1000x better than the webtoon, 1 of the only 2 kdrama I think are good.

This adaption was 1000x better than the webtoon and actually had lovely messages to send. It delivered well on the messages of inner beauty, strength, and courage.
There are weak moments in the first half, but the 2nd half was fantastically solid. The first half, Su Ho is very immature, but he grows up well, even if he did make a mistake later.
The romance was a hundred times better as well. It was so ridiculously sweet, I have cavities. But it wasn't cheesy in its execution and was done well. The wedding (side couple) was such a feel-good time lol.
The characters are much more well rounded and 3-dimensional, and the message of "True Beauty" (despite that not being the KR title) came out loud and clear.
I am so so so so ridiculously glad they didn't take the Seojun route for a 2nd season.
Kan Su Jin was 1000x better as well, as she was completely 2-dimensional in the webtoon, and her comeback made me cry, christ.
People often say in the reviews that this is cliche and typical, but to be frank, this is the only one that was executed well. I may not have seen 100 titles, but the popular kdrama I keep getting recommended are frankly just bad?? Cringy and full of bad acting. Uninteresting, or the main leads are dumb or whatever. Very superficial as well. The titles with high school settings have all been bad in my experience.
I do not agree that the main lead's acting is bad either. (What even makes them think that?!)
I do agree that the last 2 eps were a bit rushed, but considering what they had to work with, to be frank they did AMAZING in comparison.
People were saying Seo Jun stole the show, and while he /was/ amazing, and I love him for what he did in the end, but to be frank, he and Ju Gyeong's chemistry really simply isn't as good. That ending? Where they are curled up talking about their favourite comics? That's unreplaceable.
The last episodes made me cry a l o t. There are now only two kdrama I consider good. Secret Garden and this.

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This is horrible

I love showbiz romance to death, so I decided to give it a try regardless of its rating, but... it's somehow even worse than expected...

The acting is bad, the plot is EXTREMELY bad and the main leads have poor chemistry as a result of the imbalance in their relationship. It's extremely cheesy in an unrealistic, appalling way that displays no knowledge of how anything works, despite being shot on set by a team in the film industry (huh?). First, the way that Punn immediately assumes he got the intern job on set is... extremely cringe. 2, he has no experience and the way he presents himself so cluelessly is giving me secondhand embarrassment, and how the hell did he land such an internship? Is that how things work in Thailand? lol. At least PAs where I were don't get work like that--and not as an intern, but a PA. His motives are so impure that where I am, he'd never have been hired.

(EDIT: IT TURNS OUT (((SPOILERS)))))) that Punn liked Ashi even before he became an actor lmao so... that's fair)
Secondly, that none of the actors avoid him (and even encourage him) because of his obvious starstruck behaviour (besides Title who is enamoured with Ashi himself) is extremely unrealistic and therefore offputting because I just can't suspend disbelief. Maybe Ashi isn't that big of a deal (which would make sense, 'cause Prince of Love is extremely bad and even the heroine... she must act that cringe on purpose right? right??)

Punn pines for an actor, Ashi, in a way that makes their relationship really unappealing. I think it would have been better if he had pretended not to care or something, but the low level PA-pining-after-actor thing is really (cringe). It's not a relationship of equals, at least to start, and by ep 4 he seems to realize that Ashi is a *person*, but... he still takes care of Ashi by waiting on him hand and foot like a pet and it's really not romantic. I think it would have been better if he were secretly a fan but genuinely interested in the filmmaking process and wanted to actually learn, and took the work more seriously than just caring about getting close to Ashi (euck).
I know this is based on a novel but christ, the novel must be bad too.

DUDE HAS NO IDEA HOW TO MASSAGE i'm so embarrassed

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