Kdramathis
Cambridge, UK
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Doesn't deliver on a great promise
I wanted to like this more than I did. The leads are hot, they have great chemistry and they could have sizzled. I'm not entirely sure I was onboard with the weight loss premise but they did make it a lot about being healthy on the inside which I can totally get onboard with. And kudos to the makeup people for doing such a great job with the female lead's "before" look. The male lead's little squad were totally adorable and I really enjoyed all the scenes that had all 3 of them, or all 3 of them and their "ma'am". I did enjoy watching it and wanted to get to the end to see how they worked out.
But overall, I found the writing and the pacing a bit uneven and it disappointed on quite a few levels.
*spoilers ahead*
- I don't get why he had to go for a year in rehab without her. The reason he gave - that he didn't want to see her pain - was really simplistic and I thought spoilt what was meant to be their growing relationship and at that, a mature relationship together. This kind of noble sacrifice makes for good tortured scenes where they both miss each other but in this it just felt like they had undone all the work they had put in to building a solid relationship, where they could be strong and weak together. So ugh. Even the knitting wasn't enough to save it. Great proposal scene though, one of the best I've seen!
- The epilogue is ridiculous. They literally undid all the lessons learned - about health and good habits - and neither did it feel plausible. Firstly the hero goes up for some do-gooding for 3 months (when they've just been separated for a year and promised to always see each other) and then she puts on THAT much weight just from being pregnant? It's like they inserted this section just for laughs
- This is a minor plot point but I don't get why it's ok to have the female commercial queen be quite so stalkerish on the UFC champion. She was too OTT and he was too reticent, a little less of the both and it would be fine, but you can't have a drama that is trying to talk about domestic violence being NOT ok and then signalling that stalking (even if it comes from the opposite sex) is ok.
- The second leads are BORING and they didn't need to be (though I'll be honest I'm not a huge fan of this actress) - but they had a backstory and they could have been made to work better than they did. As it was every scene they were in made me want to go get a cup of tea or something because I didn't care enough.
- The supposed villians are not villianous enough. I don't get what Uncle gains from male lead not being the head of the firm? This isn't made clear. It was quite half hearted, really.
- It could really have ended at episode 14.
- the dimples thing was annoying, not cute. They could have done more with this couple, chemistry wise - it's like they shied away from this.
And as appealing as So Ji Sub is in this, it was just not enough to save this.
But overall, I found the writing and the pacing a bit uneven and it disappointed on quite a few levels.
*spoilers ahead*
- I don't get why he had to go for a year in rehab without her. The reason he gave - that he didn't want to see her pain - was really simplistic and I thought spoilt what was meant to be their growing relationship and at that, a mature relationship together. This kind of noble sacrifice makes for good tortured scenes where they both miss each other but in this it just felt like they had undone all the work they had put in to building a solid relationship, where they could be strong and weak together. So ugh. Even the knitting wasn't enough to save it. Great proposal scene though, one of the best I've seen!
- The epilogue is ridiculous. They literally undid all the lessons learned - about health and good habits - and neither did it feel plausible. Firstly the hero goes up for some do-gooding for 3 months (when they've just been separated for a year and promised to always see each other) and then she puts on THAT much weight just from being pregnant? It's like they inserted this section just for laughs
- This is a minor plot point but I don't get why it's ok to have the female commercial queen be quite so stalkerish on the UFC champion. She was too OTT and he was too reticent, a little less of the both and it would be fine, but you can't have a drama that is trying to talk about domestic violence being NOT ok and then signalling that stalking (even if it comes from the opposite sex) is ok.
- The second leads are BORING and they didn't need to be (though I'll be honest I'm not a huge fan of this actress) - but they had a backstory and they could have been made to work better than they did. As it was every scene they were in made me want to go get a cup of tea or something because I didn't care enough.
- The supposed villians are not villianous enough. I don't get what Uncle gains from male lead not being the head of the firm? This isn't made clear. It was quite half hearted, really.
- It could really have ended at episode 14.
- the dimples thing was annoying, not cute. They could have done more with this couple, chemistry wise - it's like they shied away from this.
And as appealing as So Ji Sub is in this, it was just not enough to save this.
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