CiaraRoisin
The Best of Actors Can't Fix a Poorly Written Script
**Disclaimer... This is just my opinion. I recognize and truly appreciate all of the hard work that has gone into producing this drama. Thank you.**There are already many detailed reviews that go over every aspect of the series so I'll keep this short and try to avoid spoilers. The Lovely Runner started out strong but floundered in the end. Though I didn't like the choice of time travel device I was interested in the characters and the female lead's quest to save the male lead. He had inspired her to keep living when she was at her lowest. He was gentle and kind towards a total stranger over the phone and then again when he met her in person. The female lead's despair after her accident was moving. I wanted them to be able to change their fates. Unfortunately, there are so many gaps in logic and my ability to overlook them that I became increasingly frustrated as time went on.
I think that the actors did a great job with what they had to work with. I found Im Sol's immaturity grating. She was supposed to be 34 in a 19 year old's body but she didn't act like it. She had good intentions as far as saving Sun-jae but she was also often unnecessarily mean and selfish. Both Ryu San-jae and Kim Tae-sung are genuinely good guys but their characters and stories were not developed enough.
Lastly, the soundtrack has some beautiful songs on it, particularly the ones by Byeon Woo-seok.
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The Worst Cross Dressing/Gender Bending Series I've Seen
**Disclaimer... This is just my opinion. Everyone has one and they are all valid. I know that I'm in the minority when it comes to this series. I appreciate all of the hard work that goes into making these dramas.**I watched this series because I liked Gong Yoo in Goblin. I had high hopes for it because of the positive reviews I had seen. Unfortunately those hopes were dashed almost immediately. The acting was good but the writing wasn't.
The female lead character is so uncouth that I can barely find words to express it. She didn't grow up starving alone on a deserted island but she acts like she did. She takes gluttony to the extreme with a complete lack of table manners and common decency. One or two scenes of her eating would have been more than sufficient to get the point across but there are far too many of them. She is aggressive, rude, selfish, arrogant, ignorant and ultimately, to me, unlikeable that I found it very difficult to care about the main couple. Yes, she is hard working, tough and loyal (in a sense) but that isn't enough to balance out the rest.
The characters and their relationships are unhealthy. There is lying, cheating, using, abusing, stalking, etc. but a general lack of what most people would define as real love. That and a lack of chemistry between the main characters. For all of those reasons I couldn't get invested in this drama and couldn't wait to be done with it.
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Some Character Flaws Are Too Great to Ignore
**This is just my opinion. Everyone has a right to their own, I'm always grateful for all the hard work that is put into every aspect of creating a drama.**I have watched so many dramas that I thought I couldn't be shocked anymore. I was wrong. There are a lot of dramas that depict a female lead character as physically assaulting a man because he's pushed her too far. I don't agree with them either. This drama takes it to the extreme though and I felt that I had to say something. The female lead character assaults the second male lead repeatedly. Literally beating him up. That is awful enough. What makes it even worse is that he's fine with it. Then, while discussing the assault with the first male lead states that if hitting him "makes her happy" then a man should take it.
I'm a woman and my complaint is not based on my gender. I object to anyone being abused. What kind of message are the writers sending to the viewers? When people watch enough of these kinds of shows they can't help but be influenced by them. I had hoped that there would have been some realization on the part of the female lead character that she needed to change and she would seek help for her anger management issues. I've made it to episode 24 and that still hasn't happened.
If you can ignore that aspect, this series does have some really sweet, touching scenes. The acting is good and although I've got no clue what the lyrics are some of the songs are very pretty.
The clothing and decor though were bad enough to be a distraction even for an older show.
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