May01

pointless movie

I try to make this short. when you watch a movie or anything at all you ask yourself - ok so what was the point in this plot? what they try to achieve by making this movie this way? what emotions they want from us?
This is the biggest problem with this movie - I didn't felt like it try to do anything! it have no directions at all! events can happen and another event and another and you just feel nothing cause there isn't any emotions behind those scenes and events or any connection like A connect to B, B to C atc. here you have no connection to anything.

there is some people that will love this movie and that's fine. me on the other hand belong to the group that didn't like it at all. Especially the end of the movie, that can't even be called an ending. they just stand there and look at each other for no reason and you feel how pointless it all was.

the most annoying thing in all the characters in this movie - they can't use words or speak to each other so they have sex. that how it felt like. will it kill them to sit together and really talk about what they feel/want in an open discussion? and I don't only mean the two main guys, of course they can't talk openly cause they need a conflict, but at least they can be open with the girl and the girl can be open about her damn feelings for real with those two guys!!! it felt so force and annoying how they all act, yeas all the main characters are just running away all the damn movie and will never talk about things! even in the end it was so irritating I wanted to punch all of them in the face. I didn't even mind if the two guys didn't end up together but at least try to make this believable, even for a little bit.

I really try to like one of the main characters, but all of them just annoyed me.

and the camera angles, god the camera angles drive me crazy! can't they hold a fucking camera steadily without me getting dizzy?! it was suck. I'm sorry but it really was bad.

the music wasn't too bad though. so I give them that.

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Repetitive but not bad

Here we come to the oldest story known to women that keep coming back in almost everything: manga, anime , Manhwa and now Drama.
it's like chewing the same gum for the hundredth time. It becomes boring and tasteless, but we keep chewing it.

this series is not bad, the actors were good for what they are. But very predictable and boring in everything they did, and all the usual toxic cliché we all "love" to see. and it's not even that deep or complex like people want to think.

Ming the toxic, obsessive, control freak, and crazy jealous boyfriend to ex to boyfriend again cause Joe "change" him.
oh great that something that never happen before, cause it did too many times. why does he need to be toxic from the first place? oh right because he falls in love with someone else "back" ok that makes sense, no it's really not but we have to accept this bs logic.

Joe - the submissive MC that will let anyone treat him like shit and will not fight too much. he is too kind to everyone and sometimes too naive. he can't lie to save his life and I found it funny sometimes how much bad he is at lying.

Here how it always goes: MC in love with toxic boyfriend, toxic boyfriend humiliating them to no end and make them feel horrible, MC end up dead somehow, coming back to life and think it's different and they never fall in love again only to end up with the same toxic boyfriend after a big redemption arc. and everyone happy now.

Not anything original here, just the same old toxic bf coming back to his MC after he learns to love them after they died. too bad they could not do it when MC was alive the first time, but then we won't have this great redemption arc we don't care about, I guess.

I'm not against redemption arcs, there are stories with amazing redemption arcs out there. but this is not it. The moment Ming tied Joe up in handcuffs, he finished with me even if he was jealous.

But let me add something more. Despite the boring romance in here, you can still find great things in this story that the series did great and enjoy it as much you can.
those elements are done very good so I thought I will mention them:
Joe and new mom create a strong bond - Joe finally receiving unconditional love and support that he needed in his first life. and that's amazing to watch every time when they are together. he said he would take care of her, and he did take care of her, despite everything.
Joe and other friend - finding out about his real identity first way before toxic boyfriend which I found the best outcome. it show how much they know and love him in his life. Wut and Sol have the best friendship and I love how both of them offer him help almost the same way, despite him refusing them, I think they are a very important part in his life.
A supportive big Sister - cause we need more of those in BL! she was awesome, honestly too bad she choose to marry a horrible man.
I can say more but I think it's clear why this series has value even if you didn't like the main couple romance. Sometimes the little things do a lot, and I did enjoy those elements despite everything.
Another thing I like is how much self-aware Joe is of how much his toxic boyfriend is toxic and still choose to go back to him and take his help despite having other choices. still I wish he would move on from him and find someone better but we can't win against cliché I guess.

My biggest complaint I have for the writers of this series is why Tong didn't die for Joe?! it would have being so much better to his character redemption arc! what a waste of time.

I conclude of this review - I don't think this series is bad, there are parts that are good and very fun to watch. but it still stuck on old clichés and cringe stereotypes that need to go away already. I have seen them enough.

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My take of it

I absolutely love time travel plots. I can eat it all day even if it isn't perfect. and it wasn't hard for me to understand the ending at all. not sure why people got so confused, it was actually simple.

Actually I get why, the series organize the events wrong. It's not that good, in my opinion. They could have organized them so much better in a way that much easier to consume, but it wasn't that bad. At least it does make sense in the end, most of the time. There are parts that didn't make a lot of sense but I forgive them for it.

The thing that really bother me is that the main couple got so little screen time. and that very hurt their story and the series in the end. instead they focus too much on the brother and his crazy lover. while his lover was an interesting character, I admit, with him murdering people, I prefer to know and watch more the main couple. Not sure why they give them so little screen time, it's insane. minor characters should not get so much screen time! it's not their series.

Though I did enjoy the main character's story and events, I wish they got more closure and screen time to become much deeper characters. but for the episodes they got, they were good at least the actors.

overall it could have being much better organize story but it's not that bad. it's nice and short for what they're aiming for.

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To my honest opinion

I felt very disappointed with Day character. so much disappointed until I didn't even want him to end up with the other male lead. I really wanted and try to like him but the plot just didn't let me.

it's a shame cause the start was very good and the middle wasn't bad at all. but the twists of the plot and trying so hard to justify Day character in a way that didn't make any sense just did not help anything in this series.

a lot of it was boring, especially the end I had to force myself to keep going. A shame, really a shame, cause it had a big potential to be soo good.

I wish Day would stay single for life. but maybe it just me.

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