Desgraça ao Seu Dispor (2021)

Intense start , but fails to entertain in any aspect later

I would say that this was a wasted potential . The actors were all so good , but the story was all over the place . Even their deal seemed senseless to me !

Things I liked :
1. They took time is showing their emotional connect , though much time hadn't passed in real , it was only 3months they knew each other, but on screen chemistry was too good.
2. The actors were very good in exhibiting their emotions.
3. Even after he died , they gave some time to show her feelings and how she waited for him , trying to restart her life.
4. Messages were nice and apt.
5. No rushed endings

Things i disliked :
1. To begin with the deal between them was ridiculous AF.
2. God was doing just unnecessary things , pulling him away from her life them sowing the seeds of their love. :|
3. The story was all over uninteresting after they fall in love.
4, Overuse of words like 'die' , 'disappear' , 'not exist'.
5. Why was she preparing to die when it was obvious that he is the one who will die.
6. Emotions were good but romance should have been better to go with those emotions !
7. the main story was sad , the second leads could have been interesting to keep the temp . but They were plain sad too !!

All in all , as much a i like the actors and their chemistry , the story was boring for me after mid-way !

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It could have been better

The drama had too much going on and didn't make sense at times. The actors were the selling point of this show to me, Park Bo Young and Seo In Guk's chemistry really made me forget about the inconsistencies at times. The supporting characters are fun to watch too, especially Na Ji Na, Cha Joo Ik and Lee Hyun Kyu. Their romance doesn't follow the usual narrative and that's something I appreciate. Overall though in order to really enjoy it I had to switch off my brain which isn't what I want to be doing.
Check out my full review:
https://youtu.be/2lECRwJjHpk

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Worth your time

I am honestly not sure why so many people dislike this drama. I didn't watch it for literally so long because I heard it wasn't great, and now I feel gipped. This drama is fantastic. This drama is gorgeous. This drama is funny and deep and makes you think, with great acting and a pretty good OST to boot.

Back to the "this drama is gorgeous". I mean this very objectively-- not in a way like I just liked the drama so I want to overlook flaws. They use a lot of gorgeous, creative shots and scene cuts that gave the drama it's own timeless vibe without being dragged on too long a la Goblin.

The drama is just plain funny. It played it's cards well in presenting "doom" as something that could also be really funny, in a "망했다" sort of way. They really explored a lot there, too, with all the different areas doom "looked after" in the world.

It was fun to wrap my head around what sort of existence "doom" would be, almost like a yin-yang approach to deity. There was plenty of time to think about what I would want to do if I knew I only had a hundred days left.

Great acting- Seo In Guk has a great range of emotions, and I liked Park Bo Young here more than some of her other roles. She was still energetic and loving and cute, but a much more mature character. In fact, the writing for all the characters felt really well done. The ML and FL weren’t flat (that's my biggest conplaint for most romcoms) and the side lovelines felt like real people processing information and reacting, for all that the storyline was drama-esque (still had the tropes and fluttery situations). The way all the characters bantered felt very real like thet actually liked each other (as friends or in a loveline) and Seo In Guk made me get all emotional towards the end. Also, the girl-god fascinated me. She, like all the characters in the drama, felt like a real person who said things, but always had more going on on the inside. Every character felt like that, so it was fun to read in between the lines, watch the body language and context, etc.

It was not a perfext drama. Not all of the cast were convincing criers. The brother sometimes felt a bit flat, and I never totally understood why the second male lead and second female lead liked each other (Her first love story gets a pass because she was discovering she'd been in love with a memory of him). But overall... there are a lot of only so-so romcoms that get rave reviews... I'm not saying they shouldn't, but this one definitely shouldn't be looked over. Kudos to this rare romcom that garnered my admiration!

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I cried sooo much

This was obviously one of the best or even the best drama I've ever watched. this OST from ailee is so heartbreaking.its one of my favourite songs btw . So the story itself was at some points hard to follow ,but you'll get it. the acting was gorgeous I'm in love with the main actress how she can express anxiety and sadness at once (this is so amazing compared to which kind of person she played in strong woman Do Bong Soon). if you like sad dramas to cry out your eyes this is the best to watch I'd cry just replaying the scenes in my head. if you want to watch it then please do it on grey cold days in the winter or autumn- you'll completely get into it and yes it's 10 out of 10 and I don't want to spoiler so I'm ending this review here (P.S. it's totally worth watching it so don't hesitate and dooo it. you won't regret it, I promise)

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Despite the top liked reviews not being super positive, I very enjoyed this one.

It's been on my list for some time as I love everything Park Bo Young does, I had been putting this one off because of the context of death and Tak Dong Kyung living out the last 100 days of her life with Doom, being given the choice of making a final wish before her death or the death of her closest loved on in order to save hers. And I am not going to lie, this one was difficult for me to watch. Of course there is little things here and there with this drama, such as how Sa Ram treated Tak in the beginning with so much disgust (which reminded me of the relationship in A Korean Odyssey) and just small things were and there like how the writing was a bit confusing and the dialogue was SUPER quick that I think I missed a good chunk of what they wee talking about. But the main reason why this was was hard for me, was just the topic of death and it being a recent trigger of mine. You would have to be comfortable with the idea of death and dying in order to watch this without ugly crying because I did A LOT of that. Like every episode.

Other than that, I very much enjoyed the cinematography and the score - I think it is tied for first place with The Forest of the most beautiful dramas I have ever watched.

The ending was very obvious, but the journey getting there and seeing Sa Ram slowly gain his humanity and fall in love was extremely satisfying and always being there for Tak whenever she was going through something rough.. that is good writing. For example, I UGLY cried that whole scene when Tak went to the hair salon. But with the sad parts, there come the happy parts such as the love she receives from her aunt, brother, and best friend. Also, my favorite character, and I am sooooo happy that they included this in there, was her Canadian Uncle Kevin. I LIVED for his pep talks! Even with the language barrier, that didn't stop him from supporting Tak. Also, I loved how much her brother grew from the beginning while still being his dopey self.

Lastly, I oddly enjoyed the second leads and their romance; it also seemed like a completely different drama was happening. I loved it, but it honestly started to drag at the end, and I wanted to shake Ji Na. I totally get that this was a story about lose - Tak learning that she would lose her life and how she wanted to spend the remaining 100 days, and Ji Na learning how to move past her first love in order to live her life, but feeling like she is losing a part of herself that she's lived with since high school. Same, but different. Both emotional. But it got to a point where I am like Ji Na...we get it.

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The most average fantasy kdrama

People are either too harsh on this drama or overhype it too much. It's well-produced with a great cast, and the writing is fine. It just feels...average. It follows a very typical fantasy kdrama plot, and falls into the common pitfalls of getting slow towards the middle and recycling tear-jerker tropes towards the end. It was enjoyable to watch, but after watching numerous fantasy dramas, I found there was nothing too special about it. I would recommend it for casual watching, but not to someone who wants a masterpiece. (It does get bonus points for giving a love triangle to the second leads instead of the main couple.)

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A poetic and artful experience for the soul

At its core, Doom At Your Service is a human drama. Despite having fantasy elements, it's a mundane representation of the lives of some of us -- existing but never living, making mistakes and growing up even as adults, learning to be more responsible, becoming braver, encountering losses and pain, having to celebrate small wins and experiencing to let go, to be loved and love.

Doom At Your Service, will be one of the special dramas for me; it's a show that started with things and life coming to an end; where everything disappears, but in the end, it shows the beauty of new beginnings. That we aren't meant just to exist, but to live happily and love for a very long time.
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"If I were to be born again, I want to be born as a moon like that. You know, inanimate things like the sun, moon, stars, and wind. They just exist instead of living. I want to be one of those things in my next life."

I've truly resonated with the character of Tak Dong Kyung, not because our circumstances are the same, but with not truly living and just existing. We all have fronts like Dong Kyung, something that we want others to see—that we aren't broken—that we're okay and we are not lonely—but unfortunately, we are. I'm not exactly a person who lives as diligent as Dong Kyung, I'm very much a faulty person and there have been times when I'm not truly proud of myself and ashamed—and I still am. But this drama resonated with me so much because I watched it during this time when I am currently trying to move past some mental weakness in my life and the feeling of being overwhelmed about getting it together with life. I need to gather up the strength to make myself look okay to most people and show I'm as fine as possible.

I want to continue existing during those brief moments of weakness every day, and then have the courage to live as my time goes on—waiting that someday, I'll get it together and it'll make sense. I will always remember that moment when Dong Kyung said that she's still growing up, and I know that despite Doom living for quite a very long time— he's still growing up too. The way he just started at her, then smiled, possibly falling in love even more and knowing that he is no longer alone was a very delightful watch.

I think this is the reason why I've loved the drama so much. From Dong Kyung wanting to just exist until she dies to embracing life as her days are numbered and loving the precious people in her life—her brother, auntie, unnie, and especially—the found love of her life, Doom. To both Dong Kyung and Doom being confronted about the reality of her situation and acceptances of their fate. To Dong Kyung once more having to continue to exist again while trying to find courage every day to live for Doom's sacrifice and happiness. Longing and waiting, and finally reuniting with Doom to conquer life together and find strength every day with their now bigger family to make it to their next day until the very end.

How come when you're about to die you realize that you want to live so badly?
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At its core, Doom At Your Service is a human drama. Despite having fantasy elements, it's a mundane representation of the lives of some of us -- existing but never living, making mistakes and growing up even as adults, learning to be more responsible, becoming braver, encountering losses and pain, having to celebrate small wins and experiencing to let go, to be loved and love.

More so, I think I loved the natural progression of Dong Kyung and Doom's love story. The circumstances where both of our beings fall in love and lose each other is a real event that will occur. It's truly a life-and-death situation albeit with some fantasy elements. And the moment they realized this together, they never hold off each other's hands.

The way their relationship naturally progresses from the start with push and pull caused by how their emotions react to the current circumstances happening to them is a delightful watch; there's also lot of subtleness from the show's story telling. From Doom refusing to be loved and not believing he's something worthy to be loved, from Dong Kyung's hate on her fate and Doom, to them truly falling in love with each other despite resistances and to acceptance on both of their fates that come with loving.

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“So are you saying you’re winter, darkness, and the end of everything? Hey, I like winter, I like the darkness of the night, and I like it when things end. If you think about it, spring, morning, and new beginnings also come because of you. It means you’re responsible for both my misery and happiness.”

"The reason for everything that disappears...It would be sad to fall in love with something that disappears upon his touch. Sad enough to make him never love again."

Doom is such an interesting character; he was an angstful and lonely being—despite hating humans, he longed to be one of them. Being the reason for everything that disappears, he never thought of loving and being loved. So, Dong Kyung's human love for him is the start of him truly living instead of just existing. For so long, he thought of himself as the end, evil, unworthy to be loved, and simply can't be loved—only to be deemed as not a bad guy and loved greatly.

"If we never met, I would still be nothing. I want to mean something to you. Experiencing that once will be enough for me."

Because of this, all of their moments together and the sacrifice Doom made it more touching. To be loved once is enough, that being able to live even just for a short time with the person you love is enough—than existing for a long time, but not living at all. He hated his existence for most of his life, but finally, he was granted his happy ending and Dong Kyung too because they found each other—and because they never gave up, they continued to exist until they can live— they endured and waited for a long time.
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"Even if it rains. Even if you're the only one without an umbrella, it's not a big deal. If you run, you'll reach home quickly."

I think I'll take these words of Doom for a long time...and enjoy life for a very long time.

But I do not just want to run, I want to enjoy the rain and look forward to the mornings. I want to be more grateful for life, and I want to love a lot.

Doom at your service is a drama of new beginnings, it starts with lots of doom and things that will end, but it ends with beginnings for every character in the story.

I know this drama will never be the most fan favorite and I think I know why. It's not a drama with a very solid plot, most of the time—its messages are very subtle, and it comes with a lot of push and pull of emotions. But for me, this drama is a comfort and nudge I needed to bravely face life. It didn't have extravagant fantastic elements or the most solid plot lines, but the humanity of their stories always shined through it. Let's start living life today and be happier for a little longer, and let's continue to do that, until we finally get to live.

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i watched this at the perfect time...... so it is beloved to me specifically

i feel like this show is the peak of YMMV for me... objectively i have to admit that it didnt quite deliver on a lot of aspects that it could have done very well, but at the same time that knowledge didnt diminish my enjoyment of it at all the first or second time i watched it. i watched this initially out of curiosity for the premise (and bc someone compared it to ships i liked. lol), and it delivered a catharsis i needed so badly at the time because of how evocative some of the scenes are, especially wrt the FL & her outlook on life.
The early half of the show smoothly builds the relationship between the main leads, and it does so in a way that balances their dislike for each other & the show's humor quite well. The shift from antagonism to the FL's acceptance of him is done in a way i liked especially, and in a scene with such a perfect atmosphere... which is another thing i feel this show does excellently- the moments between the main couple are always set with the perfect backdrop and ambience. it often works particularly well with the ML's role within the universe being that of someone who is meant to watch things as they disappear (one of my favorite aspects of his character). This is taken less literally, as there will be scenes where the two of them watch a ceremony thats long since fallen out of practice, or sit in a library full of words that have stopped being used. I felt this aspect of the ML's role as "doom" was a lot more poignant than the literal alternative of him simply being a bringer of death the way the premise brings you to expect. Its small things like this that made me feel that this show was close to being more than it ended up being, because ultimately, little is done with the premise. when you think a bit too hard about the restrictions laid out within the plot, it makes even less sense, but i feel like it had something very fun to work with here even if it only delivers the smallest amount.

The subplots & side characters in this cast are also very fun to me.. while completely at odds with the tone of the rest of the show, ji-na's love triangle subplot was really engaging and had a really satisfying build and conclusion to her own romance. It was a surprisingly thoughtful take on a love triangle and right person-wrong time romance, and it never felt disparaging for any of the characters involved. The relationship between the two men was also done justice, and i really liked the hopeful note their relationship left off on at the end. I felt like this subplot mixed well with the main plot when the two intersected, because the relationships between tak dong-kyung & those around her are fleshed out enough to be very charming. It was fun to see her dynamics with her best friend & her senior separately, as well as with all the others that she worked with. Her relationship to her brother and aunt was some of the best points in the show, because you can physically feel just how deeply she cherishes them while still wanting to push them away from her... i really like the push and pull of her relationships with just about everyone around her.
The side characters are another aspect this show could have utilized to their fullest potential, but didnt. Past the halfway mark of the show, it hits the typical kdrama pitfall of starting to invent unnecessary conflicts to fill out runtime. the first hurdle they pass after getting together is one i liked a lot, and it led to what is arguably my favorite scene in the show (what i call the "real" confession scene after he ghosts her and she draws him back to her through the broken bracelet). The sudden amnesia-reset plot that comes after it? incredibly unnecessary and offers so little to our understanding of their relationship & the plot of the show. I wasnt too pressed on this the first time i watched because i was so immersed in the show, but the flaws started to become more apparent the second time around. The very premise of the show feels flawed to me after we reach the midway point, because the terms of the contract state that either she ends the world, or the person she loves most dies. However, we seem to still spend the latter half of the show under the assumption that the FL is going to succumb to her illness, even though we know under the terms of their contract that this will not come to pass. It may just be that i missed an extra detail here (even after watching it 3 times...) but i do wish they had expanded the contract to either be more vague, or actually offer the third route that the show pretends exists. This in mind, i also wish we had gotten to see more from the character representing "god", because i just feel theres much more that could be done with the lore they had set up here, instead of spending so much time rehashing the misery that befalls our main couple. The supporting cast of writers that worked with the FL were also incredibly charming, and i wish they had spent time delving into the world around our main leads.

to conclude, i really think this show missed the mark even though it had the potential to be really good. but it is definitely still one of my favorite dramas because it just has this charm to me that i cant ignore!!!!!

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Might be inspired from a webtoon

I don't know but it seems to be inspired from a webcomic named "Devil No.4" I have found a lot of similarities.But I haven't found any review or information regarding that in other blogs or reviews. I won't be saying much about the other aspects of this drama since others have perfectly pointed out. But in that webtoon the girl was broken,had money in her hand,the story actually revolved around a Cafe.there were a few scenes where she was teleported with the Devil to sea shore since there she was under an "agreement". Eventually they fell in love,the Devil no 4 died there,he got again reincarnated and you can expect what happened after that. So I have found such similarity.

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Jolie surprise

Certes, avec le résumé, et l'idée même du drama, j'avoue que peut être j'en attendais plus, et je fus un peu déçue ... Mais j'ai quand même passé un bon moment !

L'histoire interpelle, et la trame amène pas mal de questions sur la spiritualité. J'adore quand les dramas me font poser plein de question sur le champs des possibles, et il en a fait partie.

Peut être un peu lent par moment, j'ai quand même adhéré jusqu'au bout.

Seo In Guk porte bien son rôle, mais je l'ai préféré dans d'autres dramas où je l'ai trouvé plus touchant.
Par contre, jolie surprise de la part de Park Bo Yung, je l'ai beaucoup aimé !

Petit bonus j'ai juste adoré le couple secondaire, et j'avais plus hâte parfois même de voir leur couple évoluer que celui principal...

La musique est sympa, et va très bien avec le drama.

En bref : J'ai aimé, même si un peu lent. Le sujet traité m'a vraiment plu, et un big-up pour le couple secondaire. A découvrir :-)

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