The pacing and plotting of this was NOT good. Too rushed and jam-packed in the front half, and then they needed to fill 8 more hours with stuff and people I did not care about.
Apparently Quiznos jumped shipped after they dropped all the kids from the show. Wise move on the part of Quiznos.
That was quite the Godiva ppl. It quite literally saved the FL’s life.
Speaking of ppl: The ppl in episode 16 was definitely the work of Ji-ho in BTIOF. I’m sure she worked hard, but it would have been better if they had given her more time to work it in seamlessly and over more episodes. The car shopping literally made me laugh out loud.
Apparently in this universe, the only good parent is a dead parent. (well, I guess adoptive mom was fine) Seriously, I wonder if the writer has some history because moms were not well represented here.
The introduction of supposedly important characters in the last four episodes after you quite literally killed off some very interesting and integral characters in the first eight? Yeah, that’s not a good idea. Especially, if you don’t do the work to tie them into the main storylines in a way that makes your viewer give a damn about them. Just having a character that is tragic doesn’t mean I’m gonna give any cares after you have been yanking my emotions willy nilly all along.
The medical staff at the hospital and the hospice were amazingly unprofessional.
The food looked good.
Greece is pretty.
CAN WE STOP WITH THE UNNECESSARY SEPARATION OF THE LEADS WHILE THEY WORK THROUGH SOME EMOTIONAL ISSUE? You know what’s romantic? Communication and supportive loving couples. Cha-young leaving made no narrative sense at all. The story had just got done telling me that wasting time when life can be short is bad. The story kept telling us that leaving your loved ones for selfish reasons is bad. The story kept banging us over the head with example after example of abandonment, and then what do they do? THEY HAVE HER LEAVE KANG. I’m slamming my head on my desk
Anyways, Greece is pretty. Wangdo looked pretty too. And now I’m just going to forget about this one.
Communication isn’t a thing in chocolate world at all. Also let’s not forget the Dyson ppl. The decor was so bright blue that I almost expected that nice blue stole to be a PPL as well.
Am I PPL obsessed or is this the side effect of chocolate world.
Also can’t believe I’m saying this, but noble idiocy due to mom would actually have been an improvement on the reason for separation instead of the stupidity we got.
I liked about 20% of it. It had potential. The cinematography was nice. It held my interest until the overdose of trauma, after the initial overdose of trauma, added up to me not caring much about anyone.
What’s so special about Chocolate that your polite opinion in the recap would mean raining on anyone’s parade? People need to start laughing about others not loving or even hating stuff they like.
Nothing. I just see that people love it a lot, and I’m just all negative about it. Besides, by the time the recap is up, I will hopefully have moved on.
Nope, they forgot all about it. She was enjoying the vague whose bday party it was as if everything was fine.
Kangs hand tremors were also forgotten.
Stupidly enough the old nurse & her ex now bf had closure, the young nurse that crushed on Kang had closure, even the useless trash Director & his awkward love story with the Alzhemier’s ahjumma had closure, but The ML & FL didn’t.
👏 👏 👏
egads aka Dame Maggie
January 18, 2020 at 10:45 AM
Chocolate has ended.
I’m not sure how/why I made it through 16 episodes.
I have thoughts, and I won’t rain on anyone’s parade in the recap because other people seem to like this drama.
egads aka Dame Maggie
January 18, 2020 at 10:58 AM
The pacing and plotting of this was NOT good. Too rushed and jam-packed in the front half, and then they needed to fill 8 more hours with stuff and people I did not care about.
Apparently Quiznos jumped shipped after they dropped all the kids from the show. Wise move on the part of Quiznos.
That was quite the Godiva ppl. It quite literally saved the FL’s life.
Speaking of ppl: The ppl in episode 16 was definitely the work of Ji-ho in BTIOF. I’m sure she worked hard, but it would have been better if they had given her more time to work it in seamlessly and over more episodes. The car shopping literally made me laugh out loud.
Apparently in this universe, the only good parent is a dead parent. (well, I guess adoptive mom was fine) Seriously, I wonder if the writer has some history because moms were not well represented here.
The introduction of supposedly important characters in the last four episodes after you quite literally killed off some very interesting and integral characters in the first eight? Yeah, that’s not a good idea. Especially, if you don’t do the work to tie them into the main storylines in a way that makes your viewer give a damn about them. Just having a character that is tragic doesn’t mean I’m gonna give any cares after you have been yanking my emotions willy nilly all along.
The medical staff at the hospital and the hospice were amazingly unprofessional.
The food looked good.
Greece is pretty.
CAN WE STOP WITH THE UNNECESSARY SEPARATION OF THE LEADS WHILE THEY WORK THROUGH SOME EMOTIONAL ISSUE? You know what’s romantic? Communication and supportive loving couples. Cha-young leaving made no narrative sense at all. The story had just got done telling me that wasting time when life can be short is bad. The story kept telling us that leaving your loved ones for selfish reasons is bad. The story kept banging us over the head with example after example of abandonment, and then what do they do? THEY HAVE HER LEAVE KANG. I’m slamming my head on my desk
Anyways, Greece is pretty. Wangdo looked pretty too. And now I’m just going to forget about this one.
egads aka Dame Maggie
January 18, 2020 at 11:00 AM
One last thing (probably not): It’s 2020, can we stop pretending that international cell phone communication is not a thing?
Rumi~
January 18, 2020 at 11:42 AM
Communication isn’t a thing in chocolate world at all. Also let’s not forget the Dyson ppl. The decor was so bright blue that I almost expected that nice blue stole to be a PPL as well.
Am I PPL obsessed or is this the side effect of chocolate world.
Also can’t believe I’m saying this, but noble idiocy due to mom would actually have been an improvement on the reason for separation instead of the stupidity we got.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
January 19, 2020 at 12:45 AM
I liked about 20% of it. It had potential. The cinematography was nice. It held my interest until the overdose of trauma, after the initial overdose of trauma, added up to me not caring much about anyone.
Lixie
January 18, 2020 at 11:04 AM
What’s so special about Chocolate that your polite opinion in the recap would mean raining on anyone’s parade? People need to start laughing about others not loving or even hating stuff they like.
egads aka Dame Maggie
January 18, 2020 at 11:06 AM
Nothing. I just see that people love it a lot, and I’m just all negative about it. Besides, by the time the recap is up, I will hopefully have moved on.
Lixie
January 18, 2020 at 11:30 AM
I still haven’t moved on from my dislike of the first six episodes eheheheh.
egads aka Dame Maggie
January 18, 2020 at 11:09 AM
Wait! Did Cha-young ever get her sense of smell and taste back?
Rumi~
January 18, 2020 at 11:45 AM
Nope, they forgot all about it. She was enjoying the vague whose bday party it was as if everything was fine.
Kangs hand tremors were also forgotten.
Stupidly enough the old nurse & her ex now bf had closure, the young nurse that crushed on Kang had closure, even the useless trash Director & his awkward love story with the Alzhemier’s ahjumma had closure, but The ML & FL didn’t.
👏 👏 👏
Karmen ~ 🍜🏢🎭 ~ 📚☔🦋 ~ 🪂🌱💘 ~ ✨🍊💫 ~
January 18, 2020 at 2:55 PM
If I could like twice, I would.
mugyuljoie is preciousss
January 19, 2020 at 3:13 AM
I’ve now watched the last episode. I want a job that I can just leave whenever I feel like it, then resume it whenever I want.
This didn’t turn into a hate watch for me, but it came pretty close. The last episode is a mess.