Give it a chance and maybe you'll be surprised like me
Premise: I'm writing this review because I personally found some comments about this drama to be unfair in some part. I'm writing this to maybe reach those who are indecided (like I was) before giving this show a chance.
I admit I was influenced by personal matters while forming my opinion, the characters and overall mood of this drama spoke to me on a deep personal level.
The story is quite mid, sure, it's fair to admit it. Nothing new nor nothing special or notable. Two guys who find each other again on the set of a drama years after graduating from the same university. One has a crush on the other (not telling more). Easy so far. Work gets in between them as they act protagonist and co-protagonist in a bl.
The mood, lighting, music of this drama make everything extremely basic, realistic, somebody might say flat. Instead, in my eyes, there is tenderness, quietness, slow flowing of normal human life under a careful lense. The cinematography is very good and helped a lot in conveying all those emotions, giving us beautiful framings and shots.
The actors did a wonderful job, especially on the last episode. Man, it was worth everything. They deserve recognition for the job they did and the chemistry was definetely there. You get to know the characters little by little, with their fragilities and imperfections. Miscommunication is in the right place here, the characters have one thing in common: they keep everything to themselves until they explode. I found that very fitting for the situation and their characterization. I generally hate that but appreciated it this time around. They felt very human to me, lonely in a crude, realistic way, and passionate about something they believed so much in that it shaped them. That's what I felt most.
Tension was there, every episode called me to the next, and seeing them faking acting while acting was wild. That is NOT an easy thing to do and they delivered perfectly.
I 100% recommend it because it's a very simple story but the execution is remarkably beautiful. I say to you reading this: give it a try, look into small things, get in the mood and empathize with the leads. This series surely resonates more with souls that have a passion, an objective in life that fuels them to the core. It's not just a love story.
I admit I was influenced by personal matters while forming my opinion, the characters and overall mood of this drama spoke to me on a deep personal level.
The story is quite mid, sure, it's fair to admit it. Nothing new nor nothing special or notable. Two guys who find each other again on the set of a drama years after graduating from the same university. One has a crush on the other (not telling more). Easy so far. Work gets in between them as they act protagonist and co-protagonist in a bl.
The mood, lighting, music of this drama make everything extremely basic, realistic, somebody might say flat. Instead, in my eyes, there is tenderness, quietness, slow flowing of normal human life under a careful lense. The cinematography is very good and helped a lot in conveying all those emotions, giving us beautiful framings and shots.
The actors did a wonderful job, especially on the last episode. Man, it was worth everything. They deserve recognition for the job they did and the chemistry was definetely there. You get to know the characters little by little, with their fragilities and imperfections. Miscommunication is in the right place here, the characters have one thing in common: they keep everything to themselves until they explode. I found that very fitting for the situation and their characterization. I generally hate that but appreciated it this time around. They felt very human to me, lonely in a crude, realistic way, and passionate about something they believed so much in that it shaped them. That's what I felt most.
Tension was there, every episode called me to the next, and seeing them faking acting while acting was wild. That is NOT an easy thing to do and they delivered perfectly.
I 100% recommend it because it's a very simple story but the execution is remarkably beautiful. I say to you reading this: give it a try, look into small things, get in the mood and empathize with the leads. This series surely resonates more with souls that have a passion, an objective in life that fuels them to the core. It's not just a love story.
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