Completed
sonomagirl
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 22, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 5.0

Not perfect but nice

This was cute but I didn't get any sense of romance between the leads. I LOVE these actors but feel it would have been better cast with late 20s actors and that timeline. The characters were all pushing 40 and that wasn't in keeping with their actions. Also, why the leads were allowed to date for years, and then absolutely not just didn't make sense for me. But beautiful scenery and fun side characters. The setting was charming and it was never boring... it just seemed like a missed opportunity. But JCW is always lovely and I'll watch anything he appears in.
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Ongoing 4/16
Balticprincess612
3 people found this review helpful
Dec 11, 2023
4 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 9.5

Lovely, healing and heartwrenching

Lovely: the village folk, to see JCW reunited with his surrogate mom from Healer, the beautiful chemistry between the leads and their families.
Healing: the scenery, the ocean, how to deal with your first love when he/she is suddenly very much back in your life?
Heartwrenching: JCW looking at SHS and vice versa. So excited for romance to come (Back). Her backstory in Seoul. The sister with the kid - interested in her story!

I love it so far. Relatable emotions and great acting. I like both leads very much and the have great chemistry. Can’t wait for more.

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Ongoing 4/16
glance5900
3 people found this review helpful
Dec 11, 2023
4 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

wonderful

This drama was so highly anticipated and thankfully it delivered. Shin hae sun and her team more than delivered. She was in her all encompassing roles of acting versatility and range. The storyline may appear simple and down to earth but the delivery from all the actors made it so intriguing and so captivating. So pleased that year 2023 should close with a drama worth watching. Recently there are too many new releases that unfortunately showcase the actors visuals but failed to convince on their acting skills. Kudos to all members of wts team for such a great drama with genuinely brilliant acting prowess.

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Completed
CandKDrama
0 people found this review helpful
Jan 23, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Just a small story - one time watch

I would like to start with saying female lead was not perfect for this role. They should have casted someone else for this role(This is just my personal opinion). Writers try to include most aspect of one persons life in this drama which was nice. They tried to show us friendship and love. There was some unwanted storyline in this series which was dragging.
Jo Yoon Seo did a exceptional job. The way she acted as Bang Eun Joo, she was not acting, she was actually living the role. When she appeared on screen we will feel like going and kicking her.

Scenic beauty of the place that have shown in this dram is damn good.

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Ongoing 2/16
Kcdramamusings
11 people found this review helpful
Dec 5, 2023
2 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 1
Overall 7.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
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A Small Town Romance With Quirky Characters

JTBC’s latest offering “Welcome to Samdalri” is a decades long saga of friendship, lost love and reconciliation. Starring Ji Chang Wook and Shin Hye Sun in the lead roles of Cho Yong Pil & Cho Sam Dal/Cho Eun Hye, the show transverses their journey as they reconnect after eight years of separation. The first thing that I noticed about this show is the scenic beauty. Shot in the backdrop of the beautiful Jeju island, the show banks on the small town life and its busy yet nosy neighborhood. Set in Samdalri (which is native to both Cho Yong Pil & Cho Sam Dal), the drama focuses on their reconciliation as Sam-dal returns to her hometown when her career plummets and she is at her wit’s end. The pilot episodes were pretty decent at introducing the individual characters and their current lives while keeping their past shredded in mystery. There is a lot going on in the backdrop that we are unaware of and these invisible issues have been adversely affecting their relationship for almost a decade. Let’s sit down and dissect the finer details relative to this small town romance!

Read the complete article here-

https://kcdramamusings.wordpress.com/2023/12/05/welcome-to-samdalri-first-impressions/

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Ongoing 4/16
Tina1979
3 people found this review helpful
Dec 11, 2023
4 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

The best

It's one of the best And the drama. It's all you need to sit down and watch it now for the holidays wonderful romantic healing. A JCW amazing in his role great as always and never lets me down. All the actors are amazing and have chemistry.


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Ongoing 1/16
abh_reviews
10 people found this review helpful
Dec 17, 2023
1 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 1
Overall 3.5
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 1.5
Rewatch Value 1.5

The FL character is so problematic

Seriously the way the FL character is portrayed 6 episodes in is so problematic. I dont know if I should continue watching this until the end or just drop this right now. It is hard to accept that someone who worked her ass off to make a name for herself will just sit down and play the victim when she had every opportunity and resources to fight back. If its the mental health card that the scriptwriter is playing, it kinda feels unrealistic for me. Thankfully I find the characters around the FL entertaining - the male friend who owns the store, the niece, the gossiping ajummas.

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Completed
fer
2 people found this review helpful
Feb 15, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 2
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Power Rangers

Amo a vibe de Jeju, sempre assisto dramas que ocorrem na ilha e amei todos! O relacionamento da Sam Dal com o Yong Pil é muito lindo e divertido, vibrei muito por eles! Mas uma das coisas que mais amei foi a dinâmica dos amigos, os power rangers, todos uns queridos, mesmo com "triangulo amoroso" não atrapalhou na história e nem foi chato. As irmãs são umas queridas, o relacionamento entre elas mostrado de uma maneira bem real haha. O casal golfinho simplesmente perfeitos!

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Completed
Wawapunyacerita97
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 22, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.0

Salah Satu Drama healing terbaik untuk mengawali tahun 2024

Jajaran Cast yang bagus, Sutradara yang berpengalaman dan ScreenWriter yang sudah mendulang sukses di drama drama sebelumnya dan dieksekusi dengan apik menjadikan drama ini jadi salah satu drama yang istimewa.
Drama ini membawa kesan-kesan nostalgia "when the camellia blooms" bukan hanya saja lokasinya yang mirip pinggir pantai, tapi juga kebersamaan tetangga tetangganya yang suka julid tapi sangat peduli satu sama lain.
akting dari para pemain yang sangat baik dan totalitas.
chemistry yang dibangun antara samdal dan yong pil bener bener klop abis.
bukan hanya itu, tapi persahabatan yang dibangun sejak kecil bersama ketiga temannya yg lain,
hubungan ketiga saudara perempuan dan keluarganya juga dikemas dengan sangat baik.
bahkan hubungan antara ibu dan anaknya jujur sangat amat bagus disini, amazed sekali.
anak sekecil itu dapat memaikan peran sangat baik, benar benar mirip dengan Pil Go di when the camellia blooms dimana seorang anak dipaksa menjadi dewasa.
Bukan hanya jalan ceritanya yang bagus, Soundtrack lagu pengisinya pun enak enak didengar.
Menjadi Drama yang sangat amat wajib masuk watchlist bagi yang belum menonton.

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Completed
Lynnea
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 21, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Un cast sprecato per un drama piatto e superfluo

Quando ho letto di questo drama poco prima che iniziasse ad andare in onda, qualche perplessità già ce l'avevo. La trama sembrava già mancare di sostanza. Però c'era Ji Chang Wook, attore che apprezzo moltissimo, e speravo davvero di ricredermi, magari già dopo i primi episodi. E invece...
Invece no.
Qualche nota positiva c'è, e a volte è contemporaneamente negativa. Se da una parte l'ambientazione è diversa dai soliti drama, alla lunga stufa. E 16 episodio sono lunghi da trascorrere tra immersioni subacquee, previsioni meteo e i cortili di un piccolo paesino. Se Seul rappresenta la frenesia, Samdal-ri è un luogo placido e tranquillo, molto placido e molto tranquillo. Senza pretese, con il suo piccolo, ripetitivo e ordinario quieto vivere.
La trama ruota attorno al ritorno di Sam dal, autoesiliatasi per anni a Seul, e ora pronta a partire alla riscoperta di sé stessa. In realtà, il suo personaggio non mostra una particolare evoluzione e ciò che costituisce l'ostacolo che la coppia protagonista deve fronteggiare sono sostanzialmente il padre di lui, ostile alla relazione e in balia di un lutto che non riesce a superare, e la madre di lei, che con la sua boa a fiori tiene sostanzialmente ancorato Cho Yong-pil all'isola. Tutto qua.
Tasto dolente è proprio lui Yong pil: un personaggio inconsistente, un bravo ragazzo così esagerato da risultare tonto, più che sincero e genuino. Ed è stato davvero un colpo basso vedere un attore con il potenziale di Ji Chang Wook sprecato - e sottolineo sprecato - in un ruolo/drama che offre davvero così poco. Un attore tra i miei preferiti, ma i cui capolavori come Healer, K2 e Suspicious Partner sembrano ormai vecchi ricordi se paragonati agli ultimi lavori, dove finisce a rivestire i panni di protagonisti poco performanti in drama costruiti su sceneggiature che sembrano fin da subito non voler lasciare il minimo segno. Al contrario, ho apprezzato l'attore che interpretava il padre di Yong-pil, e anche la madre di Sam-dal (la mitica e indimenticabile Ahjumma di Healer).
La serie, dicevo, procede con quelli che vorrebbero essere dei piccoli colpi di scena ma che in realtà trasmettono ben poco, e si avvia verso un finale che lascia ancora qualche flebile speranza di veder decollare qualcosa, per poter dire che tutto sommato ne è valsa la pena di vederlo, tra alti e bassi. E invece no, nemmeno quello. L'ultimo episodio, se possibile, riesce solo a peggiorare la situazione: la tanto attesa mostra di Sam-dal si risolve in modo quasi frettoloso, certo i soggetti delle foto erano scontati, ma confidavo almeno in qualcosa di più toccante - mi sono chiesta per molte puntate che fine avrebbe fatto quel filo rosso, e invece è tornato ad essere una banale sciarpa inquadrata quasi per caso per una manciata di secondi - e gli stessi protagonisti e personaggi secondari sembrano non averla vissuta, figuriamoci chi sta dall'altra parte dello schermo e dovrebbe emozionarsi per riflesso. La puntata finale si consuma, minuto dopo minuto, nell'attesa di qualcosa che non ci sarà: le varie coppie si ritagliano una fetta dell'episodio per concludere le singole vicende, e ai protagonisti non resta che una breve, brevissima scena a dir poco insulsa. E sembra uno scherzo di cattivo gusto, ma lo spettatore a una certa non può che rassegnarsi al fatto che no, non c'è davvero nient'altro. E' tutto lì. Insipido e sbrigativo.
Qualcosa di apprezzabile, qua e là, c'è. Qualche spunto, qualche riflessione, qualcosa c'è. Ma è un qualcosa che doveva fare da perno centrale, mentre invece restano piccoli momenti che emergono da una trama spesso soporifera. Un drama superfluo, del quale non si sentiva la mancanza.

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toy
1 people found this review helpful
Apr 8, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Te amo Baekhyun de Jeju ?

Que delicinha de drama! Me lembrou muito a vibe de Hometown Cha Cha Cha que foi um drama muito querido por mim na época e eu estava buscando algo parecido há meses. Gosto muito de exes to lovers, acho que as pessoas precisam abrir mais o coração pra esse tipo de enredo e Welcome do Samdalri é um ótimo conteúdo para fazer isso. Amei os personagens e a complexidade do término deles. Os personagens secundários são ótimos também, principalmente os amigos de Jeju que tiveram suas histórias contadas e me fizeram gostar muito de cada um deles. AMEI o jeito como a história da Samdal e do Sangdo foi contada e como terminou. Achei de uma sensibilidade e verossimilidade incrível. Amei também o fato que eu passei o drama todo vendo o Baekhyun no ator do Yongpil!

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birulaut
2 people found this review helpful
Jan 23, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 5.5
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.5

Plot yang panjang dan berulang

Dua orang manusia yang telah putus cinta kembali bertemu selepas 18 tahun. Masing2 masih mempunyai rasa cinta tetapi permainan tarik tali berlarutan sehingga hampir semua episod dan membuat penonton rasa bosan serta hilang minat. Lalu perlu apa watak bu sang do jika memang tiada peluang dari awal. Saya terpaksa skip scene samdal dan yong pil kerana ia amat membosankan. Anehnya saya masih tidak ketinggalan apa2 cerita kerana scene yg di skip tidak memberi apa2 impak pun.

Drama ini hanya sesuai dijadikan drama 8 episod. Plot yang mendatar dan tidak berkembang serta berulang. Tumpuan hanya semata2 kepada ml dan fl. Dari minat terus tidak minat

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