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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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Not sure about the love at fist stream but a whole bunch of Vs
This is the story of the self censured vlogger V and all her victims...Ok mayben not victims but the people she stomped all over on her way to achieving her goals.., While I do want to be on her side I find myself thinking why do they have to paint vloggers so negative?Thank The IdeaFirst Company for giving us Pearl Next Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paloSIbSQR0 Otherwise I would have thought that the whole industry is against vloggers. Any way this girl in this movie petty much stomps all over everyone around her..
We also get to meet the guy who keeps getting crushed by her, Over and over again... I truly do wonder if the guy is a masochist or just plain shallow as he is blinded by Vs beauty but one thing is certain though there does not seem to be anything wrong with him being decently looking, crafty and smart. With a really nice family.
The ext person we get to see, is the lovable introverted catgairl (who never owned a cat) who does everything to support her adoptive sister/cousin even if it means going against herself. Who has a close relationship with an account of a person who's identity is unknown as well as fun Hate/love rivalry cliche type relationship with a very good looking rich boy from her class.
Mr good looking rich boy is drawn in to the world of V... in a fake relationship vlogging match to become no one... in an odd attempt to get close to cat girl... Lovable in every single way if he weren't a complete lier who enjoyed teasing cat girl... if you ignore that he is indeed perfect boyfriend material.
The movie has a nice selection of family representation, lesbian mothers, a single mother, a family with a mother, a father and a bunch of kids too.. We get to see siblings, adoptees, found family, neighbours and cyber people all in one movie. And the relationships between all these peaole who all but one are lovable most of the time ... to bad that one is the main lead.
The romance is ok, I would have wanted to see a lot more of the cat girl and her bully instead of V... The chemistry is decent not amazing but not bad either. And if you are looking for steamy kisses you may want to look away as I think the most you will get is a sensual hug or kiss on the cheek.
Definitely an ok watch for those who like these types of cliches but this does not bring a single new thing to the table and is in no way what so ever a masterpiece.
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So many types of girlfriends... boyfriends too for that matter
So many girlfriends in one drama: evil girlfriends, we he exes, new, contract... you name it this show has it! giving us almost as many types of girlfriends as it gives us cliches in this is a highly entertaining, highly bingable drama. Yep this is a drama who's most impressive trait seems to be how many cliches they can fit in to each episode.The sound was horrible, the subtitles where just awful and there is so much crying I had to switch off the sound now and then. There are also a whole bunch of flashbacks, montages, slow mo stuff that you can probably up the speed without really noticing you upped the speed. However being a cliche lover I can not help but give this an 7,5 bordering on as it has all of my favourite cliches and not a single episode is left without them...
The Male lead is the typical icicle, cruel meanie,, the female lead is hard working to the point of it being ridiculous, kind, poor and caring for all like most female leads not very smart but not either dumb to the point of annoyance.
The. friendships here are great, so is one of the mothers but do not expect to see any fathers as they seem to be all dead.
So if you love cliches and can overlook the sound and subs this is definitely a decent place to look for them, if you do not love cliches move a long...
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Who is I? Or is it more Why am I?
This drama is pretty cut to the chase, it starts off strong and keeps going with highly questionable morals, some interesting twists (some more predictable than otters) and a whole lot of death... literally more or less everybody dies and I found myself wondering more who will die next rather then who was it that died.The drama shows some pretty interesting ways to mourn and being there for each other... Healing by f**** (not on screen) seems to be the most common path chosen in this drama: oooh your best friend just died let me help you with that...
But do not worry there is not only F** they all seem to lie, scheme, and put "mean girls" to shame in this "crew" that reminded me of the 1990s movie Clueless gone bad... really bad.
Highly entertaining and did supra me once or twice, but it would have been entertaining even if I would have guessed all the twist.
Bingabilaty: high
Entertainment: high
Acting: some good some bad
Annoying side characters: not in my opinion
Definitely a good suspenseful drama
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Not very entertaining but relatable and lovable
This drama is kind of grey... not very happy, not very entertaining there is not really much suspense, drama or heart fluttering moments... The cinematography is kind of boring,..BUT
This drama probably has some of dreamlands most relatable characters, characters that feel like humans with a friendship some would kill to get...These characters are mostly lovable and have some pretty great lines showing the life and struggles of some what most people would call mediocre some even say looses... This group does however do a pretty good jobb redefining success without involving cliches and overly positive messages...
Though I will admit some of the gestures where to big and I did find myself slightly bored at times I loved them all and just wanted to join them for a beer and ramen...
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Interesting story but inconsistent acting and dialog
The story here is captivating, it is interesting and sure to keep you both on your toes as well as wanting to watch more...However some parts, especially parts where people act a younger version of themselves the acting is just cringe, annoying and at times really, really bad! Is it due to bad directing, bad writing of just lack of range in the actors I do not know but it was at times so bad I felt bad for the actors... Such a shame because I do know these actors actually do have talent...
The amount of annoying characters is kept to a minimum (except as younger versions) and even though it is a bit of a one case an episode kind of deal there is still a common thread and interesting plot both as a whole and in the details, no detail is insignificant and it is sown together both beautifully and slightly disappointing in the end..
But again the story, the twists and the issues that the drama doues tackle still makes it worth watching, I just can not score it higher.
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