Engaging from start to finish
I really appreciate this series that kept me interested from start to finish. He was able to draw into the lives of the individual characters, there was no shortage of tension as the plot will continue to develop, how the characters will deal with their problems, it offers many suggestions on how to cope with one's own life or understand the fate of others.Thanks to him, I was transported to the island of Jeju, and I enjoyed it very much. The series shows the hard life of the islanders, fishing, the market, business, life's troubles, their solutions, and happy endings.. there is no shortage of romance, emotions, beautiful scenery.. The star cast was reflected in the quality.. I definitely recommend it.
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A drama past the happy endings
Our Blues is a nuanced drama that shows the nitty-gritty of humanity. The drama discusses various relationships, mother-son, friendships, siblings and lovers. The show does not make anyone the typical hero/heroine who is perfect but rather shows how good people can make bad decisions.This show discusses themes I have not seen explored in previous dramas, such as teenage pregnancy, Down Syndrome, depression, suicide and domestic violence experienced by a husband. Our Blues is the best title for every character who experiences the blues of life. This isn't the drama to escape the dreariness of your life but the drama to watch to understand the complexity of humans. This is a drama filled with misunderstandings and conflict and love and joy. The contrast between the heavy storylines and the beauty of Jeju, which outwardly seems perfect and blissful, makes for enjoyable viewing.
Of course, it doesn't hurt that the casting for this drama is perfect, every character is brought to life, and I enjoy seeing Shin Min Ah play a role I have not seen her before.
Although this drama is not perfect, and it is nothing like Noh Hee Kyung's previous works, I encourage everyone to watch this drama in a way I feel like we can all learn something.
Music
10/10 - With you - Jimin & Ha Sung Woon
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(Manufactured) Story sadder than sadness…
So if the current state of the world isn’t enough to get you down, you found the right show. I was very much looking forward to this ever since it was announced. The possibilities seemed endless with such a stellar cast. Like, they put everybody in the show. But sadly, we were given sob stories after sob stories. I understand that Koreans are sickly obsessed with sad stories but, really? Just go watch the news. To make things worse, stories were so manufactured and phoned in, it was hard to have any empathy for anyone. Nothing seemed organic at all as if the writer wanted to one up the last scene and storyline. Let’s see how many different sad stories we can tell in one show! And all of that happen to just a handful of people who all know each other!To be fair, not all plot lines were created equal. I liked the first story where Cha Seung Won played a desperate dad who wanted to vicariously achieve his lost dream through his daughter. It got frustrating watching him stubbornly hanging on but all in all, it was a nice start. The other standout was the high school kids’ story. Their storyline was a bit jarring and came out of nowhere but I really liked how Hyun didn’t give up on his unborn baby and ultimately convinced Young Joo to keep the baby. But her sudden change of mind happened a bit too fast in my opinion.
I’m a huge Shin Min Ah fan but she was terrible here. She’s just not an emotional actress, sad to say. Maybe Seo Hyun Jin would’ve been great for this role. She needs to stick to happy roles where she smiles and laughs. She couldn’t give us a convincing crying scene even if her life depended on it.
I don’t think other storylines were even worth mentioning. Some side characters were better than others but nobody memorable.
I think I have 5 more episodes to go. We’ll see what happens.
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Ratings of each story
Han-su & Eun-hui - 9.0/10Good story introduction to what is to come. I personally think this story encapsulated the whole theme of the drama perfectly.
Yeong-Ok & Jeong-Jun ‐ 8.5/10
Poignant with a lot of love. Their love story started slow but in steady pace and I really the way it was shown. Confusion to confession to affection.
Yeong-Ju & Hyeon - 8.0/10
People think they act like brats but that is how teenagers are, they think they know the world before they turn 20. This story really shown the reality of 'some' teenagers
Dong-seok & Seon-a - 7.0/10
Needed more episodes to fully flesh out their story as individuals and couple
In-gwon & Ho-sik - 9.5/10
I didn't know this two grown men would made me cry. Love the bickering
Mi-ran & Eun-hui - 5.0/10
Felt like a filler and feels disconnected somehow
Yeong-ok & Jeong- jun & ... - 10/10
My personal fave, need I say more? go watch it!
Cheun-hui & Eun-gi - 7.5/10
Filler done right
Ok-dong & Dong-seok - 10/10
I cried like a baby, a perfect closer for the whole drama. The characters honesty is so raw, a reflection of people's real emotions
Overall - 8.5/10
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Just Great !!!!! Loved It
This drama to me was a, let your feelings out kind of a drama. I cry, laugh, was sad, angry, frustrated. All my emotion came out as we meet all the characters in this small town. As episodes went along I could relate to so many situations. As story of the characters are told so you get to know who they are and why they live the way they live. You start feeling like a member of the community. The life is hard but yet simple. They watch over each other and help each other. Even as you get to know some of the new characters that have not live long in the town, you see them taking them in and make them part of the community family. I fell in love with this drama. I hope you get to watch it. The acting is great, there performance brings you closer to each character. The ending was beautiful. I just love the stories and great direction.Was this review helpful to you?
If you ignore the last 3 episodes then it's a solid 9.0 but otherwise 8.0
I won't write a proper review. I'll just say the things I liked and the things I didn't.First of all Ep 16 and 17 were the best! The whole cast was great but the little girl who played Eun-Gi stole the show! I cried for like 3 hr continuously! I wish we would have gotten more of her and her parents at the end. Eun-Gi and Beyol-I (the mute girl) were my favourite characters!
The emotions and struggles of the characters were captured very well. The relationships and dynamic between the characters were really good and pretty realistic. Felt like an actual village. All of their stories were relatable. Some you could even see happening to you in future. I am glad that the makers didn't just cast pretty people (like most other kdramas) and called it a day.
Jeju was beautiful as always. Cinematography was very good.
All over a great drama except for the last 3 episodes! Dong Seok and his mom's story could have been done in one episode. The interesting parts of Dong Seok's story were already shown in Ep 9. His mom's story was really boring and I had no interest in her character. Actually I really hated her character! They just kept going on trips without any story progression for 3 episodes.
The actual ending felt really rushed! They gave Dong-Seok's mom whole 3 episodes and kept only the last couple of minutes for the ending. The ending needed a whole seperate episode. I would have liked to see more of the old characters, the reunions and everyone interacting with eachother. I wanted to see more of Byol-I. They under utilised her. also Eun-Gi and her parents. They didn't even show her parents in the finale. Instead we got 3hrs of Dong-Seok's mom.
I guess I'll just keep pretending that the show ended on Ep 17. Great drama ruined by the ending!
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It tries to educate as if it were a TVING drama, otherwise it's quite good.
How do I even get started? Okay, so this drama has a so called omnibus style storytelling, which means that there are a bunch of very loosely connected storylines. It's almost like a family drama without all the family relations, but darker & at times far more serious and raw. The other reviewers have made a lot of great points. Our Blues is incredibly heartwarming, borderline magical at times, has a decent dose of romance, while bringing up topics that you typically don't see on Korean TV. The setting is great, the fish market of Jeju & those diving women were rather novel. The acting is absolutely top notch, probably the best you can ever expect in a kdrama.So why is it not 10/10?
Well, the problem is that some characters & storylines are just plain bad, there were quite a few episodes that had nothing I was interested in. Some of the controversial topics in the drama are presented in a very fake, inorganic way. I guess the educational intent is just too blatant.
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Blues in various shades
A stonkingly good, multi layered story about life in a close community where many characters were childhood friends.Ups, downs, successes, failures, secrets, love, heartbreak, family, friends, regrets, dreams, forgiveness ~ it is all here.
I never got bored and loved how, whilst there were multiple stories connected to characters, there was a focus in each episode.
The tribulations of life that this series covered, were vast and highlighted issues rarely found in other dramas.
Depression, grudges, a husband beater, aging and pregnancy, to what really impressed me hugely, the challenges of living with and caring for someone with a disability.
The first actress / character I have ever seen in a K-drama, with Downs Syndrome. The prejudices and ignorance faced, in this day and age, which really exist, was shocking and heartbreaking to me. It both hurt me and made me so angry.
I sincerely hope that anyone with a warped attitude and stupidity towards this and other conditions, that watch it, will see how disgusting their behaviour is and educate themselves.
I laughed throughout and in the final episodes, cried. So moving.
Fabulous acting from the whole (GREAT) cast (the kids on it were SO good) and a soundtrack that fitted the style of the characters, their community and lives.
One I would highly recommend and would happily watch again.
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BEST KDRAMA EVER!!
I’ve been watching K dramas for almost 10 years now, and I haven’t watched any thing as good as this show. each story has its own unique approach and they’re all in all we connect to each other. Every story was beautiful and realistic. They have tackled different social issues and explored them. The only reason why I wouldn’t watch it because the emotions that I felt, I felt every pain of every character so I don’t think I would want to feel that pain. But overall the acting and stories are 100Was this review helpful to you?
Lessons of life
Our blues like Ocean 🌊 sky 💫 water 💧 no ends just what our blues is there is lot of cast n everyone have important roles same as in real life there are lots of people n every one have different life but I m damn sure every person must going through from some trauma in the drama there is lots or stories of lots of relation like mother son, daughter father ,friends ,school lovers, old friends,grandmother n granddaughter etc how they go through from there least points n how they come out from all this it's shows that everyone having problems but some of them face it n get up this is the story of all the who face there weakness n getup to motivate othersabout the story I like the ending how they all suffer and then came up with best the best part is that the whole society care eachother n help to face the sorrow thats something rare n unique for me how they help eachother ,care eachother and so on its not a very dramatic but it's based on true facts which everyone facing now a days
over all I m in love with eungi and the drama it self the best drama having the very complete n happy ending
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Down to earth stories that will touch your heart
I believe this drama achieved another milestone in storytelling for the drama land.It is incredible how realistic the portrayal of the characters is, and how touching this can be. 20 episodes made for a beautiful rollercoaster of emotions.
Thank you to everyone involved in making Our Blues, from the cast to the technical production, it was all incredibly well executed. Every story was properly developed. I can see you put your heart on it.
I wish more and more people can discover this drama. It is a masterpiece.
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Wholesome indeed
It's just wholesome. They took the storyline, cast and the ost seriously I could tell. First three episodes only to focus on Eunhui and Hansu story, well, it's quiet draggy somehow. If someone telling you the show is boring and stuff. pls hang in there. Believe me you just gotta bear with first three episodes but the rest of it is just beautiful and well written. You won't regret it. It's just how omnibus kind of drama do the things. Although they could have start the drama with more engaging approach. The feeling right after you finished this drama, it's undescribeably wholesome. Yep, best drama so far in mid 2022.Was this review helpful to you?
