What are the chances that this C-drama is genuinely good and worth my time, instead of just being another collective fangirl meltdown over the cast and the huge production budget?! 🤔
It would have worked much better as a series. It's not bad and still manages to be emotional, but narratively, things happen far too quickly, without proper development.
PS: The female lead looked absolutely gorgeous and charming in this movie..
These first episodes are so bad that they're actually hilarious. It feels like the script was taken straight out…
I tried, but I just couldn't get into it. From a technical standpoint, I have no complaints; however, the writing and narrative fail on an absurd level. The show doesn't even work as entertainment. Dropping it and moving on to watch "Twenty-Five Twenty-One" was definitely the right decision.
It was a bittersweet journey, because this is not the story of a love that overcame every obstacle; it is the story of a love that was real, sincere, and deeply transformative. And sometimes, those are the stories that feel closest to real life. By the end, I was reminded of a song: "Every love seems like a bed of roses in the beginning, but sooner or later a tear may fall. Love burns like a flame, spreading through dry straw, consuming everything faster than we expect. To love is to dream, and to wake up afraid of crying. When a great love is born, we feel capable of anything. Yet it is an illusion to believe that life will always be beautiful, filled with colorful stars and free of thorns along love's path..."
And of my own story. i was 23 and she was 19 when we met for the first time; i was 25 and she was 21 when we spoke for the last time. a few months ago, in the rain that came after an intense heat, to refresh and wash the earth, i finally threw away the bus station receipts-silent witnesses to the many times i traveled there to see her. today, i keep only a single photograph of her. this story is about to turn ten years old. it was a short relationship, and after it there were other relationships and other attempts. but, as the famous saying goes: "Some people stay by our side for years and, when they leave, it feels as though they had never existed. Others pass through our lives for only a moment, yet leave a permanent mark upon our soul."
These first episodes are so bad that they're actually hilarious. It feels like the script was taken straight out of a teenage girl's diary during that dreamy phase of life. What a dreadful piece of writing.
2 episodes in and I guess Bo Ra is just supposed to be unlikable. Every scene with her just annoys tf outta me
At first, she's really annoying, but if you stick with it, she eventually stops being that way. It's not like she turns into an amazing character, she just stops acting like an idiot.
Maybe I’ll end up eating my words in the future, but so far, only the late 80s/early 90s vibe and the soundtrack…
Personally, my opinion hasn’t changed that much. It’s a drama with great isolated moments and, unlike other extremely overrated dramas that I consider bad as a whole, with Reply 1988 I can understand why it is so highly praised - mainly because of the strength of those specific moments, the nostalgic atmosphere of the 80s/90s, and the entire journey built around them. Even so, I still find it difficult to believe that most people truly understood the full narrative strength of the work, especially when much of its impact seems to come far more from the feeling of familiarity and nostalgia than from the narrative execution as a whole. That said, it is definitely not bad, but it is not a masterpiece either.
P.S.: I found Seong Seon U’s relationship with his Bo Ra more interesting than most of the romantic relationships in the drama overall.
P.S.2: Aside from the scene with Bo Ra’s father’s letter at her wedding, the best scenes were the ones involving Kim Seon Yeong - those were the moments that genuinely moved me emotionally.
P.S.3: Kim Jeong Hwan was a far more interesting and layered character than Choi Taek.
P.S.4: In the end, Deok Seon never truly chose anything; she was always the one being chosen and simply accepted it.
Maybe I’ll end up eating my words in the future, but so far, only the late 80s/early 90s vibe and the soundtrack are carrying this, because the story has been pretty disappointing...
Provavelmente essa parte, tudo relacionado a essa relação, interação e obviamente, o próprio personagem não tenham existido na vida real. Acho que só foi pra dar mais peso narrativa.
2 - O desespero de uma mãe."Mamãe, do fundo do meu coração, eu sei que você sempre acreditou em mim.…
O adeus aqui faz referência à parte final do episódio, onde ela finalmente encerra o ciclo com o senpai dela, com o esporte que tanto ama e consigo mesma.
PS: The female lead looked absolutely gorgeous and charming in this movie..
And of my own story. i was 23 and she was 19 when we met for the first time; i was 25 and she was 21 when we spoke for the last time. a few months ago, in the rain that came after an intense heat, to refresh and wash the earth, i finally threw away the bus station receipts-silent witnesses to the many times i traveled there to see her. today, i keep only a single photograph of her. this story is about to turn ten years old. it was a short relationship, and after it there were other relationships and other attempts. but, as the famous saying goes: "Some people stay by our side for years and, when they leave, it feels as though they had never existed. Others pass through our lives for only a moment, yet leave a permanent mark upon our soul."
P.S.: I found Seong Seon U’s relationship with his Bo Ra more interesting than most of the romantic relationships in the drama overall.
P.S.2: Aside from the scene with Bo Ra’s father’s letter at her wedding, the best scenes were the ones involving Kim Seon Yeong - those were the moments that genuinely moved me emotionally.
P.S.3: Kim Jeong Hwan was a far more interesting and layered character than Choi Taek.
P.S.4: In the end, Deok Seon never truly chose anything; she was always the one being chosen and simply accepted it.
"Obrigada"
End
"A realidade é tão cruel, tão rÃgida. Não posso nem ao menos sonhar. Só de imaginar o futuro as lágrimas escorrem. Não consigo ver nada além da escuridão. Apenas meus próprios gritos ecoam em torno de mim."
"Asou-kun, nós não compartilharmos mais o mesmo mundo. Eu tive um sonho e nele eu podia caminhar, correr e me movimentar livremente, parecido com a época em que te vi pela primeira vez, mas hoje eu tive outro sonho e nele eu estava nessa cadeira de rodas, eu estava com essa doença. Eu queria muito aceitar meu corpo como está agora, mas do fundo do meu coração, talvez eu não consiga aceitar, mesmo eu estando assim agora. - Aya
Não sei o que o futuro reserva, mas o que eu sinto agora é 100% real, não é uma mentira. Pra mim, se você falar, não importa o quão devagar seja, eu ouvirei com atenção. Se não puder falar no telefone, virei até aqui pessoalmente. Se você caminhar, não importa o quão devagar sej, eu caminharei junto. Talvez agora eu não posso fazer nada, mas talvez algum dia eu possa ajudar você. Mesmo que não seja igual antigamente, estamos ligados por esse sentimento. Não acho que nossos mundo sejam diferentes. - Aso Haruto"
Provavelmente essa parte, tudo relacionado a essa relação, interação e obviamente, o próprio personagem não tenham existido na vida real. Acho que só foi pra dar mais peso narrativa.
"Se eu olhar para o céu quando eu cair, até mesmo hoje, posso ver um sorriso sem limites passando por esse céu azul. Eu estou viva."
"Eu gosto do som das bolas que ecoam pelo ginásio. Da sala quieta depois da aula. Da paisagem que se vê da janela. Do piso de madeira no corredor. Das conversas em frente a sala de aula. Gosto de tudo. Talvez eu esteja só incomodando. Talvez eu não esteja ajudando ninguém. Mas, mesmo assim eu quero ficar aqui. Afinal, esse é o lugar ao qual pertenço."
"Apesar de ter me machucado com esses olhares sem coração, percebi que também haviam olhares de gentileza. Por isso, eu não irei fugir. Assim eu seguirei, sempre."
"No céu azul, eu vi as nuvens brancas flutuando graciosamente. Eu não direi que quero mais voltar no tempo. Vou viver aceitando o que sou agora."
"Quero construir uma máquina do tempo e voltar ao passado. Se não fosse por essa doença, eu conseguiria me apaixonar e não dependeria de ninguém para viver."
"Porque essa doença me escolheu? O destino não pode ser explicado em palavras."