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Author: Nancy McDonnell
—————————————- Thoughts by Nancy McDonnell —————————————-
Unlike many fans of Jang Keun Suk, I lived through the 1970s. Admittedly I was young, and did not see “Love Story” at the movie theater… but I remember not really caring for the movie when it was shown on television. And the iconic line “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry” never made sense to me.
No matter how many years you’ve been with someone… unless you are a mind reader, how can you ever truly know someone else’s mind and heart? Isn’t it hard enough to even know your own?
And I have come to wonder if “Love Story” and the “Never having to say you’re sorry” quote have come to be an ironic plot device by the writer. In episode 3 of Love Rain in the twilight scene where In Ha confesses to Yoon Hee that he’s always liked her alone I counted at least 3 times that In Ha said he was sorry!
I think the writer’s obsession with the movie “Love Story” is part of Love Rain only to take a poke at the whole genre of Korean melodrama. Just as misunderstandings between lovers are standard fare, so too is it that at least one character in any melodrama is going to have to apologize for something they’ve said or done.
In Chuncheon, ironically In Ha and Yoon Hee accidentally meet again in the rain. Under the marquee of a movie theater showing “Love Story” their eyes meet. (How beautifully PD Yoon made the rest of the crowd fade away!) At last In Ha gets to see the movie with her. He’s tempted to “make a move”… but our shy In Ha chickens out.
A missed train! Oh no, will they have to spend the night alone together? This would have been a bit scandalous even for the “Free Love” period of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States. I would imagine it would have been even more so in Korea. A night train to the East Sea solves the dilemma, and provides some private time for In Ha and Yoon Hee to develop even more feelings for each other.
I had to laugh when as they walked down to the beach from the railway station that In Ha again sheltered Yoon Hee from the pouring rain with a pale blue umbrella. It reminded me quite frankly of the movie, “Gone With the Wind” and what Rhett Butler says to Scarlett…“Here, take my handkerchief. Never, at any crisis of your life, have I known you to have a handkerchief.” It seems like a similar situation with Yoon Hee and umbrellas!
I was proud of In Ha for wanting to face Dong Wook alone, to confess his feelings for Yoon Hee at last. He should have been honest with his feelings for her from the start. And my heart ached a bit for Dong Wook, who at last got the tables turned on him when the shy and quiet Yoon Hee broke the former Casanova’s heart.
Like In Ha and Yoon Hee, my heart is racing forward, to embrace Love Rain Episode 4!
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I think I started to fall in love with LR from ep 3 onwards. Perhaps my feelings about ep 1 and 2 are coloured by the negative reviews about LR – despite the quality of the visuals, admittedly, the beginning was slow paced, but upon hindsight, the slow pace brought out the conservative mood of the 1970s.
What I like about LR so far is all the glances that In-ha and Yoon Hee were giving each other – eyes that speak volumes of their tumultuous, shy, awkward and oh-so-in-love feelings that words can’t really express, and this continues into ep 3 where love between In-ha and Yoon Hee blossomed so sweetly. I was counting the number of times they held hands or were about to hold hands…
And action definitely started picking up in ep 3 – hope that the momentum continues strong!
Sis Nancy! I could finally read your review lol and I kind of agree with you about the “Love Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry” XD… i guess it sounds nice and romantic but it doesnt really make much sense lol as you said
Thank you 🙂 I’m just getting around to checking out stories and reviews for Love Rain. I agree it is very hard to consider Dong Wook as “the enemy” because he wasn’t an actual rival of In Ha. Dong Wook was quite sincere if a bit oblivious to his friend. I found it quite frustrasting the In Ha chose not to step forward. I considered him a bit of coward at first. He even went as far as considering joining the army instead of admitting to anyone how he felt. I found it to be quite sad when Dong Wook finally got his date with Yoon Hee only to wait and wait for her and eventually risk detention because he was out past curfew. If In Ha and Yoon Hee had just been honest with themselves, each other, and their friends so of the heartache could have been reduced.
then there wouldnt be Love Rain… Lol!
lol sis Farina!!! you made my day.. 😀
what in ha wrote in the train?