lovebug
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Nothing you haven't seen before.
TLDR; The writing is subpar at best, but the music was good and it's a nice "feel good" drama.
This drama was fairly well received, with average scores of 8.5 on MDL and 7.7 on IMDb. Viewership also appears to be competitive in its season. Pretty much everywhere you're going to see fairly good reviews for this drama, but overall, it's average.
Music: 8
This soundtrack does everything you need it to in a drama and it does it pretty well. There were a lot of moments that were *made* by the music. An example of this is that while there was no skin/s** in this drama, the song "Starlight" by Jeong Hyo Bean, along with some great production created intimate, sensual moments. The song is wonderful, highly recommend. Other standout tracks are I Wish It Was You and Run To You. The instrumental tracks in this album are good too.
Acting/Cast: 7
Actors in a rom com have to achieve two things: be funny, and show love. The romantic moments were so much better than the comedic moments. Im Si-wan (ML) and Shin Se-kyung (FL) did a really great job with their characters, but the second couple of focus and their actors Kang Tae-oh and Choi Soo-young were so much more fun to watch. They were funnier and gave us the most romantic moments in the drama.
Story + Writing 5
This is where this drama really suffers depending on what you're looking for. This drama is an exercise in cliches and troupes, There's nothing you haven't seen before here. A lead is incredibly wealthy/famous, the other one isn't but has strong work ethic, there's a love triangle, disapproving parents, and at the end even characters that only had 2 minutes of screen time ended up in a couple. There wasn't anything that made the cliches more compelling either. It almost felt like there was a bingo card of cliches the writers were trying to fill out so they had to create outlandish scenarios to check them off. There was also way too much going on- there were a lot of smaller characters that the story could have honestly gone without and been better for it because towards the end, they took away time from some of the more compelling storylines. Sometimes as viewers we just want to shut down our brains and absorb ourselves in a cute, light-hearted drama with a happy ending, and this one is that. This drama is never stressful to watch, but it's also never thrilling. There weren't any moments that stood out or that you'll remember years after watching it. Everything was just pretty average.
Rewatch Value: 2
You didn't miss anything the first time. In fact, you've seen this drama many times before, it just wore different names. Fine to rewatch if you have nothing better.
Overall: 5.5
To enjoy this drama at its fullest, know that this is going to be exactly what you think it is. It's light-hearted, cheesy, and predictable. Sometimes that's exactly what we want, but not always. Sometimes we want something that will really grab us, pull our heart strings, and thrill us. This drama will not do that. In my opinion, Choi Soo-young, the music and production carried the drama towards the end.
This drama was fairly well received, with average scores of 8.5 on MDL and 7.7 on IMDb. Viewership also appears to be competitive in its season. Pretty much everywhere you're going to see fairly good reviews for this drama, but overall, it's average.
Music: 8
This soundtrack does everything you need it to in a drama and it does it pretty well. There were a lot of moments that were *made* by the music. An example of this is that while there was no skin/s** in this drama, the song "Starlight" by Jeong Hyo Bean, along with some great production created intimate, sensual moments. The song is wonderful, highly recommend. Other standout tracks are I Wish It Was You and Run To You. The instrumental tracks in this album are good too.
Acting/Cast: 7
Actors in a rom com have to achieve two things: be funny, and show love. The romantic moments were so much better than the comedic moments. Im Si-wan (ML) and Shin Se-kyung (FL) did a really great job with their characters, but the second couple of focus and their actors Kang Tae-oh and Choi Soo-young were so much more fun to watch. They were funnier and gave us the most romantic moments in the drama.
Story + Writing 5
This is where this drama really suffers depending on what you're looking for. This drama is an exercise in cliches and troupes, There's nothing you haven't seen before here. A lead is incredibly wealthy/famous, the other one isn't but has strong work ethic, there's a love triangle, disapproving parents, and at the end even characters that only had 2 minutes of screen time ended up in a couple. There wasn't anything that made the cliches more compelling either. It almost felt like there was a bingo card of cliches the writers were trying to fill out so they had to create outlandish scenarios to check them off. There was also way too much going on- there were a lot of smaller characters that the story could have honestly gone without and been better for it because towards the end, they took away time from some of the more compelling storylines. Sometimes as viewers we just want to shut down our brains and absorb ourselves in a cute, light-hearted drama with a happy ending, and this one is that. This drama is never stressful to watch, but it's also never thrilling. There weren't any moments that stood out or that you'll remember years after watching it. Everything was just pretty average.
Rewatch Value: 2
You didn't miss anything the first time. In fact, you've seen this drama many times before, it just wore different names. Fine to rewatch if you have nothing better.
Overall: 5.5
To enjoy this drama at its fullest, know that this is going to be exactly what you think it is. It's light-hearted, cheesy, and predictable. Sometimes that's exactly what we want, but not always. Sometimes we want something that will really grab us, pull our heart strings, and thrill us. This drama will not do that. In my opinion, Choi Soo-young, the music and production carried the drama towards the end.
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