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Trigger warning - rape trope

The story overall is good - FL is raised as a son because the family is obsessed with continuing the family line. ML gets entangled with the FL because he is drugged on his wedding day and ends up raping the FL. Next day he starts searching for the woman but doesn't recognise her in her man's getup. FL chooses to help him to delay and cancel his wedding to her step-sister.

There is a lot happening, and even though the backstory of the FL is sad, she is not portraying a completely helpless woman. The ML is obnoxious but also somewhat decent (besides being a rapist - wish they did have this pathetic trope). The side characters are interesting like the FL's cousin, the ML's mother, etc. There are a lot of funny scenes - some intended some not. They even mock a certain drama trope of paying off the girl. You certainly won't be bored.

If they didn't introduce the leads through rape, I might have give this show a slightly better rating. They glossed over this and it's effects on the FL but at least she somewhat got revenge for it which I quite enjoyed. The FL focuses more on her own backstory and family revenge. Comedy is the main reason the show is entertaining but again it might not be everyone's cup of tea which is why I wanted to highlight the trope so those who need to can avoid this drama all together.

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Amazing Athletes but Disappointing Production

**This is just my opinion. I appreciate all the hard work that went into the making of this series. Thank you.**

I love this series because I get to see amazing talents that I never would get to other wise. I really enjoyed it, despite my disappointment with the production side of it.

I don't know what I was expecting. I guess it had been long enough since I'd watched the second season of Physical 100 that I'd forgotten what to expect. I just don't understand how Netflix can be so cavalier when it comes to something as important as their contestants health and safety. I nearly called them people. That's what they are but for the sake of me getting my point across, I'll call them contestants. Anyway, as I was saying... I have issues with the fact that Netflix did not have medical staff on standby at all times during the extremely grueling physical challenges that these athletes participated in. I was seriously worried several times that some of them were going to keel over from a heart attack or stroke due to over exertion. They were very clearly in great distress but no one checked on them.

Then there are questions as to how fair it actually was. The rules were not transparent, they changed mid-game, some unsportsmanlike behavior and (only) one team had to repeat a challenge because of an equipment malfunction.

I'm torn as to what rating to give the series. I think that the athletes deserve a 10 out of 10. I'm scoring it lower because if I don't, Netflix will think that they are doing a great job like they are and won't feel the need to change anything.

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The trailer made it seem like it was more than it was

TW: There was a SA scene and not going to lie with such an aggressive character like Latin I was honestly shocked it didn’t come earlier. The Ballroom guy did push him off. Even tho all SA is bad SA it definitely wasn’t graphic or anything. It doesn’t go far besides kissing and Ballroom doesn’t really have a major reaction to it.
I felt like I should mention it cus nobody does.


Review:

Normally BLs make me die of cringe and it takes me like 5 hours to watch a 1 hour film. But I was able to watch it all in one sitting. The trailer is VERY misleading, I thought it was gonna be a raunchy, very high tension film and it really wasn’t. But honestly I could tell it wasn’t going to be half way through so I wasn’t that disappointed.

They really fumbled with the romance aspect. They weren’t lovers or even friends with benefits because they never f*cked. They just gave rivals with a little tension. There’s a scene where Ballroom guy tells him abt how he wasn’t like the nicest guy in the past. And then Latin guy calls him lame and goes to the train. But for some reason Latin calling ballroom lame compelled Ballroom to run to the train to kiss Latin… like there was nice build up on Latin’s part but this was genuinely out of nowhere for Ballroom and it doesn’t even make sense. Also at first I thought the kiss scene was a*s but after watching that part a second time it wasn’t that bad. It’s just the build up (or the lack thereof ) that made it meh to me.

One thing I will applaud it for is the scene at the end. It was nice but then they just kept on dancing and Ik that’s how it works (they explained it a thousand times) but I got a little bored.

Overall:
It feels so empty it’s missing a lot but I lowkey don’t even want a part 2 lmao. Also I wish the side girls got together. It had potential and they fumbled but it was still a nice movie. Latin guys fine ahh makes it worth it.

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Left Me Confused And Annoyed

I have been waiting for this movie and didn't expect it to be disappointing. Usually disaster movies are quite entertaining even if they are run of the mill stories but trying to create a twist to the story ended up backfiring for the writer/director.

The initial plot revolves around a mother waking up to discover massive flooding around their apartment complex. The water is rising at great speeds and she starts to rush her young son to get them out of the house. The son, like a typical child, doesn't comprehend the danger and adds to the mother's anxiety and the audience's annoyance levels. This whole section is quite good. The mother doing her best in order to survive and finds help from man who is sent to extract her to safety for her research.

HEAVY SPOILERS IN ORDER TO EXPLAIN MY DISLIKE
The problem with the plot starts when they finally reveal that the child is AI and created to develop emotions into an AI as the future of humans (bizarre).
Once the mother gets to the roof, the team not only shoots the man who helped her (important) but also remove a chip from the child's head that holds it's memories/data. They then show a series of rockets jetting off into space just as floods are coming in. This is odd since every place has already been flooded so where are they lifting off from? Not explained. While in space, the rocket carrying the mother is damaged and she is injured from the debris so she also extracts her memories and transfers herself into an AI mother. They then replay the scenes of the flood with slight variations each times. In most scenarios the son is missing and she has to find him and the scenarios keep repeating which is not depicted well.
Some charcaters retain their memory like the man remembered getting shot and works against the extraction team. However, the man is not real but in this game like setting or training runs should be an NPC. There are few more characters like this. So haven't they already achieved AI with human emotions?

The end goal appears to be to return to Earth with AI. With human emotions. What about saving actual humans? What are other countries doing? Is every country sending rockets with AI? No millionaires and billionaires fighting to get a seat? All rockets look the same, no other country designed a different rocket with a different mission?

SPOILERS OVER

There are too many plot holes, too many things happening that you don't quite understand and it made me womder what I watched when it was finally over. I had to read other comments to fill in some gaps and the more I read, the worse this movie became.

The movie doesn't really deserve even a 6 but have to give them points for effort for the VFX and the setting. It did keep me interested even though I was lost at the end. The plot was just too ridiculous which feels like they didn't develop the story well or ask questions like WHY and just gave it their all on the special effects aspect.

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I'm gonna have to disagree with reddit on this

Alright, who decided on that ending?
I really, really, really love this. Like, the ending was just infuriating. See you at 10 dance. Die. Give me 10 dance. Show me 10 dance. Show me the sweat and the struggle and all the practice. BUT, that first practice was insane. The first practice with them together was genuinely... It was so sensual and intimate. 'If ballroom is first courtship, then Latin American is raw eroticism.' Like, it was just too... I can't even put into words. But it was like, the way he was watching him his every move and you couldn't really tell if it was just to learn or more. Suzuki was constantly ripping off his shirt genuinely just baring his soul to this guy being so vulnerable it's so clear the way he loves hot and fast and passionate. And this uptight, cold, reserved Suguki waltzes in and taunts him with the 10dance.

When I saw the trailer, it was just so sensual. They were so passionate in completely different ways, Suzuki flaunted his entire being for the world to see while Suguki showed his passion in his unrelenting obsession with dance and the art of it all . And I don't know anything about Latin American dance nor Latin America full stop so this is probably coming from a lot of uneducatedness from my part and the fact that I didn't know nothing about the dancing either means i don't really have a say on the representation nor the accuracy but also means i have nothing to nitpick either.

The actor for Suzuki was just insane. He's so sexy as well. Dear god. One review said 'he just lives, breathes, and walks like sex' and i genuinely couldn't agree more. The confidence that just oozes from this guy needs to be studied .And I just don't know the complete difference in characters. They both have undeniable confidence but the way they present themselves, how Suguki walks with the air that he KNOWS what he's doing and the self assurance of his clockwork abilities whatever happens HE will be the one to control it and Suguki just gives off the air of couldn't give a fuck, and I am obsessed with the contrast.

But the thing is, I kind of hoped he would have seen Suguki the same way Suzuki saw him when he was dancing just imagining him there, i wish we saw more of what he was thinking and how he felt about Susuki. The fact that he was fully clothed at all times shows nearly the fear he has to be vulnerable. The last dance the way they both just entirely threw themselves into it and you could feel how much they were enjoying it you could see why they dance, there was no more control or lead it was 'love that made it whole'. It was just sensual, and sexy and erotic and seductive and just so fucking passionate.

Give me the sequel like yesterday hun

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First Impression: Fourever You Part 2

Overall: 3 separate stories 8 episodes each. It doesn't seem that viewers need to have watched season/part 1 to understand this season/part. Episode 1 uncut on WeTV was 54 minutes https://wetv.vip/en/play/pzk4qf2zu5td6gr/i4101vqq2o6-EP01%3A_Fourever_You_Part_2_(Uncut_Ver.) and cut on WeTV was 47 minutes https://wetv.vip/en/play/4uq2ihehg6vxvbl/l4101vmnija-EP01A%3A_Fourever_You_Part_2 (I could not tell what was cut in episode 1). Wish they aired 2 episodes each week.

1st Arc - Phoon & Fah (dynamic: childhood friends, separated and then reunited)
Content Warnings: a major one that happened in the past, I'm keeping this review spoiler free for now, episode 1 start at 31 minutes uncut to skip most of the warnings
I can tell this will be a heavier plot and I'm wondering why there was no contact for 4? years. Enjoyed the first episode

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A delightful watch!

I didn't expect to like it so much! Loved the use of time travel without a lot of the limitations of the time travel so it was quite enjoyable. The development of the story was great and felt natural as well. Some parts of the story were a bit slow and there could have been a bit more romance but overall, it was loads of fun to watch!

The characters were great, leads had a lot of chemistry and worked well together. For a change they don't make women seem evil in this which was refreshing! The side characters are interesting and their story doesn't distract from the main characters' storyline so it was a good balance. It's nice to see positive characters and a few grey characters. Made it more natural.

A little bit on the predictable side and also there are asexual couples too but one character seems to highlight the importance of sex. It would have been nice to see the characters to have a conversation about their concerns with their partner.

The music is nice. Will be looking into the songs.

The show might be a 9 but because I was enjoying it a lot I bumped it to a 9.5. This is the kind of drama one needs to get you out of your drama slump!

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This wasn't a good show. The acting wasn't good, the writing was even worse, and there's not one likable person in the show. Granted, I don't even care if most of the characters aren't likable, at least make them entertaining. The FL is beyond stupid and the decisions she makes throughout the show frustrated me so much. When she started getting blackmailed, I was rooting for the blackmailer. That's how stupid she was.

Baek Je Na has potential to be interesting but she wasn't really giving anything at all. Every time she was on screen, she literally had like two facial expressions. But her backstory is the most interesting thing about her character so far.

There's not one likable person in this show. Everyone is either mean for no reason or beyond stupid. Not one character is written well and the mystery takes a back seat to focus on how stupid and desperate Kim Hye In is for money. She spends a good chunk of the show complaining about how bad her life is and how much she hates being poor. In the beginning, they did have her work but once getting accepted into the school, she starts doing things just to get money (including changing in front of a perv boy). I don't mind a power hungry character but the way she's written is so bad that it doesn't seem like she even has a brain. It also doesn't help that the actress isn't a strong actress either.

A show like this should be easy to write. Rich kids behaving badly, murder/mystery, and some romance. With a show like this, all you have to do is write well written characters and have characters that even if they aren't the most likable, you still want them to win. I can give or take the acting since strong writing matters more to me. Instead, we got this poorly written and acted show.

Despite not enjoying the show, I did thought the plot twist at the end was kinda interesting. Since it's not a long show and since I love to torture myself, I'm going to give Season 2 a chance but I'm in no rush to watch it.

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It’s a shame I can only give it a 10, because Chosen Home turned out to be one of my top shows of the year. It´s a little gem, a powerful metaphor about love, belonging, and reinventing yourself. It asks what “family” really means and how we can choose the homes that feel like ours.

It’s a beautifully written, brilliantly directed slice-of-life story that stands out for its gentle, honest conversations and everyday gestures that carry symbolic weight, showing that home is built through small choices and for the courage to portray mature characters in a BL romance, something you rarely see in the genre.

The characters are layered and well-developed. Each one adds a thread to weave a beautiful, rich, intricate tapestry, with their stories intertwining in a way that powerfully explores the idea of family, not just the one you’re born into, but the one you build day by day, through conscious choices to stay together, through bonds of care, trust, and affinity.

The series also dives into themes like growing up, finding where you belong, late-in-life love, generational differences, challenging social conventions, and representation. The whole cast delivers genuine, charismatic performances, but special mention goes to Shiratori Tamaki as Kusunoki Hotaru and Hiiragi Hinata as Kishibe Kazuki, the grandson of the guitar factory owner. Kazuki gave me the most bittersweet moment of the series and honestly, if there were a spin-off about his story, I’d watch it in a heartbeat.

Through love and revolution, Hatano and Sakuta manage to find their own version of happiness, not the one society dictates. Hotaru realizes she can be whoever she wants to be and starts carving out her own path.

Chosen Home is a heartfelt, moving, inspiring, and fun story that’s going to stay with me for a long time. Highly recommended.

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Underrated gem

What an underrated gem! I couldn't have imagined that I'd be so charmed by a simple story about two childhood friends, seven years apart, who grew up together like siblings, only to meet again as adults and fall in love. But that is exactly what happened here. This is a solid rom-com filled with warm, thoughtful characters. The comedy is on point while the emotionally charged scenes are wonderfully handled. Script is great, dialogue is witty. Best of all THE LEADS. The bond that these two have fostered since childhood is the cutest, while as adults they both had me laughing and swooning left and right.

Lin Yang, now 31, finds herself reluctantly welcoming Lu Zheng An, now 24, back into her life. He's on a mission to finally win her heart after some growing up, while she soon realizes he is no longer the little boy she took care of as the big "sister." On the contrary, he's quite the man and an irresistible one at that. In spite of her reservations, he's the perfect antidote, bringing spark into her life that has begun to feel hollow from the stress of adulthood.

I'll admit I overlooked this drama myself seeing as how the drama has been out for four years. What I discovered is that this is not only a wonderful older woman/younger man drama, it's one of the best modern Chinese dramas I have had the pleasure of viewing thus far. At about 40 minutes per episode, it's a breezy watch in spite of the episode count, and not once did it compel me to skip, which is significant coming from someone with experience watching these types of dramas. And the drama manages to do this by balancing enough reasonable conflicts to keep things going without sacrificing character growth or engagement. As the drama progresses, it peels back layers in the form of childhood memories that converge with the present storyline in a heartwarming manner, revealing an indelible bond that extends beyond the leads. Every episode holds something special, down to the last one.

I would note that perhaps the male lead character profile may come across somewhat unrealistic, but I believe the execution is what sets this drama apart. Because of strong acting and directing with a tight script, the characters and relationships feel authentic. The heroine is smart, competent, sexy. Though she inevitably faces prejudice from society as a woman of a certain age, she is also widely recognized as a capable colleague. Lin Yang is mature and independent and she may not need Lu Zheng An but it doesn't mean she cannot be passionately in love with him either. For Lu Zheng An, it's an all consuming love. His world is structured around Lin Yang in that he has his own life, a budding career he's passionate about and is able to live a carefree life thanks to privileged background, but in an instant he can throw it all away for her. In his life she will always come first, period. Such different approaches to their relationship but somehow it works and it is convincing for me as a viewer.

One of the things I like about Lu Zheng An is his honesty and how he never forces or gives Lin Yang an ultimatum. Even when they have bitter arguments, he exits with so much maturity and understanding. It's never you owe me for my devotion. It's simply, you take care of yourself. I'll be here if you ever need me. Undoubtedly, he's one of the greenest male leads to grace dramaland. It's the way He Yu portrays his character that makes it such a joy as well. Boyish yet mature. And what a flirt! He is incredibly charming and manages to be both funny and hot all at the same time. I think he solved half the problems in the drama with his cheeky smile. His energy, enthusiasm, and excitement for the female lead is infectious; I couldn't stop smiling.

I'll be honest that I was somewhat disappointed with one of the biggest driving forces of conflict, which is another woman in her 30s acting like a scorned lover. But the handling of the conflict is well done. Every friend, colleague, and family come together to protect our precious couple with loving support. That's part of the reason the drama is so pleasing. It includes a well-rounded cast of characters while awful characters are kept to a minimum and told off in due time in the most satisfying ways. Additionally, it is refreshing to see the female lead and her two best friends living realistic lives as women in their thirties. The friends hold contrasting views about love and romance that make for great, comical conversations.

I will close this review with the drama's wonderful parting message: What aging brings us is not a limitation but more choices. It gets better and better!

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Top GL Series!!

This GL series is in my opinion the best GL series ever made in GL history. I have watched most of the GL series out their and all of them are amazing but this show has exceeded all of my expectations on GL shows. Everything about this series was incredible to the acting, storyline, character development, cinematography etc. I really want to give props to this story as it isn't just another haters to lovers story or childhood best friends fall in love this was a never before GL story and it showed real world scenarios. another thing is the actors in this series are all flawless, Mabel and Pangjie have undeniable, and all the other actresses/actors played a huge role through this series that it made it not feel like just about the main characters but I felt also invested into the other characters story development all and they all did an incredible job. I would love for a season 2 and get to see Claire and Bell's story develop even more because these two characters are just so incredibly brought into screen.

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Still decent watch

Actually i had watch it first before i found the super bad adaptation (Yang Jie-Li Boyi version) and decided to rewatch to compare it again. The plot is about ML who pretends to become disable to stop his wife aka FL shopaholic.
I like Zhao Zhendong-Yang Luoqian dynamic duo but still have weak chemistry as lover. They have great acting skill and they can put the character into complex depth that latter version lacked. The Kid are not too annoying like the other version. There is not too exaggerated slapstick code and they can put the when the time we got emotional.

Still decent watch.

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