I found that episode confusing. With the jumping back and forth between different time periods, it wasn't always clear when it was "now" or some time in the past.
This drama screams pedophile from every corner. IDW but I am still enjoying it. Should I laugh or should I cry?
He's not a pedophile as she isn't a pre-pubescent child, but she is a minor. But as a teacher, he is grooming her, which as well as being professionally extremely innappropriate, would be illegal in most (and perhaps all) Western countries. As an ex-teacher myself, I find myself conflicted watching this, with the cringe I feel over the innappropriateness of their "relationship" wrestling with the happiness I get watching two broken people grow closer and heal each other. I'm choosing to ignore the cringe and focus on the happy feelings because I'm actually really enjoying this show.
I'm really enjoying the show, but as a retired teacher myself, I'm still struggling with the inappropriateness of a teacher having a relationship with a minor, who is his student. In most Western countries, this would not only be frowned on, it would lead to the dismissal of the teacher and probably also criminal charges (depending on the specific allegations). But I'm choosing to ignore the cringe I'm feeling as I really am enjoying the show.
This is a really good drama - one of the best I've ever seen. Brilliant acting. It is a more mature/realstic story than many dramas I've watched. My only complaint is that it is a little slower than it needed to be. It is much better than the score (currently 7.7) would suggest.
Thanks for letting me know. I'm very curious as to why it might have that rating, because from what I've seen so far, it looks very much like a 13+ show to me (admittedly its after only one episode). Also, its on YouTube, and an 18+ show would breach YouTube's community guidelines.
Can anyone please tell me what this video is rated on WeTV? I can't see because its geoblocked in my country. I'm just wondering why MDL has this as an 18+ show.
I've just finished it, and I absolutely loved it. This drama is in my top 2 all time dramas (out of about 150 watched). It's just so good to see a drama nail the ending. I've never rewatched a drama before, but I'm sure at some point in the future I will rewatch this.
I'm just about to start watching episode #1. I see that someone has put this show as 18+ Restricted here on kisskh. I really doubt this series will be that explicit (but certainly wouldn't have a problem if it was). Anyway, time to watch it ... Back the next day after watching it. Simply put, I LOVED it., Yes, I could point out numerous things that could have been done better, but I don't care. For me, its about the joy I get watching the show, and I really enjoyed it a lot.
Quite an enjoyable Rom Com, although I thought the love triangle was unnecessarily long and angsty. I also didn't like the extremely toxic, misogynistic behaviour of character Yong Soo Cheol when he publicly humiliated Ban Ji Yun early in the drama. Anyone who would behave like that is a disgraceful piece of sh!t, and I have to seriously question Jung Eun Chae's judgement in choosing to go out with him knowing how he treated Ban Ji Yun.
Lee Doo-Na is a walking red flag. She is toxic, rude , narcissistic and completely devoid of empathy. I think it's best (at least for Lee Won-Jun) that they didn't end up together. With regards to the drama itself, it started off quiet well, but in my opinon went down hill in the later episodes. I had to force myself to finish the last two episodes to be honest.
16 year olds behaving much more maturely than the vast majority of adults portrayed in dramas. It just goes to show that you don't need stupid amounts of angst or a serial killer sub-plot to make an enjoyable romantic comedy. Korean drama writers, for the love of god, please take notice.
I didn't mind this movie. It shows its age, and was quite slow, and pretty weird in places, but I found it watchable and interesting enough to watch to the end. Has a similar "twist" as the Korean movie "Love at the End of the World", but much, much, MUCH tamer.
Quite a slow movie, as well as quite a long movie. It wasn't terrible, but it was far from being a masterpiece. I suspect that had it not had those two explicit sex scenes involving a minor, this movie would not have done very well at the box office and no one would be talking about it today. So, from a business point of view, including those sex scenes was a good decision. Also, it catapulted Kim Go Eun from total obscurity to fame overnight.
I don't understand why some people don't like sex scenes in kdrama and movie i am really getting excited to watch…
Obviously some people don't like watching any sex scenes, but I think that many of the people expressing disapproval here are critising the fact that an adult was shown having sex with a minor. I personally have no problem with sex scenes in TV or movies, however I'm a bit conflicted over this movie, especially considering the sex scenes were quite long and extremely explicit (and a minor was involved).
can someone just spoil this movie for me and tell what in the world is this......................a 16 yr old with…
This reply is a year after you asked, but I'll answer anyway just in case you're still curious. Although the movie doesn't specifically state the school girl's age, in the novel that the movie was based on, she was 17. The actress playing the school girl was 20 when the movie was released. In the movie, the old man is 70, but he is played by an actor who was 35 when it was filmed (prosthetics and makeup aged him to look 70). The sex scene between these two characters (which was actually just the old man fantasising about having sex with the girl) was filmed with the actor without the prosthetics or makup, as he was imagining himself as a younger man during his fantasy. The other adult in the novel was "in his 30s". The actor playing this character was just short of his 30th birthday when the film was released. Unlike the first sex scene which was just a fantasy, the sex scene between these two characters really did happen. The sex scenes are extremely explicit, leaving very little to the imagination.
Back the next day after watching it. Simply put, I LOVED it., Yes, I could point out numerous things that could have been done better, but I don't care. For me, its about the joy I get watching the show, and I really enjoyed it a lot.
I think it's best (at least for Lee Won-Jun) that they didn't end up together.
With regards to the drama itself, it started off quiet well, but in my opinon went down hill in the later episodes. I had to force myself to finish the last two episodes to be honest.
In the movie, the old man is 70, but he is played by an actor who was 35 when it was filmed (prosthetics and makeup aged him to look 70). The sex scene between these two characters (which was actually just the old man fantasising about having sex with the girl) was filmed with the actor without the prosthetics or makup, as he was imagining himself as a younger man during his fantasy.
The other adult in the novel was "in his 30s". The actor playing this character was just short of his 30th birthday when the film was released. Unlike the first sex scene which was just a fantasy, the sex scene between these two characters really did happen.
The sex scenes are extremely explicit, leaving very little to the imagination.