HarryHoudini
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Well, its a Drama!
It really is a Drama, very much so!
With that I already touched on the subject that caused me to not give this Drama any higher a rating than 6/10. While this Drama has a lot going for it, interesting Characters, good acting, nice chemistries and so on it unfortunately suffers a lot from the "Drama Syndrome" where Drama is generated for Dramas sake and feels extremely unnatural and artificial.
Basically it can be summed up as the Drama being generated where it is needed by the Script and not necessarily evolved from a coherent Story. Things are about to calm down? oh look some incriminatory Document finds its way through the most convenient way possible in the hands of the "villain" (that of course later turns good). Not enough? well how about phone ringing EXACTLY the time when our main love interest is about to confess something important....not once, not twice but pretty much all the time and lets not even mention the incredibly convoluted ways the Characters make decisions.
To make sure I dont remain negative since I did watch the whole Drama so there must have been something to keep me interested after all, I am now gonna mention the things that worked for me.
The main couple has a good chemistry and they work quite well most of the time (if the script allows it). The few occasions where they can be "relaxed" and interact with each other "normally" are a treat to watch. The funny parts work also quite well and manage to lighten the mood a little between all that forced Drama. There are also some good and well thought out dialogues here and there. Some supporting roles do an exceptionally good job in bringing more "color" into the series, especially the main leads friend and father and the main female leads mother.
While I did watch it to end, I had to skip couple parts that were simply annoying to me and were clearly there to needlessly generate more Drama so I cant really say I watched it all.
The ending was disappointing though! not only did it pull of a "love interest pushes her away because of own insecurities, realizes mistake/love, runs after leaving love interest to catch it on the airport" trope but went further and let him miss her only to make a montage in the faraway place where they meet in total cliche and ...the end! poor, expectable and boring and also done to death already.
All in all its an okay Drama and I am sure people who dont mind or even love "excessive" coincidental generating of Drama will get way more out of it.
With that I already touched on the subject that caused me to not give this Drama any higher a rating than 6/10. While this Drama has a lot going for it, interesting Characters, good acting, nice chemistries and so on it unfortunately suffers a lot from the "Drama Syndrome" where Drama is generated for Dramas sake and feels extremely unnatural and artificial.
Basically it can be summed up as the Drama being generated where it is needed by the Script and not necessarily evolved from a coherent Story. Things are about to calm down? oh look some incriminatory Document finds its way through the most convenient way possible in the hands of the "villain" (that of course later turns good). Not enough? well how about phone ringing EXACTLY the time when our main love interest is about to confess something important....not once, not twice but pretty much all the time and lets not even mention the incredibly convoluted ways the Characters make decisions.
To make sure I dont remain negative since I did watch the whole Drama so there must have been something to keep me interested after all, I am now gonna mention the things that worked for me.
The main couple has a good chemistry and they work quite well most of the time (if the script allows it). The few occasions where they can be "relaxed" and interact with each other "normally" are a treat to watch. The funny parts work also quite well and manage to lighten the mood a little between all that forced Drama. There are also some good and well thought out dialogues here and there. Some supporting roles do an exceptionally good job in bringing more "color" into the series, especially the main leads friend and father and the main female leads mother.
While I did watch it to end, I had to skip couple parts that were simply annoying to me and were clearly there to needlessly generate more Drama so I cant really say I watched it all.
The ending was disappointing though! not only did it pull of a "love interest pushes her away because of own insecurities, realizes mistake/love, runs after leaving love interest to catch it on the airport" trope but went further and let him miss her only to make a montage in the faraway place where they meet in total cliche and ...the end! poor, expectable and boring and also done to death already.
All in all its an okay Drama and I am sure people who dont mind or even love "excessive" coincidental generating of Drama will get way more out of it.
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