Cinderella and the Four Knights (2016)

This drama is a jewel in disguise and perfect for getting out of a drama slump. Though Cinderella and the 4 Knights lives solely off its main female lead and all the relationships in the drama itself, it's something you should give a try. 

Storywise C4K could not be more cliche. Seriously, pretty much everything about the story was typical rom-com. The plot makes you think you'll get a total reverse harem story but that storyline dies pretty much in episode one since everyone who watched a few rom-coms before knows who ends up with who or at least who doesn't end up with the other person. That is actually also the only reason why I watched it. If it was really a harem story I would've skipped the drama.
Characters
The female lead is amazing. There are plenty of headstrong or stubborn or earnest female leads in the history of dramas, but Eun Ha Won takes that to a whole different level and she does it in a charming way. I was seriously afraid she was gonna be over the top but she was like...a real human being I guess? Someone who didn't seem out of a drama but more like a normal person, you'd meet on the street, and that was so refreshing.
The other characters are pretty cliché, as well as there is a lot of character development you can expect beforehand. Another thing I have to praise though is the fact that finally we have a second female lead that is kinda a love rival but also a friend. She doesn't hate Eun Ha Won and wants to be friends with her, which I think is like a total turnaround from other dramas.
Otherwise the drama totally lives off its relationships and the interactions that come with it. Funny comebacks, lovely couple scenes, and so on and I spend pretty much every episode laughing my head off or being glued to the dramatic scene.

For me C4K is a jewel in disguise because you expect your typical rom-com and you'll get exactly that but in such a refreshing and bubbly way you'll want to giggle your heart out. I totally recommend it for people in a drama slump!!!

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Nooo! Why did this show have to end? My Saturday and Sunday mornings would start with this show and now that it has concluded, I have nothing to kickstart my weekend. Now how am I supposed to know that the weekend has arrived?

Let’s weigh Cinderella and Four Knights on our show beam balance and see how well this rom-com fares.

Good Weights
Ah Jae Hyun: I liked him from his first scene itself. His chemistry with the Park So Dam was far more electric than that with Jung Il Woo. I was rooting for Hyun Min (Ah Jae Hyun) for the longest time despite knowing the fact that Ha Won will eventually end up with Kang Woo. I was actually hoping for the show makers to surprise the audience and let her go with Hyun Min. His chemistry with Hye Ji (Son Na Eun) was just meh… maybe because Hye Ji herself was so meh on the show. Couldn’t they have given him more screen time? He was so good!

Park So Dam: This new age Cinderella is smart strong, brave, and indomitable. So Dam may not be an exceptional Korean beauty but her tomboy looks helped her look convincing in the show. She isn’t the perfect Cinderella but most certainly was the perfect Ha Won. She acts well and shares good chemistry with all the three Kang cousins.

Melodious OST: I give the show’s OST a big giant humongous thumbs up! Ji Woon and Ha Won’s love song ‘For You’ (the ballad version) gives you the feels. Its beautiful lyrics ‘…you’re the only one for me….I’m the only one for you’ perfectly captures what Ji Woon feels for Ha Won. ‘My Romeo’ by Jessi always reminds me of the first few episodes that were dominated by Hyun Min. It is a fun and peppy song that suits all the amusing and mischievous instances on the show. Finally, the song played mostly when someone (read Hye Ji) was brooding on the show, Apink’s ‘Without You’ is a song that will stick in your memory even when you do not really get the lyrics.
 

Bad Weights
Too Farfetched: Now tell me why will a chaebol (extremely rich businessman) grandfather hire a young girl to change or reform his young grandsons? Why would a grandfather keep a young girl in a house full of testosterones ooops…. I mean young good-looking boys and not expect her to fall for even one of them? He is aware of how rebellious those boys are, so what made him think that a lame ‘dating’ ban will stop the girl from falling in love with any of the boys. Had Grandpa threatened them with disownment; they would have all come wagging their tails behind him and he would have to neither spend money on Ha Won nor face the threat of one of his grandsons falling in love with a poor helpless girl.

Too Clichéd: Actually, rom-com’s like these are always heavily clichéd. The hero is always there to help the girl under every circumstance. He always reaches her wearing a jacket so he can offer it to her. He will always be around her when she is lonely and upset. He will always offer a shoulder to cry on when she is sobbing. This show had it all. It is a typical romantic drama and is nothing out of the box.    

Though the show beam balance tilts with good weights, Cinderella and Four Knights is not a perfect drama. It is not even an ideal drama. It is a typical clichéd drama where you know what will happen next. However, despite the predictability people watch such dramas only for the ‘aww’ moments. And this show has plenty of them. Its good-looking cast is the cherry on the cake. I liked this show because it was funny and sweet. There was nothing complicated was entertaining for me.

If you like predictable stories with lots of lovely moments to swoon over then go for this one. Binge watch it over the weekend. Trust me you will not regret it.

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Literally watch any other show.

This is one of the worst k drama to become popular in recent years. Defiantly the worst K drama in Netflix (US). Editing is very bad. It has weird transition and cut scenes. Its like the creators thought that if nothing cool happens every few minute the audience will lose interest. Characters are all cartoon. You can tell who is good or bad immediately. May be this show was meant for kids. All the actors seems trying their best with the crappy writing. But lead female didn't seem to fit the bill. Her character is supposed to be smart, strong, respects elderly, beats up grown adults in fight, does multiple job to save up for college.....typical strong female lead things convincingly. But she didn't seem to be able portray those thing. Literally watch any other show instead you'll have a better time.

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Essa é a primeira resenha que eu escrevo, não sei se alguém vai chegar a ler porque ela está escrita em português, mas eu acho que realmente quero escrevê-la.

Esse drama chegou na Netflix dias atrás e eu comecei a ver logo quando estreou e tinha uma premissa muito boa, mas me decepcionei um pouco.

Comecemos pelo nome "Cinderela e os quatro cavaleiros" mas... Realmente tinha a necessidade de ser quatro? Quer dizer, a Ha-Won praticamente passou a trama toda alternando entre o Hyun-min e o Ji-Woon, além disso, o Hyun-Min perde 100% do interesse pela Ha-won em segundos, assim que Hye-Ji começa a aparecer mais na trama.

(Falando nessa personagem, eu posso descrevê-la com uma palavra: Irritante) Gosto muito da Naeun, mas essa personagem não me desceu desde o início. Típica garota mimada que não aceita um não como resposta, passou o drama todo correndo atrás dos primos ricos, indo ao encontro de um quando o outro a rejeitava friamente, mas isso a fazia desistir deles? Não! De uma menina mimada passou a ser muito chata, desde suas expressões faciais até o fato dela realmente ser muito mimada (mas por alguma razão, os sentimentos de Hyun-Min por ela reaparecem do nada, sem explicação ou desenvolvimento, na minha opinião muito forçado)

Seo-Woo aparentava ter sentimentos puros pela Ha-Won, poderia ter sido um romance muito lindo, mas o roteirista aparentemente ignorou esse fato, fazendo com que o coitado ficasse de lado em 95% do drama e o Yoon-Sung que nem deveria ser um cavaleiro, pois teve 0 momentos com a principal.

O desenvolvimento do drama também deixou a desejar, por mais que tenha tido cenas em que ri bastante e gostei da interação dos personagens, a missão da Ha-Won de fazer os primos começarem a agir como uma família feliz, achei um pouco sem sentido, já que ela também não sabia como é ter uma família unida e feliz, mas entendo que foi essencial para a trama e também tiveram momentos que ficou realmente cansativo de assistir, cheio de momentos forçados e o excesso de flashbacks. Chegou uma hora em que eu não via a hora de acabar de assistir, porque realmente queria saber como iria acabar, apesar de ter sido um pouco previsível a meu ver: "A garota pobre que se apaixona pelo cara rico, a família dele não aprova o relacionamento, mas no fim a família do cara sempre acaba aceitando o relacionamento dos dois e eles vivem felizes para sempre." Eu realmente prefiro ver doramas sem conflitos nas famílias dos protagonistas por causa da classe social.

Por fim, eu não me apeguei a nenhum personagem (Talvez o Seo-Woo e a Ha-Won) Também não torci fortemente pelo casal principal, eu só queria chegar no fim logo.

Cinderela e os quatro cavaleiros é o típico clichê que promete um triângulo amoroso interessante, mas essa parte foi desenvolvida muito mal até porque, não tiveram momentos em que a personagem pensasse "Os dois/três gostam de mim, estou confusa, qual devo escolher?" Na verdade, os sentimentos dela ficaram muito discretos por um longo tempo, eu não imaginei que ela ficaria com o Ji-Woon, e como eu disse, teve um fim previsível para um clichê rico x pobre, onde no fim todo mundo tem um final feliz.
Alguns personagens poderiam ter sido muito bem aproveitados, mas não. Fora os personagens irritantes como a Yu-Na ou a melhor amiga da Ha-Won.

Provavelmente não é um drama que eu recomendaria para alguém, ou que irei assistir de novo.

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Esse dorama é bem ruinzinho no início, confesso. NOOOOssa, é muito difícil de engolir os "obstáculos" deles. Confesso que eu teria escolhido um cara diferente para ela (sim, aquele mesmo que cuidou muito bem dela SEMPRE, que SEMPRE gostou dela em segredo e que SEMPRE sorria quando estava com ela). Me parte o coração lembrar até hoje a escolha daquela menina, mds.
História: olha, é uma história bem comum. Tentam vender quase que um quadrado amoroso, mas a verdade é que ela só dá corda para um único rapaz. fora que o casal secundário é pura sofrência de vai-não-vai.

Atuação: comum. Não achei nada demais.

Musical: também achei comum.

No geral, achei fofinhas algumas partes. Era fato que a menina só podia ficar com aquela pessoa, mas sei lá sabe? Aquele outro seria MUITO melhor (ai, meu coração chora todos os dias com essa decepção). Não assista se você quer algo que te preencha o coração, mas se você só quer ver algo fofinho de vez em quando, está aí um ótimo dorama para você.

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