Surplus Princess (Series)

Year: 2014
Country: South Korea
Genre: Romance/Comedy/Fantasy
Number of episodes: 10

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I just finished watching “Surplus Princess”.

Personal Review Time~!!!

It’s a good drama that talks about the difficulty faced by job hunters and maybe a bit about “true love” (but not really or at least they tried)

It’s a representation of the story of the little mermaid: spoiled mermaid princess in love with a prince/handsome guy and did everything to become human

What I liked about this drama:
-how they presented the little mermaid

-they’re not subtle with the adult humor (though it only lasted up to the 2nd or 3rd episode)

-how they gave tips to job hunters

-I like the comedy and some romance (A/N: I am hard to please with the romance genre)

-the realism is there... except for the mermaids and stuff of course

-the concept in general

-the gorgeous apple butt of one of the main characters (ouo)b

-the use of attack on titans’ theme song (A/N: I laughed way harder than I should have :D )

What I did not like about this drama:
-inconsistent (something in the first episode and last episode did not match) (A/N: I can't say what exactly because I consider it a spoiler.)

-my main ship did not sail

-my main ship SHOULD HAVE sailed because that was what started everything or all ships connecting the heroine should’ve sunk miserably 

-the story and idea was progressing well… then they lost it somewhere near the end of the drama

-the end was pretty bad– they strayed off the story’s path by contradicting something in the story and did not explained anything because they decided to make things dramatic (includes a useless cliffhanger for extra drama)

- imagine you drawing a straight line with a ruler and just when you’re nearly done with your nearly straight line, someone accidentally nudged you… the end product of the line you drew can describe how the story line progressed

I like this drama. I would recommend it, but I would also warn you that the ending is pretty bad. It’s good if you decided to ignore the romance of the main character and focus on the tips and life of the job hunters in the drama. I think it would’ve been really nice if they didn’t try to imitate “My Love From Another Star”. I don't have many comments about the acting or the characters other than the fact that I was confused about a side character because I couldn't quite grasp his character well. His importance in the series is close to none anyway so I decided to just let it slide. (A/N: I'm looking at you sort of middle aged dude trying to look hip and young #loveIsDefinitelyBlind #sorryNotSorry)

I'm not sure, but this could be my first series/film that conceptualizes a fairy tale in the modern era. I've watched a lot of series and movies, but the most I've seen was the characters empathizing with the characters in a fairy tale. I don't mind being wrong though. If you know a movie/series that retells a fairy tale in the modern era, do comment down the title and I'll watch it if I haven't seen it. :)

This is my longest post yet. It's something I just noticed but so far, everything I critic came from South Korea. I would like to make it clear that I'm not exclusively giving critics to South Korean films. I would critic any film from any country. It really doesn't matter to me because a film is a film, and is another type of art and art is universal. Language is not a barrier. especially how easily accessible subtitles are these days lol

I'm still new and developing as a critic so if there's anything you find confusing, please point it out and I wouldn't mind clarifying things. ^^

Now onward to the next film!