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Basketball & Sleep
Inspired by the Japanese I think, Koreans have been definitely upping their BL game recently. The dramas they release are getting better and better: the production values are higher and the stories they are telling are better written. This one is definitely one of the best BL to come out of Korea.
The story is nothing new: highschool friends see their feelings for each other grow but scared of the consequences, they separate. They meet again five years later and restart the relationship. Will they be more successful this time around?
The drama started surprisingly well. It was not the usual ugly korean webseries: the cinematography is excellent, the rain, the sunlight, the basketball field, the overall aesthetical impression is extraordinary. It is worth the watch just for that. But, fortunately there is more to it than just good looks. The story is well written: starting in the present and slowly uncovering their pas connection in a series of flashbacks which are not in chronological order and may confuse some. The actors had decent chemistry and their kissing scenes were really butterfly inducing which is so rare in K-dramas not only BLs!
Now for the reasons this is not getting a 10/10 from me. First and foremost: it is too short, there are so many things missing in this story. Insomnia was never really explained: why was he suffering from it. I really don't like it when the solution to a psychological problem is LOVE. I wish life was so easy! Another problem stemming from the previous one is lack of communication. It did create a slight conflict, kind of blink-and-you-miss-it which was solved by "I'm sorry! I love you!" Really?!? Main characters were not as likeable (one a liar and one naive) as they should have been but they are very human so...let's settle with reality! The only girl in the cast, was all kinds of annoying, loud, intrusive and a busybody. And the last but not least issue I have with this (I'm nitpicking here! LOL) is the very last scene: the cringefest! I am still shuddering while I'm writing this!
Well, all in all it is a nice binge watch, not too angsty, rather cute but too short!
Oh and I almost forgot a nod to TharnType and icecubes in the last episode.
The story is nothing new: highschool friends see their feelings for each other grow but scared of the consequences, they separate. They meet again five years later and restart the relationship. Will they be more successful this time around?
The drama started surprisingly well. It was not the usual ugly korean webseries: the cinematography is excellent, the rain, the sunlight, the basketball field, the overall aesthetical impression is extraordinary. It is worth the watch just for that. But, fortunately there is more to it than just good looks. The story is well written: starting in the present and slowly uncovering their pas connection in a series of flashbacks which are not in chronological order and may confuse some. The actors had decent chemistry and their kissing scenes were really butterfly inducing which is so rare in K-dramas not only BLs!
Now for the reasons this is not getting a 10/10 from me. First and foremost: it is too short, there are so many things missing in this story. Insomnia was never really explained: why was he suffering from it. I really don't like it when the solution to a psychological problem is LOVE. I wish life was so easy! Another problem stemming from the previous one is lack of communication. It did create a slight conflict, kind of blink-and-you-miss-it which was solved by "I'm sorry! I love you!" Really?!? Main characters were not as likeable (one a liar and one naive) as they should have been but they are very human so...let's settle with reality! The only girl in the cast, was all kinds of annoying, loud, intrusive and a busybody. And the last but not least issue I have with this (I'm nitpicking here! LOL) is the very last scene: the cringefest! I am still shuddering while I'm writing this!
Well, all in all it is a nice binge watch, not too angsty, rather cute but too short!
Oh and I almost forgot a nod to TharnType and icecubes in the last episode.
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