Frustrating! Wasted potential
First of all, I have read the manhwa before and I was kinda hoping that this series would be better. I didn't really remember, why I didn't like it, but this show reminded me why. I'm going to be really critical about this because oh boi, I just used my whole energry to watch it and I'm highly disappointed.
Let me tell you at the beginning, it's not the directors or production fault, because this plot is just bad in general... But it doesn't change the fact that they choose to produce something so unlikeble. You can see, that besides the show having extremely frustrating plot, they had too little time, which made everything only worse and worse. Important moments were treated like they were just normal situations and it felt hella weird to see that. I don't know if it's the actors fault, but I couldn't shake off the feeling that everything was just sped up. Like they rushed things too much. It felt more like I was watching a very long trailer to a bigger series. It's good in the beggining but later on it kinda felt like going in circles and the plot and all enthusiasm just went somewhere else.
As I said the acting was just fine. Nothing very special or outstanding. You can feel a little commitment but it's still not enough to make a remarkable series. Seon Ho definitely reminded me of the character in the manhwa, but as for Mu Yeong it kinda didn't click for me. I know that it suposed to be like that, but since it's a live-action and not 2D, outside apparence is a little bit more important and let me tell you, the characters had absoultely no chemistry and they didn't fit together. I don't know if it's the actors having a bad relationship, or they were told to act this way, but it just came out very bad. Separately as the characters they were fine, but since this is a BL and the chemistry is basically the most important thing I must say they messed it up. And the kisses were so awkward! Like, I know that maybe BL is not such a popular genre in Korea like in Thailand and it's not a typical thing to actors, but unfortunately I can't defend them this time. They used a camera angle a few times, so it means that they didn't really wanted to kiss for real and you know... sometimes it only makes it worse for already bad plot. LIKE BRUH ... I WAS FEELING SO AWKWARD WATCHING THEM KISS...
The music didn't stand out. After I finished watching I realised I didn't notice any of the music, because the soundtrack is so basic it doesn't stand out or catch the watcher attention. Sometimes it's a good method, but not in a series like this! They surely could use some emotional music to spice things up, even a little, but no... I always pay a lot of attention to music since I'm really passionate about it, but this time I heard only my screams of frustration.
Sometimes the shots were nice and pretty, but still nothing really outstanding or professional. Again, they could use them for the atmosphere, yet they wasted another chance for making this better. AND OH MY GOD THE CONFESSION SCENE... I know everybody noticed that Seon Ho was looking in another direction, like, BRUH I CRIED... Where are you looking?! At His chest, eyes or the wall?! This scene made me so mad and anxious. And there were a lot of simillar shots, maybe not so noticale as this one, but just the fact that it's a common mistake is not making it any better.
Of cousre I don't have only bad things to say about this show. There are indeed a few good points (suprisingly). I liked that the characters were visually correct and even had the same hair as the characters in the manhwa. That suprised me since it's not a common thing. And you know... they didn't change much about the plot which is usually good but... well... just not in this case.
To sum it all up: It had the potenial, but they just didn't take the chance to create something good and created something... yup, definitely something...
I don't really recommend this series becuase belive me, it is very frustrating and it took my will to live D :
Let me tell you at the beginning, it's not the directors or production fault, because this plot is just bad in general... But it doesn't change the fact that they choose to produce something so unlikeble. You can see, that besides the show having extremely frustrating plot, they had too little time, which made everything only worse and worse. Important moments were treated like they were just normal situations and it felt hella weird to see that. I don't know if it's the actors fault, but I couldn't shake off the feeling that everything was just sped up. Like they rushed things too much. It felt more like I was watching a very long trailer to a bigger series. It's good in the beggining but later on it kinda felt like going in circles and the plot and all enthusiasm just went somewhere else.
As I said the acting was just fine. Nothing very special or outstanding. You can feel a little commitment but it's still not enough to make a remarkable series. Seon Ho definitely reminded me of the character in the manhwa, but as for Mu Yeong it kinda didn't click for me. I know that it suposed to be like that, but since it's a live-action and not 2D, outside apparence is a little bit more important and let me tell you, the characters had absoultely no chemistry and they didn't fit together. I don't know if it's the actors having a bad relationship, or they were told to act this way, but it just came out very bad. Separately as the characters they were fine, but since this is a BL and the chemistry is basically the most important thing I must say they messed it up. And the kisses were so awkward! Like, I know that maybe BL is not such a popular genre in Korea like in Thailand and it's not a typical thing to actors, but unfortunately I can't defend them this time. They used a camera angle a few times, so it means that they didn't really wanted to kiss for real and you know... sometimes it only makes it worse for already bad plot. LIKE BRUH ... I WAS FEELING SO AWKWARD WATCHING THEM KISS...
The music didn't stand out. After I finished watching I realised I didn't notice any of the music, because the soundtrack is so basic it doesn't stand out or catch the watcher attention. Sometimes it's a good method, but not in a series like this! They surely could use some emotional music to spice things up, even a little, but no... I always pay a lot of attention to music since I'm really passionate about it, but this time I heard only my screams of frustration.
Sometimes the shots were nice and pretty, but still nothing really outstanding or professional. Again, they could use them for the atmosphere, yet they wasted another chance for making this better. AND OH MY GOD THE CONFESSION SCENE... I know everybody noticed that Seon Ho was looking in another direction, like, BRUH I CRIED... Where are you looking?! At His chest, eyes or the wall?! This scene made me so mad and anxious. And there were a lot of simillar shots, maybe not so noticale as this one, but just the fact that it's a common mistake is not making it any better.
Of cousre I don't have only bad things to say about this show. There are indeed a few good points (suprisingly). I liked that the characters were visually correct and even had the same hair as the characters in the manhwa. That suprised me since it's not a common thing. And you know... they didn't change much about the plot which is usually good but... well... just not in this case.
To sum it all up: It had the potenial, but they just didn't take the chance to create something good and created something... yup, definitely something...
I don't really recommend this series becuase belive me, it is very frustrating and it took my will to live D :
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