I liked it. The movie’s concept and the way certain scenes were presented stood out - like the FL’s conversation with the team leader in his office and the over-three-minute-long scene at the end, where viewers have to accept that they’re far away from the FL.
Eugene did very well for the most part (I think she could do the last long scene a bit better).
The second FL’s story was also interesting, but I wish it had been explored more.
It’s a sad movie, but in my opinion, it’s worth watching.
I liked how the marriage crisis between the main couple was portrayed.
However, I did not like how some of the infidelity cases were handled - it felt like the writer was suggesting that cheating can sometimes be a good thing, which I disagree with.
The last two episodes were my favourite, especially the confrontation scene, but the ending felt a bit rushed.
I almost dropped this drama at episode 3 with the lowest rating possible.I decided to watch it until the end,…
1. The ML drugs his wife without her knowledge or consent. He doesn’t reveal this to her until the very end, and there’s no indication that he even acknowledges it as something wrong.
2. The ML cheats on his wife and lies to her. The only positive here is that he at least seems aware that he’s doing something wrong. Unfortunately, he still doesn’t care enough about his wife to be honest with her. Yes, there’s a scene where he says “I’m sorry,” but honestly, it feels like a bad joke.
3. The ML was immature enough to cheat on his wife with Linda - without telling her he is married. This led to the entire melodrama Linda is caught up in. In my opinion, she’s the most innocent victim of his actions in this drama. Linda actually gave him good advice - she told him to resolve things with his wife first. But he ignored it and kept avoiding the issue until the very end, proving that he’s still immature and completely indifferent to his wife’s feelings.
I almost dropped this drama at episode 3 with the lowest rating possible. I decided to watch it until the end, hoping the ML would redeem himself somehow.
!!! SPOILER ALERT: He didn’t. At least not in Season 1. There’s still a chance for that in Season 2, but as things stand right now, I'm rating this drama as "bad".
Predictable and boring, but I guess it’s fine if you’re looking for an easy-to-watch romantic time-loop movie to doze off to. I watched it at 1.5x speed, and it still felt too slow at times.
It seems I’m in the minority that wasn’t all that impressed with this drama.
This drama is categorised as Thriller, Mystery, and Medical.
Of the three, I think the Medical aspect was done best - there seemed to be a lot of interesting facts (though I admit I’m a total noob in that field and didn’t fact-check anything).
Thriller? Was there anything truly thrilling? I don't think so. In most cases, our heroes conveniently got everything they needed to solve the case. So, I’d say this is actually an easy-to-watch drama rather than a suspenseful one.
Mystery - okay, that seems to be the core of this drama, right? The mystery surrounding a secondary character’s girlfriend’s death. Well, guess what? For the most part, the drama just skips over it and instead focuses on different cases in each episode. There aren’t enough clues to keep the viewer guessing about the main culprit. In fact, you could skip some episodes in the second half and still not miss anything important.
The acting was good, but there wasn’t much depth to the characters. For me, the most interesting character was Kube Rokuro, as he seemed to be the only one truly struggling with his decisions. Ishihara Satomi’s performance was solid, and she is beautiful, but the role didn’t give her much emotional range to showcase.
Anyway, that’s just my opinion. Most people seem to have enjoyed it way more than I did. Personally, I lost interest somewhere past the middle and only regained it in the last two episodes.
Both main actresses did an okay job (I liked Namtan’s acting more).
P.S. Let’s just pretend that CGI rolling car scene never happened. 😉
Guardians of the Dafeng - Fu Xiang (Courtesan)
The movie’s concept and the way certain scenes were presented stood out - like the FL’s conversation with the team leader in his office and the over-three-minute-long scene at the end, where viewers have to accept that they’re far away from the FL.
Eugene did very well for the most part (I think she could do the last long scene a bit better).
The second FL’s story was also interesting, but I wish it had been explored more.
It’s a sad movie, but in my opinion, it’s worth watching.
However, I did not like how some of the infidelity cases were handled - it felt like the writer was suggesting that cheating can sometimes be a good thing, which I disagree with.
The last two episodes were my favourite, especially the confrontation scene, but the ending felt a bit rushed.
Plot-wise, there’s nothing particularly interesting or surprising. As for the comedy, I didn’t find a single scene that made me laugh.
He doesn’t reveal this to her until the very end, and there’s no indication that he even acknowledges it as something wrong.
2. The ML cheats on his wife and lies to her.
The only positive here is that he at least seems aware that he’s doing something wrong. Unfortunately, he still doesn’t care enough about his wife to be honest with her.
Yes, there’s a scene where he says “I’m sorry,” but honestly, it feels like a bad joke.
3. The ML was immature enough to cheat on his wife with Linda - without telling her he is married.
This led to the entire melodrama Linda is caught up in. In my opinion, she’s the most innocent victim of his actions in this drama.
Linda actually gave him good advice - she told him to resolve things with his wife first. But he ignored it and kept avoiding the issue until the very end, proving that he’s still immature and completely indifferent to his wife’s feelings.
I decided to watch it until the end, hoping the ML would redeem himself somehow.
!!! SPOILER ALERT:
He didn’t. At least not in Season 1.
There’s still a chance for that in Season 2, but as things stand right now, I'm rating this drama as "bad".
More detailed explanation (with spoilers):
I watched it at 1.5x speed, and it still felt too slow at times.
This drama is categorised as Thriller, Mystery, and Medical.
Of the three, I think the Medical aspect was done best - there seemed to be a lot of interesting facts (though I admit I’m a total noob in that field and didn’t fact-check anything).
Thriller? Was there anything truly thrilling? I don't think so. In most cases, our heroes conveniently got everything they needed to solve the case. So, I’d say this is actually an easy-to-watch drama rather than a suspenseful one.
Mystery - okay, that seems to be the core of this drama, right? The mystery surrounding a secondary character’s girlfriend’s death. Well, guess what? For the most part, the drama just skips over it and instead focuses on different cases in each episode. There aren’t enough clues to keep the viewer guessing about the main culprit. In fact, you could skip some episodes in the second half and still not miss anything important.
The acting was good, but there wasn’t much depth to the characters. For me, the most interesting character was Kube Rokuro, as he seemed to be the only one truly struggling with his decisions.
Ishihara Satomi’s performance was solid, and she is beautiful, but the role didn’t give her much emotional range to showcase.
Anyway, that’s just my opinion. Most people seem to have enjoyed it way more than I did. Personally, I lost interest somewhere past the middle and only regained it in the last two episodes.