Noble, My Love

" Noble, my love " was simply bad.

The premises of the drama were interesting, and I do love the twist with the contracted dating or marriage scheme. However, this drama didn't handle it very well. And it wasn't because they used too many cheesy trops, which you kind of expect from a romantic comedy.

Things started looking fishy when in the scene where the girl is saving the CEO, she takes off his shirt to clean his wound, and while he is there bleeding, she just stares at his abs... And if that is not enough of a warning sign, then the drama will only get worse and more frustrating.

The male lead is simply insufferable. He is not the cold guy who acts arrogant but he is kind of cute. No, he says that he is a dominant and he treats the girl as his property, taking over her job, even her own life. He keeps yelling at her to not meet other guys, even if they are her friends, or she meets them by accident. And, even though she doesn't fit her character, she just takes it. And not only that, she actually falls for him. Why? He was a j**rk to her the entire time!

Now, for the girl, she was enjoyable as a character, but she kept acting randomly. She also tended to behave like a child from time to time.

The drama overall was predictable and some of the episodes were boring. The side characters were also underdeveloped and overlooked most of the time.

Finally, for the good parts of the drama, the episodes towards the ending, when the male lead started acting like a human again were actually good. If only the rest of the drama was like that...

So, overall, 2 out of 10.

Anyone notice that two years later they used several of main characters in similar type roles and that the main actress each time wore the same black plain pants suit and buttoned up white shirt...I'm referring to my Secret Romance.....The lead male is certainly good looking and has some comic flair but both leading ladies were pretty bad. In Noble...she seems capable of only pouting...and in Romance she over does the cute helpless little girl thing.... My Secret Romance was more fun to watch...Noble, My Love ...really awful...dreadful submissive female role model.... Can we talk about the poor film quality and the awful sets? I just could not stay with this one...

I really enjoyed this little series!

Yes low budget, acting not suberb but plenty feels for this sweet, light watch. I really liked the pairing, good chemistry! It's a quick watch as well with 20x15 minute episodes. I enjoy this format a lot more than a feature length movie. This one's actually getting an 8 from me because it delivers plenty for the time investment it represents. I'll be sure to check out main lead Sung Hoon some more!

To offset some of the other reviews, spoilers ahead: I can understand why some might feel the way he treats her are problematic, but I think given his backstory it fits his portrayed character quite well. The whole concept is that they are opposites sharing some undeniable attraction, finding weird ways to be and stay around each-other even though he in particular is quite jaded about the opposite sex (with good reason). One of the things i though beautiful is that he's so attracted to her energy. He keeps looking at the picture he took of her just beaming in the sunlight, the pure delight on her face, his smile as he was watching her. She slowly melts away his insecurities by being consistently pure of heart, and as that happens and he softens up, she starts to fall for him too. It really worked for me.

The plot it's the typical romance between rich boy and poor girl but I've to admit that it's funny and have some interesting twists.

If you don't expect too much for a web series then this is alright. Lame at times and totally predictable it isn't offensive. Sung Hoon looks the part of CEO. She looks quite pretty but makes too many scowling faces. The brother is quite funny. Some 50 shades jokes fall flat because their romance is so tame.