A GOOD DRAMA WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER
I had high hopes for this drama, because I am an athlete myself. The show started out really strong and there were many defining moments that I can think of where the show went against the norms and clichés and stood out and even portrayed and touched on social issues. The female lead was specially mesmerizing, and the other cast members and characters were also good. But with all of that being said, the show slightly misses its mark in the second half, and there were some parts which felt unnecessary. Some things at the last few episodes felt like some lazy writing which was neither here nor there. But despite some small blunders, the show doesn't fall apart, and it finished strong. Overall the show was a good experience. It is obviously flawed and it isn't a masterpiece, but it is GOOD, which is good enough. It could have been better, but then again it also could have been worse. Is it a must watch? NO. Would I recommend it? YESEsta resenha foi útil para você?
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Drama about self-care & personal growth
This drama is everything I wanted and more. I started this drama because I wanted a feel-good. It has given me so much more!« You just focus on what’s in front of you and do things step by step »
In this drama, romance is not the primary theme. Yes, we know it is present, but the focus is more on the characters' personal growth.
The hero is not talking much at first, but slowly, he opens up to our heroine. We could say that he is a damaged hero because of his dysfunctional family, he never had the opportunity to do what he wants with his life and was a puppet for his father’s political career. Despite his hardships in the past, the hero remains a pure and humble soul. He does not hesitate to ask questions and to look for information when he does not know something.
Personal growth : The heroine asks the hero reflective questions. He thinks about them and looks for answers in the course of the story. He learns little by little to love himself and to put himself first in his life
Romance : Communication & great chemistry of our main couple, slow burn
I particularly liked that the second couple was different from usual. The chaebol girl is not insufferable like in many other dramas.
This is not a usual drama : new twists and unexpected turns. I love it. When watching a drama, I enjoy stereotypes, but also being surprised. Here, I was surprised more than once.
OST: good.
Major Themes:
- self love, self discovery, fighting for what you want, ‘adulthood crisis’, personal growth
- trust, social awkwardness, adapt & overcome,
- violence in sports, bullying,
- dysfunctional family
Minor Themes: sexual orientation, bribery, orphans
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A Pool of Delicacies
I think this was one of the most comfortable watches I've ever had.It was a pleasure watching all the characters interact with each other. Everyone was unique. They differ so much from your usual drama stereotypes, that I was always excited to see what they were doing next. I never got frustrated about things and there was not one boring moment. Why? Because every character had an interesting approach towards their acting partners, whether it was the ML with the FL, or the ML with the SML, or the FL with the SFL or the SML with the SFL. Or with everyone else who showed up, for example, the FL's best friend/colleague or the secretary of the SFL. I was able to sit back and relax and wait for new fun moments.
Especially Ki Seon Gyeom. Im Shi Wan gave him such a special touch, that it feels difficult to see anyone else doing it. He's always so pure and looks innocent, but when it comes to face serious situations, he shows an unknown backbone and strength.
Shin Se Kyung. I know she's an either hate or love actress for many people. Well, let me tell you that she was lovely in this. Her acting was harmonious and well balanced with Im Shi Wan.
My secret favorite though was Kang Tae Oh (SML). Damn, that man. I'm in love. I've never seen someone as charming as him. I can't even describe how much I looked forward to his scenes. Whether it was with his love interest or Im Shi Wan or... well, anyone else. He was the light in every scene.
The sole a*** in this, the only one, you could possibly get angry with was the ML's father. Well, someone had to play the devil, right?
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Parfois courir vite n'aide pas à prendre des décisions rapides.
Beaucoup de très belles idées avec à chaque fois un côté négatif qui les freine :
1 - Le rapport parent/enfant qui tend à se débarrasser de la servitude confucianiste, mais le personnage des pères est si caricatural que ça fausse le jeu.
2 - Même remarque également entre le député et sa femme, celle-ci affirme que sa vie lui appartient, et la sortie du mari répondant « ta vie ne t’appartient pas, c’est moi qui la possède, tu es là pour servir ma carrière » est trop brutale, excessive. De plus ces scènes sont isolées les unes des autres dans l’histoire, sans qu’un climat familial continu puisse les soutenir.
3 - Un des personnages fait son coming-out, ça c’est assez nouveau dans un drama de ce type, mais le personnage est assez falot et secondaire, ça passe presque inaperçu. Pourtant, joint à l’affirmation homosexuelle déclarée d’un acteur étranger qui arrive sur le tournage avec son ami, ça fait quand même un bon début d’ouverture !
4 - Les réflexions de l’héroïne sur le choix entre amour et travail sont justes, très réalistes, mais malheureusement ça donne lieu à de longues scènes d’hésitations, de fausse rupture, et comme les dialogues sont assez confus, on ne comprend pas tout de suite ce qui la motive.
Pour les dialogues, je regrette beaucoup de ne pas comprendre le coréen, la traduction m’a paru souvent confuse, je comprenais tous les mots mais difficilement le sens général ! C’était peut-être plus clair en anglais, j’aurais dû essayer.
5 - Ce drama permet la découverte du dessous de la vie d’une équipe sportive, le harcèlement autorisé implicitement comme « discipline » de seniors sur un junior. Là aussi c’est quand même énorme ! le gamin se retrouve à l’hôpital, et on l’accuse parce qu’il a enfin parlé ! Et on ne sait rien de ce qui arrive à ses bourreaux ! Par contre très intéressant de voir l’acharnement de Yim Si Won à sortir de l’influence de son père, du système de népotisme qui gangrène apparemment les recrutements ! Intéressante aussi la vue de la vie d’une agence, d’une équipe de tournage et surtout le rôle de la traductrice de sous-titres, permettant aux films de franchir les frontières.
6 - Les dialogues sont intéressants et justes, avec des pointes d’humour, mais parfois ils se perdent dans un marécage de « parler pour ne rien dire »difficile à suivre…
7 - Quelques ellipses qui nous font parfois nous demander où on atterrit, et pourquoi… ça nuit au rythme de l’histoire, qui traîne et accélère d’un coup…
Par contre très belle photo, bande son discrète et plutôt jolie…
La fin : je comprends quand on m’a dit qu’il n’y en a pas, et c’est très justement vu, car dans la vie il n’y en a pas non plus, sauf le départ définitif vers l’au-delà (ou ailleurs…) Le scénariste a voulu, je pense, rendre cet effet de continuité de la vie qui ne s’arrête pas comme par miracle sur une rupture ou un mariage… D’ailleurs personne ne parle de se marier, sauf le père dans sa vue archaïque de l’utilisation de l’institution dans son propre intérêt .
L’héroïne a une très belle phrase : « Ne soyons pas déçus de ne pas nous comprendre(toujours), on s’en tient à ce qui est possible ».
Ceci est d’une grande sagesse, mais exclut totalement la passion.
Quelques personnages secondaires sortent du lot : le secrétaire du député qui n’en peut plus de la bassesse de son patron et qui démissionne, ça c’est rare ! en général ce sont vraiment des âmes damnées prêtes à tout, celui-ci est humain !
Le secrétaire de la directrice d’agence qui la protège discrètement, avec un humour sous-jacent. Mais son histoire d’amour est complètement rajoutée, comme dans la volonté de caser tout le monde à la fin !
Le héros principal est parfait : aisance, naturel, sincérité, Yim Shi Won est parfait ! Les autres aussi, dans leur interprétation, s’il y a des problèmes ils viennent de l’écriture du scénario, et peut-être de la traduction ! Mais il y a une belle unité de jeu, pour les principaux personnages, certains seconds rôle sont plus artificiels et mal intégrés dans l’histoire.
Ce drama aurait pu être une pépite, mais il est passé à côté par la longueur des tours et détours des personnages pour en arriver à prendre une décision. Dans la vie aussi, il faut du temps pour se décider, mais là 5 ou 6 épisodes à avoir le c… entre deux chaises, soit le 1/3 du drama, au moins, c’est trop long !
Mais je n’arrive pas à dire que je n’ai pas aimé, et comme je ne suis pas arrivée non plus à le virer en cours de route !
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Athletic and media company couple
If you loved Weightlifting fairy Kim Bok Joo you'll definitely love this. Its Athletic and its a double couple romance and it doesn't drag in regards to the story line. The Romance between the second leads is more of the romance genre than the first leads but theres still something there. What i love is that the male lead is relatable which isnt the case in most dramas, most of the time the female lead is the most relatable. Its a happy drama so theres no big dramatic scenes but both Male lead defos capture hearts!!Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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The ML is one of the greenest flags in Kdrama history. (2nd watch)
The ML was such a kind and nice person from the get go. He had a hard time expressing himself sometimes but once he understood things he avoided making those same mistakes again. And we could hardly call them mistakes.The FL was nice and all but the the ML stole the show. The 2nd couple were more interesting than the FL, but she was a good partner for ML. Seeing them together makes me feel so warm and happy. The 2nd couple had a breakup that wasn't really needed. I'm not even sure if they ended up together as a couple or just friends. The guy clearly likes her but they spent some time apart and he might have gotten over it. They obviously share some affection but its hard to surmise from the scenes after they met again if they were going to try being together again.
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Those beautiful words that melted my heart
I watch all my series at double speed because I am not bored at all. I watched this series at normal speedThis series was very good and lovely for me
I loved every single character, I loved Sun Geum's acting and Mi Joo who was always by his side 😭😭
Every moment of this series was sweet for me, I love it very much and it became very dear to me 😭
Those beautiful words that melted my heart
I also really liked the ending
Spoiler
A good ending for all the characters
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Ran out of ideas by the end
This show was one to watch if you were invested in the characters and not the plot, which in itself was lacklustre and often created conflicts that were immediately resolved. There were important themes of learning about yourself and recognising your own importance, but there were also episodes that meandered on with convenient conflicts created by characters misunderstanding each other for no reason. There was no real sense of urgency or tension towards the end because ultimately, everything was wrapped up quite early. The focus of the story that would have captivated viewers was the relationship of the lead duo over any actual in-story developments. That becomes a problem when you run out of ways of tearing the couple apart just to bring them back together ten minutes later. The cute chemistry the lead duo had aside, this show really struggled for me at times.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
PLEASING AND BEAUTIFUL
A slow constant pace romantic story.About the main lead they really are beautiful and they really grow much specially the male lead. The main lead story is quite constant ig. Not very fluctuate much the father is the only cause of trouble. The moments are good also.
But for me the stellar show is the supporting male and female lead. Their story is more greatly written than the mains. Their chemistry is more eye catching to see. The way they develop their feeling there scenes are really eye pleasing to see. Their unfortunate Breakup and their again reunion is loved to see. Somewhere This overshadowed the main story, Somewhere I looked forward their story then the main lead. They somewhere Show their emotions than the mains which makes their story more beautiful. Just only one thing that the ending can be somewhere more pleasing In the supporting characters point of view.
One thing I really disappointed with they story is that they make many plots or side story but they did not explore at all.
• Supporting FL illness, they make unnecessarily (I think) or goes untouched because that does not go to the later plot makes the thing a bug for the viewers because their story is more beautiful to see.
• From my thinking the Supporting female leads brother can be more engaged in the story like they can show more screen time with other characters and more interaction.
• The sister of the main lead is also can be more explored because she played an important part here.
Other than that, the overall story is very top notch and mature the music and production is also great.
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Lift Your Burden Off, Run On
Though understanding the plot's dynamic well to judge a story, I feel like the plot in the drama is almost inexistence. It feels like showing growth in a slow-paced diary with minimum turn points, but oddly...that what makes Run On attractive. Its light pace makes me not attached much (also a minus point in a way) and the vibe is warm. I am interested with the job represented in the movie as an interpreter and translator. The accuracy of the jobs mentioned might not completely true but I am glad to see the up and downs. Generic in a way yet very close to home.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
THE WRITERS MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY.
I loved how the chemistry grew between Mi-Joo and Seon-Gyeom throughout the show. However, I think the writers missedthe opportunity to add more backstory for all of the characters (Especially, Mi-Joo). It felt like they fit a fairly miniscule amount into 16 hour-long episodes. I've definitely seen other K-dramas where they fit a lot more into that amount of time without it being too much.
That being said, it was still a good K-drama. If those issues were fixed, it would be an 8.5 (possibly a 9.0 if they did it well) instead of an 8.0.
P.s. I might be a little biased toward the show, since I want to be a translator in the future.
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Hidden Diamond
omg the ending is AMAZING. ive never seen a drama that did this type of ending but im IN LOVE. it just adds to this dramas charm.the way shin se kyung acted wasnt my favorite but ive changed my mind about her after this drama. maybe its bc i find her acting so diff but bc this drama is so diff as well, they just fit
ive nvr seen im si wan’s work before but now i can see why hes so well known. His acting is AMAZING. Their chemistry had sparks flying off the screen for me.
one thing that really made this drama stand out was their dialogue. it was so weird and different, blunt but confusing AND I WAS HOOKED. i was so confused as to why even the subtitles didnt make sense to me but i got used to it and it added to the charm.
the whole story itself was beautiful, the friendships, relationship, problems, solutions; everything was so relatable placed in a different situation from a normal life.
I would def recommend this drama, definitely rewatch to see their chemistry and understand their dialogue even better. Even till the end it was still so confusing to me.
DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE LGBT REPRESENTATION THAT WAS AMAZING. they didnt use a stereotypical gay character but what an actual gay character living in korea would be like and i LOVED IT
the girls relationship was absolutely endearing, love and hate, i dont think ive seen a drama w the type of relationship they had in this one
they tackled problems about career paths, relationships and not just the cliche type of issues, lgbt issues, teenage issues, parent issues
dont even get me started on the first couple of episodes, it was so addicting
the only reason why .5 is off is bc i still barely get the dialogue even tho that was my favorite part of the whole drama
SPOILER: i absolutely adore the first and second couples AND THEN A THIRD ONE COMES IN AND I CANNOT EVEN ANYMORE
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