Marija Dolly Milosevic

Made me feel good

Ok, I cannot gather my thoughts to write this review for last 10 days. So I will keep it very short. As short as I am capable of doing.

If you are picky BL lover this might not be for you. The Promise is somewhat in between when it comes to the quality. It is not a masterpiece nor massive produced soapy romance, in my humble opinion. Even though it goes toward soapy dramas. I honestly expected tragedy because it starts with – inspired by actual events...hopefully this one is just as 99% of BLs, the one with the happy ending.

Originality: Well 6 .5/10 – childhood friends future lovers plot but it brought me some sense of warmth

Acting: It was fine by me, I loved the chemistry. Kissing was so-so, but the last scene of intimacy kinda looked good

Flaws: Unbalanced plot, some unimportant things were dragged and some were rushed but they needed more development

Conclusion: I do not believe it is waste of time, because I cannot remember when was the last time I was watching pilot episode (in this case two episodes) that hit me with that warm and fuzzy feeling. It made me wanting to watch it so bad. My review is not harsh, I am solemnly focused on my feelings. I enjoyed the mood, I did not enjoy the waiting (so I envy the bingers now).

Overall, I ended up loving this more than I thought I would. This is a decent watch and I possible re-watch some of the episodes but not sure just yet!

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Thrilling butterfly effect

I had problem following it in first 10 minutes, but I blame myself because I had lack of focus. But once I got on this ride it was really hard to get off. This movie is dynamic, very energetic and interesting. It is not the most unique and innovative plot but it has some unique elements.

I think I need to rate things following the way I was invested and how much I enjoyed the experience while watching it. I was there, very present and I was having fun. So it did so well for me!

I LOVED the music. This movie made me remember how much I missed watching Korean horror movies lol

I was honestly scared just watching Jeon Jong Seo, she did magnificent job! Cannot wait to see more of her!

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Barely scratching the surface

As the title says, this story - barely scratched the surface - it was good idea, but poorly executed. I loved the energy through the movie, and the chemistry was decent.

Let's get back to the story, the fact that one of the main characters was dead in the 1st part of this movie, bringing him back was and (in my book), will always be an amateur move. I am a bit sucker for happy endings but the whole idea of "playing dead" was unnecessary. It has to be very strong reason for something like this.

Just as the 1st part problematic moments were rushed. Emotions were fine, some even touching. I missed more affection, but there was some...like not totally - we are in relationship and our intimacy is deep stare into loved ones eyes and hand holding. It was more than that, yet not enough. I did not expect Pornographer (Novelist) but I started to hope that more and more real intimacy will be portraited in movies and TV shows from 2021.

Overall, one more bl checked on my list that was not total waste of time. If you are picky and have no intention of watching every single bl ever filmed you might skip this one.

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Weird

I thought about writing the review on this one, and I was afraid I lack the words to explain the depth of disturbing feeling that I was left with. I think that the story and the plot is deep, but it is so lightly presented. More than one scenes are disturbing, and these are not the ones with cross-dressing.

Relationship between characters is forced, I could not sense any emotions, except one sided sexual desire.

I watched it carefully and I cannot even begin to write the problems it has. There are some good moments, like fully acceptance of ones identity (but I am also walking on the edge here) because some scenes showed this very well and some not so much.

I would not watch this again, and I think I would forget it probably too soon. In my personal opinion it lacks the feelings and emotions that I could feel just by watching. I am not sure, and my indecisiveness made me rate higher than expected.

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