Not for everyone
I haven't watched the original film, but I can definitely see that they kept the American film style. It shows reality of what some companies and celebrities are going through. There isn't any extreme drama going around that makes you angry or upset. To be completely honest, I watched this because I wanted to see Kang Joon (Youngbin)—saw him while scrolling through Instagram and was interested to see his acting. I'm not that impressed to say the least, but I'll check out his other work.The first episode was boring, the second and third were okay, the last few episodes were a bit confusing but to be fair I skipped many scenes. The episodes between the third and the last few were decent, I actually found it kind of fun. Jin woong (Eun Gap) and Jung Min (Ho Jin) did super well! They were the main reason I continued watching.
Also Youngbin was the only one who seemed to have no character development at all? Cha joon went through embarrassing moments, Turtle was just an interesting character at first, but got really boring towards the end, Ho jin became more mature and stood his ground unlike in the beginning. Youngbin just stayed a selfish actor who can never stick to one opinion.
I can see why some may have enjoyed this. Unfortunately, it just wasn't for me.
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Bad storyline
First off, the actors did a great job and played their roles really well, especially Mr. Lee's friend: Yoo Shik. The story didn't develop as well as I thought it would. It was abrupt and I didn't get this whole thing revolving the brothers, and why the parent's kept them in the dark about the kidnapping. The reason was a bit silly and wasn't impactful. They should've just left the brother out, and made this about the main girl finding the guy that she got kidnapped with. And this could've just been a sweet romance drama without the extra nonsense.They took all these difference genres and smacked them all together. I felt myself skipping parts of the drama especially towards the end as it seemed very rushed and forced. I just couldn't get into this drama as I wasn't emotionally immersed in it.
The music was nice, none of the songs really stood out to me.
I don't think I'll ever rewatch this drama. There wasn't anything that made me feel connected to it.
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