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It can be hard to find Joy in an unfair world but Joy is indeed here...
This was... Surprisingly good, though it got off to a slow start once it got going it had a pretty good mix of playboy falls in love and life is not easy... giving us a window in to the daily lives of immigrants/ foreign workers... work permits can be tricky. though the movie has a whole lot of lovely cliches it feels a bit refreshing to have two poor leads instead of the usual rich/poor I also adore. Bundled together with some more issues here and there such as domestic violence and I am sure something more... But I seem to have forgotten...The male lead has a whole bunch of red flags, he even wears a red shirt to warn us. As he pretty much both stalks her and tries to guilt her in ot stuff at times... But the chemistry between the two leads is phenomenal, and he does experience some type of development. But as usual fun to watch, but in real life this can be pretty tricky.
I think i may have gotten a crush on the female lead, I am not going to say she is a very good actress overall but there is something about her that has me hooked. The more I see her the more I want to see of her. And honestly her character here is one of her best ones. She is both smart, human and kind but without coming off as pathetic.
But what I love most is the cringey lines meet good lines ...
”Choice is only for the rich”
The words "I love you" said over and over again in the most peculiar way...
“ I have no plans of being your future but I can be your now”
Oh come on... m... right... we all know how that is going to end...
The friendships here are pretty good too. So are the views... Hoodies and Umbrellas are also used pretty decently.
Definitely one of the better Pinoy Rom Cos I have seen, you just get passet those first moments av meeh...
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To watch this you must first succumb to your bad taste...
This is the story of Mr Richy rich Klings a lot and the poor, poor, smart girl who never got to go to Uni not have time to think about love as her life was work, work, work and run away from debtors... Mr. Richy Rich Klings a lot has had nothing but time to think about love... and has a very clear one track mind that only lead to her... However he completely lacks both boundaries and communication skills as he believes wrist grab, prank and the good old pick up and throw over ones shoulder are decent ways to communicate.We get to watch these two figure things out and try to get the girl out of debt... on their way we get to her the same 4 songs over and over again, sometimes completely in sync with what is happening sometimes completely the opposite of what is happening... Which stod for about 70% of the comedy in this drama, the rest was some really low humour and great self aware one liners:
" I am only here to make people jealous"
We also get to meet a whole bunch of love rivals creating a whole range of geometrical figures... I was personally rooting for the lesbian couple, and though it started out so well with a great lesbian character and lovely lesbian representation it fell short towards the later episodes leaving me and I assume most of the viewers all confused.
There are bunch of interesting characters, relationships, found family at its best all lovable and actually very few truly annoying elements, or annoying characters yet oddly the drama as a whole did annoy me at times. They also take on some social issues here and there and have a bunch of unrealistic marketing and business stuff in it. But honestly who cares about accuracy when they need to try to create a plot.
The quality of the show is overall low to medium, the quality of the dimples is extremely high and the chemistry between the leads(all of the leads) is off the charts... + the male lead shows his abs a lot.
So to sum it up this is probably the perfect drama for those who are not ashamed to admit to having bad taste... and in nothing for those seeking any kind of meaningful, artistic, high end stuff... It is an easy to watch fluff piece for all who need to turn off their brain and just bom bom give them your heart... I mena watch them bom bom give each other their heart... Just for the love of whatever you believe in do not set any of these relationships up as goals...
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The Moment of Meeting Again
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Shining for the Umbrellas
This is a story about a girl who assumes a bunch of stuff and the boy who dare not speak... Exploring the land of what ifs, what I do not know can actually hurt me and a bunch of other stuff in celebration of fireworks, fluff and a whole bunch of beautifully used umbrellas... There is a slight time loop in this drama, of trial and error learning from misstakes and desperately trying to change things that kept me wondering throughout the show, keeping me on my toes and giving me a nice selection of both predictable and less predictable twists.The mom is annoying at first but as the show moves a long I find the grown ups to be some of the better, less frustrating grown ups found in C-dramaland. Though I will admit that I was highly frustrated at the leads lack of communication skills more than once I did find myself falling for both them and the people around them. As this show truly did give me a whole bunch of lovely friendships and people growing together.
There is also a whole bunch of light stalking and people getting beaten up, a bunch of wrist grab and run... but there is not a single scene of the male lead forcing himself on the female lead, not even the pin up against a wall. So if you are in to that this is not a great place to find it, and while the chemistry between the leads is really good . There is still a lack of good kissing scenes, ensuring this drama will probably not get the steaming kiss tag and is certain to disappoint all those kiss lovers out there... Luckily there are slow mo gazes, falling in to your arms type of deals in here to cater to the romance lovers.
All in all this was an enjoyable watch, with a good balance between the frustrations, fluff and toes.
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How To Die Young in Manila
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What did I just watch
This short film made way for an immediate rewatch as I found myself wondering what did I just watch... and what did I miss... It is indeed a very artistic short film... With some pretty decent acting . Yes the boys do not fail to impress me, this could of course be due to the fact that I am bias as **** for having these two be the stars of my first introduction to Filipino content. However it takes a certain something to keep the viewer engaged with very little dialog and not a lot actually happening.The lighting and music fits the theme pretty well, but I do find myself confused and though there seems to be a lot of death there in Manilla I did not really get a clear answer as to how to die young in Manilla.
that said it is a short independent film that will have your head wondering... make you want to look away as well as have you fascinated by the amount of dead bodies... You may just want to watch this to see how many bodies you can count.
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C and K- drama fusion?
This drama may have Mandarin audio and use Chinese settings and cast but the format feels very much like a K-drama as it has a lot of very familiar K-drama tropes the 16 episode format and, not a single annoying overbearing c-parent in sight.There is a lot of good to say about this drama, food shots, food tutorials and beautiful scenery, faces and yes abs for that matter. The leads are mostly lovable, and even the most annoying characters have a lot of good points and scenes that make them lovable. The friendships in this drama are sweet devoted and loyal. However non of the conflicts make sense to me. They honestly just seem to be there out of lack of imagination to make the plot draggy... or to make sure the viewers do not like the leads and side characters too much. As these otherwise smart, fun and highly capable people seem to loose all logic and ability to communicate from the slightest little hick up.
There is also an extreme over use of grand gestures from the second couple there to make people nauseous, which is really to bad as they started off all cool, easy going and fun but turned in to this messy goo of emotional chaos is a bad way
While the male lead has great character development the female lead has negative character development, which is kind of sad but also symptomatic of many heterosexual relationships gone wrong.
That said there are a lot of good moments, steamy kisses and fluffy cats making this worth a watch for all those who love both K and C romcoms and do not mind a little bit of unnessesery conflicts and choices that make no sense.
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Can a drama be this bad? Apperantly and it is hilarious to watch
This drama is so bad, so bad, so bad it is highly addictive... As I could not help but wonder how much worse it could get..The acting: bad (with a few exceptions)
The Sound: bad
The cinematography: bad
The filming: shaky
They styling: at times ok but mostly, yep you guessed it bad
The dialog: so bad
Cringe: oh yes....
Still I could not help but fall in love with this cast, as they are truly adorable and had me wanting to join hem for a drink or a group hug. As what they may not manage to convey any depth or story they do actually manage to convey fun, joy, embarrassment...
As it was pretty clear that they were thinking oh boy this is cringey as h*** and or improvising. And while some dramas lack chemistry and will give you dead fish kisses... this drama will give you very much grilled fish kisses instead as these boys clearly admit to wanting to eat each other.... and do seem to get a lot of the others saliva here and there....
There is a lot of crossdressing in this drama, not really as a punch line as the whole drama is one looong punch line these characters are there to help move things along delivering all kinds of odd lines and making sure that their appearance is not what is laughed at... Accompanied by the general message in this which is wear what you want, love who you want, just don't hurt people... Miss Beckey for example is this Disney nanny singing la la la la la all day long and makes her lemonade herself... I feel like I am missing out on a joke here as there probably is something about self made lemonade that I do not know about.
I also have to mention Chuk Chuk the dog who is there to show us that some people have just a little bit to much money...
So was this good, nope not in any way... Was this entertaining... mmmm.... but beware it is really really bad and I spent half of it with my hand covering my face hoping no one will enter the room while I was watching kind of bad
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Sunbae, doe die lippenstift niet op
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Romance in a cloud of blush from Klara
A lot of she's, and eventually they get to know... but sure she will never know is a sweet cotton candy lipgloss 16 episode cosmetics commercial with a side of sweet sweet romance and drama. There is probably a pink fluffy filter to at least one scene per episode, that is how fluffy it is.The fluff does however not take away the popular drama trope, while some are a bit delayed they are sure to come, as well as done right. The little angst this drama has is kept short, the few issues, obsession,(bad) family and power relations are felt with pretty well and do not distract from the main fluff of this drama. There are several really good scenes in this drama catering to my cold and bitter side as well as fluff... Did I mention there is fluff?
The PPL in this drama is hilarious and stood for about 80% of my laughs, Everything about Rowoons character is just perfect, a bit to perfect to be honest... And the team behind this drama made sure to make good use of his perfection showing us close up on his big hands, his smile, kisses... He is more or less the perfect guy, patient, respectful, the type of guy who trusts his girlfriend and true to the lyrics of Richard Marx song from 1989, this guy will be right here waiting... but not in a creepy way al though one can argue that he may just need to let it go... He is also playful and a passionate kisser... and so is Won Jin Ahs character. She is also strong, independent, honest and pretty cool. She may not always be the best girlfriend material and may be a bit over ambitious for her own good. And though she thinks of her self as selfish and a cold hearted B*** I could actually relate to her a lot, and had a small crush on her most of the drama.
The side characters are really good, no one annoyed me and they truly played their parts to get the plot to move along well. I especially love the male leads family, his relationship with his sisters and niece is just so sweet (as I said they do the job well) and their own struggles are a good addition to nuance the plot. Though some parts were more predictable than others (ok all highly predictable) the way they handled their issues and hurdles in life was really a good watch. The colleagues here are also really good and so are the friendships. The parents however are in true K-drama fashion are 50 shades of trouble and problems of its own but thet too was shown pretty well.
The drama is also easy to binge, and worth a watch for all use fluff, cliches and smile addicts...
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The Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
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Slow paced romance in 30 minutes or less
Yep you read it right, this short series, has a lot of nice moments and fluff but still manages to feel slooow, I actually had to watch it again tome sure I got it all right but it is basically people doing stuff and waiting in more or less silence...Between the silence the leads relationship ass opposites and long term friends is established by showing time skips and moments in time, where they are playful, caring and even mange to fit in a fight... Again all in 30 minutes or less...
The leads do have a bunch of awkward Charm and do a good job at showing that it can be hard to say the words love out loud. However I am not fully convinced that they are much more than just really good friends. The show was however better the second time (in a row).
Oh, wait and the boys even sleep wearing hoodies so lots and lots of hoodies but no umbrellas
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The Best Emotions and borderline stalking
The stars of this drama go to the Best War as in War Wanarat Ratsameera for the way conveys all the emotions of a scared teen in love. Portrayal that is just heart-wrenching at times I can feel every single one of his emotion with him and that is pretty damn impressive for a series as short as this.Yep this way, way, way, to short series starts off with boy meets boy, gets a basketball on his head, get a crush on boy who threw a basketball on his head... And then all the emotions unleash as his crush develops but he does not really dear to say anything since emotions are really scary for a teen especially when it involves a schoolmate of the same sex.
So he basically choses to write songs, take secret photos and observe from a safe distance (hopefully) without being noticed.
The story it self is nothing really out of the ordinary, nice supportive friendships, some backstabbing friendships, a whole bunch of longing, unrequited love, good music and students who actually study (shocking, I know). The entertainment value very by the episode but I will say it is done well and left me wanting more, a lot more.
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When men are idiots, other people suffer
This is a short and powerful film that made me want to google stuff... but in short it is about a girl who dropped her lipstick in the wrong place... And about her struggles to come to peace with herself living in a world where dropping ones lipstick while in a body that is perceived by others as male is one of the most scary things one can do.Her struggles with her inner-self can come off as a bit confusing, and has several points that are left for the audience to interpret as one could wonder if she has a person beside her or multiple personalities. However as I understand this it is supposed to be a portrayal of her inner struggles with her true self, so you may want to bear that in mind when you watch it.
This short film can be perceived as a bit slow, but if you pay attention to the music and details you will notice that you need every second of it for the full affect to kick in. And is certainly worth those 12 minutes it takes to watch it... and the other minutes it takes to google stuff too.
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Light and fluffy classic rom com
This movie is one of those movies you watch just because you can not decide on what to watch next, a classic in between dramas cleanser as it does not have a lot of substance to offer but does offer fluff, at times bad comedy and few decent messages hidden in-between the meeh ones.Crazy: I do not really get the "crazy" part of the drama, Jackie is not crazy, she is rather hurt, and in need of just about anyone to help her look beyond herself. So self centred yes, crazy nope... Or maybe it is the people around Kyko that are crazy as they seem to take advantage of this overly kind soul without a single thought about how he might feel.
Beautiful - Well there is a lot of beauty here, scenery, looks, gazes, relationships... all very beautiful indeed
You- Well there are both mes, I, is and yous so I guess this part makes sense.
There is one part in this movie that they portray really well, which is how people with privilege take their privilege for granted and act like they are all superior for giving bread crumbs to those in need while attaching a whole bunch of untold strings and well lets face it giving while taking advantage of the less fortunate... It also shows how hard it is for the person in disadvantage to rise up and stand up for them selfs, which could have given this movie a bunch of extra points had it not been for the rest of it which over simplifies things and has some low humour.... etc.
An ok watch, not a movie I recommend to all but not one I discourage others to watch either. as it did indeed keep my interest and though it made me cringe here and there it did keep me entertained.
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Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko Made mo
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The story of the happy idiot and the handsome Icicle
Idiot, Idiot, idiot... the female leads nickname and most probably the most translated word in this whole drama... I wonder how much idiocy there actually is in this drama?The male lead is an everlasting icicle, who reminded me of the guy in Playful kiss, just without an ounce of playfulness. An everlasting icicle that is true to his core and well kind of cruel most of the time. He is however fun to watch and does stand for some pretty good eye candy...
The female lead is as cheerful as cheerful gets, annoying at times but mostly lovable even if her obsession does become a bit overbearing at times.
The rest of the cast are pretty decent, including a very lovable second male lead.
The messages, medical stuff and talks about treatment and transplants where decent at times, a bit meeh and odd other times. They also mentioned HCM, which made me kind of happy.
A decent watch, not really relationship goals but entertaining enough for the moment.
Buingablety- high
Heartflitter- medium
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A not so beautiful world....
What are my thoughts about this drama... hmm.... honestly I am conflicted with myself as the story was pretty good, most of the acting was on spot and the drama did keep me on my toes wanting to see what would happen next. At times making it a clear candidate for a 9, 9,5 but at some point the twists became just a little bit too predictable. The mother a.k. main leads acting and dialog became cringe and annoying, and they kept giving the suspects a heads up so they could collude and destroy evidence to the point of just too much...The main family here is just a little bit to good, you know the type to be to kind, to perfect, to loving.. Though they do try to seem human they still end up a bit too much... However the friendship and the found family bits here are really good,. Again making me conflicted within myself since on the one hand I loved to see them develop and care for each other almost forgetting that even these so called overly perfect loving humans actually slapped kids out of frustration...
People do not slap kids, especially if you are teachers!
There are some good lines here and there, as well as thought provoking scenes, where they actually put the responsabilaty for the kids actions where it belongs! Not bad! There is also quite a bit of absurd humour done right but most of all a lot evil corruption etc done well.. yes I am a sucker for evil , I really am.. However once people start to repent here and there the plot loses its foremost charm as the good vs evil is kind of meeh... While the pure evil here is just gold!
The villain played by Oh Man Suk is so perfect! With flawless acting from his part leaving me 0 room to feel for him as he was truly as evil as evil gets. Making me appreciate him even more and though I can not put him on my crush list I feel I need to give him some love and maybe make a great villain actors list where he would be on top, yes that is how good he is at being evil.
The kids acting here was also really good and each role was well balanced, well written and entertaining to watch!
Bingabilaty: High
Annoying characters: the female lead
A decent drama, but could have been bette and not without tis problems...
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Not very good but entertaining enough for an 8
This short web-series is more or less gay to the pint and not much more... I am not really sure what they are trying to say here. Are they trying to tell people to use hook-up apps to connect with people and not only hook up? or are they giving us viewers a lesson in app lingua? Maybe they are sponsored by a dating app that wants to change it´s image , giving is kind of a how to kind of thing? Or is it the anti app lobbyist trying to tell the viewers to forget the apps and just go for it... Since I got attached before the invention of dating apps I do tend to find this fascinating but do not fully understand it.The leads are sweet, the way they look at each other is mesmerising and all lovey lovey at times, other times it looks more like one guy want's to eat the other (which is probably true). And they do show several shades of loneliness, longing and ways to relate to others. Wishing to be held and not just seen as. a product to f***but seems to contradict itself at times....
The episodes are short to the the point and give us a. heads up about what to expect in the episode. the sound, filming and acting is inconsistent. For example there is one episode where the shirt is on, off, on off, on off... during the same scene but then again what do you expect from a short most probably low budget web-series. if you put all that in to consideration it is actually pretty decently made.
I am not going to say this was very good but it was entertaining and did manage to keep my attention from start to finish so even if i gave it 7,5s all round it still gets an 8 for bingabilaty, in relation its format and entertainment value...
P.S. It is actually an very much a product placement series for a gay dating app...
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Bad yet oddly entertaining
This drama has literally nothing particularly good about it yet I found myself oddly drawn to watching it and wanted to see how it would end...The acting: Bad, like really bad at times
The music: elevator meets 8os porn?
The kisses: mediocre
The friendships: ok
The story: meeh
The romance: straight forward but meeh
The necklines deeper than the ocean...
The pace: fast...
The PPL: was there any PPL?
The food porn: meeh
The cinematography: meeh
The second couple: pretty and odd
Even the clichés here are meeh
So what can i say, I watched it, I won't really recommend it but I a not going to discourage people from watching it as it obviously does have something, I just do not really know what that something is, but it is there and it kept me entertained...
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