Whatever It Takes

With the storyline already presented in the other review, I am here to expose forth my opinions and some disputes that I questioned and came about. At first I believed the series flowed greatly with some hilarious scenes here and there depicting Annie's immature and naive personality and Benny's generous and charitable lifestyle. Through half of the series, the storyline dragged a bit with Benny's brother attempt to be the real prince and his mischievous ways forcing Tavia to be his wife. That point was acceptable to me and I was able to watch on. Towards the end of the series, I abhorred the storyline's terrible ending and rapid pace in concluding the series. With this, many confusing plots and disputes came to me.

I greatly disliked how Benny figured out he was the real prince from the dream Annie cast upon him. That scene showed no emotions or any signs of enjoyment or dislikes. He had a dull face that was just expressionless when he figured out who his mom was. At the same time, his grandma appeared at the hotel coming forth to find her grandson. I didn't understand how in the world his grandma could have known that her real grandson was at the hotel. She wasn't the disguised lizard yet nor did she get any tips he would be there. The series rushed this point and the grandma just appeared out of nowhere and claimed her grandson is at the hotel. Benny's admittance to the title prince was incredibly dull. He just agreed and showed the king his feet, and she accepted that right away. That scene should had been emotional or at least showed some kind of expression. But it was terribly rushed, and it came out terribly misplaced and unbelievable.

After the grandma and Benny returned to the palace, the king instantly knew that something was wrong and sent forth for the evil lizard. Can I ask how did she know something went wrong? This scene was also rushed tremendously displaying no signs of plot or suspense. Many scenes went unexplained and the story lagged from this point on. I was also confused on the scene where Benny used the dragon pearl to heal Tavia. After he healed her, he passively and willingly gave the dragon pearl to the disguised king. He had already known that the king was the disguised lizard, and no one saw him exactly used the pearl. He could have made up any story on how Tavia woke up. I didn't see any reasons why he would willingly hand over the pearl and the whole kingdom to the king. The storyline went dead at this point. There were NO explanations on many parts, and their attempt to explain many things exposed numerous gapping holes. I am horribly disappointed at the ending and I wouldn't recommend this series to anyone.

One good note though, I really enjoyed Tavia's acting. I thought she looked extremely cute in her outfit and hairstyle. Tavia seems to have a natural look upon ancient clothing, and I was deeply discontented on how Benny's lack of crying or care shown for Tavia, a woman who died saving his life.