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Cheongdamdong Alice korean drama review
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Cheongdamdong Alice
5 people found this review helpful
by Asp
Jun 2, 2014
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
The only reason I picked this drama up was because my friend was swaying a pitchfork over it, yelling about unlikable characters and odd plot. Which of course, at least in my head, sounded like a hint about a very different story than what's actually written in summary. Let's begin with the plot then. Han Se is not an usual Candy, in fact, she makes fun of that very role. There is no naivety of poor girl meets rich guy in this drama, because it's quite harsh on every character that entered that kind of a world, and the plot nearly goes into parody of that usual kind of a tale. Which once again, I applaud, it was nice to watch something that has a good length of interest for once. I also like the major bitchslap line over the arranged marriages between rich people vs. gold-diggers. PSH is hilarious! With his first scene, gone was my idea of cold and indifferent CEO that barks all the time, because the fella he played as was a complete flower child, WITH FLAWS, and some angsty elements. Moving on, while I do think that MGY looks quite childish next to PSH, both of their acting covered that, and I found myself enjoying all of their scenes. The chemistry was present right up until the romantic moments...where it would get awkward. They were missing the spark, but the normal scenes pulled them out a tiny bit. SYH was great, her character is very dramatic and grounded, I just found it odd how often she was teary eyed at everything, but I suppose it does go with the story. KJS was interesting enough, I wish I could see him in a main role somewhere, perhaps? He is deserving of it. I really like the soundtrack, but there was some thriller music which was weirdly placed into scenes, to the point that you would expect a ghost to jump out from some angle... I think they would've been better off with more dramatic music? Not hey hi Leatherface, honey? The refreshing take on the usual plot makes it somewhat worth of rewatching, but not any time soon. And even more so, it's mostly because of earlier episodes, where PSH basks in comedy light and his antics are very lovable to watch. Summed up, this drama is a 7.5 for me. While I am satisfied with the lead acting and the interesting writing which made the entire show a pleasure to watch, I am disappointed with the amount of clichés the writers have sneaked in (oh yes, there are quite a few) and numerous scenes of supporting characters that I felt were a hassle to watch...in fact, from episode 9 and up, the drama started dragging itself and being a bit boring. I also dislike the way it ended, especially the let down in Han See's character, I really wanted a complete black line for her, but they kept her too pure for the full impact of her role.
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