Yeah, me either. I thought the first episodes would be good, but they were disappointing. The writer is like trying…
Probably justifying her current or past lifestyle. There is no way to normalize these selfish and ungrateful characters. She has to show valid reasons why they cheat like the spouse was abusive or extremely neglectful. Doesn’t make it morally right. But, the viewer would understand. Now, they all look like whores. Lol
This is like the screenwriter is seeing how much trash she can dump on this landfill of a drama. I’m already angry and it’s only episode 2! Shame on me for expecting better!
Great acting, good script and worth watching a few times even with the scary parts! It only needed a more expressive love connection between the lead characters. Maybe, that will come in season 2 with psychic and shaman children more awesome than the parents. That would be good. 9/10
This was very good it delivered just what i wanted. The acting especially was quite good. I liked the female lead's…
You should watch a Chinese or Thai modern drama. RIO liquor is on every counter, shelf and coffee table in various colors and flavors! You feel like an alcoholic by the end of the dramas. Thailand dramas are full of snacks and dumplings with the snack packages properly facing the cameras. They are even more dense in school dramas! They make Korean product placement seem mild. Lol.
I watched it for the main leads and they did well. The child star was delightful. The problem starts with the excessive subplots that changed as the personalities of the secondary characters changed. It was hard to finish. This required excessive skipping of the secondary characters as they became predictable about episode 25. Mental health was the initial focus. This was reflected in both the main and secondary characters. But, the deeper issues of mental illness was ignored for all except the FL. There were several characters who had mental issues. They were only there to liven up dead parts of the script and deliver the final blow. Other character issues were the unnecessary numbers of perverts, cheaters, stalkers, old lechers, that somehow transformed because their bad behaviors magically stopped. The viewer wastes time suspecting theses shady characters to the end because they were too sketchy in earlier episodes. They could have done better closing out the ending. The viewer will have to make a few assumptions. 7/10
Agreed!!! The story is executed well and I loved how devoted Sangguan Qiu Yue is. Even will so many holes and…
I’m glad I found something you like. I’ve been in a kdrama slump for about 2 - 3 years. I started watching about 90 percent cdramas when they started getting more polished and readily available in my country (USA). At the same time, kdramas started to feel stale except for a few gems. Andrew Yin is a multitalented god! I saw some clips of him doing impromptu voiceovers in a talk show. He was brilliant with the sync, volume, emotion, tone and voice inflections!
The main couple is cute. The drama is light entertainment worth watching at least once. No complex storyline, just a very predictable plot and sub plots. Felt a bit long near the end. 8/10.
Agreed!!! The story is executed well and I loved how devoted Sangguan Qiu Yue is. Even will so many holes and…
No spoilers. I just wanted to shrink this long response! I checked your profile. I see that you have watched hundreds of Asian dramas and movies like me. You probably saw all the ones I could recommend. These days I tend to follow actors I admire more than a specific genre of drama. Here are some recommendations based on a few actors: Tong Yao - Nothing But Thirty, Like a Flowing River, Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace Hu Xian Xu- Hikaru no Go, Old Boy, Nirvana in Fire 2 Andrew Yin - Original Sin, Winter Begonia, Sparrow, Love Me if You Dare Wallace Hou - Love Me if You Dare, Battle of Changsha, Gong Li - Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine, Ju Duo Lee Kyu Hyung - Prison Playbook, Doctor John, Goblin, Stranger, Life Seven Tan - Go Ahead, Under the Power
I watched it for the leads. They were as expected. The storyline was better in the beginning. It dragged in the middle and in the last 10 episodes as they stretched the cliches. An 8/10 is generous.
I can’t believe it’s been almost 3 years since seeing this gem of a movie. It’s raw, engrossing and shows sides of the human condition and the human heart that everyone can find something in it that is relatable from love to betrayal to parenting. The script is hard hitting. The acting is superb. 9/10.
Friends to enemy.... The thing that I really hate....
And the former good friend who turned evil will turn good and regretful right before dying in his friend’s arms, or releasing his friend’s hand to fall off a cliff, building or suspension bridge! Lol. I hope it’s not a cliche ending.
I hope he better not go back to GBZ -- b/c I have a feeling she will "use" him again for her own gain in the company…
The story would get even better if JYC found a soulmate or he got happy and stayed happy as a single man after letting go of his feelings for the ex-girlfriend!
So I just watched ep 18 - 22 raw, and I still can`t believe the little brother is behind everything, and Gu An…
I haven’t gotten that far. But, I thought the younger brother and the step mother were the culprits. Younger brother was not even considered for entering in the running for CEO. Plus, his crush uses him to get to the ML. He was too nice about it. The stepmother raised that aggressive stepdaughter. Heard the mother’s voice on the calls to the exfriend of the FL. That family is messy from 20 years before.
This is a breath of fresh air from all the costume dramas this year that I have watched (and dropped) before finding this. The storyline was developed a few levels deep and supports the good characters. The main couple and the secondary characters fit well with the story. The older characters were skilled. Their characters felt truly righteous and truly greedy for power. The touches of comedy through to the end gave balance to a script dealing with death and postmortem procedures. This production lost nothing of value because of a small budget. I would love to see this team of people, both onscreen and supporting crew, again in another drama. 8.5/10
Excellent article. I’m a native Jamaican living in the USA many years and I approve of this article! Lol! Dwl. It really is refreshing! Thank you! I’m a huge Asian drama and kpop addict. The drama My Lovely Sam Soon was one of the earliest dramas I saw back in 2009. I think it was on Dramafever (R.I.P.). It introduced me to Kim Sun Ah, Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney and all are some of my favorite actors to this day. I also discovered the group Clazziquai who performed the theme song “She Is,”that became another favorite because of watching that drama. https://youtu.be/vfCgyW_8Goo
About 90% of my viewing time is spent on Asian dramas. I hope to see more Asian dramas filmed outside of the typical locations. I remember Misaeng/Incomplete Life (another favorite) had some scenes filmed in Jordon and they were great!
im sorry but how did his yu cheng start bleeding after a water bottle hit his head- i don't think water bottles…
I assumed the water was frozen, the bottle cap had sharp ridges and the person throwing is a champion baseball pitcher strong enough to knock him out! Everything is possible in dramaland! Lol
The problem starts with the excessive subplots that changed as the personalities of the secondary characters changed. It was hard to finish. This required excessive skipping of the secondary characters as they became predictable about episode 25.
Mental health was the initial focus. This was reflected in both the main and secondary characters. But, the deeper issues of mental illness was ignored for all except the FL. There were several characters who had mental issues. They were only there to liven up dead parts of the script and deliver the final blow. Other character issues were the unnecessary numbers of perverts, cheaters, stalkers, old lechers, that somehow transformed because their bad behaviors magically stopped. The viewer wastes time suspecting theses shady characters to the end because they were too sketchy in earlier episodes.
They could have done better closing out the ending. The viewer will have to make a few assumptions. 7/10
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Andrew Yin is a multitalented god! I saw some clips of him doing impromptu voiceovers in a talk show. He was brilliant with the sync, volume, emotion, tone and voice inflections!
I checked your profile. I see that you have watched hundreds of Asian dramas and movies like me. You probably saw all the ones I could recommend. These days I tend to follow actors I admire more than a specific genre of drama. Here are some recommendations based on a few actors:
Tong Yao - Nothing But Thirty, Like a Flowing River, Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace
Hu Xian Xu- Hikaru no Go, Old Boy, Nirvana in Fire 2
Andrew Yin - Original Sin, Winter Begonia, Sparrow, Love Me if You Dare
Wallace Hou - Love Me if You Dare, Battle of Changsha,
Gong Li - Raise the Red Lantern, Farewell My Concubine, Ju Duo
Lee Kyu Hyung - Prison Playbook, Doctor John, Goblin, Stranger, Life
Seven Tan - Go Ahead, Under the Power
The stepmother raised that aggressive stepdaughter. Heard the mother’s voice on the calls to the exfriend of the FL. That family is messy from 20 years before.
I’m a huge Asian drama and kpop addict. The drama My Lovely Sam Soon was one of the earliest dramas I saw back in 2009. I think it was on Dramafever (R.I.P.). It introduced me to Kim Sun Ah, Hyun Bin and Daniel Henney and all are some of my favorite actors to this day. I also discovered the group Clazziquai who performed the theme song “She Is,”that became another favorite because of watching that drama. https://youtu.be/vfCgyW_8Goo
About 90% of my viewing time is spent on Asian dramas. I hope to see more Asian dramas filmed outside of the typical locations. I remember Misaeng/Incomplete Life (another favorite) had some scenes filmed in Jordon and they were great!