Por Favor, Não Namore Esse Cara (2020)

Good acting and good characters

I never really connected with the characters in this rom-com, so it wasn't my favorite. However, I do think that the actors displayed their talents by making the 1-dimensional, over-the-top characters come to life. So for that, I give them props. And the story itself wasn't bad, and the ridiculousness wasn't so great that I ever thought about dropping it.

I think my favorite character was probably Gam Oh Jung, the firefighting partner of Jung Kook Hee. This character was written and portrayed well, and was often pivotal in the decisions of the other characters. He was silly but insightful, responsible yet care-free, and supportive without stepping on toes. I admired his tenacity, but also his ability to let go when needed. I also enjoyed his comic relief, which was delivered without resorting to slapstick actions or reactions.

The show did have many elements that I didn't expect, such as suspense, hidden agendas, and mild mystery and danger, without losing the comedy and romance portions of the rom-com. Also, I think the writers did well wrapping up the show, as it felt "finished" but not rushed at the end. I would definitely recommend this as a show to pass the time, and if someone were to watch this without any expectations, I think they would enjoy it.

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Enjoyable, Lovable, A little Sci-Fi themed Rom Com.

I saw a lot of negative reviews of the show that said the episodes didn't make sense or weren't watchable. This is made me a little conscious about going ahead with watching the show any way. To be honest, I've watched the show entirely and I don't understand what the problem is?
It's a perfectly watchable drama. The story is fast paced with multiple interesting elements and a perfectly watchable cast. The casting is actually good. The drama cast unexpected faces together, and to be honest, that was very enjoyable. The acting was followable, as in, I never questioned why anyone did a certain scene in a particular way. I actually really enjoyed both the casting and the acting.
Finally, the story is actually well executed. Perhaps two more episodes would have made it more fleshed out and honest with a great ending, but it wasn't at all bad. Honestly, with this one, don't go based on reviews but rather if you like the story line and the casting, just watch the show. It's extremely funny and fun and I would definitely recommend it to another person.

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better off as a binge

cookie (I mean Kook Hee) as a male lead was amazing, he was sweet, UWU, adorable smile, six pack, considerate and charming and the fl was normal enough with her own career and life

now everything else was horrible, there was no plot, no real planning, no development, just a bunch of random events thrown together, and worse by the end all of the plots were resolved as if nothing happened..

2nd fl's boyfriend issues and 3rd fl's husband problems all sounded so big but by the end they just brushed it off and everything was fine again ;/

cookie was a sweet guy but his traumatic past was a cheap move for conflict, just as cheap as their final breakup ;/ eventhough this wasn't like the usual 16 ep dramas where the breakup lasts from ep12-14, here everything lasted for 5mins...

basically just another romcom in a pile of romcom cliches, but the ml is actually worthy rather than the usual rich jerks ;D

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My first worst Korean drama

I am watching kdramas from past 5 years, this is the worst drama I have ever watched. By looking at the ML face I initially thought something is not right, I should have listened to my first instinct but yet I wasted 10 hours of my precious time. This is first drama where it is portrayed all male characters(including ML) are jerks and all female characters are cool and matured. OMG that to ML, truly speaking I have note down his name in my note pad to remember not to watch his drama in my life. Especially in kdramas I expect and observe characters development of at least ML and FL but here ML character is go on deteriorating. May be this is a female orienting or female concentrated drama but I don’t think to show most of all the male characters in such sadistic way, it is portrayed like all males are jerks but in the world only females are good and victims of the males. ML suggest FL not to ask anything about his past and just trust him blindly but when FL was in very bad and dangerous situation he simply abandoned her saying he don’t trust her because he don’t know about her, that to after when she was with him during his worst times saying she don’t want to know anything about his past or about his gossips in the internet. After watching the last episode what I realised is, may be the production unit pressure the director to wind up the series may be it was going downhill in box office because the ending is so sudden without showing a proper flow in the climax.
MY SINCERE SUGGESTION NOT TO WASTE YOUR TIME ON THIS DRAMA

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " Please Don't Date Him " uses the prompt of the sci fi story well and blends it nicely with the romance.

However, it leaves a lot unsolved and the big mysteries were not as satisfying as they should. Also, the characters tended to act in an annoying way, or, to be more specific, in a frustrating way. In addition, the camera work was shaky.

Now that we got the negative parts of the drama out, let's talk about the positive ones. The romance was pretty sweet, and the couple had chemistry. The two side couples were pretty entertaining too and funny at times. The three girlfriends and their friendship were even more interesting. The drama was also spot on. Finally, the industrial spy case was thrilling at moments.

Also, the performances were all great from everyone in the cast.

So, overall, six and a half out of ten.

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I enjoyed watching this drama. I did not feel bored in the early episodes like many, in fact those were my favorites. The tone of the drama shifts a lot after that, I did not mind that too much though. I'm okay with gritty dark comedy & regular romcom like comedy as well, but certainly the writers did try all kind of things to lift the abysmally low ratings (0.3% nationwide average), it would be a stretch to call the resulting plot coherent, but to be honest I've seen much worse victims of live filming.
The finale is not great, it feels like they didn't give an eff anymore. That zip tie scene is more than just teribad, but I've seen worse endings & at least it ends on a joyful, albeit rushed note.

There are lots of good things too. There were some really great impactful, touching scenes, even though I'm not entirely sold on the OTP's chemistry, but they were great at their respective roles. In fact the entire cast was great. The show kind of reminds me of Be Melodramatic at times. It's obviously not nearly as good, but some of the same vibe is still present. The secondary couples were great, I wish they spent more time exploring those relationships. Then again I'm not sure what the original intent was with the single parent firefighter's story. It feels like too much ended up being cut for me to understand what the writers wanted to do (and there was too little screentime for the husband) Speaking of content being cut, the cartoon villain in the last episode feels way too arbitrary.

The average rating of this show as of writing this review is 7,7. I think that's more than fair, then again there are many in the 8,2-8,4 range that are hugely worse. Ultimately I think the drama is worth watching, it's more than just a meaningless filler show, despite me somewhat generously rating it only 7,5.


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Yoon Bomi is the best.
Even Noh Sayon shows up in the drama with her husband. (I remember seeing her NG a simple scene in a variety show 30 times in a row, I never thought she would ever try a cameo appearance in anything :-) ) I love her, but she has no acting talent.

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"Don't date him"wud be precise to say "Don't date HER"

The movie shouldn't be titled - "Don't date him" it wud be precise to say "Don't date HER" Cz both friends of female lead are ugly and undateable on the inside..worst personalities!
Currently watching... Very predictable scenes but good drama until now... I am praying for the café owner and her husband's relationship, I am currently in fourth episode and I feel a bit weirded out by the relationship between café woman and the firefighter guy... Café woman's husband is going thru a fragile period, and she has kinda started to like this guy and also saw his 3 kids .. I don't like where their relationship is heading to also, the look the ex of the female lead look waaay too bad and obvious. Drama producers shud stop with obvious roles and let the viewers adapt and decide a bit... Drama is about a story by development and not a statement/message which happens in movies. But, most k-dramas today are bland in that way and everything seems waaay too direct and statement-ish.
Also, the other friend the female lead has...my god she is the worst!! Don't even ask me whr i shud get started... This comment from an opinion will change into an insult... She doesn't have a character per se.. just a sex maniac who expect s good from others wen she herself has a trash personality!
Update1: ep.6 currently watching.. pretty much clear to me that the café owner doesn't deserve her husband. The moment she understood his sperms were weak to reproduce, she subconsciously started looking into male lead's firefighting partner ..... So dirty is her mindset that I am really pissed by her attitude..her true face is real ugly and I actually feel sorry for the husband.
Update 2: reached Episode 7 and decided to stop watching this series... This is the first drama that made uncomfortable and squirmish. I mean except for the Male lead and Female lead evry1 else is a horrible personality/character. The one character of café owner that I loved in the start is the very reason I decided to stop watching anymore, her character makes me feel like vomiting on her face, I mean how horrible can u become? U emotionally and psychologically cheated with another man even let ur close friend know that u r cheating on ur husband (indirectly). Also, the worst part being u insulted him his manhood and his authority (in a loving sense) over u in front of the man u r cheating wid and guess what?!?!? GUESS WHAT?!?!?! U THINK UR HUSBAND ID CHEATING!!! SERIOUSLY!!! HOW WORSE AND LOW CAN THIS PERSON GET? SHE REALLY DOESN'T DESERVE HER HUSBAND I REALLY DON'T CARE IF HE'S A horrible person, she doesn't deserve anybody.. literally!

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TW: Don't read if you are sensitive to criticism.

Before I dive in, here are some things I want to stress about a 10/10 drama for me. It has to be captivating from beginning to end; it has to have a high rewatch value; it has to not have a part where I want to spam the "skip 10 seconds "button. <-These are just some of my standards. I also was not recommended this by my friends; I found it on my own.

Now, as you probably can see, I dropped this drama at its first episode. That comes to say that it doesn't even complete the first criteria, let alone 2 or 3--giving me absolutely no motivation to finish the drama. I can't really say much about the storyline, as I have not finished and WILL not attempt to finish it, but I can say FOR SURE that the build-up was a pretty big let-down. The screenplay wasn't that good and the introduction of each character was just either too much or too little. I knew who the main character was, but the amount of screentime she got gave me second thoughts.

Moving on to the cast, I can say that I came 100% for the cast. I already watched Jun's [U-kiss and former UNB] other drama (Goodbye to Goodbye [in which I quite enjoyed his acting and chemistry with the actress, Bo Ah {<- my favorite actress at the moment] ) and I was scouring the internet everyday just to find some of his content or acting. When I came across this before it aired, I immediately added it to my "Plan To Watch" list. Jun was the main reason I was excited for this drama. Then, I saw that Apink's Bomi was also in it. I became even more excited. I also want to say that I appreciate the efforts of the entire cast! Even though I respect and admire their achievements as a solo act, I wasn't totally impressed for the chemistry in between the main cast.

I might be quick to judge as I only watched one episode, but this drama really doesn't have what it takes to be fully watched for me (let alone a 10/10). The suggested overall rating is 4.5, but I gave it a 6 just because of the cast :) P>S> this is the longest review I have written.

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