Lovestruck in the City (2020)

Had potential but it failed.

Good things first :
Ji Chan Wook. This man can act. I think that's what kept me going with this drama.
The "documentary" format they tried to follow was interesting, it didn't affect the story thou. Could've been better.
The three couples storyline was fun because they were different and "realistic" .

Ok. Now the review. I never write reviews but honestly I just finished the drama and I have a lot to say.
I understand what they tried to do. Yes, it's not the typical series, the time jumps keep you with your eyes open, there's a good chemistry between the leads and JCW's extremely awesome histrionic abilities. But there's no more.
It had all the potential to become an amazing romcom but it failed. The leads' story started to go in circles and then suddenly they were just together. They built all this tension and angst for a two minute conversation at the end.
The Rin-in and Kyeong-jun couple was cute and it seemed like it would develop with an interesting plot but WHY they did them dirty at the end. Srsly???!!
And the other two characters were SO interesting but SO wasted.
Plus WTF was that final episode? I mean, I love Cho Minho but what about the other characters?
I don't know. There's a lot of things in this drama that were just meh.
If you wanna watch it, do it. It's not for everyone but it's entertaining.


Note:
- I hated the female lead so much, I'm sorry.
-I appreciate the 30 min. Episodes

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It’ll leave you a hot mess...

First of all, I’d say that JCW and KJW gave an amazing performance.
Yes, JCW chem with PMY and JKW chem with PSJ are unchallengeable but this, THIS, ?
I’ve finished this like 2 months ago, but only recently decided to write a review because I really can’t forget the feels this drama gave me.
I’d really say MDL rate doesn’t give it justice, but ofc, it wouldn’t be an underrated drama otherwise.

The storyline gives you so many relatable plots and makes you wish you can actually do what the characters does in the drama. But this is coming from a city girl, so I don’t think it’s going to apply for everyone. BUT. JCW’s performance specially as a clingy I-can’t-forget-her guy really makes you have someone like him too. Personally JCW always gives you that hot-passionate boyfriend feels no matter if he’s a bodyguard, a producer or a *cough* healer *cough* but this time, THIS TIME, he reached a new level. ???
And yes, at this point, I don’t have much to say about KJW only that her character is a total wreck and may or may not reflect the norm city girl problems (I’m saying her character is a wreck, not her)

Let’s just say this drama has been on my number 1 recom list for a while now, specially if anyone is looking for a passionate romance, yes this is the one,

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Most FRUSTRATING and ANNOYING

With a double mind I started to watch this drama because I hate most of the ML’s drama. In most of the dramas his character is shameless kind, before he love someone he is like fully matured elegant and talented in his field but after falling to someone he will become different person. Day and night always thinking about FL, following her everywhere and at any cost he wants FL to love him, even if she kiss someone or sleeps with someone(analogy) he wants her only, if she dump him he will become alcoholic(before he is like dignified workaholic ethical man turn to alcoholic), he may think he is performing childish acting but for me it looks like a mentally unstable person. In all 30 minutes episodes more than 15 minutes always self talking infront of the camera and in a annoying way. In this drama she went to an extent spit on his face not to meet again yet for some petty annoying reasons he always run to FL. How can a person that to a dignified professional person with high professional and social status go down to such low level. The reason why I hate his dramas is, in most of his dramas he is portrayed like a childish joker more than a ML and he keeps on begging FL to love him.

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The Most REFRESHING Series

Almost every thing about this series is superb! The chemistry between leads are great. This is what a romance sould be.
This is one of the most REFRESHING Korean dramas I’ve seen in a while.
I just feel like people aren’t used to this kind of new aspect. The interview format is lovely. The interview format like the office is great. i know it's a bit different from the k-dramas point of view but why not try something different like this give it a try you won't be disappointed Don’t judge the rating.

I LOVE LOVE THE CINEMATOGRAPHY. No words. Just breathtaking. Even though there is a flashback and present- it’s so beautifully and carefully executed so that it’s always refreshing. LOVED THE BEACH SCENES.
Ji Chang Wook is always great man he is so handsome he is the face of romance his acting his dialogue delivery is out of the world the car chasing scene the drunk table talk scene is just exceptional. His electric chemistry with Kim Ji Won was breathtaking. He played the role so good the realness of the character

Kim Ji Won is the most charismatic, expressive, and REAL female actress I have ever seen in drama. The emotion she depicts in her eyes is .... incredible. she's so beautiful so gorgeous she's so good and different from other actress her acting is just so great she did an awesome job in this series the beach scene she is so good in that scenes and the duality of her character she portrayed it very brilliantly.

So for plot its going so good but they try to wrap it in such a hurry it seems and the last episode plot of the policeman is just so unnecessary i mean why writers why you have to do that instead u can wrap up with the main lead as there story is still not completely complete i don't know why the writers did that.

Apart from this the whole series is just superbly amazing. Its the most underrated series and I'm just so sad that this not getting the ratings it deserved the actors should have recognized more for this series they did an exceptional job.

The soundtracks the Osts are the best just really amazing I'm someone who likes the series more when the soundtracks are good but this one is very good it makes the series *100 more attractive.

I enjoy it very much its gives butterfly in the stomach kinda feels in much scenes. The characters seems more real than the characters we used to have in k dramas. Don't judge you opinion about characters. They are flawed, relationships are messy. Every episode is entertaining because you get a perspective never seen before in kdrama concerning relationships. You will be mad, cry, intrigued the entire time.

I hope the review will help you just wanna say don't go on the ratings give something u like a try.

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Boring....

When watched the first episode, i thought "Ohh, this is something new" so i kept watching, but then later i realized "Ahh, that's why my friend watched this in 1.5 speed"

I was 10 episodes in, but nothing is happening.. they just kept showing back stories of the characters, showing us what happened and commenting on it, characters kept blaming each other and kept depressing over what they did. I get you're trying to build up these characters for us to care about them, but there's just something about it that it didn't really landed well, hence why i find it boring.

The later episodes where the drama started picking up, but even then there's not much development, but the writer did a ok job wrapping up the show as you're approaching the end of the drama

The characters are ok i think they are well written, but that didn't make up for the story, so.. that's still an L

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Regardless the rating, please watch 'cause i love it!

This drama is not for people who love fairytale, nor who expect chaebol CEO loves poor girl, nope. This drama is for those who wanna be loved endlessly regardless their flaws and brokenness. This drama is full of emotion, loses and hopes. About a messed up woman who happened meeting faithful, real and soft-hearted man who changed her love life 180 degree.

I know i'm 3 years late, i watched this drama when it aired but dropped it on 2nd episode because the interview scene was bothering me. But now i'm in the mood of watching healing drama and tried this one regardless the rating. Because i know, Kim Ji Woon is never disappointing :) Surprisingly, I found myself loving it so so much. The chemistry between JCW and KJW is on another level.

Jae Woon, he isn't childish but, when he loves someone, he loves her endlessly. He is pure and softies. So that, when he was left unnoticed, he acted like someone has taken something away from his life. It's like what he said, "it would be better getting breakup and knowing the reason rather than being left without closure."

Sun Ah. Well, for me, Sun Ah is not like Ko Moon Young on IOTNBO who is badass or Yoon Se Ri from Crash Landing on You with high rank career and power. She is portrayed as a free-spirited woman with confidence and witty attitude. While Eun Oh is the opposite; full of doubt and low self-esteem.

The way Eun Oh kept on rejecting Jae Woon was not because she doesn't like him or being all b*tchy, it was because she hates herself as Eun Oh who (she thought) was weak and stupid. She knows that Jae Woon loves Sun Ah who has bright personality, not Eun Oh.

My most favorite scenes were two, first when Jae Woon asked Soon Ah to get married, when a man knows she's the one, he's gonna say it right away. Second when Jae Woon didn't wanna drive because it was raining, then he started to lean his car seat, looked at Eun Oh as if he wants to "kill her" with his gaze. Gosh, watching them waiting inside the car was killing me whoaaaa, it made me nervoussss like i could feel the awkwardness of Eun Oh >.<

Out of all 'escaping the big city' type of dramas, this is my most favorite. For those who like realistic and relatable love story, this drama is for you. It's not for everyone. Kuddos to all the casts and crew.

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Amazing but surprisingly underrated

This is one of my absolute favourite dramas: I watched it many times!
Plot:
Very tasteful, realistic but also fun depiction of how relationships can be. The way the lives of all the characters were interwoven into one arc was very seamless.
Characters:
I can't believe the depth of emotion Ji Chang Wook can convey through such minute expressions. There was a gentle vulnerability about his character that was riveting and made me root for him at every step. I may be blasphemous when I say this: but I think he does romance even better than action.
Kim Ji-Won also had an amazingly sympathetic character: even when she seemed to be one in the wrong, I could tell that she was suffering and struggling with something. They both had wonderful chemistry.
All the other characters also had great development and seemed very realistic.
Screenplay:
The mockumentary format was wonderful and intimate. It was funny, and it gave insights into characters that would be very difficult to get otherwise.
Music:
Excellent choice of music for the situations. Very tasteful.

Overall, this is one of my favourite dramas, and I'm very surprised it's not rated higher!

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Lovestruck in the City is a romance about the dating lives of young people including a passionate architect (Ji Chang Wook) who meets a freelance marketer (Kim Ji Won) posing as a free spirit in a new city.
Ji Chang Wook plays Park Jae Won. He is an architect who takes a long vacation to the beach to stay in a camper. There he meets a free-spirited woman who captures his heart…and then destroys it.
Kim Ji Won is Lee Eun Oh. She is a freelance marketer who experiences some difficulties in life and decides to reinvent herself in a new city as a free-spirited woman. She falls for Park Jae Won, but he falls in love with her fake identity which creates a big problem for her.
We then have our other couples which consist of Kyung Joon (Kim Min Suk) and Rin Yi (So Ju Yeon) as well as Gun (Ryu Kyung Soo) and Sun Young (Han Ji Eun).

Lovestruck in the City was a bit of mixed bag for me. It had some elements that I really loved and some that I didn’t care for it. Let’s jump into the positives first. I really loved the main love story between Jae Won and Eun Oh.
Ji Chang Wook is made for roles like this where he gets to be adorably awkward, and Kim Ji Won was great at showing two sides of her character as well as the pain she was experiencing.

Their story was told in flashbacks as well as in the present. I was completely drawn in to their whirlwind romance on the beach in the past. They had great chemistry and were very engaging. We don’t get to see much of them together in the present until a good way through the drama, but their individual journeys were nice to see. Things then get very interesting when they reunite. So all in all, I really enjoyed their romance and was completely engaged in that part of the drama.

I had one big problem with the main romance too. Eun Oh’s story was a fascinating one for sure, and I did like seeing her character growth from start to finish as she finally came out of her shell and found herself, but she really was terrible to Jae Won. It was understandable how she acted when they first got together at the beach and unexpectedly fell in love.
Her actions in the present were awful though. The hoops she jumps through to keep her secret are next level. And then when she is discovered, she won’t even explain anything to Jae Won. Not just once either, but for quite a while. The drama did do good at diving in to why she acted the way she did, but there just really isn’t an excuse for the complete shut out of information from her.

Overall, Lovestruck in the City was a quick and easy watch with 17 half hour episodes, though it could have definitely told its story in less time. I didn’t love the format, but I thoroughly enjoyed the main romance that provided swoony moments as well as some nice character exploration. It was a decent watch.

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lovestruck in the city is not for everyone

This drama is not for everyone you will either like it or dislike it, there is a bit of room in between but most people have strong opinions. The drama is one where you would require a lot patience to watch/continue watching.

I'm not going to lie when I watched the first two episodes I was not interested that I left it on hold for seven months and only decided to pick it back up to get it out of my on-hold list lol. But, the drama is not as bad as people make it out to be, it is just the plot was not that well written and the characters have many flaws. There were many inconsistencies within the plot that could have been addressed better but only made the main characters frustrating to watch. I understand the female leads insecurities but they should have portrayed them differently so that we could actually sympathize with her reasons for not contacting jaewon for a whole year. As for jaewon, it was good they actually addressed his alcoholism, but they made him way too pathetic even without the alcohol. I was not rooting for the twos' reunion to be honest, they lacked basic communication and I really wanted them to get closure then develop themselves separately. This drama could easily have been 12 episodes instead of 17, because there is so much filler, and maybe that would have forced the writing to be better. But if a second season did come out just about the side characters I would probably watch it.

Now yes I gave this drama a pretty high rating despite not liking the writing because I enjoyed the cast, acting, and the music. Maybe I'm way too biased towards ji chang wook but he really carried with his acting, as pathetic as jaewon was I was still rooting for him for some reason. Overall I enjoyed the drama and I will most likely rewatch it because I skipped a lot of the filler episodes and don't remember much other than how good chang wook looked lol.

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