The Time of Fever (2024)

Unintentional Love Story ne m'a pas convaincue, The Time of Fever l'a fait !

Je n'avais aucune d'attente lorsque j'ai lancé le premier épisode. Unintentional Love Story ne m'avait pas emballé, au contraire, je l'avais même trouvé ennuyeux. Le couple secondaire (Ho Tae et Dong Hee, donc) avait piqué ma curiosité, mais il y avait un fossé important quant à leur histoire.

L'intrigue est simple et légère. Pourtant, la façon dont elle est mise en scène et portée par le couple principal la rend attirante et jolie. C'est doux avec une émotion mesurée. En réalité, j'ai envie de comparer ce drama aux premières pluies d'été. Elles sont rafraîchissantes, mais réconfortantes. Exactement comme lui.

La complémentarité des personnages donne une direction unique à l’œuvre qui prend joliment vie. L’extraverti et dissipé Ho Tae qui contraste avec l’introverti et studieux Dong Hee. J’ai adoré la façon dont Yang Kyung Hee a capturé les visages avec des ambiances fidèles aux émotions de ses personnages : douces et intenses, partagées et franches, parfois innocentes. C’était encore plus émouvant que son projet précédent, The Director Who Buys Me Dinner.

Connaissant la fin de USL, celle de The Time of Fever sonne différemment à mes oreilles. Cependant, elle ne rend pas honneur aux personnages (mais celle de USL non plus). Cela dit, elle reste libre d’interprétation (tant positive que négative). Et c’est peut-être le seul point discutable de cette histoire qui reste, malgré tout, joliment porté par un casting sympathique, une photographie ravissante et une bande originale subtile.

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I Love This Series, But We Needed More

I don't normally write reviews, but felt I needed to for this one. Hotae and Donghee were my favorite couple from Unintentional Love Story and I loved that series in general. When I heard there would be a spinoff, with Hotae and Donghee nonetheless, I was excited.

I loved this mini series and was glad we received some more back story on the two of them. Overall I think it was filmed well and the acting was fantastic, but I have a few issues with it. They never explained the significante of the watch that was brought up in ULS. It seemed like something important then, but not so much in TTOF. Also, while we can gather why they have issues in the future, it wasn't really explained why they are so indifferent and angry with one another in the future to the point they don't want anything to do with each other.

The relationship between Donghee and his father was surprising, but felt kind of random. I definitely felt as if they could have explained it more. I thought perhaps his father realized he was gay, which was the reason he said he was "sick," but they missed executing the storyline there. Perhaps that could explain Donghee's reluctance so much with his relationship with Hotae.

I wish this series would have been longer and would have gone into more detail. It was sweet, but short, and I think we could have gotten so much more back story. I don't feel as if they fully got the justice they deserved with their storyline. It's very wishful thinking, but I hope we get something more in the future.

Side note, I loved the little cameo Chansik made. It's bittersweet to know the three previously met years before they all became friends.

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