Went out on a whimper
This one started off so well and it had so much potential. Then for some reason the writers decided they wanted it to become a melodrama so we had like 3 episodes of unnecessary drama instead of getting actual rom-com moments. The final episode felt too rushed, especially since episode 11 felt like a waste of time. I'm really disappointed because I really liked the cast and story and in the beginning I was so excited because I thought this would end up being a great rom-com drama, but I should have known better than to trust kdrama writers. They inserted the same old tropes that I am sick of and yeah, annoying. Disappointing. I still enjoyed it up until like ep 7-8? But after that, it just got worse and worse and by the final episode it was too late to salvage it.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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I dont get it
I think the whole storyboard is bad and not fully fleshed out. I don't understand it at all. I get the fake marriage idea. But what is the problem of Lee Jihan? The "fiancé," however, hardly has any screen time. The whole fake marriage theme somehow becomes a sideshow, the fiancé isn't included at all. And if there are excerpts, they're offensive and don't fit. I don't understand some of the plot lines, the behavior of the individual characters, or what results from certain situations.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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Terrible writing. I finished this jeon jong seo
The writing is painful. I'm having to force myself to finish these last couple of episodes. It makes sense one of the writers has never written on a project before. I thought maybe the writing would get better, but then came episode 11 which was so damn bad. Add in the flat acting with it and just takes it all new level of bad. I can't believe they skipped a year and blew past that the son in law killed his wife. Wheres the families reaction to the news it was the son in law? What happened to the reporter? Then they made the secretary the new chairman of the entire company lmao. Did you want to see a-jung get her big break in acting? too bad they did it during the time skip smh. They let do Hans stalker ex off scott free with no punishment for outing do-han to his brother ji-han. What in the heck was that ending?????Why was the acting so bad? especially from the male lead. if I hadn't seen him in duty after school, I would swear this was his first gig. He barely had any emotion in the biggest scenes. his character was awkward and not in a good way, and the acting was flat. He almost has the same one expression in every scene.
Zero romantic chemistry between the main couple. Zero 0 none at all. at least they had a little chemistry when they were enemies, but after that, it was more like they were brother and sister. The one day get-away vacation was the least romantic getaway I've ever seen in a romantic kdrama. They literally did work in a field. In a way, it could have been cute, but they actually made it look so weird. he gets a small cut and then complains about for the rest of they day lmao. If there's one thing I can't tolerate, it's a weak kiss, and man, this one was WEAK. You only get one, maybe 2, in most kdramas(which has started to change recently. kdramas for some weird reason are getting a lot spicier know and it needs to stop) Make that one kiss count. Throw in some passion.
This show actually starts out interesting but then goes straight downhill. The fake marriage setup isn't even that interesting, and without the flashbacks of her with do-han, I can't even really tell their really friends. We barely got any interesting wedding planning scenes, and the wedding dress try-on was boring as heck. Did the writers have a bet on who could write the most boring scenes? We get no background info on the ex. why did they break up? why is he so mad? Do-han not telling a-jung about him, why? he dyes his hair for no reason, and we get no explanation.
The cafe worker Song sang eun has more chemistry with ji Hans assistant min jin woong than the main couple. they have a cute little romance going on. Their scenes were funny and adorable. The jealous family members hong in and kim ye won were pretty good too, those two together are hilarious. loved watching their scenes. Park ha in is very good in this, she plays her character the best out of everyone. Chae won just takes everything on the chin. I usually hate when the second female lead is a bad person, but in this, I would have loved it.
Jeon jong seo is an incredibly talented actress and so beautiful. idk who chose this script, but man, it was a mistake. The only solace for me is that enough people seem to like it to give it a high rating, so this project doesn't tarnish what's been a great run of projects so far. I've seen other people online agree with me, so I know there are those who will be hesitant to watch her next project, but it looks like it will be an incredibly serious project. So we should be getting a front row seat to the jeon jong seo I've seen in past projects.
I know she probably took this role so people would see her in a happier and fun light, but at what cost. I know she mentioned people seem scared of her due to her past projects, and she wanted to change their minds. She has to ask herself if she cares more about how people perceive her or about choosing projects that utilize her talent.
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I had this marked on my calendar from the moment I heard about it & not disappointed.
I'm a fan of the contract marriage trope mostly coz majority of them go from hate to love, which is my cup of tea. So, when I first heard about this drama, I immediately added it to my "plan to watch" list.Read a few people's comments that the actress is not that good or the drama is not that good. In my opinion, the 2 episodes I have watched were good. Right now, they are more interesting than "Dr Slump" or "Flex X Cop" for me. The first episode starts out a bit slow but halfway through it and I was hooked. The 2nd episode is real deal. It kept me interested for the entire duration of the episode and now I can't wait to watch what more unfolds.
3rd and 4th Episode: How adorable can the ML be? Both episodes were so fun to watch, from him saying "I'll steal you from my brother, make you fall in love with me, and dump you" to him going "I like you" in period of 2 episodes was so funny. He was also so bothered when he decided to change his approach and set her up on a blind date. She wasn't really that bothered about the blind date, wouldn't have been if the guy hadn't turned out to be pervert.
5th Episode was pretty much the ML saying horrible things about FL. I get the enemies to lovers trope needs some of that in the beginning but the descriptions he uses for FL are not tasteful at all. The FL was pretty hurt when she overheard stuff he said about her but had to pretend that everything was okay. She didn't even receive an apology from him.
6th Episode was ML going out of his way to ignore FL because he finally accepted that he liked the FL. He tries so many different ways to get over her, but remain unsuccessful. While I didn't much like the ML in 5th episode, I couldn't help but laugh some of their shenanigans.
7th Episode was so short. I wanted more of it. Everything was good, I'm on tenterhooks, waiting for the moment when ML finds out why the FL is marrying his brother. I hope he is accepting, but from the promo's it doesn't seem like it. Just finished 8th Episode, wow, now there's only two weeks worth of episode left. I feel like why is this one so short? And yet I can't wait to reach the end. Ai yo, I see the the current dynamics between the two, but the ML still thinks that the FL doesn't know the truth about his brother. He doesn't even know that she is in it for the her personal reasons. Waiting to see how he is going to react once he finds out.
9th ep: As expected, the ML was bound to find out that FL knew about his brother and the fake marriage thing. She should have told him, but the situation is overall shitty. This is the reason, I wasn't excited about them dating each other, at least clear things up first.
10th ep: This was such a good opportunity to have everything out in the open and make things somewhat right for everyone, but no, according to the Kdramaland cliche, the leads need to separate for some amount of time before they can have their happy ending, otherwise the world would fall apart.
11th & 12th: I'm so sad that its over. They break up in 11th, we have a 1 year gap and they get together back in 12th. 12th episode was so damn good. It didn't feel rushed, the ending was a bit weird but acceptable. I do love the scene where he both FL and 2ndFL keep throwing him at each other, you take him, no you take him.
Everyone kept talking about Kim Bum cameo, but I can't get over how gorgeous Lee Soo Hyuk looks as a groom.
Coming to the actors, like many viewers I do think that Moong Sang Min can do better as an actor. He is a treat to watch, but many of scenes seemed a bit awkward and not as emotional as the character deserved. But I just can't see any other actor in the role. Hoping to see more of him in romcoms. Jeon Jong Seo was a perfect fit for her role. I wouldn't mind seeing these two work together again.
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I had different expectations
Ok, so idk what made me have expectations that the ML will get attracted to FL post the fake marriage, and their wedding was gonna be impossible. *facepalm*Nothing of that sort happened.
The story is about everyone having secrets, and everybody knows others' secrets, but they don't know that others know their secrets.
I can't understand ML he says no, then yes, then no, then yes. The only saving grace was Fl who was bold and daring. All the heir drama was so pointless. SmL's acting was stiff. They did the Gay character dirty.
Anyway, it was filler drama for me, which I'd probably forget by this month's end.
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at last a drama with an good PLOT and WRITING
I feel like I found another GEM , this drama is just so amazing , each character is outstanding and unique , not just your typical RICH MAN falls for the POOR GIRL which has been happening since the dawn of time in KDRAMALANDand don't get me started on the writing which was really well done and not cringey at all
so all I have to say about this drama is WOW just WOW I have no words , so that's it for this review ??
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In defense of Dohan
Moon sangmin has successfully played the most annoying male lead character I've watched in any kdrama this year. Jihan is annoying to me. The fact that he actively was pursuing his brother's girlfriend when he was under the illusion that they were sincerely dating, is a massive ick to me. They toned down a lot of jihan's annoying traits from the webtoon, but him micro managing aspects of his brother's personal life is odd, even if his backstory is that he's trying hard to be accepted. It doesn't justify living through his brother, when he has expressed time and time again to him that he has no interest in taking over the company, or marrying a girl he's trying to set him up with. Jihan called Dohan selfish, but he's the most selfish in this show, to me.How could Dohan notice he likes ahjung when he's been, from Dohan's perspective acting like a premium crackhead towards her. Dohan isn't with them when they have personal conversations, and all he's seeing is him being hostile towards her. Maybe if they were children he could interpret his hot/cold attitude towards her as possible immature display of affection, but they're adults and Ahjung has been presented as his fiancee. Which logical and sane brother falls in love with his future sister-in-law?
And for Dohan is he selfish? To an extent yes. But is his selfishness justified? To an extent yes. He came back from the US, and everyone just expects him to be someone he's not. His obsessive brother is trying to manipulate him into dating someone he doesn't want to, his grandfather wants to put a whole-ass company on his shoulders even if he doesn't want it. Which is very valid. Him not wanting it is valid. Someone is stalking him, and is threatening to expose his sexuality to the public, even sending intimate pictures of him and his partner to his family. There's pressure queerness puts on you that Jihan/a non queer viewer will never be able to understand. And the most important part is that Dohan had the decency to not blindly trick a woman into believing he's in love with her. He laid out the terms of the contractual relationship, and didn't force ahjung to accept his offer. Jihan was the actual reason ahjung accepted it because he was acting extremely childish and she accepted to be in a 3 year contract, just to spite him.
Now you could bring up the point that 3 years is such a long time for ahjung to commit to this extent, and Dohan wasn't considerate of the emotions and possible feelings she'd have in that situation, but she's an adult, and she accepted the contract. It's not even for free. He's paying her approximately 2m dollars to pretend for three years.
And I'm just not feeling the chemistry between Jihan and Ahjung. He keep inserting himself into her personal business without any context. You initially irritated the girl so much that she made an irrational, in hindsight bad decision on the spot, and now you're pestering her because you like her and want to protect her feelings?
The gay brother has reaffirmed that he would do his best to make the three years of their contract a good experience for ahjung, and let her do whatever she likes, having a love life most likely possibly included. Ahjung knew she was marrying a gay man. She never expected him to be attracted to her. She didn't even like him in the first place, for that presumed expectation to be there.
But Jihan cornering her repeatedly to end the engagement makes no sense to me, when he was the main reason she made that call to accept the proposal in the first place. He just keeps doing serious things without context.
In summary Jihan feeling like an outsider in his home will never justify his chain of actions. Putting pressure on both parties for your own personal gain, putting pressure on your own brother to the extent he couldn't even confide in you, his only brother, that he was gay. It's one thing to have a flawed character, but It's another thing to be an immature, selfish, and hypocritical character. You can't be doing things for someone's benefit when they never asked you to. He keeps saying Dohan never experienced what he experienced growing up, so his solution is to treat Dohan like a build a bear, all through his life and impose a life he doesn't want on him? They both lack proper communication skills, and Jihan doesn't know how to take a hint. Dohan might be perceived as cowardly, but Jihan is extremely immature.
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As bad as Jeon Jong-seo's veneers.
I made some notes as I was watching it because I had questions, and some of the things I found answers to, other things are still a mystery.And I'm all in with a spoilers on this one so be warned.
Why did Do-Hans boyfriend get beaten up, when his family doesn't know he's gay? I never found the answer to that, I assumed the people that went and threatened the boyfriend were people that his grandfather hired? But since he kept saying nobody in his family knew he was gay, I don't know who threatened his boyfriend.
Ji-Han and the car accident. So the mother left her husband and had 2 more kids, did I miss the part where these children had a father in the picture? What happened to him? Jow did the reporter driving the car get involved in all of this? And her ex-husband was chasing her and caused the accident, but somehow the grandfather blames himself for that. And hates Ji-Han for know reason. And the father is still hanging around I thought? Why isn't all of this animosity directed at him, since he did a hit-and-run.
Why did Ji-Han come on so strong that he was going to seduce her away from his older brother, only to then freak out when he had feelings for her and have such a guilt trip about betraying his brother?
Why does he want his brother to run the company when his brother doesn't want to and he doesn't seem to want to either?
And after all of that tumultuousness why is the grandfather like yeah I don't care if family doesn't run the company anymore.
Where did Ji-Han go for a year? What was he doing all that time?
Why in the end does it show her getting married to someone else and Ji-Han showing up and running away with her? That was incomprehensible.
I've seen the FL in Ballerina. And she seemed well cast for that, her features are kind of sharp and she's not very expressive which made her seem tougher and kind of emotionally stunted. I did not like how she portrayed the character in this drama. She really does not emote, and I don't speak Korean but I know words, and I couldn't understand her, was she mumbling? I need to ask a native speaker because her voice was really hard for me to track. And I'm not kidding about those veneers they were distracting me so badly because she couldn't fit her mouth over them. Whoever styled her gave her the boxiest outfits, stringy hair, they really downplayed her attractiveness. I think another actress would have been a lot more cohesive for this role, I don't think this is her genre.
She had this wonderful capacity for ad libbing or stepping into a role with confidence and I wish they would have played that up more, because that part was interesting when she used her skill set like that.
It was bizarre that she was faking a marriage to her friend, but they never spoke, they never even pretended to like each other, it was so incongruous. There should have been some scenes where they awkwardly held hands or made some attempt to be into their own wedding. But really all we saw was her trying on dresses and him saying she looked nice. They really needed to add some connection there between those two characters.
Sometimes I'll lose focus in a drama and miss some key points, so they might have stated the answers to some of the questions that I had but I truly don't know ?
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First half was charming. the second half lost interest. dropped it by episode 10
Things I loved:The FL. refreshing, charming, natural looking (not overly made up). She's relaxed, confident. Has a conscience. Doesn't make stupid mistakes. Is honest with herself and the characters around her. So different from all the other longsuffering, overly optimistic or taking it on the chin without defending herself FLs. I'm not detracted by her voice or mannerisms.
The 2FL. Not a cardboard jealous backstabber!! Lovely young woman who secretly likes ML. Not a doormat. Love love love her. 2FL and ML interactions are very sweet, and you can see her realizing, "Oops. I like this guy", while ML is oblivious. And once we get into later chapters she states her motivation and doesn't back down. She's not a jerk about it. Just assertive. She wants what she wants and is not afraid to fight for it.
A lot of people online are utterly trashing the FL actress for being unattractive. Small spoiler for them: her looks remain the same throughout the show, so if you can't stand looking at her in the first episode, she won't get any more good looking to you throughout the drama. To those people, I beg you to save yourself, and the rest of us, the pain of your complaints, and watch something else with a conventionally "beautiful" actress. If you can find one we all agree with, I'll eat my hat.
Things that grew on me:
ML. Until episode 4 could not get into his personality. Found him flat. But now starting to see the charm. The first three episodes of his pouty "look off camera into the distance to convey remembering sorrowful memory" got old. By the time episode 7 rolled around, he got good.
Sadly, that's where it ended for me.
I do not like the acting of the older brother actor. He uses three expressions if you count his awkward smile . Someone had said he is miscast, and I think that's exactly it. He doesn't bring the character of older brother to life. It's disappointing because it could be so much more. He stands. doesn't use his body to emote. It's disappointing. I think he might have clinched his fist once in anger.
The ML and FL - once they get together it deflates and gets boring. FL angst and torture comes through very well. and the The kiss scene was ok but in the next scene they're just walking down the street like pals. Chemistry ends. Rather than watching episode 10 when it came out, I began watching other dramas and enjoying them more.
Finally skipped the last three episodes entirely and watched the last 5 minutes of episode 12. That was enough for me. I don't miss it.
Gave it a 6 instead of a 5 because of the well-written FL, 2FL and the hopeful beginning.
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Noting Bad, Nothing Exceptional, Just OK
Was "Wedding Impossible" enjoyable? Yes.Was it an easy watch? Yes.
But that’s about it. The script was not developed well enough, and things happened because they had to happen. I still don’t know when, how, or why the two leads fell for each other, but at some point, we were supposed to believe that they were madly in love. In my eyes, nothing justified the heartbreak they felt in the penultimate episode. This could work or they could manage to cheat the viewers if the two leads had sizzling chemistry, which the leads did not have. It wasn’t the worst, but nothing exceptional. I mean, it’s not great when a cameo appearance from Kim Bum as a love interest for the 2nd FL steals the show, and their interactions, in less than 5 minutes, make you more giddy and excited than 12 episodes of the main leads. I mean where is their k-drama!! I need to watch that!
Another issue that didn't help with me believing their relationship is that they did not really look good together, which brings me to one of the weakest parts of the drama: the Male Lead. His acting left a lot to be desired, with some brief moments of good acting. I don’t think he was ready for a lead role, or at least this type of role. The other problem with him lies more with the casting director, but he looked too young. Every time they did a close-up, it just took me out of the drama, he barely could pass as 18! This made the Female Lead (both of them actually) look old in comparison, something that they are not.
But it’s not just the leads. All the characters felt underdeveloped, underutilized. They just did things without any motivation or reasons, and then suddenly they didn’t because... plot?
All in all, I would suggest watching it if you want a mindless easy watch.
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The great acting of the leads fills in hours of empty story
I watched the show mainly for Jeon Jong Seo that played here the FL.The show lives from the acting of the FL and ML - mainly arguing with each other all the time.
The story offers nothing more, 100% foreseeable and boring, it looks like only
a draft written during the after lunch break. Without the FL and the professional filming
and composition I had drop it after the first episode. Now I've seen it all and I am still unclear
if I should recommend it.
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Pure emotions with a nice plot.
I was really excited for this drama to begin. I loved the cast, the synopsis and had a feeling it would be great.I was not wrong.
The cast did quite a good job and Jihan was one great male lead. Showstealer Dohan, loved his acting here after loving him in My Roomate Is A Gumiho (2021).
The plot went smoothly and liked it. Not too dragged on and I could really emphasize with the characters.
The character development was present and loved too see everyone's growth after a year apart in the last episode.
The last episode was especially beautiful. Things wrapped up nicely and I am glad I gave this drama a try. ( I also loved the cameos in the last episode. ;) )
What I would have liked... well, a better wedding scene for Jihan and Ajeong. In rest, no big complaints.
If you're thinking to start this drama... Do it. You might like it. Not too long and quite captivating. ;)
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