Melodrama is not my cup of tea. I don’t
like how angsty and intense it could get. Melodramas tend to heighten all kinds
of emotions that my logical brain will automatically dismiss it as something
that is not even possible in real life. I steer clear of melodramas but it
doesn’t mean I don’t watch them. I make exemptions if a favorite actor takes on
a lead role in a melodrama and I would turn a blind eye on the plot if it meant
I could have my dose of Oppa awesomeness.
That is the case with Uncontrollably Fond.
As soon as Kim Woo Bin got on board I knew I would watch it from beginning to
end. Even the casting of Suzy didn’t change that decision. Admittedly when the promo materials were
circulating before the premiere I hoped a little that it wouldn’t be as intense
as other melodramas, the trailers felt like a rom-com and Woobie and Suzy were
so cute together. The first episode was good but it was more than meets the
eye. I wasted twenty precious hours over another messed-up melodrama, if it
wasn’t for Woobie I would’ve given up but fortunately I watched it with my
younger sister and somehow it was very therapeutic to laugh at how absurd the plot,
to get worked up on how unfair the world is to Shin Joon Young and to curse our
heart out at Suzy’s whinny character. I can go on forever with my rant but
that’ll be a waste of time so I’m just going to write the redeeming quality of
Uncontrollably Fond which is, in my biased opinion is only...
KIM WOO BIN
I knew a lot has been said about Kim Woo
Bin doing Uncontrollably Fond. Fans and anti-fans alike are very vocal about
how he chose the wrong project this time and that he should have read the
script a hundred times before he accepted the role. It’s easy to say those
comments especially during the first half of the drama because it was a total
bore. The story kept on going in circles and the characters are all walking
contradictions. Then episode 10 came and the reason why Kim Woo Bin accepted
the role of Shin Joon Young became clear to me and that is to showcase his versatility
as an actor. From School 2013 to The Heirs and all his movies he has played the
stereotypical bad boy character and so far those roles required him to show limited
emoting skills. Uncontrollably Fond is his outlet to show the world that he can
do more than just bad boy types of character and boy did he nailed it. The last
ten minutes of episode 10 was so intense and heart-tugging it made me cry. Kim
Woo Bin has outdone himself and from there onwards he carried the show on his
shoulder. I know it became makjang from there but I can’t help but be pulled my
Woobie’s acting. He clearly matured as an actor in Uncontrollably Fond and here’s
to hoping that drama will pave the way for him to more mature roles worthy of
awards.
I guess that’s it. Well, honestly I just
stumbled upon this blog draft on my computer and it says here that I wrote the words above on September 2016 and, dude, that was like a million years ago. I can’t really
remember what happened on that drama except the awesome performance of Kim Woo
Bin so I am just going to end it here.
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