Really fun and vibey film from the 90s. Really great bromance with natural chemistry, unquie camera shots, unexpected storylines, and complex characters made this a very fun watch.
I was intrigued by the unique concept, but ended up skipping a lot (all the explicit scenes.) The leads had really interesting characters with different perspectives, issues, worries, and conflicting emotions of what they want/need/love/thought they loved. The husband having severe depression and acts of self-harm could've been been delved into as well. Each character had traits to make them extremely realistic and 3 dimensional, but sadly most of the run time goes to the explicit scenes, leaving out a lot of character development and relationship growth. The leads had good chemistry and looked at each other with such warmth that it felt real, but there weren't many moments of them learning to love each other. Even with the ending, we don't get to see if the husband gets the proper psychological help that he needs or not.
I honestly didn't enjoy this much. Friends to lovers is one of my favorite tropes, but this drama felt quite lackluster and forgettable. The directing is simple, the filter, lighting and costuming is sterile, the characters are flat, and there are too many side characters and they all have very little screen presence or charisma on screen. The only good thing were the talented leads, but the relationship felt awkward and stilted. They match/pair well, but they don't really have much chemistry.
There were many moments to showcase character depth with the secret behind the FL's change, the parents marriage issues and inferiority complexes, etc. But they're all plot devices that are thrown in and quickly discarded instead of layering them and doing so with nuance.
Could have been a meaningful story about greed, capitalism, dissociation with reality and "normal" people after becoming famous, etc. But instead it was really illogical and just didn't make much sense. If you're too busy thinking about how dumb something is, it's pretty hard to take a surface level moral seriously.
I love these genres of dance! This'll be so fun to watch! They should have Ten, Winwin, Kai, etc as guest stars with backgrounds in ballet, jazz, and chinese traditional dance.
It starts confusing, stays confusing but gets interesting then ends with an explanation I didn't see coming. Genuinely fun, surprising thoughtful, and they were super cute as a couple.
This was okay. The pacing was a bit off and it was hard to care for surface level characters. Bright is beautiful and charismatic as always, but his acting wasn't very convincing in this. He seems to be better fit for lighthearted and comedic genres. Yaya was amazing as always, but her character didn't make much sense. Especially her actions in the end, there's no view from her perspective about her struggles, her strength to continue, or why she forgave the ML. Overally 7ish for me. I haven't seen the other versions, but this may not be the best one to start with.
Harumichi giving up so easily was so strange and it seemed out of character. The way he was written gave us the…
I also felt it was odd. I feel like the time skip was there for dramatic effect, but all it did was slow the story down. It would've made sense if harumichi chose to wait to go after yae out of respect towards his ex-finance. Maybe he needed to move on from that after letting that love go, then going back for yae after finding himself. But instead, it was just she likes me, who cares if that's what I've wanted for 20 years?
I also would've felt a closing with the mother would've added to the story too.
It was good, but it could've been so much better. I'd say it was only about a 7.75/10. Down below is my unpopular…
I simply didn't feel connected to the characters. In order to care for characters going through different experiences and situations, you have to have care for the character themselves. We need time to learn about a character, their personality, their perspectives, and their connections with others. The story started right away and didn't really feel like we got to know the characters, their growth, or how they changed from youth to adult.
Seeing two cute teens have a pure and simple puppy love doesn't eqaute to life altering, years long vying for them. Yes all love is valuable, but they never showed why their first love was so meaningful, it felt cute, innocent, and more like crushes. We needed to see more warmth, understanding for each, friendship, small moments, and love rather than like. It just didn't make sense why the ML would think of a 3ish years long girlfriend for 20 years then dump his long-term girlfriend of 7 years? We needed to see more to make the years have more weight and value when compared to the love he experienced in those 7. Instead it kinda felt like the typical guy marries girl while his heart was with another and cheats with his first love, it's literally been in so many stories, but it's like we got to see the other side.
It felt one-sided as well. The ML has felt for her for 20 years, but we never see how she felt without him. Like when she forgot her memories, there was no moment of her saying that she felt something was missing, that she felt a saddnes that she couldn't explain, etc. When she meets him again, she doesn't talk about feeling oddly comfortable, familiar, and safe with him. She doesn't feel an instant connection or a compellion for him. It feels like she just has a little crush.
They just didn't take the time to develop the characters, their emotional growth and reasoning, or relationship growth as they met. Also, they didn't have much chemistry? The young actors felt believable and the mother-son relationship felt genuine. The adults just seemed a little flat together.
Just because a show has mature topics does not equate to there needing to be mature content. Producers do not need to show minors in such extremely explicit and graphic scenes, it's simply not needed. We can infer what happened without having to show minors like that. It's just weird for adults to even want that to be show. So producers please stop being so weird.
The show is good, there's a lot of points that they didn't touch on though. During the trial, they could've mentioned that the sharing of those photos could count as child p***ography, stalking, taking photos without consent, forced labor on minors, invasion of privacy, etc. Even if the ban stayed, the principle definitely would have had to step down after such extreme and inappropriate demands.
That was absolutely beautiful. It is simple a love letter to life. It is an exploration of culture, traditional life, and what it means to connect with nature. The story is about appreciating what surrounds you, realizing how precious people and things are, and simply seeing how beautiful a slow life can be.
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Also Jung Jae and Woo Sung look amazingggg
There were many moments to showcase character depth with the secret behind the FL's change, the parents marriage issues and inferiority complexes, etc. But they're all plot devices that are thrown in and quickly discarded instead of layering them and doing so with nuance.
The taiwanese version is absolutely beautiful. Please watch that version before this one.
I also would've felt a closing with the mother would've added to the story too.
Seeing two cute teens have a pure and simple puppy love doesn't eqaute to life altering, years long vying for them. Yes all love is valuable, but they never showed why their first love was so meaningful, it felt cute, innocent, and more like crushes. We needed to see more warmth, understanding for each, friendship, small moments, and love rather than like. It just didn't make sense why the ML would think of a 3ish years long girlfriend for 20 years then dump his long-term girlfriend of 7 years? We needed to see more to make the years have more weight and value when compared to the love he experienced in those 7. Instead it kinda felt like the typical guy marries girl while his heart was with another and cheats with his first love, it's literally been in so many stories, but it's like we got to see the other side.
It felt one-sided as well. The ML has felt for her for 20 years, but we never see how she felt without him. Like when she forgot her memories, there was no moment of her saying that she felt something was missing, that she felt a saddnes that she couldn't explain, etc. When she meets him again, she doesn't talk about feeling oddly comfortable, familiar, and safe with him. She doesn't feel an instant connection or a compellion for him. It feels like she just has a little crush.
They just didn't take the time to develop the characters, their emotional growth and reasoning, or relationship growth as they met. Also, they didn't have much chemistry? The young actors felt believable and the mother-son relationship felt genuine. The adults just seemed a little flat together.
The show is good, there's a lot of points that they didn't touch on though. During the trial, they could've mentioned that the sharing of those photos could count as child p***ography, stalking, taking photos without consent, forced labor on minors, invasion of privacy, etc. Even if the ban stayed, the principle definitely would have had to step down after such extreme and inappropriate demands.
Oolgami/manhwa
My yankee fiance-manga
put the trash in the trash can-manhwa