Lakateya

More crazy and less bad

The story seemed so intriguing at the beginning, it will be crazy and out of the box but it wasn't.
Ep 1-5 - interesting, had fun watching it.
Ep 6-7 - kinda boring, fast forward button was working a lot. I feel like nothing was happening.
Ep 8-10 - interesting, the plot is finally moving forward, we are building up to something.
Ep 11 - what is going on? Why?
Ep 12 - satisfying ending but what was that build up?

Story
It could have been better, the characters are good but nothing was done with most of them.
It was Ryu Soo Yeol all the time doing everything, I wish we saw more of his team working together and solving cases.
The last episode didn't feel like it happened because the main characters were smart and had a plan but because of coincidences.

What I liked
- The bromance between Ryu Soo Yeol and K.
- The bromance between Jae Seon and Oh Kyung Tae.
- Oh Kyung Tae's character development with minimal screen time.
- Andrei and Boss Yong, they are so cool.
- Whenever K showed up and did something crazy.
- Multiple villains and cases, some better, some not.
- The ending even though the build up made no sense.

Overall, good characters meh story.

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It was so forgettable it made me question my memory

I watched this movie three times. Why? Because I completely forgot about it.

I watched it the first time. Okay movie. Completely erased it from my mind until it was on tv again and it looked interesting so I put it on. I didn't remember I actually watched it but it seemed familiar like a plot of a movie I watched and then I realized it was the same movie.
Some time passed and it was on tv again, I forgot about it again, realized I watched it halfway through the movie.

And I think I have a good memory. Not when it comes to this movie.
I can't say I hate it because that would mean I feel something towards this movie which I don't.

Story
Murders happen, they try to solve it. There is a lot of comedy in this movie, some jokes were good, some not.
Action was fine, but when the fights start to get good something interrupts them and that was a little bit irritating.

Actors
I will be honest, I watched this because I like Jet Li but there are definitely better movies to watch him.
I think all of the cast did a great job with what they had to work with.

I guess the rewatch value I put is wrong because I watched this movie so many times. I finally remembered it but at what cost?

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It made me think who the real demon was

I randomly found this movie, the title seemed interesting and I like watching action movies but in it's core this is not an action movie, not even a thriller, it's psychological.

Story
I liked it, I enjoyed watching this movie even if it was disturbing and violent. It's definitely not for everyone.
It's a bit slow but from the very first scene it's building up to the ending.
Dave saves a criminal and he feels guilty about that, it's hard to decide if what he did was right or wrong but that was his trigger.
The scenes with Dave are the bast parts of the movie, he is a complicated character. You can't say he is a bad person but he did do some bad things.
Some might consider the ending sad but I think it suits the whole movie. It makes us think what was real and what was fake and the whole build up pays off.

Actors
I don't have a lot to say, every actor did a great job. Daniel Wu shows emotions really well and he definitely brought the character to life.
Nick Cheung as Hon Kong, the villain was also great, his smile was creepy and I hated his character.

I think the quote at the end sums the whole movie pretty well "In every MAN there is a latent MALICE."

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Who can find the culprit first?

The watcher or Totono?
At first I didn't plan to watch this, I just kinda skipped it when it was airing and then later I continued to skip it until I actually wanted to watch it.

It was fun and I liked it a lot.
I wondered why I didn't watch it before but if I made myself watch it I probably wouldn't enjoy it as much as I did.

The story
A lot of different cases are solved through the drama, some are connected, some are not but all of them are interesting.
The culprit is mostly hinted at or shown and then we watch Totono get involved and help the police.
I find it funny when a character is not a detective but he keeps getting connected to crimes/cases and he keeps solving them.
I actually liked all of the cases, every case had an unique twist that made it more fun.

Totono, he is smart and cute. I liked how we watched him change a little and make friends.

Garo is my favorite character and I liked the connection between him and Totono. If there is a second season I would like to see more of that.

Raika is another interesting character that left a big impression on me.

All of the characters were nicely written, I wasn't frustrated by any of them (their actions).

When a drama is good, I don't really have much to say. ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

I recommend this drama to people who like weird mysteries that make you think.

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Stupid heart wants what it wants

I tried to watch the short version a while ago but I couldn't get through the first episode. I somehow didn't like anything about that drama. This comes out and I completely ignore it with the intention to never watch it and that's the reason I watched it.

I thought I would hate watch it but I was so wrong.

There are many messed up things with this drama. The beginning, the cheating, the bets, Vee being hurt by Ploy cheating when he cheated himself, I could go into details but I won't.

So why did I give it a high rating?

I enjoyed the mess. It was awesome.
Vee is my favorite character and I loved seeing him suffer.

Two of my favorite scenes are:
1. Ploy hugging Vee at the balcony begging him not to leave her, Vee looks towards Marks balcony and Mark just stands there watching them. That's when Vee started crying hard.
That scene lives in my mind rent free.
2. Ton comes to ask Ploy to be together again, Vee leaves them and goes to the balcony, turns towards Marks balcony only to see Nuea and Mark smiling, turns towards the door, Ploy and Ton are hugging.
Karma really said it's my time to shine.

Vee definitely suffered his share of pain for everything he did to Mark.

Mark took his revenge but in the process he hurt himself too. It starts to get obvious he loves Vee too much.

I hate cheating but the story wouldn't be so spicy without it.

The angst was so good and then the sweet moments were even better because you know what they had to go through to get there.

Overall, I would recommend this to anyone who likes very dramatic and messy dramas and can look past all the red flags.
Put the red glasses on and enjoy.

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Kara and Satomi fighting over Yuki for nine episodes

This drama is a mess but it's an entertaining mess.

Story
Overall, the story is good.
Who is Kara and why is she obsessed with Yuki?
It's explained in a few plot twists at the end. I predicted them and I think anyone who watches a lot of crime dramas can see what they are.
The ending is wacky. I'm not disappointed but it could have been better.

This drama has a great (not love) triangle , Kara is obsessed with Yuki, Satomi is obsessed with Kara and wants to prove she is involved in a crime and Yuki thinks Satomi is cheating on her with Kara.

Yuki was annoying and kinda dumb, she gets better later but her character wasn't really fleshed out. She is Kara's obsession and Satomi's girlfriend, other than that there's not much importance.
She trusts Kara who she met a few days ago over Satomi who she knows for years.
She goes to the villa in the woods with Kara and doesn't tell anyone.
She is okay, meh character.

Side characters are also dumb and annoying. Sometimes so dumb I want to slap the screen. They don't investigate anything properly and they are fast to point fingers at Satomi.

Satomi is cool. He is smart and he does everything to protect Yuki.
He was the one who realized Kara was fishy and started to investigate her.

Kara is cool and smart. She is also crazy. She keeps murdering people but nobody seems to notice (except Satomi).
She is always close when a murder happens but the police can't connect the dots.

What made this drama awesome were Satomi and Kara. He keeps chasing her, she keeps running away.
It was fun watching them. Their dynamic and conversations were what made me watch this drama to the end.
For them this drama gets 10/10.
For the rest 7/10.

Would I recommend this drama?
I don't know.
It's a bit frustrating in the beginning, ep 1-5, it gets good and crazy from ep 6 and then ep 9 is completely insane (insane in a way leave the logic out of the door).

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A delivery of things and feelings

It's two in the morning and I just finished this drama.
I have the tendency to binge watch stuff because I quickly lose interest, not all the time but most of the time.
With this, I watched one or two episodes a day. I took my time and I had fun watching it.
It's slow and the big mystery is stretched out till the last episode so if you expect fast paced thriller mystery you are at the wrong place. It's more about characters and healing.

Story
I started watching this because of Kimura Takuya and because I love stories that involve memories.
Technically we are a bunch of memories, if we lose them, who are we?
Do you stay the same person or do you change? This drama touched on these topics and I liked different opinions characters had. The adults wanted to forget the past while the kid wanted to remember every moment.
And Yukio was scared, he was scared of his past and who he was.
He lived three years as Yukio, if the memories come back what will happen to Yukio? Will he disappear?

Things I liked
- Episodic format. Every episode had a different story, different thing he had to deliver while the memory plot was sprinkled in between till the end.
- Yukio's past.
- No romance, just friendship.
- The relationship between Naomi and Yukio, she took him in and protected him.
- The way Yukio unintentionally helped people while delivering stuff.
- Yukio being done with half of the characters. *The eye roll*
- Badass women Naomi, Sakuhara and Shika.
- Yukio's hair, I had to mention it because it feels like his hair is also a main character.
- The catchy song in the opening of every episode.

Overall, it's worth watching and I would recommend it to people who like character driven stories. It's original and sometimes weird but I liked it.

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When even the time couldn't separate them

I started watching this randomly because I was bored and it turned out to be so good I completed it in three days.
The intro music made me happy.

Story
The story was interesting, I liked how he went back and forth between past and future. He is a really smart dude, he was always one step ahead of everyone. Yes, it's because he saw what will happen but he used that info in a smart way.
I thought he would be a cool cold guy but he turned out to be a funny nice guy.

Thing's I liked
- The romance, it was natural and cute and I couldn't get enough of it.
- Hee Jin teaching Boong Do how everything has something to do with kissing and him just accepting that.
- Their kisses and that one scene with spaghetti.
- Boong Do's smile.
- Cool fight scenes.
- Pretty much any scene with the two of them.

Thing's I didn't like
- Hee Jin's friend that's also her manager, she was annoying. She was a bad friend and a bad manager. I couldn't stand her.
- Dong Min, Hee Jin's ex, also super annoying. He is immature and an awful person. I couldn't stand him.
- Assassin's that were alive for way too long.

Overall, I had fun watching this and I would recommend it to anyone.

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Sharks never stop moving or so I heard

An inspiring movie about never giving up, not even in the darkest moments.

Story
It's simple even if it sounds cliche.
The story is fast, something is happening every moment and it's like that from the beginning to the end, you could say there is no time to breathe.
Unfair things happen, you feel sad for the characters but since they never give up, you cheer for them and feel happy when they succeed.
Woo Sol reminds me of anime characters who always get up after getting beaten to pulp. It makes you think how many lives does this dude have.
The story is simple, he goes to prison, people want to beat him up, he trains, fights, wins, fights again, wins again, fights again, wins and that's how it goes to the end of the movie.
It's pretty straightforward.
I liked the story and characters but I always felt something is missing and I don't know what that is.
Maybe the movie should have been longer, maybe the characters should have been explored more. I don't know.
The villain was awful and I hated him, he played the victim when it was benefiting for him even though he destroyed other people's lives. He had no remorse.
I don't know if he ever regretted his actions.
He literally got stabbed in the eye. If that didn't open his eyes, I don't what will.
Do Hyun was a cool character, a mentor and a friend Woo Sol needed. He didn't appear much but his influence was big.
If there is a second movie, I will definitely watch it because I want to know what happens with the characters.

The quote that sums up the whole movie.
"You know sharks?
They don't have swim bladders so if they stop swimming, they sink and die. That's why they keep moving. You are the same."

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Mountain is just a mountain

I watched half of the drama when it came out but I got spoiled and I never finished it, until today.

Things I liked:
- Relationship between rangers, I needed to see more of that.
- Hyun Jo and Yi Kang being cuties together (I know there's no romance but their partnership was cute).
- Story about things on the mountain, anything to do with the mountain. Separate cases where they saved people. Flood, fire, rain and how they got through it together.
- Lottery ticket girl.
- Mystery and cinematography, it's a big vibe.
- The complicated and yet not so complicated backstory for all the murders. It just makes sense and it's nicely connected to the mountain.
- Mountain is just mountain. It's your delusional head telling you nonsense. You're just crazy! - She said what all of us were thinking.
- Scene where Yi Kang goes to confront the murderer, I though what's stopping him from killing her but there was something and it was perfectly used.
- Scene where all of the rangers are singing and having fun. I needed more of that. More of them.

Things I didn't like:
- Rushed ending.
- First few episodes were so strong, the story, the characters but then it started to go downhill.
- Why were they on a snowy mountain that day? That question was asked so many times and I thought the answer would be something shocking, poetic but it was kinda basic and they didn't even find out who was the murderer.
- They also showed the same scene in a few separate episodes and after the third time, I was over the question. They were on the mountain because they are stupid and unprepared.
- Yi Kang knew murderer used the stick in snow on a victim and she fell into the trap, literally.
- Hyun Jo turned into a detective, only to be deceived and smacked in the head.
- The whole supernatural element is fine but there's so many other interesting things that it was unnecessary.
- One year skip where Hyun Jo is fine and Yi Kang walks??? I needed them to talk and not stare at each other. TALK PEOPLE!!! PLEASE!
- They all forgot about the policeman.
- I feel like the murderer didn't get what he deserved. I need the murderer to go to prison at least once in a drama.

Overall, good drama but it becomes makjang halfway through.

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Dream or reality???

Let's be honest, this is probably not a 9 drama (at this point I rate dramas on vibes). The production value is low and the acting is bad but there's something that pulled me to binge watch this drama. It's entertaining.

The story is a bit predictable but it works. Who is the killer? We find out in the last episode.

In this drama everyone is trash and when I say everyone, I mean EVERYONE. When you think they can't go lower, they can. The bar is below hell.

We have trio fantastico, the villains. Win's father, Feye's father and Suea's father. All three of them suck. I do like how it's shown they have things they care about and want to protect, they are also not evil just for the sake of being evil, they went through some messed up stuff. There are layers to them. I also like how the drama didn't use that to excuse their shitty actions. They choose to be shitty.

The mystery. There's not a lot to say about it. The whole story involves an Island with a bunch of shitty people and a group of young traumatized people trying to uncover the truth with the power of friendship.

Main characters rated by their coolness:
1. Aya - Can't differentiate dreams from reality, constantly tired and confused but never gives up.
2. Mo - First impression was jealous girlfriend but second impression was a badass. She is smart and she takes no shit from anyone. I like how she didn't let Win be in her way, she wanted to find out the truth and she found out the truth.
3. Not a main character but still a cool character, police officer Tle - He is cool headed and he helped Aya whenever she was in trouble. I kinda shipped them but I don't mind that there was no romance.
4. Suea - He is a guy that easily believes anyone. He wanted to be on Aya's side but he also wanted to believe in his father so things were complicated for him. I like that he was honest even when he was doing the wrong things.
5. Feye - First impression bitchy, second impression brave. She is a strong woman.
6. Win - I didn't like this dude at the beginning. Why? I don't have a good reason, I just didn't like him. He always seemed shady and like he will betray his friends at any moment.
7. Yok - I thought she is naive but she is not. I thought she would be easiest to blackmail but I forgot people can be selfish and do things for themselves.

The ending is satisfying but then the plot twist hits. I don't think there will be a second season but it's fine. The plot twist doesn't ruin the drama, it just proves everyone is indeed shitty.

Would I recommend it? Yes. It's a mess but it's an entertaining mess.

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This love needs CPR

FL sucks and it's okay if a character sucks but she should get some character development. I'm not saying she didn't get character development, she did, but it was sudden and it didn't make sense.
She only cared about herself and she repented at the end, when everything escalated.

She also approached ML with ulterior motives but then she fell in love with him and forgot about that. Honestly, I'm glad she did because if she asked ML to sue the guy after they were together (in love and happy), I don't think a truck of character development could make anyone like her.

The romance was cute but rushed, one moment ML is thinking of his dead wife and crying and the next he is kissing the FL.

Then they break up at some point and after that, the movie became more stupid but also more entertaining. One example, a bunch of concrete fell on ML but he is completely fine after that and running around. A bunch of concrete never fell on me but I think that's unrealistic.

Also, what was the point of FL being sick. It did nothing except make her faint at very convenient times.

Despite the garbage plot, the leads kissing and being cute together made me smile. The side characters are also nice, no one was annoying.

Overall, it's an okay movie. There's some humor and cute romance at times.

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I will kiss (stare at) you till you drop

I had a hard time rating this drama because I binge watched first 10 episodes and they were cute. Nothing too complicated but still entertaining.

Sarawat is cute with his flirting and jokes. Tine is a dumbass but he is a funny dumbass.

Then ep 11 happened and somehow it started going downhill and their lack of chemistry was more visible.

I understand that people show love in different ways but they were too awkward for two people in love. They seemed like very good friends and that's it, nothing more. They had more chemistry when they were chasing each other than when they were in a relationship.

When they moved in together, I stared at the screen and felt nothing.

Then we got the Pam plot because a girl in a bl must be evil. She disappeared as fast as she appeared so I don't see why adding her was necessary.

For the sake of drama? Well, the drama wasn't entertaining.

And the worst of all, they break up in the last episode, get together and give us a half baked happy ending. It's happy but I stopped caring.

We also have characters disappearing for a long time, to the point I forget they are in the story. One example - Green, they started fake dating because of him but he suddenly disappears in the middle of the story.

I hated the plot with Mil and Phukong, it feels like Phukong is a replacement for Tine. Also, why would you like your brothers enemy that's chasing his boyfriend. Have some self respect. I liked when Phukong took revenge for Sarawat but that didn't last long since he continued to chase Mil later.

Overall, it started cute with a lot of potential but ended leaving a bland taste in my mouth. I can't even say this drama is bad, it's just meh.

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White umbrella

This is a cute movie. You watch it and time flies by.

Things I liked:
- No annoying second female lead, she knew when to walk off.
- DJ and Writers chemistry.
- You can see DJ likes her from the beginning and it's cute.
- I like how he tried to understand her, he read her articles and her book.
- You can see she tries to be tough but she is a softie.
- Her running home to listen to his radio show.
- Two of them dissing each other.
- Her article about lost love and white umbrella, so beautiful.
- The song he dedicated to her.
- Their smiles at the end, I melted.

Things I didn't like:
- Her current boyfriend, he is never supportive and she pretty much just tolerates him.
- Her first love, he took advantage of her while she was vulnerable. I liked how she asked him why they broke up and he didn't know why.
- The glasses girl and guy. I didn't like anything about that plot. If they erased it and gave that time to main leads this movie would be better.
- I want more of the story, I wanted to see their life after they got together. At least one date or her moving in with him. Literally just one scene would be enough.

Overall, a weird cute movie.

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