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Sweet look on perspectives
This is a very sweet story about misunderstandings, vibes and the importance of a smile. The little things that make a big difference... Or maybe not so little you just have to go to a different universe to find all those little things that can untangle the misunderstanding and help you find those little things. So no not so little indeed.Also it gives a bunch of different perspektives and will have you ask questions about kindness, love and friendship.
Anyway, leads and sides are cute. There is lots and lots of chocolate and yummy stuff. so do not watch this while hungry.
A quick easy binge that wil cater that sweet tooth.
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A nature cooking show
This is a story about four city boys who where taken away from civilisation and forced to bond with nature and the sun that never setts...It is a story about Lee Je Hoon's love at a late age with cooking, and his development from egg-disaster to egg master, will he decide to become a chef?
About Kwak Dong Yeon the controlling master chef who has everything planned to a tee. Will he learn to let it go and help Lee Je Hoon spred his new found love for cooking wings?
We also have are laid back artist Lee Dong Hwi, who contributes with a light skepticism and slight grumpyness in a good way.
Last but not least wh have the star of the show our very handsome playful slightly noughty Cha Eun Woo who spends most of his time charming people, animals, and nature to do as he pleases. With rolled up arms he can cook, ,he rides horses, he can chop wood... He can even stand the heat in the sauna and is a true feast for the eye and soul.
The nature in Finland is stunning with the sun and mirror blank lakes... and the culture is very simular to the one where I live... the language is different but to be honest it could have been shot in Sweden and no one would know the difference...As it looks just like Sweden during the summer (unless it rains,) Yes this is me telling the boys to come to Sweden, we have better food... I am pretty sure most people in Lapland do have running water, toilets, and electricity but hey that would not really be a challenge for the boys.
The show does get a bit repetitive after a while and feels more like a cooking show than anything else, and they get a bit too obsessed with the nature = happiness part... I am kind of impressed how they manage to get some of our most beloved Kopiko PPL... I am pretty sure they have all said those lines before in dramas. And how they can miss korean food after half a day in Finland is pretty impressive...
But all in all it is a decent watch, if not for the rest. The horse-ride sceneis at least worth an extra star
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Charming but bad
I started this drama because I was in the mood for something kind of bad, but in a fun way, and yes I did kind of get what I was craving but also a whole lot of just bad.While the female lead is extremely charming, fun and interesting. Her values are just awful, she is a bit to much and the amount of second hand embarrassment she, the male lead and all their friends prodice is scary.
So values bad, acting inconsistent, twists so bad its bad...
Ring and styling- Ugglye as...
Smiles- Lovely
Kisses - decent
Side characters bad, did I mention values are bad?
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A celebration och divorce and breaking loose from toxic relationships
Though I pretty much knew the plot (since I had seen the K version) it was still a very enjoyable watch that I dare say is slightly better then the K, as it has less annoying elements or moments of "oh come on".This is a drama that truley shows how difficult it can be to break loose from old habits, obsessions and the breaking free from an abusive relationship (or two) is extremely dangerous but worth the risk. And yes it is better to be alone than stuck with the wrong people.
The drama shows some really good friendships, nice shots of food, scenery and has some pretty okay lines as well as a decent romance somewhere between the evil /self-defence plotting.
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Love is forgettable
I started this Opposites attract a while bak, not really sure when but when I took a break, don´t really remember why, probably something (sleep/life/not finished airing) got in the way time passed by and I started watching something else, and another something else before I noticed it on my currently watching and thought to myself... oh was I going to start this? clicked on my viki account only to see that I had already watched 10 episodes.... As I started watching the drama againI noticed my memory being jogged back to life.Its not a bad drama, its not a good drama, the actors do their jobs well, there is a plot and some type of second chances people can change message that is not bad either but it is just not enough to truly keep my attention or occupy any lasting space in my memory making this a very forgettable watch.
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Dreamoworks meets K-drama fantasy
I´m not really sure why this is on MDL but since it is here I figured Id review it anyway....A sweet animated movie wit lots and lots of k-drama asian fantasy references that made me smile a lot. Basically K-drama meets Dremwokrks in a beautiful display of music, friendship and daemon hunting...
I watched it with my non K-drama watching teen, while I recognised a bunch of tropes I believe the teen seemed to feel some type of second hand embarrassment.
An easy watch for all who enjoy things animated and K.
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Slice of life bickering joy...
This is a sweet and funny easy to watch drama, packed with love geometry this drama may have you laughing whenever you hear the ABC song, hey just thinking about the letters AB and C may leave you smiling from ear to ear.This dama probably has one of dramalands sweetest portrayals of friendships, community and youth. combining some of the best part of Go Ahead, Reply 1988 and A River Runs Though It. A fun trio with very different characters mixing
calm and smart with goofy and sporty with friendly and hard working. The three help each other grow, fall, get up again... they may not always listen to each other or actually know how to communicate with words, but they stick up for each other with great loyalty. All three are lovable and did a great job inviting us and other side characters to their world.
Besides the main traits of each character, our female lead has this sweet, week but bad ass vibe to her. Being able to both faint and kick ass in the same episode.
I think I could appreciate most of the side characters, they where there to do their job, to keep us guessing , to create slight drama, and to prolong the episode count by creating barriers and misunderstandings done pretty well. And while I cn´t say there were any really annoying characters QiQi s(He Qiu) was overly high maintenance and made me want to ship her off to a land far, far, far away. But all.in all the drama was packed with lovable characters, interactions and fun!
Or at least for the first 20 episodes or so.
After that we get a little but to much cringe, an overbearing father, a roommate with anger management issues and loss of pace. There is so much amazing tension and build up throughout the drama but once we finally get there we only get to see some sparkles and firecrackers.
Some parts are frustratingly slow others rushed, The couples have very little screen time together once they finally do get together and some couples are not even shown on screen at all leaving us guessing what type of person did this character we have come to know actually settle for. And instead of giving me proper closure the las episode gave me cringe and still shots of apartments and wheelchairs to the sound of a piano. Basically leaving me wanting more of the couples, more of the friendships, more bickering, more adulthood and the twist and turns of adult life....
All thing that made me lower the score from a 9,5 or even 10 to this generous 8,5 star rating.
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Sweet characters but you will have to turn off your brain
This is a drama that starts off all mysterious combining Hitchcocks The Birds with amnesia, suspense, webtoon artist with time travel and a mysterious mechanic with well defined muscles and and a gaze that says I want to devour you and make you mine... But I must hold back and push you away...Both leads and the second couple are a blast to watch, their friendships their conversations, the gazes... They are lovable, they are forward, complex human beings who can think for theme selves and while the male lead has his moments of I shall stop communicating in the name of protecting you the female lead just doesn't fall for it and goes her own way.... sometimes it makes things worse sometimes not but I find myself appreciating her lack of passiveness. She does have har moments of come on... but over all I loved her.
The story and its twists on the other hand are a waist of screen time. Messy at times, predictable other times, confusing (and not in a good way) the rest of the time.
The CGI is awfull... really, really, awful...
The villain (s) or attempts at villains are the type that will make your eyes roll and may have you wanting to cover your face from all the second hand embarrassment.
Not really a drama I would recommend but if you can find some fun fan edit of the top moments between the leads and the second couple go for it!
You could also watch this for the leads characters and interactions, just make sure to turn off any kind of brain power not needed for survival and you should be fine.
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Fun, hot
This is a fun story about a player female lead who meets her match. A woman who knows what she wants to do but does struggle with figuring out her feelings. A bit of a role reversal bad girl goes soft type of deal and yes I loved it. And I love therm. The male lead is smart, fun, knows how to play and satisfy our female lead and actually gets the notion of consent pretty well (not perfectly but) :"You are to drunk to consent to anything so not tonight".
The friendships are good, and we get just enough elements from the other dramas in the series to be able to connect them without letting the other series take away focus from the plot.
The scenery and food is gorgeous and I do believe this has more sex-scenes than a Thai BL.
This could probably have been a 9, even with its clice predictable plot but then came the las cringeyest cringe episode ever to be shown in Dramaland, and trust me there is a lot of cringe out there but I do believe this probably beet them all.
So mind the cringe, mind the female leads fears, the reason for the break up... ok you will need to overlook quite a bit... If you can overlook it all you are in for an enjoyable ride, as this is a very easy binge... even with the cringe...
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My simple you
Tis is a simple movie, about figuring out love, past vs future and some kind of you do not know what you have untill it is gone type of deal. I am not going to say that every single part of this ads up, nor will I say that I fully understand the leads reasons for wanting to change stuff. However the do have a pretty okay take on family and friends somewhere beyond the spoiled little 21 year old. there is also a slightly preachy tone in the male leads dialog.However the characters are mostly sweet and have decent chemistry.
P.s.
There is also an age gap here that is kind of confusing and badly handles and really badly casted.
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Sweet fluff with a slightly iffy start
This is one of those easy to watch drams at least for those who love workaholic bickering leas and sides with spunk. However it starts off showing the male lead digging holes in Africa , where in Africa we do not know but it is clear that there is a yeloow filter and slight saviour complex with it. Knocking off a star and indeed distracting those first minutes. I remember this being highly criticised when the show was released which is probably why I kept off watching it for so long. That said I have seen a lot worse in dramaland and I am going to believe that they meant well etc.Once we passed the little awkward start, I got to see a whole bunch of fan characters. Though the acting varied in cringe and quality sometimes, no one annoyed me to the point of wanting to skip their scenes. The three best friends are really cool and have this great respect towards each others boundaries. Fun to watch in every scene, and to be honest the friendships especially the journalist best friend as well as the lawyer dude and the cappuccino where a lot more fun to watch than our main leads.
The little drama that wa sin this felt kind of meeh, but the characters and romance was good so forget the plot and jus twatch it for the bickering, the sweet fluff and mindless fun.
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Not so much Racing Pit but more of a Hot Babe...
Going in to this I thought this might be about car racing and loads and loads of testosterone and playboy goes loverboy...But I was wrong, oh so wrong... Instead I got Marvels fuckerboys... trust no one and the evil philanthropist with a slight side dish of racing.
To be fair I got the playboy falls in love part done pretty ok, and I got more hot steam than I could process.... As I do believe they try to teach us the importance of fucking before well pretty much anything... As one of the main themes of the story is when in doubt just gp fu** someone... Need to focus before a race? do it in the locker room, need to unwind after a race do it on a couch.. need to get over the pain of loosing a friend do it in a bed... Not fucking before race may just may cost someones life or at least the car.
The romance does not have so much process and more of a I like the way you smell. Chemistry was good and the kinship (ok sex) was so hot I thought my lap top would catch fire...
However the plot was extremely predictable once things started to unfold, with the exception of one or two twist. Babe has enough mood swings to blow out the fire in my lap top and though most of the casts acting was okay, even good most of the time Poohs (the guy who plays Charlie) acting was kind of meeh (also most of the time)
An okay watch but nothing I would truly recommend.... At leas not for the plot.
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Who am I, and what do I love
This is a sweet story about a girl who lost her memory and the people who deceive her on her way to self discovery, love and and life.Amnesia may sound innocent but in reality it has a whole lot of dangers and challenges with it, who can I trust, who am I?, why the hell am I working at this grey boring job? Come to think of it this drama rather showed nuance to the amnesia trope and some how managed to show that thugh there is a lot of confusion and danger always look at the bright side of amnesia as it may be just what you need to find your true self (who ever you are), Encouraging people to fall down steep staircases wherever they may be:
Always look at the bright side of hitting your head ... (whistle) Always look at the bright side of amnesia... it maybe just what you need to put your life in to place (whistle)....
But honestly people, do not try this at home.
A sweet romance mystery that had me guessing about who is who and why....
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Oh my Girls, underrated gem
I am writing this review after a rewatch 2 day binge this about 5 yeast after I watched it the first time and remembering as a favourite and to be honest it still measures up among the great dramas out there.To be fair this drama has several flaws.
The male lead is not really dreamy, he has his moments but he is pretentious, border on annoying and not the type to have me swoon at all. The soo Chef is so annoying and badly written I honestly wanted to hit him with a frying pan just to get him to shut up. Predictable unnecessary low humour, loud and the sole reason this did not get a 10 star rating.
As for the rest of the side characters, they do their jobs well, some have annoying tenedenacys bit most are truly amazing and a pleasure for the eye.
The girls Park Bo Young, Kim Seul Gi, Shin Hye Sun and Park Jung Ah where truly phenomenal. Especially Park Bo Young and Kim Seul Gi. The ways they interact, the emotions the different characters Park Bo Young portrayed where done extreamly well showing so many personalities this truly makes up for the manly flaws. The two girls characters are so interesting to watch, their growth the way they got there the misunderstandings.
The way this story progresses is also done really well developing from one genre to another while keeping a red thread alive. The way the romance and characters develop along side the whole ghost and possession theme to this. Watching this the second time it was clear to see when and where the romance started and ended for each character. Something that I truly find impressive. but to be honest with or without the romance it was the affect the girls had one each others characters development, odd friendship and protection that was truly amazing to follow.
So basically mind the men, and watch this for the sismance, make sure not to miss out on this hidden gem.
Also, Fighting!
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Sweet but meeh
This is a story about a girl without a dream who happens to end up in a place with lots of people with dreams and gets dragged in to switching a longing for the ordinary to wanting more... most of this drama is about the work place environment trying to find solutions and ways to make use of peoples different strengts, stratages and also teaching us to put up with work place bullying because it is not actually bullying and has a deeper meaning to it idf you just look hard enough.Alongside this workplace story we also have some kind of love geometry with a bunch of people with different stages of dreams and what not the main characters in this are the girl who did not have a dream and the boy who was failing at his and in need to suppress that dream to take over the family business a business as exiting as paper.
the guy is as sweet as a puppy and is actually often portrayed as a puppy, he is very understanding and kind but seems to lack the ability to communicate the important stuff. Our female lead without a dream is bubbly, forward and sweet when it comes to work but extremely naive and lacks all confidence and communication skills when it comes to love.
Making this a painful and draggy watch at times.
That said the characters are interesting and sweet. Making this an okay watch but not much more.
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