Amor en la ciudad (2020)

Apaixonada na vida

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No fim quando eles agradecem percebi que era mais um reality sobre a vida deles mesmo e como se cruza né? O mundo é grande mas é bem pequeno também. Achei lindo a história, ela trás uma lição bem bacana. Jae won e Eun o amaram muito forte a primeira vez que se viram e esse amor permaneceu, o amor foi doloroso, os dois se machucaram mas aprenderam muito com isso, eles se aceitaram mutuamente. A Seon Yeong e o Kang geon, a gente pode dizer que eles se encontraram na hora errada? Não sei, mais o sentimento deles um pelo outro era lindo, eu senti o companheirismo. E por fim o Kyeong Jun e a Rin I. Acredito que eles dois ainda possam se resolver, mas o amor é isso, quando é pra começar é fácil e lindo pra terminar é difícil. Pode ter sido vários anos mais pra acabar basta uma palavra e pronto, tudo que viveu vai embora. Temos e vemos amor em várias formas e principalmente na amizade, que é uma coisa bem bonita entre eles ali. E nem sempre o certo é que permaneçam juntos mesmo que seja o certo para você. Foi muito bonito e especial. Obrigada!

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Lovestruck in the City is a romance about the dating lives of young people including a passionate architect (Ji Chang Wook) who meets a freelance marketer (Kim Ji Won) posing as a free spirit in a new city.
Ji Chang Wook plays Park Jae Won. He is an architect who takes a long vacation to the beach to stay in a camper. There he meets a free-spirited woman who captures his heart…and then destroys it.
Kim Ji Won is Lee Eun Oh. She is a freelance marketer who experiences some difficulties in life and decides to reinvent herself in a new city as a free-spirited woman. She falls for Park Jae Won, but he falls in love with her fake identity which creates a big problem for her.
We then have our other couples which consist of Kyung Joon (Kim Min Suk) and Rin Yi (So Ju Yeon) as well as Gun (Ryu Kyung Soo) and Sun Young (Han Ji Eun).

Lovestruck in the City was a bit of mixed bag for me. It had some elements that I really loved and some that I didn’t care for it. Let’s jump into the positives first. I really loved the main love story between Jae Won and Eun Oh.
Ji Chang Wook is made for roles like this where he gets to be adorably awkward, and Kim Ji Won was great at showing two sides of her character as well as the pain she was experiencing.

Their story was told in flashbacks as well as in the present. I was completely drawn in to their whirlwind romance on the beach in the past. They had great chemistry and were very engaging. We don’t get to see much of them together in the present until a good way through the drama, but their individual journeys were nice to see. Things then get very interesting when they reunite. So all in all, I really enjoyed their romance and was completely engaged in that part of the drama.

I had one big problem with the main romance too. Eun Oh’s story was a fascinating one for sure, and I did like seeing her character growth from start to finish as she finally came out of her shell and found herself, but she really was terrible to Jae Won. It was understandable how she acted when they first got together at the beach and unexpectedly fell in love.
Her actions in the present were awful though. The hoops she jumps through to keep her secret are next level. And then when she is discovered, she won’t even explain anything to Jae Won. Not just once either, but for quite a while. The drama did do good at diving in to why she acted the way she did, but there just really isn’t an excuse for the complete shut out of information from her.

Overall, Lovestruck in the City was a quick and easy watch with 17 half hour episodes, though it could have definitely told its story in less time. I didn’t love the format, but I thoroughly enjoyed the main romance that provided swoony moments as well as some nice character exploration. It was a decent watch.

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Uma narrativa diferente

Nota Geral: 7.5/10

História: 7.5/10
Bem vindo a Apaixonados na cidade, uma série onde um grupo de 6 pessoas e suas respectivas sagas do amor que misturam os altos e baixos das histórias de 3 "casais" utilizando um storytelling diferenciado acontece. Aqui, é quase como se os personagens estivessem dentro de um reality show, sendo entrevistados enquanto suas histórias são contadas, e é uma forma diferente de demonstrar aquele monólogo interno que alguns personagens tem ao longo da série ao mesmo tempo que introduz interações cômicas dos personagens com as câmeras.
Para mim, a história foi muito bem contada e foi fácil entender o que acontecia mesmo com os flashbacks do passado e as interações dos personagens com as câmeras. Ela demonstra o quanto certas ações e expectativas podem interferir no desenvolvimento de um relacionamento, entretanto, pra mim o ponto que a série mais enfatizou foi o quão frágeis são relações, principalmente as amorosas, onde a confiança é tudo e como algo que parecia pequeno pode se tornar um problema gigante se deixado de lado.

Personagens: 8/10
Os personagens, na minha opinião, são bem trabalhados, cada um tem uma personalidade bem distinta um do outro. Não vou nem entrar muito no mérito de como estes personagens e seus comportamentos não devem ser modelo para ninguém, já que se for analisar com calma deve ter pelo menos meia dúzia de distúrbios psicológicos. Isso, por outro lado, serve pra mostrar ao espectador que os personagens ali são humanos, tem suas falhas e que de suas ações podemos tirar lições muitas vezes sobre o que não fazer.
Para explicar a nota um pouco melhor, senti que a série acabou de uma forma um pouco abrupta, além de sentir que não vi muito sobre o "terceiro casal" (Kang Geon e Oh Seon Yeon), eles são os mesmos dois personagens apresentados no episódio 1 e no episódio 17, não senti que houve evolução nem na relação deles nem em seus personagens.

Atuação/Cinematografia: 9/10
Ótima escolha de atores e atrizes, principalmente os dois principais. Ji Chang Wook novamente entregando uma atuação de dar inveja nesse gênero de romance e Kim Ji Won não fica para trás, foi visível que os dois tem uma boa química, não é aqueeele negócio que vai fazer a série ficar famosa com cortes até porque esse (destacar paixão ardente entre os dois) não é o ponto que diferencia essa história das outras.

Música: 8.5/10
Uma seleção de músicas muito interessante. Raramente escuto músicas de rock dos anos 80 e 90 em séries coreanas, ainda mais se forem de bandas de fora da Coreia. Nada a reclamar sobre a seleção de músicas, apenas senti que a sonografia não me chamou muito a atenção na segunda metade da série, depois que acabam os flashbacks do momento que PJW e YSA compartilharam em Yangyang.

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lovestruck in the city is not for everyone

This drama is not for everyone you will either like it or dislike it, there is a bit of room in between but most people have strong opinions. The drama is one where you would require a lot patience to watch/continue watching.

I'm not going to lie when I watched the first two episodes I was not interested that I left it on hold for seven months and only decided to pick it back up to get it out of my on-hold list lol. But, the drama is not as bad as people make it out to be, it is just the plot was not that well written and the characters have many flaws. There were many inconsistencies within the plot that could have been addressed better but only made the main characters frustrating to watch. I understand the female leads insecurities but they should have portrayed them differently so that we could actually sympathize with her reasons for not contacting jaewon for a whole year. As for jaewon, it was good they actually addressed his alcoholism, but they made him way too pathetic even without the alcohol. I was not rooting for the twos' reunion to be honest, they lacked basic communication and I really wanted them to get closure then develop themselves separately. This drama could easily have been 12 episodes instead of 17, because there is so much filler, and maybe that would have forced the writing to be better. But if a second season did come out just about the side characters I would probably watch it.

Now yes I gave this drama a pretty high rating despite not liking the writing because I enjoyed the cast, acting, and the music. Maybe I'm way too biased towards ji chang wook but he really carried with his acting, as pathetic as jaewon was I was still rooting for him for some reason. Overall I enjoyed the drama and I will most likely rewatch it because I skipped a lot of the filler episodes and don't remember much other than how good chang wook looked lol.

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Potencial Desperdiçado

Tem uma premissa interessante e a base de "talk show" é realmente inovadora, mas não foi bem executada, as cenas e química dos atores principais( em Yangyang )são ótimas, mas a obra se perde na FL, Eunoh sumiu da vida do Jaewon do nada depois de casar com ele simplesmente porque ela é "comum" e o ex traiu ela, ela sabia que ele vivia perto, sabia que ele não estava conseguindo superar, teve quadros de alcoolismo e mesmo assim ela não fez nada, o ML tbm não ter amor próprio e a perdoar facilmente mesmo depois de tudo que passou é algo sem sentido, ela não merecia ele ... Outro problema é que a trama do casal principal só começa a andar depois de mais de 12eps e o final foi rushado(qual o sentido de apresentar mais um casal no ultimo ep?), tentaram finalizar toda narrativa dos casais e todos ficaram meio incoerentes.

Enfim, os primeiros eps me cativaram muito pois curti pra krlh as cenas na praia, a ambientação, clima, fotografia e química do Jaewon e Eunoh la foram fantásticas(a Eunoh de Yangyang vulgo Yoon Sun Ah foi infinitamente melhor lá como personagem, pois as ações pos isso me fizeram não gostar da Eunoh do presente), teria preferido um obra focada na relação deles em YangYang, 12eps de 30min seria o bastante para desenvolver os 2 principais(Eunoh e Jaewon)

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Storie di amori verosimili!

Un dramma abbastanza scorrevole che anche se inizialmente un po' confuso per via delle interviste poi invece invoglia a continuare a vederlo per sapere come va a finire, finito in due giorni proprio per questo motivo.
Racconta le storie d'amore di tre coppie.Due si incontrano si innamorano e si separano dopo soli due mesi ma il loro amore è travolgente e sofferente ma l'amore vincerà. Un'altra è una coppia scoppiata ta lei che finge indifferenza e lui tropo timido per farsi avanti,per loro tanti punti interrogativi. Gli altri sono dolcissimi innamorati ma con due modi completamente di vedere e vivere la vita e il loro amore ne soffrirà.
Un intreccio di queste storie che alla fine sono praticamente un gruppo di amici.
Il dramma è davvero carino e con storie di vita vera.
Merita la visione e non solo per il cast.

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The ML is an adorable Teddy Bear.

When you put yourself in the ML shoes, all you can think of is that the guy is a saint and so damn mature. Even after all the things FL put him through, he still loved her and went out of his way to understand where she was coming from.

We get that FL was coming off a lot of hurt and the reasons she chose to escape her life, but at some point she should have told him the truth. She made selfish decision to protect herself from the hurt and allowed the poor guy to go crazy. He was so damn worried about her. While ML is 10/10, I do wish the FL would have put him first and at least told him the truth about her life. So what if they had went there separate ways, at least he wouldn't torture himself like that. Knowing the ML, they might have reconciled sooner.

Now, as a viewer, I completely enjoyed the style of the drama. I also had fun watching how frustrated the guy was and all the things he shared so freely. I honestly wish more people were this brave. I also liked how the FL gradually shared how she felt but she clearly was the more loved by the ML.

The supporting characters were also pretty good and fun to watch.

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Confesso que de inicio eu fiquei perdido, nao sabia como funciona as "entrevistas", mas com o passar do tempo e decorrer dos episódios começamos a entender, e cada momento que a quarta parede é quebrada, é simplesmente incrível.

Personagens individualmente incríveis, mas quando se juntam NÃO DA PRA TANKA, acho que não tem outro dorama que eu ri tanto como esse a relação do Jae Won com o Gyung Joon é demais pprt, não tem como parar de rir. O trio de amizade é sensacional, transmite uma alegria genuína.

Pelo fato do dorama ter apenas 17 episódios de 30 minutos, ele não sofre como a maioria dos outros doramas, que da metade pra frente os episódios ficam chatos, maçantes e só enrola, e quando está perto do finalzinho o casal se separa e então volta a ficar juntos depois de um timeskip. Entretanto isso pode ser uma maldição ou uma benção, se por um lado nos livra de enrolação, a gente tambem perde a oportunidade de ver os demais personagens.

Ficamos triste que acabou, pois queremos saber como a Rin Yi e o Gyung Joon vão lidar com a situação, se eles vão realmente terminar, se vão reatar. O mesmo vale para a Sun Young e o Kang Gun, eles terminaram, mas se eles voltarem não vai ser surpresa pra ninguém.

E o ultimo episódio foi inesperado, foi nos mostrando o policial devagarinho, mas ai vem e... Não tem como, uma belezinha os dois, incrível que com 10 minutos conseguiu fazer algo melhor do que doramas com 16 EPISÓDIOS e de HORAS não consegue fazer, mostrar um casalzinho lindinho fofinho meiguinho.

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So underrated, worths more!

This is the 2nd kdrama I've watched where Ji Chang Wook is the main character and I loved it as well. It was so full of intense feelings. He can reflect all the pain/happiness etc so good and the rest of the cast had the same energy (+their chemistry) which was ideal.

As for the plot, firstly this type of documentary/interview was so unique compared to other dramas. All this "everyone's possible to be connected" scenario is so realistic. You never know who you'll meet or if your paths will cross each others again. The uncompleted (summer) love is the second realistic case. Ppl suppress their feelings often, are feared to express or trust their heart and sometimes the timing is so wrong.

The ring situation reminds me of a very personal experience and it broke my heart. I knew exactly how she felt and why she had it saved.

As for the other two couples the first one is based on a slow burn/"waiting for you till the right moment" which is so innocent and cute (I'm so jealous over that) and the second couple broke up bc the fem character doesn't believe in a boy/girl friendship. Which is sad. There are genuine friendships out there between both genders and ppl still don't believe in them. The couple clearly didn't communicate it correctly to understand each other's side and perhaps try to solve this situation or any other possible prob rather than break up.

Overall, it was an enjoyable series. Perhaps it could've been a little more short but its still really good and more ppl should recognize its value. This isnt the rating it deserves!!!

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Relatable and realistic (kind of)

The acting was pretty much accounted for, having a stellar cast. However, the plot and direction can be a hit or miss depending on the audience watching. Personally, I enjoyed both aspects. The way the entire series was shot was refreshing for a kdrama and it reminded me of more western productions. The interspersed past and present also kept me curious throughout the series. Although the storyline may be frustrating, i think that's a part of the point of the plot. Honestly, Ji Chang Wook and Kim Ji Won's whole plot was frustrating but i think it's supposed to be, especially the way everything was set up. I think it was realistic. I won't discuss it in detail as to not spoil anything. However, as realistic as it may for me, this is entirely subjective as I base from my personal experience. Other people in the audience may not get it or even like their storyline at all, depending on their own experience, personality and how they see relationships. However, I do think that the other couples in the series was as interesting as theirs as well, despite less story building allotted which is one of the things I could say I wished they had done in the series. I wish they could've dived deeper into the story of the others, especially Han Ji Eun and Ryu Kyung Soo's. I think that would balance out the series better rather than just making them seem like side stories to make everything connect in the end.

This was a pretty good watch for me though, overall. It felt more like a movie and I didn't even notice time passing at all especially each episode was only 30-40 min each. If asked if I would recommend this to others, I think I would definitely do so.

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