Low budget but highly interesting theme
t was such a cute miniseries!The theme tackled is very interesting and actual: sometimes we rely so much on AI, not only for daily tasks, but also emotionally. For many AI is the only one to turn to when in need of the comfort of being listened and understood. And this series depicted it well leaving you with something to think about.
The cinematography is nothing fancy but well done considering the low budget.
Even the acting is surprisingly good, especially the actor who performed the AI character, even if his character obviously required keeping a blank face and automatic-like voice, he was able somehow to convey such a layered spectrum of emotions just by his subtle tone variations, i was very positively impressed by this.
Trigger warnings: a sex scene (not overly explicit)
All in all it's a very worthy quick watch. My rating is easily a 7.5!
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i've finished the series and it was a good watch overall, it's something to watch lightly when you just want to free your mind.
>In short:
What carried the show are the *main actors*, you eventually grow to love and empathize with them and their exceptional acting made up for other flaws of the show, which in my opinion lay in the *script*.
>In long:
Usually the plot flows naturally, but in certain occasions there have been things happening out of the blue or all of a sudden some events are not told in chronological order for no good reason but making you confused (mainly the jeju part tbh).
❌ Also a few episodes were just a repetition of the same scene with different characters (literally one episode was just a succession of character A goes to cafe to talk with character B).
Last problem of the script to my mind is that some characters lacked depth or were too polarised, especially the parents were made look evil/annoying all the time and we never got to know the actual reasons behind their obsessive behaviour. If they cared to add more layers to their personality they could have added to the show new interesting themes and we could have understood why the leads put up with their presence despite everything they've done.
❌ This lack of depth in characters probably affected the acting too: in fact i didn't really like the one of the FL older sister, it looked forced and out of place (not a fan of aegyo on a 40yo woman), and the one of the second leads that was a bit repetitive being made mostly of frowns mostly for the sFL and of disoriented expressions for sML.
Paradoxically the supporting roles (colleagues) had more in depth stories that explored their private lives, beliefs, worries by far more engaging and rich of themes than the story of the second leads.
This is probably the issue because of which many were dissatisfied with the couple of seconds leads: ML and FL relied so much on them for emotional and practical support, even after they had broken up with them in the worst way possible. It feels weird because we are given no reason why they still trust them sm and have a good friendship.
✓ Cinematography was fairly good, loved the references to weather to describe the feelings of the characters, it was really poetic.
✓ Talking about the weather, the office dynamics were represented so well, and you really get to know what it's like to work in that field. By the end of the drama i was fascinated by the art of forecasting weather, and how crucial it is for society, more than we would usually think.
✓ The plot also tackled a lot of thought provoking themes: parenting, professional relationships and growth, the importance of a team to rely on, different ways of parenting, office relationships, relationships at distance, emotional wounds and many more that are hidden throughout the series.
I appreciated that the romance wasn't exploited to add seggs scenes or excessively steamy kiss scenes, however i believe we needed to see more intimacy or affection between the FL and ML, like act of kindness, holding hands, words of affirmation ... i think sometimes their relationship lacked affection.
- Pace: regular, it flows well and easy to follow
- Ending: happy
- Trigger warnings: none ( you will find mentions of cancer, suicide, hospital, divorce tho but they're very circumscribed )
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