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I found myself thinking of French New Wave classics like Jules and Jim - the way the camera just rolls while the characters frolic naturally. Not all parts of this early drama hold up, and it may not be for everyone, but I would not want to have missed this iconic, early romance that many associate with the beginning of the "Hallyu Wave". Four stars (out of five).
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Nevertheless it remains a very compelling series. It's hard to overstate how beautiful the two leads are, and how natural their chemistry is. The series does move pretty slowly, and certain characters (Sang-hyuk I'm looking at you) are super annoying. I really enjoyed the lengthy montages of the two lovers doing cute stuff together. When the series is at its best, it conveys a great deal of emotion with the minimum of gimmickry.
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There aren't enough hours in the day to describe all the improbable plot twists and melodramatic flourishes contained in the series' 20 episodes. The writers did not concern themselves overly with constructing a consistent or believable narrative. Likewise a lot of the dialog is laughable. So much of it is is just "Jun Sang....", "Yu-jin....", "Jun Sang... I'm sorry...." as the camera cuts from one to the other and sloooowly zooms in.
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Things are made more awkward by the fact that Yu-jin's company has been chosen to do the interior design on a ski lodge project led by Min-hyung. Much to the chagrin of Min-hyung's gf Chae-rin and Yu-jin's fiance Sang-hyuk, the two are spending a lot of time working together. Before long it's clear that Jun Sang's doppelganger Min-hyung is also susceptible to Yu-jin's delicate charms.
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Before long the two have fallen for each other, and we have a series of romantic montages of the two riding a bike, skipping stones on the lake and building snowmen. We are primed for a confession of love with Yu-jin waiting for Jun Sang on Christmas eve amid the holiday crowds in the town center. As Jun Sang races to the meeting, he steps out into the street and - bam - is hit by a speeding car.
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cw: spoilers
Winter Sonata (2002) is the melodramatic story of a once-in-a-lifetime love between two-star crossed lovers, soulful ML Jun Sang (Bae Yong-joon) and the delicate, pixie-ish Yu-jin (Choi Ji-woo). The two meet on the bus to school on Jun Sang's first day of school after moving back to Chuncheon with his pianist mother, Kang Mi-hee (Song Ok-sook).
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