lacks the charm
they lost the charm that the other versions had.the interactions between the ml and fl were so limited, they barely had time to connect and fall in love. they made the ml more 'heroic' and less quirky and the fl a side character instead of the headstrong girl. fl had clear dreams and aspirations in other movies while here they are just reducing her to a love interest.
the lack of connection between the leads helps with the ending, in the other versions it feels painful but here it makes sense.
its very telling abt korean culture with the changes they made. in the other versions the fl's friend is pretty but here they tried to make her as unflattering as possible. also the chubby friend was the one who goes behind the fl and actually dates her but here it the handsome rich guy
good debut by dahyun even though she does not have much to work with
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"Destiny is not a matter of chance.."
I thought this quote "destiny is not a matter of chance" resembles a lot to the characters' history. Your destiny is governed not only by your choice or what you do but also on choices made by others and that hit me hard.If you love sweet, nostalgic romance with beautiful cinematography and heartfelt moments, this one is a must-watch! Was a rollercoaster of emotions and it definitely leaves you a little broken by the end. I don't usually like endings but I think they did an incredible job with how it ended since it was the most realistic thing that could have happened.
I was so excited to see Jinyoung in cinemas for the first time, he is such an amazing actor.
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When I First Met You
Before everything else, let me clarify some stuff. I know this is a remake, and I have not watched the original or any of the other remakes. I do not know why I decided to start with this one.I knew the entire plot before I even started the movie, not because it's predictable, but because I found out what the entire plot was a while ago, around the time the Thai remake came out. So again, I do not know why I decided to watch it.
But I watched it, and it was pretty sweet.
Though the love story left me unfulfilled, not the ending, their love story itself, more often than not there's a bittersweet tone to first love, full of unfulfilled promise and the longing look of yesteryear.
That's what this movie felt like, a nostalgic lens on your first love, which doesn't quite leave an impact as itself, but does make you look back fondly on your first love.
That's a win in its own way.
The actors did a good job, it's the first time I'm watching either of their works and I know Jin Young has acted before, and that it's Dahyun's debut, and they both did a very nice job.
There's not much else to say, it was a nice flashback disguised as movie and it wasn't half bad.
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A Nostalgic and Surprisingly Deep Coming-of-Age Romance
I went into this film not really knowing what to expect, other than the fact that it was set in high school and featured Dahyun in her acting debut, which I was curious to see. I haven’t seen the original version, so I won’t compare it as a remake. Instead, I’ll judge it on what it tries to be: a youthful, emotional, and time-spanning coming-of-age story.What surprised me the most was the scale of the film. It starts off feeling like a light and wholesome high school romance, but it gradually unfolds into something much bigger: an epic love story that travels through time, filled with bittersweet moments and life-defining decisions. It captures the feeling of growing up, of childhood friendships and first loves, and how small actions can shape our futures in ways we never expected.
Yes, many of these themes have been explored before, but this film executes them with genuine heart. The characters may not be deeply complex, but they are memorable and distinct. You grow attached to them. You want to know what happens to them, because they reflect parts of ourselves... Our immaturity, our regrets, and our nostalgia.
I found the movie incredibly relatable. It stirred up emotions and memories from my own youth. It reminded me how decisions made in a moment, often immature or emotionally driven, can have lasting consequences. Especially when we’re too young to fully grasp their weight.
The soundtrack deserves special mention. It beautifully enhances each stage of the story, fitting the different time periods and emotional tones perfectly. The music helps carry the emotional arc with subtlety and charm.
In the end, it’s a film about love, growing up, and the unspoken things that shape who we become. A quiet, nostalgic surprise and a strong debut for Dahyun as an actress.
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Story of a cuck
Guy chases girl for his entire life just to be treated as a friend. Bro doesn't even have to the self respect to move on either and she takes advantage of it. This clown follows her throughout his entire high-school years, chases her during his university days, tries to win her back even during his thirties when he got his life together. The girl rejects him multiple times but this dude is a little too dense and lacks self respect. In conclusion, bunch of cucks following around a girl, they even go to her wedding. Holy hell can't believe people liked this.Was this review helpful to you?
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For me it' a good story but suddenly why did they break up suddenly after dating then after military service of ml I thought that call of ml they be together forever but a twist that the fl had a wedding he invited the ml to her wedding so sad that they don't end up together....please your next drama Dahyun with a happy ending please🥹More drama for Dahyun please😭 Was this review helpful to you?
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Idealism vs Reality
For the record, I haven't watched the other remakes, so I won't talk about how this adaptation compares to the others. Going into it I thought it was just going to be your typical the guy gets the girl in the end, but in reality, it wasn't. I think the whole theme of the movie was that opposites attract, but they don't actually end up together because they're incompatible. Not going to lie, I was hoping for a happy ending where the ml and fl end up together, but what I think the message the movie is trying to convey is the contrast between idealism and reality. We are led to believe that the ml and fl will get together in the end, but due to some unfortunate disagreements the two had, they don't actually get together but still remain good friends. I really like that trope. I like how the movie is being realistic, and not giving us the ending that we want, instead giving us an ending with closure and realism. But overall, I enjoyed this movie, it was a cute watch. I can't wait for what else Dahyun has in store for us.Was this review helpful to you?
wasn't for me
this wasn't a bad film, it's just not for me.i just continued watching bc of dahyun & jinyoung, in what kind of characters they were playing as. so i was interested in that part, but this genre just isn't for me. it's very slice of life kind of vibes. it didn't keep my interest for very long.
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Weird things happened to me after watching this movie…
It’s 3 am. AI’m convinced this movie is when it all started. In an effort to bring the magic of that movie into my boring real life, I convinced my friends to take a trip to the beach with me.
I took things too far, splashing an arm full of water over my friend’s head when she wasn’t looking. My hand felt wrong, too light. My ring was missing.
He didn’t introduce himself.
Didn’t say much at all. Just -
“Hold out your hand.”
ATTENTION ALL KDRAMA FANS,
“You’re writing a review after watching another K-drama. You take a trip after watching a K-drama that you love but depresses you about your boring life. And suddenly, there’s a guy at your door claiming he knows you. And his voice sounds so… familiar.”
I present…a Kdrama review with an insane TWIST!
I’m a hopeless romantic who’s spent the last few years watching every love story I can find. I started a blog thinking it would just be reviews and musings… but then I had a little fun imagining what would happen if the tropes of my favorite dramas started showing up in real life.
If you’re curious to see a hopeless romantic get pulled into her own imagined drama, you can read it here: [https://open.substack.com/pub/themosthopelessromantic/p/you-are-the-apple-of-my-eye-a-really?r=2zjt5d&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web]
Would love to hear your thoughts as I build my new blog! All help and reads are immensely appreciated!
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The girl I liked then, was our dream and youth. I am still living that dream.
As a boy who is now living a life of an adult because my age is 28 years. But still to this day I feel best when I think about my childhood love, whom I loved from class 4 till today. This movie depicts the feeling of childhood love in such a way that you will never feel empty, the ending is handled so brilliantly that you will definitely learn something after watching this and you will complete the movie with a smile on your face.Acting of the Main Leads is great and support cast did well with their part. Music and especially the songs are the cherry on cake they will mesmerize you. There are so many small small things to notice but in the end if you have loved someone and you are a fan of child hood love stories then this is a must watch.
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A story about a man without self-respect.
Let me start by saying that I started watching this film without any idea what it was about. I hadn’t read the novel or watched the remakes. Not a bad beginning, with a strange middle and an absolutely terrible ending. I would describe this film as a story of men without self-respect.1. The film's plot revolves around a relationship between a man and a woman, where the protagonist remains a friend from the outside. A cuckold, I would say. I'm not at all against friendships between men and women, but in the context of this film, it's just nonsense. From what I saw, it seems like ML is simply a child, unable to move on.
2. I have nothing to say about the acting, it’s not a masterpiece and it’s not bad, a solid middle ground.
3. The running time was greatly compressed, creating the feeling that the story was heavily crumpled.
To sum up, I would not recommend watching this film. I regret wasting my time.
p.s
If you like happy endings, pass by
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L'happy ending è passato di moda?
Recensito da: Effe IG: _Dramalia_A questo drama potrei dare numerose definizioni.
E’ un po’ come il palo dell’attraversamento pedonale che spunta a sorpresa mentre siete in bicicletta con la musica sparate nelle cuffiette (non fatelo, è pericoloso!). E’ come il panettone (lo specifico per Jade che evidentemente ha trovato la patente nelle patatine: quel coso tondo solitamente giallo e in cemento, chiamato anche dissuasore stradale, che viene messo in determinate aree per evitare accessi o soste delle auto) che appare all’improvviso dietro il vostro paraurti mentre ingranate la retromarcia. E’ come il comodino alle 3.00 di notte quando vi svegliate con l’arsura in bocca manco foste stati un giorno intero in mezzo al Sahara, lo stesso comodino che mentre assonnati vi dirigete al frigorifero vi colpisce dritti sul mignolino. Sempre il mignolino, solo lui. E’ anche un po’ come quando dopo una giornata infernale sai che l’unica consolazione è un dannato cucchiaio di Nutella ma, non appena ti accingi ad affacciarti al mobiletto delle meraviglie, l’assenza del barattolo che hai opportunamente buttato nella differenziata una settimana prima ti travolge e ti sconvolge come uno schiaffo in pieno volto. Più doloroso della ciabatta di tua madre, del cucchiaio di tua nonna e della consapevolezza che l’età avanza perché sì, l’hai proprio scordato mentre facevi la spesa.
Insomma, per farvela breve, il finale è disastroso. Il punto è che non te lo aspetti, ma proprio no. Per niente. E questo è ancora più fastidioso.
"You are the apple of my eye” si presenta come un drama soft, con premesse romanticose e un'aura sognante, tipica dei drama teen. L’ultimo che si era presentato allo stesso modo era stato “20th century girl", maledetta me che ci casco sempre e mi faccio infinocchiare da premesse fasulle. No, tranquilli, stavolta almeno non ci scappa il morto, gli unici a rischiare un collasso sarete voi, ma nulla che dei sali non possano sistemare per tempo, quindi, armatevene.
La trama è semplice: Seon-ah è la classica studentessa modello: bravissima, intelligentissima, bellissima, altissima, purissima e levissima. Ovviamente è l’irraggiungibile che tutti desiderano, la cotta di ogni studente maschio etero e non, il futuro della nazione intera e bla bla bla. L’unico apparentemente immune al fascino della donzella è Jin-woo, un suo coetaneo molto carino, non il classico bulletto ma piuttosto un mezzo genio totalmente svogliato e abbastanza belloccio. A lui di lei interessa poco, anzi si chiede perché tutti i suoi amici sbavino letteralmente su di lei, questo finché un giorno Seon-ah gli si avvicina decidendo non si sa bene perché di aiutarlo. Oddio, “non si sa perché” no, è chiaro che sia attratta da lui. Quando poi Jin-woo inizia ad avere ottimi risultati a scuola grazie al suo aiuto, la cotta di lei diventa ancora più evidente e pure Jin-woo ci casca con tutte le scarpe. Sicché i giorni tra i banchi passano, gli anni pure e loro si diplomano ma succede un fattaccio. Jin-woo, grazie ai miglioramenti ottenuti, finisce a studiare a Seoul in una grande e prestigiosa università, l’infallibile Seon-ah invece fallisce proprio l’ultimo esame, il più importante, e viene scartata ovunque, tranne che in una università di provincia. Cambiano quindi sogni e prospettive dei due che in ogni caso si scambiano il braccialetto dell’ammmore e finiscono insieme (no, niente baci, né ora né mai, mettetevi l’anima in pace. Tragedia nella tragedia). I due dunque si separano e la lontananza non aiuta la relazione. Seon-ah inizia ad essere infastidita da tutto mentre Jin-woo, dal canto suo, sviluppa nuove passioni e interessi come lo sport da combattimento, cosa che però, non si capisce bene come mai, a Seon-ah sta letteralmente sulle palle, emozione che non tenta nemmeno di nascondere davanti a lui. Insomma i due, l’unica volta che Jin-woo reagisce e tenta di ribellarsi, finiscono per litigare e si mollano. Qui intervengono gli amici che più o meno simpaticamente cercano di conquistare lei ma nada, non c’è storia, quindi alla fine consolano lui. Passano gli anni, Jin-woo sta svolgendo il servizio militare, una perturbazione meteorologica si scaglia sul paese e colpisce la zona dove sta Seon-ah, lui quindi dopo anni di silenzio stampa trova il modo di chiamarla e, nonostante il telefono di lei si scarichi, i due si confessano reciprocamente ancora i loro sentimenti mai sopiti. E noi felici perché ormai ci avviamo al finale e si prospetta una bella conclusione molto happy. Passa del tempo (sì, ancora, non l’ho mica scritto io il drama, non prendetevela con me), Jin-woo è al lavoro e gli arriva una chiamata, è Seon-ah che lo attende fremente. Cambio dell’inquadratura. Sala matrimoniale. Entra Seon-ah in abito bianco, siamo a 3 minuti dalla fine.
Frase finale: “Se un uomo ama davvero una donna, le augura la felicità quando trova qualcuno che la ama.”
Jin-woo entra nella sala ricevimenti e si siede tra gli invitati mentre Seon-ah prosegue verso lo sposo.
Fine.
Allora, io non sono conosciuta per essere una persona calma, anzi. Quindi non so quale Santo sia intervenuto e mi abbia fermato dal lanciare pc e piattaforma raffreddante (sì, quella per evitare che i portatili si surriscaldino) fuori dalla finestra. Chiunque sia, io, il mio portafoglio, il mio pc e la piattaforma ringraziamo sentitamente. Però non ho potuto trattenere una sequela di parolacce. Io lo so che di questo drama andrebbe apprezzata l’atmosfera fine anni 90 inizio 2000, perfetta per i nostalgici di natura come me, so anche che le scene sull'amicizia dei personaggi sono bellissime, anche queste studiate ad hoc per suscitare nel telespettatore ricordi di un’adolescenza volata via troppo in fretta, riconosco persino che l’idea della rappresentazione che il proprio primo amore non debba necessariamente essere anche l’ultimo è davvero interessante, così come il fatto che nella vita sia importante andare oltre, crescere e maturare, non arenarsi sulle prime impressioni o le prime emozioni. Che poi è una regola fondamentale della vita, no? Ebbene, io da semi-adulta coscienziosa tutte queste cose le so, le comprendo ma rimango comunque e dignitosamente un essere semplice. L'happy ending per me è come la cioccolata a fine giornata, come il piumoncino in una notte di pioggia, come il mio cane che si accoccola accanto a me quando mi viene da piangere, come il tramonto d’estate…ma che vuol dire che questa tizia mi sposa un altro così, all’ultimo secondo? Ma in che senso? Ma perché? Ma chi è sto qua? Cos’è successo dal “ho sempre amato solo te” per arrivare al “ehi, sposo un altro!” perdindirindina?! Ha preso una botta in testa la fanciulla? E’ stata minacciata? Non si capisce.
Amare è lasciare andare, amare è libertà propria e altrui. Urliamolo pure perché è sacrosanto. Ma santa pazienza non siamo mica davanti a “It end with us”, questo è uno stramaledetto film coreano per teenager, fate sposare sti due disgraziati e lasciate in pace i miei nervi!.
In tutto ciò mi sono resa conto che c’è un’emozione mancante all’interno di “Inside Out”. Io pensavo di essere gestita dalla cara vecchia “Ansia” e invece no, manca la mia emozione capo: ESAURITA.
Questi drama mi esauriscono.
Io e i film coreani non andiamo d’accordo. Proprio no.
Siete avvisati, occhio al finale! Non venite a lamentarvi con me poi eh…
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