I think When a Man Loves should be called “When he loves her and she loves another and another loves him and they all love but no one gets any.” I read the character descriptions and almost burst out laughing. So cold gangster Song Seung Heon loves plucky poor girl Shin Se Kyung, who knows his love and kinda uses him but doesn’t love him back. Also loving her is nice and hardworking Yeon Woo Jin, and she ends up loving him back, but obviously it’s not a happy ending otherwise they would be the lead OTP and we have no story to tell. Also lurking around is gangster girlfriend Chae Jung Ahn who loves Song Seung Heon and vows to win him despite knowing he loves Shin Se Kyung. There is also a 7 year time jump in this story somewhere. Can I suggest that we ship all of them off to different corners of the world so they stop tormenting one another and can love in freedom? The preview for episode 1 has just been released and I had a moment of clarity about what makes Shin Se Kyung so meh for me. She has no chin! Or a better description is that she’s a chinless wonder and her chinlessness makes her acting even more bland because she always looks like she’s quivering on the edge of weeping. She has very pretty eyes though, but good lord does she need to branch out from her one look of determined surprise that she’s always got on her face. I heard Song Seung Heon say he wants to challenge himself as an actor but he’s already played a gangster twice before so I’m not seeing anything new here. The preview makes everything look so sinister and dramatic but that only works when the narrative feels believable and gripping. I’m not seeing it in the preview and stills but we’ll find out tomorrow.
Preview for episode 1:
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You got it right - bland acting so surely this will be another bland drama to fall in the same category as Dr. Jin. I like the younger 2nd lead actor though.
Aww I like this director a lot and I see some familiar faces from his previous dramas like the awesome Lee Seung Min ahjussi and ofc Yeon Woo Jin...also glad to see wonderful Kim Sung Oh..maybe Jang Bo Sook can make a cameo like he did for Arang...
Too bad the plot sounds so damn annoying though...What is this nonsense about SSK's character loving YWJ's character back but ending up with SSH?! UGH
People fall in out and love. It happens.
Oops, I meant 'in and out of love'
You are hilarious. The OTP has sunk many a kdrama ship so I'll only watch if you recommend. Let's time travel Kim Tar Hee to this drama since she and SSH were adorable together in My Princess. What do you think?
OMG. The "chinless" comment made me crack up. I will check out the first episode to see what the hoopla is about.
Yeo Woo Jin looks so good in the preview. OMG, my king from King 2Hearts is now in the mafia. So that's where dead kings so - to mafia hell! :-)
she has no chin ! hahaha I burst ou laughing
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The no chin and when he loves her and she loves another made me laugh.
Hot damn! SSH looks pretty darn good!
Is that Kim Sung Oh or I'm seeing things?
I think SSH might actually act better than his leading lady for once. lol But this might probably be a bland drama, I'm not too keen with the plot. This is from the writer of Equator Man who was only good in the childhood portion.
I really like the YWJ though. I hope gets a better drama next time.
I'm just glad its Shin Se Kyung and not any of my favourite actress that are saddled with this hot mess. Good luck girl, since Fashion King sucked worse than ass.