Marriage White Paper (2022)

good story but too one-sided

It's a good series although I felt like the whole story was about pleasing Na-eun, the main female character. From choosing the wedding venue up to their fights due to misunderstandings, everything revolved around her. There were scenes where she was at fault, if not, both she and Jun-hyeong were, but the episodes always end up pleasing Na-eun's character. It's also a shame that I didn't get to see versatile facial expressions from the characters. It would have been better if Na-eun had more expressions other than smiling and worrying. I can barely see that she's hurt in scenes where she's supposed to be. Nevertheless, the plot was good. They tackled every possible hurdle that a couple might face when preparing for a wedding. There were scenes that were also really funny. It was also a good watch, in all fairness. However, I'd say it's a shame that it was too one-sided.

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Cheguei com muita demora no capítulo 9 deste Kdrama de 12 capítulos. Para mim os primeiros episódios foram angustiantes pois me coloquei literalmente no lugar deles. Trata das situações que envolvem os preparativos de um casamento. Meu casamento foi a 30 anos a trás e me lembro de cada detalhe na escolha do buffet, vestido, convites, igreja, carro buquê ... também não queríamos que ninguém palpitasse nas nossas escolhas. E como tinha parentes meus padrinhos foram meus melhores amigos. Agora deixando o desabafo de lado (rs) e vendo as cenas e as situações que este casal se envolve parece que foi ontem e de verdade, e deixar as pessoas participarem ou não com suas opiniões não faz diferença desde que os dois sejam sinceros entre si e não tenham a preocupação de agradar os outros. Pois cada pessoa tem sua visão de mundo e experiências diferentes que podem leva-las a escolhas e comportamentos imprevisíveis . A saga vale a pena e tem como recompensa uma das cerimonias de casamento mais tocantes e lindas que me renderem até lágrimas no final.

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Nothing but a commercial

We were watching this as a family and after 6.5 episodes we dropped it, like a bomb! Episode 7 was nothing more than one product placement after another! There was product placement in the earlier episodes but NOTHING like episode 7! The characters did nothing but talk about how wonderful the sandwiches were from Subway were, how wonderful their Mercedes car was, and how difficult it was to get a $20,000+ watch was going to be! That is when we decided that enough was ENOUGH! The best thing about this drama were the FL's parents and they were not in enough episodes to make it worth while! If you like watching commercials this drama is for you, otherwise dont waste your time.

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Short but not as sweet

Welcome to Wedding Hell is the latest of KakaoTV’s original K-drama offerings. As with many of its predecessors, it has a low episode count (12) with each episode clocking in around the 37-minute mark, which in theory, should have made it perfect for a short and sweet binge-watch.

Of course, theory doesn’t always translate into practice and Welcome to Wedding Hell is mostly unremarkable, and at times, even formulaic to the point of frustration.

The premise is simple: Can the lead couple, Na-eun (Lee Yeon-hee) and Jun-hyeong (Lee Jin-wook), keep their untested relationship from falling apart as the trials and tribulations of their wedding preparations roll in?

The drama introduces these two naïve lovebirds with a proposal that almost goes terribly askew. And it’s a lot of fun. At first, Welcome to Wedding Hell doesn’t appear to take itself seriously, and if you’re a little concerned about how these two adult humans have made it through the world thus far, you still root for them anyway.

The episodes lose some of this playfulness – the glue keeping them together – as a formula that sees overblown arguments end with shallow, one-sided apologies is mercilessly applied to episode after episode. Without a strong enough anchor already established for the romance, this can make it easy for audiences to lose sight of why this couple should stay together in the wake of such toxicity.

To its own credit, the drama does attempt to break this pattern and take us over the peak of a crucial relationship turning point, but the lack of nuance or care applied here tends to undermine the effort. Na-eun and Jun-hyeong experience little significant character growth, and their relationship dynamic does not mature towards an entirely satisfying conclusion. The saving grace here is that, when times are good and if you put your blinkers up to any unresolved communication issues, they are endearing together.

The secondary cast of characters consists almost exclusively of the couple’s parents and friends. These characters are flat enough that some pass for life-sized cutouts, afforded virtually no chances to exist outside of mending Na-eun and Jun-hyeong’s issues. A highlight does emerge in the budding relationship between their friends Hui-seon and Min-woo, who are offbeat in their own separate ways and a lot of ridiculous fun when together.

Kim Mi-kyung as Na-eun’s mother is, however, criminally underused. A veteran in the K-drama world, she’s given little screen time and a non-existent character arc. Even so, she’s a balm when she does come to the fore and her relationship with Jun-hyeong’s mother manages to be amusing and then later sincere.

Overall, this is the standard of production that I would expect to find in a decent web drama on YouTube. Perhaps this drama might have benefitted from a similar 10–12-minute episode runtime and more mature writing. That being said, if you’re looking for some low-stakes fluff, Welcome to Wedding Hell has you covered.

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These 2. Argh.

Just watched the first 3 eps of Wedding Hell and it can be done via fast-forwarding as there is no plot and the dialogue is boring as hell. Also, the male lead looks like a seasoned father of 10 and not a man about to get married.

Each ep is only 30 mins long and it dragsssss. FL has besties who are also colleagues. They dont work. They just b*tch whole day long abt the pros and cons of marriage. The male lead is clueless about life.

And the FL is so easily influenced by her b*tch-sistas that it causes a rift in the relationship. She wants to find out about his financial status etc.

The ML takes advice from another unmarried old man. This is just f*cked up. Boring and stale.

Clueless! He is just absolutely clueless! It doesn't help that there are better looking men everywhere else who could have played the ML instead! Don't get me wrong, he was good in his previous shows and he was hella attractive there, so why make him look like a tired househusband here who seems to be 20 years the FL's senior and yet, be so clueless?!?

I mean, I'd rather he be attractive and clueless, than unattractive and clueless! It's like "slapping" the FL over and over again. Sh*t production. I'm giving it a 1/10 for these first 3 eps.

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