Let me bring Dream to You to you, as I really liked this one, even with having back to back classes, I had to finish watching itand it always seems it hits that nostalgic first love and lost dreams spot for me.
This is a story about two teens, Woo Su-bin and Joo Yi-jae, who had the same dream of becoming filmmakers in future, In high school, Yi-jae was a dreamer who never backed down from her passion for making her short films, no matter what, Then again, Su-bin was the academic type, intelligent, but rather dull and kind most likely as he was just doing as he was told by his family. But somehow, his energy was drawn to Yi-jae, and her tenacity inspired him - more than anything else and, little by little, their friendship became something more, it became their first love story for each other
Before their college entrance exams, then all goes wrong, Su-bin leaves Yi-jae's life and tells her that his family is taking him overseas, There was no closure, no explanation for that beyond him just vanishing from a life they'd both dreamed of, that kind of end of a first love can be devastating, and in this case, it builds a ton of emotional momentum for the rest of the story.
Fifteen years later, we meet up with both of them with completely different lives, Yi-jae as a TV reporter, She is clearly losing the passion she once possessed as a teenager, and is now a struggling as a disillusioned TV reporter. At least in the eyes of this internationally renowned film director, Su-bin has achieved all of this and more. After all these years, when they finally meet, Su-bin tries his best to help Yi-jae reignite her spark, meanwhile, Yi-jae is holding on to bitterness for how he left her all those years ago without a proper goodbye.
I really like the way that this series captures that emotional distance in such a realistic way, Not just an "oh, we still love each other" meeting, there is real tension, real hurt that is never dealt with and is under every interaction they have. It had a lot of layers because I felt I could really relate to Yi-jae as she slowly regained her trust in him and, as she also slowly came to love the passion she had buried within her over the years, episode after episode, I felt I could really connect with their characters.
The chemistry between the two also was a huge part of the series for me, despite all of that history and awkwardness, you could sense a pull between them, and it didn't seem like it was ever really gone, it was just buried under years of distance and hurt feelings.
The only scene that I just couldn't get over at all and I have to be honest about it , is one scene in particular, where the moment when Su-bin is with his dad in the elevator and just out of nowhere he's not quite himself, and that feeling of being not quite right, so random , it was so out of place, right before this scene Su Bin had been acting with this controlled confidence and I just felt it made the that scene not real, I remember stopping and going back over the scene , just so I could figure out what happened there.
Other than that one scene though, the series was good at mixing up time periods, gradually revealing the reason behind Su-bin's departure, and what actually went on between him and Yi-jae during his time there. There were some scenes that were really nice to watch that were flashbacks of their younger Selves, that was really great, seeing them fall in love over their dreams and stuff, before it got complicated with real life and family pressure.
This series I would recommend to any K-drama fan, it's a good see.
Rating: 95/100
Originally posted through scrobble.life/tv.