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Park Min
(ノ °益°)ノ 彡 (\ .o.)\
Almost
I loved the unhinged scenes every now and then, the actors put all their might into them. Then comes the ending, to say it's bad is an understatement. It was done purely for shock value. It doesn't serve any other purpose, not even an artistic/poetic one. Straight up wasted which really unfortunate because the drama was decent.Note that this drama is 16 episodes + 4 extra. The extra episodes were completely useless and irrelevant to the main story, just some cases of the daily life of a loan shark and can be skipped.
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Good-ish
The first half pre time skip was a lot of fun but then it got serious and sucked out all the fun out of it. The relationships in the second half weren't good enough to compensate that. A lot of pointless push and pull that always led to a dead end until they reach the last scene of episode 16 to change that. Kwon Sang Woo did a fantastic job, he was the perfect embodiment of his "trust me bro" character. Unfortunately, again, they tuned down his character in the second half. The same thing can be said about how chaotic Chae Rim was in the 1st half.Was this review helpful to you?
Problematic writing
This is the worst mother-daughter relationship ever written. The writer is completely clueless on how to write relationships. The same goes for the father-daughter and other relationship dynamics in the drama. In fact, writing in general was awful. The story itself was too thin with little to no content. No one met the father in person until episode 11 which they had to because they needed to stretch it. It deserves even a lower rating. The writer couldn't even write a generic ending. It was meant to be focused on the mother daughter dynamic but the mother decided to die alone with her doctor friend. Not with her daughter or the ex-husband or the boyfriend. They never told the daughter about her illness until she found out suddenly that her mother died. All what the daughter got was a generic email 1 year later after her mother's death. Shitty ending with no climax, you would expect at the very least some good one final good bye dialogue between the mother and her daughter.Was this review helpful to you?
Love plot-lines sucked big time but it was an okay sports drama
The cast members were so damn young almost unrecognizable. A 30 years difference brings a lot of change for sure. It's a decent drama with a banger OST but love plot-lines were weak. The drama made me realize why don't we get more sports dramas? The last "actual" sports drama from the participants/players perspective was Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo from 2016! I would love to get something like Slam Dunk in a Kdrama format. It's a shame that Shim Eun Ha quit acting!Was this review helpful to you?
An okay watch but nothing stands out
Big fat never-ending intense love triangle from start to finish. The family relationships portion of the story was fine but the romance/triangle portion sucked. Uhm Tae Woong isn't a good fit for romantic roles, something about it is just missing. Although the ending was okay but it could've been better.Was this review helpful to you?
Hmm
Prepare for anguish because that's all you gonna get. I liked the characters and the story but my god they smashed the anguish button at full force. These old dramas have all what it takes to create a powerful story but they always take that route.Was this review helpful to you?
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Passable...
The writer wrote himself in inescapable corner which explains the sudden erratic change in writing/story/characters from the beginning of episode 68. There was no solution other than a hard re-write. The synopsis is mostly wrong after the first paragraph.Was this review helpful to you?
Nutty....
You aren't allowed to question anything in this drama otherwise it'll be unwatchable. Nothing makes sense and nothing will, you've to accept that. They take everything way too far and over dramatize the living shit out of it. Those soliloquy scenes in the black room were an awful addition to the drama. Cringe direction.Was this review helpful to you?
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huh....
Very typical makjang. It follows the exact formula without attempting anything new. They over done it for how much the baddies can get away with, there should be some balance. The cast didn't help either to keep the drama afloat. Some of the camera angles were too weird, the actors were looking point blank centered directly to the camera.Was this review helpful to you?
The story is way too thin for a 124 episode drama. Which is why it had 30 episodes epilogue!! There were loads of other problems from writing, characters, pacing and production.
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I was expecting more stories for the other members of the family but only the two sisters were the focus. The characters' shenanigans in the department store was boring. I didn't feel much chemistry going on between anyone. The ending was quick and dirty as per usual.
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