A beautifully anthology
Hometown Cha Cha Cha was one of last year’s best K-Dramas depicting the trials and tribulations of a small village and its inhabitants, and Our Blues does the similar kind of thing this year.Our Blues is a 20 episode K-drama that essentially works as an anthological slice of life series. The different episodes are broken up into different two or three parters, following residents on Jeju Island as they go about their day. There are a fair amount of people living on this island, and the 20 episodes certainly help to give this show enough time to introduce everyone and tell their stories.
Aesthetically, Our Blues is just as impressive and part of that comes down to the beauty of Jeju Island. From breathtaking sunsets to sweeping establishing shots, this K-Drama makes the most of its lavish, paradisiac setting, and the series is all the stronger for it.
Although some of the narratives didn't quite hit the emotional highs as others, the bright spots outshone the shades of grey. This is a beautifully written Slice of Life drama, with good storytelling and show-stopping visuals.
My Rating : 8/10
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Good Enough
Korean Drama " Our Blues " is a multi charactered drama set in a small town.The drama manages to present and complete all stories, giving to each and one of them enough screen time and space to be proper developed, by appointing different episodes to them and without intertwining them together. That didn't overburden the drama with rushed plotlines, nor did it complicate things.
However, some of the stories were not as good as the others, as they were predictable and not as finely paced.
On the other hand, the performances were all great by everyone in the cast, as expected from an all star team.
So, overall, eight out of ten.
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Blue Bliss
'Our Blues' a heart warming & wrenching (on some occasions) is surely one of the best slice-of-life pieces I have watched. It wasn't white washed with sugar, sweet & good moments ONLY. All of the stories in the series had it's down side/troubles/challenges and that was the beauty of the series. Even when few of the stories didn't get it's happy ending from one perspective it did get a happy ending from another perspective. Personally, this drama had everything from romance to heartbreak, from misunderstandings to forgiveness, from letting go to holding on all of it and in the perfect amount nothing felt overwhelmed at any instance of the series.OSTs of the drama deserve utmost attention By My Side by Taeyeon, Remember Me by Davichi, For Love by 10cm & With you
by Ha Sung-woon and Jimin are some of my favorites. The OSTs in this drama are cherries on the top.
This drama is a benchmark for coming slice-of-life dramas.
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Amazing
I really, really enjoyed watching this! Believable, likeable, relatable characters, Great, relatable plots with some twists in them, you don't see coming! There's also a lot forshadowing some upcoming plot lines every now and then. Why is X behaving like this towards Y? What's up with Z?My one negative thing with this show is the final plot. It dragged on quite a lot! The scenery is beyond awesome, making you want to visit South Korea, but still, the final plot could have been a bit more to the point.
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I love it!
I love this drama. It is very unique. I like the idea of telling the stories of all the residents of Pureung village on Jeju Island. This drama is very calm, comforting and heartwarming. It shows that everyone has their own problems and ways to deal with them. Not everyone is always honest and some just want to use us for their own benefit.After watching, it can be concluded that an honest conversation is always one of the most important things to achieve success in various relationships. And I am glad that it has been shown through various issues, relationships and people. This is a very important point.
Our Blues made me cry, laugh and feel many different emotions.
I highly recommend watching it.
I gave it so few points in the "rewatch value" category because personally I rarely go back to watching slice of life dramas again. It's still a 10/10 drama.
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Just Great !!!!! Loved It
This drama to me was a, let your feelings out kind of a drama. I cry, laugh, was sad, angry, frustrated. All my emotion came out as we meet all the characters in this small town. As episodes went along I could relate to so many situations. As story of the characters are told so you get to know who they are and why they live the way they live. You start feeling like a member of the community. The life is hard but yet simple. They watch over each other and help each other. Even as you get to know some of the new characters that have not live long in the town, you see them taking them in and make them part of the community family. I fell in love with this drama. I hope you get to watch it. The acting is great, there performance brings you closer to each character. The ending was beautiful. I just love the stories and great direction.Was this review helpful to you?
Blues in various shades
A stonkingly good, multi layered story about life in a close community where many characters were childhood friends.Ups, downs, successes, failures, secrets, love, heartbreak, family, friends, regrets, dreams, forgiveness ~ it is all here.
I never got bored and loved how, whilst there were multiple stories connected to characters, there was a focus in each episode.
The tribulations of life that this series covered, were vast and highlighted issues rarely found in other dramas.
Depression, grudges, a husband beater, aging and pregnancy, to what really impressed me hugely, the challenges of living with and caring for someone with a disability.
The first actress / character I have ever seen in a K-drama, with Downs Syndrome. The prejudices and ignorance faced, in this day and age, which really exist, was shocking and heartbreaking to me. It both hurt me and made me so angry.
I sincerely hope that anyone with a warped attitude and stupidity towards this and other conditions, that watch it, will see how disgusting their behaviour is and educate themselves.
I laughed throughout and in the final episodes, cried. So moving.
Fabulous acting from the whole (GREAT) cast (the kids on it were SO good) and a soundtrack that fitted the style of the characters, their community and lives.
One I would highly recommend and would happily watch again.
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BEST KDRAMA EVER!!
I’ve been watching K dramas for almost 10 years now, and I haven’t watched any thing as good as this show. each story has its own unique approach and they’re all in all we connect to each other. Every story was beautiful and realistic. They have tackled different social issues and explored them. The only reason why I wouldn’t watch it because the emotions that I felt, I felt every pain of every character so I don’t think I would want to feel that pain. But overall the acting and stories are 100Was this review helpful to you?
Lessons of life
Our blues like Ocean 🌊 sky 💫 water 💧 no ends just what our blues is there is lot of cast n everyone have important roles same as in real life there are lots of people n every one have different life but I m damn sure every person must going through from some trauma in the drama there is lots or stories of lots of relation like mother son, daughter father ,friends ,school lovers, old friends,grandmother n granddaughter etc how they go through from there least points n how they come out from all this it's shows that everyone having problems but some of them face it n get up this is the story of all the who face there weakness n getup to motivate othersabout the story I like the ending how they all suffer and then came up with best the best part is that the whole society care eachother n help to face the sorrow thats something rare n unique for me how they help eachother ,care eachother and so on its not a very dramatic but it's based on true facts which everyone facing now a days
over all I m in love with eungi and the drama it self the best drama having the very complete n happy ending
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Down to earth stories that will touch your heart
I believe this drama achieved another milestone in storytelling for the drama land.It is incredible how realistic the portrayal of the characters is, and how touching this can be. 20 episodes made for a beautiful rollercoaster of emotions.
Thank you to everyone involved in making Our Blues, from the cast to the technical production, it was all incredibly well executed. Every story was properly developed. I can see you put your heart on it.
I wish more and more people can discover this drama. It is a masterpiece.
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Wholesome indeed
It's just wholesome. They took the storyline, cast and the ost seriously I could tell. First three episodes only to focus on Eunhui and Hansu story, well, it's quiet draggy somehow. If someone telling you the show is boring and stuff. pls hang in there. Believe me you just gotta bear with first three episodes but the rest of it is just beautiful and well written. You won't regret it. It's just how omnibus kind of drama do the things. Although they could have start the drama with more engaging approach. The feeling right after you finished this drama, it's undescribeably wholesome. Yep, best drama so far in mid 2022.Was this review helpful to you?
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The best Korean drama EVER
This is my most favorite Korean drama ever. Every family's story, the community, the sea, everything is perfect. Every actor gave their best and they were totally like their character throughout the whole drama. The last episode will make you cry a lot.Just sit back, relax and let this drama heal you.
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