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forestbee

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forestbee

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Forecasting Love and Weather korean drama review
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Forecasting Love and Weather
1 people found this review helpful
by forestbee
Apr 3, 2022
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers

Slow & Cheesy with surprisingly nice moments

From the start I wasn’t super hooked on this drama, but it had some very nice and touching moments, and some interesting and unexpected character development.

The cheesy comparisons to weather were mostly boring and too much of a stretch for me to enjoy. I get it, it’s a weather show, but it sometimes felt like the story was being shoehorned into the metaphor, vs. the metaphor complementing the story. I liked the moral complexity of the characters, everyone is trying their best even if that sometimes wasn’t “good enough” or “kind” or “right”. I was way more sympathetic to the second leads than I thought and grew to be rooting for them and their character growth. Their past horrible behaviour is never excused or forgotten but everyone moves on with their lives eventually.

Things that might annoy you:
- Indecisive leads
- Cheating characters portrayed sympathetically
- People making the same mistakes over and over
- Very annoying pushy Mom (not new in kdrama but UGH)
- Fast development of romance in the first couple episodes
- Manipulative Dad / addiction issues
- chemistry between main leads was so-so

Things you might like:
- Learning about weather forecasting
- Morally complex depiction of the second leads and other flawed characters
- Some very silly moments
- Fast development of romance in the first couple episodes
- Sister & Nerd (Jin Taekyung & Shin Seokho) romance was so cute & funny!
- Slower paced - easier to not get hooked and get no sleep
- Kind of hilarious how seriously everyone takes the weather forecast in that bureau

Possibly trigger warnings (SPOILERS!):
Cheating, gambling addiction, manipulation, suicide (flashback), parent death, child neglect, cancer, anaphylactic allergy, discussion of abortion.

Overall not the best, especially in comparison to other dramas being released at the same time, but it is heart warming and fairly easy to watch if you aren’t triggered by any of the character’s respective issues.
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