hyperbutterfly89

There were moments where I felt the chemistry and other moments where I genuinely thought the ML was going to turn psycho/stalker/weirdo on her. I don't know whether that's a problem with the script, the acting or both but it was really weird.

I, personally, don't necessarily hate it. I've watched and loved fluffier dramas with less substance. It's more that I'm disappointed. I think the story had potential to be something more than a traditional fluffy romcom. I might get back to it once I got over my previous exceptions.

I don't necessarily mind an adaptation that differ a lot from the original. However, what's frustrating here is that they took a really good, complex, and ripe for mining element and overly simplified it and turned it into a farce rather than an examination of several issues. Having her have an "original" face takes out the idea of loving someone that has "no face" and what comes with that (being regarded as a player if you're a guy or "easy" if you're a woman, social expectations, how emotionally exhausting it can be, being with that person when they are a child or and old person, how that can put a strain on family relations for the "normal" person...).

Another person in a comment on DB described it perfectly when they said it was like a production company found a script about an actress, a chaebol, and contract relationship, and then slapped the face changing thing on top of it. It feels like a gimmick, something for either comedy or exaggerated moaning rather any deep reflection. Maybe the drama will prove me wrong in the end, but the tone itself is not really giving the vibe of contemplation. Let me clarify one last thing, being reflective and full of contemplation does not necessarily mean it can't have comedic elements.

I don't think that LMK is a bad actor. I've seen him do a lot of very diverse roles. And while I think that his role here and BTIMFL are close, I don't necessarily think that they are the same, they have different motivations and ticks. However, I found it hard to connect to his character here when I instantly connected to him in a role where he was very stoic and closed off in another show. I don't know whether it's because of the writing or because of his portrayal. But I do know that he's a pretty good actor, in the hands of a lesser actor, his character in BTIMFL would have been horrible.

I couldn't get into the story, the changes from the movie, the FL or ML. I also dislike that they took interesting characters and turned them into what feels like (to me personally) caricatures--the cold chaebol and the rich entitled actress. I liked the movie a lot better with the ML not really having a face to call his own, making the story have a lot of depth. From watching the first 3 episodes, it felt like they took a story that was introspective, quiet yet powerful and deep and turned it into a cheap gimmick. I'll wait till the drama ends and see other people's reviews before I decide whether to pick it up again but I feel like the tone of the first 3 episodes just told me all I need to know about how they'll handle the story.