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dramadisciple

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dramadisciple

Texas USA
Forest korean drama review
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Forest
7 people found this review helpful
by dramadisciple
Mar 22, 2020
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

I loved all of the breathtaking outdoor scenes!

This drama is full of your usual cliche drama tropes. A rich arrogant chaebol goes undercover as a rescuer in a rustic country town and falls for a sweet innocent local doctor. And of course they’re forced to cohabitate. Then there’s also the cliche trauma in the past they both suffer from but can’t remember. What saves this drama is the talent of the two lead actors, their romance, and the amazing outdoor scenery.

The two lead actors have some amazing chemistry with real kisses and lots of skinship. They do this romance right by not going too fast nor too slow. They slowly get to know one another and bond over their tragic pasts with their families. But along the way there’s lots of moments where you can feel the sparks.

Then there’s the lush green valleys, rolling hills, picturesque mountains, and clear streams that tons of the scenes are filmed in. The beautiful outdoor settings for this drama breathes life into it and really sets it apart. I loved the parts where they ride bikes through the beautiful trees and lush foliage. And they did a lot of that.

But not everything about this drama is good. The editing, especially in the beginning, was kind of choppy. In one scene it goes from rescuing someone on a mountain, to treating a patient in a helicopter, to suddenly being in the hospitals ER operating on some random patient. And all of this happened in about the span of 5 minutes. I was so confused I had to go back and look at it again to figure out what happened. But fortunately the editing improved vastly after that. Also, they tease the lost memory thing for way too long. And they don’t give you enough information about the lost memories and childhood trauma to keep your interest going. So about halfway through the drama I lost some of my excitement about it. Fortunately, if you can get past the slow part in the middle, the last 10-12 episodes get more interesting as time goes by. And since the episodes are only 30 minutes each it wasn’t too hard to push through and get to the good parts. So hang in there, it does get much better. And it’s definitely worth watching. There are car chases, kidnappings, pretty good fight scenes, and lots of political intrigue. And then all of the past memories resurface which is pretty interesting too.

I like that there was no annoying love triangle. And the side couple was really cute. Overall it’s a good drama. It won’t be in my top ten but it’s not at the bottom with the worst ones either. It’s just a pretty decent drama that I’m glad I watched. I would recommend watching it.
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