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OffGun I'm sorry this sucks!
I fell in love with OffGun after watching Not Me, and as much as I was ready to love Theory of Love, I ended up hating it and wishing I could get my time back.
Gun is a wonderful actor and he gave a beautiful performance...Off as well...but the acting cannot save a terribly written script, crazy directing, and psychotic editing.
There were moments where I thought the editor must have been drunk--scenes jumping around without evolving naturally, they were having a lovely moment together in their room where you felt their relationship could grow, then suddenly it's the next evening at a noisy club. At some point I thought I was watching a bunch of trailers strung together.
And the writer was 100% burned out~WHY did Khai fall in love with Third when he was such a playboy and totally straight? WHY is Two at first hopelessly in love with Lyn...and when he's finally about to get with her he finds out some guy he hates actually likes him and dumps Lyn to be with him?? How does any of this make sense??
In the first half of the series Gun cries so much that I began timing it to about every 5 minutes...at that point it's not moving anymore it's kind of ridiculous. They spend the entire series in conflict over simple misunderstandings, and then towards the end settle into a pretty toxic relationship in my opinion where Khai is constantly afraid of losing Third and is always in the doghouse.
Another reviewer mentioned the misogyny in the series and I agree. I expected more from a genre that is touted as "for women by women." There is so much objectification, beautiful but average looking girls treated like they're unattractive and unlovable.
Last but not least, Off's character is dressed up like Hillary Clinton on vacation in every scene.
I still love OffGun and I will watch other series just to see them, but I am definitely not rewatching this one. Not Me, you really set the bar high!!!
Gun is a wonderful actor and he gave a beautiful performance...Off as well...but the acting cannot save a terribly written script, crazy directing, and psychotic editing.
There were moments where I thought the editor must have been drunk--scenes jumping around without evolving naturally, they were having a lovely moment together in their room where you felt their relationship could grow, then suddenly it's the next evening at a noisy club. At some point I thought I was watching a bunch of trailers strung together.
And the writer was 100% burned out~WHY did Khai fall in love with Third when he was such a playboy and totally straight? WHY is Two at first hopelessly in love with Lyn...and when he's finally about to get with her he finds out some guy he hates actually likes him and dumps Lyn to be with him?? How does any of this make sense??
In the first half of the series Gun cries so much that I began timing it to about every 5 minutes...at that point it's not moving anymore it's kind of ridiculous. They spend the entire series in conflict over simple misunderstandings, and then towards the end settle into a pretty toxic relationship in my opinion where Khai is constantly afraid of losing Third and is always in the doghouse.
Another reviewer mentioned the misogyny in the series and I agree. I expected more from a genre that is touted as "for women by women." There is so much objectification, beautiful but average looking girls treated like they're unattractive and unlovable.
Last but not least, Off's character is dressed up like Hillary Clinton on vacation in every scene.
I still love OffGun and I will watch other series just to see them, but I am definitely not rewatching this one. Not Me, you really set the bar high!!!
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