JohnnyRobinson
Springfield, MO
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Feel sorry for future of (character) Lee Hyun...
I believe that this was the perfect length (6 episodes about 15 minutes each) for this series; but, in saying that, had they spent more time with characters' background stories we might have felt more sympathy/empathy for the way these four characters interacted with each other.
The two girls and one guy are seeking fun, and fun only, while one of the boys is mesmerized by the carefree lifestyle the other three exhibit but finds it hard to emulate that lifestyle himself.
It doesn't beat around the bush but goes straight in the first scene to one of the couples talking about what "FWB" means on the dating app both are using. The boy is taken back by what it means, but is interested in what the lifestyle entails.
I agree with stawbewii, in that this mini-series is about the "modern way of dating", but I really feel sad for Lee Hyun (Kim Yi Kyung) in the future, and to a lesser extent, Kim Jae Ha (Oh Dong Min). They both are headed to a sad and lonely future.
In America today, 99% of the women want the top 1% of the men. If this is an example of modern Korean dating, they are headed for the same tragic results, as American women are beginning to experience!
I was surprised after the series continued about the relationship between Ahn Ji Young (Shin Bo Ra) and Lee Hyun (I didn't see it coming!). I have nothing against the lifestyle but didn't anticipate it earlier in the film.
After about a month of "sex without commitment", Lee Hyun tells Kim Jae Ha near the end of this month that she is supposed to obey his rules when coming to his house, but he never goes to her place, ever! She was feeling that the relationship was one-sided, in his favor.
What Lee Hyun didn't know at the beginning of her affair with Kim Jae Ha was another surprise that ultimately not ended their month-long affair but also caused the four friends to split later on!
No one in the complex relationships wanted to "give" anything to the other members to which they were having sex or a relationship, which tends to make any relationship unfulfilling for all concerned; Kim Jae Ha said it best in the last few minutes of the series, "I noticed that I had to give up on my ways when I like someone." That is precisely what happens when two people start any relationship, and if you don't give up some of your "ways" there will be no relationship soon!
The cinematography was limited, since the dark streets and loud nightclubs set the ambiance the film sought, but for the length of this movie, wasn't bad at all! The director can be forgiven for a limited use of light and location for this mini-series. The entire film happened in a bar, in Kim Jae Ha house, in briefly in the girls apartment, a two brief scenes outside of the bar and on a pedestrian overpass outside of Kim Jae Ha house.
The chemistry was good between the actors, whose characters were supposed to fall out of favor with each other, and the unlisted support cast did a good job as well keeping the mood of the film going.
I downgraded my opinion for this mini-series for a) insufficient development of the characters and b) the attraction between the main male and female leads seemed too forced and artificial at their first meeting, as if it was part of a script or something (pun intended)!
RE-WATCH VALUE: 60% yes - 40% no.
This series is available for free on Dailymotion, YouTube and MyAsianTV.
The two girls and one guy are seeking fun, and fun only, while one of the boys is mesmerized by the carefree lifestyle the other three exhibit but finds it hard to emulate that lifestyle himself.
It doesn't beat around the bush but goes straight in the first scene to one of the couples talking about what "FWB" means on the dating app both are using. The boy is taken back by what it means, but is interested in what the lifestyle entails.
I agree with stawbewii, in that this mini-series is about the "modern way of dating", but I really feel sad for Lee Hyun (Kim Yi Kyung) in the future, and to a lesser extent, Kim Jae Ha (Oh Dong Min). They both are headed to a sad and lonely future.
In America today, 99% of the women want the top 1% of the men. If this is an example of modern Korean dating, they are headed for the same tragic results, as American women are beginning to experience!
I was surprised after the series continued about the relationship between Ahn Ji Young (Shin Bo Ra) and Lee Hyun (I didn't see it coming!). I have nothing against the lifestyle but didn't anticipate it earlier in the film.
After about a month of "sex without commitment", Lee Hyun tells Kim Jae Ha near the end of this month that she is supposed to obey his rules when coming to his house, but he never goes to her place, ever! She was feeling that the relationship was one-sided, in his favor.
What Lee Hyun didn't know at the beginning of her affair with Kim Jae Ha was another surprise that ultimately not ended their month-long affair but also caused the four friends to split later on!
No one in the complex relationships wanted to "give" anything to the other members to which they were having sex or a relationship, which tends to make any relationship unfulfilling for all concerned; Kim Jae Ha said it best in the last few minutes of the series, "I noticed that I had to give up on my ways when I like someone." That is precisely what happens when two people start any relationship, and if you don't give up some of your "ways" there will be no relationship soon!
The cinematography was limited, since the dark streets and loud nightclubs set the ambiance the film sought, but for the length of this movie, wasn't bad at all! The director can be forgiven for a limited use of light and location for this mini-series. The entire film happened in a bar, in Kim Jae Ha house, in briefly in the girls apartment, a two brief scenes outside of the bar and on a pedestrian overpass outside of Kim Jae Ha house.
The chemistry was good between the actors, whose characters were supposed to fall out of favor with each other, and the unlisted support cast did a good job as well keeping the mood of the film going.
I downgraded my opinion for this mini-series for a) insufficient development of the characters and b) the attraction between the main male and female leads seemed too forced and artificial at their first meeting, as if it was part of a script or something (pun intended)!
RE-WATCH VALUE: 60% yes - 40% no.
This series is available for free on Dailymotion, YouTube and MyAsianTV.
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