Saulenger
Hidden gem! Don't look at the ratings.
I never expected to watch something about beauty competition (and like it...) and here I am rating this as perfect drama. Maybe it just hit all the right spots, maybe I am completely wrong but I still wish to share my review and help people to decide if this hidden gem is worth watching for you.
This drama was fantastic. The relationships, the progress, characters (main and sides), and their growth, just amazing. I did not expect this after seeing the ratings but reviews kinda balanced it soI just gave it a GO, especially for the casting. I enjoyed Lee Sun Kyun in almost everything I watched him in. I found Lee Yun Hee in The Package and since then it's been on and off for me but when it's on, it always hits my niche. And seeing Lee Sung Min in the cast pretty much sealed the deal for me. I still didn't expect to like it so much but I did.
The story was fantastic and had the balls to end things at the right time and move to other things. I love the last 4-5 episodes and how it tackled everything. I loved the ending for it was a proper ending. The main characters were fantastic together but also on their own. All of them strong and great people. The same approach was taken for side characters and even some side-side characters. The bad guys were pretty dislikeable with disgusting behavior. The story is set during MFI (financial crisis) in 1997 and you can see it's the effect on pretty much anybody and everything. For me, this was a new theme and the way it was portrayed through character motivations and actions was great. Still, some of the actions by the bad guys were absurd but I can forgive it.
Anyway, I hate to say things are overrated or underrated since it depends on more factors, site culture, audience, etc. but I believe Miss Korea is terribly underrated and it's a shame. It has such a low rating even though most of what I read about it is positive. Why is it so? I have no idea. It might be because of all these: name of the drama, time period, beauty competition and who knows what. Maybe it's because of those few scenes of overgrown high schoolers (even though they really tried to make ML look younger, haha. It's still a shame because I found this drama by coincidence in the rabble of low ratings and I tried it only because of the cast. The period and topic didn't get my attention, the name didn't help and the rating was a final tombstone. I am happy about this coincidence for this is something that hit all the great spots.
TL;DR: HIDDEN GEM. Don't look at the rating! Look at the cast, check reviews, don't be discouraged by the setting or beauty competition, and give it a try. I think it's much better than most things on this site.
This drama was fantastic. The relationships, the progress, characters (main and sides), and their growth, just amazing. I did not expect this after seeing the ratings but reviews kinda balanced it soI just gave it a GO, especially for the casting. I enjoyed Lee Sun Kyun in almost everything I watched him in. I found Lee Yun Hee in The Package and since then it's been on and off for me but when it's on, it always hits my niche. And seeing Lee Sung Min in the cast pretty much sealed the deal for me. I still didn't expect to like it so much but I did.
The story was fantastic and had the balls to end things at the right time and move to other things. I love the last 4-5 episodes and how it tackled everything. I loved the ending for it was a proper ending. The main characters were fantastic together but also on their own. All of them strong and great people. The same approach was taken for side characters and even some side-side characters. The bad guys were pretty dislikeable with disgusting behavior. The story is set during MFI (financial crisis) in 1997 and you can see it's the effect on pretty much anybody and everything. For me, this was a new theme and the way it was portrayed through character motivations and actions was great. Still, some of the actions by the bad guys were absurd but I can forgive it.
Anyway, I hate to say things are overrated or underrated since it depends on more factors, site culture, audience, etc. but I believe Miss Korea is terribly underrated and it's a shame. It has such a low rating even though most of what I read about it is positive. Why is it so? I have no idea. It might be because of all these: name of the drama, time period, beauty competition and who knows what. Maybe it's because of those few scenes of overgrown high schoolers (even though they really tried to make ML look younger, haha. It's still a shame because I found this drama by coincidence in the rabble of low ratings and I tried it only because of the cast. The period and topic didn't get my attention, the name didn't help and the rating was a final tombstone. I am happy about this coincidence for this is something that hit all the great spots.
TL;DR: HIDDEN GEM. Don't look at the rating! Look at the cast, check reviews, don't be discouraged by the setting or beauty competition, and give it a try. I think it's much better than most things on this site.
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