Something in the Rain (2018)

A SHOW WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN GREAT

The show started out in a very promising way, and had many aspects which made me root for the show. There were a few unique traits which makes the show stand out compared to other dramas of the similar genre, but sadly it doesn't come to fruition.
The show attracted me with its realism, and the whole vibe that it created. The age gap, the workplace harassment, the societal bias and pressures, the hectic and unforgiving reality of adult life, and amongst all of this, an unconventional romance. These are the things which made the show extremely promising, but these points were not executed properly even though the show was slowly paced(which I didn't mind at all).
This show didn't have a 2nd pair of leads, which meant that, the whole show is dependent on the character development of the leads. The performance of the actors were phenomenal(probably the best thing about the show), but their character development was sub par. The obstacles towards the romance is extremely repetitive. The issues with the judgmental mother were dragged on for way too long. The female lead kept on making the same mistakes, to the point where I really started to get annoyed at the character who is supposed to be older and more mature. Then there was a pseudo breakup, which was then followed by an actual breakup which made absolutely zero sense. The whole moving to the US thing was extremely uncharacteristic of the male lead, and the circumstance just does not fit into the whole character development of the male lead. Even after the breakup, I still would have vouched for the show (even though it was unrealistic), but what ruined the show for me was the ending.
The ending really left a bitter taste, and made me feel like the time I spent wasn't worthwhile. The final episode started out quite promising, and it was very emotional, which again got my hopes up, but at the end the reconciliation and closure was so short(nearly non existent), that you don't even get time to get over the sadness and the emotions. The ending could have easily been more lengthy and the viewers could have at least finished the show on a happy and satisfied note.

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promising premise... poor execution;.. hated the repetitive OST .

this is my frank opinion only, others may disagree, but I really disliked this drama. Had my hopes high with Son ye jin in the lead role, and she didn't disappoint, but her character wasn't well written at all. She had no spine in the beginning, then falls in love, learns to stand up for herself, only to do everything opposite in the end. what was the whole point? All the actors did a good job with their parts. the sub -plot in the office was a distraction to the main story more than than anything else. I mean the basic premise of the drama was an older woman falling for a young guy ; that too her friend's younger sibling. But it barely had any impact on story. Everyone (almost) was just fine after initial shock. There was hardly any discussion on the social stigma /taboo related with this. As in all the reviews , first few episodes were enjoyable, but then lost traction midway through the series. The female lead does questionable things devoid of any logic. The male lead also decides suddenly he wants to move out of the country , without discussing with her. The mother was against their relationship, not because of their age gap/ what society would think of that , but instead because of parentage of the guy . Makes no sense why the whole plot focussed so much on their age gap at all. This could have happened with any-age couple. Seems like they wanted to fill out the 16 episodes with some content.

Seriously...towards last few episodes, all the characters did was stare/walk.. there were long cuts of the characters doing absolutely nothing with some bgm (dont get me started on that..) ..you could fast forward the episodes and there would hardly be 20-30 mins of actual development in story. The male lead spends half his dialogues telling the female, how beautiful she is.
Actually nothing much happens story wise in the drama at all. You could tell the story in 7-8 episodes .. there were so many filler non-relevant scenes.

The Background Score....uff...... same bloody 2-3 songs repeated every 5 minutes. after the first few times, it got irritating. Whatever the context the same song would play. and the lyrics did not suite the show at all. + these were all in English. But man, so many times the same shitty song kept playing on and on..... it was the worst part of the show.

Wont recommend this drama to anyone. I am repenting having watched it.

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Patience is a virtue

Around episode 5 I was liking this series a lot, but I sensed that things would end badly. I read some spoiler reviews and I was dismayed to find ppl saying we should stop at ep 9; the rest went downhil badly. I begrudgingly continued with the series. It starred Son Ye-Jin from Crash landing on you and the 2nd male lead from While you were sleeping. They even mentioned that series when Jin-ah and Jun-hui 1st reunited. I think the series was supposed to give us the varying emotions of love; the butterflies in your tummy, the joy and laughter. The fear that it will end and the heartache when it does.
Most reviewers blamed Jin-ah for ruining the relationship and I was angry at her selfishness around episode 13. Then I realized all she'd been through.
Her family and that atrocious mother; her job and back-stabbing co-workers. Even Jun-hui's sister was horrible for a time. Still, she loved Jun-hui enough to stay with him. He wanted her to run away to America and then HE decided to leave by himself, when she would'nt go. This was his fault, because although she wanted her independence, she always was happy to be with him. Jun-hui showed his younger age, by being insecure and running. She let him go because she thought it was best for him. That's why she wept in her apt and refused to see him the night he left.
When he was packing and heard her message again, expressing her love, he realized that her love was displayed for him throughout the series. That is why he asked for forgiveness. In love and life our rash decisions usually get us in trouble. It is patience that Jun-jui needed to use for Jin-ah.

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My first noona romance drama and I have to say:
Oh what a wonderful drama! It got a little tiring in the end, but overall it was worth it!

Story:
Joon Hee is the brother of Jin Ah's best friend. They know each other since childhood and now, as Joon Hee returrns from the US, where he lived and studied for three years, he finally decides to follow his emotions and try to get Jin Ah as his girlfriend. The drama depicts the struggles they have to overcome to be accepted by society, but also - and most importantly - their beautiful, fluffy and sometimes very sexy love. I enjoyed the drama very much up to the 12th episode, after that the story line got a little out of hand. Some characters (including the main female lead) became very annoying in some aspects. Also Jin Ah's mother acted like an annoying little child who didn't get her will. I know that she was supposed to resemble the Korean society and their view on marriage, but still, her character was too much. The ending was also not to my taste, but you gotta see it yourself to make a judgement (no sad ending, don't worry).
However, up until the 12 episode we got one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever witnessed in a kdrama!

Acting/Cast:
They all did a wonderful job. A huge praise goes especially to Jung Hae In. After watching him in While You Were Sleeping I was really excited for his main role here, and I wasn't disappointed. Also, Joon Hee is a character I would fall for in real life! The supporting roles were also birlliant and gave the drama an authentic feeling.

Music:
OH THIS MUSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the music in this drama. Someone said somehwere that it gives the whole drama a French feeling, and it's true! The soundtrack and the total lack of music and sounds in some scenes makes this drama so wonderfully intense! I am really in love with this soundtrack.

Rewatch Value:
If I would be a rewatcher, this drama would have a high chance of me rewatching it.

Overall:
Feel-Good, fluffy and sexy noona-romance with some (small) deductions in the last few episodes.

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I loved this but for a minute, I thought it was a little too rocky! I felt the writers made the female character weak, complacent, and controllable by her ex and her mother. Seeing the historical Korean Dramas you see the mother or grandmother choose the husband to bring two regions together, I thought I would never see that happening in a modern-day story. This was kind of disappointing to me for a present-day story. I love the two main leads Son Ye Jin who played Yoon Jin Ah and Jung Hae In who played Seo Joon Hee. This is one of those dramas I wished I could've put my fist through the TV and slapped a couple of folks to their senses. Thank Goodness for Jin-A's brother. If it wasn't for the two main leads this drama would've failed and it would doubly fail if the ending didn't end up in disaster.

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This Is a drama I feel like I really wish I could scream but I have to tuck all my feelings in because there's nothing to do about it. Plus I was watching the end at like 12 am with another person in my room so I couldn't.

SITR was my FIRST Drama.. ever!!! And I LOVED LOVED LOVED the beginning. The love Jun Hui was showing was great, her reaction was great and I just loved it so much.

Until I saw some COMMON repeats with this one. If you didn't know, Jin a makes a lot of mistakes.. not even mistakes after a while it's like she knows what she's doing and feels so obligated to it and acts like she doesn't care about the consequences anymore she keeps going -_-. I'm not even the only one who thinks this because Jun Hui himself stated he hated when she would keep doing things that would stress him, get her in trouble or get him in trouble and then say "Sorry" she'll do better next time... and do it again.

Truly they never worked out their problems or fights like ever and just let it going which is how got them at episode 16. They were growing depressed together. Jun Hui ALWAYS forgave jin a but the one time he is seriously mad, she blames him for trying to show his feelings on how he felt on something that hit home for him. Jin A made me so sick and I really wanted to fight her through the movie. She is as annoying as her mom.

At the end I really don't think they truly wanted to get back together. They just felt alone honestly. Their romance was better in the beginning and a little in the middle than it was in the last episode. It was more like "oh well you saw me naked so lets just get back together and be grown ups". The director showed us nothing with the other stories. They never show the resolution with her and her best friend, the harassment at the workplace, the mom, and somehow 3 months or 3 years (I forget) her brother gets married on the last episode and it was just so stupid. I honestly wish they didn't speak the whole last episode of her getting frustrated and pushing her hair back and Jun Hui looking out the window and her crying just to say for the last 4 minutes they'd be back together.

I honestly skipped through 14, 15 and just jumped to 16 to get it over with.. and I have NEVEER done that.

I recommend you watch the beginning to feel the romance but save yourself and just don't watch the rest from like... 11 wish 12ish.

:)

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One of the most frustrating dramas I have seen

I'm new in kdrama viewer but till now I've completed almost more than 50 dramas but never ever write a review for anyone because just all the drama concept is unique and everyone their own taste.
Something in the rain is kind of drama which is completely wasted in terms of story or dragging. I mean how much you can drag the show ??
The FL is just out of is mind and always go with her mom.
Look at the ML he's always support to FL and return he want just same thing but time to time what she did?
A blind date just for her mom or at the last great she's again relationship with a businessman boyfriend just for her mom.
Is this support do you provide to your partner after all the characters development or 15 episode.
After all this I wish that ML should move on his life because she doesn't deserve him at all ( any romantic series I never want but I told you it's specially garbage for me so I wished this.)
But again writer in last 5 minutes solved everything without show anything lol.

PS: English is not my native language so avoid any grammatical mistakes. THANK YOU ?

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It’s great if you skip a few episodes

I took the advice of one reviewer and skipped episodes 10-15. I am glad I did because of how mad I was when 16 started. But at least I wasn’t depressed! And I really didn’t want to be sad after such a strong start. Man, were those first 7 episodes CAPTIVATING. I was blushing at the screen. Swoon-worthy? Like whoa! I didn’t even hate Stand By Your Man completely. But everyone is right, it heads straight to Dumpsterville after that. Just get through 9 and then fast forward to the last one. None of the minor plot lines are going to be resolved satisfactorily anyway, and you can easily figure out the broad strokes of what happened—why sit through five hours of Sads when life is short! Tune in for the typical kdrama ending: “it’s some number of years later, and it’s possible they will finally get to live happily ever after, if this blurry wide shot of silhouettes on a beach is any indication”. Still worth it to watch the first half, if only to see kdrama’s best boyfriend ever, Jung Hae-in, fall for a girl. And SYJ is great as flustered and cute, if cynical, hot noona. I could see myself rewatching some of the first episodes, because they are artful and make my heart flutter. Though for overall rewatchability, I’d recommend One Spring Night over this one.

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bawling my eyes out over the considerate and gentle love that's going on here

I sincerely, genuinely find this k-drama so precious.

First off, its attempt to convey realism was so well-done. At first, the sudden cuts and raw editing was something I thought would be one of the drama's weaker points, but turns out, it was made purposefully to appear as if the events are literally unfolding right before our eyes. The camera angles, framing, and even the way the scenes felt like real life, with all the dull moments and stuttering and you can even feel the awkwardness in the conversations, it's perfection. I understand not everyone would appreciate this kind of drama, though but personally, it was something I enjoyed and am fond of.

Son Ye-Jin and Jung Hae-In's acting were both so stellar. They showed such great expertise in this drama that I got goosebumps especially whenever they're having those heavy conversations. Even the supporting roles did such a great job in playing their parts. There were times when the actors don't talk and the story is told through their actions and I think it takes experience and a great skill set to be able to pull those off seamlessly, to which they were able to. Hands down to the cast choices (sidenote: they put Hae-In and Ha-Joon in one drama they may have just shot an arrow through my heart).

One thing I personally thought could have been better though is the ending. I was left wondering what really happened to the office case because it was just mentioned briefly but not really shown, and though I got a reasonable resolution with the parental relationship, I still wondered if what could have happened next.

Other than that, I loved even the dull moments in this drama. Sure, at some parts, I had to drag myself to sit through everything and not skip, but in the larger picture, for the purpose of 100% feels factor during the flashbacks, it was so worth it. I especially loved how the couple was so considerate of each other and even when they're having arguments, they don't resort to shouting and walking out, they really talked it out, no matter how uncomfortable, and tried their best to stay gentle in the span of the conversation. I think that was so precious and beautiful.

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One for the books!

This is one of the best kdramas I’ve watched. I can no longer count how many time I’ve watched this show. This just shows how great of a show this is.

The chemistry between the main leads is superb. They have one of the best chemistries I’ve seen in kdrama (and I’ve seen A LOT of shows already). If you want a true to life romance, matured relationship, heart fluttering love, and a romance that will make you feel like you are part of them, this one is for you. Although a lot of people doesn’t like the 2nd half of the show, I believe that the show was able to portray the culture of having parents being overly intrusive into the personal relationships of their children (especially when it comes to marriage).

Overall, I recommend this show and I will never get tired rewatching it whenever I want a taste of fluffiness.

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A Grueling 16 Episodes

My first review, but I simply could not get over how much I disliked this drama without writing one; it felt like my civic duty, so this is going to be ranty. I watched the first 5-ish episodes thinking it would be something I could get into despite a bit of a rocky start, but then it very quickly plummeted downhill. Like a previous review said, this should've just been a movie and we'd all be happy. If you like noona romances, honestly just skip out on this one and watch "Romance Is a Bonus Book" instead.

I will preface this with the fact that the very, very thin lifeline that kept me watching was Wi Ha-jun as Jin-a's little brother who didn't even show up that much in the end, but as a lot of people are saying, the one good thing about this drama is the actors. Although, what drama these days doesn't have good acting? So it's not that big of a compliment, especially considering they had an incredibly shitty story to work with.
As I said, I liked it at first, but around episode 6, it starts getting excruciatingly long and boring, with plenty of scenes of characters being sad in solitude without any talking- I started skipping after a while because I knew nothing was gonna happen. The characters felt like they didn't learn from their mistakes, and I ended up hating the main couple after the fourth conflict. The conflicts felt contrived and so easy to resolve that I couldn't suspend my disbelief for it; the show is so needlessly melodramatic. The ML was extremely pushy and the FL lied so much that when she said "she's grown as a person," I had a hard time believing it. I will be frank, it did not feel like they were in love. I kinda liked the scenes where the FL hangs out with her friends, and I wish they showed more of that and less of her with the ML because soon enough their cutesy scenes made me want to barf. No one's conversations go anywhere, the mother was controlling and abusive to a cartoonish degree, and the amount of time they spent on her crazy ex was, well, crazy.
Speaking of crazy, it felt like the soundtrack had only 3 songs in it. At first, I thought the music was nice, but then the sheer amount of times they played that same "sometimes it's hard to be a woman" made it start sounding like nails on a chalkboard. If I ever heard that song again, I'd probably lose it completely. You could not pay me a million dollars to rewatch this.

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