The same old clichés!

The story is not something that unique. Like most Korean love dramas it is full of predictable twists, childhood and parent relationships, jealousy and love triangles, characters trying to act cool and make the other lead jealous. For example, the other girl who loves the main lead has done nothing wrong but love him, give him a home and a job but still he never appreciated her enough and just uses her whenever he needs her. I know that happens in real life too but that's not ok as it is always shown in Kdramas. To be honest, watching that time when she is drunk and slaps the female lead and curses the male lead felt really good!
Also, again, like most other Korean dramas they just suddenly jump on a motorcycle to rescue their love in sadness. Ok, I'm not saying that's bad, but that happens in all Kdramas and sometimes it is performed even better. This show has a lot of these old cliches and I don't want to bore you mentioning all of them. Most scenes were based on them and even though it had other moments too, it was not satisfying enough.
As for the acting, the main male lead has this poker face a lot of times that I couldn't really connect with. The acting is not something that unique either. It is just fairly done.
I liked the cinematography for the first few episodes (which it just suddenly stopped). This small part is well done, but that's never enough to make a drama unique.

I want to point out some of my other views regarding the story.
let me first say that I love realistic dramas. Shows that mirror our daily problems which can happen even in a fantasy.
I don't like a show because everybody does, or hate it because everybody does so.

How probable is it that you willingly choose the same career of a mother whom you don't actually like? I'd say none.

The main reasons why I had problems with this show:

First of all, I love serious people, but I don't like arrogant ones. It's the easiest to be rude to others and angry if you're facing problems (or having mental issues). Blaming everything and everyone around you, thinking you are mistreated or you are better than others is very immature - Even though there is always a source for every bad trait of a person and they have to fix themselves and don't think it's ok to continue like this unless love happens and because they are not fine they can hurt others and people should always understand them. So, I don't want to watch the life of a person like that.

Secondly, the beautiful dresses and the cinderella complex! You may think what on earth you're talking about, but let me explain. The FL is far too dramatic. She has everything one could wish for. She has money, talents, she has a beautiful face, good people around her, and still, because of her past, she acts like she is the only one with problems without trying to work on them with the proper psychologist and overcome these problems, while people facing issues like hunger and inequality don't act rudely to that extent. I know that even rich people can suffer from all sorts of issues, but still, they have one very big problem less than others and they can actually pay for treatment. There is a difference between dying from hunger and suffering from past traumas which you can at least try to fix( with the money of course! Doing yoga, going traveling, seeing a psychologist, relaxing, and ...)

Thirdly, It still is full of cliches. In the end, she needed someone (read one man) to enter her life, so she could understand that she has problems and she has to change so she could be a better person for him, instead of fixing herself for the sake of herself and everyone around her. And the fact that even with her success she should still have a romantic life to be complete. ( I know this is a romance genre but still! )

lastly, It's completely mainstream, and still very stupid, of Korean shows when the protagonists' bad actions are always justified in a way, while those who do some bad things towards them are the mere evil ones. Let me make an example, if you have seen Revenge, the American show, you never feel like the female lead having done all sorts of things to get on with her plans is somehow justified. It's like she knows doing this she is no longer an innocent and decent person and she can never go back. Knowing that we can understand her better and like her better. The bad things she has done become a very important part of her, that sticks with her, even if she goes on with her life. Asian dramas always make everything about evil or good rather than the reality of the grey or black personality of people. Like they magically change to this person with a clean slate at the end. We are responsible for our actions and if someone does something bad to us or if we have traumas and mental problems it never justifies our bad behavior. We have to compensate for these rude actions, that's the proper response.

I want to see a Korean drama in which a woman helps other women without being arrogant (being serious still) or rude while having a bigger understanding of the world trying to be better while putting aside her own jealousy when she is communicating with a love rival, and love, well, that can happen too! But I guess I ask too much from this (dramaland) fantasy world. They are made for that purpose. :D

Read More

Starts good but mediocre from the middle

You want to dive into the most used cliches in Kdrama romance shows:

How about love triangles? No?
I know that is related to dreams but how about childhood encounters that leads are not aware of? No?
Then what about the most childish jealousy (Like nobody can't even lay a finger on you!)? No?
How about the kind of triangle when someone one of the leads had a close man and woman relationship with becomes the evil enemy of you and your lover to the end? No?
How about leads presented as goodness incarnate and not actual human beings?
I can give you more but I think that's enough.

And no matter how hard I tried not to care but he didn't look like a prosecutor to me. The clothes he wears, how he looks and behaves.

The romance and the lovey-dovey parts. Not my taste. At least not from halfway forward. I skipped most romance parts and fast-forwarded everything from the middle.

The start and the first half were decent but I lost interest halfway.

Read More

Fun time

I like the fact that it does not have triangles like usual.
It is funny overall and it has some super funny moments.
I like the cinematography and camera angles.
The acting is good.
The story is decent but it's slow-paced which is not bad. You can take your time.

It is a usual 16 episodes show since every episode is 1 hour and 30 minutes.

The negative sides in my opinion:

One thing I don't like is how the show, not the hospital itself, is male-centered, for the sake of the female audience of course, but I had serious problems connecting with this one. And the fact that the main female character in her 40s is matched with a man who has a child.

Also, the fact that the doctors being super good doctors is an extreme exaggeration as I haven't seen a doctor like them this devoted and never heard of one. We can ignore the fact that they are actors and so they all are very energetic with all the shifts in the show but they had to depict the fatigue a little better and more believable as we see in reality.

I don't like the cheesy romance and kissing scenes specifically what's going on between Yoo Yeon Seok and his girlfriend. I like it to be more mature so I can say Yang Suk Hyung is closer. But this is a personal interest.

One thing I also find annoying is how it's only focused on the mother's concern for the child and the father's involvement is very little in the process that conveys a feeling that they don't have the responsibility to care or be there and women should be the source of all concerns and sacrifice.

I also don't like how doctors speak childishly to grown-up patients, mostly Yoo Yeon Seok. It's very disturbing to me.

Read More

Interesting and enjoyable

The bad sides:
As a person who does not like killing people or torturing them no matter what they have done and is against the death sentence - because I believe people are not born evil they are mostly raised in an environment to become one, and we can always at least try to help them if possible and even if we were not able to we are not gods to order a death sentence ( well the irony is that they were gods, haha), I really didn't like the parts having this concept and I would be much more satisfied if they removed especially the first half of episode 55, that was such a pain to watch. And god, the way good and evil are portrayed in such stories, there is no one like that on earth or heaven :D
CGI was not that bad but there were some obvious errors that it was hard not to notice.
One of the strange things in the story was that sometimes they could save someone very easily and sometimes they couldn't. And who on earth would sleep with their hairpins still on? maybe in heaven? :D

The good sides:
I liked the drama overall if the parts I mentioned above are ignored but to be honest I was more invested in the side love stories and not the main couple. Their love, I couldn't feel it for the most part and they were so mean sometimes I could not bear it. I loved Lian Song and Cheng Yu relationship they were so interesting to watch and I wish they had more screen time.

the acting was satisfying. I think Bambi Zhu is a really good actor as I could feel her pain and misery.
At first, I wanted to drop it but I gave it a second chance and it turned out that the second half was much better. There was not much boredom with this drama in my opinion and it was a good watch.
I don't really rewatch any dramas but there are some scenes with Dong Hua and Feng Jiu that I rewatched a few times that were very emotional.

Read More