Given that Dong Seok’s loveline with Hae Won (Kim Hee Sun) is positioned as the main romantic relationship in this show (they’re even featured on this show’s poster, instead of the ensemble cast), I was extra disappointed with the way their loveline was written.
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I often found myself wondering how Dong Seok had arrived at a certain growth milestone, as many of these felt sudden and abrupt, instead of natural and well-earned. While Dong Seok is portrayed as a rather stiff sort of character, and Park Bo Gum also delivered Teenage Dong Seok with a similar kind of stiffness, I found it all kind of boring and two-dimensional, especially over 50 episodes.Įven though Dong Seok’s character has several emotional scenes in the later stretch of the show, Lee Seo Jin’s delivery didn’t resonate with depth, to me, which took away from the believability of the scenes.Īdditionally, the writing around his character’s trajectory didn’t feel very organic. I found both the writing around his character, and his delivery of the character, rather flat.ĭelivery-wise, I found Lee Seo Jin a lot stiffer in the role than I prefer. I hate to admit it, but I didn’t find Lee Seo Jin all that appealing, in this show.
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Let’s just say that I came to this show for Lee Seo Jin, but ended up sticking around for a variety of other reasons instead. Lee Seo Jin and his character’s loveline in Wonderful Days never really did it, for me. It hit me that I really, really wanted to see more of Lee Seo Jin being a romantic leading man, and I figured that Wonderful Days would be just the ticket. Lee Seo Jin actually acting romantic instead of being his fabulously grumpy self? Yes, please. I lapped up his (limited) screentime in Love Forecast and found myself hungry for more. On top of that, I’d happened to catch him being charismatic and smoldery in a romantic context in Love Forecast, in which he’d played a supporting role.
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After all, I wasn’t in a family drama sort of mood, nor had I heard lots of positive buzz about this show.īasically, I was still sorta in a fond sort of haze over Lee Seo Jin after enjoying his recent, fabulously grumpy, and inadvertently cute variety appearances. It’s funny how I ended up watching Wonderful Days.