Our Beloved Summer (2021)

one of my fav dramas so far

Everything about this drama is perfect so far. The acting is well done, the express the emotion perfectly. the story plot is simply but interesting enough to captivate viewers and pull them along for each episode, and even make views think about their own life and relationships. The beautiful cinematography makes it hard for viewers to look away, it help strengthens the mood and emotions in scenes, especially with the help of pathetic fallacy. Also looooovee the ost, v's voice is like a comforting hug after you feel the emotions portrayed in the drama. The only bad thing about this is having to wait every week, every episode makes me longing for the next. 10/10 would recommend this drama. only on ep 8 will alter when finished

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Uma ode ao amor, ao amadurecimento e à solidão.

Our Beloved Summer me chamou atenção desde a primeira vez que li a sinopse. Não sei o porquê, afinal, não tinha nada demais. A história de um casal que gravou um documentário na adolescência, namorou e se separou em maus termos e, depois de anos, se reencontram para gravar uma continuação para esse documentário. Talvez eu só tenha achado divertido. Parecia uma boa premissa para um rom-com.

A primeira impressão não foi boa, não vou mentir. Um dos piores aspectos desse kdrama é a montagem frenética, com diversos cortes por cena. Parecia que o montador tinha alguma tremedeira na mão. Era exaustivo de acompanhar e prejudicava o ritmo. Felizmente, isso foi melhorando .

Um dos primeiros aspectos desse drama que me conquistou foi o fato dele não entregar tudo sobre os personagens e a história de modo imediato. Adotando o gênero slice of life, possui uma narrativa que se desenvolve progressivamente a cada episódio, desenrolando camadas e camadas dos personagens, como se fossem peças de um quebra-cabeças. Suas atitudes, características e motivações são desvendadas ao poucos através de uma quebra (ou até ouso chamar de uma brincadeira) na temporalidade da narrativa. Do mesmo jeito que a montagem tem o pior aspecto do drama, ela também tem o seu maior trunfo. Há constantes idas e vindas, do presente ao passado (e detalhe pra mudanças do aspect ratio toda vez que isso acontecia) e repetição de algumas cenas, mas de modo que sempre agregava novas informações e pontos de vista. Então o ritmo desgastante dos cortes frenéticos das cenas individuais, se abrandava na construção da narrativa dentro do episódio como um todo.

O roteiro é muito bem escrito, principalmente por ser sensível ao retratar os sentimentos e crescimentos de seus personagens que, por sua vez, são bem construídos e humanizados, com desenvolvimento bastante naturalista. É sobre como o amor perdura, mas ele não é suficiente se não sabemos lidar com as nossas próprias barreiras. Yeon-su é uma garota inteligente e determinada que sempre soube o caminho que queria traçar em sua vida e lutou para isso. Vinda de uma família carente e tendo lidar com problemas financeiros, ela sempre pôs a cara a tapa para proteger sua vó e melhorar a situação delas. Sua arrogância mascara sua baixa autoestima. Ela não consegue manter relações por não se julgar merecedora delas e o orgulho a impede de pedir ajuda. Isso destruiu seu relacionamento com Choi-ung, que carrega um insuperável trauma de infância que o faz temer o abandono. Ele não tem grandes objetivos na vida e não sabe expressar suas emoções. Mesmo vivendo da arte, seu trauma o impede de usá-la como modo de expressão; assim, suas obras não tem vida. Ele quer se encontrar, mas não quer ir longe, pois tem medo de ficar sozinho. Ji-ung sonha com um vida que não é sua. Sem pai e com uma mãe displicente, ele almeja em Choi-ung aquilo que não tem. Em compensação, Choi-ung oferece uma amizade sem tamanho. É uma mistura de ressentimento com gratidão. NJ sempre viveu numa bolhada moldada para ela, com poucas interferências externas. Com a vida escancarada na mídia, vive à base do amor e do ódio do público que só enxerga a celebridade e não o ser humano.

São pessoas solitárias. Yeon-su está presa em seus sentimentos de auto-sabotagem e isolamento; Choi-ung está preso no seu trauma e em não conseguir alcançar as expectativas que se espera dele; Ji-ung clama por amor e não é correspondido (romanticamente e maternalmente); NJ está presa dentro da própria fama: ninguém entra, ninguém sai. Elas tem a solidão presas em si e o drama mostra como elas conseguem, aos poucos, quebrar as barreiras as quais estão presas.

Uma das melhores características do roteiro e direção é na construção desse amadurecimento dos personagens através de suas ações. Vi-me esperando diálogos expositivos que esclarecem os conflitos. Estava esperando A conversa do casal protagonista para que finalmente ficassem juntos. Não veio, mas veio coisa melhor. Yeon-su demonstrando sua dor para Choi-ung e se dando conta de uma pessoa que sempre esteve ao seu lado: Sol-i. Choi-ung desistindo de sua carreira para aprimorar sua visão e encarando seu pai que o abandonou. O casal até conversa, mas é pra chegar na conclusão: suas diferenças não o manterão separados; com a barreiras derrubadas, o amor perdura.

Ji-ung persiste num amor não retribuído do mesmo jeito que persistiu pela atenção de sua mãe. Ele prefere sofrer em silêncio do que enfrentar o que sente. Ele somente supera devido à importância de sua amizade com Choi-ung e pelo acaso do destino: gravar um documentário com sua mãe. Aquele que sempre esteve atrás da câmeras, enxergando e desvendando sentimentos alheios, finalmente teve a sua vez de se expressar. NJ começa a criar suas próprias regras para sobreviver no mundo o qual cresceu em vez de se submeter aos outros. Ela aceita seus sentimentos, assim como aceita a rejeição deles. E tá tudo bem! Ela se permitiu sentir e sair da bolha sufocante a qual vivia.

Foi uma jornada muito bonita de acompanhar, feita de maneira coesa e coerente. Fomos conhecendo e crescendo junto com os personagens. Além disso, cada episódio trouxe o título de um filme popular que transmitia a ideia que o episódio queria passar, de modo direto ou indireto, sendo uma diversão extra procurar qual era o filme da semana e sua conexão ao drama.

É um kdrama que extravasa sentimentos com uma sensibilidade sem limites.

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OverHyped

Had gr8 potential but iam disappointed and also the female lead is annoying and often selfish. She loves then leaves the male lead with no explanations. This is not love. Leaving someone to pick up the pieces after your breakup is immature and doesnt let the other person get closure. If the roles were reversed, we would be calling the person toxic. Unfortunately, women seem to get away with a lot more selfishness in dramas. Netflix has great production, music, locations but somehow loses out on empathatic characters. The women are portrayed as get-up-and-leave kinds in the name of female emancipation and freedom. I just dont get it. Had Dropped the drama after 12, felt its draggy . Drama could have finished in 10 or 12epi .She seems to be stuck, acting out like a high schooler.

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TOXIC AT ITS MOST

Many people are going to disagree with me but this show is SO overrated just because the casts are famous people. If this show were to casts unknown actors and actresses it wont go far.

First of, i hated the FL. Her character and personality in thr drama was too much for me. But then again, this is only my personal opinion. I read the review and ALMOST ALL the reviews said this was a good drama but when i watched it, i felt like i was watching a totally different drama. The FL annoyed me in every single episodes and their relationship, was HIGHKEY toxic. She was too dominant was him and he, was weak.

They kept breaking up OVER SMALL THINGS and then make up. If that aint red flag i don’t know what is. Overall, i did not enjoy this drama. Don’t get me wrong, i love both actors but i just did not see what the hybe is about.

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Just Beautiful

Our Beloved Summer was one of the first K-Dramas I ever watched, I didn’t know anything about the actors or story at the time, so I didn’t have any set expectations when I started. And it remains one of my favorite comfort K-Dramas, even with the twenty I’ve watched since.

Opinions about this show seem to be quite polarized, and I’m glad I watched it before reading all the negative reviews that might’ve scared me off. People love it or hate it, and I’m certainly one of the former.

The story spans over quite a bit of time and I thoroughly enjoyed both the flashback sections of the show and what's happening in modern day. The structure allowed for some beautiful parallel scenes too.

While I love this show, I do understand why some people don’t, it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. The story and relationship progression are both slow, so if you hate slow dramas, you’re most likely not going to like this one. But even with the slow progression, I was never bored.

Our main couple, Choi Ung (played by Choi Woo-Shik) and Kook Yeon-Soo (played by Kim Da-mi) were both perfectly cast. They made both hilarious rivals in the beginning and an awkwardly sweet couple later on. I thoroughly enjoyed all of their different dynamics.

I’ve seen several people bashing Yeon-Soo as a character, and while I will say initially, I didn’t find her very likeable, as the story progressed and her character developed, she won me over. I did like Ung from the beginning though, but as fellow sleep deprived artist I may be a little biased.

Honestly, I’m not usually a fan of second chance romances but this one got me. Through swapping between the current day and flashbacks of when the characters were previously together, it becomes quite clear why they didn’t initially work. But unlike many second chance romances, this one is able to take the reasons they didn’t work then and through a ton of character development, show why they do now. And they do work beautifully.

While much of the character development is shown through the lenes of a relationship, much of it is deeply individual. Ung and Yeon-Soo go from somewhat miserable individuals, both wallowing in their struggles, to two people who are able to make the best of their lives. And it was done beautifully.

Besides our main couple, there is a side romance with their friends, I found this to be the least interesting part of the show, ultimately though, it didn’t dampen my overall enjoyment.

I don’t fully know how to describe the overall tone, but mellow might be a good word.
Everything that I liked about the show was amplified by the OST. There isn’t a single miss in the soundtrack. The music helped set the mood phenomenally, and I’ve listened to it so many times that four of my top five most listened to songs in 2023 were from this soundtrack. It’s without a doubt my favorite K-Drama OST ever.

There’s so much more I could talk about in this review that I loved, from all the side characters to the family dynamics and beautiful cinematography, but this review is already long enough. So, I’ll leave it here.

Our Beloved Summer is a beautifully thought-provoking show, that made me laugh, cry, and reevaluate my life. Go give it a shot.

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É lindo!!

Tem uma bela fotografia, uma ost maravilhosa e a atuação nota mil.

O drama mostrou os desequilíbrios no relacionamento, a forma como a falta de comunicação deixa feridas e também como o amor pode durar.

Yeon Su e Choi Ung eram colegas na escola e gravaram um documentário juntos sobre o melhor e o pior aluno, acontece que eles brigavam igual cão e gato porque ela quer focar e está sempre estudando enquanto ele está sempre de boas, sem ligar muito para as coisas. Mas com o decorrer das gravações ambos começam a ficar mais próximos e acaba nascendo um sentimento e consequentemente acabam namorando.

Agora Yeon Su trabalha num escritório e o Ung se tornou um desenhista(mas ninguém sabe sua identidade), eles já não estão mais juntos, ela terminou sem nem explicar o porquê, mas devido ao trabalho eles acabam se reencontrando e depois por causa de reviravoltas do destino estão novamente gravando uma nova temporada do documentário o que não foi nada fácil já que agora eles se "odiavam" ( no fundo a gente via o amor deles )

É um drama nada inovador, mas que deixa um quentinho no coração, a química deles me deixou ligada na história, as cenas de passado e presente sendo intercaladas ajudou a entender todas as alfinetadas que eles trocavam.

Gostei demais de acompanhar "Our Beloved Summer", foi bom ver o desenvolvimento da relação deles

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green flag

tbh... i've watched this drama many times but somehow i don't get bored while watching it, i'm sure buddy. i really like the acting of both of them, the main character Choi Wooshik (Choi Ung) and the main actress Kim Dami (Kook Yeon Soo). they are both very cool in acting, i won't lie about that, this drama is very inspiring for couples who have fallen out of love but both of them still have great love, i as a man really want traits and personality like the main character Choi Ung, he is like an angel for her beloved partner, i also study what he does, what Choi Ung does in this drama, and yea... as you know, the character Choi Ung in this drama is highly coveted by many women out there, they call it the word "green flag" LMAO.

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I should have loved this

I wanted to love this. When I came across it on Netflix right after watching Hometown Cha Cha Cha, I thought it would be the perfect substitute with similar vibes. I was wrong.
I know Our Beloved Summer is a well-made drama. I can see it through the acting, structure, story and other characteristics. However, I couldn't help but feel disengaged by it. I wanted to fall in love with the story really badly, but I was left hanging. I don't really blame the drama, I think this is on me. To each their own.
I love Choi Woo-shik and he was really good in this.
But yeah, overall, I wish I had loved this like everybody else.

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"People Crave for The Normal."

As a person who enjoys binging thriller dramas, this one is sure to have ended up in my dropped/fast forward list had I tried binging it.

The very interesting discourses and comments regarding certain characters is what drove me to begin watching this drama. Slice of life dramas are not my forté. But, seeing such intense character analysis for a seemingly sunny drama was what made me curious.

Probably one of the most well loved dramas that premiered last year, "Our Beloved Summer" is the chronicles of Choi Ung and Kook Yeon Su, two vibrantly different personalities who are forcibly put together in high school to film a documentary. The Proximity Principle proved true and it's not long before their hateful relationship morphs into love. After a disastrously earth shaking break-up, they meet five years later. Now, grown up and absorbed in their own career paths, they are unexpectedly thrown together again. But, this time, both of them are determined to change for the better…

I suck at expressing emotions in general and have a penchant for accepting characters and the story as it is presented, hence watching this was personally a purely fun experience for me.

Be warned… the slice-of-life tag doesn't lie.
The story follows the ordinary lives of both Yeon Su and Choi Ung along with one major supporting character (Kim Ji Ung).

Sticking true to the tag, it's the characters who are the soul of the story. Though it began with almost little to no emotional attachment from my side, I slowly grew attached to them by episode 14. There is not much purposeful happening with the plot, so, if you are a fan of strictly plot driven stories, this drama isn't for you.

Kook Yeon-Su can sit together with Kat from 10 Things I Hate About You and I wouldn't bat an eyelid. Studious and meticulous in every aspect, she sets vigorous boundaries and rules to who or whatever crosses her path. Including Choi Ung. She has an almost aggressive reaction to everyone, trenchant and assertive with her words… which naturally makes her one of the most unlikeable students in her school.
I found her bravado tiring. But, the writers did a good job, taking time to explain her actions and errors.

Choi Ung is far from her strict good-girl regimen. He slacks off at class, is meek like a puppy and knows more social skills than Yeon Su. He understands what he has signed up for once he begins to date her. I loved how he was not driven by goals, but rather went with what his heart wanted.

The life outside their perfect bubble has an almost domino-like effect on them. These polar opposite duos had their own ways of expressing their emotions as a result. Yeon Su was more on the *tell* side of the sphere whereas Choi Ung was on the *show* side. They each await empathic responses to unasked questions. To me, this lack of understanding and failure to express themselves was the prime reason for their break up. Now, as adults, their tables have turned. They are much more aware of their mistakes and are ready to accept the error of their ways.

40% of the drama is seen partially through the eyes of the Documentary Producer, Kim Ji Ung, Choi Ung's best friend. He was a character whose presence was pivotal in understanding the leading ones. We see a deeper side of Choi Ung through him, his own personal troubles, his support and ear for Yeon Su, the rapport with his workplace colleagues… even Ung's manager and Sol - I were important.

NJ, an idol, felt really out of place. She was not annoying… but I didn't understand why there was so much time being invested in her story, which could literally be spliced out and kept as a different special episode. Her presence did incite major changes to certain characters, but I felt that the writers failed to portray her with more depth or importance. The main reason seems to be her lack of interaction with the major characters.

It's the actors who breathed life into the chara ters. They lived them. Even the minor ones. Choi Woo Shik was mind blowing in portraying the very insoucient Choi Ung. Rather than appearing lifeless and boring, he was vibrant and unique. Kim Da Mi had less internal monologues than Choi Ung, but the process of unwrapping her various layers was smoothly portrayed.

I didn't find the drama too funny, though. There were a few slapstick comedy scenes, but there was always a serious shadow in the background for more than half of the drama.

The soundtrack was overall pleasant to listen to with "Home" and "Christmas Tree" being my favorites along with the opening theme by Kim Hwan Hee.

It's a drama that I'm sure I'll probably never rewatch. But, sometimes you stumble upon a coin on the road and check it out.
As Mr. Park said to Ji Ung, people crave for the 'ordinary'. And so do I.

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Reconfortante estar diante de um amor de verão (que vai durar bastante) <3

Pera que tô impactada ainda!!!!!!
Eu amei tanto our beloved summer, como eu disse em algum episódio o amor deles é reconfortante demais de assistir, como a Yeon su disse em um ep "é muito bom estar em um relacionamento maduro" e foi isso que eles conquistaram separados durante um tempo e depois juntos. Eles cresceram. Além do amor deles que eu amei, foi a OST que ganhou TODO o meu coração. São músicas tão gostosas de se escutar, lendo, fazendo coisas dentro de casa, pra relaxar a mente, escutar pela manhã ao acordar. É simples delicioso e passa o conforto do drama e do casal sabe?
E falando do verão, apesar do calor o verão é conforto também e aconchego, a cenografia do drama a coisa mais linda, acompanhando as estações, as roupas, cenário, tudo, tudo. Só não gostei de: Os outros personagens digo na forma casal primeiramente, achei que pudessem ter sido mais desenvolvidos sabe? Eu esperei que fossem e senti falta. O ji ung pelo menos se resolveu com a mãe mas acabou me deixando chateada a relação dele de gostar de Yeon su e demorar tanto pra ele se livrar desse sentimento (eu sei que pra parar de gostar de alguém demora mas demorou muito pra mim) e eu queria TANTO ter visto ele com a Chae ran!
Eu amei o formato do drama, misturado junto com documentário, assistindo me lembrou muito lovestruck in the city que eu amei também.
Estou apaixonada pelo Woo shik e a Da Mi, uns fofos, uma química gostosa demais, atuação belíssima!
Foi um drama gostoso demais de assistir! 💛

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