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Make sure you are in the right mood
Spoilers ahead.
I feel conflicted about this series. It was recommended to me after 18 again, bizarrely. I think this was due to the fantasy element. On this vein, I was enjoying it as fantasy drama, including and up to when the FML accidentally ages herself. From here in started to go downhill for me. The plot seemed to drag with the FML spending most of her time moping around. Even Nam Joo-hyuk's visuals couldn't keep me engaged. The emotional scenes were well acted but the story felt very dreary.
Part of this I will blame on myself. Normally I like to watch dramas because they are uplifting and funny. Occasionally though, a series like Youth of May will demonstrate that they don't have to be tropey or fluffy. Unfortunately I don't feel like this series got the balance right. The romance didn't feel fleshed out and I struggled to root for the characters.
By the time the big reveal came I was already pretty exhausted with this series. The promise of a big twist kept me going but when it finally I arrived I was disappointed. It just seemed to add more dreariness rather than shock factor. I will guiltily confess that I was enjoying the fantasy escape from the care home.
I don't want to sound too harsh though. I think prior to watching this series it's important to manage your expectations. It's not a particularly happy or thrilling watch. It does however deal with a timely issue that many will face. The acting is solid, particularly from Nam Joo-hyuk and Kim Hye-ja. It's also unlike any other k-dramas I've watched.
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This is my first time writing a review for a kdrama! I personally started watching this drama as I am big fan of Han Ji min not for her looks but for her acting. As the story , as it progressed it was filled with joy and then slowly transcended to a sorrow and sad story! The meaning behind this drama is ethically beautiful. The plot is heart wrenching and heartwarming all at the same time but it simply touches the soul.The last few episodes deliver the crucial blow - that's when this rom-com drama turns into a slice of life drama! It tries to deliver an important message - live every moment, enjoy every seconds of life no matter how mundane it may seem as the most precious thing to you as you would age would be the memories you preserve. This is exactly the message being conveyed by the main female lead hya ja as she tries of imagine a better life which is in stark contrast to the reality she is living in. Even though she suffers from Alzheimer's, she would never let go of her precious moments with her husband.
The very ending delivers the most crucial message! It might have been the moment of death for Hye Ja but seeing them "reunite" on the beach with the sun setting while hugging was away of interpreting they both lived a tough life but in the end they found their way back to each other and everything turned out okay. The quote is what really set the tone at the end, it was said and written beautifully.
A beautiful story with excellent cast and direction is what makes this drama unique and inspiring.
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Han Ji Min and Kim Hye Ja deliver stunning performances.
Some really great characters, I thought the brother was a really different character and I really enjoyed the playful relationship he had with Hyun-Joo.
Nothing in the sound track particularly stood out, but it wasn't bad either, I think it's more a sign that what was going on in the story drowned everything out emotionally.
I think it's definitely got to be worth at least one rewatch, because once you finish it you'll probably want to watch it again to see if, knowing how it ends, you understand what goes before it differently.
So good.
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The Plot itself is very good and well thought off. The Acting was really good it had successfully conveyed the feelings and the message that is being shown. Watching this drama at the start gave me a fluffy feeling. The comedy and drama at the start is a very good balance. It made me laugh while seeing the main's chemistry. As the drama transitions into something that touches your heart ,even you still don't know the truth.
The fact that it fooled many viewers about the plot and gave us a shocker!
One of the best Kdrama I have watched Plot wise.
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There is no light in those eyes...
The Light in your Eyes is the most depressing drama I’ve watched. It is depressing because the heartwarming scenes were always followed by heart wrenching ones. Every episode was designed to make me cry. This was an emotional roller-coaster I would have preferred not to be on.The drama is about the life of an unfortunate woman and the way she deals with ageing. The acting gets better as the story progresses but I just couldn’t get over the number of unfortunate incidents that a single family suffers through. I felt everything was a bit too over the top.
The plot in the last three episodes confused and irritated me. The plot twist was superfluous and made the previous episodes an unnecessary drag. While 12 episodes is short I felt they should have condensed it further to 8 and I would have probably appreciated the story more. This was a struggle to finish because I am not a fan of crying all the time.
I decided to watch this drama because people have been raving about it but I just couldn't get myself to like it. Overall this is a tearjerker and I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone for an easy watch cause it’s anything but easy. Unless you want to be depressed and bawl in every episode, this drama is not for you.
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1“I couldn’t properly embrace myself once, in my entire life. So I suffered.”
This review is extremely subjective. I won’t even try to pretend there is anything objective in it. Knowing there will be some kind of plot twist ruined the show for me. Before it happened, I was feeling a lot of frustration and impatience to know what it is, but since I predicted it early on, I just felt disappointed when it was revealed.Here’s the thing, while the show has some amazing moments, life lessons concerning treasuring your life, every little moment, appreciating people around you etc, I truly did not like the majority of the characters. The last episode sucked all the sympathy I might have had for Kim Hye Ja with just two or three scenes. That’s an achievement.
I do believe the show was unnecessarily depressing and sad. After 10 episodes of misfortunes that were multiplied in the last two episodes, the closing narration just completely missed the mark for me. It was like putting a plaster on a plane crash victim.
Talking about the twists - if you start the drama knowing there will be one, there is a high chance you will predict it. For me, the expectations of some unexpected, well built twists made me disappointed when in reality it was the most obvious scenario that could have happened. Because of that, the last episodes just had little emotional impact on me - the disappointment was too strong for other emotions to surface.
The acting was truly amazing. I was especially amazed by Ahn Nae Sang, Lee Jung Eun, and surprisingly Nam Joo Hyuk's performance. While Ahn Nae Sang and Lee Jung Eun aced the more subtle emotions, Joo Hyuk truly delivered with the strongly emotionally charged ones.
Overall, I don’t regret watching it. As I said, it had great messages and moments, many memorable lines and conversations. Yet, the primary emotion I will associate with it till the end will be disappointment.
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I can't even imagine if there is any other content like this!!!
Never I saw a drama like this. From beginning till the end, I was in awe of the characters, story, writing, music and the cold and chilly sadness of this creation.There was no science fiction, there was no time travel, it was no fantasy. It was a story of a women trying to figure out her life, after such oppression of time.
She grew-up poor, loved by family, fell in love with the most loneliest person. Their life was short lived but she was so in love, that after he was taken away...her love turned to stone. She couldn't love anyone, not even herself, she suppressed her emotions and wanting to forget her pain, she did the worst possible thing - turning her back toward their son, the only thing she could have really loved. She froze in time, broken all the way inside, not knowing the light she needed was always there, but perhaps there was too much darkness notice that. Now old, and suffering from the incurable illness, she try to relived her life, as could have happened, if he wasn't taken away. She was finally able to save her love this time, going back and forth in her memory to help him live. In last hours of her life, she was able to convey her love, she hid from his for 50 years. Even after such sadness and unhappiness, she was content, she choose the happy moments she had in life. In her final moments, she crosses that bridge of "light" and succumbs to her love in the end, and they both embraced each other for eternity.
Acting: Kim Hye ja is an acting godess of Korean cinema so no comments on her further. But this young actor Nam, made me fall in love with his acting this time for this drama, he had for his age, toughest scenes, and he nailed every scene of his, and as always Han Ji-Min did what she does best. Hats off to this drama.
I can't even imagine if there is any other content like this!!!
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"your eyes. they shine so bright. i want to save their light."
I don't know what I liked or disliked about this drama. All I know is that I cried a lot, especially in the last episodes. This drama made me question a lot of things and this drama also made me realize a lot of things.No one wants their loved ones to die and no one is ready to see their loved ones' death. And I realized that soon after watching this drama because something similar happened to me. It made me realize that we, humans, are nothing without feelings and I am one of those of human.
Maybe, this drama is not that deep and I am being biased. But if you watch this, then I believe you will relate to a lot of these things. Honestly, that is what I like about 《The Light In Your Eyes》. It shows the most usual human emotions with a dramatic effect. At times, the dramatic effect can get a bit too much and make the drama seem rather ridiculous. But the emotions picks it up and you will be "in-touch" with the drama no matter how weirdly dramatic it seems.
The qoute I wrote as the headline is not from the drama, but I think it pretty much sums up all the female lead's feelings for her loved ones and the male lead (he is also her loved one) and most of her goals in the drama. She wants to save everyone she loves and she wants to live with them like she did before. She wishes to see the light in their eyes for a long, long time.
The female lead, in the first few episodes, might seem insecure, jealous and somewhat selfish. But as the story progresses, you will end up liking her and will find her somewhat relatable.
The male lead doesn't do much, but his presence is sad and bittersweet and his interactions with the female lead, both as young and old, are sweet, motivating and hilarious.
The romance between the female lead and the male lead is not like the other melo- romance dramas as there aren't many intimate scenes. But they became one of my favourite couple.
The family members of Hye-ja are another focus of the drama. And their interactions keeps the story going not making it boring, but rather hilarious and sad. They care for eachother, love eachother, and they gives the most comedic relief in the drama.
All the actors are known faces for me and no one disappointed me. Lee Joon-ha became my favourite Nam Joo-hyuk character and I don't think any other character can replace him. This was my second Han Ji-min drama and this made me fall in love with her acting. Her acting is so natural and she can potray any emotions just perfectly.
The music was somewhat unique because it had a classical mood in it which I don't usually see in such dramas.
I think re-watching 《The Light In Your Eyes》 would make it seem boring as the storyline would be known to you. But I feel since the drama itself mostly focuses on emotions and human growth, it will be a decent drama to re-watch.
"even if one ordinary day is followed by another ordinary day, life is still worth living. don't waste the present regretting and worrying about the future. live this day beautifully"
《The Light In Your Eyes》 wishes to follow the same goal as the quote which is from the drama. And it does a great job creating the right mood for a scene and the right emotions are provided in that scene.
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I fast-forwarded through most of the drama, but even I have to admit it was beautiful..
Those who expect a romance or a romcom will be sorely disappointed - but you will be rewarded with a powerful social message and beautifully written characters and storyline. It makes you cry A LOT, but the slow pace of life shown reflects the actual message from the series - life is quite mundane and ordinary most days, but we must find the beauty and meaning from it where we can.I didn't know what to expect so I found the early episodes quite slow and boring. But after Episode 8, I started appreciating the message the writers were sending us - that when we are young, we refuse to accept we will get old and we take things for granted.
Overall, I would recommend the drama, but only if you are ready and willing to go through some powerful emotions and accept the slow pace of unfolding. Yes, and do watch out for that famous plot twist!
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The Light in Your Eyes shows a lot of the contempt and belittling that old people receive. The story deals with this often in a wide array of situations, trying to reflect what it feels like to be old, and at times how age becomes a sole reason to be disregarded.
Even more interestingly, it gets to show it from an audience perspective as well, and that’s really infrequent in pro-youth, always glamorous K-drama. I saw lots of comment from people who were just waiting for the old version of Kim Hye Ja to go away (seeing all she did as wrong) and the 25-year-old to return, refusing to believe that the “grandmother” is the main character (and also despite the fact that Kim Hye Ja is a better actress than Han Ji Min. I do not intend to take away from what Han Ji Min does, but the skill from the older lady really shows).
In fact, after it seemed her old version had done all she could for the story, even I was eager for the protagonist to go back to her younger self so that all the characters could have a better life. It’s a pretty sad symptom, but it’s good that Dazzling is able to bring it out clearly.
As it happens there is a lot the drama wants to bring out—on the sad side. Scamming, solitude, neglect, bitterness. It communicates these aspects of real life well enough that one can actually learn something from it, despite the inconsistencies visible in the plot if one looks away from it as separate, isolated scenes or cases and sees it whole.
And there are many inconsistencies.
Dazzling is unredeemably slow. I thought it was about to pick up after episode three, but it didn’t. And this happens with a lot with many things in the drama. When a character is about to make sense, something happens that changes them and it’s as if we didn’t know them at all. When it looks like the plot is going to progress at last… the turning point never comes. The episodes throw one bait after another to make you look forward to a scene, or tell you “this will solve it!” and it never comes, it doesn’t work out like that. “Bad guys” get away as they please and do what they want, the good characters are certain comic relief at times but often don’t do more than that.
Neither the changes of pace nor the connection between one event and the next are well done in the slightest, and it really hurt my patience to find out things such as a couple of episodes being spent on a “lost” dog to then find out that after that dramatic problem was “solved”, the dog was just never brought up again.
Examples like these are later pushed aside due to more important events, but it makes the episode-by-episode watching frustrating nonetheless.
Summarising over the categories, in “Story” it’d be helpful to be able to differentiate between premise and execution, because in a case such as this one I’d definitely use that. The soundtrack doesn’t stand out at all, and on the other hand the acting is great and for many characters it gets better and better as it goes on (Han Ji Min’s which I mentioned above, for instance). And I’d never think of re-watching this drama.
Overall, this drama is strange. The premise isn’t the reason as much as the uneven, tremendously hole-filled plot of inconsistent tone, content and pace. It’s especially weird because most characters do earn a place for themselves and are sensitively defined even among all those fragrant issues.
I would decidedly not “recommend” The Light in Your Eyes because it’s actually really hard to watch. It takes constant patience, it’s tremendously boring every few scenes (it brings your interest back up in-between so that you still watch) and often I couldn’t convince myself that I wasn’t just plainly wasting my time, and there’s something that will test even the most tolerant viewers. (Something which I’m leaving out entirely in this review and that would change the context of some things I’ve written entirely.)
However there is good in this story as well, some of it rare and a lot of details very worth-watching. And depending on how you take the plot-choices, watching it whole might actually make you love it more, rather than less.
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