Abyss (2019)

Good for filler

If you are looking for something fluffy but also a little strange, do I have the drama for you!

Story
The story line is semi interesting. I particularly the little jokes about Cha Min coming back to life in a more 'handsome' body BUT I think it is a bit of a stretch to say that Se Yun comes back in an 'average' looking body. Bo Young, girl, don't let these men write you like that! Anyways, the story was interesting enough. I did enjoy the ending but wished there was more of an explanation about his return. It was just 'oh his back' one day.

Acting/Cast
This is a well stacked group of actors. As I've said in previous reviews, I will not fault an actor for taking a job. They are merely able to control so much about the story and character. None of the characters sat badly with me but aside from the leads, everyone else was not that memorable.

Music
Also, no memorable.

Rewatch Value
I'd be willing to give this a rewatch down the line. A good refresher or gap filler in between other dramas.

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MY ENTRY TO KDRAMAS

Year is 2018, i had never watched a korean thing before. on second thoughts i did watch one movie which was a big hit train to busan. my stupid self didnt even know who Gong Yoo was at that time. So while waiting for 2nd season of stranger things i stumbled upon this show called abyss. dont know who Park Bo Young and Ahn Yo Seop is at that time. plot seemed intersting and it was only the first two episodes that were available and i didnt even know that kdrama dont release all of it at once. so i start watching and even though visuals were great i didnt like the first two episodes. i forget about it after that but in the back of my mind i fell love with korea and i didnt even know at that time. eventually after year or so i watched whats wrong with my secretory because it was way to popular and thats it, it was how i fell in love with korean dramas. i did finish this drama way later but this was the first drama i watched. so far i have watched over 200 now in the span of all these years.

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The story for this drama had a lot of potential to be a very good show. However I feel that the majority of the show fell short of that. The first few episodes are just okay, it does get better towards the middle of the show and start to show more of it's potential for being good, but it isn't until around episode 12 that it really drew me in. The whole story surrounds the abyss (a magical orb that has the power to bring people back from the dead) yet the abyss is only partly talked about and is mainly left out of the story. I know they were focusing on the rest of the actual story, but it would have been nice to give more of a background or story to this key object in the story line. I mean after all the show is named Abyss. Despite this though, the show is good, the crime, romance, and drama throughout is fun to watch and has a decent story. Episodes 12 - 16 are the best part of it.

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Only 16 episodes... ONLY 16 episodes! Finally, the writers did something in 16 episodes. I LOVED it! Great storyline, thank you Moon Soo Yeon, but the topic of this dynamic series was something I hate the most but we have some cruel people out here in the real world! It needed to be told. You have to watch it if you know what I mean. The storyline was cute, romantic, but dangerous! The romance chemistry was DYNAMIC! I can say that I found my 3rd great Kisser in Ahn Hyo Seop! Ahn Hyo Seop eyes though! His 6.2ft body frame with Park Bo Young's height of 5.2ft, wow... I know that height difference... lol... But it is a good pairing! Lee Shi Eon who played Detective Park had me laughing on some of his parts. The whole cast was great, even the actor, Kwon Soo Hyun, who played the serial killer... what a smooth talker but scary! Thank you to all the teams of a dynamic storyline.

Note: Had me sobbing like a baby at the end. uggghhh...

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I really like this series it was sad the ost was really good one of them in into the abyss I really liked the plot I like the cast a lot ALALLALALALALJSKSOSJEKSJJEKEJEBHEJRIFBHDJDNDJDJDJDJJDJFJFJFJFJFJFJJFJFJJFJFJFKFLAPAOPALALALLSSLLSLSLSLSLSKSJDJKDJSJSJSKSMSNSNSJYES JSKSLSKELSKKSKSKEKELAKKAKWKJJHHHHJHGHHFJXJDJDKDKEKEKKEIEOOEKWSLSLLAPALALALKSKDKDMKkkLalalalallalalwlwllwlalkw and yeahKSKKSKSLSLALSLLSLALALSLSLLSLSLSLLSLSlslslslslsllslslsllslslslslslslsLAKJSDIJDHDHDHSKKA S SHS. SHS SHEBSHEHBE SHDBD D DH SHS SSBS SHS HS DHD DB. HF. CHHD. BCN C. HD. B F J. BDN. HC. BC. B. C

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So basicallyn i've been watching kdrama since i was 9 years old and now I'm already 19. I could say that my reviews to the dramas that i've watched is very reliable. though I know that all of us has our own preferences.

To those who gave reviews negatively about this drama, it's okay but isn't it too much to say that you never liked it?

Well, to cut the chase, I highly recommend you guys to watch this drama for sure you'll never get bored while watching this especially to the middle part. hehehe lovelots. xoxo

ps. i dont wanna give spoiler so you better watch it for you to find whether my review is wrong or not ;)

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Ok drama, but could be better

Initially, the drama has a lot of potential. It has a good premise and an interesting plot, but ultimately it suffers from "trying way too hard to be more than just a romance drama", something that I've seen happening before (with Queen: Love and War for an example). This drama has good leads with good chemistry and a very cute love story, but unfortunately the romance gets pushed back for the sake of focusing on the murder mistery, investigative plot. The problem with that is that the story has way too many plotholes and conveniences that happen just for the sake of moving the story forward or creating more conflict, to the point that sometimes I just got irritated. It was still interesting at certain points, but way too predictable and flawed to be considered a good murder mistery.
As I said, the lead couple has a nice love story, but because the writers are trying way too much to focus on the murder cases their romance feels rushed (even though it takes many episodes to actually happen), delivering a mediocre investigative plot and a great, but underdeveloped romance.
The supporting cast is good, I specially loved Hee-Jin's redemption arc and Dong-Cheol was a nice character. As for the leads, Cha Min is very cute, he has basically everything I love in a male lead and even though he's rich he breaks the stereotype of cold, scarred by the past chaebol by being an actual sweetheart and very obvious about his feelings for Se-Yeon from the start, while she's an actual intelligent, strong female lead (even though a little egoistical and petty at times), making me like her instantly since k dramas tend to portray women as dumb or weak.
Overall the drama is ok, I'd recommend it for people who don't have anything better to watch, just don't go with your expectations too high.

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Exciting rom-com

This is by no means the perfect drama but I don't understand why it's receiving such low reviews as I'd recommend it! It's really exciting and well-balanced from start to finish. I was expecting it to focus more on the deeper reason of the good souls looking good and bad souls looking bad (although who can ever call Park Bo-young plain, she is the opposite to model-esque I suppose) but apart from some comments here or there it doesn't really delve into that. Instead it's a crime rom/com.

It is first and foremost a rom-com so while it was a bit rough, the small details weren't important because it was enjoyable and I wasn't bored at all watching it. We aren't supposed to take the story or characters too seriously. It created to entertain us and I was entertained. The action was exciting, the sorrow was sad, there were great plot twists, the romance made my heart beat, the backstory was interesting, the couple was adorable and had great chemistry.

Park Bo-young delivers her cute and sassy self, she is basically a sassier version of her Strong Woman Do Bong Soon character. Ahn Hyo-seop's a very fresh rookie and while he's rough around the edges at the start he delivered his bright, fresh, good-hearted character as intended. Every time his smile would break out after some tension would make my heart skip a beat.

I recommend it for the exciting crime & sweet rom-com.

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Don't let the bad reviews put you off, it has its issues but its defiantly worth watching.

I'll start by saying it's a shame there are a lot of negative reviews about this because I actually enjoyed the series and I don't regret watching it, in the first few episodes I was quite confused but then things did start to pick up and aspects of the plot got more interesting and quite exciting. However, the reason I didn't score higher is because I did have some issues with the series.

As other people have said, there are a few plot holes that never get fully explained, but that doesn't really detract too much from the enjoyably of the show, yes it was disappointing to see that lack of detail in the writing, but I personally didn't mind as much. There were many exciting moments that had me at the edge of my seat, and if you view the series as a crime thriller/ suspense/ murder mystery rather than a supernatural series, then you can see it is actually quite good, except for the ending, but i'll get to that in a bit.

I think the main reason people criticised the plot was because of how they did the supernatural elements. The whole thing about how Cha Min gets the abyss just seems a bit pathetic to me, and the fact that the ones that give it to him never reaper throughout the rest of the series (except the tiny bit at the end) doesn't make sense. I don't get what people are saying about Abyss not being relevant to the plot when it is shown or talked about in every episode, but I can understand their frustration on how it was never really explained about very well.

The REAL problem with the series was the ending!!! it seemed like such a forced scramble to make sure they had a happy ending that seems as if they put no thought into how it would end. Don't let that put you off watching but just be prepared for a really stupid last episode, they seriously could have done so much better with that. I think it would have been better to finish on a cliffhanger with the trial still going, (it was far to quick to be realistic) and "someone" still missing (I'm trying to avoid too serious spoilers here) then have a second season to fully flesh out all those plot details and have a better conclusion for the characters return, instead of it simply being 'oh hey i'm back, I missed you, this is what happened'.

One other thing I would have loved to see more of is the developing relationship between Cha Min and Se Yeon in the past not just their romance as adults. I would have liked to have seen more flashbacks of them becoming close friends as kids, and how Cha Min was there for Se Yeon instead of just repeatedly telling us that they were childhood friends.

Now onto the true saving grace of the series that made me enjoy watching.... The cast!

The character portrayals in this series was amazing, hats off to the casting director because the actors really play their parts beautifully. I'm a big fan of Park Bo Young and I think she is a brilliant actress and can really deliver the emotion her character is feeling. This is the first thing I have seen with Ahn Hyo Seop and I will defiantly go check out more of this work no I have seen this. And the rest of the cast too, Lee Sung Jae, Lee Si Eon, Han So Hee and Kwon Soo Hyun all portrayed their roles so brilliantly it just goes to show that the cast can really make the show, even if people had a problem with the plot, it can't be denied that the actors did a great job.

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