Pint-Sized Review: Cinderella and the Four Knights

This Review of Cinderella and Four Knights Contains Some Spoilers in the Form of Fangirl Squees

I didn’t go into this drama with exceptionally high expectations.  I wanted something bubbly and fun with lots of cutesy romantic moments.  I didn’t think that was too much to ask for.  Plus I have enjoyed Jung Il Woo in everything I’ve watched of his.  Also, I adore Lee Jung Shin, CNBLUE is one of my favorite bands.  It had potential to be a fun bit of brain candy.  There was so much potential in this show, loads of it.  Sadly, it never took advantage of any of the story opportunities.  Combined with the flat writing and cliche plot points I was disappointed, even with my low expectations.   Don’t get me wrong, there were things to like with this drama, but the things I could live without overwhelmed what could have been a fun drama.

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 15 & 16

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Episode 15

The three boys stand over gramp’s bed and Ji Woon says he’ll get tested to see if he’s a match.  Back and Haneul Group new wife is still leading a meeting of the board of directors stating that Yoon Sung is the only choice for their leader, she’s acting as if gramps is dead already.  At the hospital Ji Woon tells Ha Won about his mom and what happened long ago.  She tries to leave, but he won’t let her.  While Ji Woon waits for his examination Seo Woo and Hyun Min sit with him.  It is rather cute they are finally bonding after all this time.  After the examination the doctor tells Ji Woon that gramps has told him a lot about him and that he is very like his dad.  Ji Woon stands over gramos and tells him that he forgives him in his mother’s stead.  They all disperse from the hospital, Ji Woon takes Ha Won Home and Seo Woo and Hyun Min leave in their cars.  Though Hyun Min does tell Seo Woo to drive safely, for the first time showing any sort of emotion or caring towards his younger cousin.  

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 13 & 14

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Episode 13

The shots of the kiss are pretty fantastic, I like the drone views flying around them.  As they drive back they hold hands and are smiling all cutely.  Such adorable happiness.  It is short lived, Ja Yeong calls to inform them that the secret is out about Seo Woo’s song being about her.  It is all around the internet.  Back at Sky House Ji Woon is not pleased at all.  Inside the Chairman is waiting for them with Seo Woo who tells him that the internet rumors are not true.  Ji Woon tries to tell Gramps about he and Ha Won, but she won’t let him.  Yoon Sung confirms nothing is going on.  Gramps drops the secret bomb that Ha Won will have to leave if she dates any of them.  Hye Ji and Hyun Min arrive and he looks traumatized.  

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 11 & 12

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Episode 11

Hye Ji moves in with the merry group and shares Ha Won’s room.  She tries to sabotage whatever is going on with Ha Won and Ji Woon right away just talking about how Ji Woon rushed to her aid.  Hyun Min tries to ask if she’s ok, she makes sure to inform him he was a step behind Ji Woon.  Ji Woon awkwardly tries to inquire about Ha Won’s trip home and ends up asking her to take care of Hye Ji.  In the morning Hye Ji is at breakfast with Mrs. B. and Seo Woo shows up then runs away because Hye Ji saw him in his natural unmade-up state.  Mrs. B. is doing laundry and asks Hyun Min about his undies waving them about while Hye Ji is watching and he runs too.  Then Hye Ji brings Ji Woon water after his run and they have breakfast together too.  Mrs. B. informs Ha Won that the boys never changed their behaviors for her, but they are changing for Hye Ji.  Ha Won is not pleased, well she’s downright jealous.  She tries to find her own charm by trying different accessories on in her room.  Then tries on clothing, what happened to the uber fashionable wardrobe that she accepted from Hyun Min last time?  Settling on a cute dress Seo Woo is very taken aback by how different she looks and gets nervous so he calls the other boys in to take a look, which makes her embarrassed.  

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 9 & 10

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Episode 9

Ha Won wakes up in bed with Ja Yeong and then she remembers the night before!  The kisses!  She sneaks past a passed out Ji Woon outside of her room and heads to the bathroom and then starts to sigh happily as she remembers the kisses again.  Then scolds herself and as she has a mini freak out about the kisses she slips on the soap and knocks herself out.  Yoon Sung whisks her off to the ER and then calls to send the others home.  Ji Woon is remembering the kisses too and have his own mini freak out.  Hyun Min is having trouble dealing with the moment that he and Hye Ji shared.  Ha Won wakes up in the hospital and is shocked that she didn’t sleep through a week at least or lose her memories.  Yoon Sung has her transferred to the hospital in Seoul because she’s also sprained her ankle badly and needs a cast.  During the drive to Seoul, Ha Won teases Yoon Sung about not being able to hold his alcohol.  He kindly and bashfully asks her to forget that.  Then asks if she was drunk too.  She stutters and says she doesn’t remember anything which of course makes it obvious that something occurred.  

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 7 & 8

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Episode 7

The confession and rejection are filmed by the school cameras along with being live cast to the whole school.  Hye Ji and Ji Woon watch Ha Won and Hyun Min together, she’s upset yet again. I really want her to grow a backbone or grow at least a little.  She is such a static character caught in a really bad place mentally, her whole identity is based on her former relationship with Hyun Min.  Ha Won tells Hyun Min that he needs to think, really think about if he likes or not and how he treats his family and women in his life.  Hyun Min is very shook up over that.  Seo Woo is stuck at the school, the fangirls won’t let him leave.  He bluffs and says he sees CNBLUE!  I laughed a lot at that.  He gets away and Ha Won’s BFF, Hong Ja Yeong, yanks him into a room to hide from the hoard.  To get away they devise a plan, Seo Woo will wear Hong Ja Yeong’s uniform and run away.  This scene was flipping hilarious!  I ship these two so much!  I really hope they end up together in the end!  

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 5 & 6

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Episode 5

We come back to the scene in which Hyun Min and Ji Woon are posturing over Ha Won.  Then Seo Woo and Yoon Sun show up and wish her a happy birthday.  Everyone but Ji Woon has gotten her a present so she takes a picture of them all eating together as his present for her.  Mission One complete!  But plot twist!  Seo Woo didn’t match the page correctly, today isn’t her birthday.  He got the day right but the month wrong.  We then see Ji Woon and Hye Ji together, he’s promising to protect her but not explaining what he means.  Meanwhile adorable and loyal and sweet puppy Seo Woo is searching her date book for the right page and finally finds it and discovers her birthday is in May.  Then he wonders why he cares so much?

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 3 & 4

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 This show is totally cheesy and fluff, but I am really enjoying it so far!  Where the first episode was a little slow, the rest of the episodes have picked up nicely.  Also!  I’ve been invited to join the Squeecaps of Cinderella and Four Knights over at The Problematic of the Unproblematic!  If you haven’t checked out their Squeecaps before I would totally suggest it!  They’re such a blast!

First I want to make some general observations about the show.  The opening with the legos is so cute and fun!  I really enjoy that so much.  I’m really enjoying the music too.  Also, the sound effects when Ha Won is in the arms of one of the knights is cute too!

Cinderella and Four Knights: Episodes 1 & 2

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For a long time I swore off watching airing dramas.  There were several reasons for this, but primary among them was the fact I love to binge watch.  Waiting a whole week for the next episode kills me.  So for a little over a year I refused to join the blogverse in the newly airing dramas.

To top it off I swore off recapping, especially after Oh My Venus, I haven’t even gone back and recapped the last three episodes.  I just can’t bring myself to do it!  But then… I got a wild hair and saw the teasers for Cinderella and Four Knights.  A spunky gal who can actually defend herself and stand up for herself?  Paired with four extremely handsome guys?  A kooky grandfather too?  It looked right up my alley!

At First Glance: A Witch’s Romance

This drama has been very-very high on my “watch list” for a long time.  In truth I was so extremely excited when it aired.  Why didn’t I watch it then you ask?  Well I had just finished My Queen, which is the Taiwanese drama that it is a remake of.  With that drama fresh in my mind I was hesitant to watch the Korean Version.