Busque: WWW (2019)

must-watched 2019 drama

i binge-watched this movie 2 weeks ago, wondering myself why it wasnt high-rating in korean.
love how they combine technology, public relation and politics to make a such good movie.
sometimes, you even find the competition between 2 search companies more interesting than the love story of m/f lead. but i do suppose that their viewpoints and so on in love are so realistic, no unpractical and sugar-coated.

the fashion is so damn coooooool. you can also clearly see the filming technique had nothing to discuss about. angles and colors of any shoot are perfect!!!!

to conclude: a must-watched drama

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Until last year, I lived in Silicon Valley, where I had friends working at Google, Yahoo, and virtually every other tech giant. This drama totally sucked me in by finally being about a group of people I could relate to. The work conflicts they faced were very real to me. The fact that women were shown as the ones in power was a huge plus. I never like the music in dramas, but even the music here was excellent.
The acting was outstanding, and in spite of focusing on the female leads, there was plenty of male eye candy to keep one happy. Overall, this was the most engaging drama I've seen in a long time. Bravo!

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Se juntas já causam, imagina juntas.

Search WWW é um dorama sobre 3 grandes mulheres trabalhando em plataformas de pesquisa online e que no século da internet, constroem suas carreiras de sucesso enquanto enfrentam os conflitos do trabalho e de seus relacionamentos. O kdrama é protagonizado por Bae Ta Mi, Song Ga Kyung e Cha Hyun, e apesar de ser categorizado como romance, a história é muito mais que apenas o casal principal.

Logo nos primeiros episódios, já é abordado sobre o poder que os mecanismos de pesquisa possuem e como isso impacta diretamente na vida das pessoas, em especial figuras públicas. Mais do que apenas uma fonte de informação, a internet se torna uma ferramenta muito poderosa, tão cobiçada a ponto de ser um ambiente de interesses políticos.

Em um cenário sensível como esse, é de se esperar personagens que se mantêm neutros para evitar consequências graves, certo? ERRADO! Para o bem ou para mal, temos protagonistas que atuam ativamente na trama, e isso se dá por um ponto muito interessante da história: personagens com ‘’ personalidades fortes’’, a ponto de ser até um pouco difícil gostar delas no começo. Enquanto Tammy é capaz de tudo para alcançar o 1º lugar, Scarlett é cabeça quente e a Song Ga Kyung parece compactuar com coisas que nós normalmente iríamos repudiar. Entretanto, isso só faz com que seja muito mais interessante acompanhar a jornada e o crescimento de cada uma delas. Com sinceridade, não dava nada pelo Ga Kyung mas ela me surpreendeu na reta final.

Assim, a história encontra espaço para falar sobre a relação entre trabalho e vida amorosa, expectativas que a sociedade tem sobre mulheres e o casamento, além de dar indícios de uma personagem bi ( não vou me ater sobre isso, mas que é HeadCanon é). Search WWW também é se preocupa em propiciar cenas de empoderamaento feminino, com personagens epicamente fodas. Aliás, se tem coisa melhor que ver a Scarlett toda estilosa metendo a porrada em uma assediador por favor me avisem.

Opa, quer dizer que essa é uma história sem defeitos, aclamada e perfeita? Bom, não é bem assim...

Meu único problema foi o desenvolvimento do casal principal. Em meio a tudo que estava acontecendo, o relacionamento dos dois era praticamente irrelevante para mim. Parte, porque achei que não tinham muita química. Cenas envolvendo a Ta Mi e a Cha Hyun tinham muito mais tensão, e olha que elas nem se gostavam! Assim, alguns episódios ficaram meio arrastados já que estavam focando muito na Ta Mi e no Park Morgan. E mesmo que a história se utilizou disso para abordar alguns aspectos da personalidade dos personagens, acho que acabaram dedicando tempo demais nisso a ponto de que certas partes ficaram bem chatinhas.

Além disso, o desfecho do relacionamento deles também não foi muito satisfatório, e para não dar mais spoilers, achei bem previsível. A questão é: eles eram mais interessantes quando estavam sozinhos, e o vai e vem no decorrer dos episódios sequer gerou uma resolução no conflito que envolvia o casal. Em suma, faltou tempero.

Mas nem tudo está perdido! Porque os nossos secundários apareceram para reacender a esperança no amor. Eu fiquei a-p-a-i-x-o-n-a-d-a pela relação entre a Cha Hyun e o Ji Hwan, a forma bonitinha como eles foram de completos desconhecidos a amigos e depois namoradinhos me enche de alegria. Eu sou meio suspeita a falar isso por gostar demais dos atores - Lee Da Hee e Lee Jae Wook -, mas com sinceridade, tenho certeza que não foi só por isso que o casal me cativou já que os dois personagens eram uns amores quando estavam juntinhos. Ai Gabi, só quem viveu sabe.

No fim, o dorama tem muito mais acertos que erros e super indico para qualquer um a procura de uma boa história sobre mulheres fortes, além de ter um final bem impactante, acredito que vocês não vão se decepcionar.

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Messy plot with bad romance

This show is everywhere. It’s so messy. It’s has a bit of corporate slice of life, artsy film, rom-com, social commentary, philosophical discussion about internet ethics, government corruption, feminist agenda, corporate greed, terribly spoken English, arranged marriage, terrible parents, and random English names. I know I’ve left some out but you get the point.

Wow. That’s quite a list.

None of it is really offensive except the main couple’s romance and random English names.

First, the romance. There’s no chemistry at all. And you constantly wonder what Morgan sees in Tae-mi. She doesn’t have much going for her except that she’s the main character of the show but Morgan, who is 10 yrs younger, keeps on pursuing her. Why? She keeps rejecting him but he’s persistent. Their time together is the worst part of the show. They spend most of their time together talking about how their relationship can’t happen. On and on and on. It’s slow and ridiculous. But Morgan comes back for more every time. And the romance scenes really messed up the pacing because when they ran out of corporate ideas, they would just interrupt the flow and insert slow and dull romance scenes.

I know Koreans are obsessed with English. But, wow…. Nobody, I mean, nobody wants to see these actors speaking in terribly memorized English. It’s so embarrassing for them. People outside Korea are watching these shows. Please stop. Stick to Korean. There’s no shame in speaking your own language. And the company Tae-mi works for uses random English names instead of titles??!? When the characters call each other in broken English, it is so jarring and disruptive. Sigh. It took me a minute to snap out of these name callings and get back into the show.

I think the three main characters themselves were acted and casted well. Tae-mi and Scarlet played off of each other well and their scenes were funny. I liked the way their relationship progressed from untrusting rivals to love-hate friendship. I wish they showed a bit more about why Director Song became what she is other than she’s married into an evil rich family under an evil mother in law. Especially, how ruthlessly she was treating Tae-mi. And how all three seemed like they were all friends at the end didn’t make sense considering how evil Song had been to Tae-mi. Maybe they made up off screen.

The supporting characters were great, especially, Tae-mi’s team members. I wish they spent more time on them instead of needless romance scenes. I didn’t care for the YouTube girl. She didn’t add much to the show.

I wish the show’s main subject matter of internet ethics was explored more. It was fascinating to me, especially, in the age of big techs with agendas controlling who sees what. But at the end of the day, it was only used as a backdrop and ended up being a black and white issue with the government being the bad guy. Let’s get more creative with bad guys, please.

Another show with an interesting premise that was hurt by trying to be all things to all people. I wish the writers would just stick to their guns and just tell a story they wanted to tell.

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Trois beaux destins de femmes, chacune sur son chemin.

J’ai passé un excellent moment devant ce drama, pour deux raisons :
La première, c’est un drama de femmes, ce sont elles qui mènent la danse, prennent les décisions, font des choix de vie qu’elles imposent, qui réussissent à se débarrasser des carcans de la tradition, du poids de la famille… Et même le traditionnel chaebol, figure tyrannique au cœur dur, est aussi une femme, incarnée par Ye Soo Jung, plutôt vue en général dans le rôle de la gentille grand-mère !

La seconde raison, c’est l’excellence de l’écriture pleine de finesse, d’humour et d’intelligence, surtout dans les relations amoureuses, des dialogues et du scénario, et la conception des personnages, réalistes, sans caricature, ni angélisme ou manichéisme. Les relations entre eux sont intelligentes, touchantes, amusantes, parfois grinçantes et même haineuses.
Les trois couple principaux sont très différents, celui de Tamy et Morgan se partage entre un amour puissant et un problème de choix de vie qui va les amener dès le début à remettre sans cesse en cause leur relation… Le fameux « je t’aime mais je te quitte » est ici parfaitement expliqué, compréhensible, justifié et n’est en aucun cas le ressort habituel prétendant à créer un faux suspens dans le dernier épisode… Vont-ils rester ensemble ??? la question se pose, la réponse qui n’en est pas une est donnée avec justesse et finesse… C’est le premier drama style « romance » que je voie où les deux passent la nuit ensemble dès le premier épisode (et pas seulement à discuter, vous pouvez me croire ! ) et où cela ne règle pas la situation, façon « bon, c’est réglé, on passe à autre chose ». Tamy remet sans cesse leur relation en question (âge, choix de vie,…) et cela donne des scènes aux dialogues savoureux et drôles, où la sensualité est bien présente, sans fausse pudeur bébête.
Le second couple est celui de Ka Kyung et Jin Woo, mariés parce que les familles l’ont décidé, et Ka Kyung veut se libérer de ce faux mariage. Elle devra s’opposer à sa belle-mère, la terrible chaebol et à ses propres parents, et c’est son mari qui va l’aider. C’est une très jolie relation que celle-ci, entre une femme que la vie a rendue dure, froide et apparemment insensible, et un homme qui semble être pareil, mais au fil du drama ces murs vont se fissurer, et cet amour qui refuse de dire son nom est particulièrement touchant .
Le troisième, c’est celui de Cha Yun qui va rencontrer par hasard un jeune acteur débutant, Seol Ji Whan, qu’elle va prendre d’abord sous son aile, puis l’amour fait son apparition… C’est le couple le plus proche du traditionnel couple romantique habituel, sauf que là aussi c’est la femme qui en est le personnage principal.
Ce drama à mes yeux est un grand pas en avant dans l’image que ce genre de spectacle donne de la vie coréenne. Par exemple, les employés et cadre de l’entreprise se donnent des noms anglo-saxons, afin de pouvoir se parler sans les fameux honorifiques et ignorer le sacro-saint mythe de l’âge !! Vous me direz qu’ils pourraient le faire sans changer de nom, mais les changements se font progressivement !
Et non seulement les femmes du drama se libèrent, ou sont déjà libres, mais les entreprises elles-mêmes, sous l’impulsion de leurs dirigeants, cadres et employé, s’opposent à la puissance politique et à celle d’un conglomérat …
L’interprétation est excellente, j’étais ravie de voir Lee Da Hee pour une fois rire, sourire, dans un rôle drôle et sympathique, mais mon Dieu que cette femme est maigre !!! C’est impressionnant ! Pareil pour le plaisir de voir Jang Ki Wook ne plus plier sous le poids d’un lourd passé, ou d’une vie de ténèbres, mais lui aussi, rire et sourire (très agréablement) et même parfois il écarte cette frange épouvantable qui lui descend jusqu’aux yeux !!! Et lui a gardé (pour l’instant) ses joues, n’a fait refaire ni sa mâchoire, ni son menton et a gardé le visage typique coréen !

Pour finir l’OST est vraiment bien, les chansons jolies et surtout on ne les comprends pas…

Le défaut, c’est celui de pratiquement tous les dramas coréens, c’est la longueur, et par moment on aimerait que la réalisation se presse un peu ! Un mot sur la réalisation, tiens ! Elle est très étudiée, très raffinée, sans tomber dans la mièvrerie et le maniérisme (juste au bord parfois !) avec des cadrages originaux, du travail sur l’image jouant avec le flou et le net, et la profondeur de champ…

En conclusion c’est un bon drama, distrayant, aux personnages attachants et à l’histoire originale sortant des sentiers battus !

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Not for me

Story:
Was boring for me. Sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's too much comedy. As a very emotionally intense person, I enjoyed the serious scenes.

Acting:
The actors did a good job on the serious, intense scenes.
The character, Scarlett, stood out the most to me because she is a person that shows great character and great morals. I am really impressed by her morals when it comes to friendship and being civilized at work when she has to work with Bae Ta Mi. Not a fan of her chaotic side, but her soft side & her logical side really got to me.

Music:
I am somewhat a fan of the OST.

Rewatch Value:
I am a person selfish with my time, so I rarely rewatch shows. If I were to recommend people to watch it though, I would highly not recommend others to watch it.

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Traditionalist/romantics may not like - those that like "woman power"/don't need a man might

7.5/10 is my rating. What has become apparent in the modern world is how information can be manipulated to suit the agenda of powerful businesses and political figures. Bae Ta Mi (Im Soo Jung) finds herself caught between the ethics of a free public domain and the pressures brought to bear on the companies that provide Internet search services. After dedicating her youth to a company she helped to build to the top search engine, she is chosen as the fall person in a high stakes political inroad. She ouththinks/outsmarts the political players only to lose her job.
Distraught over being stabbed in the back by someone she thought of as a friend and mentor she goes to play a video game to burn off some steam. She is very competitive and used to winning at everything so when she loses the game to Park Mo Gun/Park Morgan (Jang Ki Yong), she finds the younger man intersting enough that their encounter develops into a one night stand. Park Morgan sees things differently, he has for once encountered someone he find unforgettable and decides to pursue this elusive woman whose life focus is on her career.
Park Morgan is the CEO of a company that composes music for Video Games, a part of the industry Tae Mi is involved in, so they encounter each other frequently. Meanwhile, the top competitior knows that Bae Ta Mi has the skills they need to beat Bae Ta Mi's former copany in ranking, after all she is the one that has kept the edge over them all these years. Theyg recruit her to help their company surpass and finally come out on top. This is a slice of life in the high stakes world of internet search engines with three women determined to make their mark in the industry. Can modern women really have it all?

Spoilers* I liked this but did not love it. I learned a lof in the slice of life of internet search engine industry - things I had never thought of. I really enjoyed that aspect. What I was watching it for though was the romance and that fell a bit flat. I thought the Park Morgan character was literally the perfect boyfriend/romantic partner but Bae Ta Mi was somewhat flat and cold as a character. He showered her with love and affection and I felt like she spent more time closing herself off emotionally than returning the love he so freely gave her. Others have commented, and I have to agree, that her constant emotional distancing became tiresome and it made me feel sorry for Park Morgan and feel he might be better off without her. I might have felt more sympathy for her character if they had revealed what happened to make her emotionally distant but they never did - she just was. I found the side romances more interesting than the main romance. But even those would get irritating at times. Scarlet (Lee Da Hee) was so insistant she was only a fan of Sul Ji Hwan (Lee Jae Wook) who was a rising actor, but that luckily turned the corner before it became annoying. However, when they finally came together and it turned out he was up for mandatory military service her fatalistic attitude about their relationtship was excessive. Bae Ta Mi's former mentor and major rival, Song Ga Kyung (Jeon Hye Jin), was living a miserable life in an arranged marriage under the thumb of her "evil" mother-in-law. It was apparent though, that her husband, Oh Jin Woo (Ji Seung Hyun), was in love with her and that she was with him. They were actually well suited for each other. He took responsibility for all the heartbreak and bad treatment she suffered and was willing to do nearly anything for her. I really wanted to see the two of them figure it out and reconcile sooner. None of the relationships resolved in anything that was long term. The main leads basically agreed to disagree and just let's see what happens in the future. But they broke up over that before so there was no feeling that anything resolved. Scarlet's boyfriend was still in the military and there were no promises made that she would wait for him. And CEO Song divorced her husband and was traveling and had "disappeared" from public life. There was a Thelma and Louis type ending where all three ride off into the sunset together in a show of strong women/solidarity so I suppose if you were more for the strong business woman element you might find that ending satisfying. I am a more traditional romance/happily ever after ending so I did not find that rah rah go women moment rewarding.

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O poder das mulheres

A Song Ga Kyung é uma personagem extremamente interessante de se assistir, muita coisa acontecendo na vida dela, e que você não sabe que rumo vai tomar, eu gostei muito, muito, muito.

Bae Ta Mi como uma mulher adulta e de negócios simplesmente incrível, mas sempre que ia pra história do romance travava muito na minha garganta por que certas atitudes e decisões foram difíceis de engolir, e achei que ela e o Park Morgan no final terminou como começou sabe, eu não senti uma conclusão ou desenvolvimento de fato.

Scarlett é engraçada, justa, brava, é um sopro refrescante na trama diversas vezes, e é muito engraçado de ver ela sendo fofa e apaixonada kkkkk. Apesar dela com o Seol Ji Hwan serem super fofos, eu também ficava tipo "porque vcs mulheres são super adultas fodas e inteligentes no trabalho mas aqui vocês não conseguem ligar A com B AAAAAA". Eu fiquei tão agoniada pra eles ficarem juntos logo pq tava na cara que eles se gostavam e não tinha um motivo forte pra não se declararam. Tipo, você não pode se apaixonar pela fã ou se apaixonar pelo seu ídolo e a relação crescer? Foi complicado isso também pra mim.

Eu achei algumas coisas principalmente em relação aos romances extremamente arrastado. Particularmente não gosto quando os doramas colocam nos últimos episódios um dos protagonistas pra sumir depois de se separarem no penúltimo e volta nos minutos finais, é frustrante pra mim, confesso.

Mas, o modo como esse dorama coloca mulheres de diferentes tipos, mocinhas, vilãs, jovens, idosas, ricas, pobres, chefes, empregadas, é tão massa, o modo como mostra a independência, mas também a dependência em alguns casos, o poder, a capacidade delas, as rivalidades, mas também as amizades é muito bom de se assistir. E a última cena é gratificante de ver.

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Search WWW é um drama com uma ótima produção (fotografia, OST condizente, figurino) e diálogos bem construídos.

Os dois primeiros episódios foram tão bons e interessantes que parecia uma produção Hollywoodiana. O drama me manteve entretida até os eps. 10-11, depois disso o ritmo cai drasticamente... o que foi realmente uma pena, poderia ter mantido o ritmo.

Notável como o drama se esforçou em mostrar um ponto até então pouco explorado em Dramas Asiáticos: mulheres que estão em uma alta posição na carreira como profissionais respeitáveis no mercado de trabalho. Teria sido ótimo se tivesse parado por aí... infelizmente a forçação de barra feminista não conseguiu deixar a história legal até o fim. Não fiquei satisfeita com o desenvolvimento da vida pessoal da protagonista, sinceramente foi de nada para lugar nenhum... queria que mesclassem o sucesso de sua carreira com o da sua vida pessoal também.

No final, não sinto que valeu a pena assistir, não faria diferença alguma se eu não tivesse assistido a este K-drama, a protagonista (Bae Ta Mi) não cedeu em nada, quem teve que ceder foi o coitado do Park Morgan e todos sabemos que um relacionamento onde um dos envolvidos não cede nem um pouco é um relacionamento fadado ao fracasso.

Termino dizendo que SIM É POSSÍVEL para uma mulher ter sucesso na vida pessoal e na profissional ao mesmo tempo, aqui no Ocidente temos vários exemplos disso.

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Glad I watched until the end

When I first started watching Search: WWW I thoroughly enjoyed it. Towards the middle the romances that were developing were somewhat frustrating. However, once I let go of wanting the leads to stop with their angst and get together I was okay.

I loved the surprise ending. Seeing three strong career minded women able come out on top without compromising their integrity was a win win for me. The best payoff was getting back at the mother in law. It was difficult as I watched the daughter in law be treated as the MIL’s dog; and satisfying to also watch the dog bite its master.

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