Lord_Fenrir
Canada
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Soft but a good watch during pandemic and better re-watch in 2024
This originally came out during the pandemic when ALL OF US were stuck inside with nothing to do but watch or stream TV haha.
This drama is how I discovered the amazing talent and monster of an actor that is Park Jihoon given the work he has done since this drama. You could feel his charm sort of helped carry the interactions between the male actors in my opinion especially since nearly if not all of them were new to acting at the time and the same could be said of Lee Ruby for the female actors/actresses.
The story itself is simple and not complicated since they filmed it in 2019 early 2020 I believe and so it was limited with what they could do(I could be on this one, correct me if I am) and it was cute first love and typically drama love but had the slow burn effect. But there are certain what could be seen as drama cliché nowadays for the simple romantic comedies like Love Revolution which in my opinion could be switched up a bit. One thing is that it's ALWAYS the guy who falls first which since its almost always in Korean dramas nowadays, it gets a bit boring. So either make it more exciting, which I think they did for Lovely Runner. While if it's the girl that "falls" for the guy it's usually because she is a fan first.
But that is not to say that the story was not good, it actually was when I watched it the first time and waited for the weekly episodes to drop with excitment. You do see character development on both the leads. How the ML learns to tone down a bit of the affection and how they don't have the same speed when expressing feelings, which showed not only how love but his respect for the FL. The FL on the other hand given her bad experience left her with trust issues regarding romance, hence why she seems cold and closed off towards him. But as the show goes on, she slowly starts to open up and to trust him while telling him her boundaries (which is kind of a way to say, give me time to get there) until she confesses she likes him too and comes to love him..
Overall, good story and character development. The music was a bit cringe haha...But it's a drama so not surprising there. I still re-watch certain episodes now and again when I lose hope in love and it's a good comfort show even now 4 years after it aired.
This drama is how I discovered the amazing talent and monster of an actor that is Park Jihoon given the work he has done since this drama. You could feel his charm sort of helped carry the interactions between the male actors in my opinion especially since nearly if not all of them were new to acting at the time and the same could be said of Lee Ruby for the female actors/actresses.
The story itself is simple and not complicated since they filmed it in 2019 early 2020 I believe and so it was limited with what they could do(I could be on this one, correct me if I am) and it was cute first love and typically drama love but had the slow burn effect. But there are certain what could be seen as drama cliché nowadays for the simple romantic comedies like Love Revolution which in my opinion could be switched up a bit. One thing is that it's ALWAYS the guy who falls first which since its almost always in Korean dramas nowadays, it gets a bit boring. So either make it more exciting, which I think they did for Lovely Runner. While if it's the girl that "falls" for the guy it's usually because she is a fan first.
But that is not to say that the story was not good, it actually was when I watched it the first time and waited for the weekly episodes to drop with excitment. You do see character development on both the leads. How the ML learns to tone down a bit of the affection and how they don't have the same speed when expressing feelings, which showed not only how love but his respect for the FL. The FL on the other hand given her bad experience left her with trust issues regarding romance, hence why she seems cold and closed off towards him. But as the show goes on, she slowly starts to open up and to trust him while telling him her boundaries (which is kind of a way to say, give me time to get there) until she confesses she likes him too and comes to love him..
Overall, good story and character development. The music was a bit cringe haha...But it's a drama so not surprising there. I still re-watch certain episodes now and again when I lose hope in love and it's a good comfort show even now 4 years after it aired.
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