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Interesting story but inconsistent acting and dialog
The story here is captivating, it is interesting and sure to keep you both on your toes as well as wanting to watch more...However some parts, especially parts where people act a younger version of themselves the acting is just cringe, annoying and at times really, really bad! Is it due to bad directing, bad writing of just lack of range in the actors I do not know but it was at times so bad I felt bad for the actors... Such a shame because I do know these actors actually do have talent...
The amount of annoying characters is kept to a minimum (except as younger versions) and even though it is a bit of a one case an episode kind of deal there is still a common thread and interesting plot both as a whole and in the details, no detail is insignificant and it is sown together both beautifully and slightly disappointing in the end..
But again the story, the twists and the issues that the drama doues tackle still makes it worth watching, I just can not score it higher.
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Short and kind of funny
7 kisses or 7 almost kisses... 7 short parodies of fun and popular drama cliches to get us to shop at a duty free what is not to love?Well for one some of the styling here was just so bad... Sorry but the styling got in the way of some of the guys charm, not Lee Jong Suk even an ugly suit wont ruin his cuteness but Lee Joon Gi s suit, hairstyle and character did not suit him at all even if his episode was probably the most fun. Ji Chang Wook was styled like healer but forgot his acting skills somewhere else but other than that it was pleasant to watch.
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The Borne Identity (North) Korean style, in other words completely different...
This movie has been on my radar for a long time, and it is good it douse have a few iffy elements that I felt un sure of making me wonder was I supposed to laugh at this and is it okay to laugh? But overall it is rally good dealing with so many interesting issues in less than two hours without getting messy, is actually pretty impressive.The acting here was really well executed, having many of the characters portray a wide range of emotions and characters switching in between... Showing great range and is what makes this movie interesting and most definitely worth watching. It is also interesting how they use color and weather to go between comedy, action thriller modes during the movie. an element I truly appreciate.
I may write more later, I may not, but bow I finally get the whole green suite so, if only for that I recommend this.
P.S they also made great use of an umbrella, and those who know me here know what that means,... and about the ending Ill put it in a comment tagged spoiler.
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Fall in Love with a Scientist
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If only it was not for the story-line being boring this would have been amazing.
This drama has a lot of good, allot of meeh, some bad and some plain boring.... to be honest I understand those who rated this very low but if I look at the details there are quite a few things I liked about this that bring up the score.The Male lead, he definitely lacks communication skills, flexibility and honesty but he is is fun to watch and all this lack is kind of cute (to watch not live with). This guy does of course also need a lesson or two in respecting others privacy as well... He has a heart condition, this is part of the plot but not his whole story he is a genius, he is ambitious and has the most amazing healing skills leaving his chest scar less even just a short while after open heart surgery, i So extremely impressive! All in all I enjoyed watching this guy.
The female lead... what do I say about this woman hmmm.... She is a bit childish at times but I did like her awkwardness and her character most of the time. However she does have quite a few moments that just felt childish odd and out of character that did lower the score for this drama. I loved how her character made way for important subjects such as stalking, violence against women and the problematic side to public confessions and lies. However she was a bit too forgiving in my opinion. But hey at least she called it out once before praising the behavior she just called out...
The second couple (roommates) was 90% lovable and fun 10% WTF? and come on this is just annoying... The science couple was probably 100% adorable but also not very interesting.
I also liked how this was a drama where I was more annoyed with how the kids treated their parents than the parents themselves, even if It just made (mostly) the female lead seem immature and fickle. " oh I have hated you for 20 years but one look and I forget everything kind of deal to it...
Another + is that this drama shows the importance of medical research (including animal testing), I love animals and am not a fan of animal testing for other reasons but when it comes to medical stuff I would be a hypocrite if I said I was against it considering I would be long dead without it. It is not done very realistically (I assume, but still).
The drama has allot of lovely lines and gives good appreciation to umbrellas as an important part of a relationship. So far this sounds like a high scorer right?Well it would definitely have gotten a better score if it just had a better plot-line, with interesting twists. These where not that interesting even for me who am team cliche, there was a mess, I love messes in plots but by the end I honestly did not really care how it would be solved and considered dropping it. And while the drama does give umbrellas the recognition they deserve the pets are just there to look fluffy, completely ignoring their individual personality.
All in all not a good watch but it has so much good in it that I could not lower the score...
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Sweet mess, allot of good but some parts where just bad
This was, different mostly in a good way, I actually liked the mess, the not so very predictable plot and the actors. However this was not the actors best acting, I do not know if they where badly prepared, rushed or if it was bad directing but some parts just felt forced.I love the second couple, I love the friendships, I love the smiles, the way these women most of the time go for what they want... I hated how spinless the main lead was and while I loved how they portrayed fear and insecurity in entering a relationship this became a problem when spineless met fearful . I often wanted to yell talk to EACH OTHER for f sake and I hated how the Second female lead is portrayed, from start to finish I hate here character as well as the not so endearing qualities she brought out in the lead couple. But to be honest the funniest part is how obvious the product placement is I laughed o many times at the product placement I almost got a tummy ache.
All in, it does have allot of good stuff but is dragged down by the acting and that one plot twist that just killed the characters I guess... (not literally but their likability)
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Easy to watch sweetness overload
This drama is a perfect dose of sugar in a pretty messed up world, it is very easy to binge with very little conflict and more cuteness. Portraying day to day life and flirting during lockdown, showing both some measurements that would seem completely absurd less than two years ago (for me they still seem a bit to much, and odd), but are a clear sign of life in most parts of the world 2020. The drama portrays loneliness, flirting, insecurity and how the effects of covid go beyond the illness itself and over to spreading fear and the mental strain it can have on otherwise healthy people.The drama also shows quite a bit of humor showing covid-guards just casually taking of their shirts and working shirtless as if that was the most natural thing to do. The guards where lovable for more than their abs, and so are the rest of the side characters. Not a single one is annoying or overbearing.
I was also very impressed over the way the main leads smiled with their eyes, one may think it is hard to see emotions thru the mask but those eyes and body language did one h*** of a job making up for the lack of mouths seen.
All in all this drama was highly entertaining and very refreshing, and definitely worth the little time it has...
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Fun, fluffy but does not really make any sense
This drama is easy to binge, easy to watch and has all the cliches one will expect with e an icicle rich male lead who just happens to have a spare room in his apartment... and a poor female lead but with some added twin-twists.The male lead does have great character development but is in desperate need of a lesson or three about power abuse, boundaries and trust. Being extremely controlling and jealous, fun to watch but not really relationship material, even if he is rich, handsome and smart everything about him screams stay away.
The female lead may be poor but she actually has a pretty well functioning brain, yes she does make a mistake or 3 but overall she is pretty cool, talented, fun and has pretty high self esteem most of the time which is pretty unusual in a c-drama and is the reason the dram agot some extra stars.
Some parts of the story in the dram make 0 sense but hey it is fiction so just don't expect to much realism and all will be good.
I also think half of the budget for this drama went to flowers, balloons and fireworks... people it is okay to show love with action you do not have to confess with flowers every other day... The friendships in this drama are lovely and not a single character is overly annoying. All in all a pretty decent fluff piece.
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Cute and innocent
This is another covid-safe online drama. outgoing smiley jock meets introverted perfectionist nerd. The story is sweet, pretty innocent and surrounded by insecurity and fear, but not to much fear... The show shows both great friendship, loneliness and how to cope with lock down , commonly seen in these types of dramas. The drama also makes great use of the main characters friends for both the story and to set the fussy, sweet, playful mood of the drama. There is also a good bring out the best of each other/ you complete me feel to it and the teacher in this drama is one of the good ones finally showing that not all teachers are evil. Bonus is the nice twist in the end. All in all a sweet and innocent watch, not to dramatic and definitely the type to make you smile.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Sad but beutiful
This drama is really emotional, conveying both sorrow and healing in the most beautiful way where the details count more than the dialog. While many LGBTQ+ dramas often focus on romance it was kind of refreshing yet sad to see a drama that incorporated more sides to being gay portraying both hardship, discrimination, love, regret but most of all family bonds (not necessarily biological). This drama uses childrens openness and curiosity in the most natural way as well as added some small humoristic sides to the otherwise pretty heavy story.The drama may not have huge entertainment or suspense but it is touching in a non cringey kind of way, making you feel warm as well as being very subtle in showing the characters personality and growth that will make you fall in love with this family over and over again. The drama also makes way for some pretty good come back lines and is most certainly worth a watch for any one anywhere, just have the tissues ready if you are the emotional type.
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A little bit of everything in 4 short hours
This very short drama was kind of an emotional ride, the quality is not very good but in 4 short episodes we are invited to join in on a painful journey of regret, guilt, more guilt, competitiveness, sorrow, more guild, more regret and allot of running. That even mad me shed a tear or two. The drama has a pretty realistic feel to it. It deals pretty well with issues such as inequality, entitlement, loss and friendship. In a way that differs from the whole little guy against the system we are used to seeing.This story is actually about a boy, who was given way to much responsibility for his older sibling. The way their relationship is portrayed in the beginning did bother me abit but at the same time, I guess it made it more real showing how children who are given responsibility to care for siblings may react, and the importance of making everybody feel valuable. this portrayal made way for the rest of the drama, and was the foundation for the scene that built up a tear in my eye.
It was allot of fun to see two top actors in the beginning of there career while Yoo Yeon Seok acting skills have developed quite a bit Park Min Young's acting was already great, she delivers a great performance showing a range of emotions along side her bright caring ray of sunshine between some honestly depressing scenes. Baek Sung Hyun did a pretty good job with his character as well.
I can say that though Park Min Young had relatively little screen time, her character and scenes where the best parts of this drama and had the best lines, opening up, and calling out people for their behaviour and starting points:
" How can someone like you understand... even when you where a kid you never understood what it felt like to loose"
All in all not a masterpiece but definitely worth those four hours if you can put up with the low quality production, there is also some pretty scenery.
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Sweet, funny, slightly infuriating at times but deffenetly fun to watch
This dramas is pretty interesting combining some important issues with some sweet, sweet corruption, a dash of murder and allot of wonderful friendship, no romance but I think I may have gotten the urge to ship...I enjoyed the pace, the story, the characters development as well as the pussel. Some characters annoyed me at first but grew on me. I also liked how complex they made some of the villains almost making me forget their really bad deeds (only almost) as well as showing how one bad choice easily can ruin ones life... + leads to another and then another and before you know it you are intangeled in a big ball of yarn/lies.
Another thing I like about this is the importance of motive as well as pushing people to look beyond what is in front of them who had the most to gain in this situation.
Beeing a big fan of twist and turns I'd say this drama scored a 7,5 on twists. Some twists where more predictable than others, while a few turns came as a suprise, some diversons where a bit too obvious resulting in the reduction of half a point from the final score, the other half for annoying character and a bit unsatisfactory ending. While the complexity of issues added quite points to my final score that was rounded up by how it made me feel.
All in all worth a watch, maybe not worth the hype but deffenetly worth the time.
For those of you who have spouses that are not very interested in dramas, I got my husband to watch it with me and he enjoyed it.
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Sweet, relatable, realistic but draggy
Loneliness is loneliness no matter where you are.... This movie is bit draggy, nothing really happens in it and the cinematography is as grey and draggy as the drama itself... but it is still kind of sweet and comforting telling the story of lonely people coming together in Helsinki.The movie starts off showing everyday light racism in a very light way, conveying the looks and the comments most people meet when they do not look like the majority population. Very realistically and most probably something any one who has moved to a different country can relate to. The movie shows the process of trying to adapt and find a way to sell comfort food from ones own culture in a new setting. Sometimes you have to take a step back and adapt before you can move forward with your own. Sad but realistic. This movie also shows how lonely people come together and find comfort in each other breaking barriers and does a pretty okay jobb with breaking stereotypes etc.
I do love allot in this movie, just not the pace and the fact that it did manage to bore me in the short time it was playing... which is why the score is not higher than it is. but it does have some pretty good humour, relatable gems and is definitely worth watching just do not get your hopes of for getting thrilled or emotional and all will be fine.
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He gets knocked down, but he gets up again you ain't never gonna keep him down!
Antihero meets superhero meets childhood sweetheart... this movie gives longing a new face as well as makes a pretty good job redefining the term hero. In this drama we get to see a beautiful combination of friendship as well as surviving tough circumstances and fighting for ones dream.I love how the hero in this movies biggest achievement is the ability to to take a punch or 1000 and still stand up. As well as how well everything in the movie is sown together in the end. So keep your ayes open while watching, details matter more than you may think. The (anti) hero of this movie is just the sweetest guy ever that will surely make you sympathise with him and want to protect him from harm.
All in all sweet, painful and a tad emotional. definitely worth a watch but not a masterpiece.
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Mr and miss awkward fall in love during covid
This drama is kind of cute and seems like a symbol of the times... masks, masks and disinfectants everywhere- The humor, the gestures and the mimics do not really do it for me for me so I found it at times kind of boring. but it did have some big plusses in the side couples, the friendships, the second leeds and the adorable way of portraying people who over think things and do not act according to social standards so a big plus for this.The music was ok, the sinematografi was 90% boring 10 % nice. I did fall for a new side character (an object) the tummy warmer. I have never seen a tummy warmer before but I want one desperately now. all in all worth a watch but not much more.
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Please Feel At Ease Mr. Ling
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Whats wrong with secretary kim got mixed up with Shopping King Louie
What do you get if you take WWWSK and mix it with Shopping king Luie, add some fluff, some drama, and common tropes and vwalla you have a mr Ling in need of feeling at ease...This drama starts out really well with great humor, pace, chemistry between the leads and an interesting story to follow with ALLOT of falling in to the guys lap more or less everywhere. This relationship makes one or two mistakes but they develop together and mostly practise consensual and honest relations and actually seem to enjoy each others physical contact as well as each others company and talk to each other (yes I know this is mind blowing). The guy seems to tell us that he has trouble controlling himself but honestly he actually shows off his capacity to both reflect upon himself and practice self control. She did not look terrified in any of their kisses (or other physical contact) fully able to say both yes, no and beat the hell out of any guy who crosses her boundaries.
But then it takes a dramatic tern the fluff subsides and well it just stops being fluffy and is both dragged out with nothing really new or especially interesting + ALLOT of cringey moments between side characters. Its not bad either its just meeh. Dragging down this potential fluff masterpiece score from a 9.5 to an 8.
The side stories and there characters are mostly okay, no one sticks out as annoying but we do have our regular stalkers and not very smart people there to make sure we remember this is a C- drama and not a K-drama,
So all in all worth a watch but they could have made it allot shorter or let us see more of the main couples fluff later on and not only in the beginning. .
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