lifeglider
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Cute Start, Frustrating Middle, Redemptive End
Where to even begin with this review? It was not good.
The male lead, Lee Kyung Min, is a dishonest jerk. He keeps LYING. Big lies, little lies, and not even white lies. Sometimes there’s not even a good reason for his lies that I can deduce; it just seems to be a habit he can’t break. It’s hinted that he’s quite smart but I don’t see it.
The female lead, Nam Jung Eun, is stubborn and doesn’t learn from her mistakes. While not exactly a doormat, she doesn’t know how to set boundaries, keeps giving in to the male lead’s whining, and also doesn’t know when to tell the truth. Also, I felt that she didn’t have the right to get angry at the ML when he goes out with the second FL. She does get better in the last two episodes after she finally calls Kyung Min out.
They are BAD FOR EACH OTHER. Toxic. They need to stay far away from each other.
I’m rating it a 6 though because there was an attempt to redeem Kyung Min, and Jung Eun did finally do something good for herself towards the end. I wish we saw some of that growth though. Kim Rae Won was very handsome here, I have to say.
The reason I wanted to watch this drama was because of Kim Seon Ho. No, he isn’t in this drama (he would have been 17 when this drama aired), but he did play the male lead role of Lee Kyung Min many years later in a play based on this drama. This show had very high ratings when it was on the air, and apparently it was so beloved that a play was made based on it. That made me curious about it, knowing I will never get to watch Korean theatre (since I don’t speak Korean). Maybe the play was better? I would have loved to see Kim Seon Ho’s take on the male lead.
The male lead, Lee Kyung Min, is a dishonest jerk. He keeps LYING. Big lies, little lies, and not even white lies. Sometimes there’s not even a good reason for his lies that I can deduce; it just seems to be a habit he can’t break. It’s hinted that he’s quite smart but I don’t see it.
The female lead, Nam Jung Eun, is stubborn and doesn’t learn from her mistakes. While not exactly a doormat, she doesn’t know how to set boundaries, keeps giving in to the male lead’s whining, and also doesn’t know when to tell the truth. Also, I felt that she didn’t have the right to get angry at the ML when he goes out with the second FL. She does get better in the last two episodes after she finally calls Kyung Min out.
They are BAD FOR EACH OTHER. Toxic. They need to stay far away from each other.
I’m rating it a 6 though because there was an attempt to redeem Kyung Min, and Jung Eun did finally do something good for herself towards the end. I wish we saw some of that growth though. Kim Rae Won was very handsome here, I have to say.
The reason I wanted to watch this drama was because of Kim Seon Ho. No, he isn’t in this drama (he would have been 17 when this drama aired), but he did play the male lead role of Lee Kyung Min many years later in a play based on this drama. This show had very high ratings when it was on the air, and apparently it was so beloved that a play was made based on it. That made me curious about it, knowing I will never get to watch Korean theatre (since I don’t speak Korean). Maybe the play was better? I would have loved to see Kim Seon Ho’s take on the male lead.
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