My Man Is Cupid (2023)

Waste of time

Ele ? um passivo. Ela? uma chata com botox demais na testa. O roteiro? horroroso. A química deles? não há . A história começa boa mas conforme vai se alongando não foca em um ponto só e os personagens vão ficando desinteressantes, as mesmas situações continuam se repetindo e o roteiro para de fazer sentido, principalmente a investigação policial que parece ser conduzida pelas pessoas mais incompetentes possíveis. A protagonista toma muitas decisões burras e lá pro final já não aguentava mais ela, além disso o par romântico dela tem a personalidade de um sorvete de chuchu.

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Very catchy romantic and fantasy series, with Jang Dong Yoon as ML & Nana as FL.

PLOT: The ML, Cupid, was cursed 500 years ago, for falling in love with a court lady (targeted by the king). He had to transform 29 times to undo this spell (cast by the God of Fate). He is almost at the end of his 29th transformation when he meets FL, a veterinarian, whose suitors all have accidents. She wants to cleanse this bad luck by going to pray 1000 times on a mountain. However, the CL reunion is disrupted by a serial killer and a police officer (the reincarnated king).

PROS:
+ an excellent CL (Jang Dong Yoon & Nana), with very good chemistry and lots of kisses. JDY has still a bit of a poker face, but that fits the character.
+ the 2ary characters are endearing, well developed. I love Cupid who turns into a dog ;)
+ The story is creative, coherent, intelligent. We're left with plotholes at the ending, but it's not frustrating.
+ Good balance Thriller / Romance / Humor.
+ Good OST (It's a K series :)
+ Satisfying ending.

CONS:
- We once again have an all-powerful Villain and capricious and authoritarian Gods.

## The gods are obviously not benevolent in the Korean imagination...

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Série romantique et fantastique très accrocheuse, avec Jang Dong Yoon en ML & Nana en FL.

PLOT : Le ML, Cupidon, a été maudit il y a 500 ans, pour être tombé amoureux d'une dame de cour (ciblée parle roi). Il devait se transformer 29 fois pour annuler ce sort (lancé par le God of Fate). Il est presque au bout de sa 29e transformation quand il croise la FL, vétérinaire, dont tous les prétendants ont des accidents. Elle veut annuler cette malchance en allant prier 1000 fois sur une montagne. Cependant les retrouvailles du CL, sont perturbées par un serial-killer et un policier (roi réincarné).

PROS:
+ un excellent CL (Jang Dong Yoon & Nana), avec une très bonne alchimie et bcp de kisses. JDY garde un peu de poker face, mais cela peut correspondre au personnage.
+ les personnages 2aires sont attachants, bien développés. J'adore Cupidon qui se transforme en chien ;)
+ La story est créative, cohérente, intelligente. On reste avec des plotholes à la fin, mais ce n'est pas frustrant.
+ Bon équilibre Thriller / Romance / Humour.
+ Fin satisfaisante.

CONS:
- On a encore une fois un Villain tout puissant et des Dieux capricieux et autoritaires.
## Les dieux ne sont visiblement pas bienveillants dans l'imaginaire coréen...

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There's more things I dislike about this drama than like

As my heading hints, I wasn't impressed with this drama. Honestly, the only reason I kept watching was to find out who the murderer was. Unlike the romance, the murder mystery was interesting...when they got back to it. I was not interested in ML/FL's romance AT ALL. Here's what I didn't like:

1) I loved this actor as Nokdu, but in this drama, he was an absolute sad sack, and I don't care for downer MLs. I couldn't get behind this century old love affair because ML obviously didn't want to be in love. He was forced into it by his own arrow. When ML is resisting for nearly the entire drama, how can you cheer for this couple when they finally get together? There was no chemistry because ML was constantly pushing FL away yet not giving her a firm 'NO'. Stop giving her hope, ok? Stop coming to see her at the vet, stopping protecting her from the killer, and for gosh sakes, stop kissing her! And ML was kind of dumb when he couldn't figure out that FL was his lost love until the hypnotist guy confirmed it. Then I guess he's okay with it since he hightailed it up the mountain and said silently to himself 'you're my woman'. Bleh. I really don't know how other reviewers can say their chemistry is amazing. It was tepid at best. I mean how can you build chemistry when we had to watch him mooning over two other women (yeah, they were supposed to be FL, but they had different faces so no, you can't build chemistry when you're kissing on Soo Hee and crying over the polka dot girl.

2) I hated how FL followed ML around like a puppy. I don't like dramas where FL is obsessed with ML, falls first or hero worships him because it immediately puts her at a disadvantage. I honestly don't know what she liked about this guy...other than he can't be hurt like her previous love interests. Also, the woman is dumb, ok? You don't go to an abandon warehouse by yourself because you get a text from the dead woman. You know there's a killer out there killing witnesses, you're the primary witness and yet you go ALONE to supposedly meet up with the dead woman. She deserved to have to crap beat out of her, ok? That's just plain stupid. I just would have liked her better if she wasn't so desperate to 'be loved'. It's pathetic. I understand that this is her first 'real' love affair, but she acts like a ten year old.

3) I 100% wanted FL with SML (the cop) but he did almost nothing to pursue her (it certainly wasn't much of a love triangle when one of the participants doesn't bother showing up) and ML wouldn't shoot that damn arrow to make her fall in love with him...even though I was screaming at him to shoot that arrow! If you can't hit her with the arrow, get the damn gun out, ok? And try more than once! Heck, the disapproving fairy/cupid could have shot her and saved himself the angst over ML's love life. Disapproving fairy was nearly as depressing as ML. It would have been more interesting if ML had shot her with the arrow & then regretted what he'd done.

4) Why in the world did they use a different actress for the two previous lives of FL? It made it seem like ML fell in love with multiple women when, in fact, it was technically the same woman. It just pissed me off to see him mooning over these other women. Sorry, I don't like seeing ML kissing other women. And, tell me, what was a grown man doing messing around with a school girl (1st reincarnation)? Ok, I suppose they had to do it so he wouldn't immediately recognize her, however, I think there was a better way to write this other than using different women. It killed the chemistry.

5) Falling in love by arrow. Yeah, I know that's what Cupid does, but it seems like a forced love rather than letting people fall in love with the person because they find something interesting about them (like the unattractive fairy & Do-Ra). The arrow love just seems shallow and superficial. I mean the only reason ML is hung up on FL is because he shot himself with his own arrow. Stupid. It doesn't seem like a real love at all so I couldn't really get behind ML/FL's love story.

6) The whole flow of the story seemed disjointed. It didn't have a smooth flow because it jumped around and introduced characters that weren't explained until later on (like the little kid).

7) The music was completely uninspiring and forgettable.

So, what's makes this drama worth watching?

1) Dong-Gu & Do-Ra's romance. Least two, at least, weren't hit by arrows. Dong-Gu was able to attract cynical Do-Ra's attention all on his own, which makes it all seem more sincere and authentic.

2) Dog fairy when he was in dog form. I mean, who doesn't love a dog, right? But, I didn't like the dog abuse in episode 14. Yeah, you don't see it, but it's implied. Use a cat instead or did FL only work on dogs?

3) I would have liked the cop/prince better if he'd actually made this a real love triangle, but he was too busy trying to discover ML's secret than capture FL's love. I felt sympathy for the Prince because Soo Hee was meant for him until that damn kid god & cupid got in their way. It's My Roommate is a Gumiho all over again. Her red string was attached to SML until that damn fox got in the way. BTW, I really like the red string of fate concept. It's so romantic; unlike those arrows.

4) The murder mystery, which was written a lot better than the romance. Unfortunately, it was overshadowed by all this reincarnation/cupid's love affair gobbledygook.

Overall, the drama wasn't terrible, but it wasn't great either. It was certainly nowhere near 'Strong Woman Do Bong Soon', 'What's Wrong with Secretary Kim', 'W', 'The Healer' or other dramas from the 'Golden Era' of Korean drama. It's just a drama that you watch and then forget.

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Make the screenwriter changing work

A WTF is necessary, because the screenwriter should change work. HTF is possible massacring in this way a nice story? Unbelievable! This show could have been a small gem if written by someone else. The idea is nice, and the cast did his best. But seriously: the plot is a nightmare. Cast well sorted, and capable. Also, the chemistry between the two leads is very nice, and Nana's simply stunning. Again, pity for the terrible plot making nonsense: the cast did not deserve such a garbage.

Update: that "bye bye" led me dropping down from 7.5 to 6.5
Come on.... bye bye... jeez

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Più che un fantasy romantico è un noir!

Il titolo è un po' forviante, fa pensare che è una commedia romantica fantasy invece ha dei risvolti noir con tanto di serial killer.
La storia fantasy c'è perché lui è Cupido rilegato a vivere in mezzo ai umani per 500anni aspettando l'ultima metamorfosi per tornare al suo posto ma qualcosa va "storto" e così incontra lei una bella veterinaria che però si rivelerà l'amore della sua vita proprio per lui che di legami non ne può avere soprattutto con gli umani. Comunque la loro storia tra alti e bassi, ricordi e tragedie avrà il giusto finale.
Anche la storia del killer è ben raccontata e fino alla fine non ti aspetti l'assassino.
Bella chimica tra i protagonisti, bei baci, un po' di comico e qualche tragedia ma nel complesso un bel dramma da vedere!

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O amor e a fé valem muito a pena.

Até onde você iria por amor à alguém? Até onde você iria para proteger alguém que ama? A sua fé é forte e inabalável? A da Oh Baek Ryeon é sim. Em "My Man is Cupid" eu recebi conselhos para a vida que não estava esperando, na verdade, esse drama foi uma grata surpresa, eu não estava com muitas expectativas devido a falta de divulgação e por não ver muitas pessoas acompanhando, o que é uma pena, pois esse drama merecia mais. Maratonei os primeiros episódios e me vi ansiosa pelos próximos, toda sexta e sábado eu tive motivo para ficar animada, foi um prazer assistir essa bonita história de amor que sobreviveu e durou por décadas por causa da coragem da nossa linda protagonista. Ela não desistiu em nenhum momento, assim que soube e entendeu o seu coração, lutou com todas as forças para manter esse sentimento vivo, e o nosso cupido que até tentou relutar e reprimir seu desejo de amá-la, não resistiu ao forte sentimento que carregava dentro de si por tanto tempo.
Assim como a maioria dos dramas que assisti, esse tem seus pontos positivos e negativos. Um dos negativos é que demoraram para solucionar os casos de assassinato, a polícia foi um pouco lenta para realmente entender o que estava acontecendo e agir da forma correta. Adiaram demais essa questão e acho que não precisava. Outro ponto negativo é que as vezes eu achava um pouco confuso as informações das vidas passadas dos protagonistas, sentia que precisava me esforçar um pouquinho para entender algumas coisas, mas ainda bem que tudo ficou esclarecido no final. Os efeitos foram razoáveis, não diria que foram bons e nem ruins, apenas ok. Já os positivos, pra mim, foram mais do que os negativos e camuflaram um pouco as coisas que não deram tão certo, um deles é o elenco-atuação, eu gostei muuuito dos atores, especialmente dos protagonistas. Os personagens secundários também foram bem construídos, gostei da melhor amiga da Baek Ryeon, dos amigos do Sang Hyuk, do administrador da "casa do amor", dos pais da querida Jeong Ah, e até mesmo do policial que teve um final digno. A ost é um amorzinho, adorei. Portanto, de forma geral, eu gostei muito desse drama, recomendo principalmente para quem gosta dos gêneros romance e fantasia (você ri e se diverte também, há cenas engraçadas por causa de um dos cupidos que traz leveza e carisma para a história). Então, se você, amiga dorameira, quer um romance bonito e fantasioso para assistir, dê uma chance para este, eu realmente acho difícil você não gostar.

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