a disappointing mess

maybe it’s because i’ve had kind of high hopes for this drama, but i was left disappointed from the very beginning. while the story was okay in the first few episodes and i was actually enjoying myself even though it was nothing revolutionary, the directing style and storytelling left me so lost on multiple occasions. when it jumped from a memory to a dream to a character’s imagination to the past to the present in the span of 30 seconds and no indication as to what was what you can’t really expect the audience to follow along easily. even the part that i was most excited for (choi woosik) left me a bit disappointed. i love his acting and always find his performances to be the highlight of anything he’s in, but i think the lack of depth to his character just made it impossible for him to showcase anything. i’m not even gonna say anything about the second half of the show because i don’t think there was much that i enjoyed there at all.

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