Crazy Love (2022)

Either you like it or you don’t ?

When I started this, it was quite intriguing. A really hateful CEO with people issues; quirky and narcissistic, a very bad temper and is full of himself. Then his personal assistant/ secretary who can’t stand him, but has held on and swallowed her pride for one year for the sake of her job.

How the story unfolds from this to her melt down and threatening him, to his accident, his memory loss, her pretending to be his fiancé etc.. all at the same time the people around him trying to find a way to destroy him and his company. It got quite annoying for me.. I had to FF here and there cos I found some characters just to cliche. It got better from Episode 10 onwards- better in the romance, better in the plot and theories, better overall.

One really good aspect of the drama is the character development of Noh Go Jin (ML). From being such a jerk- to realising all the awful things he had done, how badly he treated his staff and the ppl around him; and how he changed and turned a new leaf. It was really heart-warming to watch.

The final episode was good (at least better than Business Proposal ?) A nice closure for all the characters involved, and a happy ending. The way the end was written was also sweet and memorable, a nice after taste to all the craziness. “You are my miracle that made me go crazy” ?

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The story was interesting...

at first i thoght the story and actors were interesting and it was but in the last episodes i was so dissapointed.Stalking, hate mails and emails are really serious thing and how this drama viewed it was just wrong.This is a serious thing and honestly it was pretty awful how this kind of subject was processed as 'not important' When somebody stalks you, send you hate mails, a dead rat or makes lots of illegal things to make sure you lose your company you do not apologize and let it go! And you just don't take a worker who did almost everything wrong back because there would be never trust left.
The best ting was Sina's brothers and friend relationship.they were the cutest.

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bom...

Esse drama tem um estilo muito interessante de contar a narrativa, tendo a premissa uma vingança da secretária, apos descobrir um diagnostico de câncer terminal, para com seu chefe, um homem frio; calculista (trocadilho por ser professor de matemática) e perfeccionista as coisas.
O enredo é legal,mas ainda possui pontas soltas, além de se alongar demais em coisas que ja foi resolvidas nos primeiros capítulos da trama. Acho que poderiam ter diminuido um pouco desse enredo no meio da história pra que as informacoes dos 2 últimos episódios não ficasem so jogados.

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Era tudo para ser um dorama perfeito, mas a Prota deixou a desejar.

“Você é um milagre que me deixou maluco”

Não entendo a razão desse dorama ser tão pouco falado, tem um enredo muito bom. Na verdade eu amei a história em si, fui até pega de surpresa em alguns momentos por fatos que não esperava, e é isso que me faz gostar quando vou assistir algo. Esse elemento surpresa. O drama flui que você acaba nem sentindo, quando eu vi já tava acabando.

E qual foi a razão então da nota 7,5? Não consegui me simpatizar com a prota. Na verdade achei a atriz sem sal, sem muito carisma, a cara dela não mudava. E isso me deixava louca. Não lembro de já ter assistido um trabalho com ela, mas ao lado de Kim Jae-Wook (eu simplesmente amo esse ator) ela deveria ter reagido, não tem como não ficar encantada pelo mesmo. Não sei se também se a história não ajudou a focar nela, no começo eu até gostei da firmeza dela na vingança, mas no decorrer da história ela foi ficando sem graça. Ao ponto de eu até me perguntar como iniciou os sentimentos deles.

Gostei do desenvolvimento do prota, e como foi abortado. As vezes sofremos tanto por conta do passado que nos tornamos pessoas frias. Mas por conta do amor, ele percebeu os seus erros e soube pedir perdão para as pessoas que magoou. Achei linda a transformação do mesmo, não ficou algo forçado.

No mais uma história que vale a pena assistir e seria perfeita se não fosse a Prota. Mas essa é a minha opinião.

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❣ She Got the Chance ❣ To Live Like She Was Dying ❣ °7.8° °VG+°

Even if you aren't a country fan, the song, Live Like You Were Dying, contains universal human truths. The singer meets a stranger. It goes alittle something like this ▫▫>

▪ He said: I was in my early forties ▫ w/ a lot of life before me ▫ When a moment came that stopped me on a dime ▫ I spent most of the next days ▫ Looking at the x-rays ▫ & talkin' 'bout sweet time ▪ I asked him: How's it hit you ▫ When you get that kind of news? ▫ Man, what'd you do?" ▪ & he said: I went skydiving ▫ I went Rocky Mountain climbing ▫ I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu ❣ & I loved deeper ❣ & I spoke sweeter ❣ & I gave forgiveness I'd been denying ▫ I was finally the husband ▫ That most of the time I wasn't ▫ & I became a friend a friend would like to have ▫ Well I, I finally read the Good Book, & I ▫ Took a good, long, hard look ▫ At what I'd do if I could do it all again… ❣ Someday I hope you get the chance ❣ To live like you were dying ❣

CL goes alittle like that as well. Our FL Shin-a, is in a similar situation.

▪ How’d it hit Shin-a ▪ When she got that kind of news? ▪ Man, what'd she do? ▪ She went social climbing ▫ She did some crazy driving ▫ She hole-punched the h3!! out his seven favorite suits ▫ (& she said: I'm not dying this way…) ▫ She chopped up his cacti & ▫ Force-fed him fish fry ▫ & pelted onions at his head to boot ❣ But it only led to: ❣ She loved deeper ❣ & she spoke sweeter ❣ & she gave forgiveness she'd been denying…❣

Lee Shin-a works for a horrible boss. Noh Go-Jin could be described as coldly cruel but he's actually highly intelligent & hopelessly leftt-brained. Feelings? Nonsense. It translates to his being intolerant of incompetence. But next to him, everybody is incompetent. His genius has no equal & it's gone straight to his ego. (He's such a heartbreakerrrr - trill those R's!) Shin-a failed her teacher audition at Noh's academy. Those who don't make the cut get the “honor” of being Chairman Noh's personal secretary. It's the company's way of getting them to quit. Nobody has made it more than 3 mos. She has endured 12 months. Shin-a needs this job. She'll endure b/c VP Oh Se-Gi gives her regular doses of positive re-endorphins. When she's at her lowest fr11om Noh's worse, VP Oh always picks her back up. He's the best.

Ep1 sets up Shin-a's horrible situation. She gets particularly bad news from the doctor. Those headaches? That is a brain tumor. She's going to die. Yes, severe stress can open the gates for cancer to take hold. She's likely dying from stress. Noh, that rat-b@$+@rd, is killing her. Shin-a decides she ain't going out alone. Just like the (rightfully) disgruntled ex-employees of Noh, she will make sure he gets what he has coming. It's HAMMER TIME! Enacting her plan leads to a crazy chain of events, & Shin-a is in the right frame of mind to step off a cliff to see if she can fly.

“Try harder to remember. You MUST remember!” Bedside at the hospital, e’erbody thinks she's pleading out of love for him, but in reality, she desperately wants Noh to remember how she stood up to him before his accident. “No way I'm dying like this.” She won't be able to die in peace unless he remembers that she clobbered him & then quit. Good old amnesia is an overdone Kdrama trope. They borrow from the excellent comedy, Overboard, & Shin-a claims they were secretly engaged prior to the accident. The interesting thing about amnesia is that when people forget all of their past bad choices & the previous offenses they've suffered, they forget to be miserable. They totally forget to be @$$h0!e$. Ignorance truly is bliss. Shin-a remembers it all, though. She decides the best thing to do, as she waits for the cancer to take her, is to take him through Hell. Vengeance is HERS.

Noh, in the meantime, hasn't thought of being mean. He may not remember his “fiance”, but he certainly grows used to having Shin-a around. She's going behind his back setting up expensive company dinners (you all deserve beef! Make sure to use all your vacation time before the end of the year… & start leaving on time!). It's not easy being mean, at least it's not easy being mean to someone who is always nice. & Noh is always nice, anymore. She knows the doctor expects a full recovery. When this genius (IQ 190) finds out what she's done, what will happen? In addition, Noh may be new & improved now, but his enemies don't know that. His enemies don't care. & he's made a lot of enemies.

Several characters have to show personality shifts & hidden sides. This isn't a serious show, but the acting is still quite good. Krystal (Heirs7.3, Bride of Habaek7) is excellent at putting on some antics, esp in one scene that would flop w/ most actor/writer/director combos, but they make it work. I cringed in anticipation of pain when she started ranting, but I ended up grinning (&fairly relieved). They could have done alittle bit better w/ fleshing out her character, though. What is her passion? Why did she fail the audition? How smart & capable is she? How hard has she worked to get to where she is? Getting more personal w/ her would help the audience relate to her more. She remains a tad distant from us, emotionally. That is writing & directing - Krystal is great.

Kim Jae-Wook (Her Private Life8) is Noh. HPL was a big surprise for me. The premise sounds like a low IQ show, but it's actually wonderful fun. Now that I'm getting a 2nd look at Mr. Kim, it's obvious that he is quite talented. His comedic timing is excellent. He sells his character both as an insufferably toxic narcissist & as an innocent, confused amnesiac. He can dance! In ep8 he puts on a show! Ha-Joon plays VP Oh. He's completely different as a teacher in Black Dog8. Ko Kyu-Pil (Crash Landing on You9, The King's Affection8) is a PI. He's clearly having a great time, & he's funny.

CL is VG & it narrowly misses excellent marks. Given that this is a new director/Kim Jung-Hyun & writer/Kim Bo-Gyeom I am very excited to see what they do next. I think we have some winners here. Overall, the romance is VG, but it could have been even better. This probably goes back to the fact that we don't know Shin-a as well as we should. They share a great first kiss. He lies to himself about what he does to keep her by his side. She's oblivious to what's going on in his head, as she's been keeping her head down & just moving forward.

They run into some small logical stutters. Nothing too ‘crazy’. Some of the drama in the later eps is a bit ham-handed, but again, it's not too ‘crazy’. The show isn't intended for anything but fun escapism, & it shouldn't be over-analyzed. The good by far overshines the substandard. They end up providing enough plausibility for ?s that arise. The director is skillful in handling the part of Baek Soo-Young, Noh's ex. In the beginning of the show she seems impossibly beautiful. As the show goes on she looks less so. Her clothes don't fit her right & the makeup & camera work are less complimentary. Woody Allen did the same thing w/ Scarlett Johansen in Match Point. Is it stretching to think their names are an English language pun? His name sounds like “No-go Shin”. It's close. She's definitely decided to “go” & the doctor told her, unfortunately, that soon she'll be go-ing, but he's there, & his name says “No-Go”. ‘No-Go-Shin’.

CL is plenty funny, She hates him. She really hates him. She hates him so much. So why is she sad? She turns on the TV to forget him, & there's his commercial: "Make your decision NOW.” He's pointing thru the screen at her! While everyone around her assumes the opposite of what is true, the overhead camera will look down at her face from a side angle & her eyes will tilt up sideways as she's lying. She'll often comment like that to the camera directly. Then he starts doing it in later eps. It's skillfully played for laughs. By mid show I became a fan of the director. The little things add up to something bigger.

CL features a horrible boss b/c that isn't exactly a rare thing. A horrible boss is almost always a person caught up in h/h own power. It's an offshoot of pride. Psychology teaches that people who do get ahead tend to presume they deserve it, which leads to them assuming that those beneath them are truly °beneath° them & deserve to be so. These things aren't mysterious. Everyone knows that power is corrupting, yet nobody ever sees their own corruption. Pride is the worst liar & we are blind to our own stuff. Practice kindness: It takes determined effort. Also featured is online gang mentality. Technology allows us each a voice & that is power. Virtual pitchforks are no different than horrible bosses. We should be slow to judge & be constructive when we criticize. CL's online lynching leads to a suicide attempt; a particular problem in Korea (highest rate in the developed world). We have too much of it in the USA, too. People will take that pain & go the other way as well, becoming abusers themselves. If you want to live w/ a free conscience, then practice kindness. It costs you ⭕️nada.

The wrap up is excellent. They tied & trimmed all the bows. “Life can be shorter than we think it should be. If you're sorry, say you're sorry. If you're thankful, say you're thankful. Try something again. You never know.” At one point Shin-a's anger abates. She reflects on life & what is most important as she is preparing for her final exit. She decides to forgive & release her rage. She realizes that all humans are merely flawed humans. In the end, crazy love made her sane again. ♥️, afterall, is the answer.


QUOTE?
I've been ignorant. I had no idea those in my life were precious. & so, I've never appreciated them at all.

〰IMHO〰

Directing 7.8
Writing 7.6
Acting 7.9
Romance 6.7
Flutters 6
Warmth 6
Art 7.4
Excitement 4
Sound & music 7
Laughs 7
Tears 3.5
Fright 3
Tension 2
Gore 3
Thought provocation 4.8
Snores 0
Ending 8


Age 14+ PG-13 Language An unmarried couple is pressured to have a baby.

Re-watch? It wouldn't be crazy

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leggero, divertente e fuori dagli schemi

Drama divertente e con alcuni aspetti fuori dai classici cliché.
in realtá non è solo la classica storia d'amore tra il CEO prepotente, narcisista e despota e la sua segretaria che sopporta tutto, ma anche un intrigo con una serie di 'cattivi' che odiano il protagonista (forse anche troppo odio).

SPOILER

Primi elementi che distaccano dalla solita trama riguardano proprio il protagonista:
lui non ha l'amnesia;
inoltre il suo carattere dispotico, narcisista e freddo deriva da brutte delusioni (la biografia del lead è la parte piú interessante e meglio strutturata , che va sicuramente a spiegare bene il personaggio);
bello inoltre che non sia nato in una famiglia ricca e non abbia avuto un'educazione brillante, ma abbia dovuto costruirsi tutto poco alla volta, subendo anche dei sabotaggi .

Altri elementi interessanti e fuori dagli schemi sono che il primo amore non ha un lieto fine e che sia uno dei 'nemici' che lo ostacolano e sabotano, cosí come il migliore amico che quasi lo abbandona a morire (anche se alla fine si scopre che i soccorsi li ha chiamati).

MA...
le motivazioni dei 'cattivi' sono ridicole.
il suddetto migliore amico che nemmeno chiede spiegazioni e non si fida e non sembra nemmeno conoscere una persona che chiama fratello da oltre 6 anni
o l'ex_fidanzata che lo molla senza spiegazioni e torna dopo 12 anni, e sottolineo 12 anni, pensando di poterlo riavere e ricominciare daccapo senza nemmeno dargli una spiegazione o chiarirsi nemmeno ora.
che poi l'ex, diventa tutto ad un tratto da buona samaritana che presta abiti agli sconosciuti, a psicopatica calcolatrice che cerca di rubare il ragazzo ad un'amica, che cerca di far crollare il suo ex solo perché non puó riaverlo...

per non parlare degli altri cattivi...
non ci si accanisce cosí verso una persona dopo averci lavorato assieme per soli 3 mesi (le segretarie sono assurde)
o la professoressa licenziata che mandava minacce...perché lui non le ha creduto. intentare causa per diffamazione alla donna che ha inventato le accuse?!(che poi, perché non prendersela direttamente con lei?).
o l'ex docente che si fa manipolare tanto da investire una persona solo perché licenziato (cioè te giochi d'azzardo e non sei nemmeno più bravo nel tuo lavoro e te la prendi se ti licenziano per giusta causa..?).

altra aspetto poco convincente é come cambia il protagonista. cioé, l'arco narrativo di crescita ed evoluzione é ben scritto e chiaro, ma troppo radicale alla fine.
migliorare se stessi, pensare di piú al prossimo, saper chiedere scusa e dire grazie, sono cose che rientrano nella crescita del personaggio lungo tutta la storia,
MA non ci sta il perdonare chiunque!!!
L'amico che ti ha voltato le spalle e ti ha pugnalato alla schiena senza nemmeno darti la possibilitá di soiegarti e basandosi solo su prove indiziarie e poi rivelatesi pure false;
l'ex-fidanzata per colpa della quale sei stato arrestato con false accuse, che ti ha abbandonato con parole crudeli sapendo di ferirti, e con la scusa che lo fa pure per te ( vabbé! ci crede solo lei.), e che quando capisce che l'hai superata cerca pure di distruggerti;
le segretarie ,che capisco non denunciarle, ma addirittura riassumerle dopo atti di vandalismo, minacce e dispetti ridicoli, come lasciare la cipolla nei panini. quest'ultima cosa poi mi ha disturbata particolarmente perché chi ci rimette é solo la nuova segretaria.
perchè tutti vogliono far licenziare shin ah?
oppure perdonare la cattiva che ti manda minacce di morte e ha rapito la tua fidanzata?
oppure perdonare la signora Ma, che comunque é accusata di spionaggio industriale, di false accuse e ha cercato di venderti in tutti i modi...

e infine il cattivo principale. é psicopatico? doveva per forza trovare qualcuno a cui addossare la colpa dei suoi fallimenti e del suo essere un infame? Prima usi la tua fidanzata ,poi la deludi e infine la insulti e la abbandoni, ma non ti viene nemmeno il dubbio che sia colpa tua se lei si fa del male? ma la colpa è del capo intransigente che doveva perdonare il suo furto? che poi lui l'avrebbe perdonata se tu ti fossi costituito...

IMPORTANTE
Tutti, o quasi, ce l'hanno col protagonista perché intransigente, perché non ha chiuso un occhio quando loro hanno commesso truffe, furti e altri illeciti per aviditá ed egoismo.
Il protagonista in realtá é la vera vittima: abbandonato ,incompreso e falsamente accusato e denigrato, dipinto come un diavolo solo perché punisce chi ha sbagliato.
certo ,come insegna il drama alla fine , a volte si deve perdonare, accettare un compromesso o dare una seconda possibilitá ( vedi la protagonista o la docente falsamente accusata ), ma altre volte se si sbaglia si paga per i propri errori.
Non su tutto si puó chiudere un occhio. bisogna essere sempre responsabili di sè stessi e delle proprie azioni.

INFINE
Impariamo a parlare. se solo avessero comunicato e si fossero chiariti, una metá dei cattivi non avrebbe mai agito in questo modo o se il protagonista fosse andato da un psicologo e avesse parlato dei suoi problemi , riuscendo a superare il senso di abbandono e la solitudine prima ,cosí da non far ricadere sugli altri il suo malessere.
Solo quando comincia a superare tutti i suoi dolori passati ed ad accettarli, comincia a diventare una persona migliore.
a volte abbiamo bisogno di parlare e di chiedere aiuto a chi ci vuol bene e magari anche a chi lo fa di mestiere e ci sa aiutare.

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Promising plot but disappointing outcome

I’m pretty excited to start watching because Kim Jae Uck is a great actor and the plot seem unique and promising enough. However, it’s not as good as I thought it will be. First 3 episodes are fun and match my expectation but the rest are meh. I usually enjoyed watching nonsensical drama (ex: strong woman dong bong soon) but Crazy Love episodes feel so long to finish with sudden new and unnecessary characters along the way.

Most of the time , I cringed watching him having amnesia and trying to be cute while being with Krystal. Their chemistry is decent but still looking forced and not natural enough. There’s so much potential but i guess it’s the script, and not the cast fault.

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This could've been a fun ride, instead it was a disappointing one

I started watching CL with pretty high hopes, but oh well...

I just couldn't bring myself to like the first ML. In the first episode he was introduced as this 'unlikable' character. I was aware of that and it still left me with a terrible perception of him. Any change to his behaviour that was introduced seemed to me as forced and fake. I really appreciate screen characters that are annoying and rude, but also charismatic. Unfortunately, Noh Go Jin was just unlikable.

Secondly, the love story between the main couple. Their feelings changed so suddenly. One day they hated each other and the other they were like 'Oh no, why is my heart fluttering?' You guessed it, I also don't know why. The chemistry wasn't there.

Finally, the toxic behaviour of the main ML to the FL. I dropped the drama when he blocked her from applying for the instructor's job and justified it with 'I'm afraid you're gonna leave me when you achieve your dream.' This isn't romantic, this is a red flag. I wouldn't mind it if he just insisted that she isn't suitable for the job.

I have nothing against cliché scenes, but there were a few that were just unhealthy.

Some things I enjoyed:
+ FL's dad - he was very warm, although I don't understand, why he liked NGJ so much from the first sight
+ pretended amnesia (just the fact that it wasn't real, at the end it got kind of boring)
+ the detective
+ main couple's chemistry when they were fighting
+ that the GoTop's 'spy' employee (I'm sorry, I don't remember her title) actually had a motive to work for the rival company
+ the hit on the head with an onion
+ badly edited couple photos

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