This C Drama climbed slowly up my Favorites ballot to second or third place as I watched in it the past week. It's a lovely breath of fresh air and will long be a comfort rewatch for me, I'm sure.
Things I love about The Best Thing:
The visuals! Good grief, but the cinematography in this drama is gorgeous. The landscapes, the angles, and lighting, the textures were all so beautifully shot it was like a visual feast.
The chemistry is very good between these two beautiful leads, and the slow simmering heat comes to a boil in one of the most sensual and tasteful love scenes I've watched. The visuals are stunning and smolderingly hot while remaining fairly modest. And the kisses! Whew.
This story is about healing with sweet support from one another, family, and age old Chinese medicine. By the end, pretty much everyone is healthier and happier than when we started this delicious drama. It's light, lovely, calming, and comforting in a way that's hard to decipher.
Give me a good, honest, well-written script with pretty people to look at and I'm a happy couch camper. This drama fulfilled those things for me.
Just a couple of things kept it out of the 10 rating for me.
It's slow moving in places, and there's a great deal of looking off into mid-space and pondering by the leads. That is tiring. It's a quiet enough journey to begin with, but these kinds of drags can make viewers impatient.
The other frustration I have is with Asian stylists and the way they dress men in clothing two sizes too big. Asian men are on the slender side to begin with, but dressing them in ridiculously baggy trousers and jackets that hang off shoulders makes them look sloppy and hungry. Just my take on that.
Don't sleep on this drama. It's a dreamy and satisfying show.
