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Decent story, could have been executed a bit better
This was in many ways a very beautiful story, or should i say two parallel stories one we know will end with our male lead dyeing. The other a story of youth, young romance and healing of not the worst kind but still healing.While the time line is all mixed up, the uniforms make sure to keep us from getting confused however once the flashbacks turn in to some kind of talking to a memory the cringe takes over and I found myself rolling my eyes taking a deep breath and just exhaling in frustration.
The overall message is pretty good though and it does not take the issue of suicide or the self guilt afterwords lightly at all which should have upped the score but there where a few to many details that I just could not ignore while setting the score for this.
The acting varies between good and meeh, As Seo Ji Hoon and So Ju Yeons acting is noticably better than the rest of the leading cast. That said the teens are lovely most of the time and there is this little cute gay side couple that share a yellow umbrella in the most subtle but sweet way.
An okay watch, easy to binge as it has short episodes and a decent pacing with the plot.
One more thing the casting of the younger brother was waaay off,
Seo Ji Hoon and Kim Min Kyu look nothing like each other, and do not share the same mimics and can bearaly pass as brothers not to mention look just like his brother... These two are litteraly the guys to disproveonce and for all those ignorant people who say "but they all look the same"
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Fluff Meets a Mild Depression With Thoughts of Suicide
This drama has a whole lot of eye candy and fluff, but very little substance and makes. no sense what so ever.One moment it is light, the next dark and then light again but it is the same day... The decisions people make, lines of communication and plot development makes me wonder if the writer of this drama has been stuck at a cabin by the beach with no internet after experiencing amnesia as it is completely detached from reality.
That said, the drama is very pretty, there are a bunch of boys in this drama that seem to be purely there to be looked at or as fillers between censured parts... they have a guitar and I am pretty sure two of them are supposed to be gay but won´t tell us because of the usual Chinese censorship.
I also learned that dessert is a completely valid form of communication... a cold male lead may not be able to use words but if a picture can say 1000 words a dessert will convey 1000 emotions....
The female lead of this drama is really sweet and cute, besides the not making any sense I find both her and the male lead decent to watch. And so are the boys but there are alos a whole lot of annoying side characters and the ususal parants without bonderies... getting on my nerves more than once.
I also like that they try to show people coping with mental illness as capable human beings worthy of love even if they made this a bit to simple and again nothing actually made much sense and this storyline was kind of detached from reality... But still I feel that it is the thought that counts.
So what can I say, this is an okay watch just do not expect anything to make sense or any type of consistency in the characters.
P.s. there is a cute kid in here (who's storyline does not make any sense either)
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Nostalgia, music and fluff with a side of cringe...
This could have been a 10 if only I would have loved the male leads character as much as I loved the rest of the characters in this really fun drama.A drama that has so much good to offer combining nostalgia, with the right to communicate/language, the world sucks (yet again), people with disabilities are human too and being a kid that is different from the rest of the family has it's problem's too... all surrounded by lovely teen spirit, love, music, friendships, and shining, glittery fluff... Just the look on a the young version of them moms face when she sees someone use sign language pretty much had me thinking ok this is it, I love it and it is now my favourite drama...
As I mentioned in the first line this could have been a 10 but then the cringe took over and offered me a few of my pet peeves showed up, I cant really complain about the acting of Ryeoun as Ha Eun Gyeol but his character was mostly fun in the beginning but got on my nerves more and more as the story progressed. His interactions and chemistry with Seol In Ah and
Choi Hyun Wook where however top, top, top. I have been impressed with Choi Hyun Wook for quite a while but this drama made me appreciate him even more as well as completely fall in love with Seol In Ah and Shin Eun Soo.
Definitely a drama I recommend to most, when in need of fluff, fun and more or less predictable twists (some more predictable than others). This drama is an easy binge that offers a little bit of everything and with the exceptions of a few moments of annoying the overall feel to this drama is I want more!
P.s. Rating by episode ep 1-2: 8, 2-14:10, 15-16:7,5 = 9, pretty much follow the male leads character progression and regression... but not only.
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Vanilla ice cream with lips on top
This is a drama you watch for the lack of overly annoying characters and lips of Zhao Yi Qin who are covered with an endless amount of lipgloss and ride the thin line between to many close ups and just enough close ups... As this is indeed a male lead that communicates by touch of lip instead of words or wrist grabs. To be clear he still uses a wrist grab or two, it just not his main line of communication, and neither are words of any kind.Our female lead is pretty lovable, mostly friendly forward and may she may not be the god of intelligence she is not really stupid either. She is pretty strong, talented and has very few moments of pathetic.
Both leads are however extremely child like, the female lead in the way she dresses the male lead in the way he acts. There is not much of a story but some ok friendships, a nice representation of a happily married long time couple but also a bunch of really mistreated animals.
The leads acting is decent but some of the supporting roles seem to need to get an acting lesson or ten.
It is an ok watch when in need of fluff and pretty people and things to look at but otherwise it really is kind of bland... vanilla ice cream made by some person with a hang over who dropped the whole tub of sugar in to the mix without noticing.
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Love at first choke, dark, sweet and bloody oh so bloody...
This is a drama that teaches you that there really isn't anything more romantic than the words " I will shoot you if I must" Or something like that a dark chocolate teenage romance with gazes and fluff surrounded by death, blood and suicidal thoughts all woven together with psychopaths and amnesia and a love of self harm.So really what is not to love?
Well the pacing was kind of meeh, some of the side characters where just a little bit to bullyish in a bad way and slightly over the top. But the leads did a really good job with these roles coming off as both sweet and bad ass at the same time.
The grown ups are pretty decent at being complete psychopaths or kind and not much in-between... There are some really good lines here and there but also a side of cringe and some type of love will save you or make you die for someone else type of eal but nothing in-between. Sometimes this is good others not so much.
All in all a decent short binge
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It is not enough to hear you, you must also use words to communicate
This was a poorly dubbed drama about a girl who just wanted to study dubbing and the 30000 obstacles she had along the way and the guy who had everything including a whole lot of red flags.The female lead in this drama has a whole lot of good lines and is indeed independent lovable yet makes really strange decisions and seems very confused by the guy she adores... The guy of course does not make life easy for her as he really hates using actual verbal words for other than correcting peoples wrongdoing. Dude does however have a one track mind and makes sure the women around him take all the responsibility for more or less everything around him.
We also have one of dramalands most lovely and frustrating side couples that out shine the leads, great friendships and idiot men and evil women. Having seen this drama around the time I saw the western movie Barbie I could not help to compare some of the men with the Kens out there (that is not a good thing).
There are some good very self aware and important lines here and there some unpredictable turns (to the bad, but lovely not to expect them). But mostly a whole lot of things that make no sense at all + a whole lot of odd double standards.
There is also a cute cat and a mom I wanted to hug but also a mom I wished bad things would happen to.
All in all the cat and the gals + nephew made this drama worthy of my time the rest are not the least bit memorable...
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Nice little RomCom That Kept Me Wondering
I came for Bae In Hyuk, and got to see just a little bit to little of Bae In Hyuk yet still got to see a really nice short film. It was just so cute, interesting and well left me wanting more, a lot more while still managing to show me a decent story with all the parts one would need, just squished in to short period of time.I do however have a lot of questions in my mind that could definitely make way for a whole drama. However I guess I will just have to try to answer those in my mind. There is also a lot that seemingly makes 0 sense in the beginning but is oddly enough explained well towards the end which is really kind of refreshing.
All in al this is defiantly a shot film I would like to recommend to all romcom lovers out there who do not mind having to fill in the blanks on their own and could use just a little bit of more fluff in their lives.
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Here is where it is at
Honestly just forget the other two parts, just watch this one, short dose of fun flirting they captured pretty much the whole spirit of the show in like 3 minutes or so,.The boys are sweet, they have a lovely playful dynamic going on, showing kind of relatable first time texting with a person you are interested in. So when in need of just a little bit of flirting in your life this is a good place to go.
If you are looking for some substance, you should probably go look pretty much anywhere else...
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Turn off brain then press play
This is a story that tells people that whatever you wanna do with your life do not become a celebrity as the slightest hick up and you may go from riches to rags or have to marry a person you barley know.The story Itself was not all bad but my oh my how much I wanted to shake some sense in to the leads, the story, the people around them as nothing made any sense at all.
And by nothing I mean nothing, as about 90% of the supposedly grown up characters act like gullible teens, no wait to say teens would be an insult to teens out there as I am sure most teens would be able to make better choices than the people in this show.
The male lead is immature, self centred, controlling and is the cling in clingy... perfect to play with and honestly there is no need for an elaborate plot to mess with him as he basically would fall for anything.
The female lead has her smart moments but she too is so easy to trick it is a miracle that she survived past puberty. She has her moments and is not all bad, but I did hope for the two to get a divorce, preferably on her terms where she travelled the world and either stayed single or got together with basically any human being accept for the male lead of this drama. I would probably have gotten SLS in the beginning of the drama as the female lead experienced som negative character development ( was better in the beginning) and the second male lead was great in every way possible including giving us one hell of a bromance... But I found myself thinking he deserved a lot better, and would make a much better couple with the second female lead. As those two where probably the only 2 characters that made any kind of sense (most of the time), and were definitely more lead material than the leads.
So if you are going to watch this you must first love your cliches even more than I love em and trust me I love my cliches a lot but you must also be able tor completely turn off your brain and look past a whole lot of nonsense so you can focus on the good stuff because yes even if I am mostly complaining about the bad stuff in this drama there are as mentioned a bunch of my beloved cliches, some pretty good kisses and a whole lot of lovely bickering.
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Do Bong Soon meets Let me Be Your Knight Light...
Love to hate you or more of a: The other sex (within the gender binary) is bad prove me wrong. Kind of deal as we meet the lawyer who hates the patriarchy more than anything else in the world and the actor who lost faith in women. In a series of slight misunderstandings. Who go from you are pure evil to a whole lot of "you are not like other women"...Our lawyer is as bad ass as it gets, she is smart, she is strong, she fights for justice by playing the game and pleasuring her body. unapologetically but also pretty much taking the route of toxic masculinity.. if they can do it why shouldn't I instead of just going her own way... I still love her but I do think this could have been done better if they broke the conventions instead of just reversing them. That said there are a whole lot of good lines in here.
Our actors character is a bit more nuanced and is not a gender reversal. He is more of the good guy type (once they clear up stuff), not to strong, not to week, a guy who can not only handle a strong woman but love her for ell her qwerks without needing to save her or want to change her.
The Actors best friend is HOT (it is part of the plot), comfortable with his sexuality. All round human... Easy for all to fall in love with... Making me want to see him in a hate to love romance... maybe with a bit of mystery...
There is also a really cool slightly older actress who pretty much stole the show as well.. And the rest of the characters are ok, not great, not bad, just ok. They do their job well and fill their functions as they should.
The drama is highly bingeable (an afternoon and a morning was all it took), there are also a bunch of fun cliches and you may want to pay attention to the details as nothing is there by accident, as even the show watched on tv may give you a heads up about what is about to happen. Or at least ads some spice.
While the start is a bit meeh, and I fell for the leads best friends before I fell for the leads, the plot does get better and better as the very much cliche plot unfolds. So if you like watching clices and Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (without the super powers, low humour and crime) meets Let Me Be Your Knight but with less chemistry (there of the score 8,5 and not 10) this is a good place to find it.
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For those who appreciate Rios PPL
To enjoy this you must appreciate classic Rio PPL as this drama is packed with creative and not so creative ways to incorparate Rio into the scenes... And the drama reminded me a bit of other C-dramas that also had excessive Rio PPL so if you loved those you will probably love this.The drama itself is packed with cliches combining the plot form the American movie 50first dates and Korean Drama What´s Wrong With Secretary Kim. Entertaining but also draggy and a bit to repetitive at times making me lower the score.
The main couple has lovely chemistry and are fun to watch, the female lead is well composed smart and very lovable. The male lead is an easily melted icicle that is in a pot on a stove where the heat keeps going on and off... Both leads change their minds more often than it rains in Dramaland, which ended up getting on my nerves. However they stayed interesting an smart thru out. The drama.
The side characters are mid annoying to lovable, but do fall in to a bunch of over used cliches + why can´t dramas just let people be single instead of shipping every single character... The parents are also pretty decent, and having one of them being played by Sunny Hao it is to be expected that at leas one mom will be pretty lovable. And the drama does have some nice takes on my beloved clichés
So why the 7,5 and not higher, partly the sound and quality of the subs on the official streaming sight the sound kept going on and off again which of course effected my experience, so if you do find this in a place where everything works you may rate it hinger. However the dubbing was miss matched which I assume will be an issue wherever you watch it. The other part is the draggy parts and a bunch of unnecessary repetitive amnesia stuff. I love my amnesia but it can be too much. Another thing is the screen time that went to the side characters and their stories that just did not captivate me at all.
So there is a lot of good, and if you are in the mood for a smart female lead, a lot of clichés and Rio this is a good place to find it just mind the sound. If you do not enjoy Rio PPL I advise you to watch something else
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Barcelona: a very public love with a whole lot of P's
"Is I know Ill never love this way again... " as the leading OST for a movie about a guy who falls in love with a girl two years after his girl fiend died... is either extremely mismatched or a way to keep the audience on their toes...That said, this is the.movie about a person who has to deal with a whole lot of pain, pressure and penitence who meets a princess in a bit of pickle... Betrayed and soles , precarious (desperate but that word does not start wit a p so this is close enough) in Barcelona. Which marks the start of pretty much any love story, no wait there is just this tiny little detail... the princess looks just like the persons partner who passed a way... and is supposed to be very much dead. Making this otherwise pretty basic plot jut a little bit more puzzling... The person is also kind of dependent of the parents of his parted partner and has a whole pile of problems with his own parents...
Ok enough with me trying to fit in a bunch of ps... basically Dude is living a life set up by his dead girlfriend and is juggling his pride with studies 3 jobs and a dad who keeps digging whole for him. Meets runaway girl who has f** up and just needs a second (or 10th) chance. They help each other out with their issues and well things get complicated, love and lust blooms and things get even more complicated.
All is done really well in a beautiful setting, a whole lot of emotions and a plot that besides the whole look a lie thing actually seems constant and makes sense... Ok the OST does not make and there are some solutions that are a bit out there but for a rom com it kind of works. The chemistry between the leads is well known to be good and does not disappoint at all, there are some good fights, good conversations and whole lot of gooey eyes.
Kathryn Bernardo does a great job playing two roles as well as showing character development. and the story while full of cheese and cliches also has a whole bunch of I would not say unique, but creative twists and turns so I would say they tackle the issue of pressure, perseverance, second chances and moving on pretty well. So basically if you enjoy rom coms and the Bernardo- Padilia duo this is defiantly a movie you will not want to miss. If you are new to the duo, this is not a bad place to start.
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A rich girl, poor boy tandem
This is a movie about the poor little rich girl who did not get the attention she wanted from daddy and was sent to public school to learn about life. And the poor, just poor boy who helped her out, and showed pretty much showed her love.As the poor little rich girl learned how to survive in the public school system that has neither air conditioning or enough seats to fit the students. We and she are pretty much are given a lesson in privilege and that yes it is easier to for a rich girl to adapt to the poor persons budget as well as to get accepted there then for the poor to gain acceptance among the rich partly due to stigma, and partly due to the fact that a poor person can not afford to do the things the rich kids do. We also get to learn that life is complicated and that a past left unhandled will come back to bite you.
All in a quest to figure out what is more important love? or is it money?
Having seen a lot of rich man poor woman dramas (and movies) I can not help but notice that money is a lot more of an issue when the man is the poor one, keeping up with societies gender conventions... which kind of suck but it is what it is and they show it in a pretty ok way.
This drama will also have you wondering how the **** can those cheerleaders do that?
(volts, jumps, kicks)
There are a bunch of cliches, here and there done pretty ok, the chemistry between the leads is lovely and though we get a hug and an adorable nose snuggle, the kiss lovers out there may end up disappointed as I did not spot a real kiss in sight.
All in all a pretty ok watch, nothing truly out of the ordinary but an ok watch
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Idiot in Love makes a bunch of stupid decisions
Well this movie is depressing, slice of life romance about a guy who may have a kind heart but is a complete fool and does not know how to communicate, handle liquor and thinks buying a woman's body to blow off some steam is a reasonable way of doing things...The female lead is kind of cool, I do not really get what made her fall in love with the fool but I do feel for her. I also feel for the fool as his way of buying women and making stupid probably is a reflection of the environment he is in rather his true self, whatever that is... So I did find myself shedding a small tear.
So if you are in the mood for some ugly clothing, depressing lighting and a not so happy story of fool falls in love... this is indeed a place to find it.
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The Ghost Sloth
This is the story about the Sloth like girl who looks like a ghost whenever she gets nervous who after a long time of being left in the dark finally meets some decent people who seem to like both Sloths and ghosts on a Journey to self acceptance I guess...On this journey we meet the typical popular bundle of energy guy, two bad ass girls a very strange teacher and some guy who is there to make others jealous and just look sweet. We alos meet the not so nice girl, some mean girls and a bunch of idiot guys... Who get told off for being idiots.
A lovely story at that with sweet gazes, lovely lines a bundle of self doubt...
Though the romance here is consistent and sweet, the main attraction in this movie is the friendships between the girls and mr bubbly.
I am not really sure about the function of the parants but a tree seems to play a big role in this.
Definitely a movie worth watching... for the awkward, the bubbly and the friendship lovers out there.
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