Love Rain episodes 5 and 6
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dangermousieThese episodes switch the focus from the 1970s to the present, from muted soft colors of the fall to the crisp clean colors of the winter.
I loved this drama from the first minute of the first episode, but it was with this week's episode that I became truly obsessed, upset that I didn't have all the episodes to marathon at once. We've left the dreamlike world with its shy, almost mute lovers and are now in the less charmed present - everything has acquired sharp edges - the characters, the relationships, even the cinematography that sometimes makes this feel like an indie movie. In Ha and Yoon Hee were the nostalgic dream but Jun and Hana are the present, the reality, people I can see passing by on the street. He's an impatient cynic who has little interest in love, his dreamer tendencies hidden, and it makes his utter helpless smitten state with Hana and refusal to process it, even more delicious. She is quirky, hot-tempered and blunt. In Ha's and Yoon Hee's relationship was simple, straightforward - all that stood between them was their desire not to hurt their friends - the relationship itself was pure and uncomplicated. But this won't be the case with Hana and Jun. JGS and Yoona give great performances - I see them as entirely different in this incarnation than in the past. YSH knows how to get the best out of his actors.
But you know what? Even with the modernity with its complexities and guardedness ever-present, this is still swoonily romantic - the most romantic thing I've seen all year. Nobody does the feeling of love the way YSH dramas so.
I just have these because the cinematography is to die for. This is ep 5:
And this is ep 6:
The romantic crescendo starts small but is reinforced both by the cinematography and the acting...
I love the parallel with In Ha drawing Yoon Hee:
This was one of the most gorgeous and romantic scenes - in which Jun tries out his 'three second' trick on (unimpressed) Hana and then she tries it right back and you see the exact moment he falls in love and cannot even process the enormity of it. He might have a lot of sexual experience, but emotionally, he's even more of a novice than she is. (I also love how three seconds thing in the 1970s was this romantic thing and in the present day it's one step short of a party trick that Jun uses to get willing gals into bed. The cynicism of the new generation. Only not really). I just capped the part where she tries it back and he is smitten.
I love how poleaxed he's by his feelings...
He takes her off for lunch even and sneaks a look at where she is staying. And they look to turn back at each other. Give up, darlings!
Even their fights are surrounded by angry chemistry. It's giving me totally non-PG thoughts...
And he makes excuses to see her by giving her a shirt (and totally puts his foot in his mouth, LOL)
This scene was just gorgeous. His assistant asks him if he's actually interested in someone for real for the first time and Jun tries to maintain his cool cred and mouths off that Hana is gullible and boring etc etc etc only she overhears. And tells him off! And his face! How can I not ship them?
I find it interesting that Jun's relationship with both of his (divorced) parents is not good and he clearly has issues. It's got to be tough to be the result of an afterthought of great love - the outcome of love thwarted, of people settling for second-best but never forgetting it.
Older In Ha:
I've seen complaints that these eps were slow but I don't see it - I wouldn't cut out any of the scenes or speed them up. I love YSH because in this age of frenetic dramas, he actually allows his stories to breathe.
I need the next ep asap.
I loved this drama from the first minute of the first episode, but it was with this week's episode that I became truly obsessed, upset that I didn't have all the episodes to marathon at once. We've left the dreamlike world with its shy, almost mute lovers and are now in the less charmed present - everything has acquired sharp edges - the characters, the relationships, even the cinematography that sometimes makes this feel like an indie movie. In Ha and Yoon Hee were the nostalgic dream but Jun and Hana are the present, the reality, people I can see passing by on the street. He's an impatient cynic who has little interest in love, his dreamer tendencies hidden, and it makes his utter helpless smitten state with Hana and refusal to process it, even more delicious. She is quirky, hot-tempered and blunt. In Ha's and Yoon Hee's relationship was simple, straightforward - all that stood between them was their desire not to hurt their friends - the relationship itself was pure and uncomplicated. But this won't be the case with Hana and Jun. JGS and Yoona give great performances - I see them as entirely different in this incarnation than in the past. YSH knows how to get the best out of his actors.
But you know what? Even with the modernity with its complexities and guardedness ever-present, this is still swoonily romantic - the most romantic thing I've seen all year. Nobody does the feeling of love the way YSH dramas so.
I just have these because the cinematography is to die for. This is ep 5:
And this is ep 6:
The romantic crescendo starts small but is reinforced both by the cinematography and the acting...
I love the parallel with In Ha drawing Yoon Hee:
This was one of the most gorgeous and romantic scenes - in which Jun tries out his 'three second' trick on (unimpressed) Hana and then she tries it right back and you see the exact moment he falls in love and cannot even process the enormity of it. He might have a lot of sexual experience, but emotionally, he's even more of a novice than she is. (I also love how three seconds thing in the 1970s was this romantic thing and in the present day it's one step short of a party trick that Jun uses to get willing gals into bed. The cynicism of the new generation. Only not really). I just capped the part where she tries it back and he is smitten.
I love how poleaxed he's by his feelings...
He takes her off for lunch even and sneaks a look at where she is staying. And they look to turn back at each other. Give up, darlings!
Even their fights are surrounded by angry chemistry. It's giving me totally non-PG thoughts...
And he makes excuses to see her by giving her a shirt (and totally puts his foot in his mouth, LOL)
This scene was just gorgeous. His assistant asks him if he's actually interested in someone for real for the first time and Jun tries to maintain his cool cred and mouths off that Hana is gullible and boring etc etc etc only she overhears. And tells him off! And his face! How can I not ship them?
I find it interesting that Jun's relationship with both of his (divorced) parents is not good and he clearly has issues. It's got to be tough to be the result of an afterthought of great love - the outcome of love thwarted, of people settling for second-best but never forgetting it.
Older In Ha:
I've seen complaints that these eps were slow but I don't see it - I wouldn't cut out any of the scenes or speed them up. I love YSH because in this age of frenetic dramas, he actually allows his stories to breathe.
I need the next ep asap.
