Did not Meet Expectation
I had very big expectation for this Drama. I am very disappointed. I watched this show, all 7 episodes just for Kim Da Mi. If she was not in the show, I would have dropped it after the 1st show. I personally do not like shows with ton of flash backs. This show is littered with flash backs, which is irritating and annoying. I am not saying you should not have flash back in a show, there is a limit.Flash Back when they were 7-8 years old,
Flash Back when they were in High School
Flash Back when they were in University
Flash Back from few days ago
Flash Back from a day ago
Flash Back from few minutes ago
You get the point. Every Episode has it. Absolutely annoying.
This story so far has no suspense no pull so they are manufacturing it by slicing and dicing the scenes and jumbling them so the audience cannot figure out what's going on. I believe they have achieved it and ruined the show. The story is simple, sometimes keeping it simple is much better than the alternative.
The more I think of it, it is becoming more and more frustrating. What a Shame!
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I knew from the first episode this show probably was not for me. I kept watching because 'secret longing' is a favorite character trope of mine, and if this show had a defining theme it's 'secret longing.'
But, even all the yearning and pained glances, couldn't keep me watching this. The conflicts are highly typical from the school portion: 'failure to communicate' 'absentee parents' and 'being looked down for being poor' and the adult portion: 'failure to communicate' 'insecurities and jealousies regarding failure/success.'
There's a lot of nostalgia for their school years that feels unearned. Indeed the flashbacks pick moments from all five years of their relationship and yet don't show any relationship development. No stray touches or being able to communicate in an easier way; there's no sense that the relationship was ever lived in.
A five year 'everyday relationship' is more than studying and a few school pranks and awkward and stilted interactions. But that's all we got in five hours, five hours is double the length of a movie!
Perhaps for some, the warm familiarity and predictability paired with better budget and cinematography is enough. For me, it felt too much like drifting without a compass.
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Onu Gördüğüm de Anlıyorum
Onu gördüğüm de anlıyorum onu sevdiğimi,onu özlediğimi.Onu gördüğüm de sadece ağlamak geliyor içimden.Onu çok sevdiğimdenİşte bana bunları yazdırtan bu dizi sizcede izlemeye değmez mi ? Sonuna kadar değer.
Öncelikle oyuncuların kimyası çok uyumlu.Birbirine yakışan bir çift var.Ve her şeyden önce rolleriyle bütünleşmişler.Yaptıkları her davranış sürekli sizin içinizdeki bir parçaya karşılık geliyor.Dizideki en can alıcı şarkıyı da BTS'ten Tae(V) söylüyor.Aşırı güzel bir ost eee sonuçta en yakın arkadaşlarından birinin dizisi tabii söylicek fhjdfjd.Bu dizinin gerek yönetmeni gerek senaristi olsun bütün yazdıkları ve yönettikleri dizileri izleme isteği uyandırıyo insanda çünki gerçekten dizin çok farklı bir aurası var.İzlemey başlamadan önce kalbimi yoklayıp başlıyorum bölüme.Çünki dediğim gibi biliyorum içime işliycek her bir olay,her bir sahne.Nedense kız ağladığında bende ağlıyorum çünki bu ağlamalar çok tanıdık geliyor bana.Şey diyosun 'Sevince bak böyle oluyor insan'.
X: Galiba seni seviyorum.Biliyor muydun ?
Q:Bilmiyordum.O yüzden her seferin de hatırlat.
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What is so special in this story?
The idea of the drama is interesting, I managed to see the first 4 episodes, but, psychologically speaking, I saw an immature love, broken by the selfishness of the main heroine and the masochism of the main hero. Why the Korean public considered love in Nevertheless toxic, and here they feel butterflies in their stomachs, remains a mystery to me. She shows selfishness, expects to receive love without giving more than rarely, and he confuses attachment with love.The actors are good, nothing more to say.
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The Good:⌲ The documentary concept
⌲ The sequencing of the major plot points (first half is more melo, the second half more romcom)
⌲ The docu flashback scenes are the best.
⌲ The romance, mostly (It's way more magical in Hogu's Love)
⌲ The chemistry between the two leads
⌲ The brilliant acting (If ML did variety, he could dethrone YJS in a few weeks & the FL is also incredible)
⌲ FL's cute chubby face
⌲ The bickering
⌲ The weak love triangles
⌲ The last 5 minutes of the drama (Had they spent 1-2 episodes on that 3rd documentary, I would have given the drama a 10/10 rating for sure, flaws be damned.)
⌲ The mild melancholia
⌲ The visuals
⌲ Despite all the stupid foreshadowing the leads stay together after they start dating again.
⌲ The rewatch value should be excellent with some FW buttoning.
⌲ The low key good OST
The Neutral:
⌲ NJ (I'm suspecting the actress was portraying Sulli & that made me quite sad)
⌲ Let's be friends! (Horrible plot device, but the ensuing romcom moments were good)
⌲ There were some well acted, but underutilized supporting characters.
The Bad:
⌲ The writing is not coherent, this is especially obvious if binge watching. (yay live filming)
⌲ The reasons for the initial breakup (I would have accepted "pride", but they just had to put a noble reason spin on it)
⌲ The second ML's character feels misplaced & pointless. (Could have FW buttoned all his scenes for more enjoyment)
⌲ The last 3-4 episodes were sullied by the entire "French Architect School" plot. (Woong of all people is such a genius that he has become an architect/engineer in 2-3 years and then he went back to Korea to continue drawing for galleries and whatnot)
⌲ The story drags in the middle. (The writer pulled the breaks on romantic progress in jarring ways, because 16 episodes..)
⌲ The final episode is weak, sans the last 5 minutes. (It's not ruining anything, it's just whelming)
⌲ The audio quality is trash, don't bother with those planar headphones! (were all microphones bought at the 1$ store, then again even some of the songs sound horrifyingly low-fi, while some others are excellent)
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I strongly recommend watching https://youtu.be/yxGomiIUN8s AFTER you are done with the drama. (it's only 2 minutes long)
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Very sweet, very funny, and VERY SMART
This Drama was superb. Laugh out loud in so many places, but with real heart too. Most importantly, it was intelligent. Everything that happened made sense in its world. Characters behaved in ways that were credible for them, noone said or did anything stupidly out of character and there were no facepalm moments when the Drama caved to tropes to the lasting detriment of the show.The acting was as good as the writing. As much as I loved the leads, and the always excellent Park Jin Joo, I think the character/actor pairing that best encapsulated what made this such a remarkable show was Roh Jeong Eui's NJ. The character was fascinating, not at all a typical 2FL, and not a typical idol character either. Ms Roh delivered her part superbly, and I'll definitely be keeping an eye out for her in future.
The intelligence of the writing was also shown by the way it kept me guessing about the ending right into the final episode. Not only was it not clear how it would end, what was even more remarkable was that HOWEVER it ended, the ending would have felt right. I would not have felt cheated, frustrated or disappointed by whatever end transpired. Bravissimo!
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SO GOOD
this drama definitely raised my drama standards. I love how chill it was, yet dramatic and suspenseful. it had a nostalgic vibe which I love, and the plot was very entertaining and even though it was serious at points, there was still a lot of comedy and banter scattered through the show which made it even more enjoyable. the actors played the parts perfectly and had lots of chemistry. they were funny to watch which you don’t see much anymore! this drama is one of my all time favorites I 1000% recommend it!Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Good but not great
A good drama overall, it was entertaining, lot of funny moment especially at the begining. I like that the storyline is more mature and make us relate easily to the characters. Even if the fl character was annoying at some point. I like watching it and understand what went wrong in their relationship through lot of flasback from their past. I also like how it ended and for once the story didnt felt too long. Still at the end of the day it won't leave an unforgetable memory on me.✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️✳️
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This is such a feel good drama
I don't know why, but this is my all time feel good drama, that I want to watch when I'm sick,sad,tired or in need of something to lighten me up! I love this, I love story and the flow of it and all the characters in it ❤ no annoying parents, who always stick their nose into their childrens business, no unecasserary love triangle (there's a slight one, but it doesn't bother you most of the time ) Iwatch it , when ever there's nothing else to stream and I never get bored of it! So much love for all the actors and the story, they're telling!Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Our Beloved Summer
Just finished watch this Drama for the 3rd time. It´s so beautiful , one of the best for sure !! Main couple with wonderfull chemistry, lots of good suporting actors/actresses , beautifull OST soudtrack and photogaphy.The way the Drama takes care of the subject "love" it´s real and well done
The way the jump 10 years in time it´s very well done too. In both period of time tha interest of the story keeps the same good level.
Kim Da Mi is a top actress any part of the world. Choi Wook Shik it´s the perfect mate and wins a lot playing role with her (like in "The Witch")
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Just amazing
Very beautiful drama. One of my best rom/com dramas. There is love, hate, friendship, romance, everything. Such a great drama.I don't remember how I stumbled onto this drama but I am really happy that I found this drama.
The actors are great, very talented and the characters suit them very well.
if you are like me who enjoys rom/com dramas a lot then I highly recommend this drama to you. This drama fits really well in the rom-com genre. I would actually put this drama in the list of top 5 best rom-com k-dramas of all time.
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this drama is so pretty!
eveeeerything about this drama is so beautiful, honestly. it’s well-written, amazing soundtracks/osts, great casting and acting, wonderful scenery !!!<3 && our beloved summer proved to us that gentle, soft, and calm men are so attractive. they make you feel secured and reassured. they aren't boring and they’re usually deep and just by talking them eases all your internal worries! their aura overall just screams peace and comfort. huh i love kook yeonsu & choi ung sm! 🤍🤍🤍our beloved summer will always have a special place in my heart
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