Do Bong Soon, une force de la nature (2017)

The plot seemed promising, but the chaotic writing ruined the potential of this drama, in my opinion. The dark plotline with the serial kidnapper didn't fit in with the rest of the drama at all. It made the whole thing too messy, giving a weird feeling to the viewer, instead of completely pulling them into the story .
The cute moments sometimes seemed like they were coming out of nowhere, which made the blossoming of the romance feel a bit out of place. That was made worse by the love triangle, that was installed, but barely used (waaaaeee?)
By focusing on too many  plotlines with very different genres, the writers made it difficult to get into the story and I ended up finishing the drama by skipping most of the scenes.

I was also really annoyed by the underlying homophobia in this drama. I understand that homosexuality is a taboo subject in Korea and LGBT people aren't easily accepted by their peers yet. But I found the lame jokes and ridiculous portrayal of gay men simply embarassing to watch (and not funny at all).

The competitive relationship between the male leads  was fun to watch, but the love triangle was forgotten quite quickly, as Gook Doo got absorbed in the "crazy criminal" plotline.
The setting of the drama got me really excited at first (Ainsoft / video game making), but it didn't add much to the story in the end, which wasalso a bit of a waste.

All that being said, I thought the two leads were really cute and I did enjoy their scenes together (lots of fluff!). They made a really lovely couple and their cuteness is what made me finish the drama, even though I wanted to drop it.

Basically, I believe this drama could have been a great rom/com, if the numerous plotlines and inconsistency in the story hadn't messed it up. If you love cheesy romance and don't mind the messy writing / not always tasteful humour, you'll probably enjoy it.

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Sweet... but wait... that doesn't make sense

What a sweet ending.

This show felt like two (sometimes three) different shows in one. The romance stuff was very cute and our leads definitely had chemistry and it was just fun to watch them interact and fall in love. Then there was the crime/thriller part which I thought was done really well in the beginning parts but really fell off at the end. Then we had the comic relief, the storylines with the high schoolers and the construction guys (which I skipped through majority of the time and the story was still intact), they just felt really irrelevant and they tried so hard to include them.

My issues:
- At one point I thought her mother was an abuser and I didn't second guess it because of how hostile she's been written. So when they revealed that she didn't actually hit her husband (and her friends even thought she hit him) it was brushed over. I would've liked a bit more unpacking as to why we as an audience and why her friends thought she was capable of that.
- Her powers made no sense. She protected her friend from something that was going to hurt her. How was she suppose to know that there was an innocent man on the elevator. It just seemed unfair that she lost her powers for something that was out of her hands. And adding on, how come her children's powers weren't taken away when they punched innocent people?
- I think we could've done with less of the side characters.
- The tonal shifts were weird and off. We went from girls being kidnapped to the leads being all cute to the comic relief. They needed to sit and build on one aspect before moving on to the next.

My favourite:
+ The leads and their chemistry. They felt playful and comfortable with each other which made me believe the very fast progression of their relationship.
+ That one song about love.
+ Mr Ahn's assistant and his facial expressions.
+ The crime/thriller part. The actor who played the bad guy was actually quite good and scary at times (except at the end). He felt like he could've been a suspect from Criminal Minds.

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This show is dog shit

This show is so bad and I don't understand why it has such a high rating. The main couple is cute if a bit dull the main dude is a bit annoying though she is pretty great. I was sold that this show was cute rom com with main character that has super powers and she would fight against antagonist of the week type thing never did I think it would be a serial kidnaper who kidnapped women tortured them who was also causally fatphobic too. Tone wise it just doesn't go together and feels really weird and off the entire show and the comedy. Slapstick comedy is rarely funny and especially poop jokes it the bottom teir of comedy and probably a 12 year old boy if you enjoy it. All around a pretty terrible show.

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Man what a mess lol. Romance, comedy, crime thriller (not forgetting the slapstick comedy) altogether was just an odd combination of genres. I could not get used to the atmosphere changing abruptly. At one moment it felt like a rom-com and the abruptly the mood shifts and gets all creepy when the kidnapper guy appears and then again abruptly shifts to slapstick comedy when it comes to any scene with the thug guys...like jeez stick to some genres that actually go together!

And honestly too many episodes! Most episodes had a whole lot of nothing going on and they just kept dragging the story showing a lot of unnecessary scenes with the thug guys..and most of those comedic scenes weren't even funny tbh.

I only liked the romance and the OST. The romantic storyline itself was a mess and honestly quite unrealistic lol but the 2 leads had good chemistry and they looked cute together. I think that's the only reason why I watched this drama till the very end and why I'm atleast giving it a 3/10 instead of 1/10. And Park Hyung Shik looks cute lol..
But it's definitely an overrated drama imo..

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This drama is good if you're looking for something fun and with light-hearted romance. What I love the most is the chemistry between Park Bo Young and Park Hyung Sik. If I were to rewatch the drama, it's because of this. The cute and loving moments between the two were endearing to watch. I'd say the casts all did well and the music are not bad either. However, there are quite a lot of parts that I would say unnecessary and random but I guess it's just to add the comedic value to the drama. Overall, I consider it an average or above average drama but I can't deny that it is entertaining.

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So this was basically "the" drama for me as after watching this I knew I'm sucked into the drama world!!
The story was quite intriguing from the get go, romance was ADORABLE and that dash of mystery really kept things interesting throughout its course. Also, the fact that there was little to no 'second lead syndrome' was very well appreciated.
Now for each category:

STORY:-
As I've already said, the story was quite interesting and it's unlikely for you to get bored at any point of this drama. There were a lot of characters (like A LOT) and multiple sub plots, which could have ruined the watching experience but luckily the execution was amazing. All the supporting characters had their own thing going and you would end up Loving them just as much as our cute main leads. This drama also had one of the most smoking hot baddie ever (you will end up stalking that guy on Google, for sure) but yeah he was pretty trashy yet interesting character.

ACTING/CAST:-
The acting of almost all the cast members exceeded my expectations.
Park Hyun sik as the super cocky chaebol, Ahn Min hyuk, with the heart of gold had me smittened. He was also so genuinely unabashed about his feelings for bong soon I mean it's just awwwwwww!!!!

Park Bo young was probably the perfect person to play our cutie pie, Bong soon, with hulk-like strength! She was the perfect mix of innocent and badass and you can't help but root for her.

Ji soo as and I quote bong soon "handsome Guk doo" gave an impressive performance and his face offs with minhyuk contributed to some of the major LOLs of the show

Special mention to Won-hae Kim, Jeon Seok-ho and Im Won-hee who played some of the most pivotal roles, without them the show would not have been the same.

MUSIC:-
This is my absolute favourite part of this drama!! All the songs are so well-suited to the premise and I don't think I'll ever get tired of them. The entire ost is currently my most played playlist on Spotify and that ain't changing anytime soon?

REWATCH VALUE:-
You can watch it a million times without getting bored. I find myself going back to the same comic or romantic scenes again and again.

Overall it is one of the best light hearted/mystery dramas out there and trust me you won't regret spending your precious 16 hrs on this particular gem.

HAPPY WATCHING!!

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Watched this after missing AoL from DF. This is way too sweet and void of anything serious to warrant deep discussion.
Storyline: strong girl protects - crazy female hating villain - crush /CEO love triangle. Two NON-related stories in one and never could figure out WHY and purpose of crazy hating villain - NO connection at ALL to story.
Cast: Leads were convincing and entertaining - nothing noteworthy
Music: never paid any attention
Overall: The lead female was far too silly and naive for ANY adulting nonetheless a HS relationship. This character showed no signs of development for 16 eps. The male leads displayed more development which is really rare in dramaworld. Watch knowing this is just mindless and rather blerg. Setting the bar fairly low.

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Cute but overhyped

This has been on my watchlist for an really long time and I finally got around to watching this, and I’m sorry to say that it was quite disappointing. The only good thing throughout the show is the adorable romance between the leads and the ML gushing over the FL. Apart from the romance, there’s quite a dark subplot which I felt that started off well, but as the story progressed it gets all over the place and the last five episodes are such a drag. The drama consistently jumps between light and dark and it feels a little discerning.

There were also plenty of problematic things which I felt were passed off as humour — to start with: the entire focus on the lead being gay, or the stereotypical way in which the LGBTQ community was represented, almost always being the end of slapstick humour. I also didn’t appreciate how the FL’s mom’s abuse towards her family was passed off as humour, it wasn’t funny at all.

To sum it up, without the extremely wholesome fluffy chemistry between the leads, there isn’t much to love about Strong Girl Bong Soon. Majority of it feels like a filler after a point, especially towards the end.

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Story
The entire plot and motive of the people who wrote it is just laughable. Strong Woman was a Rom-Com show that was supposed to be all lovey dovey cute between the two leads but then they added the theme of having a serial killer to be the driving force of the show. Nevermind the show being about a woman who has super strength; it's a fucking rom-com! Why the fuck do you have to mix it with a thriller theme? They could've just made the show about the everyday struggles of a woman with super strength has; could be about those who are starting to like her, suddenly despising her because of her powers. Or some people before use her for good, thus why she shuns out people. I can think of a lot more ways the plot could've gone simpler, and 10x better than this fucked up Rom-Com x Thriller theme. And since we're at it, the thriller theme of the show also failed miserably. The main villain of the entire show was just a washed-up lunatic who somehow has a lot of resources from unexplained reasons and starts kidnapping women all because he is addicted to a play. I mean seriously, my 4 year-old nephew would've done a better job of telling a story he thought of. I think the director and the writers really just wanted to mix 2 genres to become unique and successful like While You Were Sleeping, a Legal/Crime + Fantasy and it was awesome. Another example is Descendants of the Sun which was a Melodrama + Medical, and although I personally think that it wasn't that great, I still loved it. The end product of mixing Romance(Comedy) and Thriller is destined to suck already even at first glance. It just doesnt make sense.

Acting
The acting really made up for a really shitty story. Strong Woman was rated so high and received so well by people mainly because of the electric chemistry between Park Bo Young, Park Hyung Sik, and Ji Soo. Park Bo Young was cute and adorable in almost every scene; Park Hyung Sik was funny and appealing in most of the scenes; Ji Soo was straightforward and tense like a true cop is. When added together, they made a show with a really shitty story become a respectable one. Props to the supporting cast as well! Kim Won Hae was funny as hell in the two roles he played.

OST
A nice, respectable OST. Fitted the scenes well and made my heart follow the beat

Overall
If you're someone who wants to watch a chill Rom-Com, then this show isn't for you. Trust me, while it seems that you're up for a generally chill ride, you'll suddenly find tense characters who are determined to catch a psychopath who somehow is rich and smart. If you can withstand that, then you can probably enjoy the cast

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Its a light and fun drama that mixes crime, romance and comedy pretty well.  I was far more invested in Guk Doo's duel with the kidnapper in comparison to Bong Soon's relationship. The cronies provided some comedic relief but it got pretty drawn out and annoying after a while. The same can be said about Min Hyuks and Bong Soons relationship, as it's just not very interesting but bearable(i love Park Bo young, but her crying in this drama is super annoying) .

Overall its an entertaining watch and pretty fun to watch, i ended up watching just to see the kidnapper get caught because the character is so evil and smart at the same time. Definitely not the most compelling drama i've ever seen though.

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