for a while, thanks
In the end I have to give this 7 stars, if not for the whole illegal loan BS shenanigans, this would've been an 8/10.
pros
1. Kim Myung Min. His character might be one of the most complex and hardest to portray so far from all the kdramas I saw because of the dual personality. I can really feel his confusions and frustrations
2. Kim Hyun Joon. As much as I love Ra Mi Ran, to me KHJ is the star in this drama. She made me believed in everything she's fighting for. Great acting especially her nuances and subtleness speak so loudly.
TBH I was rooting for her the entire time
3. the OST. touching and emotional songs that really complimented every scenes
4. the supporting casts. This is probably the first time where I think collectively, the supporting and minor casts (with the exception of a few) were much more interesting than the leads. Their stories were fun that made the lead's storyline seemed like a filler. From the bank employees to the mother and daughter tandem were all entertaining
5. the kids. In connection with #4, the special recognition goes to them. I really enjoyed the kid actor's parts. their silly little adventures gave the drama a much needed shed of light (they reminded me of stranger things)
6. the splash of fantasy. Kai did a good job(great improvement from ANDANTE). And I must say that the way the writers incorporated the fantasy scenes were smart, it was not overdone
7. great ending. it got me choked up a bit
cons
1. the lead's personal lives. I'm talking about their "jobs" that practically eats up 50% of each episode. It was just lackluster from KHJ's job at the mall to RMR's insurance job and even the bank fizzled out towards the end
2. the detective. He also gets a lot of screen time and he was really annoying TBH. When you already know half of the truth from the start, there's no point in his quest for justice. the thrill is already gone
3. the mall CEO. the weakest character for me, the writers even tried to build him his own back story but this is to me is a definition of a filler character. Sorry but even the fling he had with KHJ wasn't exciting either
4. the slow pacing. I love me some slow burn, slice of life melodrama but if you don't have the right amount of feels to fill in the gaps then it would just be a yawn fest
5. the whole illegal loan and murder on the side thing. I don't know how many times we've already seen this plot in every drama out there.To me this was just a lot BS with this greed for promotion and power, kinda reminded me of MY LOVE FROM THE STAR where you get a lovely fantasy plot and then the whole crime/detective scenes were sucking the whole fun out. Writers please just let this plot take a rest for a while, thanks
In the end I have to give this 7 stars, if not for the whole illegal loan BS shenanigans, this would've been an 8/10.
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