The Bride of Black (2022)

Important Learnings

The FL was such a interesting character in her other drama on Netflix "Tomorrow" that I wanted to watch this drama.

At first it was intriguing what this master plan was but then it was like "o that's it?".

Lessons I've learned from this script:

1. Daddy issues will lead to a sociopath daughter
2. Revenge can work if:
---You have a rich cheobol heir for an ex BF that still wants to get back with you and will help you no matter what.
---You have a new rich suitor who wants to be with you and help you no matter what.
Else your only grand revenge is to make a speech in a dating social to expose what the evil woman did to your dead husband.

8 short episodes of this and the story of the husband's death was repeated at least 4x. That's 1 repetitive script.

Few highlights of the drama:
Evil FL: watched her in numerous other supporting roles and this role was completely different from all her prior roles. She pulled it off perfectly. Loved her crazy eye death stares!
Rich Ex BF & Rich Suitor, both characters are quite attractive personality wise. They should've focused more on character growth instead.
Rich Ex BF's stepmom - potential interesting character. Should be a spin off on her character in future drama.

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Average Kdrama

An attempt to identify the emotional drama of the 1%. While the show is not a mystery or thriller it does focus on a rather bizarre theme of revenge. Wow having money can afford you to step over others is about the plot of the show. Having friends with money can help as well.
If you don't expect too much then watch it. Setting is great costumes and scenarios do highlight the rich in society
Although there are some "aha" moments and the show does have good acting a revenge story just doesn't fit in perhaps throw in a bit of mystery and it will help to captivate the audience.

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There are better revenge dramas out there.

In summary I thought the plot was clumsy and ill conceived.

I feel like 80% of it is taken up by people traveling to other destinations to threaten another person, and then all of those people have to travel to another destination to talk about it and repeat.

Also they keep styling her like an elderly teacher from the '80s. She has some of the most ugly outfits that I've seen on a K-drama. The frumpiness is unrelenting.

For the most part the actress has a worried furrowed brow expression, and it becomes so repetitive. The dynamic becomes repetitive. The fact that she continually makes things worse for herself she never plays it smart not harder. She always plays it harder and not smart, it becomes agonizingly frustrating to watch.

They provide a little backstory on some of the antagonists, but not enough for some of their motives. What is the matchmaker ultimately trying to accomplish as she runs her business into the ground, for what? What is the attorney using all her embezzled money on? Why is she so upset with Kang Nam-Sik for mentioning marriage when she's the one who bought him a ring? And it is unforgivable that Seo Hye-Seung had that phone the whole entire time and only got it fixed at the end.

I felt like the kids delivered really solid performances though. But that's not enough to make the whole thing palatable.

There are better revenge dramas out there, this one is just not fulfilling.

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Totally Enjoyed It

REMARRIAGE AND DESIRES

I liked it, it's rather realistic, this revenge unlike some dramas where revenge is done easily or weird, just i think it's pretty late for revenge, but she won.

Disappointed romance between leads, i wanted more, but actors are good for shown emotions. So blame it on the short episode.

The character that I adored and loved the most is Choi Yoo sun, the great boss of REX. If there's one word I would use to describe her, it would be BOLD, this woman has always done everything to be on top and she is intelligent and hardworking, she is not afraid of anything, yes I know that she took advantage of her old husband's money and some connections. But that's the goal isn't it? To SECURE the BAG ?

Actor Lee Hyun Wook is so good looking and fit ??

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Oh man...

I had such high hopes for this drama. It had an interesting and unique premise. I also don't typically watch these kinds of dramas so it was different for me. I wanted to see what people meant when they said it was underrated, and it was interesting, and it really had me engaged, episode after episode. It's short length also appealed to me. But I think it's going to be a let down. I was so excited to see justice be so sweetly served but it was disappointed, to say the least, that a man had to swoop in and deal the finishing blow. I haven't finished the rest of the episodes so maybe it'll get better and reveal things to change my mind since I still have 2 episodes. But it's not looking so good right now...

EDIT:
UMMM. WHAT. Yeah no. After that ending, I'm dropping the ratings of this drama.
It was just two episodes left so I didn't think it could get much worse. But dang, I was wrong. There were barely any love or chemistry between the two main leads and yet they ended up getting married? And all of a sudden, the mother of the main lead has no issue with it? I had so many other issues by the end of it but it's late and I don't want to waste more time with this drama. Damn this was definitely a let down.

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Meh

Fell flat. The word that I connected with most on other reviews was "underwhelming". That sums it up perfectly. Didn't feel like FL really won considering all she went through to get there. Even though the villain was jailed at the end, she murders the guy who got out of jail, almost murders the daughter and the FL. Felt like she dealt way more damage than she received. Not much revenge. The "revenge" seemed for the most part about the FL threatening to out her and reveal what she had done. That's it. Not much there.
Also the romance between the leads was practically non-existent. There was nothing written to really explain or show developing feelings between the two. He showed vague interest in her at the party but then goes out with villain and sleeps with her. He also goes out with another woman and accuses FL of deliberately getting close to him VIA tutoring his son. And while he later apologizes for it there is no real show of feelings for her. It's after the boat ride where he is, I guess, fallen in love with her, but there wasn't really anything to show that there. The only thing that happened on the boat was her falling into him when the boat rocked and her taking care of the son's cut. But no real chemistry was shown there. The two leads never even kiss for the whole drama despite how it ends. Weird.

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Fight till the end!!!!

I randomly stumbled upon this short 8 episodes drama and have nothing to watch at the moment I give it a try. It was good, and I enjoy the thrill of the FL going after the second FL and giving her a taste of her own medicine.

All the characters did well and it was astonishing to watch how every character's life is full of riches, but behind those walls---there's deception, insecurities, disloyalty; and miscommunications.

I feel sorry for the FL that her husband of a cheater died but also proud of the FL to reveal the second FL her garbage to the world at the end. Justice was served in the end, and that is all that matters.

In the end, when you think about it the marriage agency can do more damage than good; especially if the people going there are not seeking a genuine proposal.

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Just Amazing

My first time writing a review but this drama was just too perfect for me. I've been in a slump where I can't finish most dramas I start but this was just perfect, every angle was completed in 8 episodes and that's not easy to achieve. The acting of course was amazing and the ending is just perfect. The bad girl actually got punished and she wasn't shown to have immediate repentance which is reality, people don't just repent suddenly, it comes gradually. Would definitely recommend drama.

The music/ost was the icing on the cake, that just made me want to watch the next episode.

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This was something I went with high expectations, full of melodrama and plot twists but It definitely didn't go the way I thought it would. MY disappointment was Not with the story but the execution of it. I did ended up enjoying it though , finishing it in one go.
I think for me what's lacking was mainly the script. It feels very lazy and lack of research. For example letting a lecture be done behind scenes or muting.
Another one was build up scenes which is supposed to very dramatic were often anti climatic. And some of it weren't satisfactory.
The whole investigation and trials feels very easy leaving me wondering why she didn't do it in the first place.
At the end of the day it doesn't feel like portrayal of strong character but just another damsel in distress, the main protagonist makes me frustrated.

However, I did enjoy it. I think it has to do with the cast and very good acting. They were the highlight of the drama

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Empty. Overrated.

Not sure if I had high expectations based on reviews or the show is just really empty. So there's greed, desperation, revenge, infidelity.. but still empty. I was waiting for something to actually happen but meh. 3 episodes would've been enough. The only good thing about the show is that it's short.

Not sure if I had high expectations based on reviews or the show is just really empty. So there's greed, desperation, revenge, infidelity.. but still empty. I was waiting for something to actually happen but meh. 3 episodes would've been enough. The only good thing about the show is that it's short.

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