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History of the Salaryman korean drama review
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History of the Salaryman
12 people found this review helpful
by Don
Aug 19, 2012
22 of 22 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
Why are you not watching this drama right now?! Why are you still here reading this?! Fantastic, from beginning to (almost) end. Here’s a few adjectives: Creative, swagalicious, crazy-wtf epic, pee-in-your-pants funny. Characters: I could not, for the life of me, hate a single character, not even the bad guys. Yes, they were flawed, sometimes too flawed, but isn’t that what makes them more complex and, you know, human. I had read some comments about how much they hated Hang Woo (one of the 4 main characters) in this one scene, followed by liking him in another scene, then wanting to strangle him in another, then back to wanting to have his babies (oh, you guys). Although our actions may be black or white, our human hearts are not all black or all white. That character did very bad. Yes. Then, he did very good. Okay. That character is either bad OR good. No. That character is human. Music: Zero complaints. Fit the scenes. When a song helps move a scene along and send chills down your neck for what’s about to go down, somewhere, out there, a music director deserves a hug (and a basket of cookies). (-1, not memorable) Does it drag: Not once. Even when it seems like it is, think again. Is there romance: Yes. Is there a lot of romance: No. Is it actually funny: Yes. The scenes following episode endings are hilarious. Will I hysterically laugh: Likely. Will I cry: My heart’s partly made of steel, so I can’t properly answer. There’s actually very few tearjerker moments. Almost a perfect score. Why not? Was it not a happy ending or a satisfying drama: Happy, you betcha. Not satisfying (as a whole). Rant with potential spoiler: There were some plot conveniences, nothing big (-1). There was a two episode extension, but an extension to the extension could have helped. That, or the ending could have been better executed (-1). I wanted more from the romance department (not asking for the whole cake, just a slice). It was a bit awkward watching the relationship, of one of the main couples, advance, as there wasn’t much chemistry to begin with, as there weren’t many romantic opportunities to build chemistry (without deviating from the plot). The story started in one direction and shifted to another towards the end, with a somewhat clichéd and not-as-creative-as-previous-episodes ending. ***I wanted a bigger final showdown between the male leads or have all main characters join forces against the bad***. I wanted an epilogue. I need a part 2!
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