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Beautiful and meeh
This is a movie that has beautiful people, beautiful people and a hint of nostalgia but not much more. As the story is a bit slow paced and sweet yet lacks that little extra something (other than the leads) to make it stick out from the many movies and dramas that tell a similar story. While it does have a little something that I personally appreciate seeing mentioned on screen, I find myself conflicted about how that special something is showen or more like ignored and only mentioned very briefly. Is it too briefly or is the little bit it is mentioned just enough to make it part of the plot that does not outshine the human behind it...Sorry for not writing what that something is, but I fear it could be a spoiler for some, if you watch this then keep an eye out for how little screen time a major part of the plot actually gets and everything I just wrote will make sence (if not feel free to ask).
I am not really sure what the message here is, and even if I did I am pretty sure it could be my nemesis healing and stuff... But all in all a beautiful watch worth it if not for anything else than for Greg Hsu and all the beautiful, talented screen time with him this movie offers.
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Stil a classic but slightly more draggy than part one
Part two of the same classic, that I guess pretty much everything I wrote about in part one could easily be pasted in to. However this part is slightly more draggy, repetitive, and less entertaining than part one so I decided to rate this slightly lower than the first part.That said, I do recommend watching both parts for som context and understanding of dramaland.
That said, the risk for SLS raises in this one, and the kisses lack passion.
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A bunch of shades of life and ethics
Decent slice of life murder mystery drama, with a great cast and interesting twists. The romance is very slow, subtle and lacks kisses. That said the chemistry between several of the leads is lovely.The drama does tackles some interesting issues shown from several perspectives. What is living? Do some deserve to die? Truth vs. dignity and who is actually to blame for girls being drugged and taken advantage of?
Hint, it is not the girl who got drugged.
Other questions are about ethics, cop ethics, business ethics, parenthood ethics (if there is such a thing)
There are some twists that caught me a little bit by surprise, but some of my personal suspicions where found to be correct at the end so there is definitely quite a bit that is predictable.
The female lead and her brother captured my heart early on, the rest of the cast never fully got there but almost.
All in all a drama I would recommend, but while there is some kind of playful tension between the leads, there may be a little nit to much left to the imagination to keep the romance addict within me satisfied as it left me wanting and hoping for more interactions between the two.
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Beautiful yet depressing
This is a n art film, with beautiful extremely symmetric aesthetics. Like most artistic films it has a bunch of kind of boaring moments and while there is a lot of scheeming going on it is kind of meeh, but we do get to see a young educated woman get worn down, slowly slowly she is worn down to know her place as a the fourth mistress in household where all aim to please the master as that pretty much is the only option for surviving.A movie that shows very well how little woman where worth and how expandable they are...
While I the sound of this drama is a torchere for the ear of those who do not love Chinese opera, once things the last 10 minutes of the movie made it all worth it, yes even the opera part was put in to place and it was just a perfect ending to this beautiful yet depressing story...
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Impressive production for a GL
Finally, a Lesbian story with a a high quality production with the added bonus of people with disabilities are people too and this gets a bunch of bonus points for being such a rare find... with a great start that easiely could have led this to be a 9 or even a 9,5 this was indeed a very promising drama. However then came some parts that where rushed, made little sense and tickled my oh come on nerve a little bit to much.The acting is good, the cinematography lovely, the chemistry is on fire. The side couple is sweet but other side characters feel mostely meeh while they do show some common misconceptions and problems people with disabilities face their acting was meeh and they did not add enough to the story to make their time worth whils.
A decent GL that I do recommed, just mind the last couple of episodes...
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Innocent and sweet, but some grown ups suck
A short film that shows childhood at its sweetest, kids playing around on a beautiful beach, having fun and I guess just being kids. At times it made me wondering where are the grown ups but once one showed up I figured they could do better without them.There is very little dialog, and not a lot of drama however one word is all it takes to change the course of a story and that part was done really well. Reminding me of parts of my own childhood and how grown ups kind of sucked back then too.
So if you are in the mood for some pretty scenery and kids being kids while teaching us a lesson or two this is a good place to find it.
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People captivated by others may not captivate me but it was nice anyway
I can´t really say I was captivated by this but it did confuse me as well as show a bunch of people captivated by other people and a book that seems to have changed peoples lives which is kind of nice.A moment of youth, people who happen to be at the same crossroad at the same time... a guy in a panda suit... It is actually pretty nice to see people show interest in other people beyond sexual attraction or stereotypes, just true interest in the person behind the uniform, or the cute panda suit. The person who proves that you may just meat a bear in the middle of Tokyo instead of a bunch of testosterone and what not we get to see a softer side to young men, sure there is a bully here too and the use of a monster/curse/ghost to hide away from crazed teens... So I can't really say it is all fluff and games. But somehow it feels kind of genuinely sweet and that is kind of nice.
Like I got to peek in to a window and see a moment in time, a moment of youth a moment that is far far away from me...
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Two woman looking at each other
May I sleep with you... Feels more like Hungry eyes... Who needs words when you can just gaze at the other person... looking at ech other in a flowery field, looking at each other in from behind a wall... looking gat each other in a building. A light and fluffy female lead surrounded by flowers in the hair, flower in the air and flower embroideries, Flowers, smiles and fluff everywhere meets the red and black darkness of the other female lead... opposites attract with a twist of sheets and twist of fait all in less than 4 minutes. Impressive!Was this review helpful to you?
Sweet n Grabby Slightly Cold Male God
A sweet and short story about two best friends who struggle with the classic... Is this love that I am feeling? or is this just lust...Can I stand watching him run off with another girl... Can I a be happy for him as long as he is happy or do I feel the need to own the guy? Or am I just going to be happy watching...This while trying to navigate a heteronormative society with some clueless friends and other less clueless people around,
A fluffy way of providing teenage angst, hot n cold mix of pretty much every fall in love with my best friend type of drama mos of the viewers of youth dramas have seen so far... So not really anything new but fun and lovable characters (at times slightly creepy). Nice friendships and a sister that reminded me of the sister in Heart Stopper... Our cold male lead does need to learn to find healthy ways to release his emotions instead of holding them in and risking doing things he may regret.
An easy binge with pretty food, scenery and decent entertainment value also I kept wondering if one of them was going to die as they seemed to catch colds from the slightest touch of rain...
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Fun
This was so much fun, short, to the point without fillers, overly annoying characters (okay one slightly annoying)... It offers us a bunch of interesting characters some more or less predictable twists, and moments of surprise not so much twists more of that is not how this trope usually goes type of deal making this a highly enjoyable watch.The male lead is the cutest guy ever, the way he expresses his lust and feelings is outstanding and very gifworthy.
The female lead is pretty cool, she has some moments of "oh come on", but she is lovable and interesting.
The villains are surprisingly well written and have more depth than one can expect in shuch a short drama. The kid in this drama is a great shipper, the friends and other supporting characters do not steal the show and assist the story just right.
Short as this drama is, it left me satisfied, not that I would mind more episodes, I felt like what was needed to be said was said wrapping the story up well. It is not high quality, nor is it some kind of low budget masterpiece... But it is definitely a drama I recommend to most romance lovers out there.
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A whole lot of good stuff begingn with the letter C
This is another one of those dramas that combines a lot of stuff I enjoy watching. While I am willing to admit that this pretty much lacks depth and substance, it does have a whole lot of great stuff that begin with the letter C: ClicheCharacters, Co habitation, Contract, Cinderella story, Combos, Cold leads, Crushes (unrequited), Cute dog, Cool Lads/siblings... Cunning parents, Cuddly parents, Cuddling Cuople, Corruption, Conning, Cuteness overload and and so on and so on...
This is in no way a masterpiece, but it is an entertaining watch with the usual twists, a lovely family and is a easy binge that even had me feeling a bunch of stuff...
So if you love your C's this is a great Choice!
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Fun watch and indeed a bunch of people who wanted to become family with others
This is one of those dramas that pretty much lacks all substance but is highly addictive making you, me , whoever is slighlty addicted to fluff press that next episode button over and over again.The characters are more or less lovable at different stages of this drama, while the male lead has his evil moment and evil intentions he is pretty much lovable and fun to watch from start to finish. The female lead on the other hand is smart, funny and hard working most of the drama but has a few episodes of wtf out of character stupidity that I am going to pretend never happened to avoid lowaring the score.
The kids are sweet, the second female lead would make a great female lead to another female lead or in a story about sisterhood... The female leads best friend is bad ass but also annoying at times... predictable and brings 0 new to the story at all.. As I feel I have seen her in 80% of the c-dramas out there.
The villain is badly written, fine the person does stand for a bunch of drama, keeping this from becoming to fluffy. But other than that I feel like the whole villain plot is just off... And males 0 sense. Not for lack of trying but it just fell flat.
The dialog, parenting and all things that involved kids had some good parts but most of it had me questioning if the writers ever actually met a kid, a parent or could grasp the notion of building a relationship with kids based on honesty and trust beyond cute moments.
Still there are a bunch of grand gestures, bickering and people who come and go... nice kisses and I do believe the couple was indeed fun to watch.
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Mess in the Rain
"I can literally hear your thoughts yet you still managed to keep that a secret for so long..."It is rare to find a drama where the thing that makes most sense in the whole plot is two people being able to communicate telepathically when it rains as everything else is just such a mess. A messy pace, a messy story, messy illogical decisions and messy friendships.
That said the characters are entertaining to watch, especially the second couple who stole the show for me. Or at least their characters where the most (maybe only) lovable characters on this show. The show also manages to fit in a lot of tropes, and by that I mean a lot.. and could easily clear the whole game born in a game of cliche bingo giving us amnesia, cohabitation, lying, misunderstanding, betrayal, umbrellas, wrist grabs, vehicle of doom, kidnapping, controlling parents, gagsters... If you have seen it in a drama you will probably see it here too.
Entertaining at times but not really good.
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Sugar, Sweet, Love...
I am just going to say that I loved it, the characters, the friendships I even enjoyed watching the misunderstandings and the whole process of figuring out ones passion, love and waht not... In this lovely opposites attract and bring. out the best of each other friendship and romance.The found family in this drama is one of those that will make you want to start working part time at a convenience store if it means you will make friends as good as these.
Though there are times I found myself slightly frustrated with the pacing, this drama does do a pretty decent job showing complex emotions and how hard it can be to break habits as well as move on from a crush, a relationship, a set back at work. This drama also offers some pretty good dialog and analogies here and there.
So what can I say this was just my type of drama with all the right tropes an easy binge and a female lead that I truly fell in love with.
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Lot´s of kisses and fluff with a side of darkness
Watching Bae In Hyuk kissing 10 different girls in about 7 different ways can sound a bit off but will definitely satisfy all your kissing needs for a while. That said the drama may be all about kisses but our male lead is so much more showing a bunch of emotions, smiles and pretty much acting like the perfect guy any human being would fall for.The female leads (Jeon Hye Won) character is a tad conservative in her views on kissing but her hate towards human beings is very admirable as well as well portrayed and slightly relatable, luckily I found my own goblin so I do know there are some good ones out there but with toxic masculinity and gender conventions a slight hate towards man kind is only natural and indeed well portrayed in this very short production.
The Jeon Hye Wons character may be lovely but her acting skills could be improved, the friendships here are the type you will long for but for such a short what I assume is not very high budget show it tackles some issues, has both slightly less predictable and more predictable twists as well as tells a pretty decent story.
All in all a short and enjoyable watch
P.S 8,5 rating is based the titles category and other similar productions, so set your expectations towards 12 min/12 episode web dramas and not a full length drama
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