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five unique short stories about ordinary folks and their hometowns

this is an enjoyable film that is comprised of five unique stories about common folks' hopes/dreams/aspirations and their affinities with their hometowns (or place where they were born/grown up in). each story is unique and independent of each other and presented by a distinct set of team of directors/screenwriters/cinematographer/editors/actors/sets/etc.

there are the occasional mild, exaggerated twists in each story, and there are elements of realism that audience can relate to. although each story is unique and independent from the other, there are shared links that bridge them together.

i don't think this film is a comedy. there are certain segments in certain story that has more comic acts and the occasional funny dialogues. not everyone is going to find all five stories equally enjoyable. some might like a certain story more than the other, etc.

a couple of keywords that come to mind regarding this show include: diaspora; collage.

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Such a cute movie!!!

It's been a while since I last watched any gay movies and I have to say, this one was SO ADORABLE

I decided I needed to watch it ASAP after watching the trailer, which was just Yoon Sang Yi running while Kang In Soo sang this beautiful romantic song. I absolutely adored the acting and the little glances and moments both mains gave each other. The story isn't the most creative or even plot-driven but I don't think that's the point of the movie. I felt it was more about the characters meeting, their interaction, the music, and just inspiring each other. And all of that was done beautifully

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Outstanding Performances From an Amazing Cast !

I'm not the one to watch movies, but as soon as I had heard that Hello Stranger was getting a sequel, I just HAD to tune in. What started on some rocky shores ended up being a really nice story about acceptance and love. As much as I did enjoy this movie, I still loved the series better, since it just had certain aspects that shows can do that movies can't. But still, a stellar cast that did a stellar job on this movie, and I'm excited to see them in future projects!

let's Dive In

The first 50 minutes of the movie were a bit slow and felt weirdly comedic. I was going into this thinking that I was already not going to like it, but I still gave it a chance. I was put off a little bit by us being introduced to Xavier and Cytstal and seeing that they're in a relationship since the series left off on Xavier and Mico. Some of the situations that happen felt a bit too cliche, like Xavier and Mico picking the same number and living in the same room. But, this is a BL, so I wasn't too shocked. There were so many circumstances that I felt a little put off by, one being the fact that Xavier pees on Mico to help him with his jellyfish sting. Very disturbing. They were trying to make it look like Mico and Xavier were having an intimate moment when Kookai went looking for them, but this just came off as weird and unnecessary since it didn't do anything to drive the plot. I think the only thing that I genuinely thought was funny was Xavier walking in on Mico after he had just gotten out of the shower. Anything else felt like they were trying to be too humorous and it came off as trying too hard.

The latter half of the movie was the best. I loved the way they connected the flashback scenes to the present, and it looked beautiful. Mico's What if" scene was beyond spectacular. Talking about Mico, JC did a spot-on job at betraying Mico's grief and hurt. I was left almost in tears at his performance. The same goes with Tony. His performance in the confession scene in front of everybody did leave me in tears since confessions and coming outs are the two things that are a definite tear-jerker for me. I loved how we were hit with the truth, and I could see where Mico was coming from in having a hard time trusting Xavier again. This is why I wasn't too excited about them getting back together so quickly, but again, it's a movie, so they have to give us our happy ending. However, I would've loved it if they took some time to regroup and kind of reestablish their relationship, and then maybe a few weeks later, they could've gotten together. But, the best line in the entire movie was "Hello, boyfriend" a def tear-jerker. I also loved Xavier and Crystal's talk on the beach. I liked that Crystal came to terms with the fact that he just had to move on from her. Parents splitting up isn't easy, but she was too old in my opinion to be acting the way she did. Basically holding Xavier hostage and making him love you is not real love. but in the end, I'm glad she understood. Mico and Xavier's kiss was fantabulous. It had meaning behind it, it was gentle and soft, and I will forever have a love for Mico and Xavier.

Simon's character was a nice touch to the series, but he still felt too coincidental. Mico's favorite author happens to be coming to this small little group camp trip and he happens to be hot and also likes Mico? Again, it's BL, so I get it, but it's too foreseen. However, he does help Mico in understanding his feelings, so I'm not too mad. JunJun once again had my heart. He is such a good friend and I liked that we see something underlying that might happen between him and Crystal. Again, I still wanted to see more of him and see him have his own story besides being the friend that helps everybody but himself.

Kookai and Seph were nice too. I think their situation was a bit frivolous, but I can see where Seph is coming from in feeling bad that Kookai won't be open about their relationship. Speaking of Kookai, her wardrobe in this movie was amazing. Each outfit she had on matched her so well, and I was dying to have every single fit that she did. Their problem was easily solved by the end, but I wish we could've still seen a kiss between the two.

Those two jerks that were Xavier's friend had that punch coming for them. Glad he put them in their place. The other gay couple was cute, even though they served no real purpose to the plot.

Overall, this movie was good, the ending was sweet, and I'm glad that they got to be open with each other in their relationship. I would've rather they made this into a series so we could've gone more in-depth, but at least we got what we could.

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True Love At It's Ugliest And Also Most Beautiful

I had watched the original version of this film wayyyy before watching this, so I basically had forgotten much of the plot. I remembered loving the idea of 2 lovers finding each other in a cute quirky way, which is walking on a streetline trying to avoid something "below" that they imagined. This is still such a unique, funny and adorable way of introducing our two main leads. It literally feels straight out of an anime/manga but adapted into real life which I loved. Though I wish they had visually represented their imagination during this sequences more, because the shark one was fantastic!

There's this real childlike innocence to Yuuki that attracts Akira from the start. Though this becomes a semi-issue later on, it carries on throughout the entirety of the story. Into their growth, sex-lives, careers. We see the story progression done so beautifully with the time jumps and it works really well! Better than I've probably seen done ever. We get so much of their lives, yet so little at the same time. It's perfection. You really grow attached to them together and individually. So when they start having their own issues, it really hurts. It's also now a fast growing apart, its rather slow and realistic. You understand why Akira kinda puts up with Yuuki's difficulties in the relationship and vice-versa because they both have so much love for each other. It's evident and people do things in their own ways to show love and affection. Like with Yuuki searching for the lighter in the dead of night.

Many watch this and become very angry or frustrated with Akira's character. But I totally understood where he was coming from at least. He grew up with a mother who engrained in his head the idea of "normalcy" or heteronormative lifestyle being the basis of livelihood. It's not easy to just unteach that, so he had to kinda live that in order to realize it wasn't what he wanted at all. He wanted Yuuki and luckily he was there waiting for him after the whole mess. It's ugly at times, but the beauty comes out as well. I loved getting to see everything and felt so proud of Akira after he stands up to his mother and fights for Yuuki. They get married, he sees his ex-wife with a new family so they both found happiness apart. It's all amazing. Then...we get to the added ending. Which WRECKED ME. It adds more to their love story and its good. However, the tears I had running down my face were so embarrassing lol. I wasn't expecting to see Akira dead in their 70s and Yuuki in the hospital waiting to die basically so they could be reunited again. Their love is forever and they walk the line again in the end to each other. Really heavy stuff and I suggest being prepared emotionally! Because damn its intense.

Love, love, loved this so much. Please watch it! Also thank you director for adding in the MODC (Make Our Days Count) cameo. That healed my soul from that series a little bit! <3

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Love it

I like this movie because it is realistic and believable. Real love is not what we usually see in dramas. Romance is imperfect. I loved this version of what that means. The story was cleverly illustrated to sympathise with all four main characters, so taking sides is pretty difficult. I found the ending quite interesting, and not expected at all. I was almost thrown off by the rewind, but since nothing changed and it was used to add detail, it was okay. I think it was a bit unnecessary though, as most viewers would have understood the meaning. Either way, it's a good film that casts a shadow on love.

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FL is too annoying

●This was the 6th movie in the series and its as usual disappointing. But this one is more dire

●Ruan qing tian takes hao yu to the hospital. He kidnaps her as he learns that Ren hao ming has found his real identity. Haoming saves qing tian with guns and fights. Later he propose to qing tian and he also receives a new mission from the Intelligence agency. While trying to investigate the case he comes across thugs who attack him. Qing tian is excited to get married but she is more excited about the new mission which haoming keeps up secret. But qing tian doesnt give up and follows him everywhere and while arresting the people gets shot while saving qing tian.

●This part was such a pain to watch. FL was too clingy that would be a sober word she interferes in each of ML work and wants to tag along for a mission. One should earn her place, since ML is getting missions she wants to show some of her fight skills or don’t know what but at last her stupidity befalls again and ML sacrifices himself to save her. Later they both get Email that a key person of the mission has run away so they both will be interrogated. And voila movie finishes.
●ML is good in this part but FL destroys it with her annoying performance. Actually speaking FL has been like this whole time and that's why doesnt let the ML good caring nature seen.

●I couldn’t find the next part. So I would suggest everyone don’t watch as the next part isnt available and no one likes cliffhangers.

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Gay love sacrifice

As i am writing the review there are tears on my eyes . As i have seen thousands gay who haven't move on from their first love , some are called mistress, homebreaker in reality they come first , they stay first but in society only straight relationship is pure
I don't know who's wrong or right here ? The lover who lost his everything twice or a lover who choose normal life or a wife whose husband never loved her , her anger made her harmful for own baby and herself
But if you talk about who loved the most it's Jay . He came first in life but he still called mistress. He sacrifice the most at last he got his loved but that was just person without life . I am happy Xi accept him as step father because he deserves it . I am happy finally lian get help from therapy as she never wanted to accept that his husband never loved her from the start . I don't wanna judge Yuan because he did choose normal life because of society. He leave her because he wanted to spend his last time with his lover .

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Wrap up of the entire series

First of all, I highly recommend watching Code Blue in the right order. From season 1 to the movie which is the official end, this series has a red thread going through.

The order of watching is:
Code Blue Season 1 (2008)
Code Blue Special (Farewell Facing Tomorrow) (2009) (connects Season 1 and 2)
Code Blue Season 2 (2010)
Code Blue Season 3 (2017)
Code Blue: Another Everyday (Spin-Off) (2018)
Code Blue Mou Hitotsu No Senjou Special (2018) (Sequel and bridge to movie)
Code Blue: The Movie (2018)

The Movie is the last adaption and tells the story of the flight doctors until their future paths.
Maybe the story is a bit dramatic but it's not getting to a point of being ridiculous or unrealistic for me. Also from scriptwriters/production point of view it's understandable they want to fill in action and some "blasts" before the end.
I can hardly even think of anything negative because I liked the series from the beginning and the script convinced me.

The drama has a good balance between personal life (and struggles) of the characters and the medical part (which is well written). Not to mention, that the medical accuracy is given here, which I appreciate a lot because I can't stand when even basic things like CPR are portrayed wrong in dramas. Doctors are not "gods in white" in this but they have insecurities, private matters and other problems they have to deal with. Code Blue managed to show the progress of the main characters and how they grow from the fresh trainees to full-fledged doctors that people and fellow trainees now depend on. This depth is a bit shortcut in the movie (due to it's limited runtime) but it's there if you followed the series.

The cast is mostly the same minus some faces we have seen in Season 3. The focus of this movie is on the "main 5" (Shiraishi, Aizawa, Hiyama, Fujikawa and Saejima). All did a wonderful job in portraying their character.

As for the music, you either grew tired of the same tunes by now or they've grown to you. For me it's the second and whenever I hear the melodies, I think of Code Blue.

The movie as the entire series have a high rewatch value. I loved to watch the development of the characters. The medical part is good, the characters likeable, there's a bit of humor and romance. Overall a nice package that will entertain you.

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The most nonsensical ending to a film ever made!

Okay, I am sure there's been worse endings in cinema history, but bear with me for a little because I'm overcome with emotion right now.

STORY:
It seemed like the writer changed their mind ten seconds before submitting the final script to the producers because what was a bittersweet romcom with some risqué humor thrown in the mix turned into a flaming hot pile of garbage that was loaded into a bicycle that was on fire and that bicycle didn't have any wheels on it. If you think that sounds ridiculous, I invite you to watch the final ten minutes of this film. It's like every character got amnesia or a personality change and went batshit crazy. I don't mind the tragedy of this, in fact, I rather enjoy watching tragedies and I kinda knew the ending going into the actual film itself. It's the way that ending came about, stupidly and insultingly to the audience, as if they didn't care about the past hour and forty minutes we had to sit through to reach that point.

I decided to look past every single problematic thing happening in this film (the ML getting raped by someone, being chill about it, and then saying to the FL he can sleep with anyone he wants but he only loves her) but I'll never look past the horrible ending! I want to meet the writer of this film and shake some sense into them, and also demand my two hours back because I am full of regrets, and mad about it!

ACTING:
Decent performances across the board. I appreciate New for making me hate his guts when he was the reason I started watching this film, ha, the irony. I'm also on the lookout for our ghost boy who won me over with his puppy dog eyes, despite that oh so distracting unibrow. Supporting cast all played their parts well, especially the ACTUAL threesome, those were some cute men, and I'd rather have seen this movie revolve around those three.

MUSIC:
Surprisingly enjoyable, and incredibly spot on with the lyrics in every single scene. It seems like more care went into the music placement and selection than it did into the actual writing of the film.

REWATCH:
I wouldn't rewatch this film if someone paid me a billion dollars to see it again! Okayyyy, maybe for a billion dollars.

OVERALL:
Watch this if you don't have a heart, or are against the interspecies romance trope, you'll be satisfied. Don't watch this if you're looking for something light and sweet to pass the time, you'll get infuriated beyond measure. I have no idea how or why this film got greenlit. It's absolutely trash.

PS. If you think my rating is rather lenient for how harsh my review is, it's the average rating of all the components that made up the film.

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Sad movie with a good song

I like that we can see back in time to something so beautiful, but also very sad.

For me the story touched me and made me feel emotions, and I cried the most when someone so dear died from suicide. Everyone cried or was in shock in the moment when she was found dead.

I also cried from the part were the friends was going to eat chicken without the dear friend who died, and I got flashback from the time when she, who died, killed or broke the neck of a chicken they were going to cook and eat together.

Acting 🎭 Amazing, because they were like the characters.

Music 🎶 Amazing, I felt it hit my heart ❤️ really hard, it actually touched me, made me cry from the inside.

I want to watch this with friends one day, so we can be emotional together.😭

I recommend this to everyone, because this was so touching, beautiful and sad.😢❤️

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that failed mission was a walk in the park

●this writer is something, he keeps on repeating the same plot but with a different character. if i get to rename this movie, it would be CURSED GIRL, coz there are so many guys falling for her and then die for various reasons.

●the movie opens up with Ruan qing tian dragged back by Ren hao ming to his mansion. he tries to keep her confined as he senses some danger. he takes up a mission which gets ruined as ruan qing tian comes in to help out. she eventually becomes a baggage and jiang chen loses his life saving her. they both are suspended for failing a mission. qing tian is upset over jiang chen loss. she goes back to attend her college but Hao ming uses his connection for the disqualification. later hao ming decides to sell off the art academy for which a buyer named HaoYu comes up. HaoYu also approaches qing tian saying he knows her father whereabouts and will tell her only if she marries him. she reluctantly agrees, later Haoming comes to rescue and she gets clear picture that she was being fooled. later at college HaoYu comes beside qingtian and dies.... voila cliffhanger ending.

●the acting is very bad by FL. her only work is to be an eye candy acting cute all the time. yeah she looks cute while getting angry, while forceful kissing and while crying. there is just one expression for her and that is cute. I gave low ratings for acting because of her. she has a failed mission but she wants to argue with her superior over the suspension. what kind of an attitude is that. if you go for a mission you need to have some guts and guns not going around like walking in park. she cant save herself but wants to be a special agent. funny thing where does this bullets comes flying to kill the characters are still unknown..

●so there is one last movie PERFECT MATCH: EVIL SCHEME
I hope thats the last movie, coz there are no more in the Iqiyi APP.

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Are there differences?

I love how natural it felt watching as the friendly teasing turned into actual flirting. With every couple one person was a bit more shy than the other but they were both curious to figure out if the other actually meant it when they said they were being serious about wanting to kiss each other. Despite every couple acting out the same scene there were subtle differences, which I really enjoyed since to me it reflects how scenes like this might be in reality.

The girls seemed close, best friends maybe considering they wear matching rings. Both seemed a bit shy, at first, uncertain where things were heading. The the guy in the second scene seemed flustered when the girl suddenly turned his joke around and clearly refused to let it go, even going as far as asking whether he actually meant it. The third scene had a slightly different undertone to it, there was a mild if probably not entirely serious threat of violence as a first reaction when the teasing tone between the two male friends turned into much more than just joking around. Though, it was clear all six people clearly wanted this kiss to happen - here I'm really happy everyone actually made sure to ask for consent, to make sure they were on the same page.

To me, these subtle similarities show that even though all the pairings/couples share the same names (Jimin and Soo Hyun respectively) there is still a difference in how people with different genders might act when first confronted with the idea of kissing someone (especially if it's someone with the same or opposite gender). With the two guys there was a hint of fear in both guy's way of behavior, showing they were both trying to backpedal so as not to be seen as the 'weird one', an undertone which I also slightly got from the two girls. Both non-straight couples seemed to portray the silent question how others would react to them kissing, so each of them had to make sure the other person was being serious, was not just messing with them as some kind of cruel joke - I might have been thinking way too much about it in the last couple of minutes but I think the person portraying the character of Jimin in all three scenes is much less experienced than the one portraying Soo Hyun. And yet the latter already seems to have a slight crush on the other as well, showing it by teasing and yet being also unsure whether their feelings are actually requited.

The uncertainty and yet the constant push-and-pull until each person had their clear answer was beautifully portrayed and as someone who happens to be part of the LGBTQIA+ community that felt a bit too real at times (of course, especially with the first and third couple in this short film): Testing the waters but not being ready to jump in, ready to deny everything once questioned just to save a friendship, yeah, that felt a lot like past experiences.


I enjoyed this short film very much - while at first I thought it would be three different scenariosit turned out all three couples went through the same scenario. Altogether it felt like having a quick glance at three different parallel universes because after all there is no real difference between the couples. They are nervous, excited and yet they communicate their intentions clearly.

Altogether I think this short film shows that despite everything love is love, no matter one's own gender or that of the person you like or want to be with. After all, we're all human.

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Very promising movie!

I was totally not expecting what I ended up seeing! I really liked this movie, very enjoyable to watch if you're looking for a Korean suspenseful/action type of movie!

This movie was so interesting at first I was totally confused about why they wanted to get the girl, and then when they showed the powers I was more confused. However, the acting and the intriguing part of finding out why they wanted her so bad kept me going. Then when that plot twist, which I TOTALLY not expecting happened, I was more than SHOOK. Honestly, it was definitely the best part it had me on the edge. The only downside I'll say is the ending part, got me confused but certainly craving for more. Hopefully, I'll get to watch part 2 soon!

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watch this if you really have nothing better to do and you are super curious

this is a humor-laced, action-adventure, fantasy. it feels a bit like xianxia genre, but it is not. it is bicultural, as it attempts to feature a mix aspects of Japanese with that of Chinese. this show and the story feel more like a loose adaptation from an online novel, and/or from an online game.

it's a low production show that, if it were released theatrically, i would cry out laughing. it is CGI-dependent, but the CGI quality leans on the mediocre. most, if not all of the casts are relatively new and/or unknown actors (or non-mainstream actors).

there are comic elements throughout the show, but tend to be lame-o-moe or corny/dumb. there are not a lot of martial arts choreography. the actions depend more on CGIs, background sound effects, wire-fu, and editing. actually, i do feel there are occasional moments when the actors' performances are enjoyable.

i feel it's kind of messed-up because the producer/director/screenwriter tries to blend folktale with pop culture, Japanese and Chinese cultures, human actors with animated characters, xianxia with wuxia with JPRG/MMORPG elements, etc.

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