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Giuca

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Giuca

Lost in the Cloud....
The Goddess of Revenge korean drama review
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The Goddess of Revenge
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by Giuca
Sep 23, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.0
This review may contain spoilers

Run of the mill revenge drama

Well, actually, since this revenge drama had absolutely zero originality, here are my notes in guise of a review.

Makjangs always start the same: a dramatic scene preferably a fire and the main antagonists facing each other. And then flash forward or flashback depending whether the scene is the root of the revenge or the endgame!
Half an hour in and this screams stupid abused FL oblivious of being set up! I don't think I can deal with another annoying FL.....And of course it looks like her abusive husband is behind it all! So 45min in and she has lost everything: her reputation, her career, her husband (not much of a loss there!), her house, her bank accounts! All she is left with is her life and the clothes she is wearing! Such a typical makjang beginning! Though nothing is ever what it looks what it is in a makjang ...So, then, paf! the surprise ending! Promised cliffhanger is well and truly there! On with the show!
In ep 2 we are introduced to the chaebol heiress and her father. They look the same age so I looked the actors up: and, guess what? They ARE the same age! Really good casting choices?????? The plot thickens! What is the connection between the lawyer and the FL? Apparently she does not know him, but he....?
Ep 3 so the lawyer is on the revenge path against our FL as well: while pretending to be nice to her, he actually hates her guts. And now they're involving a kid? I do not like it when the kids are being used like this....The FL and her husband are in a mud battle? Who will win?
On ep.4. Fine! I admit it! I am hooked and can't be bothered to notice insignificant details! The revenge on a sleazy CEO acted! Nice! Now for the whiplash!
In ep 5, the FL after the initial success has become arrogant and starts again behaving as an idiot. Back to the beginning! Are you kidding me? An ultrasound photo of a fetus? On a grave? How pro life! Americans would love this!
And the makjang keeps on makjanging: the guy has been stabbed and she asks him if he is ok?Really?!?
Ep 6 is even better: loan sharks human organ trafficking! The writers are using every possible trope there is! Yey! How original!
I have seen my share of makjangs but every new one I watch seems to go further than the previous one. Frankly, Koreans are amazing here! Secret remains my first and favourite one but all the others are just mindboggibly addictive in spite of lacking credibility and realisme.
Ep. 9 and our lawyer is having a change of heart, impressed by our FLs guts. He is starting to feel more than he should and thinks that maybe she is not what he thought her to be! Well we have reached the halfmark of the drama: they must be in love now according to the drama rule book, whether they know it or not! On the other hand, the FL's stupidity rises along with her arrogance and she is being set up again: how can she believe a tv company who is owned by the insurance company she is fighting against, would help her? I cannot watch her any more! And the lawyer is falling apart as well: going down the stupidity road as well and playing the way the big baddie wants him to! The more the revenge develops, the more brain cells are the main leads losing!
I am currently on episode 10 and want to rant about the lack of cliffhanging cliffhangers. Nothing was really surprising anymore after the first episode!
Do people really not notice when a car has been following them right behind for miles, stopping when they stop? It looks so obvious but the bad guys do not suspect anything?!?!?
Would it be possible to have for once a chaebol family where every member is not out to get the other family members, preferably get them killed?
The lawyer, the FL trusted betrays her and she's OK with that? He takes her son away, and she says nothing and continues working with him? Now, in ep 12 they are friendly! She does not seem to care he was instrumental in her probably never seeing her son again!
Ep 13 and the lawyer is working diligently for the big baddie, helping him cheat. I hope he is not because the big baddie is getting a trp ready to get rid of the lawyer. The battle of smarts! Who will win? Do we really need to ask?
So the big baddie has been arrested, but guess what?Surprise! A rotten politician bails him out in ep. 14. Wow, so unexpected! Not! Can't they be more original? Fortunately there is the big baddies daughter who is even worse and completely mad because of a traumatic event and therefore killing everyone who stands in her way. Chaebols are not considered human, right?
Security guards must really be particularly stupid, right? That seems to be the first requirement: be stupid and obey. How can anyone find the private detective credible, disguised as a cook with her hair flying around? Very sanitary! The music in last episodes is like something from american heist movies from the '70s!
So going into the last episode after that ending which wanted to be suspenseful but it was expected: everything that happened was obviously a trap set up by the crazy chaebol daughter. I just hope they have a live streaming camera in that ambulance!
Really how stupid can you be? The mad daughter is attacking the FL and instead of pushing her away you decide to become a human shield? Yes, it is more cinematic, sacrifice for redemption and all that idiocy.....
Last episode and the kid is dressed as a baby chaebol and not a kid!
And of course a corny ending with a hint of romance for the second couple and the "revenge task force" taking on another case and walking all importantly towards new victories.....

Otherwise I could just say that this was another cliché filled revenge drama, with predictable heroes and villains doing predictable things. It was an OK watch, rather suspenseful but apart from the first episode cliffhanger, every other fell flat. The acting was decent, the cinematography classical, the writing lacked originality.
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