dorabloom
Let me tell you how I felt.
At the beginning, I thought the drama's biggest asset was the budget put into clothes, scenes. In other words, I tend to think that the bigger the budget, the better the story. I can't explain my logic behind that, but enough of that.
This was one of the reasons that I started watching. The plot at the beginning was just a tad slow, but I understood very quickly that the drama needed some time to introduce everything to me properly. I kept watching anyway.
The contrast between the male and female protagonists' characters was exciting and promising, and so because of that contrast, I knew I was in for an adventure full of life lessons. I enjoy watching that.
I wasn't entirely wrong when I said I knew I was in for an adventure full of life lessons. The writers did make sure to overload the drama with life lessons, but ultimately they ended up going too far with that sentiment.
While the writers probably intended for the drama to be realistic, they were not able to balance realism with satisfying the audience. With that being said, I believe all screenplay or drama or anything of this sort should be entertaining enough for the audience to keep watching. But as I advanced through episodes, I realized where the entertainment ends.
The drama started with more than 3 potential couples, where the majority of them were yet to be officially established. Great, the writers supplied us with other couples' stories so that we don't get tired of following the protagonists' storyline all the time. That was a smart tactic. However, without spoiling who loses and who wins, let me tell you - you'll be disappointed by how the couples say goodbye to you. It is especially disappointing because the writers spent so much time on all of them, polishing and defining them, only to discard them in the light of the only relevant pair - the protagonists. In fact, one of these couples was ruthlessly used and then thrown away by the writers to keep the protagonist storyline going. When I say this, it may sound like a normal deal that was only meant to serve as a life lesson in the drama, but let me tell you - there was no follow up after most of these couples' stories ended. As a member of the audience, I feel cheated that the drama took such a turn. All this hype for nothing. Towards the end of the drama, there was a lot of confusion over why some key scenes were not in the drama - by key scenes, I mean those that would only make sense to be included, and yet they were omitted. One episode later, I found out that those key scenes or moments may have happened, but we know nothing of that because there was a time skip that wasn't mentioned at all. Whoever directed this, really did a bad job at not making the plot frustrating, because there were several timeskips that were not mentioned - although I can't explain why it's so bad without spoiling the plot, they ruined my understanding and patience for the drama.
As someone else mentioned in another review, this is a brain-dead drama that is only slightly enjoyable while it lasts, but then you will get disappointed towards the end of the story. Although the writers intended to give us a life lesson, they gave us a 42 episode drama, which when summarized, is just protagonists arguing from the start to finish. Do yourself a favor and watch something else. This is not worth it.
At the beginning, I thought the drama's biggest asset was the budget put into clothes, scenes. In other words, I tend to think that the bigger the budget, the better the story. I can't explain my logic behind that, but enough of that.
This was one of the reasons that I started watching. The plot at the beginning was just a tad slow, but I understood very quickly that the drama needed some time to introduce everything to me properly. I kept watching anyway.
The contrast between the male and female protagonists' characters was exciting and promising, and so because of that contrast, I knew I was in for an adventure full of life lessons. I enjoy watching that.
I wasn't entirely wrong when I said I knew I was in for an adventure full of life lessons. The writers did make sure to overload the drama with life lessons, but ultimately they ended up going too far with that sentiment.
While the writers probably intended for the drama to be realistic, they were not able to balance realism with satisfying the audience. With that being said, I believe all screenplay or drama or anything of this sort should be entertaining enough for the audience to keep watching. But as I advanced through episodes, I realized where the entertainment ends.
The drama started with more than 3 potential couples, where the majority of them were yet to be officially established. Great, the writers supplied us with other couples' stories so that we don't get tired of following the protagonists' storyline all the time. That was a smart tactic. However, without spoiling who loses and who wins, let me tell you - you'll be disappointed by how the couples say goodbye to you. It is especially disappointing because the writers spent so much time on all of them, polishing and defining them, only to discard them in the light of the only relevant pair - the protagonists. In fact, one of these couples was ruthlessly used and then thrown away by the writers to keep the protagonist storyline going. When I say this, it may sound like a normal deal that was only meant to serve as a life lesson in the drama, but let me tell you - there was no follow up after most of these couples' stories ended. As a member of the audience, I feel cheated that the drama took such a turn. All this hype for nothing. Towards the end of the drama, there was a lot of confusion over why some key scenes were not in the drama - by key scenes, I mean those that would only make sense to be included, and yet they were omitted. One episode later, I found out that those key scenes or moments may have happened, but we know nothing of that because there was a time skip that wasn't mentioned at all. Whoever directed this, really did a bad job at not making the plot frustrating, because there were several timeskips that were not mentioned - although I can't explain why it's so bad without spoiling the plot, they ruined my understanding and patience for the drama.
As someone else mentioned in another review, this is a brain-dead drama that is only slightly enjoyable while it lasts, but then you will get disappointed towards the end of the story. Although the writers intended to give us a life lesson, they gave us a 42 episode drama, which when summarized, is just protagonists arguing from the start to finish. Do yourself a favor and watch something else. This is not worth it.
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