Temperature of Love (2017)

The name of the drama says it all

This drama is all about the ups and downs in a relationship, as the name suggests. The drama wasn't bad. It's a cute drama (not always). It dipped real hard in the middle for couple of episodes but it got better in the end. The casts were beautiful. The story was ok even though the romance was messy. They used some classic and famous songs instead of using one original ost so the music was ok.
Overall the drama is ok and if you can get past the dip in the middle then it's a cute watch.

It's just the usual rom com with lots of love-triangle (lots of them), bromance and jealousy. The problems in the relationship between the MCs were somewhat realistic so its kind of relatable. What a couple goes through when they are dating when they have different values and etc. It's not a bad drama by any means and if you enjoy some realistic feels then you would probably enjoy it.

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I am already a fan of Se-Jong since Dr. Romantic so my review might be affected greatly with that fact. ✌ I honestly turned a blind eye on this drama when I first saw it and preferred Thirty But Seventeen or Still 17. Surprisingly, I liked this drama of Se-Jong more than his Still 17. And I don't know why a lot were giving bad reviews. What I liked the most in this drama is the realistic vibe on it. It's very much evident through the lines or dialogue of the characters. The spontaneity and sincerity of the characters brought entertainment to me too. It's indeed refreshing and it surely gave us different perspectives of love. ???? I must commend Se-Jong's performance though. He really deserves the recognitions he received from this drama. Also to the second male lead, he's really good because his character annoyed me during the conflict part of the plot, yet I also loved him in the last 2-3 episodes. Overall.. What's important I guess is that I felt good after watching this. ?

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I saw the promotional poster for this drama and I read the synopsis and thought: "wow, I'm really going to enjoy this". I started watching it and the first couple of episodes were so good so I was convinced that I was going to finish it very quickly. One day I searched the title on Twitter and found many negative reviews as well as tweets of people saying that they had dropped it. At the time, I didn't understand why. NOW I DO. I genuinely thought this was going to be at first a bit dramatic story but then it would turn out a fluffy drama but but but ???? You would think (at least I would) I am that an over-dramatic plot means that there area lot of things going on but nothing ever really happens??? I'm sorry, I don't really know what I'm saying. I'm just too frustrated because I started watching this drama in January and I haven't been able to finish it because it's just so boring and the supporting characters are soooo annoying (what's wrong with that second lead? I want to punch him on the face) and selfish forb the wrong reasons (that's not being in love, CEO, THAT'S BEING OBSESSIVE).

I don't know if any of this makes sense but please. Just. Don't. Watch it. I'm sure there are far better love stories out there. And it's not even the actors and actresses' ffaul, it's the damn plot that's boring and doesn't make much sense.

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Worth the watch ^_^

I just don't know why i didn't watched it until now. I had it in my list for a long time but somehow i always skipt it.
This drama was such an emotional rollercoaster. They get to know each other then broke up then meet again and when she broke up with him for second time...damn it hit so hard...i was like what why? okay...i understand why but she could have been more patient. After being apart for so long and everything. But in the end the biggest satisfaction i was when they realized everything and get together again.
I found it a little bit annoying the SFL but overall it was okay.
ps. This drama was a total love triangle.

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Never thought a drama could have such trashy writing, the least I can tell from its first episode. Too cheesy, or slow or too immature for me. I couldn't stand the different situations filmed in the first episode already. A lot of stereotypes clumped with a shallow/ boring mindset. I thought the main idea was appealing, that's what got me into watching. You watch it and if you don't like it hopefully it's only half an hour lost.
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Degree of love è stato il primo drama coreano che ho guardato per intero, quando ancora non capivo come si pronunciassero i nomi dei personaggi, e l'ho amato molto; dopo i titoli di coda dell'ultimo episodio, l'avrei subito ricominciato da capo.

La trama a prima vista può sembrare banale, non ci sono grandi colpi di scena né eccessivi drammi, ma la storia risulta realistica e raccontata con garbo e dolcezza;
si tratta di due ragazzi che hanno avuto bisogno di tempo per comprendere se stessi e i propri desideri, che devono scontrarsi contro la realtà sia per quanto riguarda la loro relazione che le proprie carriere (le critiche al drama di Hyun Soo, i problemi al ristorante per Jung Sun); che comprendono quanto sia inevitabile andare contro le aspettative di chi amano o ferire qualcuno per tener fede ai propri sentimenti ed essere felici.

Cosa mi è piaciuto:
- Seo Hyun-Jin è bravissima, anche se la storia non le ha dato modo di esprimere completamente il suo talento come in Oh Hae Young again.
- L'antagonista maschile è costruito benissimo (non a caso l'episodio dedicato a lui è uno dei migliori): è un personaggio a tutto tondo, con pregi e difetti, ma, quel che più conta, non è detestabile. Spesso mi sono ritrovata a fare il tifo per lui, pensando che meritasse quanto o più di Jung-Sun l'amore di Hyun-Soo, e che potesse anche essere probabilmente più adatto a lei.
- Uno dei protagonisti non accreditati del drama è il ristorante di Jung-Sun, il Good Soup, ed il cibo in generale: non ho mai visto nulla che mi abbia fatto venire l'acquolina in bocca come Degree of love!
- Essendo Hyun-Soo una sceneggiatrice, lo show ci mostra a grandi linee come nasce un drama e come sia la vita di un aspirante scrittore: i concorsi, le delusioni, la gavetta, le umiliazioni, il rapporto con il regista e con gli spettatori, le ricerche continue. Molto interessante.
- La struttura degli episodi: all'inizio di ognuno, viene mostrato qualcosa di cui si sono già viste le conseguenze nella puntata precedente, una sorta di "dietro le quinte" degli eventi, che aiuta a comprendere ancora meglio la psicologia dei personaggi e le loro motivazioni.

Cosa non mi è piaciuto:
- il product placement è piuttosto goffo: le scene sembrano essere state palesemente scritte di proposito per mostrare il prodotto (quella per il caffè, per esempio, è abbastanza imbarazzante) e non risultano ben amalgamate al contesto.
- Il lieto fine per uno dei personaggi, che è stato odioso ed egoista quasi in ogni scena.
- Anche in questo drama purtroppo non manca una scena di accapigliamento...

Da: Appunti di una spettatrice

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