Loved it!
Honestly seeing all the negative reviews on here made me reluctant to start watching this but ive had it on my plan to watch for ages now and i dont regret watching it in the slightest !As someone who tried to watch hospital playlist and just couldnt get into it, i enjoyed this SOOOO much, the dynamics of the main characters was just so wholesome and cute, their development and growth as doctors was so nice to see, and the stories of the patients were touching! And as someone whos not that big of a romance fan, the romance had me giggling and kicking my feet !
Id say if you do enjoy hospital dramas and are looking for something light and wholesome to watch, try it out <3
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Conflicted feelings
It started off SO well but then I started to question what exactly was going on...Dont get me wrong i enjoyed it nonetheless, the acting from EVERYONE was superb, JCW OWNS thrillers and action dramas, but the story had SO much potential even in the last two episodes but i cant tell yet whether the ending was rushed or perhaps it wasnt the ending the show deserved.
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Really great and underrated!
I honestly enjoyed this so much ! The acting was amazing, all the characters were amazing and well written, loved how all three female leads were strong in their own ways 🤌🏻 a very wholesome and satisfying ending and had many scenes which had me and my mum on the edge of our seat! I hope they do make a season two for it as I'd be totally up for watching that ♡Was this review helpful to you?
Confusing but artistically so
I completely get the reviews saying its confusing or those questioning the plot but im not going to lie this drama feels like it was made with a focus on the cinematography rather than the plot which i actually enjoyed sooo much like it was so beautifully filmed.Dont get me wrong, i was confused for most of it and theres still several questions unanswered but it was so beautifully filmed i was confused but simultaneously satisfied.
The colour choices, the lighting (of course), the camera angles, the transitions, that episode where the characters perspectives were in black and white except for certain objects, honestly honestly *chefs kiss*
I saw reviews criticising the lack of depth in terms of acting but again i feel like it was more of an artisitc choice rather than a deficit in the writing, and they all done amazing regardless imo !
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It was gojng so well...
Im usually someone who trusts reviews blindly but despite the mixed reviews i thought id give it a try. (Regardless of my rant tho i do reccomend giving this drama a try especially as it is only 12 eps long)At first i was confused as to why there were so many negative reviews, yeah there were a few plot holes (the most frustrating was how the FL & SFL were SO nonchalant about the future like ??? That made no sense to me) but the acting was amazing and the story progression was amazing too !!
But then it started getting close to the end and i was wondering how the Joseon era ML was gonna get his redemption only for him to YES be saved BUT despite loving her all his life ... be rejected several times then left in the past!?! That made no sense to me.
Why wasnt there a modern period reincarnation of the FL that could fill the gap for example ? Why was no one wondering where the SFL dissapeared to when the FL returns?
The more i write this review the more frustrated i get but its mostly because i GENUINELY enjoyed the drama so its annoying that they could have made this a 10/10 easily but ... didnt :/
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Alchemy of Souls Season 2: Light and Shadow
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Hear me out
Clealry a VERY VERY VERY unpopular opinion (based off of all the bad reviews lol) but i actually reallyyyyy enjoyed watching this 😶🌫️Dont get me wrong, i completely agree that this is NOT the season 2 season 1 deserved in the slightest, season 1 served plot, chemistry, world building, fight scenes that were *chefs kiss* and this season lacked most of that but despite that, if you consider this as more of a epilogue or a side story ...
Then its actually really enjoyable! I enjoyed all the characters, their dynamics and the chemistry was still bubbling beautifully imo ! I get that she wasnt the badass character she was in the first season but i dont get why thats such a bigggg deal. I think the issue with this season is that it could have easily been filled with more content in those ten eps. The events of the last two eps should have happened much earlier and we could have had some fun strong but cute Naksu content too :)
I will say though i dont agree with the comments saying how could he have fallen in love with her before knowing shes Naksu... ??? As far as he knows Naksu killed him (!!) Then died. Its okay for him after three years to fall in love and move on, even if she wasnt Naksu? What, is he supposed to be alone and hurt forever if she was never revived ??
Overall i really enjoyed both seasons :)
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Amazing
Honestly i havent watched the first season, i saw a few clips and werent that enthused by the premise of it nor the acting of the main FL BUT my friend kept telling me to watch this season and that its okay if i haven't watched the first and honestly im so happy i did its SO SO good.You honestly dont need to have watched the first season to watch this one, i LOVED the friendships, the dynamics of all the characters and the acting was *chefs kiss*
And im a BIG fan of dramas that reference the korean resistance and how they fought and succeeded against their occupation (im palestinian lol) so I loved that input too 🥹
Overall vwry wholesome, humour was amazing, acting was amazing and it also had a well rounded ending too!
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Perfect blend of genres
Honestly i was reluctant to watch this seeing how polarised the reviews were with some ppl loving it ans some ppl absolutely hating it but i REALLYY enjoyed it ! It was a perfect blend of genres ! At some point i was worried seeing how it was 16 eps and thought it might drag but then we had the backstory too which i thought was so beautiful executed !I do highly reccomend :)
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Fav drama of 2024 !!!
SO SO UNDERRATED BUT SO SO GOOD! the plot 🤌🏻 the acting 🤌🏻 the drama 🤌🏻 everything was perfect like plot twists, the cliff hangers i was obsesseddddd with this drama honestly! It was so well written and so well acted. If only i could rewatch it again for the first time 😭 i highly reccomend!!Was this review helpful to you?
As a teacher...
As a teacher i found this show really entertaining and quite emotional! Now i do agree with the other reviews that the ending wasnt thorough enough, but for 10 45 min episodes i thought it was great! The acting was great, the struggles were realistic (as a science teacher working in an inner city school.. you see a lot), it never at any point dragged! Its just that the ending was really rushed in my opinion... the last two episodes could havw been stretched to three...Side note: In all honestly such "hero" teachers especially for 30 students at one time is unrealistic, teachers are human too with planning and meetings and family and social life and marking and assessments and parents evenings and so of course they care for their students but to be as invested as she was in each individual story of the students in this show is absolute unrealistic
Regardless, it was still a good watch, i ended up binge watching it all in one night (which i regretted greatly having to go in the next day to school to teach a full day) and do reccomend :)
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Heartbreak
The heartbreak that comes with finding a gem of a drama only for its last two episodes to end up being so rushed and bland... it was a terrible ending ngl. The issue is the first ten eps were SOOOO good so i cant even hate it i really enjoyed the chemistry and plot and the acting was *chefs kiss*It was going so well 🥲 i dont regret watching it tho, the humour was amazing also, im just so sad it had to end the way it did :(
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Hmmmm
A bit conflicted on how to rate this tbh i really enjoyed it !! but honestly i feel like its a bit messy.Taechun deserves more imo he deserved a bigger win with all his efforts to stay within the law. But i guess thats the point of the drama that money is the real power, even above the law.
I really liked the premise of it all but the execution of the last few eps was just too confusing.
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Sobbed like an absolute baby watching this
I just completed this movie and im in tears as i write this review o m g. It deserves a much higher rating honestly. The story was so good for a 1 hour 50 mins long movie. Of course there could be more but then its be a drama (which tbh the plot could have been made into one) but considering time restraint it done SO well.Acting was absolute chefs kiss from literally everyone and the cinematography was also absolute chefs kiss. There were so many schenes that i had to screen record just to look back at and appreciate like that one scene where shes talking to her mum on the other side of the glass and it alwas reflects one of them on top of the image of the other.
Rewatch value is low just cuz i dont think i could go through the pain again of watching this but i highly reccomend !!!
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I get the reviews
Honestly I agree with most of the reviews here. I've struggled to find a show interesting enough to start for a week and then found this and wanted to be obsessed with it and for the first 5-6 episodes i was! Feet kicking, giggling, gasping, i was invested☝🏼 but then i suddenly wasnt and at first i thought it was just me i couldnt get why i wasnt but now that im done with the drama and read through other reviews it seems like it wasnt just me.Dont get me wrong, its still a good drama, hut it started off amazing so it fell off from that severely. The acting was great from all the characters there just stopped being any development in their personalities or dynamics for a good few episodes and thats on the writers and not the actors.
Overall still an okay drama, i personally am just not a fan of when dramas have this sudden pit of cliche romance focused episodes with no development in plot *cough cough* love next door *cough cough* but if romance is your thing im sure you'll enjoy it !
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Dont let the mixed reviews sway you !
Honestly im glad i didnt read the reviews before watching this (i usually depend on them!)I honestly really enjoyed reborn rich, i binge watched it all in one go. I will say the ending was rushed and wasnt as satisfying as it should have bewn BUT despite that i still really enjoyed the show!
Ive really been into the time travel/ second chance dramas recently so i wasnt put off by the fact that the ML knew everything despite being "reborn" as a kid in this other family. Like yes it made things all go in his way but it wasnt too OP as youd think it could be, again this is a second chance drama so its to be expected.
Like i said the ending was rushed, it couls have honestly been stretched out into a whole other episode and deserved an extra episode tbh. There are certain things that werent properly adressed that should have been.
But besides that, the acting was amazing, the plot was plotting, the cinematography was *chefs kiss* so i really enjoyed it !
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