Love in the Big City (2024)

Обычно я не пишу отзывы, но после просмотре этой дорамы было столько мыслей, что мне захотелось описать их в тексте. Сейчас достаточно мало фильмов и дорам приносят сильные впечатления. Некоторые кажутся однотипными, у других слишком легкий смысл, без шанса задуматься над проблемой. Однако те, что запали Вам в душу, оставили то самое приятное послевкусие, которое Вы будете вспоминать еще долго.
Так произошло со мной после просмотра "Любовь в большом городе". Хочу отметить естественность дорамы. В ней не было наигранных эмоций, не было случайных неслучайностей. Все происходило как в жизни. Дорама в меру тяжелая, но это не помешало затронуть очень серьезные темы жизни. Думаю каждый кто смотрел, нашел в ней что то свое. Какую то свою боль, свои секреты или обиды, нереализованные планы или проблемы в семье. Кто то возможно даже примерил роль главного героя на себя.
В этих всего лишь 8 сериях показано целое десятилетие. Это на самом деле очень грустно. Время мимолетно, оно летит так быстро что даже страшно оглядываться назад.
Мне почти 30, как раз тот возраст на котором остановился главный герой. Флешбеки в последней серии и рассуждения на крыше заставили вспомнить уже свои пролетевшие 10 лет. Были моменты в которые я была по настоящему счастлива, были и тяжелые времена в которые хотелось опустить руки и все бросить. Были и потери с которыми приходилось справляться.
Грустно признавать тот факт, что отражение себя в главном герое я нашла именно в одиночестве и страхе настоящей любви. Но выводы, сделанные в конце, помогают и мне жить по полной. Вера в то что все будет хорошо спасает, а близкие люди дарят жизни краски.
Однозначно советую посмотреть Дораму не на фоне, а уделить ей время и задуматься.

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Passionate romance that heteros don't get

Most heterosexual plots simply don't get an exclusive passionate romantic plots like this one. They usually have a bunch of other things going on and a bit of romance thrown in. Not here. The focus is on the ML and his journey to discovering love and himself. And it does make me a tad envious because they really don't beat around the bush in Love in the Big City. They explore friendships which are mostly wholesome and endearing.

The show is not all roses and sunshine though. There are some dark topics explored. However, most of the show tries to be positive because the male lead is a cheerful individual making the best of difficult circumstances. Maybe even a little toxic positivity that can be frustrating or concerning for others around him at times.

The beginning few episodes were funny and enjoyable but somewhere towards the end, the show started to feel slow and dull. Not sure if that was intentional. Overall the characters and situations are mostly realistic.

I wasn't too happy about the way the series ended especially since the last 2 or 3 episodes weren't as interesting.

The opening theme is nice but the OST in particular did not stand out to me.

For the most part it is an easy binge watch with good cinematography, interesting characters, good acting and a job well done by Nam Yoon Su.

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🎉A comunidade LGBT+ na Coreia do Sul está ganhando mais visibilidade, mesmo que enfrente resistência, o fato de os conservadores estarem falando sobre eles e sua reação, mostra que estão reconhecendo sua existência, isso é um sinal de progresso, mostra que a comunidade LGBT+ está fazendo barulho e está sendo ouvido.
No ano de 2023 já houve uma "polêmica" sobre a série "A Time Called You" onde os personagens dos atores Ahn Hyoseop e Rowoon demonstraram interesse romântico mútuo ❤ lembro bem que foi uma enxurrada de críticas aos atores, muitas delas preconceituosas e agressivas, os atores deram depoimentos de apoio a comunidade LGBT+ e depois continuaram com as suas carreiras, acredito que essa participação deles foi um passo a frente para dar visibilidade aos romances homoafetivos de maneira inclusiva, 🥰no caso de "Love in the big city" por ser totalmente voltada para um personagem Gay e HIV+ as atenções e reações positivas e negativas ficaram concentradas, no ator Nam Yoon su o qual já admirava e passei ser fã, a história do Go Yeong mostra toda perversidade e sofrimento que são submetidas as pessoas LGBT+, o preconceito que começa na família, os absurdos pelo o que o protagonista passou foram descritos de uma maneira a fazer qual quer um chorar, a forma que contraiu o HIV e entre outras situações absurdas e a pior situação foi a do relacionamento onde o personagem serviu de "cobaia" para um estudo experimental do "namorado" sobre homossexualidade, destroçou meu coração, o ponto positivo mostrado a todo momento foi o amor dos amigos para todos os momentos loucos, muito loucos e sombrios a amizade dos quatro foram um oásis na vida desse cara, como uma "desajustada" e um gay não poderiam dar certo? e o final onde ele encontra alguém onde Go Yeong pode ser ele mesmo, mostrando todo seu amargor, egoísmo, sensibilidade e fragilidade, é pura emoção é a vida dentro de um relacionamento real que foi muito bem descrita.
O que me incomodou muito foi o final medíocre, foi "mais do mesmo de sempre" igual ao da maioria das histórias Gay's onde o personagem está fadado a ser triste, melancólico e solitário, o roteirista perdeu uma imensa oportunidade de fazer uma história positiva e redentora ele não se esforçou para ser inovador preferiu ser clichê, o que é uma pena e o que seria uma obra de arte terminou no marasmo e monotonia uma profunda mesmice.
São os pontos de vista de alguém que reconhece que não sabe de nada mas que sabe do que gosta e do que não gosta.

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Learning to Accept Love and Live Without Regret

The story was written quite well I feel and overall had solid acting from all characters, major or minor. In a time where many k-dramas feel they have grown formulaic, this one felt fresh in many episodes. I felt that it had a strong strong and somewhat flat but overall appropriate ending for the story's meaning and purpose. The few qualms I have with the drama are easily ignored as it truly shines with Go Young's internal monologue and how it never drops the original meaning it wants to convey.

I'm truly glad that the ending did not result in a rush to mend Go Young's love life with the perfect guy and end off with a happily ever after. The eight-episode format as well significantly improves the drama's quality and its ability to convey all it has to say in a timely manner. By the end, it was nice to see Go Young grow as a person and understand that while he has changed so much from all his experiences with love, he's still learning. However, he doesn't let his regrets consume him by the end, whereas a more naive version of himself may have.

However, as mentioned earlier, there are a few minor points where the story can feel a bit weak. Particularly, Go Young's friend group's hangouts occasionally. While I'm glad they don't slowly disappear in screen time and the supporting characters have depth to them, it can feel empty watching some of the scenes and seeing nothing happen or be said. This is true with a lot of these pocketed scenes across the plot, where it feels like 5 minutes just passed by and nothing, even in the overall episode, was contributed.

But, again, all of these are more than made up for in the acting, the story overall, music and great depiction of a variety of gay men and how they'd actually interact.

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Um vazio absoluto de arrependimento

Acho que todos concordam que algo que define essa obra perfeitamente é o fato dela ser realista de todos os angulos! Um personagem que embora complexo, é facil de entender por tudo que passou, seu passado, suas frustrações, decisões recorrentes que só lhe causavam mais arrependimento, creio que ele não absorveu da melhor forma tudo que a vida jogou em sua vida...e como julgar né? Viver é dificil, mais ainda quando a solidão é o que domina nosso ser, desde o inicio esse foi o sentimento que mais crescia comigo, a solidão do personagem era incessante e nada que ele fazia parecia suprir suas necessidades. Ele machucou um coração genuino, ele deu valor ao amor no momento e com a pessoa errada, ele não valorizou aquele que estava disposto a enfrentar as dificuldades, mesmo a vida lhe dando um amor perfeito em seu maior fervor, um personagem que nos mostra nu e cru de como as decisões podem nos causar dores indescritiveis, de como a vida pode ser uma piada de mau gosto, de como podemos tentar e tentar e não chegar a lugar nenhum, que nossa história se baseia em frustrações com breves momentos felizes, escolhas quase sempre não tem volta, e a decisão de como ele quis lidar com o amor do Gyu Ho foi uma delas, podemos imaginar um final perfeito vindo de um conto de fadas, ele mesmo disse isso ´´eu queria realmente pensar que era o Gyu Ho no app depois de todo esse tempo´´, embora no fundo ele ja sabia que aquele fim foi um fim! Um final onde o personagem se encontra aceito das decisões da sua vida, agora não em busca de alguem para suprir sua solidão, mas apenas no amor, por ele mesmo e por ventura se alguem trilhar seu caminho creio que finalmente ele estará pronto para lidar. To angustiado ja faz uma semana por essa obra, incrivelmente eu consigo entender tudo que ela quis passar, a solidão foi um dos diversos traços que alguem pode se identificar assistindo, uma solidão indireta e emblematica que me fez ficar amargo a cada episodio, irei levar essa no peito!
Parabens a todos do elenco e direção, principalmente a Nam Yoon Su que deu vida e carisma a essa obra e ao seu personagem, gigante nosso menino!

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Not just a BL drama

I m not trying upset people with my headline but really the drama is the lifestory of Ko Yeong ( Nam YoonSu ) more than just a love story. It is no doubt that love played a big part on his life but the actions he took and the way he internalized his thoughts and actions made the story so interesting yet beautiful and realistic. His relationship with his mother and friends made the drama more relatable, people grow apart and changes even if we never felt like they would. But fr this is just a love story, I m not avid BL drama watcher because I prefer reading manhwa than watching. I was just bored when starting this not really having any expectation but it really will be on my list for my fav dramas I watched for this year. Def gon’ recommend to watch this to everyone!

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Loved it

Even at the beginning I was interested, which is rare for me to want to finish the whole series in one go. I was so happy when I heard they were releasing it in one go. I would definitely recommend this series to all, Some can probably relate to it or most people actually. some much happens in a short 8 episodes so you’ll definitely stay interested.. IMA NEED A SEASON 2 THO, it’s really good, I haven’t watched a show like this before, especially a Korean drama that’s has all of this type of recognition. I was also really exited to see yoonsu as the main actor I’ve seen other stuff he’s in and I love his acting. He did not disappoint. His narration also I could feel “a connection”? I'm not sure what it call it but I also really enjoyed the narration in the show it helped you understand his point of view really well if you could not understand by just watching. Which his acting portrayed the emotions said in the narration..WOULD DEF RECOMMEND!!!..

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Finally, Love in The Big City is already out and I have been waiting for this show for such a long time now because a KDrama that is led with a gay character and I have been hearing the outrage that the show is getting just makes me want to watch it even more. I have not read the book or watched the film. I am planning to do all that after watching this series because this is the easiest to access but I am actually quite excited with this show. As I mentioned, I have been waiting ever since the conception of its idea an it was revealed online. I mean, a series in South Korea, an extremely conservative and outdated country, is showing a series led with a gay character. On top of that, the lead character is played by Nam Yoon-su who is a relatively famous actor and is someone that I have seen many works of. He is a really good actor and he is such a brave guy for doing this. I know that he is not gay in real life but he is a really good actor and he portrayed the character really well. I will not be considering this a BL because I feel like there is so much more to the story of the show and it is heavily focused on just one character. Basically, it is an exploration of how a gay man lived in South Korea. The story is set in modern times and what I like about it is that it is not just focused on showing one side of the society as it will be exploring a side of South Korea that we have never really seen before. The show is episodes and they are separated into 4 parts tackling different points in Go Young’s life. The first is the beginning of the story and it is focused on how he was able to build a lasting and friendly relationship with Mi Ae who is regarded as an outsider in their school as well. I love this storyline because it really showed us how good life can be if you have someone who you can truly trust and be friends with. It is such a sweet beginning to their friendship but you can also see the characters continuously grow as well as individuals. They are both labeled to be outsiders but they were able to find their footing in life and were both able to find solace in finding another person who can still be their soulmate even though it is not a romantic one. We also have the first boyfriend of Go Young that is presented in the story. It is a photographer named Kim Nam-gyu. He is a guy that seems more mature. To be honest, this is the kind of my guy that is usually my type but I can see why they were not perfect for each other since they are looking for different kinds of relationship at the time. Nam-gyu feels like someone who really is looking for his forever love and he is a splendid guy but he tends to move a bit too fast while Go Young is still trying to enjoy his young life as much as possible. I was a bit heartbroken with how Go Young broke up with him and how he just moved to someone who cannot love him as much. On top of that, he died and Go Young kind of realized that the kind of love that he offered him is what he might soon be looking for. I would want to have that kind of love actually. This is also a really good start for the kind of story that we are going to witness. It is immediately established that our main character will not be a clear cut of a good person but it also showed us his humanity. The second storyline focused on his mother and the man named Noh Young-soo that he met in a philosophy class or group. Shit is getting serious in this one and I was not expecting it. They are really going for the jugular in this one but let us start with the relationship that he had with Noh Young-soo. He is played by Na Hyun-woo and he seems to be the most good-looking out of all of them. The body is insane. The abs in fucking hot. I mean, I can understand why Go Young really fell in love with him. I feel like Go Young is more ready for a relationship now and he really fell in love with Young-soo but he seems to be someone who grew up differently from him. He tends to be more lowkey and I think that his story is focused more on internalized homophobia that some gay people have. Personally, I do have this as well when I was younger but Young-soo never really grew out of it as he is still someone who is not out to the people around him. You can sense how hostile things can be if the topic is being opened up and he changes. He is like two different individuals when he is outside the house and when he is in and the way that he handled it is just heartbreaking. The dinner scene was just sad to watch as Young-soo really loved him despite seeing the extremely homophobic paper that he is writing. I hated that scene so much and I have so many emotions that went in when I watched it. I am not sure if I hate Young-soo but I pity him so much. This is also happening when we got to finally meet the mother of Go Young, Eun-sook. It was already revealed that they do not have a good relationship but it was revealed here that she actually put him in a conversion camp or something related to it when he was younger after seeing him kiss another boy. This must have been heartbreaking for him and I disliked the religious mother in that scene. I think the best thing that came out of this portion is that he was able to have a more loving relationship with his mother which is something that he never had because of what happened. It is sad to see that things like this still happen to people out there and I can now understand the character of Go Young even better. Nam Yoon-su was able to really play this character well so far that he was giving us the range that is needed. He is such a good actor. I am so impressed with what he is putting into this role. The scene with him and his mother may seem like a very simple scene at the end but it was such a warm ending to a heartbreaking story. It is that mother’s love that he truly deserved so much. The next storyline involves the aftermath of his mother’s death and as he tries to start again by finding a job but it is really about him finding a more stable relationship with Gyu-ho who is a bartender in the bar that he and his friends go to. This is a different pace from all the relationships that he had so far as this feels more like a two-sided relationship as they have fallen deeply in love with each other but we also got introduce to another girl in his life named Kylie. I was so surprised to learn that Kylie is the name he gave his HIV when he was detected and how he admitted this to Gyu-ho is such an important part of his story. This show is tackling so many things at once but his relationship with Gyu-ho is representing gay people in a mutually loving relationship and how it sometimes grows stale as the time pass by. They ended up breaking up at the end and that hurt me so much because they really wanted to be together but they are kept on being pushed outwards each other with the decisions that they are making. Gyu-ho is like the one that got away and the man that he is destined to be with but it never worked because the timing is not just right and I really wished that they ended up together because they are so good. It is not a perfect relationship but I know that they could still fight for their relationship but they are doing unnecessary sacrifices so that they could save each other that it ended tearing them apart. This is where Go Young’s past experiences are haunting the hell out of him and being a relationship that is as comfortable as the one, he had with Gyu-ho scared him. Gyu-ho deserved so much more love. I think this story also highlights the fear of those living with HIV and how it affects so many things in their lives. It is such a sad story and there are more people who have this mindset. Unfortunately for Go Young, he never really got the support that he needed because he was so scared of the taboo from the society that it hindered him from having open conversations and to ask for help about it. It is just so sad. I was so heartbroken with the scene at the airport when they finally said goodbye to each other. There is something so raw about that scene and Nam Yoon Su and Jin Ho-eun gave exceptional performances. It is just beautifully heartbreaking. There is so much love between the two of them and they had a hard time to navigate alongside each other and I feel like I have seen so many relationships fall in that pit may it be a homosexual one or a heterosexual one. We got to watch the aftermath of this story in the last part of the show where Go young is now more successful with his writing that he got to resign from his work but he still remembers and misses Gyu-ho. We got to see him start a new relationship with Habibi but I don’t think they were able to do something here but what is interesting is that he is still in the process of moving on from the relationship with Gyu-ho so Habibi is more of a side character in this sense. I think at the end of it all, a part of me is wishing that he was able to find someone to love and I hope that he will be able to rekindle his relationship with Gyu-ho whom he really made a wonderful connection. On the other hand, I am happy that he is becoming more mature especially with how his story really went. I think it is easy to say that Go Young is a character that is not easily as likable as you want him to be. He tends to do things that are not what we would consider to be good or right but he is at an age where he is a bit more impulsive and we got to really see him improve and find his very own path in this crazy world as we explore loving someone in this big city called world. Nam Yoon Su is such a trooper for all the things that he did in this show. I feel like he gave a much believable performance from start to finish showing the character growth and development that his character needed. It is a good exploration of what love really means and how we sometimes tend to ruin it for ourselves. It is such a good story with a sad, perfect, individualistic, and I have so many more adjectives for this show. I think, at the end of the day, Love In The Big City is as what the title suggest, it is an exploration on love what is and what it can be. It might not always be what we are expecting or we might not be seeing it when it is there because we are all living in a world so big that it is easy to miss. It can be maternal love that learns to accept you for who you are. It can be a platonic love between friends that are meant to be together forever. It can be about the love you receive or the love that you take. It can be a love restrained for a certain amount of time. Love is just whatever you expect and don’t expect it to be. It can be anything. It can be found anywhere. It can be with anyone. You just have to learn to open yourself up to receive it and learn to give it as well to those who matter to you.

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