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What a waste of potential
First of all, I think the plot would have had great potential... but the story was terribly executed....
The cast did their best to make the sometimes terribly bland characters somehow lively... even though even Ha Ji Won miserably failed and only managed to give her character creepy smiles and an overall weird personality which made me want to punch her in the face every time she was on screen. And she was "the good one". Don't even get me started on some other side characters.
What was the worst however was that the story itself did somehow not really understand what it wants to tell us. For example: Why does the main character look exactly like the grandfather? No one seemed to care, which is so very weird if you ask me. Given the fact that he grew up in an orphanage and does not know his origin himself.
Then what the fuck has happened to Ri Moon Songs wife? Is she alive? Did she die? Does he want to go back and bring her to South Korea? Does he matter at all anyhow? What hurt the most, was that the only interesting character which was the real Ri Moon Song was given an overly bland story "bad guy, who does everything for money" with nearly no room to explain himself except a very short sequence with the fake Ri Moon Song.
And what the fuck was wrong with this family? They welcomed the fake Ri Moon Song with open arms, all smiley and happy, but when the real Ri Moon Song appeared everyone hated him and was not even interested! Not even the Grandma! Please just fucking tell me why I don't get it! Yes, he is a criminal, but ffs we are talking about North Korea here. Do people in South Korea really expect North Koreans drinking Iced Americanos and watching South Korean dramas? Because the drama makes us think that way and I cannot imagine people being so blind... even the Grandma who I'd expect to take an interest in what's going on in the North... but no. Everyone just accepted the stupid and obnoxious lies from the fakes. I hated it!
And don't even get me started on the forced romance... please tell me what the fuck was that? Not only is Ha Ji Won about 14 years older than Kang Ha Neul but... they had no, zero, nada chemistry at all except as a Noona and Dongsaeng.
Overall, (I realize I should stop), the drama was bad, non-sensical and very insensitiv. I regret having watched it and wasted my time.
The cast did their best to make the sometimes terribly bland characters somehow lively... even though even Ha Ji Won miserably failed and only managed to give her character creepy smiles and an overall weird personality which made me want to punch her in the face every time she was on screen. And she was "the good one". Don't even get me started on some other side characters.
What was the worst however was that the story itself did somehow not really understand what it wants to tell us. For example: Why does the main character look exactly like the grandfather? No one seemed to care, which is so very weird if you ask me. Given the fact that he grew up in an orphanage and does not know his origin himself.
Then what the fuck has happened to Ri Moon Songs wife? Is she alive? Did she die? Does he want to go back and bring her to South Korea? Does he matter at all anyhow? What hurt the most, was that the only interesting character which was the real Ri Moon Song was given an overly bland story "bad guy, who does everything for money" with nearly no room to explain himself except a very short sequence with the fake Ri Moon Song.
And what the fuck was wrong with this family? They welcomed the fake Ri Moon Song with open arms, all smiley and happy, but when the real Ri Moon Song appeared everyone hated him and was not even interested! Not even the Grandma! Please just fucking tell me why I don't get it! Yes, he is a criminal, but ffs we are talking about North Korea here. Do people in South Korea really expect North Koreans drinking Iced Americanos and watching South Korean dramas? Because the drama makes us think that way and I cannot imagine people being so blind... even the Grandma who I'd expect to take an interest in what's going on in the North... but no. Everyone just accepted the stupid and obnoxious lies from the fakes. I hated it!
And don't even get me started on the forced romance... please tell me what the fuck was that? Not only is Ha Ji Won about 14 years older than Kang Ha Neul but... they had no, zero, nada chemistry at all except as a Noona and Dongsaeng.
Overall, (I realize I should stop), the drama was bad, non-sensical and very insensitiv. I regret having watched it and wasted my time.
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