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A sparkler that fades in to nothing...
This is a sweet rom com, that starts off really fun, with lots and lots of secrets:Secret crushes, secret marriages, secret job offers, secret stalking, secret illness, something more... And honestly for as long as there are secrets the drama is kind of fun but once the secrets start getting unveiled the plot takes a turn to some type of educational family propaganda snoozefest that litterly converts every single otherwise fun and interesting character in to this tool to teach us something taking away all the entertainment value leaving me annoyed at the male leads voice that I cna otherwise appreciate feeling tat if I hear another one of his monologs, confessions or whatever it was he was doing I could end up blacklisting the actor...
That said, the parants are lovely, the friendships top, top and one of the side couples bickering is more fun than the leads.
The predictability in this drama is just a little bit to high for it to be really enjoyable...
So I guess Id say watch the first part as it could be an 85 or even a 9 and once it gets boring just drop it, you won´t be missing out on anything and it may just may keep you from my personal dillema of how to rate this and how long a break I am going to need from Wei Zhe Ming before I can hear his voice without rolling my eyes...
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A lot better than the drama
Unlike the drama this was actually really good, not so bad it is good but actually good.The actors have great chemistry, great character development this sweet playfullness around them and probably some of dramalands best kisses.
They even seem to heave learned acting between the drama and the special, or just gotten better directin. Whatever they did with this it worked.
So if you can make it tough the drama do not miss out on this! Heck why not skip the drama and just go for this... but then again completing the drama to then receive this reward probably feels a lot better.
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A Kashmir Embrace
This drama is just so fluffy and soft, listening to the OST is like being embraced by a kashmir sweater, sweet clouds made out of cotton candy that is not sticky, 999 puppies that run up to you.....The drama itself is pretty fluffy too the first 7 episode sor so with very few moments of drama and excitement , it is as if they left all the drama to the last episode just to remind us that this is indeed a K-drama just incase we forget with all that sweet fluff.
The friendships are nice, the second hand embarrassment and annoying elements are very few and I do believe tehy mange to tell the whole story within these 8 episodes pretty well.
An easy binge for those in need of fluff.
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A classic
How does one rate such a classic?To be honest it is not actually any good, and the male lead and his family have more red flaggs than red roses are handed out on valentines day (world wide). Yet still I have to recommend this to all drama fans, for its entertainment value as well as being the mother of oh so many dramas...
Easy to watch, easy to want to throw water at the screen and just oh so much fun!
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Short, dark, left me wanting more
This is a really good slightly dark, depiction of the slightly twisted mind of the broken teen, and while I admit it does have a moment or two of healing (my old nemesis), it idd not take away from the dark humour, the lovely lead and the brilliant use of umbrellas.One of those dramas that gets to the points without waisting to much time, keeps you on your toes and while it is in no way incomplete, I still would mind another episode or two for ore couple time as well as the granny and unnie. I really wanted more of those two, a soin off or second season... anything goes.
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My Journey to another Journey...
I am missing some romance and believe this drama is incomplete but it was very dark and pretty to look at.The female lead has more or less one expression which is kind pf refreshing while our male lead is bubbly and full of joy and charisma. The side characters are part interesting part annoying. But work pretty well there are a few to many recaps as well as some never ending monologs that felt like the writers took a short cut instead of letting us see the actual plot as it unfolded we got some kind of mess and recap instead.
Some part of the dialog/whispers where so predictable I found myself mumbling them in Mandarin (though I do not speak Mandarin). Other parts came seemingly out of nowhere. The side couple have some pretty decent dynamics but the villains are underdeveloped and even though they seem to try to explain them to us it ended up just confusing taking away most of the exitement leaving me with the feeling of meeh...
Not to mention the show of romance was so little I believe it should be removed from the genres and added to the tags with slight romance.
That said it is an okay watch with pretty scenery, pretty people and probably more poison's and elixirs than all the wuxias of 2024 will have combined.
Leaving me with the questions: Will there be a second season? will that season have as much poison and scheming or will they move on to fire and smoke?
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A coverband Mixtpe with one original track
This drama is an easy binge as well as a trip down dramas past... as you may find yourself reminiscing about drams you have seen and loved before who had pretty much he same scene but executed it better a lot better. At leas most of it, however there are a few (very few) plot lines that have their own little twinkle, twich or twist.The leads are pretty good, they have lovely banter, bickering, romance and do a pretty good job convaying their characters. And while the plot makes no sense the leads performance almost (but not fully) make up for it. It is nice to see a smart female lead in a c, who is not afraid to take charge and think for herself.
The side characters have annoying elements but are okay. but are over all average at best.
And well... That is about it, it is not bad but not good either and the little new they bring to the table is not that exiting, so it wont make up for the bad but for those in the mood to take a trip down ddramas past with a decent cast and a lovely romance this is not a bad place to find it, just do not expekt to be blown off your feet.
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The Good Kids and The just Bad mother
This drama has a bit of everything I love with a side of cringe, anoying elements and more or less everything I hate in a drama... okay not everything but a lot leaving me conflicted as the parts I loved where so good, so good so good.. While I found myself anoyed at most of the characters overacting I also found myself kind of falling for the idea of an imperfect be it over the top found family. Though they seem to change their minds over the oddest things and have more changes of heart than a top thorax surgeon will preform in their lifetime. They still have som kind of hidden charm somwhere.The lead couple is adorable in so many ways, predictable at times but oh so sweet giving this romance addict the fix I needed, better than a lot romance out there. And though this is not listed as a romance, the romence in this adds a whole lot of spice to the plot.
The mom, the way she acts and more or less everyghing about her was supposed to show nuaunce and what not but while here character as a person was lovable and fun to watch her methods and motherhood where so bad it made my blood boil.
The kids in this drama almost steal the show but they have fierce competition from the piglets, adding fluff and sweetness to this otherwise mostly dark show.
A decent watch, that is highly entertaining just mind the monologs, annoying elemants, healing and cringe and you will be fine...
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Meeh
This was... okay I guess. The dubbing is awful, the filming feels really plastic/low budget and the plot makes no sense what so ever. Basically being another commercial for Chinas amazing development, and research of new energy, now focusing on minerals.The female lead is pretty cool, she is smart and bas ass and forward yet makes the oddest incosistand desisosions.
The male lead is okay.. he has moments of respect and moments of wtf... but overall he is a rare mineral...
The second couples plot line is awful, a waste of time and just annoying.
Other characters had so bad and repetitive lines I felt bad for them...
At times I was entertained othe times I just wanted it to end... And honestly I did not care much for how it would end.
However there are a bunch if sweet moments and coolness that upped the score for this otherwise meeh, to just low quality dare I say lazy production.
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Sloth motion picture
There are films and dramas that are slow paced and then there is this film that is not so much a film but a slow paced piece of art, as there where moments in this where I wondered is this a photgraph oe a motion picture? as our lead the walker moves slowly in what one is supposed to believe is walking and is filmed doing just that throughout the day a combination of human and sloth or maybe a snail... which is great contrast towards the fast pace of the world there to tell you that yes this is a motion picture and yes the person really did move that slowly....It may bore you to death but once you made yourself out of it you will feel a great feeling of acomplishment or at least I felt it... However If you are in to mindfulness this may actually give you that daylie dose of just that. ¨
Also it is really pretty!
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A moment in tme, The summer of 51!
This is a true slice of life movie depicting a moment in peoples lives as it seemed to be back then, the constant when are you going to get married... single women vs. married women. The family pressure, the nuclear family values and the strong presence of loss in the background. Actually I know very little about this time in history, and even less about the pressures of marriage in 1951s japan so this is actually just me guessing. But this movie does have a feel of moving on without forget ing ones roots... Progressive in many ways, saying women can choose their own paths while still screamin the only way to happiness is marriage.The movie is kind of slow and does get to be a bit repetitive. The subs in the version I watched where a bit a head of their time making me have to use my brain a little bit to much.
If you are in to slow classics with a hint of woman can, this is not a bad place to find it.
Personally had it not been part of the syllabus for a course I am attending, I would probably not have stuck around to the end of it as I honestly did not really care if she would marry or who she would marry even if I appreciated the character of the female lead as she is actually kind of fun and cool.
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Confusing mist of ashes
This has to be the most confusing movie I have ever watched, as I had to read the synopsis over and over again to fully understand what I was watching.The camerawork is really shaky giving this a real life, documentary feel to it and the way they work with hard noises is really auful for the ears bu I guess powerfull... The story itself is pretty decent, trying to piece things together but also had me wonder who is who, how are they really connected and what is going on... over and over a gain. This could partly be due to the poor quality ecording I had access too but also due to the never ending time hops... one moment we are in the past the other we are watching/listening a kid cry in wha tI assume is the current time of the filming and then out of nowhere we find ourselvs in an interrogation room....
Leaving us with a bunch of unanswered questions... a mist of fog over a lake and ashes...
Beutiful, beautiful ashes...So I can not help but wonder if that was what they wanted us to feel confusion and ashes... therefor it gets extra points for originality and confusion
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Conman...
This movie is a bit of a mess, boring at times interesting at times with a bunch of predictable twists as well as some less predictable twists. The actors and actresses do a pretty decent job acting out the plot, but whoever edited this did a messy job, While I do think it was intentionally done to be messy, the mess was not really worth the hassle. Some parts make no sence what so ever, other parts actually suprised me in a good way. However it did not make up for the mess.All in all an okay watch it is just lacking that spark...
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Yep it was worth the hype
Finally got to watch this and while I admit it had a slow start (like a lot of Asian cinema) once it gained speed it kept me plastered to the screen making me understand that this indeed is a movie worthy of its hype, awards and so on and so on.This is not a character driven story as no one except for maybe the bad ass sister is actually interesting or lovable for that matter. This is more of a what is going to happen next, this is absurd type of movie making you wonder how much more absurd it can get. While still staying kind of casual... Though the ending is a bit predictable in some ways... other ways not... the main selling point of this drama is in the contrast between rich-poor, dark-light, basement- room with natural light... funny dark humour without those over the top annoying characters we sometimes get. As well as the words not spoken...
Or something like that I actually have no idea what I am trying to say here but I was bored in the beginning got drawn in to this mess, and once it got messy I loved every moment of it.
Acting was top, cinematography and story got better and better...
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Not perfect but interesting take on suicide
This is an easy binge that though it is episodic has a decent story as well as character development to make it interesting.Though I am not really a huge fan of the way they portray hell and parts of the story do kind of bother me... There are also some parts that may be just a little to predictable if I am honest while others actually did surprise me. I am also a bit bothered by peoples screaming and displays of emotion... Not that they are not justified but they can get to be just a little bit to much, lowd screaming and crying are simply not my thing.
The high score goes to how easily bingeagable this is the great performances of the star studded cast, how well woven this is and the fact that I keep wanting to press that next button.
I am also happy I do not have to wait for the second part, that would probably have ruined the experience as it ends on top!
Will it be able too keep the high score in part two or will it be taken over by healing mumbo jumbo... and more talk of hell?
Ill probably let you know sometime tomorrow , as I am off to binge part 2
P.S there are a lot of ways to die... like a lot!
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