Dali and Gamjatang (2021)

Cute

This is a cute and very lighthearted drama with a great cast. I've been a fan of Kim Min Jae ever since Do You Like Brahms, and he really shows his range here. This show has a whimsical vibe with outstanding costume design, if that's your thing, and the performances are pretty great. The story is simple, a rich creditor falls for his debtor who's fallen on hard times, and the plot was entertaining enough to keep me engaged from one episode to the next. However I've noticed a few flaws, such as some jokes and scenes of attempted chemistry falling short, but overall it's one of the best shows airing right now and definitely worth watching a few episodes to see if it hooks you.

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A little disappointing - nothing new about this kdrama

This drama is disappointing. Before watching this drama, I read first the comments about it and they were mostly positive. However, upon watching the first 11 episodes, I honestly think those comments were overly exaggerated. This drama seems to have been made in the late 2000s, there is nothing new about the plot and more than half of the characters are annoying and predictable. Da-Li's character is so naive and out of touch with reality, I can't believe women are still portrayed like this in 2021. I suggest to only watch it if you're a fan of the lead actors, but if not, there are many more better kdramas to watch :)

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Might not be for you if you suffer from second-hand embarrassment

This is a difficult one to rate. I enjoyed it but it took me a long time to finish it because I was always dreading the second-hand embarrassment Moo Hak was giving me. It was honestly a bit much at times. Just like Da Li's naivety was also too much at times.

The first episode was laugh-out-oud funny, then it dragged a bit but it turned around in the second half and became more bingeable. The second half was actually really good because the murder mystery became a bigger part. I also really liked the artsy editing but wasn't the biggest fan of the OST.

All in all it's cute with some hilarious moments, but also quite a bit of cringe and in the long term probably not particularly memorable.

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fluffy duckling love with a hint of crime?

I'd say this show was half cute and half crime mystery. It did feel very divided. What I liked was that the main couple's chemistry was as cute as duckling stuffed animals. I liked the consistency of it, there wasn't some big dramatic issue with them and they were what made the show light-hearted. I loved seeing them actually laugh together like please more of that! On the other hand and this is why shows where families are a little too involved...bug me. I did get to a point where I just had to fast-forward through scenes with the family whether it was Dali's outrageous overacting cousin or on the other family the too much stepmom. I simply couldn't handle it. If you are like me in that sense with family drama, I would say you are not missing much if you fast pass through the family scenes and enjoy the cute love blossom instead.

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Acho que o começo desse dorama não deixa a desejar, cada momento, cada cena, tudo encaixa muito bom o tom de leveza, comédia, inicio de um romance, a ignorância(e um pouco de burrice tbm) Jin Moo Hak sobre o mundo da arte, tudo isso faz parte de um todo incrível. Mas nem tudo são flores.
Senti que quanto mais o dorama se desenrolava, mais me deixava entediado, e em contra partida, um plot que tenta amenizar a historia que vai ficando chatinha aos poucos.
Na reta final, onde tudo vai se concluir, sofre igual a todos os outros doramas - mas esse teve até algo diferente, não teve o time skip, as vezes sem sentido, que separou o casal principal pra depois voltar como se os anos longes fossem um final de semana - como fecha as historias de todos os personagens secundários? Aparecer não significa explicar o que aconteceu depois de ter sido condenado ou coisa do tipo.
E um ponto, no ultimo episodio nos apresentou um ship incrível, e a gente só vai imaginar o Joo Won Tak e a Ahn Chak Hee juntos.

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Clean the darn phones please.

This is a pretty good drama for just casual entertainment that doesn't require a lot of concentration or reasoning. The actors were good enough, the sets were pretty, the costumes of the leads were some of the best I've seen in a kdrama. There wasn't a lot of annoying love triangle or "we can't be together because of xyz" plot hooks, so that was refreshing. The male lead was funny and engaging without being overbearing and controlling.

Aside from being a fairly shallow storyline, it was a worthwhile watch...not epic, not great, but not terrible and good enough to pass the time enjoyably. There were some dark themes and a lot of the typical kdrama life wisdom lines. The relationship between the two main leads was fun to watch and it was nice to see them support each other through hardships. The chemistry was pretty good, though it clashed a lot with the female lead's overall stiff and wounded personality, so it was hard sometimes to see the chemsitry. When they got it right though, it was pretty fun to watch them interact.

There isn't a lot else to say. My only real issue with this drama were the landline phones. The phone handset in the gallery offices were always covered in weird slimy looking grime that really detracted from the clean set visuals for me. A lot of the windows were needlessly grimy too. Apart from that, the rooftop window had some weird visual effect on its crossbars that seemed to have been pulled straight from 1980s powerpoint.

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Um pouco entediante

Então, eu comecei esse drama muito empolgada porque só tinha visto reviews positivas sobre ele, e realmente, o primeiro episódio entrega tudo que eu queria: leveza, comédia e romance. Porém, logo as coisas começam a ficar mais sérias, o que não é necessariamente um problema, visto que gosto de uma boa história, não apenas romance, porém, me encontrei entediada em diversos momentos. Acabei largando depois de 12 episódios porque já não estava mais cativada pra assistir. A personagem principal também não me atraiu muito (achei ela bem sem sal). Dali é inocente, e bem teimosa, mas não vi nada demais na personagem dela. Tem situações em que ela simplesmente fica ali parada, vendo as coisas acontecerem e não faz NADA.
A química dela com o Moo Hak é ótima, porém, não consegue me levar a assistir 16 episódios de 1 hora. As coisas também acontecem de forma lenta.
Porém, ainda é um bom drama, pra quem tem paciência pra um desenvolvimento lento e bastante conflito (o que no momento, eu não tenho).
As atuações são ótimas, e a produção também. Tudo que eu disse fica a nível de gosto, então, se você estiver interessado em assistir, espero que goste.

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