QUITE GOOD ACTUALLY
Considering this drama is from 2007, it's been quite good tbh.The plot was cliche but the process followed was awesome.
Great dialogues with typical melodramatic moments.
And what's surprising is that there's nobody evil in this drama.
No negative character at all, almost all of them are right in their own stance and perspective which you rarely come across in any drama.
I binged this one at 1.5x speed and it's been good enough to watch.
THe acting was spot on, in fact, it's been awesome.
Also, the BGM and songs in this drama especially the English songs selection is phenomenal.
A one time watch for sure.
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' Beautiful mind '
If you haven't read the synopsis , or even if you've .
What do you think , the title or the poster might be about ?
*Think about it *
This drama is really beautiful . It mends on how you feel and decided about things .
The importance of having empathy in our lives .
How people grow and develop at certain stages of life .
What affects them ? How they change ?
How the emotions of any person are related .
All these from the perspective of a Doctor and ofcourse the Patients involved .
This is a medical thriller for the first 8 episodes that you'll be baffled in the best possible way.
The remaining 6 episodes take a total U turn and it turns into a slice of life all of a sudden , which is the most beautiful part of it .
The writing is sloppy due to this . But till episode 8 it's perfect .
Some of you may have hard time coz of it I mean it doesn't really explain things till last so you've to stick and yeah the medical terms are really out of the world for a non medical student .
TBH , i sat with a tab of google opened right next to the episodes coz I was interested in knowing what kinda reference they were giving . So it's a brain drainer at times , but worth it .
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If I could only use a sentence to define this movie , it would be' An excellent fantasy fictional longing romance '
I will say what i feel and like .
These kind of movies are needed for once in a while .
It will appeal the most to people who believe in love .
I mean with all those f**kng retard things of dating and love going on in today's world makes me sometimes wanna believe in this kinda romance and the power of it .
It's so influencing . I mean the intensity i feel right now just after I finished it is so different .
I would divide my review into 2 parts :
The start was golden .
For me the best scene was when he recognized her in the market and followed her .
I was like damn ,that's moving .
This movie ticks all the boxes if you ignore the fantasy fictional plot
~ It has the narration style , which I personally love .
~ It has the music blended right in the scene .
~ The acting is just phenomenal
~ The female lead has an angelic smile , makes your heart melt right there .
~ Outstanding cinematography .
The first half was just superb I had no complaints .
But the second half was a bit off , but what they could've done eventually it was bound to be like that .
But even with that plot, the scene were marvellous , His approach to her with that patience was awestrucking .
It was like every puzzle did fit in the end .
Sometimes you don't judge things on how rational they are , for atleast one thing I sometimes would like to believe is irrational Love .
This movie was such .
Not all movies can do this and I think the large part of credit would go to the director and ofcourse the actors .
The movie made me happy for that 1.5 hour period which is enough to rate it good . ^^
Some of my fav dialogues from this are :
~ " I don't dare dream to of being with her but still I want to do something for her "
~ "I used to hate school ,Now I think it's quiet a nice place "
Okay , the ending : Tragedy . It was overbroad so not satisfying .
But maybe it was meant to be like that .
The ending scene was awesome , They showed that he followed her from the beginning (i.e the camp) to the end .
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BEST COMEDY OUT THERE
This is a classic GEM.
The most outstanding drama I've ever seen . Who could imagine a 2006 drama to be this awesome ?
It's NATURAL to the point you start questioning whether the protagonist is acting or is he really like that ?
The whole cast is just phenomenal .
The chemistry is mind blowing .
This drama is a great learning experience .
I mean you would rarely come across such natural plots ,
Why ?
Coz it's very difficult to show daily life progression of an eccentric person .
The characters are super fun to watch , ironically all of them have like equal screenplay time which is just super rare to see .
All of them have their own importance .
And talking about the direction , Goodness me even the direction is legend and even the script writing .
So much witty scenes , I bet you can't find these anymore .
It's at times like a SIT COM ,
But even in those you might feel that the dialogues are unnecessary but not here .
Everything makes sense . They just feel natural .
It has depth in it , you can take out various things from how it went or simply enjoy it .
The choice is yours .
It's a Seinen category though .
Not for kids or people who aren't into sarcasm .
Anyway ,I've just finished it and I'm still in an Awe of how to define this spectacularly phenomenal drama .
Coz it's so hard to define it in such a small Rhytm .
Go watch it ^^ Coz You're missing something big .
PS : It can't be rated , it's that phenomenal ^^ . Just imagine if this were an ANIME . F**K I'm drooling how Epic it would be.
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ABSOLUTE DISASTER
Start-Up is one of the most horrific dramas that I unfortunately watched.One might go by the catchy title and think this would be a good drama but it isn't.
They decided to touch the enshrined part: TECHNOLOGY
which by any means should've been researched about properly, but what we get is half-baked tech forcibly engaged in a terrible Melodrama exhausted by a woman's fantasy.
Everything that was done and each step taken was a huge JOKE in Tech counterpart.
YEP, THIS DRAMA IS A TYPICAL WOMAN'S FANTASY WRITTEN IN THE MOST HORRENDOUS WAY
2 GUY'S LOVING HER.
A FIRST LOVE.
HER BEING A TECH LEADER AND CEO.
WANTING TO SUCCEED
FAMILY SACRIFICE.
BLAH BLAH!
EVEN AFTER ALL THIS, SHE SUFFERS!
Oh Gosh !
Any CS person or even a sane person who knows a bit about technology will absolutely find this drama a complete disaster.
Plus, there was Zero chemistry.
The acting was a disaster.
BAE SUZY CAN'T EVEN ACT!
They messed up it to the whole by casting her.
This has to be the worst show produced by Netflix so far.
PS: This drama tried to be something like MISAENG but ended up being total BullSH*T !!
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It did everything right but lacks depth.
It's nowhere in comparison to the original Taiwanese version.
They copied everything but failed to concern the most important thing.
In time with you (2011) is exceptional, not due to the plot but rather due to its magnificent direction and editing.
The emphasis is on the development of their family relationship and the friendzone in the best way possible.
When you have seen the original one, you can't help but applause for how great it is. ^^
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This drama is really great . It's a historical drama with the essence of love , hatred And the biggest of them all POWER AND REVENGE ! What extent people can get upto to attain Power ? The emotions in the layer stage could be hard to coupe with , they can be traumatising.
But it's a trap .
The initial target for scarlet heart is the female audience in every aspect . i.e It's a SHOUJO drama initially .
You could find this thing annoying as a male viewer though it may appeal to a female .
The initial direction is poor .
It's like watching Sakura throughout Naruto every 2 minutes ! Lol . . Yeah I said that it's horrible .
The start is not that great , it's below average I would say considering the plot they have decided i.e the historical saga .
The first 8 episodes are pathetic and aimless except some moments . 5/10
I could clearly see why this drama didn't do that good in Korea .
It's coz of the start . It's pathetic and you have to stick to this drama till the end to find it's interests .
Usually when the audience watches something weekly in TV , they want the start to be great .
The next 8 have a great comeback 7/10 It's like things take a total U turn
but the last 4 I swear make up for all the toying and reckless writing the writer has shown .
The last 4 are purely phenomenal , dumbfounding and outstanding to watch . 10/10
And ironically this is against K dramas as they start off great but turn pathetic at the end .
This one starts of pathetic and ends greatly .
Lee Joon Gi is steal the deal of this drama . His expressions , voice and firmness along with cruelty is mesmerizing .
As for soundtrack , it's again disastrous , totally off the track for how it should be in a historical drama except one song that I liked very much
Epik High (ft. Lee Hi)- 'Can You Hear My Heart'
This one song is really good .
Overall it's a great drama . I enjoyed it .
Could have gone better .
Overall
6.5/10
(Only coz of the last 4 episodes ).
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Sh88ty college community project
This ain't a movie, it's a college community project gone wrong.Messy acting, messy characters, f88ked up cinematography.
Horrible direction and a Horrendous experience.
The director who's also the screenwriter should be fired.
They chose a half-baked script based on some toxic relationship, like those f99ls who f88k around and created a screenplay out of it .
One could accept that the concept was good enough to proceed but the writing in such a manner.
All hell should break loose with such sh88ty dialogues.
Acting talent of both the leads was wasted.
I'm seriously angry at this lady who made this movie.
She shouldn't be found near the director's chair or writer's den.
Go do some other work blondie.
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Let's come up with who can write the worst script for a divorced couple !! *DRUM ROLE*
(JUST WATCH THE FIRST 5 EPISODES AND LEAVE IT, YOU'LL BE HAPPY, THE DRAMA ENDS )SPOILERS AHEAD :
Imagine as a writer who was struggling you come up with a VOILA idea of a divorced couple! And then suddenly you don't know what to do after the initial start and you fking struggle to finish the story.
Welcome to strangers again!
It's a flawed script at the end of the day, ex meets ex and separates again ??
What's the logic, to f88k up with viewers' minds?
With zero sense?
And they had the audacity to showcase romance in the middle of it which ends up pretty much null and void at the end.
It's a joke.
I have plenty of US and brits series If I wanna watch something so sloppy.
Too bad the acting was so good, even the direction was amazing but the script and the plot development were sh8t and for nothing.
And the side characters were clearly forced, zero chemistry!
Oh god! As much as I liked the MC and FMC's acting, I disliked pretty much everything else in the drama.
Kang So Ra and Jang Seung Jo's acting potential was wasted, everything from the classy direction, the cinematography and the BGM, all for nothing.
I feel like sl99ping this writer right now but anyway !
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Then this is the drama I believe .
This is the best K Drama I have watched .
None of those compare to this one . You rarely come across content this great and miraculous as this .
This is the first time I have witnessed the whole cast give such a performance that I have no complaints about acting .
You will be surprised and baffled by how casually it starts and how dead serious it turns out .
Many of us can connect to this drama .
I learnt something from it and I'm sure you will do too .
All the characters have different traits . They all are important for this drama to stand out . And it rarely happens when you feel that there's no supporting cast at all .
The songs and the BGM are just phenomenal . Each and every song is melodious . I can go on and on humming those songs . They are very special .
The dialogues are witty and great .
The topics tackled , the taboo's tackled . Fears crossed .
The struggles we might have gone through once in a while . The courage mustered .
This drama gives you GOOSEBUMPS . Not once or twice but many atimes throughout .
Wish there were more of these .
This drama goes beyond perfection . Too good to be ignored .
I loved it .
^^
My fav character apart from the leads in this drama is of Sung Dong II ( Dong Min) . He's a masterclass actor . He nailed it in the supporting role .
P.S : Specially that Tomatina , I won't forget it . They made a quarrel therapy session out of it . xD
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DELIVERS WHAT IT SHOWCASES
I started this drama with nothing much in mind.The script looked decent.
But the execution turned out to be superb.
The cast delivered exceptionally well.
This is a fun-to-watch drama, the script is simple.
Even the young versions of the ML and FL were cast spot on, I would go on to say the younger version of FL outshines the FL's adult casting.
She's the weak link.
It's a sweet romcom to watch especially on this last weekend of the year.
You should give it a go.
I had fun and you will too.
Special credit to ML's father who was hilarious throughout with his over-the-top angry acting.
That guy deserves an award.
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Fun , Fast, Slow and Intriguing
Dramas with a bit of twisted romance including supernatural tricks always pique your mind.And it's the same with this drama
The plot is fascinating.
The acting is outstanding, brilliant!
The plot starts fun and fast but then gets so slow, the plot revolves round and round the same lame thing which kills the curiosity, and it feels like a drag.
And by the time it comes to an end, you lose your patience with all the melodrama and the biggest plot twist one could expect.
This is where I feel this drama should've been 16-18 episodes only and then it would've been perfect.
This is one of those rare plots where you can experiment with pretty much anything.
I can insert tragedy , mystery , action , Noir , supernatural , historical and this script would work flawlessly.
Too bad this didn't live up to it's full potential , but then again this drama do has a special place for being spectacular.
If I had to redo the script , I would remove the Idol part and make it as an actor instead .
It will work better.
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Bland
Initially, the plot might seem catchy and something new.But that's about it.
This drama is superficial to that context.
The cliche's work their way.
It's a messy rom-com.
Your typical you save me, I save you.
Develop affection, a bit of mystery drama.
Voila happy ending.
The hype dies quickly, and it's too long.
The actors are good, the chemistry works but the elegance is missing.
They couldn't even revive this drama despite so many kissing scenes.
12 episodes should've made this better.
An average drama at best.
PS: The unique thing that I liked was the memory palace visualization. But they failed to carry it forward as well .
Quite disappointing.
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When the writer sh!ts on the plot and the actors spray the perfume
My biggest mistake to watch this drama and believe the writer must've continued it better.When I came across such a distinctive synopsis I was excited, even the start was good
But Boi I was wrong.
What a sh8tty writing to such a good plot that could've been.
It just keeps on dragging till episode 35 and after that doomsday.
The plot goes down the gutter.
You can't help but laugh like a villain in that moment.
You'll go insane with what the writer actually did to the script.
You'll wish you get a gun to the writer's head at point blank.
Grave Injustice to this idea actually.
The rationality of the characters is highly compromised.
The writer didn't have any idea at all on what to do with the plot, it's like they stole this idea and then struggled to continue for ages.
The chemistry was the only thing that was awesome in this drama.
The only thing that kept me going were the leads.
They did a terrific job with a weak script.
In the end, this drama is a disappointment, far-fetched from what it tried to be and what it ended up being .
What a waste of talented resources .
Believe me, 4.5 is a generous rating for this drama.
If you can do with the brilliant chemistry , you can give this a try .
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A cake missing strawberries on top
ONE OF THE BEST CHINESE PRODUCTIONS EVER.This was such a unique drama, the poster didn't justify how it would turn out to be.
I was looking for a supernatural element and this popped up.
Whenever you start C dramas, you expect the same typical plot with cringe characters , the mary sue plot but this was so unique.
Every character in this drama had an almost equal screenplay, it's rare.
The chemistry b/w the leads was subtle and mesmerizing.
If you're looking for a drama that's all supernatural and includes intense scenes and fights, then this is not for you
Our expectations rise thinking this is supernatural, so it must involve powers, drama, and fights
But we forget the script is simple, and the execution is what matters.
The intention of the writer and director was to simplify the aspect of two clans and their co-existence, that's it .
It reminds me of ' Bride Of Habaek '
Similar theme, subtly executed, but this drama is a bit better than it.
This drama is insightful in every aspect, the plot progression is about relationships and psychology about them.
A subtle romance combined with a supernatural sense, but nothing more than that.
We've multiple couples involved, each being under unique circumstances.
I couldn't have asked for anything more.
Now if you ask what disappointed me?
It's the ending.
The writer and the director rushed it abruptly, it made absolutely no sense to culminate to that point with such an approach. It leaves a bitter taste at the end.
It's like a strawberry cake you look forward to each without a cherry on top.
TIP : You need to give this drama a stretch, it's meant to be watched slowly, and can't be just binged.
A MUST WATCH
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