Mais Que Amigos (2020)

Frustrating to watch

The series shares similarities with the concept of 'strangers again'. Initially, I found the male lead highly detestable, which is a rare occurrence for me. However, my dislike for the female lead at the end of series, although present, did not reach the same level of aversion as my feelings towards the male lead in the beginning. This show is ideal if you're looking for a self-torturing experience, as you may find yourself wanting to punch the male lead in the face due to his obliviousness to the harm he causes and his selfish behavior. On the other hand, I found the second and third couples to be quite enjoyable, with the third couple taking longer to become romantically involved.

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Why people don’t understand the Male Lead, but should.

Lee Soo (Played by Ong Seong-wu from At Eighteen)

More Than Friends (2020) is about a woman who is friend-zoned by the ML Character for 10 years, starting with High School. Lee Soo is so hated by so many viewers as obnoxious, selfish, and self-centered and this character earns these strips by his actions (seemingly). This is one Korean drama where the Second Lead is the overwhelming favorite to get the girl by the viewing public. Why do I feel that this character is misunderstood? His actions are a result of his childhood trauma. The parents of Lee Soo got divorced when his was a kid. They hated each other. After divorcing, the parents got along more civilly. Lee Soo was schooled about romance from the bad example of his parents. They got along with each other as long as they were not married. This fostered the notion in Lee Soo that it was better to be friends with the one you love. The girl in question (FL) never picked up on this, and neither did she see all the endearing ways all through their lives where Lee Soo secretly helped and rescued her, because he did so behind the shadows. Is it not true that our first example of love, affection, and romance are parents mostly, as a good or bad example? I was so in tuned to this character. This is one of my highest rated Korean dramas. Others score this drama lower, maybe in part because they don’t fully grasp the character.

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Comedia del absurdo. aun así MUY MALA.

Llegue a esta serie siguiendo a Ahn Eun Jin, después de ver su trabajo en The One and Only. su primer papel principal. Algo aprendió tres series después, porque su papel en esta bodrio (MTF), es tan malo como el del resto.
Soy fanático del cine coreano. En un arte en que los coreanos se dan todas la libertades para desarrollar sus fantasías, normalmente salen bien parados, con galanura.. No me había topado con una serie tan mala como esta.
Los actores principales, no son creíbles. Creo que la dirección de Choi Sung Bum no les ayudó en lo mas mínimo a desarrollar sus personajes. No tiene éxitos este director y ya sabemos porque.
Basados en un pobre guion, casi inverosímil, de Jo Seung Hee, todos andan perdidos. Pareciera que en los 10 años de relación de los protagonistas, jamás se hablaron. Escogieron este momento, que se esta filmando, para comenzar a decirse las tonteras mas grandes, en las situaciones mas absurdas. Los encuentros, rupturas y reencuentros entre los principales van y vienen, con llantos y caras tristes, de todo el elenco principal.
En cuanto a Ong Seong Wu (que hace de Lee Soo, el novio) muestra una expresión pétrea como su carácter en la década previa. Lleva un sus hombros una carga invisible que no conocemos, eternamente con el seño adusto. La misma expresión que en su participación en Moment at Eighteen. Parece ser su especialidad.
La novia Kyung Woo Yeon, estelarizada por una limitada Shin Ye Eun (creo que perdida sin las indicaciones de un director competente) sufre los 16 capítulos por nimiedades e incomprensiones de todos los demás. Todos la regañan incluso la torpe madre. Llega a tener un nuevo novio Ohn Joon Soo, protagonizado por Kim Dong Jun, a mi entender el mas experimentado de los actores. Las historia girara entre estos dos enamorados varios capítulos, aburriéndonos a los espectadores con frases y mas frases profundas, a esta altura de todos los participantes del drama..
La sucesión de miradas perdidas en el espacio y momentos de meditación, parece hacerse interminable.
En mi opinión el guionista no encontraba la forma de cerrar el drama. La imagen de Woo Yeon, la novia, se me cae cada vez mas de edad, cerca de los 40 años.
De pronto desde el infinito la novia comprende que ama al novio (Lee Soo) en el cina con el postulante Joon Soo quien le da el "ultimo" sabio consejo (de cientos), luego sentados en el parque, se despiden.
Luego viene el esperado reencuentro con ellos comenzando un jugueteo que podria haber sido mucho antes.
De ahí en mas cada frase de ella me parece mas falsa y estúpida.
¡Bochornos fin! Crea que deberé ver algún otro film de Shin Ye Eun, para recuperarme de la pésima impresión que me produjo en el capitulo 16. Todo falso y sin lograr entender que pasó con todos las parejas. ¡Ahora felices!

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don't watch it for the romantic part.

I will be short. ik few people liked this but I just rewatched it and I cried a lot. it isn't everyone's cup but this drama is beautiful. it's sad. it's funny. is creepy. it's like life. just the end was like in dramas cause it got happy. don't look just at main couple, take it as a full thing. I loved this drama because it's explaining and it is detailing all the bad and good things that are happening. Ik the main couple are kind of toxic but don't let me start with all the kdramas couples that are like 10 times worse. I could see myself in them and in every character. I didn't watch this for the romantic part. I watched it to see how hard is life actually. and to remind myself that I am not lonely and that good things are going to happen. or not. but be prepared for all of them.

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hmmmmm, something wrong with FL's decision making skills

was totally liking the first half, until ep 11 happened.... how could Soo beat all those efforts of Joonsoo? Logic vs Emotions... :( started this thinking that dongjun would at least be "treated fairly", but only saw his character being truly happy in only 1 episode... but i like the secondary couple younghee-hyunjae, i think that their relationship is wonderful even if with ups and downs.. agree with some comments that FL had no pride, but not sure if her "so called love for soo" justify those decisions... i usually rate dramas based on how they made me cry, and 2 out of 3 times I cried was for younghee-hyunjae couple... the other time was when wooyeon hugged joonsoo after namsan...

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MISUNDERSTANDING

-First things first , I'd recommend this Dorama to beginners , since the story is simple and easy to follow , the leads are beautiful and the scenery is awesome too.

-One thing that I liked was that Oh Jun Su the CEO and Shin Hyun Jae (Kim Young Hee's boyfriend) were GENTLEMANS yes , with capital letters , if I was the CEO I would've gone crazy and lost all patience dealing with Wu Yeon that despite all the things she went through with Lee Su she still chose him, the same with Hyun Jae, with her girlfriend and her mom, one thing i learned from them is that you have to fight until the end for the things you love , sooner or later we'll come through.

-I liked the kiss scenes and there were some that I really liked , for example Lee Su hugging Wu Yeon from behind, i usually don't see those kind of scenes in Doramas , and I thought that they'd lack chemistry but for me they didn't and Man if it wasn't for that misunderstanding when Wu Yeon went to meet Lee Su at the Tower ( that I don't remember the name) this Dorama would've ended in 10 episodes hahaha, also, when Young He's mom passed away it really touched me

-I don't remember very well but at the beginning I thought the CEO would have a story with the girl that was engaged or something like that , it's like an unfinished business.

-For me is not a waste of time , i liked it overall, if you don't have nothing to watch you can give this one a try, the first episodes are really good.

Thanks for reading ( if you did) XD

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What is annoying about the female lead is that she starts to like the boy because her friends kept insisting that he liked her. Then she confesses to the boy when he is going to the US to study like she is giving him such a gift and gets angry at the boy for not liking her back and she wallows in misery for years keeping in touch. He comes back for a visit and goes to see her and she confesses yet again and then she tells him she can't be friends at all because he has no feelings other than friendship with her and it is his fault she has not had a successful relationship. I found her to be pathetic, very mean and over the top with her anger at him. He was never anything but honest about just wanting her to be a friend. Words hurt and her constant response to him to leave and go away - how could she not know that they would hurt. The fact that she has never tried to empathize with his circumstances which makes me question her affection for him as she has no idea who he is inside. I did appreciate the acting and the characters chemistry with each other.

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Worth the watch despite many negative reviews

This is one of the dramas I binge watched within a few days time. Despite the negative reviews and low ratings I gave this drama a try because I'm a sucker for friends to lovers trope. I got emotionally connected to the drama by the end of the third episode and then it was a compulsive binge watch for me.
What I liked - the flawless complexion of the cast, beautiful ambience, suitable OST, even the costumes of the female lead which made her look elegant and yet simple and sweet. Both ML and SL were so handsome and played their roles well. The friendships among the FL and her besties were quite authentic and the way the various side stories were interwoven kept me invested in their lives as well. One side story was a romcom track by itself and felt cute. The other was too much sadness and the girl was really irritatingly self pitying it felt so frustrating as to why the professor would continue to be in love with her despite how closed off, Secretive and full of pride and selfishness she is. This couple had almost as much storyline as the main couple.
Coming back to the main couple, they had good chemistry at places where they were yet to become a couple. But once they actually became a couple the chemistry felt a bit lacking. I would have expected lot more emotions from the FL for someone who was in love with a person for ten years, and her actual behavior when they became a couple fell short of expectations. The ML is a complete sweetheart once they are a couple and i couldn't understand how such a loving couple who came together after so many years could break up so easily via a phone call. The last 4 episodes were dragged out and full of cliches and yet somehow watchable because by then i had invested interest in all the characters of the show.
Lots of philosophical statements on love and relationships all through. Some relatable and some cliched yet somehow relevant to the tone of the drama.
I also liked that the second ML was good but somehow made not that likeable compared to the ML, so it wasnt really a frustrating love triangle in the real sense and we always know to whom the FL's heart belongs.
What i didnt like
The FL was very open and communicative during the first few episodes about how she felt. But in latter episodes she became closed off and shy in the actual relationship and it felt unnatural. That she would contemplate being the one to initiate a break up felt unreal. The ML has the opposite character development - from zero empathy to becoming a sweetheart over time.
Too many eye rolling cliches in the final few episodes.
Too much Melo for the side characters mom's story - it was just too sad and dragged out.
Overall I would say it was still a good watch for me personally because it got me invested in the lives of all the characters and kept me involved in their world. Yes it was frustrating here and there but then so is real life!

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i’m being generous when i say it’s a 5

the only thing i like about this drama is the face of the male lead and this drama does not do justice to the trope friends to lover like i don’t know it’s like they don’t know each other at all how where they even friends back in high school 😭 i can’t even have second lead syndrome here cause the second lead also starts doing weird stuff istg. a total waste of time. i went into this hoping a nice youth to adult life drama but it basically makes me wanna rip all of my hair out?? like maybe the best couple of this drama was her friend who had a ten year long relationship but even that wasn’t really good

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The Story Has A Deeper Meaning

It's really about finding oneself, understanding oneself, and loving oneself in order to be able to accept, love, and commit to another person. It's also realizing that relationships are not perfect. Long-term relationships can be off and on, up and down, go through valleys and be sky high. For relationships to stand the test of time, one has to accept each other in good times and bad, and be willing to go through the valleys together to try and come out on the other side still together. In other words, relationships are work.

The series is the story of two people trying to not only figure themselves out, but also figure out their relationship, and how they can navigate life and stay together. They both make a lot of mistakes, but it is in the persistence, and that they keep trying again that they learn how to keep the relationship moving forward.

The secondary storylines were good as well. Especially the relationship between Young Hee and Hyun Jae. From very different backgrounds, this caused a lot of insecurity in Young Hee. She tried to cut him loose as she felt bringing darkness into his life was unfair. But, dang, he just stuck with her time and time again.

The main plot and sub plots play out over and over again. To a certain extent, it makes the drama boring. However, the same scenarios happening over and over again are needed to show the journey of discovery these young people are on. However, some of the characters behavior was exaggerated in typical Kdrama fashion. The males are so besotted with the females, they just fall all over themselves to please the girlfriends. While it would be nice if this were realistic, most of this can just be chalked up to the typical fictional Kdrama male. It definitely sells the story, but guys like this don't exist in real life.

It ends well with all the couples happy and together. The soundtrack was good. The scenery was good. Overall, it was a good series.

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Awesome drama

1st don’t pay attention to all the negative reviews! I almost passed this up due to that fact and boy am I glad I did not. I watch Kdramas all the time so I am not new to this. Forget that it has some cliches in it and just watch it as a stand alone drama and you will enjoy it. Forget that the ML seems cold and stuck on himself at 1st and take into account his childhood. EVERYONE did a fantastic job of acting, the OST was very good and I personally liked the plot but know I am a complete romantic at heart so I can also sympathize with the FL and her emotions. 2nd FL was a bit annoying as to how she treated the 2ML sometimes but still could not dislike her just wanted to shake her at times. Last couple of episodes are tear jerkers but the ending wrapped up nicely. Bottom line, this might not be for everyone but it most certainly does not deserve the bad reviews it has gotten, I loved it! Take the time to watch it.

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