Winter scenery is absolutely beautiful and Eun-ji Jung carries her role of Hee Sun with pluck, energy and humor, perhaps the most enjoyable part of the series.
That being said, this is one of those stories billed as romantic when it is anything but. The script is illogical and lacks any sort of coherence. As it is written, the main characters are all narcissistic and controlling. The character of Oh Soo starts off quite believably as a charming, hedonistic con man but undergoes a farfetched personality change during the series.
Supposedly Oh Soo is abandoned in the middle of winter and left under a tree, yet survives alone there for three months?
So Ra double-crosses Oh Soo to the tune of $7 million, leaving him to spend a year in jail and then at the mercy of a murderous mob, then returns expecting him to join her in Switzerland? She is one psychotic character.
Episode 1, Oh Young independently follows Oh Soo down the steps, and yet later on, he has to carry Oh Young up and down a mountain?
Oh Soo rants about Secretary Wang's failure to educate Oh Young about the difference between a little brother and a grown man and nevertheless climbs into bed with Oh Young, however chaste it may be.
Finally, by the end of the series, Oh Soo is demanding that he be allowed to share Oh Young's bed even while she refuses and locks her bedroom door. This is not love; this is abusive behavior.
Perhaps as an American, I am too ignorant of Korean culture and I'm judging this too harshly. Nevertheless, I find it disturbing on many levels.
That being said, this is one of those stories billed as romantic when it is anything but. The script is illogical and lacks any sort of coherence. As it is written, the main characters are all narcissistic and controlling. The character of Oh Soo starts off quite believably as a charming, hedonistic con man but undergoes a farfetched personality change during the series.
Supposedly Oh Soo is abandoned in the middle of winter and left under a tree, yet survives alone there for three months?
So Ra double-crosses Oh Soo to the tune of $7 million, leaving him to spend a year in jail and then at the mercy of a murderous mob, then returns expecting him to join her in Switzerland? She is one psychotic character.
Episode 1, Oh Young independently follows Oh Soo down the steps, and yet later on, he has to carry Oh Young up and down a mountain?
Oh Soo rants about Secretary Wang's failure to educate Oh Young about the difference between a little brother and a grown man and nevertheless climbs into bed with Oh Young, however chaste it may be.
Finally, by the end of the series, Oh Soo is demanding that he be allowed to share Oh Young's bed even while she refuses and locks her bedroom door. This is not love; this is abusive behavior.
Perhaps as an American, I am too ignorant of Korean culture and I'm judging this too harshly. Nevertheless, I find it disturbing on many levels.
