Meteor Garden (2018)
7/10
Dylan Wang Excels
12 June 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This was a good series that could have been so much better. It was let down once again by a poor FL who was unbelievable in her role. She relies on her small stature to get roles - it makes the heroes look so tall and masculine. She is not a good actress - all she does is pop her eyes in surprise when she is about to be kissed. Of course as most Korean heroines have to wait thirty years for one I guess it must be a surprise to them. The story was entertaining - another rich guy poor gal romance which encountered all the usual obstacles of selfish hateful parentage and the presence of a male rival to keep the romance bubbling. It all began to fall apart when the two girls who hated the FL began to stir the pot. It beggared belief that these two would be invited on a holiday and once there put the FL and the ML in serious life threatening danger. Their punishment - clean the house? Not only but also these two were also invited the the final festivities - it was stupid. Then we had a lot of time wasting - five hours of it - with some girlfriend of one of the ML's pals.

Then there was the usual trope of the hero having to sacrifice his girlfriend for the sake of the business it was inevitable - as was their final reconciliation. His mother had the usual head transplant and was rehabbed which led to the final ruination of what could have been an excellent series - the wedding - only the writers know what that was all about. Utter nonsense - One wonders what gets into the writers heads these days. It only leaves me time to heap praise on Dylan Wang - he is a very good actor with a great stage presence - without him this would have sunk without trace. The only problem is the lack of kisses in this series - it is a love story for goodness sake and there was not one genuine passionate kiss between them - it beggars belief - but I have noticed this omission in other Dylan Wan series - he really needs to up his romantic interactions if he wants to remain a romantic hero.
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