Idk what to make of ‘ Melancholia’ to be honest.

It wasn’t a bad series entirely. I love Lee Do Hyun and he’s certainly proven himself even here to be a really good actor. I’m not that familiar with the actress of the FL, but looking at the shows/ productions she’s been in and her performance here were certainly well-done!

Maybe I’m a bit biased. I wasn’t a big fan of the director’s previous involvements with Extraordinary You or True Beauty because they felt as though they were purely running on good looks and sugary plot.

I think I can see where the director was going here with the series being a bit more mature but as other reviewers have pointed out he seemed to have struggled a bit with trying to actually deliver the storyline.

I didn’t really mind the main leads tbh. The female lead was sweet but she never really captivated me, just as the male lead was a lot more than meets the eye but his story and experiences never really made me pity him that much. I guess that sounds kinda cold but the leads never really made me connect that much with them? The only one who think I felt was semi-interesting was the head director- she was sorta layered but never really had further padding imao.

For me the thing which turned me off the most was the pacing. It was slow. Really slow. I don’t think slowness is always a bad factor in a series but Melancholia didn’t really use a lot of time to explore other factors in between. I think if the director had maybe shortened the drama it could’ve worked but sadly it like just didn’t.

Overall I didn’t think Melancholia was a bad show and there were a lot of hooks like our cast to drag you in. But I didn’t really enjoy it because it was a bit slow.