I began this drama because I thought it was going to be different from usual dramas. I was actually pretty excited to watch this at first but right now I'm beginning to ponder on whether or not I should drop this drama. But well, there's only two episodes left so...


Story :

I understand that it's a slice of life kind of story, so I didn't except a lot of grand events happening or a lot of twist, but the problem is, this drama has almost none. It seems like I'm watching the same episodes all over again but differently. Things go on really slowly and there are no twist or whatsoever, it's so predictable that it becomes meaningless to watch. The only thing that could have made the story a little more interesting was when Dong Bi disappeared, they could have emphasized about that or made something out of that, but they wrapped it up so carelessly. The relationship about Jung Hoon and Hye Yoon was interesting in the beginning, but it's always about the same thing, them and their mothers, and it doesn't develop in any way, they are always going round and round. I mean, they are the main characters and the story itself resolve around them, shouldn't them be a little bit more entertaining ? Even Dong Bi and Ki Joon's story is more interesting, and the only reason why I'm still watching this drama is because I want to find out if they'll be together or not at the end. And this drama has too much side stories that sometimes it becomes confusing, and some of them is more emphasized than the main story (of Hye Yoon and Jung Hoon).
Well, this drama still has its good points. What interested me at first was that it was going to talk about the hardships a soon-to-be married couple have to face, it was quite unusual but common topic. I think they delivered the message quite well, and I like how they made Jung Hoon/Hye Yoon wedding in parallel with Ki Joon's. Also, Deul Ja was impressing, she portrayed very well the typical lower class's mother of asian society who really love their children, but think wrongly of what is right for them. I also liked how they showed the importance and decisive influence of family in the wedding process because dramas usually don't really highlight this side. Same, I liked the solid strings between the two daughters and their mother, and the mother's strong character who'll do anything for her daughters, doesn't matter how other might think of her. Well, the storyplot in itself could've been pretty interesting, too bad that it wasn't exploited well.


Cast :

I hesitated to begin to drama at first because I don't really like Jung Soo Min's acting, but I still wanted to give it a try. I still found her acting not natural, her expressions are either excessive or lack in expressing her feelings. Her and Sung Joon's acting is awkward, I can't feel that they love each other in the drama. I think the message of the drama is that love can beat the hard reality when it's strong enough, but without feeling the love, it is not really believable.
Some characters were, in my opinion, useless in this drama. For example, the drama could have worked without Deul Rae and Min Ho, I still can't understand their role in this drama. Of course they are cute and all, but they aren't really linked to the main storyplot apart from the fact that one is the aunt of the main character and the other one is a friend, I guess, of the other main character. Some goes for the ex-boyfriend, if they weren't going to make a good use of him, why did they even put him in ?
The characters didn't really evolved apart from Deul Ja and I think a little of Dong Bi. I've seen some dramas of Lee Mi Sook (playing Deul Ja) before and I always thought that she played mother's role very well. A lot of people found her character annoying in this drama but I think she portrayed well her role, that is as I said earlier, the traditionnal mother who thinks that only well-off man can bring happiness to her children, but slowly realize that perhaps money isn't everything. Also, I think that Dong Bi is the only character that moves on when all the other one are sticked at the same spot. Actually, I think she's the only character I liked in this drama.


Overall :

'Can we get married' is a watchable drama, you can watch it if you have nothing to watch, but don't except an excellent storyplot. It can be pleasant to watch if you bear with all the excessive tempers of some characters and don't find them annoying. The topic it talks about is actually pretty interesting, and if you want to learn more on how asian community works, you can give it a try, it shows quite a lot a actual facts. However, in my opinion, this is not a drama I'd watch again.

Read More