Questão de Tempo (2018)

*sigh* ZERO emotional investment.

*This entire review is riddled with spoiler (⌐■_■)
*I happen to be in a terrible mood as I write this and thinking of this drama has my mood worsening ಠ_ಠ
* If you are hoping to be convinced to watch this drama, then I advise you to read someone else's review. I would not want to put anyone through what I have been through because of About Time.

STORY

It started off well, but extremely predictable. I had already seen the ending coming after I had watched the first two episodes.

What I predicted:
- Their romance will start based on a lie on her part. They will break-up over an avoidable misunderstanding.
- Time stops when Choi is near Lee and counts upward when they touch..... That must mean she is taking time away from him.
- Her best friend and her brother will get together.

True to my stellar predicting skills, all of this did happen, but in later episodes. The first 8 episodes I did genuinely enjoy them. There was not anything special about them. They were alright. Then it all went downhill.

Around episodes 9-15 I watched the drama at 2x the speed. I never experienced frustration, happiness, sadness, or ANY emotion when watching from around episode 9 onward. I had the most stoic facial expression as I thought in my head was, "how many minutes are left? I could be watching better dramas." These were the most boringly predictable episodes I have ever watched. I try (so very hard) not to label a drama as 'boring', but there is no other word for it. If i thought their chemistry was non-existent in the previous episodes, it definitely went out the window during these episodes. *************************sigh ************************* They never got to answer my pressing questions. Especially when the revelation came that Lady Oh can see the clocks (and possibly her grandmother could too). Fiction writers have the power to write whatever they want to, but the screenwriters decided to leave this up in the air (¬_¬ )

CHARACTERS

Lee Sung Kyung's voice is so beautiful. No doubt about that. She gave hectic Kim Bok Joo vibes whenever she sang. And that is all I can say about her characters. I remember I had written this about episode 6:
"Has anyone ever noticed that Lee Sung Kyung's left eye is larger than her right?????? Why I am saying this is because I am more interested in her eyes than the crocodile tears coming out of them (insert bus scene here)." I will just leave that there.

Every scene with Bae, Choi and Lee together. I did not know how to fee about the love triangle between Bae, Lee and Choi. I liked Bae's character. She started off unproblematic, very helpful in business and was the most fashionable in every scene. They completely RUINED her character from episode 8 onward. I had thought she was going to fall in love with the Chinese Investor (he seemed very interested in her and she had him in the palm of her hand whenever business negotiation time came around). They would have made a lovely couple. They turned her into the clichéd second female lead who would do anything to keep 'her man'. Goodness. *insert table flip*

Finally, Lee and Choi..... Hhhhmmmmmm. Their relationship.... Hhhhmmmmmm. I did feel the chemistry. Their physical contact was akward and their kisses were lackluster. And in the final episode, when they are laying on the round after being hit by the KDrama White Truck/Van of Death with that waste of tomatoes sauce they call a blood stain, I wished they had both perished. As a means of compensation for wasting hours of my time.

MUSIC

Sucked, because the drama sucked. I don't want to listen to the soundtrack seperately, it will bring back memories of this drama.

OVERALL

Never watching this ever again.

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better than I thought it would be ... but no one's talking about it!

First of all, I feel like absolutely no one talks about this show, which is surprising because it has Lee Sung Kyung! but it was actually better than I thought! I completely agree with the other reviewers in that this show's beginning episodes are completely engrossing ... but becomes a bit repetitive towards the end. I had actually put this show on hold after around 11 episodes and finished the rest later, but I really enjoyed those beginning episodes! to the point where the cliffhangers actually had me jumping up and down and wanting to watch the next episode. However, there does feel like there is a lot of filler in this show, hence me skipping a couple parts. A couple plot points in the last episodes were dragged on for WAY too long (i.e. Mika's problem with taking Do Ha's time was heartwrenching and complicated, but at the same time it went on for like 4 episodes with NO progress and is just miraculously fixed? felt like a waste of 4 episodes. also bae soo bong's sad end ... she's so beautiful and a powerful queen but she gets reduced to a crazed villain when her only motive was love? I didn't really get her character too much and I wished we could have seen better sides of her. but also this brings us to the ending ... it kind of felt like a cop out since everything was miraculously fixed but I don't mind stuff like that too much.

Notes:
Lee Sung Kyung as Mika - Personally I found some weak acting points a couple of times (no hate to her though she's a literal queen and looked so good in the show!) but as this was an earlier work of hers, I did find some parts kind of weird. as someone who loves musicals, she just did not convince me as a musical actress. just the way she carried herself in practice and on stage and the way she danced/sang felt unlike a stage actress and she didn't shine on stage as much as I thought she would in the actual musical. I also felt like there was a bit too much of problems with putting on the musical to the point where I wasn't invested too much in it. ALSO I thought the director was so cute, but what was the point of him? I thought he was going to be a major character since he was in the little intro song but he barely served a purpose?!
Finally, Ro Woon was in this show did you know that? HAHA I was so shocked and didn't even realize until the 12th episode.

Only You is such a bop and makes up for every other song in the OST it's SO GOOD

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I went into this one very interested. The thought that the main characters can see people's lifespans is nothing new, but always an interesting concept to me. As I watched I found meself wondering what was going to happen next because this drama is pretty self aware.

It shines a light on the tropes very commonly found in dramas. I'm not saying they don't do the common tropes, but the world seems to be set in a world like ours were dramas exist.

The concept of the clocks and how they factor into the story kept me very interested while I grew to love and adore these characters. Everyone in this, for the most part, draws you into their own little story. Whether it be the main leads or side characters. Everyone has a little story arc that really makes you see the growth they hold.

I've heard people complain about the story and especially the ending, but I personally really liked all of it. I found the characters very emotionally driven, and I found meself sympathizing with them very frequently.

I would highly recommend this drama.

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i gave that show 8 ?! because i am too generous person in rating dramas ( even my worst drama--------> (( my secret Romance )) i gave it 7 )
But i have to say it is one of the most disappointing to me !
i hate when you build storyline on a base and change it at the end without any explanation just for achieving the happy end !
i can accept when you give a little reasonable explanation ( although i dont like that ) !!!
seems that writers were in hurry and that was a result
add to this the massive amount of flashbacks , seems that they have nothing new to involve in story !
Very Disappointed !!

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Had potential but...

This drama had a very interesting premise, but somewhere along the way the story really fell flat. I feel this story had potential but it was somehow afraid to delve deeply into what it means to be out of time and wasted its premise on petty fights and boring characters. I have to say though, that they tried to pose some pertinent questions and themes about how short life really is and that one should seize the day and fight for their dreams even if they seem impossible to reach.

The relationship between Choi Mika and Oh So Nyeo was the most interesting part of the drama. I liked their friendship and how they both cope with knowing everyone's life spans as well as their own. The main couple in my opinion had absolutely no chemistry whatsoever. I think both leads are ok on their own, but in my opinion, their personalities did not match. I kept watching thinking that it might improve, but in the end, it turned out to be a massive waste of time.

Personally, I would not recommend this drama, but if you like musicals, you might enjoy this still.

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a dragged drama with a rushed ending

i liked the idea of plot of the drama (it had potential) but after some episodes they just drag it all (the show basically is full of dragging, musical, flashbacks, almost none development and a rushed ending)
i dont get it. they dragged the drama until the last ep and in the last minutes they rushed all.
i don't understand what happened to characters in half of the last episode. they barely explained what happened in the end (i even thought it was dream or that it was an alternative ending)
it seems that the writers lost their way and end up giving up of the plot of the show. basically it have a poorly happy ending, putted together at rush after dragging for more than 7 episodes

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Final Review so please don't read if you want to watch the show without any hint of what is to happen: I loved this show for 9 episodes. It was so beautiful that it was on track to be one of my top 3 shows of all time. I love LSK in everything and she was perfect here. And I was quite happy with LSY as co-lead. They worked so well together and in fact almost every relationship in this show was amazingly lovely. I loved the musical theater side story and the singing was incredibly beautiful. The OST was also great and fit and enhanced the scenes without intruding. Nice touches everywhere. The cast was perfect for every single role and the acting was remarkable with great performances across the board from our leads and everyone in this great extended cast. It was such a magical, charming, fun, funny, touching and spectacular show that I expected it to remain a favorite to the end. With already some of the most beautiful moments I've ever seen.

But then for some unknown reason the tone of the show changed dramatically and negatively in about episode 10. And I felt that the show totally lost its way. The writing and directing made terrible choices and the show became unpleasant and was no longer the bright, lovely and beautiful show I loved. Conflict and dramatic tension are expected and should be in every great show. But how they presented it and dealt with it felt wrong to me. All of the wonderful relationships and even the wonderful musical theater story fell apart. And looking back from the end, I felt that the show basically wasted six episodes with this change in tone. Sure the lovely, wonderful, beautiful characters remained right there just waiting for the writing and directing to let them come out again. And they did at times before the last episode and those moments were wonderful. But the writing never captured the magic of the first 9 episodes again. And I think that's tragic because they knew how to write and produce a perfect show and then just stopped doing what worked so well. The ending didn't make up for the lost episodes and in fact I found it to be pretty sappy and overly scripted. Everything was tied up in nice neat bows. It was fine and certainly left me with a better feeling than the six episodes before it. But I leave this show regretting that it didn't stay the brilliant and phenomenal show that I fell in love with. What should have been one of the 3 best shows of all time ended up below 10 stars.

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This drama has a unique concept which made me curious as to how the story will unfold. The casting was good, actors were great, the way it was directed could have been improved but it was okay. But somehow as the more episodes I’ve watched the more I felt like it was missing something. And by concentrating better, I realized that the script was a bit too average. No lines from the drama actually stood out for me and made me feel something.

I know I’m being a bit too technical on this but usually, we, as viewers take this for granted. We usually underestimate the weight of the words the characters say. It can almost always make or break a scene and this drama made me realize that.

Overall, it was cute. Some parts felt like it was dragging. Nothing really stood out. But the concept was great, wished they couldve executed it better.

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Fluff and clichés with lots of twists and turns

This drama has practiclley eaverything I like in a k-drama (exept for importatnt issues and JHI but not all dramas can be perfect). we could easiely play troph bingo with this one, its filled with classic twists, clichés and scenes that make you go what th... and I want to slapp that person soo badly (Violance is bad, do not slap people) so I love it it, I love it, I love it. Yes I do!

The acting was pretty good, the chemestry between the leads was ok, not out standing but acceptable. Level of consent was mediocare... but never full on use of force...

The pace is great to begin with but does have a slow middele before escalating again.

The side caracters almost outshine some of the leads. Everey singel female character is well written and rocks! I love the female leads 2 bffs both haow different they are and just how they are, the advice they give, the friendship, the things they do their attitude towards life and death.... I actually love the the secound female lead beeing both the most bas ass character ever yes still shining a light on the dangers of crossingo over the line from love to obsession.

So all in all if you like fluff and clichés with twists this is deffenetly worth a watch, if you hate clichés step away and choose another drama,

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The storyline is simple yet you'll find yourself crying in the end.The love story between the main leads are quite fast yet is understandable due to the storyflow. The characters are really sincere and pure,I like how the actors portray it.

Even tho the drama is lacking ;like how annoying some supporting roles are and some scenes are unbareable,you guys should finish it somehow.There are some typical love story problems and clichés that is predictable although the two main leads have the chemistry.Supporting roles like Do Ha's brother and the boyfriend of Ms. Oh is somehow helps the drama.

The main goal of the story and its lesson as you can really see at the 1st episode is TIME IS REALLY IMPORTANT and as they say YOLO; so live it like you'll gonna die tomorrow or even today. Enjoy it yourself,with your family or friends, and find they joy and love of every single thing or every single person everyday. Your happiness is the most precious thing that you don't want to anyone take it from you.


And also love someone and show it to them as soon as possible 'cause you don't know when will our life ends.

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