Encounter (2018)

This drama.. was absolutely wonderful and refreshing! It was the most aesthetically pleasing kdrama I have seen. Every scene, every item, every frame... was carefully thought out and placed. The tone of the drama was carefully chosen and fit the mood of what the characters were going through. I cannot say how pleased I am to have encountered this series. Each dialogue was thought out and made my heart ache and race at the same time. It made me feel as if I was falling in love alongside the characters.. and I truly did.

Both Song Hye Kyo and Park Bo Gum were wonderful in their performances.. they convey such raw emotions towards each and every expression they made... I swoon! I felt so warm after watching this show.. their process of falling in love went at a desirable and realistic pace. Definitely a true depiction of falling in love and being loyal.

Currently rewatching this series and the more I am grateful of the artwork displayed. Good to watch when you’re feeling blue and in need of something to warm your heart up!

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overall best drama. Lead actress song hye kyo dramas never disappoints. First time watching park bo gum's (lead actor) drama. I am awestuck. His smile is sooo adorable. Matured love story where u'll find what is love, relationship goals, caring for each other, putting others first than urself and many more things. great chemistry between the leads. A story of a rich girl, though who is rich not happy in her life and a middle class boy who just emits happiness wherever he is. Their coincident meetings and their overcoming of problems is what the title says "ENCOUNTER" .You want to know what love is! watch this drama. You want to fall n love watch this drama. Thumbs up for the script writer for those wonderful lines he has written

Brief story
Lead parents are into politics and married her to a rich family for profits. she was torchered and took divorce. Even after divorce mother in law's torcher never ends. she was just spending each day lifeless. her life changes when she goes to Cuba. Coincidentally she meets hero. Love at first sight for him. They spend time together without knowing each other.
Later they both comes back to korea. Hero wud have applied to job at the same company where heroin is CEO. Both are unaware. he got job and things starts turning. While their no relation starts taking a turn , outside world will be uproar with this bcoz rich and aged girl while poor and young boy are in relation. With all the shortcomings and unexpected events in life they both survives together.
Dont miss this drama. Watch it. You will fall in love

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Why is this drama not talked about
It had everything from great actors, character development,& wonderful cinematography. Scenes at Cuba were cherry on the top
To be Frank the drama had no plot or storyline, rather it focuses on how lives changed.

I am personally, not a fan of age gap stories, but this is how you execute a piece, that someone who hates the trope, is forced to love it.
Also, the beautiful art at the start and end of each episode was so beautiful and kinda unique, and had a distinct meaning.

Everyone complained about the slow pace of the drama, but for me it was more than good. It is something that should be absorbed slowly and steadily.
It was great to see a female CEO and young recruit falling in love, total opposite of the usual roles in dramas.

The negative part of the drama was the arc of supporting characters. None of them had a proper dimension. Even the villians were too plane. Also the way the story unfolded after the 14th episode seemed forced. The reason for separation was too bleh, inspite of so many villains.

Overall, a good watch for hopeless romantics.

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The word 'Beautiful' can be described through this drama

This drama is so heartwarming, emotional yet is so subtle to the heart.....When they cry, you cry along with them......When they laugh you laugh with them......You just fall in love with everything about this drama......I was actually very hesitant to watch this drama but seeing such high ratings I thought "why not give it a go".....Trust me, if I were to see this drama anytime later, I would have slapped myself.....It is nice to have a new twist where the girl is rich and the guy though he can't be called poor, is not of the girl's level.......Don't be sorry, Thank You for being Brave........I'm still in tears hearing that.....Please, take is a humble suggestion and don't skip any episode.....I don't wanna bore the readers....But please take an effort to watch this drama.....<3<3<3<3

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Romantic and Sweet. It has soooo many sweet moments that just makes your heart flutter! Of course, the lead actor is just too adorable (I like him in his other drama where he was a prince - Love in the Moonlight ) but at the same time he can act!!! When he cries, you just want to give him a hug and it just pains you to watch him go through it. There was some slow moments but not that bad. I also appreciated the supportive and loving friends and family that the lead male role had (healthy family relationship for once in a Kdrama!!!) Overall, the story was not extraordinary, the selling point is that their honest, sweet, vulnerable moments that captures your heart! So YES, watch it if you like this genre.

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i gained nothing

i binged watched this whole drama in like two days and i don't know how to feel about that. admittedly, i was high for 80% of the show but even then it was a chore to get through. at least once per episode i found myself sighing like, "why are you crying again?" girl...what was this? this was my first drama with park bo gum and i get why he's popular, he put his heart into acting this subpar script, but chile... he could only do so much.

i'll admit i started to watch it without reading the synopsis because i like surprises, but i went into it not knowing and i left not knowing. i really had to start skipping lil 10 second clips because it was so boring lol. i respect the whole romance thing but something about their love felt off. Idk if it's because song sun kyu is married to her fine ass husband, but i can't believe the chemistry between them. they had me like, "no but WHY do ya'll love each other? it's been maybe a month." i was more invested in the side couple's love, i would've watched them flirt.

i can't even say that i'd recommend you watch it. i gained no happy feelings from it. i didn't even cry because i couldn't get emotionally invested in the story when they ended up breaking up at least twice an episode. the music actually wasn't bad but god, GOD do i hate that damn english song. it's so bad. i kept on getting distracted by the lyrics every emotional scene. "oHh tAke mE On dOWn by ThE rIvER"

i will say that park bo gum carried that last break up scene. they had that man sobbing lmfao. it got a whole additional star for acting just because he made me feel something.

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If someone put me in an art gallery for 16 hours to do nothing but wander and stare at PBG and Song Hye-kyo's beautiful faces, I'd be into it. Encounter was all atmosphere, and I think that was a bold and admirable choice to make. But it severely underused its leads's talents, and the conflict was so threadbare that I didn't particularly feel like indulging myself in the distractions of Encounter's good points (its music, visuals, its airy, whimsical tone -- as though you've been dropped into the mind of a person who is mid-thought).

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There was only one moment in which the frisson we're supposed to feel for these two characters, poles apart but drawing closer, really came through for me. She spots him in the hallway of a hotel and asks him why he's wearing a zippered necktie when she gave him a proper, grown-up one. He says he hasn't been able to get the method of wearing it right. So she matter-of-factly takes off the zippered one and makes him stand still while she puts the necktie on for him. It's a hoary old romantic cliché, but in that moment the combined star power of these two, and the choices they made (he's trying to hide a goofy, helpless grin; she's self-consciously holding on to her gravitas) invested it with such sparkle, I got the point of the whole show.
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If it had had more moments like that, Encounter would have fulfilled its promise, I think. As it is, all the kudos to whoever decided that PBG should capitalise on his stardom by playing a model of hot, supportive, patient masculinity for women of all ages to project their fantasies on. More such choices from the world's leading men, please!

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Cute Melodrama

This was a good melodrama. Not out of this world, but engaging and heartfelt. At first I wasn't sure if I could buy the romance between our MLs. She seemed so aloof and detached. She also seemed to look at him more like a friend who amused her rather than a love interest. It got better towards the end, but it was never really a convincing relationship.

Park Bo Gum was wonderful in this. His performance as the inherently happy, unflappable, young man who sees the wonder in simple things is on point. He is so adorable you just want to be his best friend. He is almost unbelievably perfect. There were moments though that I wished he had been more selfish and more protective of his own heart. But he surprises me and shows a wisdom well beyond his years. He was well cast in this.

I didn't think this was a great vehicle for Son Hye Kyo. For some reason she was giving off some negative vibes, as if she wasn't as invested in this show. Perhaps she felt is too melodramatic for her taste. I didn't get the feeling she was all in. I am used to seeing her in much stronger roles, so having to play an abused daughter-in-law at her age, was a bit of a stretch. The storyline felt implausible that such a seemingly powerful woman would experience so much abuse in her family and professional life. The romance, yes, is all about falling in love and that love making you strong enough to face adversity, but much of her suffering is both created and alleviated by those around her more than of her facing it for herself and finding the inner strength to push back. Some of the characters don't seem to develop well at all. A big example is the ex-husband. He was the weakest character and I feel the writers could have been a little more fair to him. His storyline at first seems to be something much more important than it turns out to be. I was hoping he would be more of a helper, but sadly the script deviated from this leaving me dissatisfied.

The supporting cast was low key and fun to watch. I prefer that they don't overtake the MLs as often is the case in some Chinese dramas. The supporting couple's careful flirtations provided a nice break from the intensity of the main couple. In general, at 16 episodes, it's a nice series to watch in between other dramas.

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Simple Storyline well told

The story line of this drama is typical. But I found little flaw in the way the story was told and filmed.
What impressed me most was that when I was expecting an action to take place,.. it happened.
I wish the story behind the last 3 episodes was different. It was obvious that Jin Hyuk mom had a "self-worth" issue and she was powerful enough to bring it out in our FL. But I wish Cha Soo Hyun awakening from dark to light was more profound. After all, Cha Soo Hyun is the heroine of the drama. She is the one who transforms the most. Jin Hyuk was her main support but really he didn't have many lessons to learn in life.
I give this drama 8.5 in this category because I think the story was told very nicely and made sense.

It was worth watching.

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