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amazing passionate music scenes, but shoddy uncertain ending
I loved the way they used the music, it really made you focus on it & appreciate it when normally it would just be in the background. I would have rated it higher buteven though it was well acted & the music was great it had a Clumsy unsatisfying ending
couple go through heart rending trials only to have a tidy conclusion. really, how could the writers leave the relationship so unclarified or even to point us to what was next for their relationship ?
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Bromance but no romance. Friendship is front & center theme.
It feels wrong to give such a low rating to a movie with 2 impressively hunky leads who spend a good deal of time barely dressed & flexing for the camera, but there were too many swimming scenes and not enough scenes with more important things that would have helped the movie feel more cohesive. Scene transitions felt chopped and it really effected the impact of the story. Bromances abound but the romance was just a tease . This is not a movie about coupling and the happy ending is all about friendship. Only watch if you are fans of Lee Jong Suk & Seo In Guk, but beware, this won't let you be biased as they both exude off the charts charismaWas this review helpful to you?
Friendship theme. Some cringe worthy humor.
There were some crude moments that I could have happily done without and some of the humor was cringy. This would have been a disaster as a series, but as a movie (& as a free movie!) it was decent entertainment. I liked how it was about inclusion & that the male rivals ended up supporting each other. I'd say that "friendship" was the theme & how people are better together than alone.Was this review helpful to you?
Cartoonish Dirty slapstick humor . Female lead is bland, Male lead is charming
This is the first Taiwanese Drama I watched & There are SO many cultural references that are not translated, so there's alot that just is inexplicable to me.The humor, while brilliant in it's execution, is punctuated with sound effects. It's like they're imitating cartoons. so when someone is surprised there is a "boing" noise and at the same time, two people turn their heads in unison, which looks incredible, but the joke itself is not to my taste.
The main actress is bland & boring & her best friend is odd looking & childishly constantly whines. The operations manager acts like a rude cartoon character. The selfish & mean female manager (that every guy is crazy for) looks like an American & wears the same expression on her face throughout the series. The physical comedy is like the 3 stooges but dirtier. the series gets bogged down in the middle as they stretch out problems that really were already resolved .I started to feel numb & began to hate the characters for being so stupid. There IS a happy ending, but getting to it is painful
high score for the male lead.
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Ensemble drama with great bromance. Melodramatic . Clever cases.
This is not a rewatch for me even though it's a nice ensemble drama with a great 3 way bromance. I took off points because they didn't give me even the tiniest bit of romance with the couple I wanted to have it and I didn't care about the couple that did have a romanceit was more melodramatic than I liked. Cases are clever. Male lead's character is kind & chill, using some unique machinations to get the desired results. The client's conflicts were stressful.{I don't find angry family conflict a form of entertainment} This was a good series, & everyone did a good job, but if they had given the leads even a small bit of romance it would have balanced out the unpleasant parts
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Engaging Docu series that I Wanted to love more
Engaging Docu series of making an 8 song album (writing all the music & lyrics himself) & showcasing it before 1,000 people all within 100 days (made for Netflix series) I was unsure just how much of this was scripted but it was nice to watch him interact with IU, his Hospital playlist actor friends & others, but it was also disappointing that they didn't give him more useful feedback. Also, I found myself wishing that he just had more time to turn the perfectly good songs into works of art .The showcase at the end featured his wife Gummy, ( former mega star singer, who I was unfamiliar with) . It wasJo Jung Suk showcase BUT She sang 3 songs, & yeah she's talented but I think it was the wrong call to have her featured in the showcase so prominently because it felt like she was stealing his "thunder" as the crowd responded way more enthusiastically to her & it broke my heart a little for him (because , I really do think that give more time & polish his songs could have been char toppers).
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Intertwined multiple stories, only one of which is appealing.
the rating is perhaps inflated due to the one (of 3 stories lines) that appealed to me.Specifically, the Cinderella storyline is sweet & really watching the lead male smile is all the reason you need to enjoy this short drama.
It took me A long time to hunt this down so that I could watch it (ended up finding it on Plex). The multiple stories were woven together well, but they tried too hard to make too many romantic happy endings. Weirdly the males here were all kind of clueless & Honestly, most the stories didn't appeal to me (not alot of warm fuzzies except from one couple). With the older couple, it was never clear to me who the father of the older woman's daughter was & it was super awkward that the older man really didn't seem to want a romance as he was still very much in love with his dead wife. The storyline of the girl who had a long time crush on one of her best friends-fell flat as her crush was (apparently accidently ?) really sending mixed signals & actually didn't seem all that interested in getting married (he also didn't seem like a "catch" ). I really cringed at the way they resolved the guy who was planning on committing suicide's story. That really felt forced. The Hotel CEO's story was cute, but I wanted to see him to follow his creative dream, so his choice was disappointing. Everyone (important) DOES get thier happy ending & overall it was an enjoyable movie.
One more candid comment:
The Christmas content that was sprinkled throughout hits differently as there is a cultural disconnect -so it doesn't evoke the same meaning as it would in the U.S.
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Violent & dark. Throws shade on legal system. Not actually very entertaining
The lead does a great job, but this was too dark & too violent for me. Any heroism is overshadowed by the sense of outrage that bubbles up out of you as it's in your face the whole time just how horrible & lacking the South Korean laws are [IF any of the content was based on reality]. It succeeded if it's goal was to expose how bad the South Korean legal system was- because there were so many ex prisoners running around free (albeit with ankle monitors on). By the end I was disturbed & wanting to fund a group of vigilantes to remove the evil repeat offenders from societies' enablement. So, sadly, not very entertaining or inspiring.Was this review helpful to you?
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Very little levity, very little romance & was more serious & bitter than sweet
I only watched this because it had Jo Jung-suk in it ( & it was free!). He's Playing the same type of character as in in Hospital playlist (gentle, mild, nice). But this drama is spoiled by the lusty ghost trying to find a way to have sex. If that's funny to you, then my review will not be helpful.Kang Ki-young's & Kim Seul-ki 's characters were written & directed so badly so that they come across crude & irritating . The drama quickly turns serious, then melancholy, distasteful, and then childishly crude. There is very little levity & very little romance . There is character growth, but by the end, Park Bo-young 's character is disappointingly more like the ghost than herself. The 1-2 year time gap at the end grated on my nerves & was made worse by Park Bo-young 's lame excuse for not keeping in contact (which just felt disingenuous, selfish, cruel, & unloving). So while there were mostly happy endings, there wasn't much sweetness or warm fuzzies.
**( Spoiler: no ghosts have sex in this drama)**
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Waste of time & talent
I loathed this series because you have to try So hard to accept the male lead while he does his ;I'm mean, but now I'm nice, but now I'm mean again switcheroo only to be given a bitter & supposedly sweet resolution. It's maddening how the male lead's character is wishy washy with a with a heavy dose of the "It will hurt her less if I am mean & drive her away from me" trope. Side characters were props with stories that were annoying . If you stop before the last episode ends they tease you with a happy ending but if you go all the way to the end you are left with an unsatisfying punch in the gut more realistic ending. This is the 1st drama I've seen where there's a really good reason why the 2nd male lead is such a good guy.***spoiler****
because he's on the back burner being kept warm for when the female lead is ready-which she will be soon enough.
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Shin Min Ah shines. unnecessary spicy content better without last 2 episodes
This was alot of fun. Shin Min Ah's charm is on full blast, reminding me of when she was in My Girlfriend is a 9 tailed fox. The OST was fun too! [which I rarely notice unless it's very good or very annoying] What I didn't like was when the characters crossed over a G rating. It's all consensual ,Not much is shown & the characters are in their 30's but still, it detracted from the enjoyment for me & it felt too generic (like they felt required to have it). Considering this is a short series they could have left it out. I did not care for the secondary couple at all & I was sad that they threw away the opportunity at a better secondary couple with the fighter & Venus's best friend (who had a really good relationship with the fighter's mother.) this isn't even teased at so . There are a few really wonderful "ah" moments with the romance & it has a nice resolution but the actual ending was bland & tries too hard to be humorous. The real happy ending comes a few episodes earlier.*** spoiler**
I hated who the fighter ended up with (the obsessive stalker Sasaeng fan) he had gone through so much & she didn't care about his feelings, only getting what she wanted.He deserves better. The perfect ending would have been to stop with a proposal or with a return from being away. but instead they tack on an ending dealing with gaining family approval for the relationship, a cringy request for a grandchild as a wedding present (!?what!) and a tired resolution for the struggling romance between the ex boyfriend & his cold girlfriend.
Will watch again but quit early & avoid the last episodes or 2 that cools your warm fuzzies to luke warm
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Zany, then a flood of depressing flashbacks , then boring with lots of product placement
The longer my review, the more you can tell how sincerely I wanted to love a drama ! Also, my apologies, I have no idea why this isn't rated lower.[I suspect it's due to what else I was watching at the time or had just finished that made this look so much better}This did surprised me as I was not expecting much & I knew going in that there is NO romance (spoiler at end about this), and I was looking for something to Not get invested in. This turned into a pleasant interesting surprise, UNTIL it became depressing, bland & boring for a good many episodes. The product placements of spicy chicken with noodles & starbucks coffee were sprinkled throughout, & sort of broke the 4th wall at times, but it didn't bother me too much as the first 7 or 8 episodes were a bit frenetic, zany & quirky anyway. Besides, it gave the camera a reason to pause & focus on the male lead-as if to say : you're welcome. I was really enjoying the series with the cases/clients until they started a really deep dive into the past with multi episode flash backs & that's were the fun & my interest waned. When we are whipped back into present there is a used car scam that is more tedious than comedic & it takes up way too much screen time. From then on things get serious & boring, with Time skips (the trope I'd like most to see die!) By the time they are resolved, you are annoyed with the male lead, & the flow of the story has been damaged . It's awkward picking it up again . Ironically, even the characters express our frustration. if you could skip about 4 episodes, you might actually like this a whole lot more.
End was "happy" (?) well they bounced back to being perky again the way the series started, but it felt like there would be a season 2.
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Episodes with Male lead's fiancé (that dies) - the flashbacks of them getting to the point of being engaged were bland & I think I can honestly say that the doomed girl was just as shocked as were were when the male lead proposed! It was a very low key relationship & it felt like we were not supposed to get invested in it. (on a scale of chocolate over romance- chocolate wins in this case!) I thought that the male lead wore dark sunglasses because they were his fiancé's & so it kept her "near" him. when he gives them to the Female lead,(in the present) it was significant as to his feeling toward her (budding romance ?), YET they have zero chemistry & nothing is ever implied . Some parts at the end seemed Pieced together badly. That the female lead's grandfather actually wasn't significantly involved in all the nefarious stuff going on, seemed like they made a quick plot change. When the male lead decides not to have him be a suspect he looks into, it really seems like it's solely because he's the female lead's grandfather. Even the "blurb" clip of the male lead having a short conversation with the grandfather didn't convince me of the grandfather's innocence.
I was annoyed that they did nothing with the dim wit prosecutor (who was interested in Female lead), as it seemed like he should end up with his colleague (who was a single mother)
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Yuck. pointless emotion numbing waste of time
BombI watched this because a friend raved about it (but failed to tell me they had only watched 5 episodes)
The only way to explain how bad this is:
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Singer who will soon not be able to sing because of throat nodes falls for girl who has brain tumor. The grim reaper keeps showing up as a little girl (whom tumor girl makes a deal with).Throat guy gets stuck reliving the same day for more than a year because of that deal. He has to watch tumor girl die every day for over a year. It would be heartbreaking but throat girl is really bland & lifeless so it's hard to care about her even though she's sincere. Near the end, their love, which had gotten a bit stale over the past 7 years has rekindled. Like, why? In the end the grim reaper has erased both their memories of each other & it seems that neither has any health problems (?).Tumor girl now seems to be engaged to a different man. She meets throat guy in a random chance meeting & they exchange pleasantries as strangers. The series ends there
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Singer who will soon not be able to sing because of throat nodes falls for girl who has brain tumor.The grim reaper keeps showing up as a little girl (whom tumor girl makes a deal with).Throat guy gets stuck reliving the same day for more than
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Movie version that's knock off to "Love 020" drama but this falls short in comparison
This is somehow a remake (?) movie version of Chinese drama : Love 020-with differernt actors. But this movie pales in comparison and this falls incredibly short of everything I loved about the Love 020 the series. First off the actors here are not meltingly attractive. The Love 020 series was a satisfying warm fuzzy fest with the 2 leads looking unrealistically attractive. The plot (which in the series, was pretty thin to begin with & relied heavily on the game graphics & the visuals & charm of the actors) is condensed here into a banal chopped piece meal of a story that kind of needs you to have seen Love 020 series to appreciate it at all. The series Love 020 had me smiling & riding a cloud throughout. The only thing that I liked about this movie was the graphic /animated parts. I'm sorry to say that it's just not alluring at all, but just a knock off of the series highlighting some of the memorable moments from the series & that's all.Was this review helpful to you?
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Very Low drama & Light hearted, not well translated into English
I give this a rather excessively high rating because it was one of the most light hearted dramas I've seen. What I mean by that is :1)There's a happy ending
2)there was no body/soul switching, no amnesia, no mean love triangle ,no kidnapping & no getting hit by a car !
Lee Donghae is a treat & looks cook until, inexplicably AND unfortunately they give him a tame hair style for the last few episodes which dampens his cool snarkiness a bit. I was impressed with his acting was, especially in the last episodes where things get very emotional. I didn't find female lead Yoon Seung-ah that good a match for him, but she wasn't horrible. The story was a bit complicated & I'm not sure I understood things completely as I felt there were some things missing in the translation, but over all I loved many of the relationships . I was sad that one of the main guys did not get matched up at the end. I rushed a few episodes & it diminished the enjoyment so am making a note to myself not to binge watch or watch more than 2 episodes at a time !
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