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Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart korean drama review
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Wish You: Your Melody From My Heart
3 people found this review helpful
by quidquid
Jan 8, 2021
8 of 8 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 2.0

Sweet but lacks in depth and acting skills

There are a few sweet moments in between but overall the story and especially the relationship between the leads isn't working. The issues lay both in the writing and in the acting.

First just a few words about the acting: Lee Sangs acting is so flat and wooden that I felt absolutely nothing looking at his face. The other guy, Kang In Soo is not outstanding either but much more expressive and breathed some life into the show in a few scenes at least.

The story is very simple. Actually I didn't find the whole premise too bad in itself and it could have worked with characters that have more depth and a more focused story line. Unfortunately neither the side characters nor the main leads are memorable or convincing. The dialogues are quite banal so that it feels a little like the writers are still beginners at their craft. The scenes are sometimes quite random and many aspects aren't properly explored and executed. They throw in a little of this, then a little of that and then a cute line or moment in between. You could blame the lack of time but the plot was simplistic enough that they could have make it work if they would have focused on a few essential aspects.

Of course the production quality is high, as expected for a Kdrama and the songs are nice as well. However the execution is just so typical that scenes that are supposed to be heart-wrenching just feel ordinary and lackluster. It's just you're typical cookie-cutter Kdrama style with your typical choice of camera work, colors and music but without any creativity or innovation. When they had their sad break-up time for almost five minutes during the last episode I did something else and only occasionally checked the tab if they've finally moved on.

Overall the show feels like a flat painting only in base colors, without any shades or highlights or some kind of fine-tuning or nuances added to it. I would have dropped the show around the third episode if it had been any longer. I hope that in upcoming productions they learn to focus more, are a little braver and innovative and get some leads with proper acting skills. They seem to have all the tools needed to make a good show so it would be nice to see them taking that step. (It would also be nice to have a refreshing story for once, without any idols, entertainment stuff or rich people's sons but let's not set the expectations too high lol)

As a conclusion: It's okay to watch this show if you're looking for something short and simple, if you want to kill some time but not get too emotionally invested and just need some random sweet moments thrown at you. But you surely won't miss out on anything if you skip this one.
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