After the first episode I knew it wasn't really good, but hey, it's important to try and it might improve.
After watching the whole drama, I can safely say it's been a while since I saw such a humongous dumpster fire.
Story: rushed and unconnected. They tried to squeeze in the whole 20 hour drama storyline in 49 minutes. It didn't work. Even the cliches seemed rushed. Still, we glimpsed the following: getting drunk, piggyback ride, eating food from street stalls, rich heir and poor girl trope, rebellious heir, love triangle, second lead syndrome, tsundere male lead and the poor girl getting a makeover trope. Ugh. Add in the open ending, terrible "inspirational" one-liners and a general sense of hopelessness as to where this plot is going and what you get is a whole new level of unwatchable. Honestly, if it wasn't this short, I wouldn't have made it.
Filming: do you like a shaky camera with lots of refocusing and jump cut scenes? If so, you're up for a real treat. My personal favorite was the scene in which they walk down the road - it lasts 5 seconds and has 3 jump cut scenes. We're on one end of the road. And now in the middle. And now at the other end! Wasn't this exciting? Yay.
Acting: I dislike insulting actors for their work so I'l just say the nicest things I can. They didn't stutter and the second lead's dancing was better than expected.
Music: boring but passable
Rewatch value: it has one? Honestly, if you want to watch a romantic short drama you're better off with pretty much anything. May I suggest Another Parting, Between Friendship and Love, The Boy Next Door, She is 200 Years Old? They're all under 2 hours long.
Good points: imagine all the money you'd save on plane tickets if all it took to travel across the ocean was to get drunk and pass out near the sea.
Bad points: everything else
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For drama with non-Asian lead, I suggest Tamra the Island.
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Overall acting in English felt as natural as plastic compared to the scenes done in Korean. The editing was choppy but I suspect that is because of the time frame allotted for the drama. I could have been "better" if they added extra time to the story development and made it a mini-movie.
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Mercifully short
This is a reject from the "I watched it so you don't have to department." It's "This is so bad you gotta see it" material.The script lurches forward randomly trying to condense a bad 16-episode rom-com into 40 minutes of airtime. I could not figure out if there was a love triangle that tripped my gaydar or if it was straight up BL with some random chick thrown in to confuse things. Based on the last episode I think it's trying to be heterosexual.
The acting is only charitably described as such. "David Shin" has one acting credit. It should remain that way for all eternity. The other two were far from that bad but they won't be passing my auditions any time soon.
The music was taken from a tape of insurance company hold music that one of the producers probably stole from their day job.
Bottom line: I gave it one point for being mercifully short. You should absolutely watch it and prank your friends into watching it, too.
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are few episodes, I know, but the story could have been great, lacked more involvement and explanations in the story, everything seemed "vague" and "shallow"
I believe that if in the future, someone decides to make a drama with a foreign leading actress, will make a great success! (If the story is well elaborated).
On the other hand, I realize that the actors struggled to do their best, unfortunately this drama did not show the potential of the actors. Grace learned Korean just watching dramas and this really is spectacular! I would love to see her perform more often, in dramas with more elaborate stories so she has a chance to show off all her potentials and talent
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Also, Americans have different mannerisms and opinions on strangers touching/grabbing them by force. Most American women would punch a guy who dragged them down a street no matter how attractive they were.
Would not recomend to anyone.
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