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Regardless of what you think of it (to each his taste), it's not a collaboration drama between an Korean production company and a Thai one, it's a full fledge Thai production with a Korean actor. That's different.

I think you have the right mindset to watch it indeed, unfortunately I can't do that when it comes to sageuk. ^^ I always take it very seriously, but like I wrote, I know it is the kind of sageuk many enjoy nowadays, that's why even if I am disappointed I'm not very surprised anymore. There are still some parts I enjoy, but it cannot really be a good sageuk for me.

This is so cliché and cheesy. But since they don't take themselves too seriously and really embrace the comedy and kind of absurd side, it's ultimately a good entertainment. Choi Sang Min and Petch Ratana Aiamsaart have a nice chemistry (and are total eye candies) and, for once, the script is clever on how to deal with two characters having different mother tongues, it's probably a first. Looking forward to to the next episodes.

It's never too early to judge a story in my opinion, even when it's only the first episode. The opinion or judgement we can have about a story at one, two, four or ten episodes can always evolve, good or bad, or not, but it's still a valid judgement about what we have seen so far.

Now that this one is mid-way, even if the second part of the drama is amazing (but that's rarely the case), that would not change what I think of the first part now, even if it changes what I think of the whole drama in the end.

They should just have made the story around the character of Song Seo In/Cheon Seung Hwi, it would have been much more interesting.

I’m glad we got to see another performance of Seung Hwi in episode 7. Choo Young Woo is really charming and so good playing this character, I like his performance very much. He is as good playing Seong Yun Gyeom, but the character is less interesting and poorly written I think.

As for the rest of the script, it’s just a mess. Between the modern references and characters put in an historical settings and the plot that is going nowhere, that sageuk is a big let down. But unfortunately that’s what the general audience like nowadays… Such a pity.

The first season was average, the second season is, with no surprise, not even that. Between the clichés characters and the big inconsistencies in the script, that scenario is a mess. But yes, sure, it can be entertaining if you switched you brain off when watching it.

I mostly keep watching because of Choo Young Woo’s performance. I have liked him since his first drama, but he really impresses me here, balancing between the two characters very well. His acting, especially for emotional scenes, is on top.

I'm not really into martial arts but this drama is quite good. It's actually well made. I like the cast very much too (I wish Yusei would have been part of it ^^). Looking forward to the next episodes.

The best movies of 2024 according to whom or on what criteria ? The least that the author can do when creating such a list is to base the ranking on something, Is it just personal tastes and opinion ? If so, you should indicate it at the beginning.

From this list, the only one I really liked was "Revolver" (definitely not a movie for the majority of MDL population...), and "I, the Executioner" was a good watch too. The rest, no, thank you.

"Dog Days" was good too this year.

I haven't wrote that the hardships aren't realistic, but that the way they appear in the story are for me, that's different. The problem isn't the story itself, but the story writing I think, sometimes very good, sometimes not, it's inconsistent from the first episode for me.

It's not just about the relationship in the last episode, that is something that can be realistic and that I understand. Since the beginning I think this drama goes from a masterpiece to an average story in the same episode, thus my initial balanced comment.

Too real ? Well, that's sound very weird to me.
It's not how the ending is, I don't care if it's an happy or sad one for the characters, as long as the story is good. But for me, here, many things feel forced and not happening naturally in the flow of the story. Different point of view.

Well, that would be weird considering how much the character was shown in the trailer. That would be the first time I see that. ^^

I like it, there are a lot of good points to the drama or the characters, but an episode like this one (or the next one as it seems from the preview), makes me feel that they create hardships just for the sake of the scenario. It doesn't seems very natural sometimes, too forced just to make them reunited at the end.

It's actually a comedy, so I don't think this will please me in the end, but we never know. And I can't miss Kim Young Kwang in an historical costume (from the trailer his character looks like a supportive one, not really a cameo).

Seriously, who accepted that ? Not even capable to put the right title in English... And the main cast isn't complete.
That's really annoying to spend time to give proper and quality information for movies/TV series to be added here, just to see that another submission so poorly done is accepted instead, just because it arrived a little earlier in the queue.

Anyway, excited for the second instalment of the Fengshen Trilogy.

I wasn't very impressed by "The Priests", so I don't expect much from this movie, but I will still curious to watch it.

However, based on the plot and trailer, what they do with the exorcism ritual is total gibberish in this movie. Thats nothing realistic.

Exorcism is normally only performed by bishops, because they are ordained with the full powers of the sacrament of holy orders and they are successors of the Apostles. And they may bestow the powers for exorcism to some priests for the solemn ritual. Thus, nuns, ordinary people or even priests who didn't received the powers to exorcism from a bishop, cannot successfully performed an exorcism.

Very well deserved. I really liked how he portrayed that unpleasant character. His Andy performance is brilliant, so I'm really happy Chang Wook is receiving an award for it.

The APANs are actually for dramas that aired from November 2023 to October 2024, so it's normal that he isn't nominated for "The Worst of Evil" here. But in the same time it's a scandal that he didn't received any nomination for his role as Park Joon Mo.
And if he don't get the Male Top Excellence Award for this one (especially if it goes to the likes of Kim Soo Hyun or Byeon Woo Seok), it will be another scandal.

"I Am Still" is now available on Disney+ worldwide, and it has an additional 55 minutes footage compared to the cinemas version.