Review: Hometown cha cha cha 🏖️
when you watch a movie ora series, you want to get entertained, you want to spend that time on that cinematic piece, but certain Korean movies and show make that experience authentic and worthwhile, and to that list enter "hometown cha cha cha",a drama where the small sea town of gongjin, this beautiful town speaks to the viewers by it's character and their life stories.I was skeptical about watching yet another rom com but this drama proves that why they are so popular, why based on love there are stories,poems, songs, movies etc because it's mesmerizing to feel with various senses.hometown cha cha cha, is indeed more than just a rom com, it gives you beautiful moments where you cry,laugh, feel love and most importantly learn life. The two leads were absolutely magnetic,kim seon ha and shin min a makes you believe that they are a real couple who happen to face camera,i must say i never had a crush on any koread female leads but hands down shinmina stole my heart on every scenes she appeared,kim made chief hong so memorable that you can't help to love that character. I've always realised where korean film fraternity takes the lead, they create magic when it comes to sub plots, I've watched both films and series of different languages, around the globe but when it comes to sub plots,koreans hit it out of the park every damn time. Hometown cha cha cha excels in its technical aspects, direction and storytelling was impeccable, cinematography was poetic, editing could have been more crispier, it does feel laggy at times, background score was melodious, I'm listening to the main song named romantic Sunday and it's on loop but what impressed me, also i wanna say it's the underrated hero of this film, it's the make-up and costume god specially for shinmina woow it was treat for the eyes and also others, amazing! When it comes to sub plots, one can understand what the gongjin town's people are going through, you have to witness with your own eyes,i have to say while i was binge watching 16 episodes, investing my 16+hours on to this, the two people who i think steals the show is one our halmeoni miss gam-ri and the lover boy cum variety show creator, director ji, former for the sheer innocence and effortlessness of being the oldest member and later for this one dialogue that he was not good in trigonometry so he don't understand triangle love, also because the character was beautifully written and acted.
If you're reading this and have yet watched this feel good/romantic/comedy/ drama i don't know what are you doing with life, go watch it.
Thank you for reading 🎈