A Saborosa Flórida (2021)

All Visuals, Nothing Special

At a glance The Tasty Florida seems to have a nice premise and the first episode makes it look promising, but there is absolutely nothing special about this BL. It's made for the fujoshis that simply want all hot men get together. It's really infuriating to think about.


PLOT:

Freshman Haewon arrives in Seoul and is heading to his guesthouse. While absentmindedly admiring his new town, he falls into the arms of Eunkyu. Eunkyu helps Haewon to the guesthouse and disappears after. Haewon begins to look for a part time job and discovers the restaurant The Tasty Florida, about his guesthouse. When he goes up to take a look he sees Eunkyu again, along with Jisoo who co-own the restaurant together. Jisoo is instantly and openly smitten with Haewon, while Eunkyu sneaks glances at Haewoon.

Haewon ends up working at the restaurant thanks to Jisoo, but Eunkyu isn't very happy about it. Desperate to get Eunkyu to like him, Haewon starts helping Eunkyu, much to Jisoo's disappointment.

Honestly, the plot seems to he written by a high schooler. All the men are heartthrobs and the two main leads are into each other from the start of the drama. The characters are all poorly written, with Haewon being the most boring protagonist. The stars seem to just align for Haewon and he has all of these hot men chasing him from the moment they see him. He also doesn't really do anything to get the man of his dreams. Haewon also goes from a painfully shy and quiet guy, to being so open with his feelings right after he gets hired at the restaurant. Eunkyu is also painfully one-dimensional, always brooding over his unfortunate backstory. Even when he gets together with Haewon and is supposed to have his happily ever after, he is still brooding.

The worst offense is the climax of the drama, when Jisoo and Eunkyu confess they love Haewon to each other and fight over Haewon... In front of Haewon... Without even confessing to Haewon... And Haewon instantly getting together with Eunkyu after Jisoo and Eunkyu have a small pity party of "poor me, you said you'd do anything for me," "poor me, because of my family life, I never had anything I wanted, but now I want Haewon." Even having the two boys do that "if I don't run to the protagonist, I will miss my chance to be with him" chase scene that kdramas are known for.


HAEWON x EUNKYU (x JISOO)

At first, I was really rooting for Haewon and Eunkyu. They way they first met and interacted was really a Cinderella moment. However, after Haewon started working in the restaurant and had a personality change, I stopped caring. Haewon's actions before and after is so different that is throws me off, especially after Eunkyu gets burnt. Is he the same person? Also, Haewon is literally just eye-candy. His character does nothing to make Eunkyu fall for him.

Eunkyu has so many brooding emotions, I think he needs to be in another drama with another leading man that can actually do something for him and take care of him. Even his best friend Jisoo would be a better match for him than Haewon. Yes, Haewon is good on the eye and encourages Eunkyu to open up, but Eunkyu does all of that on his own without Haewon's help. It's literally talking to Jisoo that makes him open up.

Jisoo... You can do so much better than Haewon. He literally just sits there ogling Eunkyu.

Eunkyu and Jisoo, don't even bother ruining 15 years of friendship for Haewon. Haewon's not worth it.


ACTING/ CINEMATOGRAPHY/ MUSIC

The cinematography and music was amazing, and it's really a waste to spend it on such a bland drama. Even the actors' talents are wasted on this drama. Eunkyu and Ji soo's actors are amazing in their roles. Eunkyu's actor was amazing to the point, I really think he needs to be given another role in another drama where he can showcase his talents. His brooding scenes were wasted on a bland plot. Any scene that he's in really feels like a great drama. In fact, I decided to watch this drama because I saw a clip of him in this and thought it was going to be good... It wasn't... Because of the plot, and I was very disappointed.


OVERALL:

Just watch the first episode and imagine the rest yourself. You'll be highly disappointed by the amazing cinematography, acting, and music that was wasted on a bland plot. If you choose to continue to watch this... Just skip the scenes to the scenes with Eunkyu and Haewon in bed together confessing their hears out. Those 2-3 scenes are really the best part of the drama.... Along with how they met. The rest isn't worth your time.

Leia Mais

Short and Sweet, the typical korean BL?

I always know to lower my expectations when I watch a BL with just 1-2 hours of runtime. And for what it was, I have no complaints! The acting is good, the setting is pretty and the music is nice.
Actually I also really liked the relationship between the best friends, I think it shows how they understand each other even without saying things out loud. How you can have a fight and make-up easily and how, as true friends, you want what makes the other happy. So yeah, I found the friendship beautifully portraied. The relationship felt a bit rushed, but again in a short drama like this I don't expect to be shown more. And they had cute scenes where the attraction was very visible.
All in all, it was short, sweet and I would watch again <3

Leia Mais

maybe its just me but i loved it so much

i will start first about things that i didnt like and then end this review with what i loved.
*there is going to be spoilers here*
first it was so short, i really wish it was longer while i understand that korean bls for now are short , the plot is way too much simple too so basically there is not much going on in the serie. the issue between the bestfriends was solved but it was not clearly shown how they come to terms with it, again i understand that was rushed by how short the bl is so yeah.

what i loved is the main characters, can i talk about the chemistry? omg , i was really trying to not fangirl and i watched the serie in 1 day and yeah while the eps are so short im still not someone who watch a show in one day so thats surprising to me,the chemistry is so good ,they look so good together ,Hae Won is so so pretty ,the music is so beautiful too i did download one song from there in my phone and listen to it from time to time. i really loved the vibe the show is giving too,its cute and light and the ending was also satisfying,i really want a season 2 where it could be longer and they could make a more developped plot. while most of time i dont really enjoy korean bls because they are short ,i did really like this the most

Leia Mais