My Sweet Seoul: Episode 12
Sorry for the delay. I had no intention of dropping My Sweet Seoul, but I also found myself dragging my feet to keep watching. I’ve had a hard time working up the interest, even though I do think the drama is high-quality. Strange dichotomy, that.
I wish I could like the series, I really really wish I could. But I think this just shows that interest and quality aren’t always perfectly correlative. So many other factors go into making a drama watchable and entertaining — as if I didn’t already know from the people yelling at me for dissing certain dramas! Taste is subjective, yes. Matters of “quality” can be “graded” based on specific criteria (directing, script, acting, plot), but ultimately a viewer’s enjoyment is subject to factors outside of those.
SONG OF THE DAY
Yoo Hee-yeol (aka Toy) – “여름날” (Summer day). This comes from the “Summer Days” advertainment series (mini-movies with a plot and its own soundtrack highlighting a laptop brand) starring Shin Mina, Hyun Bin, and Ryu Seung-beom. [ Download ]
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Really? …Yoo Hee said she had once been pregnant with her ex’s baby? I watched this episode a few days ago and can’t remember that part of the conversation…
Anyway, I agree that interest and quality aren’t always correlated. Though I can’t say I’m losing interest in MSS, it really is a (high-quality) drama that I wouldn’t be surprised if most people find it boring. I’m enjoying it mainly because I like to picture myself in Eun-soo’s shoes. She lives in the cutest, comfiest-looking apartment and I love her fashion sense
No, she didn’t outright say it, but I thought it was implied when she talks about the past, and the child she may have had named Bom, “back then, when we were in a lot of pain about it.” I clarified the explanation in case to show the conversation wasn’t explicit.
I totally agree that intrigue and suspense don’t work for My Sweet Seoul. According to those who’ve read the novel that it’s based on, it’s just following the storyline in there, so I don’t blame the writer. But the way the director handled those Big Dark Past scenes was just TOO dramatic and foreboding. So I wasn’t super-invested in that plotline, either, not until episode fifteen or so. I wish they had chosen less dramatic music, and gone for something more subtle.
Still, when all is revealed, it’s done in a very touching, fairly quiet, emotional way, so in the end, I was able to forgive those particular flaws.
Hello, thanks for the recaps. We find it too slow – the pace, not exciting enough. By the way off the topic. Could you take sometime to review a new drama about a Shipbuilding Co., My Woman/Lady?. MBC is currently airing the kdrama on Sat. & Sun. It is now at episode 4. Thanks once again.
ur banner is always nice!!
random yes I know.
i wanted her to end up with ta hoo though…anyway…
is it fine if i say that i love reading your summary more than watching the dramas. i have no idea why, but your summaries make me happy.
thank you so much for your hardwork! keep up the good work
MSS is really boring and get worst.
i´m now waiting for the rest subs but i just think i skype really fast the drama till the end.
anyway thanks for you summary!!!
In this episode, I liked the part where she reads from the book to Young Soo, and that gives her some kind of peace and finality after hearing from Tae Oh. Its a nice part. One, because it feels like Young Soo is inadvertently helping her by leading her to peace and stability (and she mentions that later), and two, she’s learning to take lessons from the more subtle things around her.
Their meeting was not as satisfying for me, because I felt like Tae Oh was more invested and eager than she was. Even when he, so sweetly, asked her if she would be there for him, it took her more than normal to say yes. I’ve been in that kind of painful, difficult situation before, and I personally would not have reacted like her. So I guess its just a matter of not being able to relate to that good bye scene…
curious — is this the end of recaps for this series?
dramabeans, where can i find your recaps for the all impt. episodes 14 to 16? please ??
may i ask where are the recaps for episodes 13-16? i’m really looking forward to them…
I’m having problems downloading using zShare. Any suggestions? Thanks!