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Weak drama with some cute and funny moments
This is too cliche even for me, in terms of romance, which surprised me. Suho's acting is just... normal, and so is the lead girl's.I didn't really find that the characters had a strong motivation to do anything, and also didn't understand how/why the leads fell in love. It's one of those storylines that goes like "this girl is so beautiful and has so much potential but somehow no one ever notices her, and then suddenly many incredible opportunities start showing up to her, but her humbleness won't let her enjoy them". It was either poorly executed or I'm just exhausted of it, specially because I didn't see her appeal. She has a superhuman ability and does zero with it, it's too irritating to make me cheer her on.
And then she falls for a rich character that has the personality of a door. He has an interesting condition that sort of allows him to get away with being a jerk, and they made him so stupidly wealthy. I feel like they just went overboard with the tropes on this one, and wouldn't recommend it to anyone that doesn't just want to enjoy seeing Suho for 16 episodes (I did. But still).
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Confusingly short, but nice to watch
I was mainly just curious about Sehun's acting, and I think he's quite natural at it. He doesn't have one of those serious facial expressions that seem slightly forced, and the action sequences seemed well done to me.But I was completely confused at the way this abruptly ended, and was left wondering for a while if I was just not finding the rest of the episodes or if they really didn't exist. The ending honestly made me think the story was finally about to begin!
I also thought the acting of the "lead" girl was a bit weak, and the same goes for the actor that played her brother. All in all, I wouldn't really recommend this drama - I'm assuming it's more specific to people that read and liked the webtoon.
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There isn't a lot going on in this drama in terms of story. Everything surrounds an item that two sides (North and South Korea) are after, but the movements in order to get it don't really start until halfway through the drama, which makes the first several episodes slightly boring. It becomes fairly action packed from Episode 8 onward.
I think this drama is worth a try if you like espionage, action and a little romantic angst. If you're a TVXQ/JYJ fan, you'll also probably enjoy watching Jaejoong, and it isn't difficult to sit through his acting. He actually is very good.
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I was curious about Shim Changmin's acting and wasn't disappointed. He looks so young and his character is very endearing, if a little gloomy, so the experience of watching him in a drama was nice. The lead actress,
Moon Ga Young, was perfectly cast, too. The age difference between them didn't bother me because it makes sense for the story, and Changmin's characterization as a high schooler was perfectly believable. He really did look 15 years old.
There isn't much to the plot, though. The 4 episodes are fairly repetitive and there aren't many plot twists, so you can easily guess where the story is going. The music is nice, the leads have chemistry, and the episodes were well produced. If you aren't looking for a drama that's more complicated and happy, then this drama should be fine. It's not remarkable, but I didn't think it was bad at all.
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I guess the main issue is I didn't really sense the characters falling in love. I could understand why the ghost/angel wouldn't show anything more than a longing look, since the character was mostly somber, but I just got nothing from the girl. I didn't get the impression she was a bad actress, though. I don't know if that was an editing or a directing choice... but when she said she liked the guy, I didn't buy it. There was nothing in the story that showed me why either one of them would be in love with the other, besides the cliche "serious guy/goofy girl". Not really any build up.
There's also an absence of meaningful dialogue in this movie. It's all very clipped, the conversations are very short, and we don't know much about any of the characters throughout.
I know this probably doesn't sound like a good movie judging by my review, but I actually did enjoy watching it. It's sweet enough, I just wouldn't say it's one of my favorites in terms of narrative.
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One thing that impressed me about this drama was how expensive it looked. The budget must have been massive, and it was the first sort of "war" drama I've ever watched. The tragedy several episodes in caught me by surprise and I found myself in a puddle of tears that didn't stop for quite some time. Episodes 6, 7 and 15 (I think?) definitely require a massive amount of tissues. I cried the hardest I ever cried with any drama.
It took me some time to warm up to Kim Ji Won in this, but she's amazing. The supporting characters are great too, and the friendships among them all is so sweet. I love how they had a family bond from having been through so much together.
I definitely recommend this drama for fans of romance and people who do not mind shedding some tears. It has a stellar cast, a beautiful story and an ending that I really enjoyed. The soundtrack is great too, and I'll be listening to "Talk Love" and "Everytime" forever.
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The romance is very, very, very slow burn. That alone wasn't much of an issue to me, but I thought Lee Sun Joon and Moon Jae Shin were boring characters, and they have so many scenes that I struggled a bit to finish the episodes.
This drama absolutely sold Song Joong Ki to me, though. His character, Goo Jong Ha, was definitely the most endearing of the group, and I looked forward to his scenes on every episode. He was very flouncy and energetic, a good comic relief without being exaggerated, and in the few occasions he had more dramatic scenes, he killed it.
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I felt like this drama could have ended sooner. After episode 12 or 13, it seemed like the political plot that fueled the story was becoming too slow, and I started to lose interest. I had a hard time not skipping scenes of some of the secondary characters out of boredom.
Lee Min Ho and Park Min Young had great chemistry. I liked that there was never a love triangle or any sort of confusion as to who liked who in this story - Yoon Sung was attracted to Na Na before they even met and, once they did, he devoted a lot of time into keeping her safe. However, this drama isn't one for people that seek romance. There are characters that are in love, but there aren't any relationships. The bantering between the two leads is very enjoyable in the first half of the show, and then it is completely replaced by angst, which changed the way I viewed both characters for the worse.
The soundtrack of this show is good. There was one song that annoyed me a little, which usually played in Na Na's scenes with Yoon Sun, but their two love tracks were beautiful ("Sarang" by Yim Jae Beom and "Suddenly" by Kim Bo Kyung).
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High quality drama with an incredible cast
The plot of this drama is amazing, and so are the score and the action sequences, but the best part of it is most definitely the cast! It has so many supporting characters, yet all of them get their time to shine and somehow have an important role in the main story.Every single scene with the tenants was so wholesome, and I thoroughly enjoyed the villains as well. I was so impressed with Taecyeon's acting in this - after watching "Bring It On, Ghost", I was expecting something simple, with either very few facial expressions or weakly executed ones. But I am confident this role is a massive turning point in his career, as he was PHENOMENAL in it. Naturally, so was Song Joong Ki, but he proved himself long ago.
Vincenzo had several moments that were tough to watch. There are many deaths, a lot of blood and overall cruelty, so I couldn't really binge watch it. I also expected more romance than I got (fair warning: this drama has close to zero romance), but its value isn't in that anyway, so it didn't make a difference to me. My mother and a few friends also watched it, and we all agree it's an excellent drama.
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