Winter Begonia (2020)

A stunning heartfelt drama!

This drama is probably the most visually pleasing show i've watched. So much detail is put into the costumes and the surroundings of this show, that during the first 10 episodes or so I couldn't take my eyes away! I will say that I would not recommend this drama to everyone, it's a slow show with not the most likeable characters. Our two mains are flawed and the show doesn't gloss over that, this made the characters much more realistic and combined with the great acting they really came to life. However, I do know that some people couldn't bring themself to like either of them.

This show was a solid 9/10 for the first 30 episodes, however I felt that the show started to drag a bit and the story got a bit to "soap-opera" for my liking, we also was shown less opera scenes which was a bit of a shame. I wasn't as invested in the last 19 episodes which makes it hard giving this show anything higher then a 8.5/10. Nonetheless, it's a great and well-crafted drama.

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Under the surface, there is a good and believable story

I can't decide if I like this. I liked the acting of the opera actor, but the other one tired me. So, I couldn't really forget myself in the story and enjoy it. If the actors act like they themselves are the center of the show and the role is not important to them, it gets tiring. Also, there are tons of clichés, lots of unoriginal tropes and lots of predictable subplots.

The premise is good and it has some good sub-plots, but there are a lot of slow scenes and episodes full of repeatable content and a lot of careful walking around the issue. There is strong BL element, although not explicit. However, this is just part of the story. If teh writers didn't try to much to avoid censorship and paid attention to the rest of the plot, it would have been a good plot.

To be honest, I speed-clicked a lot through thte episodes.

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