A Última Missão do Anjo: Amor (2019)

Absolutely Magical

Hoo boy, I haven’t cried this hard in a while. Angel's Last Mission: Love is the type of drama to put you in a week long slump because of how good it was. And I have no regrets, despite currently being in a major slump thanks to THIS drama. So let's talk about it. I went into this drama purely because of the ratings, Shin Hye Sun, and because it was *finally* taken off the Viki Pass Plus list, meaning I 1. Had no idea what it was about lol and 2. I basically rushed to complete the drama I was watching at the time to start this one. I went into this completely blind (excuse my terrible joke) and came out absolutely in love with everything this drama had to offer. I'll talk about the plot itself last, so just bear with me. I think the casting of this drama was perfectly done, and I honestly cannot imagine anyone but Shin Hye Sun and L playing the lead roles. I had last seen Shin Hye Sun in 30 but 17, and the roles in the two dramas were complete polar opposites, though both of them still had the similarity of a struggling artist "getting back in the saddle after an unfortunate incident" type of backstory. I had not heard of L from any other drama and was at first a bit apprehensive when I heard he was an idol actor. Thankfully, he's just as great of an actor as he is a singer. He was perfect for the role and the chemistry was sizzling! I think the majority of the tears I shed over this drama were all due to the absolutely incredible soundtrack. Every single song connected with me deeply and I especially cried TONS when Pray by KLANG came on during the emotional moments. If I could, I'd give the soundtrack 20/10. I'm not joking when I say that during the past few days I spent recovering from this drama, I listened to the 30 minute OST at least 10 times on repeat. Now, on to the story and the reason why I (really wanted to but) couldn't quite give this drama a full 10 stars. Everything was absolutely perfect, and I had, for a while, considered giving the drama a 10 star rating, but after thinking it over, I realized that the last half of the drama was just not up to par with the first half. That is not to say it was bad, it just wasn't AS good as it could have been and it frankly got a tad repetitive with the forbidden romance. All in all, however, this drama is definitely one I will remember fondly, and I would highly recommend it to everyone.

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A drama that sparkles brighter than the stars in the sky

What do I say about this drama?

It is magical, heartwarming and just beautiful, not just in terms of the story, but the set, the cast, the costumes.

A graceful and lovely set up where you can find love, sorrow, chaos, resentment and companionship.

I love the characters, their personalities, their growth and how they are all linked so beautifully to one another. The leads sold their romance in such a way that I doubt I can ever recover from how magical it was. Everything about them, their individual and combined journeys were a feast to the eyes.

Shin Hae Sun killed it. Her portrayal of Lee Yeon Seo was tragic and beautiful, a flawed character with so much loss that she stays alive out of sheer grit. Kim Myung Soo’s Kim Dan was the perfect complement to her character. Lee Dong Gun and Kim Bo Mi were also amazing, actually the entire cast did a stellar job.

I’ve got to say, this one has a lot of crying potential. Most of the characters have something at stake, be it ambition, pride, dignity or even their lives. But I laughed, smiled, got angry and cried with them. Isn’t that what a good drama is all about?

I recommend this drama to all romance lovers.

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Original story and great acting

At first I was afraid to watch this for fear that the portrayal of the angels would be unrealistic and cheesy. I was pleasantly surprised to see how realistic the angels looked. They weren’t cheesy and silly or overly powerful and egotistical either. The cinematography was impressive too.

The male leads portrayal of the innocent yet clumsy angel was really good. I’m not surprised he won so many awards for his acting. He earned it. And the female leads portrayal of a ballerina was just amazing. She had me convinced she had to have been involved in ballet for at least a few years.

There’s real kisses and lots of chemistry here too. The romance is very touching and sweet. And I like that even though there’s some angst and sadness, it’s not overly done. It’s by no means a melodrama. It’s a great romcom with some twists and turns and drama but not too much. It’s very balanced.

The story has depth and is completely unpredictable. I just couldn’t see how things would work out and I usually have a drama figured out after just a few episodes. I loved the originality of this drama as well.

My only complaint is how god is depicted in this drama. They portrayed God as being someone who doesn’t take his angels feelings into consideration. If one of his angels loved someone else more than him his punish was quite severe. Which meant no romantic relationships whatsoever. Also, his angels seemed very unhappy at being unable to make their own choices in life. God gave them assignments and chose their course in life for them. And if they didn’t adhere to his plans for them the result was death. If it weren’t for this one thing then the drama would have been just about perfect.

But overall, I’d say it was a really good drama that’s definitely worthy of its high ratings and awards. Don’t miss this one, it’s a great drama

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GOD WHAT DID I JUST WATCH???

L's is so over-acting every scene. He's just using his own face to compensate hus bad acting skills which doesn't work for me.


Bad male kead choice could've been better if it's played with other actor

One thing I hated about it is the childhood troupe, could've been the other way around. I get that's it is fantasy, can't you just write his childhood background without involving the love interest's?

This drama doesn't really works for my taste so cringe-worthy. I loved the 'My love from the star' vibes it gives off but this is so detrimental.


Don't like it periodt

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Amazing but shall I rewatch it?

I really liked this series the character development was good. The charectors were great and cute. The story was really well developed and it was like that for me the episodes were flowing like water. I was a little disappointed by the end though like they should have gotten more screen time together.

I guess the writer was confused in the end too that how should I end it because the end really was confusing.
Did he die? Did he not die? How come the touch make her see him? Making less sense

But overall it was amazing the episodes flowing like water I am watching and then I am like huh where did my 3hrs go?? Though it is termed a romance but the romance was not shown that much main focus was on the character development

It is a great one time watch not sure if I am gonna re-watch it

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Second half could have been better

Firstly I must appreciate the background music and song, more than story or screenplay I got impressed a lot. The first half of the drama was new type for me and I enjoyed also but few episodes of the second half I felt little draaagy, simply circling on the same topic on ML will disappearing or will turn into ash blah blah blah. They could have utilised those resources to make story better. Even though there are so many blunders or loop holes I enjoyed the drama. All characters did their job well but I am not satisfied with ML performance. But I must appreciate the FL acting she is 500% perfect for this role and has done a great job. The most unacceptable character is ML, if I can believe that Angel’s exists but I will not believe that they will be as immature or childish as portrayed in this drama.

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Toccante. Delicato. Perfetto.

Entra di prepotenza nella mia personale top 3 la scena di danza in sala prove. Guardata e riguardata mille volte.

Finito stanotte alle 4, l'ultima puntata lascia un mezzo pacchetto di kleenex consumati (non ho contato quelli delle puntate precedenti) e si aggiudica un posto speciale nel mio ❤️. Per mezzo punto non è, per me, al livello Tale of the nine tailed. L'avevo iniziato già un paio di volte senza andare oltre la prima puntata ma evidentemente non era il "momento" giusto, fortunatamente la mia perseveranza mi ha premiata.

Considerazioni a caldo, io voglio molto bene a Lee Dong Gun, possibile che non lo abbia mai visto felice e sereno? Lo devono sempre far soffrire sto figlio?!!?!?
Shin Hye Sun spacca. Brava. Brava. Brava. Bravissima. La odi. Le spaccheresti la faccia. La aiuteresti. L'abbracceresti. La ami tantissimo.
Kim Myung Soo ecco bravo, hai finito il militare, ora rimettiti all'opera grazie. Una espressività fotonica.
La colonna sonora è meravigliosa. Il cast secondario perfetto.

Serve molto maalox ma ogni cosa, alla fine, troverà il proprio posto.

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STOP STEREOTYPING BALLET FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! (pun unintended)

!!Disclaimer¡¡
This review is based on my personal opinion/experience while watching, you're free to agree/disagree with it. This review is based on a professional's POV so it might be a bit harsh/critiquing. It will also be quite long so if you're not into that go ahead and skip reading it.


Ok look, I love Shin hye sun and L and I definitely think L improved a little when it comes to his acting, but as an ex-ballerina/dancer this was all sorts of offensive to me, it might be because I have a personal attachment to such theme but this series just did ballet really dirty you cannot fathom how annoyed I am rn. I literally had to ignore all my frustration at this to keep watching because let me tell you, if you're a ballet dancer like me, you'll be really disappointed. My annoyance at the plot didn't just stop at the ballet part, it stretches even farther than that and I'll get to why later, but for now, I'll start off with some troublesome aspects and why this is such a bad example of how ballet actually is.


So first thing first, WHY isn't Bo mi the FL? Ik Hye sun is the better one in terms of acting (objectively speaking) but Bo mi is an actual dancer with an actual feel to what being a ballerina is like, her occupying that role should've -operative word here being should've- been the most logical thing to go with, the scenes with Hye sun's "dancing" were painful to watch, her lines and movements were so stiff I was physically cringing, and the fact that the scenes with the stunt double were very obviously not her made me want to effing SCREAM! And don't get me started at the fact that they put her in pointe shoes in some scenes cuz I'll combust. Don't forget the absolutely horrifying "Giselle" parts because that just really threw me off, and if you think I'm exaggerating then go watch the drama's portrayal of the scene where Giselle goes mad and compare it to the version performed by Natalia Osipova (who's an actual super talented ballerina btw) and you'll see what I mean. We can't forget the stereotyping and the misrepresentation of the ballet community cuz boi I'm about to- (┛ಠ_ಠ)┛彡┻━┻
For example: when that weird woman Elena(?) or whatever, put glass shards in Nina's pointe shoes (don't EVER do that at home kids), when Yeon seo kept dancing with her bloodied feet (just a quick info, healthy ballet dancers don't usually bleed just from standing en pointe and dancing for soo long, the blood is usually the result of toenails falling off (yes this is an actual thing) or at least that's the case in my years of experience), Nina going to throw up right after she ate while with the director guy (ik there are people who actually do that but let me tell you, if you're doing something like this in ballet 1# people will immediately find out and 2# you'll be disqualified from participating in any sort of performances coming up, kinda like a suspension. I'm not sure if it's the case with every dance school, but the ones I trained at didn't allow such thing. Also, the fact that this specific scene heavily implies that Nina has an ED and that it was never mentioned afterwards left a bitter aftertaste in my mouth like, you're just gonna throw this in there and never talk about it again? Do y'all not realize how insensitive and upsetting it is for someone struggling with similar issues to see their personal struggle be taken so lightly and just never talked about?)....etc.
I might be nitpicking here but honestly it's just really that frustrating to me. If the ballet part was just a fleeting thing mentioned here and there for the sake of the plot then I might have let it pass, but because ballet plays a major role in the storyline it riled me up to no end so I couldn't just let it go. Now that I finally got that off of my chest, let's proceed with the actual review.


Plot/storyline:
The idea of this plot is not bad, it has a really good core idea but being good at executing such plot concept and having a good plot concept are two totally different things. The story started off really strong, with Dan trying to make the cold stone hearted Yeon seo open up to others again, and how he only had around a 100 days to fulfill his mission or else he'll turn to ash or whatever, but that plot just seemed to be tossed outta the window because what follows after episode 6-7 was just disastrous. The way they tried to force their nonsensical logic in our faces made me want to laugh tbh, like how in the world do you expect me to believe that she had her comeback after not 3 years, not even 2 years, but 2 MONTHS mind you she literally started dancing again immediately after she sustained an injury from a car accident, and has not actually danced in more than 2 years(?). I get that this is fantasy but at least make it logical, especially since she's the human one here, not Dan. Let's not forget the cliche cruel abusive family, the murders that were barely talked about, the attempted murders, the workplace abuse Yeon seo's staff suffered working under her and the whole plotline with our good ol' second male lead (whom I have forgotten his name) and his not so subtle obsession with Yeon seo cuz she's a carbon copy of his dead lover, and the cherry on top, the fact that almost all of this, happened in the span of a hundred days only.... yeah no, that's a big fat Nay from me.
Despite the amount of disturbing and upsetting stuff going on with this drama, there were still some stuff that I liked, like their wedding scene, the scenes with Mr Jo and when Dan saved Yeon seo in the very beginning, among others. So plot: a solid 5.


Characters/cast:
I'm honestly very conflicted about this section here. Some actors I liked and some just made me want to bang my head on a wall. They all tried their best and I really respect them for that, but the fact that the whole script was illogical made it hard for me to actually be invested in anyone. If I had to pick the best actor/actress out of the whole cast (imo ofc) I'm gonna have to go with Gil eun hye. She was probably my favourite one here. The way she portrayed Yeon seo's psychotic cousin Ru na and her obsession with her sister Nina made me admire the actress the most, as for my least favorite I would have to say L. He tends to overreact in some scenes and his emotions are sometimes not very convincing, don't get me wrong, I love L, but to me his acting was still lacking in here especially if you compare it to that if his in meow, my secret boy. If I had to rate some of the more prominent cast it would be like the following:
▪Shin Hye Sun: A-
▪Kim Myung Soo (L): B+
▪Kim Bo Mi: A
▪Gil Eun Hye: A+
▪Lee Dong Gun: A-


Music/Osts:
I'm a huge fan of the soundtrack ngl, especially Chai's oh my angel and O.When's stay. I also kinda liked how they didn't stick to the usual classical music even tho I missed its presence in here lol. But yeah, the soundtrack was definitely the most enjoyable thing about this show.



Production:
This was surprisingly actually aesthetic and the outfits looked quite lovely and I'm actually pleased with it for the most part. HOWEVER, I was somewhat disappointed with the very little attention to details at some scenes, especially when it's about ballet, like the way they had Nina's And Yeon seo's hair down while they were dancing in a couple of scene (ik it's only that time when they were competing against each other, but still, if my teacher saw me like that I'll be booted to the next galaxy), the ballerinas not having a dress code (that was weird to me tbh, especially since this is supposed to be a very well known company for ballet, and yes, before anyone asks, dress code is a thing in ballet).....etc.
To be fair, if you're not a dancer you might not care about such details, but I had to point them out because I'm very much pet peeved so, you can probably ignore them if you don't have any previous experience in ballet/dancing and don't really care about such things.



Overall, this drama could have been better, a lot better really. The soundtrack and Eun hye were the only things keeping me from throwing this whole thing outta the window, and even those weren't enough to make me want to continue watching (I did finish it tho but only because I wanted to see where they were going with this). I tried to be objective in this review, but that proved to be really hard. Honestly this drama is not THAT bad, my review might make it seem like it's the worst thing you'll ever watch but it's really not, it's just that I'm a very passionate person when it comes to stuff that I really love and ballet is no exception here. If you're interested in watching it please don't let my review discourage you, this is just subjective viewing and you might probably like it more than I did, but if you are someone like me who pays attention to certain details, I would advise you to keep your bar at its lowest here because this would really get on your nerves, especially if you're going in with the same high expectations I had.

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Hate, love, struggles, pain and happiness. I felt it all in this drama.

Just rewatched it and it all feels the same! I really love this drama.

I love ML and FL's love story! Though there are those kdrama cliches BUT I LOVE everything about this drama.

OST is the best.
Plot is kinda different from other fantasy drama.
The actors are all so good and they played their characters well.
The script is amazing. I laugh, cried and feel the leads love for each other.
The ending was amazing!

Shin Hye Sun have a lot of crying scenes. Every time she cries, I cry! I can feel her emotions.

I wouldn’t doubt it if Kim Myung Soo is a real Angel. He looks like a real one. He’s acting has improved a lot and I miss him… I still listen to The Nights that I Miss You. The OST he sung and he sounds angelic.

What I love the most is how their story developed from hate to love. They both needed each other. They were connected since the beginning and they loved each other despite everything.

Overall it’s 9/10 and I can rewatch this drama again and again.

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shin hye-sun's performance is AMAZING.

it's sad and adorable. arriving in the episodes that mark the middle of the drama, it's almost impossible not to feel a strong commotion with the whole story shown. but when you reach its final stretch, it gets tiring to watch for not having a proper development, as if they had no idea what to do and were waiting for the last few episodes to end the drama. but despite that, it's one of my favorite k-dramas!!!

ps: shin hye-sun performs wonderfully well, I was delighted to see that she was able to perfectly convey all emotions and feelings involving yeon seo. one of my favorite actresses!!!

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I watched this back in 2020 and rewatched it one more time about a year ago but am now writing a review, so my memory from the drama itself is a bit rusty, but I do remember enjoying it a lot. The chemistry between eh leads was great, and as always Hyesun's acting never disappoints, whenever she got emotional I got emotional with her. I remember it also being funny, so that's always great (Idk why I suddenly got awkward writing this but anyway). But yeah, would definitely recommend it. (Btw I don't really pay attention to OSTs/music and such so don't trust my rating on that too much) But other than that I have nothing to say really, it was very enjoyable and loved it so much. Wanna rewatch it again T_T .

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