This is another KDrama that is hard to rate. It is so well done, but whether you would like it is very dependent on what you are looking for. For example, are you looking to be subjected to hours of sadness? Then watch it. :-)
I usually point out the good before the not so good, but I'll reverse it this time since the not so good is the determining factor for me.
Sub-Optimal
The Good
So, all in all a 7. With less depression and less buffoonery at the end, would have been a 10.
I usually point out the good before the not so good, but I'll reverse it this time since the not so good is the determining factor for me.
Sub-Optimal
- Sadness. Hours and hours of sadness. Too much for me, honestly.
- The writers were like, "We gave 'em a few minutes of happiness, time to kill off someone!" Gads.
- Inexplicable choices by the leads in the last couple of episodes. Even for a KDrama, and their normal tropes, the leads' choices seemed to not fit the characters as we knew them. So unnecessary and did not add to, but only detracted from, the story.
- What we were all waiting for pretty much came in the last couple of minutes. Too late.
The Good
- Great acting! By absolutely everyone.
- Great cinematography!
- Ha Ji-Won is the reason to watch. So beautiful and so talented. Her small and subtle, cute and comedic scenes made the series. There was just not enough of them.
So, all in all a 7. With less depression and less buffoonery at the end, would have been a 10.