Wholesome
I just love it - it is to watch and watch again. Feel good, short and sweet and wholesome drama with a clear theme developing through the 4 episodes. Well suited casting for roles and support roles- believable characters were their silences meant 1000 words. Heartfelt mini series with relevant music and titles for each episodes. I wish I could have seen more of them - main characters, however in 4 episodes, the writers, director and actors succeeded to brilliantly bring up to life this unrequited love theme drama. I would recommend this mini-series as a healing, optimistic and satisfying drama.Was this review helpful to you?
Happy Ending To An Unrequited Love Story
The world of unrequited love is not unfamiliar to us. In our life journey, we have all been in one-sided love. Yet life moved on, and we moved on. But somewhere, we kept on loving that person, hoping that one day, they would realise the love we have had for them. The story of Soundtrack #1 is no exception.Was this review helpful to you?
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Most Rewatchable Drama There Is!
I don't like to complain about clichés, rather if those clichés were used properly to begin with. The writing, acting, chemistry, OST, visuals and camera work are some of the best I have seen on the small screen or big screen! The leads did a phenomenal job of bringing the characters to life. You truly feel real empathy for Sun Woo and Eun Soo. The love story was extremely realistic, pure and sensitive.I may be biased since I love the season, but being set in Winter gave the show an element of warmth that other seasons wouldn't have been able to. You simply want the two main characters to embrace each other when the climate is the most harsh outdoors.
Praise should also be directed at the secondary storyline of following one's dreams. They perfectly managed to inspire me to work hard for my dreams and to also uplift and support those around me with huge goals as well.
My only complaints are that we have no idea where Sun Woo's tarot card ended up and that Eun Soo's mother was never on camera for us to see how she reacted to the news of them ending up together. I loved the mom after completely saving Sun Woo from an embarrassing moment earlier in the show. It was the perfect way to teach the viewers a lesson in being considerate.
I highly recommend this to everyone! It being only 4 episodes gives this show a unique charm, plus it aids in boosting it's rewatchability and how it can be a great recommendation for a friend who might be new to k-dramas but doesn't want to invest time into a 12-16 episode show. Enjoy!
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Short and smooth
Soundtrack#1 centered around two main characters and the story unfolds through their interactions with each other(and side characters). There is nothing new, but this is my kind of drama if executed properly. I like that despite its short time, the story is at consistent pace and they dont end it abruptlyNow, I will focus to talk about the main characters
Sun Woo: Introverted male lead who has a crush with his bff for long time, this drama proves me that PHS really the best choice to potray character who secretly in love with someone, i mean HIS EYES really convey the emotions without speak it loud
Eun Soo: Extroverted female lead who is noisy and tend to (but not always) speaks her mind. At first, i doubt HSH would pull off this character given her cold appearance, but her cold image giving her childish little sister vibe rather than spoiled girl friend that we used to seeing in drama that using friends to lovers trope, so it gives me fresh take on this kind of drama
Side characters: here i won’t talk side characters in detail since this drama focused on the main leads, but side characters are decent, there is no one who overly annoying
Music: while this drama has music theme in it, i dont find any soundtrack here memorable
Rewatch value: i think i would rewatch this soon
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They acted through their eyes!!!
Just finished watching thisI really liked it. The way they come to realize their feelings after being friends for so long.
Acting was really good. They acted through their eyes!!!
Omg park hyung sik is making me his big fan all over again, he always impresses me...
Overall the drama was so good♡
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A Short Sweet Drama
The synopsis tells you everything. Friends to Lovers trope. You know how it's gonna go. It is a feel-good drama, one that I would definitely watch again. I watched this because of Park Hyung Shik (I was impressed with his performance in Happiness) and because it was short drama. What I really end up liking was the execution and simple closure to the drama.It could have easily been made into a movie but I am not complaining. Music was great. There's not much depth to the characters or story.
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I loved this drama
This drama is so good everthing is good except ........the short episodes only 4 episodesBUT
EVEN THOUGH the episodes were small i personally enjoyed the drama
There were a lot of sweet moments in this drama and the feeling of one side love is something i could relate to whuch made me cry in some episodes
I loved the moms scenes she was soo cute and understanding and i loved her tarot cards too
I loved how this drama explains the pain of one side love and how people can be friends to lovers in a realistic way
I feel like the connection was really good how they know eachother so well and how they resolved all the problems that they have too
I loved the second lead couple and how they tried to help and their love story and i also felt that they were the future selfs of the mainlead couples
I loved all the song and how the song she wrote were sang in the same episode as the background music and the picture
I loved their friendship soo much and fairly i loved how he looked at her too ummm i loved them and thats all
I loved his friend and mr kang too?♥️♥️
In short i would reccomend this drama to anyone
THIS drama doesnt have an dramatic story it was just realistic to me
SHORT AND SWEEEEEET DRAMA
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Short and sweet, with a touch of yearning
Two things drew me to this drama: 1) It was a short four episodes. I was feeling the need for a break from the bloated, drawn-out dramas. 2) Park Hyung Sik.Park Hyung Sik as Han Sun Woo was excellent. He's got that yearning for love thing on lock (he did this really well in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon). He didn't make it obvious immediately to us as the audience, so you could somewhat understand the FL not seeing it. The brevity of the story kept me from feeling that the FL was an idiot not to see his love. We also didn't have to sit through multiple extra storylines that are used as filler.
Though the plot line they developed for them to be living in the same space didn't work for me (how in the world was he, a photographer, supposed to help her write lyrics?), I LOVED his addition to her lyrics at the end, but I just wish the ending hadn't been so abrupt. We didn't get to enjoy them as a couple at all, really.
I liked her mother and her tarot cards. That she could see what was going on, and her reaction to it, was so cute, and just added to the cluelessness of the FL.
This show wasn't anything groundbreaking, but it was good for an evening's easy entertainment.
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Short and sweet Friends-to-Lovers Trope
Friends-to-Lovers is one of the more popular tropes and one of my favorites as well. When I first saw Park Hyung Sik after not seeing him in a while, my first impression is, 'He's so adorable!'. This feeling continues on throughout the drama. His character is sweet and caring, and you can't help but fall in love with him and root for him.Han So Hee on the other hand is as beautiful as she can be. Her character, Eun Soo, is a lot more outgoing, to contrast the more conservative side of Park Hyung Sik's character, Sun Woo. But I can't help but think that she overacts a little.
The two have good chemistry together as friends, but I do feel it lacking a little in the unrequited love department. I think Sun Woo's shy and sweet personality conveys the unrequited love a little better. Eun Soo's struggles don't move me as much.
As other reviewers mentioned, this short drama boasts a pretty large collection of songs in its OST. They all sound pretty nice to me, but because there are so many, I did not get attached to any song. The songs all give a very similar feel and sound the same to me.
The plot is simple and nothing new. If you enjoy watching two friends slowly discovering that they have feelings for each other, this is a good and quick watch. The visuals are great and the cold winter adds an additional charm to the story.
Completed: 10/23/2022
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SHORT, WARM, SWEET, REALISTIC
This very short drama tells the story of two best friends where one secretly loves the other.STORY:
The story is very realistic where many can relate. Unrequited love to your childhood friend but you’re too scared for them to know because staying just friends is better than losing that person, this is the situation portrayed by the male lead. The pacing of the story is very well executed, It’s not fast but not slow that you get to see the dynamic of the characters very well. It started with establishing the background of the story starting with the friendship then comes the unrequited love. You can see the sides of both character and understand how they feel which I think is the goal of this drama. Then comes the realization part which gives the story two endings where they’ll end up together or not. I liked that it showed struggles in both end but it gave a very sweet, simple but clear ending.
CHARACTERS:
I love both characters. they have very realistic arc where one person can relate.
REWATCH VALUE:
I will definitely rewatch this series. I like the warmth I felt watching this.
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Sweet, cute and short
It was good overall, not extraordinary or great, but cute and short. I watched it because Han So-hee and wasn't disappointed.
LIKES
- The acting was great between the main leads.
- Story was short and quite enjoyable. I actually liked that there were no side stories, and I'm glad that all the focus was on the main leads.
- Nice visuals, aesthetically pleasing
NEUTRAL/DISLIKES
- While I like that the story was short and straight to the point, I think more episodes (maybe 8 or 9) could have made it a little more enjoyable. Not that it needed that much, but I think a little more could be explored around the main leads (personality-wise, background, or even how their friendship developed).
- I agree that the chemistry was a bit off between the main leads. It was good at times, but sometimes it felt very bland like nothing was there.
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A Beautiful Light Hearted romantic drama
A huge applous to the writer and the director for making a very light hearted romantic drama without any unwanted complications and boring love triangle. I had seen many these types of mini dramas before with some less episodes but not with a lead like them, that's something everyone is waiting just like me. That is the refreshing thing about this beautiful drama.The plot was very simple two best friends for a long 19 years realise their true feelings for each other when they have to stay in the house for two weeks. A romantic drama with a very cliche concept yes, but it doesn't matter when you have a great cute actors in lead. They could have been easily made this into a 16 episode drama with a very dragging storyline and so glad that they didn't, it's a sweet mini drama that you can definitely invest your time gladly..also no annoying love triangle.
The chemistry is one the key factor. Felt really amazing after the end.. Try it
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