Search: WWW (2019)

Trois beaux destins de femmes, chacune sur son chemin.

J’ai passé un excellent moment devant ce drama, pour deux raisons :
La première, c’est un drama de femmes, ce sont elles qui mènent la danse, prennent les décisions, font des choix de vie qu’elles imposent, qui réussissent à se débarrasser des carcans de la tradition, du poids de la famille… Et même le traditionnel chaebol, figure tyrannique au cœur dur, est aussi une femme, incarnée par Ye Soo Jung, plutôt vue en général dans le rôle de la gentille grand-mère !

La seconde raison, c’est l’excellence de l’écriture pleine de finesse, d’humour et d’intelligence, surtout dans les relations amoureuses, des dialogues et du scénario, et la conception des personnages, réalistes, sans caricature, ni angélisme ou manichéisme. Les relations entre eux sont intelligentes, touchantes, amusantes, parfois grinçantes et même haineuses.
Les trois couple principaux sont très différents, celui de Tamy et Morgan se partage entre un amour puissant et un problème de choix de vie qui va les amener dès le début à remettre sans cesse en cause leur relation… Le fameux « je t’aime mais je te quitte » est ici parfaitement expliqué, compréhensible, justifié et n’est en aucun cas le ressort habituel prétendant à créer un faux suspens dans le dernier épisode… Vont-ils rester ensemble ??? la question se pose, la réponse qui n’en est pas une est donnée avec justesse et finesse… C’est le premier drama style « romance » que je voie où les deux passent la nuit ensemble dès le premier épisode (et pas seulement à discuter, vous pouvez me croire ! ) et où cela ne règle pas la situation, façon « bon, c’est réglé, on passe à autre chose ». Tamy remet sans cesse leur relation en question (âge, choix de vie,…) et cela donne des scènes aux dialogues savoureux et drôles, où la sensualité est bien présente, sans fausse pudeur bébête.
Le second couple est celui de Ka Kyung et Jin Woo, mariés parce que les familles l’ont décidé, et Ka Kyung veut se libérer de ce faux mariage. Elle devra s’opposer à sa belle-mère, la terrible chaebol et à ses propres parents, et c’est son mari qui va l’aider. C’est une très jolie relation que celle-ci, entre une femme que la vie a rendue dure, froide et apparemment insensible, et un homme qui semble être pareil, mais au fil du drama ces murs vont se fissurer, et cet amour qui refuse de dire son nom est particulièrement touchant .
Le troisième, c’est celui de Cha Yun qui va rencontrer par hasard un jeune acteur débutant, Seol Ji Whan, qu’elle va prendre d’abord sous son aile, puis l’amour fait son apparition… C’est le couple le plus proche du traditionnel couple romantique habituel, sauf que là aussi c’est la femme qui en est le personnage principal.
Ce drama à mes yeux est un grand pas en avant dans l’image que ce genre de spectacle donne de la vie coréenne. Par exemple, les employés et cadre de l’entreprise se donnent des noms anglo-saxons, afin de pouvoir se parler sans les fameux honorifiques et ignorer le sacro-saint mythe de l’âge !! Vous me direz qu’ils pourraient le faire sans changer de nom, mais les changements se font progressivement !
Et non seulement les femmes du drama se libèrent, ou sont déjà libres, mais les entreprises elles-mêmes, sous l’impulsion de leurs dirigeants, cadres et employé, s’opposent à la puissance politique et à celle d’un conglomérat …
L’interprétation est excellente, j’étais ravie de voir Lee Da Hee pour une fois rire, sourire, dans un rôle drôle et sympathique, mais mon Dieu que cette femme est maigre !!! C’est impressionnant ! Pareil pour le plaisir de voir Jang Ki Wook ne plus plier sous le poids d’un lourd passé, ou d’une vie de ténèbres, mais lui aussi, rire et sourire (très agréablement) et même parfois il écarte cette frange épouvantable qui lui descend jusqu’aux yeux !!! Et lui a gardé (pour l’instant) ses joues, n’a fait refaire ni sa mâchoire, ni son menton et a gardé le visage typique coréen !

Pour finir l’OST est vraiment bien, les chansons jolies et surtout on ne les comprends pas…

Le défaut, c’est celui de pratiquement tous les dramas coréens, c’est la longueur, et par moment on aimerait que la réalisation se presse un peu ! Un mot sur la réalisation, tiens ! Elle est très étudiée, très raffinée, sans tomber dans la mièvrerie et le maniérisme (juste au bord parfois !) avec des cadrages originaux, du travail sur l’image jouant avec le flou et le net, et la profondeur de champ…

En conclusion c’est un bon drama, distrayant, aux personnages attachants et à l’histoire originale sortant des sentiers battus !

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Not for me

Story:
Was boring for me. Sometimes it's serious, sometimes it's too much comedy. As a very emotionally intense person, I enjoyed the serious scenes.

Acting:
The actors did a good job on the serious, intense scenes.
The character, Scarlett, stood out the most to me because she is a person that shows great character and great morals. I am really impressed by her morals when it comes to friendship and being civilized at work when she has to work with Bae Ta Mi. Not a fan of her chaotic side, but her soft side & her logical side really got to me.

Music:
I am somewhat a fan of the OST.

Rewatch Value:
I am a person selfish with my time, so I rarely rewatch shows. If I were to recommend people to watch it though, I would highly not recommend others to watch it.

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Traditionalist/romantics may not like - those that like "woman power"/don't need a man might

7.5/10 is my rating. What has become apparent in the modern world is how information can be manipulated to suit the agenda of powerful businesses and political figures. Bae Ta Mi (Im Soo Jung) finds herself caught between the ethics of a free public domain and the pressures brought to bear on the companies that provide Internet search services. After dedicating her youth to a company she helped to build to the top search engine, she is chosen as the fall person in a high stakes political inroad. She ouththinks/outsmarts the political players only to lose her job.
Distraught over being stabbed in the back by someone she thought of as a friend and mentor she goes to play a video game to burn off some steam. She is very competitive and used to winning at everything so when she loses the game to Park Mo Gun/Park Morgan (Jang Ki Yong), she finds the younger man intersting enough that their encounter develops into a one night stand. Park Morgan sees things differently, he has for once encountered someone he find unforgettable and decides to pursue this elusive woman whose life focus is on her career.
Park Morgan is the CEO of a company that composes music for Video Games, a part of the industry Tae Mi is involved in, so they encounter each other frequently. Meanwhile, the top competitior knows that Bae Ta Mi has the skills they need to beat Bae Ta Mi's former copany in ranking, after all she is the one that has kept the edge over them all these years. Theyg recruit her to help their company surpass and finally come out on top. This is a slice of life in the high stakes world of internet search engines with three women determined to make their mark in the industry. Can modern women really have it all?

Spoilers* I liked this but did not love it. I learned a lof in the slice of life of internet search engine industry - things I had never thought of. I really enjoyed that aspect. What I was watching it for though was the romance and that fell a bit flat. I thought the Park Morgan character was literally the perfect boyfriend/romantic partner but Bae Ta Mi was somewhat flat and cold as a character. He showered her with love and affection and I felt like she spent more time closing herself off emotionally than returning the love he so freely gave her. Others have commented, and I have to agree, that her constant emotional distancing became tiresome and it made me feel sorry for Park Morgan and feel he might be better off without her. I might have felt more sympathy for her character if they had revealed what happened to make her emotionally distant but they never did - she just was. I found the side romances more interesting than the main romance. But even those would get irritating at times. Scarlet (Lee Da Hee) was so insistant she was only a fan of Sul Ji Hwan (Lee Jae Wook) who was a rising actor, but that luckily turned the corner before it became annoying. However, when they finally came together and it turned out he was up for mandatory military service her fatalistic attitude about their relationtship was excessive. Bae Ta Mi's former mentor and major rival, Song Ga Kyung (Jeon Hye Jin), was living a miserable life in an arranged marriage under the thumb of her "evil" mother-in-law. It was apparent though, that her husband, Oh Jin Woo (Ji Seung Hyun), was in love with her and that she was with him. They were actually well suited for each other. He took responsibility for all the heartbreak and bad treatment she suffered and was willing to do nearly anything for her. I really wanted to see the two of them figure it out and reconcile sooner. None of the relationships resolved in anything that was long term. The main leads basically agreed to disagree and just let's see what happens in the future. But they broke up over that before so there was no feeling that anything resolved. Scarlet's boyfriend was still in the military and there were no promises made that she would wait for him. And CEO Song divorced her husband and was traveling and had "disappeared" from public life. There was a Thelma and Louis type ending where all three ride off into the sunset together in a show of strong women/solidarity so I suppose if you were more for the strong business woman element you might find that ending satisfying. I am a more traditional romance/happily ever after ending so I did not find that rah rah go women moment rewarding.

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O poder das mulheres

A Song Ga Kyung é uma personagem extremamente interessante de se assistir, muita coisa acontecendo na vida dela, e que você não sabe que rumo vai tomar, eu gostei muito, muito, muito.

Bae Ta Mi como uma mulher adulta e de negócios simplesmente incrível, mas sempre que ia pra história do romance travava muito na minha garganta por que certas atitudes e decisões foram difíceis de engolir, e achei que ela e o Park Morgan no final terminou como começou sabe, eu não senti uma conclusão ou desenvolvimento de fato.

Scarlett é engraçada, justa, brava, é um sopro refrescante na trama diversas vezes, e é muito engraçado de ver ela sendo fofa e apaixonada kkkkk. Apesar dela com o Seol Ji Hwan serem super fofos, eu também ficava tipo "porque vcs mulheres são super adultas fodas e inteligentes no trabalho mas aqui vocês não conseguem ligar A com B AAAAAA". Eu fiquei tão agoniada pra eles ficarem juntos logo pq tava na cara que eles se gostavam e não tinha um motivo forte pra não se declararam. Tipo, você não pode se apaixonar pela fã ou se apaixonar pelo seu ídolo e a relação crescer? Foi complicado isso também pra mim.

Eu achei algumas coisas principalmente em relação aos romances extremamente arrastado. Particularmente não gosto quando os doramas colocam nos últimos episódios um dos protagonistas pra sumir depois de se separarem no penúltimo e volta nos minutos finais, é frustrante pra mim, confesso.

Mas, o modo como esse dorama coloca mulheres de diferentes tipos, mocinhas, vilãs, jovens, idosas, ricas, pobres, chefes, empregadas, é tão massa, o modo como mostra a independência, mas também a dependência em alguns casos, o poder, a capacidade delas, as rivalidades, mas também as amizades é muito bom de se assistir. E a última cena é gratificante de ver.

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Search WWW é um drama com uma ótima produção (fotografia, OST condizente, figurino) e diálogos bem construídos.

Os dois primeiros episódios foram tão bons e interessantes que parecia uma produção Hollywoodiana. O drama me manteve entretida até os eps. 10-11, depois disso o ritmo cai drasticamente... o que foi realmente uma pena, poderia ter mantido o ritmo.

Notável como o drama se esforçou em mostrar um ponto até então pouco explorado em Dramas Asiáticos: mulheres que estão em uma alta posição na carreira como profissionais respeitáveis no mercado de trabalho. Teria sido ótimo se tivesse parado por aí... infelizmente a forçação de barra feminista não conseguiu deixar a história legal até o fim. Não fiquei satisfeita com o desenvolvimento da vida pessoal da protagonista, sinceramente foi de nada para lugar nenhum... queria que mesclassem o sucesso de sua carreira com o da sua vida pessoal também.

No final, não sinto que valeu a pena assistir, não faria diferença alguma se eu não tivesse assistido a este K-drama, a protagonista (Bae Ta Mi) não cedeu em nada, quem teve que ceder foi o coitado do Park Morgan e todos sabemos que um relacionamento onde um dos envolvidos não cede nem um pouco é um relacionamento fadado ao fracasso.

Termino dizendo que SIM É POSSÍVEL para uma mulher ter sucesso na vida pessoal e na profissional ao mesmo tempo, aqui no Ocidente temos vários exemplos disso.

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Mediocre Mess

I have tried to watch this drama several times since it aired, but always found myself dropping it around episode 2 or 3.

I managed to stick with it this time around and finished all episodes, skipping portions toward the end.

The story was okay, but we were left with several loose ends, almost like they wanted to cram as many scenarios into this show as possible and then only resolved a handful.

The actresses and actors were okay .. I was not impressed by most as they either over exaggerated their roles or under exaggerated them.

I did not care for the FL or ML, especially their 'romance'.

She was a toxic hot mess with the EQ of -10 and he was overly eager for no good reason.

I kept hoping they would break up and stay broken up.

I did not root for them, I was not invested at all in their romance, and would often skip scenes toward the end when they were on screen together.

They had no chemistry and she often looked constipated.

Song and her husband / ex husband were a couple I started to like in the last few episodes.

I did not like them much; they were both broken, used up punching bags of the old lady, but you could tell that is what brought them closer.

My favorite characters(and couple) were Scarlett and her 'actor'.

The way they met had me kicking my heels like a fan girl "Eeeeek!"

Their chemistry seemed natural and they were both great in their roles.

The whole "Girl Power", feminism, or whatever edge this show was going for was over done.

Almost to the point of being ludicrous.

I have many unanswered questions pertaining to the loopholes, but those clearly will reman unanswered.

This is not one I would re-watch unless I fast forwarded through all scenes and only focused on Scarlett and her 'actor'.

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Glad I watched until the end

When I first started watching Search: WWW I thoroughly enjoyed it. Towards the middle the romances that were developing were somewhat frustrating. However, once I let go of wanting the leads to stop with their angst and get together I was okay.

I loved the surprise ending. Seeing three strong career minded women able come out on top without compromising their integrity was a win win for me. The best payoff was getting back at the mother in law. It was difficult as I watched the daughter in law be treated as the MIL’s dog; and satisfying to also watch the dog bite its master.

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it is good

we got 3 headstrong FL's and each one is awesome i swear i lowkey wish this was GL because the girls understand each other even when they are against each other. Heck when Cha Hyun / "Scarlett"(Lee Da Hee) , Bae Ta Mi / "Tammy" (Im Soo Jung in)and Song Ga Kyung (Jeon Hye Jin) are on screen together they make my heart flutter. i may have wished for it to be GL but i don't mind the straight path either but i didn't like the ML's except for the male character Seol Ji Hwan (Lee Jae Wook) honestly he was cute the other 2 made me feel like they FL's should have just broke up with them and never makeup back honestly like it would have been better for them to split than to be together and cause harm to each other. Don't get me wrong i don't hate the actors, Park Morgan(Jang Ki Yong ) and Oh Jin Woo(Ji Seung Hyun), i hate the character like really why can't Park Morgan(Jang Ki Yong ) be in a relationship without having to be married like i get at the end everything worked out but we all know these type of relationship where one wants to marry and one doesn't want to marry will eventually lead to a dead end of the relationship or either one is gonna have to cave this is why i like the FL Bae Ta Mi / "Tammy" (Im Soo Jung in) her character has her head screwed on properly cause she knows there is an end to their relationship and she knows the cause too. i didn't like this ship they stretched the problem too long so i kind of give up on FL Bae Ta Mi / "Tammy" and Park Morgan ship. the other ML that i don't like Oh Jin Woo(Ji Seung Hyun) man this dude took too long to help his wife out like really he couldn't stand up to his mother. Like he could have stopped Song Ga Kyung (Jeon Hye Jin) from taking the crooked path if he had just left with her when her family had become bankrupt it would have been better. Song Ga Kyung (Jeon Hye Jin) did everything that a perfect daughter and daughter-in-law need to do but by doing so she abandon herself which made me sad the girl literally became her mother in law minion and a sacrificial pawn to her parents to help them out. i truly felt bad for her. although i'm criticizing this show it doesn't mean the character ships didn't make my heart flutter they did but to be honest Cha Hyun / "Scarlett"(Lee Da Hee) and Seol Ji Hwan (Lee Jae Wook) ship made my heart flutter more like these 2 are were the only nontoxic ship in this whole drama that was wholesome to me. In the end, the show as a whole wasn't so bad i like it.

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Where do relationships evolve over time?

I really liked the female lead characters in the series. I also liked the men who were their partners. There was a somewhat serious relationship between the leads, and it portrayed how people's thought patterns influence their relationships and their effects. I think it was very well done in that regard. I appreciated how it conveyed a serious concept without being indirect, showing the arguments between people. I don't think many people would enjoy it, but a thirty-eight-year-old woman should, of course, have certain thought patterns about marriage by that age. And breaking those patterns must be very difficult. It's the same for a twenty-eight-year-old. Especially for someone who wants to get married at twenty-eight, they will likely still want it ten years later, when one person is thirty-eight and the other is forty-eight, and they will struggle with it. This situation brings about the issue of one person's desires being fulfilled while the other's are not. If they do get married, it won't be a relationship that the woman enjoys much, and if they don't, the man won't be too happy. So, we can conclude that finding a middle ground is the most important thing in relationships.

Aside from that, the love between the secondary lead characters was very sincere. I found it very cute how they were torn between admiration and love. The woman fell in love in such a sweet way. At first, she thought it was just admiration, but it wasn't. Seeing this unfold and how the guy was also thinking the same things was really heartwarming. His innocence and his lack of interest in things like phones were very funny and entertaining. On the other hand, the third character, the short-haired woman named Ga Gyong, was a bit overwhelming, but she was good. Her mother-in-law was so annoying that it was impossible not to get angry while watching. If you agree with me, feel free to leave your comments too.

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El drama tiene temas interesantes, aunque no es sumamente emocionante.

Las complicadas relaciones entre las protagonistas son parte del atractivo, en particular la de Tammy y Scarlett con su enemistad divertida que se transforma en una buena amistad y complicidad.

Es una historia que podría funcionar perfectamente sin romance, pero decidieron agregarlo y resultó en una de las parejas principales que menos me han gustado en dramas. Así lucieran bien juntos, las discusiones sobre la diferencia de edad y el matrimonio mataron el encanto.

En lugar de darle protagonismo a esa pareja, habría quedado fantástico conocer más sobre el equipo especial de Barro y ver el desarrollo individual de cada uno de los miembros. Y mucho más de Scarlett porque ella nunca sale sobrando.

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Very Nice! Worth the Watch.

I enjoyed this series. ML and FL were both strong and the storyline was nice in how it weaved both work and personal dynamics together. The war between companies reminded me of the old Google/Yahoo/AOL days :) which made it not only relatable but even more interesting. The behind-the-scenes deals trying to skew the big picture seemed more plausible than forced. I can understand the hesitation of the FL towards the ML to a point however the lack of communication skills towards the ML was lacking which caused conflict with the character balance of the FL. The support cast was solid. Showing the female relationship dynamic of smart and capable women was nice. The OST was very good. This is worth the watch.

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It could've been better, really...

I came across this series expecting that since it started off really strong with Bae Tami and Morgan's romance but ended up feeling a bit dull 😕. Honestly, what surprised me and really kept me hooked was Scarlett and Ji Hwan! I’m so glad they were added to the plot, or I probably would’ve dropped the show halfway through. Jaewook’s first appearance around episode 7 was a turning point for me, and that’s when I got back into it.

The storyline around K-style Google-slice-of-life was okay but not super impressive imo.
I had pretty high expectations based on the reviews I heard, but in the end, it didn’t quite live up to the hype. It was a bit underwhelming overall.

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