Just Between Lovers (2017)

It would've been a 9/10 for me but I fast forwarded A LOT of, what I like to call, "empty space." It's when there's 2-4 minutes of silent pontification, a flashback of what literally JUST happened, or the same, re-occurring flashback.

The empty space didn't take away from the story.

Oh yeah: this is truly a narrative. There aren't apprehensive, what-if, tense moments of wonder. It's a straight-to-the-point drama that revolves around the subject of loss. It's ostensibly tragic and a very grounding experience. It's a dramatic story but stays away from being a melodrama.

I'm an emotional creature and had to deliberately try not to cry. The main girl got on my nerves sometimes, but just a little bit.

Lastly, the lessons in this story are truly humbling.

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Muy recomendable!

No es un dorama de los mas conocidos, empece a verlo por casualidad, porque el argumento me llamo la atención y...no me defraudó.
Es un dorama sensible , tierno, te hace llorar y reír...cada personaje con sus problemas internos te hace comprenderlos y entenderlos. Destaco la actuación del protagonista, te roba el corazón .
No quiero decir mucho para no spoilear jajaja pero de verdad que merece la pena este drama, para mi se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos. Si lo tuyo es la comedia definitivamente no lo veas, puesto que aquí vas a encontrar problemas reales con personajes reales que te van hacer replantearte muchas cosas.

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He did it again!

Lee Junho, this actor, OMG, now has me trying to watch all his dramas and everything else he does. Man, he played the part wholeheartedly. What an awesome actor he is. Had me crying! The storyline was incredible to see. The screenwriters got this one right. I applaud them! Won Jin Ah played her part of HanMan Soo ( I love that name). For both main leads to play the part in a tragedy and how they lived through it was like me watching the news in real-time. What an incredible story! This story had to be told by the other main leads and support actors and actresses. The visuals look so real, I love the town. In real-time, this happened in the United States, didn't involve architecture but a bombing. I am so glad they brought awareness to organ transplants. Thank you so much for this storyline.

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Beautiful, underrated drama

This drama is one of the toughest and most beautiful ones I have watched.
It revolves around love, not just about a couple, but about love in general. Family, friends, people you meet in the street, your coworkers, neighbours...
This drama is about survival, humanity, reconstruction, forgiveness but also simply about living.
The beautiful acting, delicate feelings expressed throughout the details and the writing, everything about this drama is well done.

The relationships between all the main characters made my heart weep. Every episode was a confusing mix of joy and sorrow for me, like an event that hurts everything in you but that you cannot stop watching.

I will not watch it again because my heart won't be able to bear it, but please do take a minute to stop by this drama. It will make you love life, it will make you rejoice in the things you have, no matter how small.

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Já tinha um bom tempo que queria assistir esse drama porque a capa me chamava a atenção e a sinopse parecia interessante, mas sempre passava outros na frente por medo de assistir algo com um final trágico, mas quando li uma resenha de uma amiga me decidi a assistir.

Minha opinião sobre ele é essa: Just Between Lovers é um K-drama bem mediano e nada extraordinário, tinha vários elementos aqui para que se tornasse um drama com uma carga dramática excelente: enredo interessante, personagens sofridos e que te deixam na curiosidade de saber mais sobre eles, OST que combina com o tom mais triste da história.

No entanto, não conseguiu sair do lugar comum e começou a ficar extremamente maçante da metade para o final, tanto que só consegui terminá-lo depois de alguns meses, os episódios eram tão grandes que pareciam durar uma eternidade, historia só andava em círculos e sempre voltava para o mesmo lugar.

Esperava muito mais desse melodrama, e queria ver algo sofrido ou dramático, mas nada disso aconteceu aqui e não consegui sentir qualquer traço de emoção que tentaram transmitir, o casal era até bonitinho mas faltou muito para me encantar, as cenas de beijo eram tão sem graças e estáticas que eu ficava até com preguiça de ver e muitas vezes pulava.

A atuação dos atores foram tão medianas como o desenvolvimento da história, não conseguiam me convencer e talvez seja por isso que em momento algum consegui me empolgar, ou me sentir cativada pelo personagens.

A conclusão que chego é que este não é o pior drama que já vi na vida, mas está muito longe de entrar para minha seleta lista de favoritos, exatamente por isso que sua classificação fica no meio do caminho com nota 5 ja que esta bem longe da minha lista de indicações.



SPOILER SOBRE O FINAL

Além disso, esperei a história toda que o arquiteto chefe: Seo Joo Won, iria em algum momento abrir o jogo sobre o seu passado e de seu pai e extravasar de tudo aquilo que ele vinha guardando para si há anos, mas isso nunca aconteceu, ele era tão morno e sem iniciativas que mesmo quando soube de sua história de vida, não consegui sentir empatia por ele, muito menos fui capaz de entender suas atitudes que: hora lhe davam uma aparência de bom moço e hora demonstravam que ele era alguém extremamente covarde.

A Yoon Ok, mãe da protagonista, realmente me passava a sensação de que preferia que a filha mais nova tivesse se salvado daquele desastre no Shopping no lugar da Ha Moon Soo, e sequer conseguiu me convencer do contrário no final, quando finalmente decidiu se internar para tratar seu alcoolismo, a vida que ela levava imersa em culpa e remorso era lamentável.

Posso dizer que gostei muito mais do casal secundário que do principal achava Jin Young e Kim Wan-Jin muito fofos juntos e torcia para que aparecessem mais na história.

Todas as vezes que o personagem Jung Yoo Taek aparecia na história, tinham a capacidade de me tirar do sério de tão irritantes que eram suas atitudes, sequer tinha qualquer motivo para que ele agisse daquela forma, aquele tipico personagem insuportável e raso que só serve te fazer odiá-lo.

Achei o final do Lee Kang Doo meio milagroso demais e essa foi a primeira vez que achava que, pelo contexto a morte de um personagem se justificava mais do que um final tão desconexamente feliz que aquele.

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must watch

"Just Between Lovers" is a Korean drama that beautifully explores themes of trauma, healing, and love. The series follows the lives of two individuals, Lee Kang-doo (played by Lee Jun-ho) and Ha Moon-soo (played by Won Jin-ah), who are brought together by a tragic accident that alters their lives forever. As they navigate their past traumas and struggles, they find solace and understanding in each other's company. The drama's strength lies in its well-developed characters, genuine emotions, and realistic portrayal of healing processes. The chemistry between the leads is palpable, drawing viewers into their journey of self-discovery and recovery. With its heartfelt storytelling and compelling performances, "Just Between Lovers" is a must-watch for fans of romance and human drama.

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A MUST WATCH

I absolutely loved it! Everything was beautiful, no need for any change because it was perfect.

Plot- The plot was so interesting and it kept me on my toes. It wasn't fast paced at all but maybe it was because it had a good amount of episodes.

Actors- Amazing, absolutely amazing. The actors did such a great job! I really felt their emotions especially in the end where they made me cry lol. My favorite character is Lee Gang Doo, I felt such pain and love seeing him. You will understand once you see him.

This series is such a masterpiece, the best K-drama I've ever seen. If you haven't seen it yet then what are you doing? Go watch it! You will feel ALL the emotions, the bad and the good.
Hope this review helps you, have a lovely day!

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Totally boring

This series is very boring. Totally overrated! I felt like stopping it few times and I watched it over several months! I watched along side it many other series and completed them. This series is really not worth it! I completed it because I wanted to know why such a high rating but sadly I was completely disappointed. I also really did not like the female lead and her acting. Many other unnecessary characters with also really boring stories. It is really all over the place.
This series could have ended in the 10th episode really, Why add another 6 hours of this nonsense. Would never recommend it!

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I don't understand HOW this drama got the rating it did...

IDK How it got the ratings it got... ABSOULUTELY BORING.

Literally the chemistry was sooo MEH between the two main leads.

I also think the casting was absolutely so poor.

I get the type of characters they had to play too - the rough male lead and the kind hard working female but for some reason they just didn't really mesh well together...

The storyline could have been good but basically just felt like a trauma bond was formed and there wasn't really much pulling and pushing... it just sort of happened?

I think the concept could have been used better but overall it was so heavily revolved around the incident - which makes sense and understandable but I just couldn't really grasp and fall in love with it.

Love the 2nd lead and how the romance COULD have occurred but just sort of flat out died LOL...

I wouldn't really recommend but I mean at least I was able to watch it and have an opinion on it :(

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The story and screenplay combined with the consistency in character development portrayed by awe-inspiring acting by most of the major showrunners created this tear-jerking (sometimes) drama with a boat-load of romance.
The chemistry between the main leads is one of the slam-dunks of the show. The zeal to follow one's love no matter the circumstances is quite well-written. The transition between episodes is fluid enough to not cause a distraction or end-up in major plot holes.
Although the drama hit many home rums with respect to relationships overall, nonetheless we find a lack of gradual sibling bonding between the male lead and his sister. The final arc of the season, especially the last 2 episodes show major sibling bonding.... which is closer to a real-life scenario..... which is kinda welcome.
Like most romance dramas, the existence of cliched misunderstandings and sacrifices is present, but not to the point of being a hindrance to the overall flow of the story. All-in-all, this is a refreshing portrayal of pain, love, regrets, memories and all of them being the reasons to live.

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I had been putting off watching this drama for a really long time — even though I knew I'd love it. And I was absolutely right. Not only is the cinematography beautiful, but the story was about so much more than a love story. In a lot of dramas, the tragic story becomes the catalyst to get the main characters together, and it falls into becoming a plot device. Just Between Lovers didn't have that issue at all, and I rarely see such a perfect balance of the themes of family, friendship, romance, and individual identity, and they all tied into the tragic event of the S Mall collapse so fully.

I already loved Junho from clips I'd seen of him, but after watching this drama in full, he's definitely become one of my facec actors. You could feel all the anxiety, the emotion, the trauma, sadness, anger...you could feel EVERYTHING that the character was feeling.

I literally sobbed through the entire last episode — getting my homework wet and everything — but it was so worth it, and I don't know if I've ever felt that much anxiety over how a drama would end.

Another thing that I appreciate so much about this drama — the disabled characters. I loved MS's best friend SO much, and I loved Sang-Man even more — he was a big reason I cried in the last episode, and he was the most adorable character. The way every character was fleshed out in some way really made it feel like I knew them all, and I became emotionally invested in everyone's stories. The only person who I might have wanted to know more about was the best friend's love interest.

This drama just felt really REALISTIC, all around, and despite it having common kdrama tropes, it didn't bother me at all and it was executed to perfection.

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I got pulled in and didn't want to leave.

I shall be honest; I watched this because I am working my way through all Nam Da Reum's dramas (almost done them all now). It's been on my list for a while and whilst I like the entire cast, for some reason I thought it would be dull or maybe even depressing.
How wrong can a person be?!
I ended up absolutely loving it.
The 2 lead characters are very naturally played by actors that feel made for their parts. Their chemistry, projection, expressions, are all excellent. I fell in love with Lee Kang-doo (a very endearing performance from Lee Jun-ho ~ such a good actor).
Supporting parts are very good and well acted too. I did feel the brother/sister company heads were a bit kind of obvious (Jung Yoo-taek's constant angry outbursts, shouting and huge inferiority complex, really got me riled up at times). Both were arrogant and haughty, although Jung Yoo-jin was the typical kind of power woman who treats a subordinate male, better than a female counterpart.
Ha Moon-soo's mother, Yoon Ok, angered me the most. Understandably, any parent who has lost their child will grieve, go through depression, anger and never really get over it. However, she wasn't the only parent to suffer at that time; her husband lost his child too and Moon-soo her sister. She appeared to be addicted to the grief though, wallowing in self-pity, living through a bottle and taking it out on any and every one. She needed a good slap, plus copious amounts of therapy.
My favourite supporting character though, was the street pharmacy Grandma. That actress made that character so real, believable and incredibly warm, even though she was cantankerous, quick tempered and tough as old boots. So wordly wise, intelligent and astute ~ I loved her.
The present day architect, Seo Joo-won, I found a little too good to be true. He carried around the baggage of bitterness and guilt, the latter being misplaced.
Everyone is linked by the one tragic event and those links, and how they have affected the various characters, are uncovered as the story unfolds.
It is not fast paced, but is well paced. The story is revealed perfectly for me.
There are some well used drama aspects, but overall it is well written and directed.
Some may feel the subject matter isn't portrayed seriously enough, but to my mind, being a drama and not a documentary, the screenwriter got it right. It's a romance for entertainment, at the end of the day, and I personally stop watching when something is too depressing or melodramatic ~ that's not escapism to me.
The final episodes did introduce a couple of plot twists that I felt were unnecessary and OTT, but it was all brought together in the end.
I mostly enjoyed the soundtrack, but some of the instrumental music I found a bit depressing sounding, which didn't fit with scenes it accompanied.
I would certainly watch this drama again and recommend it.

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