Monday, June 18, 2012

Worlds Within / The World That They Live In


  • Genre: Romance
  • Episodes: 16
  • Year: 2008
  • My Rating: Fair

Synopsis
This drama is about the process of a television drama production. Jung Ji-oh (Hyun Bin) is a charismatic drama PD, while Joo Joon-young (Song Hye-kyo) is a PD who is direct and confident. They had a past relationship in their college days, which lead to complicated break ups due to their separate affairs with other people. After finally breaking up with their previous affairs, they decided to get back together and start a relationship.

Joon-young is a daughter from a rich family; she has problems regarding her mom (who lives a luxurious lifestyle, gambling and affairs with other men), which made her become too cold and reserve when it comes to expressing her feelings. These problems lead to her filming of cold and unexpressive dramas. Ji-oh on the other hand, is a son from a poor family of farmers and has a hard time dealing with his dad's temper and loves his mom dearly.

However, Joon Young's mother didn't much approve of Ji-oh, since he is only a lowly person in her eyes. Ji-oh's pride was deeply wounded by the impression Joon Young's mom gave to him, so he decided to break up with Joon Young. Joon Young was deeply hurt and doesn't realize the reason of their break-up, and Ji-oh is very mean as he pushes her away. Deep inside he still loves her, but he was bothered by their differences in wealth, values and characteristics. Many problems arise between the couple which test their love for each other. Ji-oh suffers an eye disease which leads to an operation and him not being able to film everyday. But at the end, both Ji-Oh and Joon-Young get back together as a couple and also directed a show together.
The drama basically shows the real life when it comes into making a drama, the actors' experiences and situations, as well as the directors and staffs hardships in order to create their dramas, with a twist of budding romance from each of the cast.


What I Think
The story line is quite flat and boring. In the other hand, it was nice to see daily activities of film industry. Talking about the romance, this drama captures on and off of a relationship.

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