Mariage Impossible (2024)

The Kdrama Tropes Are Strong With This One

I really wanted to get into this kdrama and I kinda loved the male lead in this and thought his acting was great, but the story was all over the place and just felt like most of the show was filler. It takes way too long for the leads to get together and then it's so brief that you nearly miss it.

I loved the trauma they briefly brushed on for the male lead, but then they just kinda forgot about it. I guess he was magically cured offscreen or something. The female lead was great at times, but then felt overly rude towards the male lead when he was kind. Now he was a jerk a lot too, but they explain it at the very least, even though it still bothered me. Then the whole pretend to hate her thing was just really frustrating and takes a long time as well. This is why everything felt like filler.

The gay brother was terrible and completely selfish, all while calling his younger brother (the lead) selfish. They never fully explain the grandfather spending years basically ignoring and mistreating the Ji Han (the lead). They just briefly say a couple words at the end about it, so not enough. I was just frustrated by the whole thing and really wanted a refreshing take where they just run to each other and let the brother clean up his mess. he was fully prepared to do so, doesn't get to, and then does anyways and it's too late apparently. I hate kdrama plots like this.

The kdrama tropes were strong with this one that's all I'm saying, and it just felt like it was showcasing every trope in the book in one show. Terrible idea btw. And Moon Sang Min needs more lead roles, and just more roles. He did a great job with micro-expressions and I really appreciated his range of emotions. Also, I liked the grandpa for the most part and liked that he was way less awful than most are in these types of shows

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MEJOR EL ENEMIES QUE EL LOVERS

Comenzó de forma prometedora, historia interesante e innovadora (aunque de nuevo vuelve a ser adaptación de un webtoon, que creo que me leeré , porque la historia como estaba diciendo prometía) , actuaciones buenas y actores que todavía no conocía, pero que me alegraba conocer por primera vez. Los primeros 6 episodios son los que más me han gustado, todo el rollo te voy a seducir para luego dejarte me recuerda a Temped (drama romántico que me gustó mucho). Las actuaciones de los protagonistas (la chica y el hermano que intenta seducirla) me encantaba , no me parecía forzado ni nada y me reía mucho con sus momentos juntos. Como se puede ver prometía la serie para estar en mi lista de kdramas favoritos.... PROBLEMA, desde el capítulo 7 hasta el final. Desde el capítulo 7 cuando ambos se dan cuenta que se gustan, la historia se vuelve rara e insulsa, dejan ciertas problemáticas sin resolver (¿porque el ex acosaba a Do-Han?, etc) y las que resuelven las resuelven mal (todo el tema de la madre). Aparte las actuaciones de los protagonistas flactua, o al menos la de ella y mira que siento que he encontrado a dos grandes actores que tengo ganas de ver sus futuros trabajos, mientras que la actuación de él se mantiene estable (es más creo que he acabado de ver el drama por él), la de ella me parece que está todo el rato triste e insulsa y no como el principio de la serie que mostraba un mayor rango de emociones. No veo química o no la misma cuando están intentando seducirse mutuamente a él capítulo cuando brevemente están juntos y después esa ruptura por la manga sacada. Como he dicho en el título me gustó más la etapa de ENEMIES que el LOVERS.
Es un drama que prometía y que al final ha quedado un poco meh.

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Esperava muito mais.

Primeiramente, não foi o pior kdrama que assisti, mas não foi um dos melhores. Segundo que, para ter substituído Marry My Husband poderia ter entregado muito. No início, os 4 primeiros episódios foram bons. Depois do oitavo episódio, começou a perder um pouco a graça e se tornar repetitivo. Poderiam ao logo da série ter desenvolvido uma história bonita entre os irmãos em que o Dohan e Jihan tivessem uma relação melhor. Além disso, poderiam ter investido nos outros irmãos como vilões. Além de no fim ter dado um final melhor para o Jihan e a Ahjung. Tinham um casal com química e não souberam explorar. Os dois últimos episódios foram de muita enrolação e perderam a oportunidade de entregar um casal bom.

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If you can accept an episode that was useless to the series it is likable

7.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2024 South Korean romantic comedy series with 12, ~70 minute episodes. It is based on a popular Webtoon of the same name.

First I provide a unique synopsis then review.

Synopsis

Na A jeong (Jeon Jong seo) and Lee Do han (Kim Do wan)were best friends since high school. When Do han asks A jeong to help him avoid an arranged marriage by entering into a contract marriage, A jeong agrees because, as an aspiring actress, pretending to be romantically in love with her best friend is just another role to play. She is used to playing parts for people (such as rent a friend) to make money to continue to pursue her dream of becoming a lead actress. Do han has hidden his homosexuality from his family to this point and the contractual relationship with his friend will allow him to continue to keep his secret. Lee Ji han (Moon Sang min) Do han’s younger brother, is not aware of his brother’s feelings on romance, and wants to thwart the relationship between Do han and A jeong. He wants Do han to folllow through with the arranged marriage with Yoon chae won (Bae Yoon kyung) to secure their grandfather’s approval and inherit control of the conglomerate.

Review

This is a slightly predictable but overall good romantic drama. It has a small comedic element but I wouldn’t characterize it too deeply as comedy. It deals with some deep issues like sexual identity and social stigmas. The slice of life is in the chaebol/conglomerate world and a lot of the social tension is viewed from that, upper echelon, lens. The first half was very good, the premise was not unique but not completely overdone and the story had great flow. But, the last episodes there was a lot of unnecessary drifting and I think some even stopped watching because of that. If you can get through an episode or so and just stick with it, it all wraps up well. The ending is generally happy and mostly tied up. I would not rewatch it any time soon as there are so many better options available. I would recommend it to those that like this genre, are interested in contract marriage tropes or social stigma around falling in love with the “wrong” person. It is not a hard watch and mostly enjoyable except for an episode or so where they seemed t have lost the way.

Spoilers

There was a lot of conflict around the grandfather choosing his “illegitimate” grandson as his main choice of heir even with all the problems Do han had. Nothing was ever explicitly explained but I understood he wanted him out of a sense of guilt toward his daughter and because he felt that powerful position would protect Do han from the social stigma around being an “illegitimate” child as well as his sexual orientation. But, it made no logical sense that a business man would choose his Grandson for those reasons alone. If they had made Do han some brilliant business person, a managerial or economic genius then him choosing him for the other reasons would have made more sense. They also did not clearly indicate why he was so opposed to his other grandchildren taking that seat. It does come out later that their father effectively caused their mother’s death and that might be why he was opposed to them inheriting the business, the whole sins of the father angle, but that is also not super clear. I wanted a huge take down and for those evil relatives to get some of their due. I guess their punishment was the fact that their father had done something so horrible. But that wasn’t completely satisfying given how cruel they had been to their half brothers. I thought it would have been a great twist if they had turned out “illegitimate” since there was so much snobbery around that.

The chemistry between the two main leads was just weird. Sometimes they had great chemistry and other times it just wasn’t there. When they did the beaten past recognition trope of “I’m going to leave you for the good” they acted like being apart did not bother them much. It was hard enough to believe they had some deep connection prior to that and I was just getting it when that separation happened. Then it was like, just kidding, we didn’t love each other that deeply after all. They were trying for the angle that they were just acting like they didn’t care but you can’t achieve that level of detachment with someone you love deeply. And why? At the point they took the year apart Do han had come out and confessed everything and the public had already moved on from labeling her with the scarlet letter. So, there was no compelling reason for them to separate and it just seemed very dramatic at that point. Immature. Ji han’s press conference where he emphasized that he was the one to pursue her and seduce her was pointless. First, there were pictures of them having a passionate kiss and she was obviously just as involved with him as he was with her. And second, Do han confessing resolved the entire situation. All he had to do was have a real conversation with his brother and her and that press conference would have been completely unnecessary.

I am still trying to reconcile how a child could be held responsible, at all, for the death of their parent simply because they were the first one saved, and the car exploded in fire. The mother specifically requested he be saved first. The grandfather basically said he treated him the way he did not because he blamed him but because seeing him made the grandfather feel guilty and remorseful. Selfish much? And they never explained why the mom was in the car, why was he in the car, and who was the man driving that car. Did she really have a scandalous affair that produced the two boys. Was she just a trash person or was her husband always a violent maniac? That was such a key aspect but we really got nothing in the way of explaining the situation around the mother.

The ending was not fully satisfying because she was in a wedding dress but it turns out that was for a role she was playing and not that they were getting married. I don’t always need to see the leads get married. Often just the confession and them indicating they stay together is enough to feel fully wrapped up. In this case though the leads were so wishy washy with their relationship I would have liked to see them actually marry. It shows them running away together in the end but you aren’t tricking me a bit he grabbed her and they ran away when she was in a wedding dress before and they still split up.

There is the weird stalker level ex Jung Dae Hyun (ShinYongBum) who apologizes and is “redeemed” at least in Do han’s eyes. I could nit figure out why they made Do han’s ex such a creepy character. They could have gave him a happy ending with a great life partner. It could have been a sweet bonus romance. But that character was so creepy I did nit want to see Do han even forgive him.

I really debated what level of liking I had for this because it had so much potential. If it weren’t for that episode or so of them breaking up and pretending like they had moved on I would have liked it far more. So like 75% of it was really good, would have rated as one of my top favorites, but that 25% really did have an impact on how much I enjoyed the series. I wonder if the surprising cameos of some of the top talent was due to poor viewer response to the episodes that they broke up and the script drifted. I really liked Yon Chae Won (Bae Yoon Kyoung) character where she played the Chaebol of an adjacent conglomerate who was originally affianced to Do han but wound up in love with Ji han. She remained nice even when she was jealous and did not let others speak badly of or mistreat others without cause.

So it was nice that they had Kim Bum step in as a romantic potential for Chae Won. Lee Soo Hyuk also appeared at the end of the series playing the role of an onscreen bridegroom. And they had Ryu Kyung Soo in for a cameo appearance as well playing the onscreen lover of Ajeong’s drama character. In addition there was Lee Chung Hyun who played the role of a director for Ajeong’s current drama and he was/is her real life boyfriend. So it was a lot of cameos thrown in at the end and thought the characters played key roles in reigniting the leads relationship, it was very noticeable because it was so many in a short span.

#JeonJongSeo #WeddingImpossible #KimDoWan #MoonSangMin #BaeYoonKyung
#KimBum #LeeChungHyun #LeeSooHyuk #ShinYongBum

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Buen comienzo pero no tan buen final

Me pareció una historia bastante divertida cuando leí la sinopsis, me apetecía ver algo de comedia y no tanto drama. La verdad es que al principio me atrapó. Realmente me han hecho reír la situaciones entre A Jung y Ji Han. Pero como a la mitad, la serie se vuelve muy dramática, con muchos problemas; y pierde la esencia de comedia que quieren mostrar: No es que no me haya gusta, es que no era lo que esperaba.
La evolución de Do Han a un punto egoísta, que intentaron arreglar al final para no perder la "amistad " con A Jung me pareció algo forzada. La relación entre los hermanastro y con el abuelo es también muy caótica, e intentaron suavizarla para darle un cierre más bonito
La terminé por Ji Han, su personaje madura a lo largo de la serie y la relación con A Jung si me gustó.

¿La recomendaría? Bueno si, es esas series para ver una vez y ya. Echas un finde tranquilito con palomitas y es entretenida.

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Surprisingly good rom-com

I went into this series with fairly low expectations, because I'd seen the 7.8/10 average score on mydramalist (which is below average). First of all I don't agree with that score, this was actually pretty good! It's once again proved that the 12 episode-format is truly superior, the show never dragged. I'm not saying that every single 12 episode-series is good, but the good ones definitely benefit from not being stretched out to 16 episodes. When I think of a kdrama then this show is kind of the definition of what I have in mind. The concept was intriguing and a very smart choice, because they were able to get tons of entertaining or funny situations out of it. The screenwriting was definitely above average. The actors did what needed to be done as well. I'm also in love with the ost and added some songs to my playlist. The ending was also satisfying. Some may have an issue with Do-Han's ending but I thought it was fittint. Overall I definitely recommend this if you're in the mood for a good rom-com with some brains.

Story: 15/20
Acting: 8/10
Music: 7,5/10
Visuals: 6,5/10
Replay: 7/10
Entertainment: 15/20
Pacing: 15/20
Impact: 19/20
Overall: 7.2/10

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Acaba de terminar este drama... Esperaba un poco mas de lo que resulto ser...

Esta es la historia de Na Ah Jeong una chica que trabaja como actriz de reparto y su mejor amigo y el hermano de este. Ah Jeong recibe la oferta de su mejor amigo Do Han para ser su esposa de mentiras y así poder seguir ocultando su secreto por mas tiempo. Ji Han, su hermano menor esta empeñado en separarlos y para lo que sea con tal de separarlos incluso si eso conlleva a enamorarse.

La premisa de esta historia es bastante interesante y me engancho desde un inicio, aunque he de admitir que en los últimos ep todo se sintió tan rápido, que siento que falto un poco mas de desarrollo al final, en especial para la pareja principal.

Algo que si ame es que se recalque la importancia de la amistad y la complicidad entre amigos y ver que no siempre los amigos son recíprocos, pero igual ver que se puede aprender, eso es algo que sin duda tiene puntos en esta historia.

Cada personaje es único, al inicio para mi casi todos tienen una personalidad bien definida y nos deja entender su personaje al 100%, pero también hay otros que estuvieron en la serie de relleno como el medio hermano de Do Han y su esposa, no aportaron nada a la trama. La Media hermana fue un personaje que se planteo bien interesante, pero la verdad es que mientras se acerco al final este personaje como casi todos de cayeron bastante, y siento que nos dieron un final apresurado que falto profundidad y por ende los personajes le falto desarrollo, en un momento lo vemos triste y en fracción de segundo ya son personas renovadas y buenas y tu te quedas esperando para poder entender como sucedió este cambio, porque explicación nula. La protagonista se supera, pero solo la vemos superada y ni idea de que paso hasta llegar a ese punto.

Una serie que realmente pudo terminar mejor, con buen inicio , pero con un final acelerado y sin profundidad ni desarrollo de lo que pasa.

No es una serie que vuelva a repetir, pero si me gustaría leer su wedtoon y ver mas de estos personajes y como es en el libro, porque me quedo debiendo esta serie, especialmente en los últimos capítulos.

La musica es buena y pegadiza, ese OST es hermoso y combina muy bien en las escenas, transmite con la musica lo que quiere representar, es algo muy importante, al menos para mi.

La recomiendo? la vedad es que no lo se, pero ten en cuenta este disclaimer, prepárate para que los personajes en cierto punto pierdan un poco de desarrollo y esencia, sabiendo esto, puedes aventurarte y crear tu propio criterio.

Otra serie que va a mi lista, y veremos si de aqui aun tiempo me acuerdo de que va esta serie...

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Deadpan FL expression. Logic goes downhill from halfway of the story.

Since episode 7, when many revelations surfaced, the logic behind the actions of the three main characters in coping with the situations becomes increasingly absurd. Additionally, I think the series would have been better with 8 or 9 episodes instead of the current 12. At the current pace, there is too much dragging. The dialogues, even those between the main characters, are also dull. However, the show really pulls off some hilarious scenes, especially during the first half. They had me laughing out loud a few time, which isn't something I usually do.

Anyway, a major disappointment lies in the performance of the FL. Honestly, I can't fathom why she was cast for this role. Initially, I appreciated her portrayal of a realistic woman who doesn't conform to femininity but exudes coolness, particularly in her interactions within her friend circle. However, when it comes to scenes with the ML, she falls very short. There's supposed to be a spark, some chemistry, something romantic, but it's totally absent. Zero. None. There's no romantic vibe from the FL at all, while the ML has already done his part. Furthermore, the plot does little to support their supposed deep love for each other in such a short time, to the extent of risking and betraying the feelings of another person they both care about deeply. Their love lacks conviction. Additionally, the FL's portrayal in these romantic contexts fails to evoke any genuine emotion in me. While the marriage between the FL and the ML's brother might be a sham, watching the FL and ML together, I can't help but feel their love is just as fake.

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