This drama got me hooked the most
I have been a kdrama fan since the start of the pandemic, and I would follow the release schedule and watch episodes as soon as they're released. I've had shows that got me curious about the next episode so I rewatched them a couple of times before the finale. But never have I had the need to actually reflect and process the story until The Interest of Love came.When it was first released on Netflix, I thought it wasn't worth watching. But I gave in and was glad to "binge-watch" 4 episodes in one seating. I was immediately hooked! At first I thought it was similar to Our Beloved Summer in a sense that it's a start-of-the-year summer drama with a really cool OST, but set in a bank. But there's more to that.
I have probably rewatched the entire series up to the current episode (14) at least 3 times already, and here are some of the things I love:
1. It's super uncomfortable to talk about class disparity, but that's the reality. Opportunities are never equal, and more often than not, the rich would easily get what they want without much struggle: education, network, career opportunities, promotion, material things, and even a relationship. The lower your social class, the harder it will be to achieve a comfortable life. Further, it's a huge challenge for those in the lower ranks to be accepted by those on top. Power tripping, impossible criteria, and even unfounded gossips will be thrown at you.
2. It's difficult to understand love and the dynamics of relationships. I tried to dig deeper into the characters and found that their past (including family background, events, experiences etc) defines who they are right now and why they react this way. I read somewhere that the characters in The Interest of Love definitely need a therapist to start with their healing process, because they are all broken at one point. Just like all of us need healing first before being in any form of relationship.
3. The decisions the characters make are very frustrating. While watching the first few episodes I always thought, why did this person choose another lover? Why did this guy suddenly have a girlfriend when finally the one he wants has just broken up with her boyfriend? Why did this guy marry another, then regrets leaving his ex immediately after the wedding? Just like reality, we often regret our decisions immediately after making them, but just choose to stick to it for convenience.
4. I love how symbolisms were peppered across the series. Circle (of life), cigarettes, coin, car, calendar, food (ramyeon vs porridge, offering food and accepting it as a sign of accepting love or forgiveness), even the references to the novels and classical music. During my rewatches, I often had to pause and reflect as to the meaning of what they said. Even the characters' names and meanings reveal a lot about their decisions.
5. The actors are all amazing! From the main leads to the support, they all deliver and exceed expectations. I even had to drop everything that I was doing just so I can process the emotions I felt through the actors! This drama does not require exaggerated moves, but the smallest gestures and voice modulation of all the actors really hit the spot!
6. The cinematography, music, editing, etc are all intelligently done. The reason why I'm so hooked to this drama is because of the emotional attachments that were built up by this team of geniuses! Ep.13 is my favorite because I can still remember how my pulse rate kept on raising through the episode with all the plot twists and revelations! No wonder that episode also gained its highest ratings, thanks to the build-up towards the end of Ep12 that kept us wanting for more! Heck, there was even no preview of the next episode at the end of Ep14 but everyone's still curious as to what will happen at the finale.
I find it hard to move on to another kdrama after being immersed in The Interest of Love. Before, I can easily watch a handful of series at a time and move on easily, but whenever I watch something lighter I miss watching TIOL and end up rewatching a scene (or the entire series) all over again!
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Waste of time
Look this is the most frustrating drama all times. Just watch the first episode, and the last and maybe in between the kiss scene that all to save your time and frustration!Male lead pulled off his emotions quite well, female lead was just a sadist,
WASTE WASTE WASTE OF TIME
Lastly i dont know what kind of a happy ending this was atleast he didn’t marry SFL! The way they tease with those make out scene but they dont really show them happening is frustrating as well. So make cut scenes
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The most Unexpected, Realistic Film ever.
Its truly a unique story telling, many twist that is so unexpected that makes me awe personally. Some few scene has a deeper meaning behind it, few social-political commentary that I personally can relate to. I see that the director has a freedom to create such story that's not your typical K drama, highly realistic on conversation flow, reaction and many more. Acting really good by the cast especially Park Mi Kyung played by Geum Sae Rok.Man, I never watch anything like this before. 15/10 truly a recommendation to anyone.
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Possibly the worst kdrama of 2023. CHEATING IS CHEATING and its WRONG.
Possibly the worst kdrama of 2023.I had finished this drama the day they ended it. But since many people are writing reviews on how they hated it. I also want to do it lmao.
Anyway, the gist of the coming long essay is-
Please Do not watch the drama even if you have a lot of time to waste cause it's not worth it. You can at least rewatch your favorite drama again instead of watching this what-feels-like-an-eternity 16-episode trash drama.
I don't understand why few of them have given 5 stars but this drama is so fucked up.
"This drama is not your regular romance cliche drama where characters do random things in the name of love" This Is so fucking funny lol.
The characters legit cheat on each other?!!! Physical cheating is CHEATING. Emotional Longing is also CHEATING. CHEATING is an unforgivable act.
If you don't like the person anymore, end things with them. Why do all kinds of cheap low shit hurt people around you?!!
Moon Ga Young's character has got to be one of the worst ones in the drama land. I know she has trauma and all that blah blah blah
BUT GIRL if you don't communicate how the fuck will the opposite person understand what you're thinking lmao. I cannot with Yoo Yeon Seok's character. Pathetic asf Lover Boy. Single-handedly ruined everything.
The drama is so slow. I legit had to watch them at 2x speed lmao.
The cinematography is good. The sets are nice. But the script is so bland and dull.
It will seem like the characters have a lot of depth. But they are hollow as hell.
Ahn Su Yeong(MGY), her father cheated on her mother. So she ends up hating him like forever. And she loathed him for cheating on her mother. But she ends up doing the same thing with her police guy boyfriend- How fucked up is that??!! How can you do something that you hate so much????!!
This is one fucked up drama. MGY's acting wasn't that promising. And I hated YYS's whiny ass. Hated almost every single character in the drama.
I only gave this a try cause I love YYS and MGY. I thought it will be a good melodrama. this led me down and was an utter disappointment
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Waste of time, actors and actresses, management and resources.
This drama gat to be the worst K drama I watched.I lot of you all are so biased about k dramas. If this was a Chinese drama most of you all will have scrutinized it so badly but let's call a spade a spade
THIS DRAMA WAS STUPID AND UNNECESSARY.
Only good thing I can say that made this drama ok was the acting.
They tried to start well but ended up crashing.
It was so ducking slow, so many unnecessary stories and dramas.
I watched till the end hoping it would get better only but then again I was still disappointed.
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Slow burn romance, anyone?
As a watcher of korean dramas, this isnt a typical one but I like it. Perharps im biased because of my love for Moon Ga. I enjoyed the slow pace of this drama. The will-they wont -they romance kept me hanging on until the very last episode. The acting was great. I have no issues with this drama. If you are looking for some very cool headed romance, the drama might just be for you.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
WASTE OF TIME
Honestly the show was good first few eps but after it was a mess. EVERYTHING IN HERE WAS SO TOXIC AND UNNECESSARY. I don’t even know why i even finished watching the show but i was just disappointed in the end. The main leads relationship never even really evolved they just were some SNAKES. there are way better dramas out there. if u like slow burn dramas where the leads don’t really get anywhere except get into unnecessary dramas bc they don’t know how to COMMUNICATE THEN THIS ONES FOR YOUVond je deze recentie nuttig?
Absolutely Nothing
Dissappointing! The writer of this drama either had never love before or trying to be 'naughty' with real love. Both Sang Su and Su Yeong were truly in love with each other, but the writer used this to turn the love upside now so that audience will want to watch till the end. The world is already suffering. Rich or poor are the same. Dramas helps to lighten one's life. But this drama did the opposite. Made everyone angry and depressed, especially the last two episodes. Don't watch the last two , waste of time as it was poorly done and communication is so poor...Like what Sang Su replied to Su Yeong in the end..'Absolutely Nothing! . The last two episodes should be removed and just hang there...it will make us feel more positive and more hopeful amd this enjoy watching. True love does not work this way ...Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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The Frustration of Love Interest
I like where the series is going, it was frustrated to watch at first couple of episodes
but it started to get better after ep7, below is a summary after watching ep8.
FL is frustrates me but I cannot stop watching!
After watching up to 12 episodes the one character that frustrates me the most
is the FL Soo Young, she answers questions with a question if it has anything to
do with who she likes or who she is interested in. The conflict and frustration of
this is she want to date the ML but she doubt herself as she feels she is not good
enough for him as she did not go to a Universaty. After the 2FL joined the bank and
formed a relationship with ML, it was clear that FL had love interest in ML but she instead
took a turn and started dating the 2nd ML who is a security guard which has his own financial
and career goals problems. This has created more tension between the M & F leads
Once you pass the first couple of episodes, the story will start to unfold with her but she
keep us on our toes after each episode.
Turning Point for M & F Leads!
I loved the fish market scene in ep8 with Sang Hoo trying to sell fish
and this was my favorite scene so far and also the turning point of the drama with the scene
where Soo Young found out Sang Hoo helped reporting on the Bank Manager's behaviour
against her. When she offered to help sell the fish, I was like finally something good might
happen between them now as they are attracted to each other.
Who is Mi Kyung?
One thing is clear now is that Mi Kyung is trying way too hard and her intentions
are not genuine with Soo Young and she knows Sang Hoo likes Soo Yang.
She prepaired her plans to work at the Bank to get her College crush to want her
but this seems very forced. She pretended she could not skate but her mommy dearest
spilled that she was an amature figure skater lol. What an ambitious liar!
I will get back to this twat of a character....
2nd Female Lead is Doing Too Damn Much!
Mi Kyung's true colors are finally showing with forcing herslf with this new relationship,
she kissed him first, she calls him first, she showed up at his place uninvited and so many other events she been doing ongoingly to getting Sang Hoo to like her.
Soo Young is only playing along with Mi Kyung but she knows she is not a geniune friend.
Mi Kyung bought the painting Soo Young liked and placed it in her bathroom,
such a savage move knowing that Soo Young would see it as she is coming to her house
for that fake birthday surprise with the mats. That is when FL realised the 2nd FL is
being fake and what kind of a gift is that to give someone for their birthday?
2nd ML Will Bounce Back But .....
This story emphasis on social ranking and sadly the 2nd ML is the lowest rank in the work
place, he is dating the popular teller but felt short after paying for his father's surgery and
failing his test. The thing I admired was FL gave him back some hope, the living situation
is not the best but might be the only option to help him get back on his feet to prepare to
take the test again. It's crystal clear there is no chemistry between them but her intentions
are geniune to help him get in the police academy. I think 2nd ML might find love at the Police Academy once he passes his test.
What Drew Me In!!!
The ending is giving hints of something going to happen between M & F lead but what
if those hints were a trick as we did not see them in the same shot?
I want something good to happen and I'm really liking where this is going finally!
After watching Ep8 I gave it a 8.5/10 as I saw where the story is getting smoother and no more frustrated scenes.
I will update my review along the way.
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Realistic relationships? Just an overly sugarcoated toxic scandal.
The story was supposed to be about the romantic relationships of four people in the same workplace. I expected so much when I saw the gist, and the character backgrounds.An average bank clerk who is quickly going up the ranks because of his good performance.
A charismatic young assistant manager who is all about her independence and self-reliance.
A young security officer of the lowest rung trying to achieve his dream of joining the police force.
A high school graduate trying to fight her way up in a discriminatory workplace, to become more than a replaceable labourer.
How did these 4 people's lives turn out to become a romance sob story in the hands of writers and directors?
From the overused OST, locations, art pieces, to the strikingly similar portrayal of the 4 main characters, was extremely off putting. I don't think I have enough fingers and toes to count the amount of scenes with Ahn Su Yeong walking or sitting with that blank lost look with the same OST in the background. I almost lost it when I saw people describe this drama to have portrayed relationships realistically, because I just want to know what kind of rose tinted worlds do you guys live in?
No relationships are like this. This was supposed to be a melodrama, emotions are supposed to run high, conflicts highlighted, with raw feelings and actions dramatised. There was nothing like that in here. Even during a critical scene like the one where Sang Su finds out Ahn Su Yeong slept with his best friend, the same sad romantic music played, and he right afterwards, Sang Su just kept up his lover boy act. Like I get he is supposed to be hopelessly in love, but is it even possible for someone to act that way?
Sang Su likes someone else but is dating his junior from college, and it wasn't like Mi Gyeong and him had no chemistry at all. But he is just shown as hopelessly in love with Su Yeong to the point that he was just wavering everyday. His struggles with Mi Gyeong and the reality of a possible miserable married with her could have been highlighted, and we could have gotten more backstory on him, but nothing connected. His mother was just a character that was there to emphasise his feelings towards Su Yeong.
Su Yeong just ended up buckling to the pressure and discrimination of society and love failure. And like every other character with a failed love life, ends up opening a cafe. The writer gave so much about her background and family, but never explored into her character itself, and the personality was all soft and wrong. She always had this I am depressed about life look, while I imagined someone like her to have a stronger personality. It is no easy feat to become a senior bank clerk without going to college, but everything is focused on the romance. And do you know how expensive it is to run a cafe in a city like Seoul?
Jeong hyun that boyfriend, also could have had a great story coming to terms with finances and the reality of the world and trying to get to his dreams through all that. But it gave me a really bad feeling that his success came from following the instructions of a girl he liked, and had no mind of his own, other than to feel ashamed by his circumstances. In reality, he would have never made it that far with that attitude of his.
Mi Gyeong's relationship with her father could have been the highlight of her storyline, but what was that really sorry conclusion? She just accepted it like that? I had expected her to have a strong personality different from Su Yeong but strong. Someone that understood the privileges she had given how much she preached about independence. In fact, I agreed with that friend of hers who called her out at that wedding banquet. Thought herself as better than others.
Overall, it was consistently slow and boring with such a disappointing storyline. I get this is a romance Melo, but life is not just all romance, rain and tears...honestly disappointing. The only character I liked was that office worker who got pregnant with her third child at the end. There was something so down to earth and straightforward about her character I couldn't help but appreciate.
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It was good drama
I am here to write a review as I don’t agree with the rating and honestly I put all 10 so the rating will go high but my actual rating is like 8 to 8.2This drama is okey with me or let me say my rate is 8 out of 10. I was hesitant to watch because of the low rating but I still watch because I love both the leads.
It’s melodrama that’s why it’s slow phase.
It’s so low rating because MAYBE some people are used to see the Female lead in school or teen set up drama like or not sure. Actually the Female lead role in this drama is in the mature role (Mature in Life) and I just now realized that matured role (Mature in Life not like sex and kissing scene mature role LoL) is okey with the Female lead.
And for the ending, I think it’s a bit of happy ending because the Male lead made her feel that he loves him and so the female lead do so. They let each other know that they still love each other in a different way.
So for anyone doesn’t like melodrama then don’t watch:-)
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Watch at your own detriment.......
I can not believe I over-hyped this FL....Many things are wrong with ML and Fl...1. Why will both leads go out with different people since they liked each other?
2. Why will both leads decide to hurt their respective partners just so they can break -up?
This drama is a definition of '' life ain't complicated, but it is humans that make it complicated for themselves''....
It is safe to say ML and FL really did their respective partners wrong from the beginning.
Both pathetic leads deserve what they got.
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