El Interes del Amor

Today finished k-drama 'The Interest of Love'

Based on book, This romantic drama is understated.

It's not the typical cliché romantic genre kdrama with hyper energetic characters doing random things in the name of love.

It's a portrayal of love, inexpressive love n longing, yearning, heartbreaks n melancholy.

This actual slice of drama shows, how social status, wrong decisions, past events, affects future n makes you regret.

All characters are flawed which makes them human. Leads specially female has complex character. Leads unable to do things directly. They are emotionally, socially fearful ( like most of US),

All lead actors performed well with subtle emotions, neither overdramatic nor poker face. Leads has intense chemistry which is undeniable.

Drama's trailer was misleading, made viewers think that it's about adultery n cheating but nothing sort of happen. It's a very unpredictable drama.

Drama has slow pacing, I'm OK with it but someone might find it watching paint dry. Might be frustrating at times. Drama has melodious OSTs, good production design, cinematography n overall good direction. Supporting actors also performed well.

What a great story of 2 hearts. They hide their feelings so deeply made me myself feel affected. All assumptions went south.

All hope seems to have been destroyed. Then brought back before being destroyed again. This feeling is like being hit many times on a stone plain. Until the end, it is left up to one's own imagination.

The performance of the characters is very good with facial expressions and body language that make a very strong impression.

Only in the final episodes, the pace slows down a bit and makes the soul struggle to know what's next.

I hope for more great stories like this in the future.

I thought the actors were all pretty good. I just can't stand these depressing stories. Ironically the second leading man was also in Love Alarm, another K-Drama I couldn't stand. Currently on episode 15 and it's heading towards a sad ending, or perhaps another ending similar to Love Alarm, where the writer keeps you in the dark regarding the true emotions of the female lead. Also, others have mentioned how they disliked the normalization of cheating, and I agree regarding that sentiment, however, I don't believe any of the characters actually cheated...I think they made others believe that they cheated... hopefully I will find this out tomorrow.

Ugh, I'll be watching finale tomorrow, but if you haven't started, and you prefer happy endings, go watch something else, like It's Okay to Not Be Okay (my absolute favorite K-Drama).

This is a very well-written show with excellently-developed characters. None of the characters are shown to be particularly good or particularly bad - but as human beings, which is something I greatly appreciate as a writer. The realistic themes covered here will definitely get the viewer to think long and hard about our societal framework and how that can either help or hinder our way to happiness.

Another thing I like is the acting of the main four. Though all of them are subtle with their emotions, they still form distinct personalities which make for great performances overall. Understated acting is perhaps one of the hardest types of acting to accomplish, so I believe the lead actors did a superb job with their characters, being neither overdramatic nor wooden.

I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys rich character development and unpredictable, yet realistic outcomes. The best part of this show is how incredibly human the characters are, which is something I believe needs to be shown more in movies and TV.

On my opinion actors showed all kinds of emotions very well. The kdrama shows struggle to find the love in this life and I think a lot of us can empathize with tot.

Feels like a real human story. Also describes well the specific Korean complexity in society.

I like this non standard story, and there are much less cliche than in other kdramas.

After it a lot of thoughts and questions appeared in my mind. And the feelings are good and calm. Appreciate the love in my life)) The actors were pretty good too. The scenes of Korea are beautiful as usual with all the seasons.

Not for everyone, because it is all about relationships and emotions.

I think it is underrated, the kdrama is really interesting.