Viața Ei Privată (2019)

O casal mais maduro da dramaland!

Esse é o dorama que eu dou nota 8, mas com consciência que ele tinha tudo pra ser um 10. Mesmo assim, valeu a pena assistir cada episódio, eu amei acompanhar Her Private Life.
Esse k-drama conta a história de Seung Deok-mi e Ryan Gold. Deok-mi é uma curadora de arte de uma famosa galeria de Seul, e tem uma vida dupla, pois além de trabalhar na galeria ela tem um hobbie que ninguém no seu trabalho sabe: ela é uma fanática por kpop. Sua vida dupla está perfeita até que ela vê o seu emprego dos sonhos ir parar nas mãos do artista Ryan Gold, desafeto que ela conheceu em uma viagem a trabalho.

Minhas opinião : Esse dorama ficou famoso na dramaland por ser uma drama em que o casal tem uma relação madura e saudável, no qual os protas não tem os típicos problemas de comunicação que os casais coreanos vivenciam nos dramas, e que causam uma certa irritação em nós, telespectadores ocidentais.
Após assistir eu posso confirmar, esse é mesmo o casal mais saudável da dramaland! Para vocês terem um ideia, a partir do momento em a Deok-mi e o Ryan ficam juntos eles não se separam nenhuma vez ao longo da série, e são capazes de resolver todos os desentendimentos através da CONVERSA, e enfrentam JUNTOS todas as dificuldades que aparecem na vida dos dois, principalmente os fantasmas do passado do Ryan.

Dentre as coisas que eu amei na história eu destaco:

- É impossível não se apaixonar pelo Ryan Gold. Ele sensível, justo, competente, bonito e se veste muito bem. Digo com facilidade que é o protagonista masculino mais estiloso que eu já vi nos dramas. Está no meu top 5 de protagonistas masculinos favoritos. Porém, que mais me cativou no Ryan é o fato de que desde o começo da história ele é sensível e capaz de mostrar a sua vulnerabilidade para a Deok-mi, acho muito fofa a forma que ele fica todo “carente” com ela e demonstra seus sentimentos. Eu aprecio essa característica nele porque normalmente eu vejo os protagonistas masculinos em uma posição na qual eles precisam proteger e cuidar da mocinha, mas aqui, é a Deok-mi que vai acolher e “cuidar” do Ryan.

- A Deok-mi está longe de ser uma mocinha indefesa mas também não fica o tempo todo tentando mostrar o quanto é forte, ela é decidida, engraçada e muito competente. Acho que o roteirista conseguiu encontrar o equilíbrio perfeito para a personagem da Deok-mi. Além disso, a Park Min Young foi perfeita nesse papel (ela é mesmo maioral).

- Os personagens secundários são adoráveis! Na minha opinião, ter bons personagens secundários é essencial porque isso evita skips. Dentro os personagens secundários, a minha favorita é a Cindy, que entra na vida dos protagonistas para causar e no fim acaba tendo uma evolução incrível, é muito legal assistir o amadurecimento dela, fofa demais.

- A química de milhões do casal protagonistas! Antes mesmo do primeiro beijo acontecer o casal tinha uma química surreal, e quando o beijo acontece é O BEIJO, nada daqueles “selinhos” mixurucas dos doramas. O ator que faz o Ryan - Kim Jae-wook - tem simplesmente A PEGADA, nota 10/10 nessa parte, viu. Além disso,é um romance delicioso de assistir, a relação deles é a coisa mais bonita do mundo.

- Plot do relacionamento falso! Sei que alguns não curtem, mas eu amo. No início a história beira a um enemies to lovers, mas o relacionamento falso foi muito bem elaborado, por isso não fica “mirabolante”, poderia facilmente acontecer na vida real. Digo com tranquilidade que nesse drama souberam usar esse plot com perfeição.
A OST é perfeita, total de zero defeitos. Fiquei viciada na maioria das músicas, principalmente na principal, “maybe”.

Agora pontos em que a série deixou a desejar:

- O plot de infância que ninguém pediu! As cenas que mostram a infância do Ryan são, de fato, essenciais. Mas o plot do Ryan e da Deok-mi terem se conhecido da infância é , na minha opinião, totalmente dispensável, a história teria ficado melhor sem essa parte. Acho que poderiam ter usado esse tempo de tela para outras coisas.

- Os personagens secundários Cindy e Eun-gi poderiam ter rendido muito mais juntos! Na reta final aparece uma indicação de que algo iria acontecer, mas deixam para mostrar apenas no último episódio, e mesmo assim de maneira bem sem graça. O tempo de tela que usaram para o plot chato de infância poderia ter sido usado para desenvolver essa relação. Até a tentativa da melhor amiga da Deok-mi criar um novo idol poderia ter sido cortada em prol desse desenvolvimento. Acho que nesse sentido o roteirista foi preguiçoso mesmo.

- Os diretores desperdiçaram a química da Min Young e do Jae Wook. Mesmo sabendo que estamos falando de um kdrama, veja bem, não estou sugerindo cenas explícitas nem nada disso, só acho que eles poderiam ter explorado essa química melhor, ainda que fosse num estilo mais soft como na maioria dos k-dramas.

A minha experiência assistindo esse drama foi realmente muito boa, é aquele tipo de história que com certeza vai virar um “confort drama” pra mim. Tenho certeza que eu vou querer assistir de novo! Vale muito a pena assistir. Tem muito mais pontos positivos do que negativos. Você se estiver procurando uma “dramédia” romântica bem feita pra assistir, assista Her Private Life!

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I know what you're thinking. How could I give only 7.5 stars to Her Private life when I gave 8.5 stars to What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, which is usually considered inferior to HPL?

THE GOOD: MATURE ROMANCE
Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook play two grown-up adults who are very work-oriented and possibly didn't have many previous relationships. Yet, they are believable. They are real. They communicate. They support each other but also give each other space. And they have this amazing chemistry. They hug, they touch and their make-out scenes are to die for. And when the FL spends a night at the ML's place, it feels like the most natural thing in the world.

I believe that it's mostly due to this reason that this drama has such a high rating. We are so desperate for a more mature approach to romance in the rom-com genre, that when it appears, we fall for it, hook and sinker while ignoring the more mediocre aspects of the show.

THE BAD: IT'S A SNOOZEFEST
I was so bored. I started this drama in April 2019 I think and I finished it in May 2020. I totally might be an exception in this but (despite the OTP's chemistry) I often had to force myself to press the "Next episode" button on Viki.

The plot was practically non-existent. The fangirling aspect which drove the first couple of episodes just slowly disappeared into the background and by the last episode, it became completely irrelevant.

The second male lead (Ahn Bo Hyun) was super problematic and the show failed to make him into an interesting and sympathetic character. The epilogue suggests he gets together with Kim Bo Ra's character – why the show didn't make them into a fun beta couple during the course of the story?

Park Jin Joo plays the FL's best friend, who had a subplot going on involving her not-so-perfect marriage. But the writers only scratched the surface of the conflict and resolved it before it had a chance to become deep enough for us to care.

The side characters were extremely generic and they lacked depth. FL's colleagues, her quirky family, K-pop star Cha Shi Ahn (played by ONE), even potentially antagonistic fellow fan "Cindy" (Kim Bo Ra) – all ended up being bland and forgettable.

The search for the artworks that eventually reconnected one family was not a bad idea, but it could have been executed in a much more thoughtful and meaningful manner. And then it went to hell when the writers decided to add the most idiotic "we met as kids" storyline to the last two episodes. (don't get me started on how nonsensical the whole childhood story was, the less we say about it, the better)

ACTING/CAST
Fantastic leads. The rest was ok, honestly, considering the weak writing, they just did the best they could under the circumstances. Park Jin Joo as FL's best friend was super cute.
It was also nice to see Kim Mi Kyung and Park Min Young starring as a mother and daughter again and they were the saving grace of the idiotic melodrama in the episodes 15–16.

MUSIC
Unusually for me, I didn't even download any of the songs from this drama: they were just...there...nothing special. And I admit I get bad vibes when a girl refers to herself as "precious little girl", as in the opening lyrics; I just cringed every time I heard it.

REWATCH VALUE
I think that the first couple of episodes with the fangirling and fake dating shenanigans are very rewatchable. The rest of the show...kissing scenes only :).

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Relaxing Drama

It’s a very easygoing drama with no second lead trying all sort of evil to exaggerated plans to separate the couple.
One thing that I really like about it is how everyone behave like adults!!! Adults actually acting like adults and not being overly childish or trying hard to be cute.

I feel like this is a story fangirls of KPop would really enjoy. The way the male lead supports the female lead will certainly make fangirls dream of getting such a supportive life partner!!
It was very relaxing and dreamy for me.
No big catastrophic twist, if that’s what you are looking for.

Though of course, as so many Kdramas, we have the not so shocking news that they grow up together or met in childhood.

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Flow cerita yang nggak rapi

Aku mulai review dari alasanku nonton dulu ya, satu-satunya alasanku nonton HPL adalah om Jaewook. Saat udah nonton, di pertengahan season aku udah mulai bisa naruh perhatian ke karakter-karakter lainnya selain yang diperanin Jaewook. Park Minyoung sebagai female lead charming. Sayangnya, struktur dan pacing cerita nggak bisa ngebuat aku cinta sama series ini.

Dulu, waktu aku masih bisa marathon drakor 16-20an episode, aku nontonnya full durasinya, no skip. Masuk di 2020s ini, aku lebih prefer untuk nonton series yang satu seasonnya ada 12 episode. Kenapa? Nggak ada filler dan struktur cerita bisa lebih rapi. Kadang, ibarat makanan, kalau porsinya pas dan ceritanya enak banget, penonton bisa minta lebih seperti season 2 atau spin-off. Win-win solution. HPL ini, karena masih pake sistem satu season 16 episode dan aku udah mulai aware juga sama story/naskah dari series, setelah episode 11an, semuanya berasa filler dan lackluster.

Goals dari setiap trope fake relationship adalah menjawab pertanyaan "apa endingnya mereka bakal jadian?" dan pertanyaan dari plot utama ini udah selesai di episode 10-11an itu. Terus sisa sekitar 5-6 episode lagi buat apa dong? Untuk wrap up subplot. Iya, struktur ceritanya aneh buatku. Kalo dibagi per-empat episode, untuk plot utama, empat episode awal (1-4) set-up untuk main character kita bisa ada agreement untuk ngejalanin fake relationship ini cukup lambat. Mereka baru deal di episode 4. Empat episode selanjutnya (5-8) untuk build-up tension antara main leads lalu empat episode setelahnya (9-12) dua karakter utama ini udah sadar akan perasaan mereka dan mutusin untuk menyudahi fake relationship mereka. Sisa episodenya? Bagusnya sih nggak pernah ada ya.

Alasan kenapa menurutku HPL dengan sistem 16 episode itu adalah strategi yang salah karena di empat episode terakhir, saat cerita utama udah berakhir bahagia masih ada subplot yang belum beres dan twist yang menurutku cheap. All of a sudden, setelah Ryan (Kim Jaewook) dan Deokmi (Park Minyoung) udah push and pull, the writer decided that they were childhood friends. Like...? Ou, that's not it. It's lazy writing. It should've stayed in the draft.

Another cliche that I hate adalah plot twist kalau Ryan dan Cha Shi-an (idolanya Deokmi) adalah saudara tiri. Deokmi life couldn't get more dramatic than this. Her idol and her lover are technically half-brothers. Jadi, yah, keliatannya writer ini kewalahan harus ngisi empat episode terakhir. Jujur, aku belum baca webtoonya tapi menurutku serial ini punya potensi kalau aja si subplot itu bisa di reworked atau malah nggak usah ada sama sekali.

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A sweet but slightly messy rom-com.

I really enjoyed this drama overall - I think the casting was good and I love that it depicted such a mature and healthy relationship, however I had some slight issues with the plot. It felt like it was trying to do a lot of things all at once and I'm not really sure if it succeeded in balancing them very well as it often felt like the plot had completely changed direction to what it was doing a few episodes before.

While I appreciated the representation of "fangirls" who are older and not just teenage girls, this whole part of the plot ended up feeling completely inconsequential to me. At the beginning of the show this is such a huge portion of what the show is about and it kind of gave me the impression that that was what the drama was about at it's crux, but at some point along the way it was almost completely dropped and I honestly kind of forgot that that was where we even started. Duk-Mi's fan site was made to be such a huge deal, but then it reaches a point where it's basically not even mentioned again until the very end, and I'm just not really sure any of this was needed in the show as it had no real consequences on the plot or the characters.

It also felt like it was trying a little too hard with all of the side characters having feelings for other characters, when again these storylines beared almost no impact on the overall plot, and all of the sudden backstory we get at the end also felt like it was trying a little too hard and felt unnecessary when it was all just rushed in the last couple of episodes.

Overall, despite having some issues with the plot, I am glad that I watched it, and I would definitely recommend it if you enjoy rom-coms as I think that element of the show was very well done and the leads did an amazing job.

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I read a number of reviews before I watched "Her Private Life", many reviews mention that the ending is bad in one way or another. This almost made me skip over this drama. I am glad I didn't.

There is some truth to the ending being bad, but that is really only concerning the last episode. This drama feels like it ended on the 15th (second to last) episode and the 16th episode was really just a flash back and where they are now episode, while also wrapping up a few loose ends. Was it needed? No, no it was not. Does it hurt the story? No. Was it boring to watch? Maybe a bit.

I only say all that to hopefully help others that were on the fence, about watching this drama, due to the talk about the last episode.

With that out of the way, on to the real review.

Story: 7.0
The story it's self is fun. It has many moments where I found myself laughing out loud, crying, feeling anger and over all just enjoying my time with the show itself. Some parts of the story feel cliche. Some gags feel over used. But none of that is to the point of making the show unenjoyable.

Acting/Cast: 10
The cast, the acting, and the writing was stunning. The actors all have this amazing chemistry that is helped out even more by the realistic writing that help lend to make the reactions and relationships feel real. This may be the first drama I have ever watched and never thought, "Why would they do/say that".

The drama and romance is handled in a realistic manner. There never seems to be any points where a character in the story does something only to push the plot along and that is both really refreshing and enjoyably.

Music: 7.0
This drama is pretty light on music, many of the scenes have none and I found that really nice. Not every scene needs to have music to heighten the mood and this drama understands that. It uses music where it is needed and in scenes where it makes sense. None of the music was overbearing or over the top. While at the same time none of the music really stuck me as something amazing.

Rewatch Value: 5.0
This is not a show I would rewatch. If I did I think I would still enjoy my time with it, but there are dramas with much higher rewatch value that it has to contend with.

Overall: 7.0
I recommend this drama, with the understanding that the story is nothing new. Expect amazing cast and acting, but the story is really just a place to allow the actors to shine and the relationships and drama to grow.

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So Her Private life was a drama that I had been waiting for ever since I heard Park Min Young had a new drama to binge watch and I was excited. And when I heard Kim Jae Wook would be the main lead oh boy was I excited. The whole idea of the drama is nice. A highly professional art curator is actually an ultimate idol fangirl and a artist who cant paint anymore. You would think these two would help each other and heal each other which to be fair to the writers it tries to do. But its more about how many topics i could get into this series. For example one of the artists their trying to meet actually lives in a cabin in the woods when its raining ( wow isn't that original ) and they have to stay in the same room.

The show was obviously supposed to be TvN's next big hit since they did a lot of advertising for this drama. It was supposed to be like another ''Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim?'' type drama but it couldn't achieve it since it just didn't have the rewatch value that ''Whats Wrong with Secretary Kim?'' had. The script felt like it was meant to attract the younger generation more or even foreign viewers and as some said a little too many cliches. The lost childhood memory that seems to be popular in TvNs dramas were also there but this time didn't feel welcome in the drama. The main male lead is already an orphan and then the female lead has some connection feels uncomfortable.

The Characters also had some faults in the drama such as the second male lead is so badly written. The female lead had no interesting characteristics other than her being a fangirl. The real fault with the characters is their honestly so perfect especially the main leads even for a drama they're honestly unusually perfect. They never have any reaction to anything and get over things within a day. The male lead and female lead never fight and are okay with anything the other one does ( even when the male lead messes up ). The Second leads are all immature and have no reason to why they're doing everything. The sub stories are uninteresting and predictable.

Honestly I did enjoy the drama though I have not said many good things about it. Its fun at first but you do just want to finish and get it out of the way rather than anything. The main problem with this drama is rather than the fact of the story its more about the lazy scriptwriting and adding twists at the wrong time. I might've given it 9 if not for the last episode that just has so much in it. And also the fact that Park Min Young never shows her potential for art. It would've been a nice twist if you saw that Park min Young was actually a better artist than Kim Jae Wook but doesn't like to show her art to anyone. Something that makes her an artist not a curator. However it is enjoyable for the most part and not the worst drama ever.

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"Her private life"
They were a couple of things that I liked and disliked about this drama
• First, I finally got to watch some romance by (Kim Jae Wook)
• Second, I actually enjoyed the romance and chemistry between the main cast.
• Third, because I'm a fangirl myself I get that kind of love for your idol

The story itself was started nicely but as it kept going it became a bit slow and boring.

Her private life was one of those dramas that had nice and fluffy romance but also had a lot of cliches witch I think it has been used for such a long time now.

So to make this short in my opinion this drama was another typical romance that honestly you can't expect too much from but for spending some free time it can be a good choice

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HER PRIVATE LIFE>>>>>>>>>>>

Esse drama é tudo! Perfeito do início ao fim, ele tem tudo que um drama precisa para ser maravilhoso: de inimigos para amantes, casal fake, romcom, kpop, etc!
Confesso que a única coisa que mudaria seria o fato do idol não descobrir que era ela quem era a dona do fã clube, mas de resto é sensacional!
O casal tem MUUUUITA química, pode ser considerado um dos meus casais favoritos dos doramas! Adoro quando a Park Minyoung faz dramas de romance no escritório, incrível como todos são bons e ela tem química com todos os caras, e é claro que Her Private Life não podia ficar de fora, fico em dúvida em qual é melhor, secretária Kim ou esse, mas acho que Her Private Life me tocou mais, e fez com que a Minyoung fosse minha atriz preferida.
Adorei o final, me chocou bastante, nunca imaginária que o prota seria irmão do idol, essa parte da história foi uma das minhas favoritas.
Gostei muito do drama ter uma mistura de cómedia, com romance adulto e de escritório, e um melodrama, na história do prota.
SENSASIONAL, UM DOS MELHORES, ASSISTAM! 10/10!!!!

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