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Shiro
Never has a movie had a name that fit it so well
I do not think I have ever seen a movie with such a wide rage of ratings some love it others hate it so going in to this I did not really know what to expect so my expectations where low. The beginning is sweet and kind of funny, the middle kept me wondering when, what and where something was going to go wrong and then came the twists and while they are obviously not everyones cup of tea I enjoyed them very much and found the ending pretty satisfying.The acting was god, the OST hit the spot, the romance was definitely sweet and sour and seeing its available on Netflix and only 1 hour and 42 minutes I recommend you watch it and form your own opinion about it will you hate it or love it,
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Everything I like in a k-drama but unfortunately one big flaw that drags it down
This drama has just about everything that I love in a K-drama combining important issues with humor and fluff. Not only does it have a very fluffy dog but also allot of fluffy moments and a sweet, sweet ost. the drama has great side characters who show typical K-drama development making you annoyed in the beginning but leading you to fall in love with them by the end. The drama also shows a person who likes to cross dress as a competent and complex human being who is more than just a stereotype, yet manage to show the reality this person faces in a day to day life. The drama also touches issues such as poverty, mental illness but mostly violence against woman in various forms. All things making this drama worth a watch. Add a great OST and one might wonder why I did not give this drama 10 stars.There is one reason, and one reason only for the lack of stars, though the female lead does show some character development, the way she is written is a bit off and rather adds to mental illness stereotypes than breaking them. Also conveying people who have dealt with trauma as completely broken, and yes that bothers me. I am not saying that there is a right or wrong way to deal with trauma. And can not say that I fully understand her state of mind. Some people may be able to identify with her and if that is the case all the power to you. what bothers me is that this is this feels to stereotypical and that I have seen this before adding on this notion of broken , crazy and paranoid woman also used as well as showing us it as an excuse to treat others badly. The state they show her in is one where she is so paranoid she needs allot of protection and though she is getting help her state is so extreme that it is letterly dangerous for both her and people around her to let her walk the streets = A person who should get more help and stay in an institution until she stabilises = not the typical victim. And yes I am team there should be no shame in going to a mental institution when needed. to add to this her character development is to extreme for the lack of help offered to her. And yes that bothers me.
She does however have allot of great lines. the male lead is a complex antihero but a sweetheart for most parts (but he does contradict himself) and the show overall is mostly entertaining with mostly good humor, but unfortunately also some humor that just makes me go oh come on, and how the h*** is this funny.
So overall definitely worth a watch, just dont judge it by the first episode.
p.s. Lee Su Hyuns character and singing rocks in this! gave me a new crush, not bad for a supporting role.
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The Cringe You Give Me
This is a story about a bunch of women who at first try to come off as independent, smart and in no need of a man what so ever, and the men who are there to prove them wrong.As it starts off all women can do it but quickly turns in to women can't do it... just to go back to woman should be able to do it but most men suck, society sucks and it is damn hard to be a women so while they do not want a knight they will need a soldier to do the legwork... Or something like that. Some of this was good, some of this was made so bad I felt like throwing a bunch of books at the writers and other parts where just meeh. As they do make an honest attempt to show the struggles many women (especially single mothers) face, but ends up becoming a celebration of the nuclear family... So if you are in to that stuff this drama is great.
The characters in this drama are pretty interesting, those who are supposed to be lovable are lovable those who are supposed to be despicable are indeed easy to hate. All have good moments, but most lovable characters also have moments of adolescent, nonsensical inconsistent annoyance except for our female lead and the kid who both are a lot more mature than the rest of the characters.
The main couple also share a bunch of bickering fun moments as well as good chemistry and great kisses. No dead fish in sight which is indeed lovely but can get to be too much at times.
The interactions with the kid are just so cute they will make you cringe. But the kid is indeed lovable and the father- son moments/outfits are some of the best in all of dramaland. The kid actually got to have a scar after his surgery unlike his father who has this AMAZING healing ability, not a scar in sight 5 years post surgery.
There is a great glass shattering scene, not very necessary but indeed lovely to watch.
Part of me loves the fact that two of the leads have an hereditary heart condition yet are portrayed as more than just a condition... competent, lovable... but the conversation and way things around the heart condition where handled brought out my inner anger, making me want to visit the glass shattering space shown in the drama.
So what can I say there is some good, a lot of bad and a whole lot of cringe... but the acting is decent, chemistry good and the story it self could have been better.
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King of Cringe and Kisses
This is one of those dramas that is so hard to rate as some parts are so annoying and cringey they made me want to cover my eyes, skip, throw up, yell oh come on this is just stupid... While at the same time offering me some of dreamlands hottest kissing scenes, fun references to dramas passed and well Junho entering in slow mo wearing a suit, by suites I mean a lot of suits and a lot of scenes making me wonder if the makers of this drama where trying to check how many slow mo shots of Junho in a suit are to many... And well they tried their best but nee I am sure they could have fit in more of them and it would have only made this better.In between the awful and the amazing there was a decent cliche story done mostly good, with mostly predictable twists a slight attempt to talk about some issues without really exploring the issues... All kind of meeh. But then agin we were offered some pretty amazing shots, nice music and mostly lovable leads with friends to die for (even if there stories and characters where annoying and over the top at times all characters had their moments of decency and greatness.
For some reason I find myself comparing this drama to Hometown Cha Cha Cha, and while it does have moments as cringy as the ones in there not a single one of the characters is as annoying as the people in Cha Cha. And while the FL in Cha Cha takes a turn to the annoying this one is mostly good from start to finish. what Cha Cha had that this one did not have was a beautiful bromance. But while Cha Cha truly took a dive from fun to oh my let this embarrassment end , this dramas journey of annoying cringe and greatness was more of a roller coaster type thing.
So if you love watching Junho in slow mo in a suit, steamy wet kissing scenes and can handle some cringe and annoying elements this is a really good watch.
P.S there was also a small referens to pretty women hidden in there....
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Pretty enjyable hot demon
This drama is an easy binge, or at least the first 9 or 11 episodes where easy to binge and pretty much went in one go but then I had to take. a break due to starting it a bit to early while airing which kind of killed the fun.It could be that it really got a bit draggy in those last episodes or it could be the lost momentum but one thing is certain I enjoyed it more in the beginning than towards the end. As I enjoyed the dynamics between the god, the bad, the really really really bad... the past the present, the bickering, the cold... and the eye candy and the spontaneous combustions...
Though watching this had me convinced that the screenwriters of Korea must have made a bet sometime last year about creating the most twisted and deepest bond between characters as thins is another drama who is not satisfied with the shallow childhood connection and digs deeper, darker and bloodier in to the past. While 200 years is a lot less than other previous drams with up to 1500 years Id say this one manages to achieve the twisted connection rather well.
There are a few odd religious connotations here ant thee that did not really float my boat, and again some of the overall messages about mental health and desperation are kind of meeh.
The umbrellas in this drama are lovely, the music fit the scenes perfectly and the use of water, fire and watches a pleasure for my eyes. The PPL funny, colourful and impossible to miss... You must be able to find joy in PPL or you will probably hate this drama.
The predictability varies, and I do believe there where some new twists to our otherwise well known tropes. The level of annoying characters was kept to a decent level , there where a few but they did not take over to much or lower the score and well that is about it.
So basically not a masterpiece, not really a great watch but if you can handle your clices this is not a bad place to find them..
P.s. I would not mind having a deamon like Jung Koo Won at my disposal... could do without the selling my soul.. but they did do a pretty god job convincing me it may be worth it...
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Maybe not my Favourite but a really fun watch
This drama starts off with a whole lot of cringe, second hand embarrassment and a plea from me that one of our leads will please act his real age and not like a pree teen with low blodsugar. The other lead and the girl he married in the first timeline where however the sweetest people ever making me completely fall in love with those two...As the story progressed our main lead finally grew up and all was fun to watch, the pacing got better, the story had me hooked and I pretty much loved every single characters role in this. Annoying elemens more or less went while there was some cringe left Flukes constant flirty moves with his eyebrows pretty much made up for all the wrongs in this drama.
Was it a masterpiece, nope, not at all, did it actually contribute with a great massage or bring something new to the table? nope not really but it was entertaining, pretty to look at and while some of the dialog did provoke me just a little bit by offering some inspirational mumbo jumbo I still loved it. So while I did deduct some points here and there the over all feel is deffinettly an 8,5 maybe even a 8,75.
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Cute and Angsty
Some people may say this is a drama about loneliness, others may say it is about how a persons childhood trauma can leave them scared shitless... Others or the same people may say this is a sweet and fluffy romance. And then there are probably those who will focus a lot on the kid and how this is about found family and connections.Me I managed to mention all of the above and probably left something out of this too but what I am trying to say is that this short drama has a lot to offer to different people depending on which angle they choose to look at this. As I am sure there is more to dig out of this very short drama. So basically so little screen time so many angles. Without it becoming messy. An achievement not many writers will active so hats off to the writer of this story.
The characters in here are all lovable, lovely, human beings with a bunch of flaws, fears and very different personalities that mix beautifully together to create very little drama but a whole lot of angst.
I personally love the way our lonely male lead talks with the kid in this drama instead of to the as many other grownups often do,
I can also relate so some of the fears shown in this drama, I am not going to get in to details about this but will say that the characters in this are indeed highly relatable.
This is definitely a short drama I recommend to most, they could have switched out some of the flashbacks to the past to some more details about relationships past. Part of me would have wanted some parts to pick up the pace other parts of me found the at times annoyingly slow pace to be true to the story so I guess this is just one of those things that will leave me undecided and up to you watchers to figure out how you feel about it.
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Pretty faces, pretty voices... odd choices
I am not really sure what story they are trying to tell, I am not really sure about the quality of the humour here... Maybe it is something about the hardship of being at the bottom surrounded by popular people and trying to survive.... Maybe it is supposed to be about the trainee/idol industry as a whole...Maybe they are trying to tell us the lonely story of the idols... The lack of friendships at the bottom top... or maybe it is just a bunch of talented people doing what they do best...The music and dance was good, the dialog had a lot of good one liners and medium low humour... there was one scene that punched down a bit too much for my taste and thru gay people under the bus... making me lower the score for this. They ddi try to save it, but the damage was kind of done...
What can I say... it is pretty much meeh... with some good highlights here and there.
Annoying characters- medium
Bingeabilaty- medium
Heart-flutter - medium low...
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My Lover Like Cherry Blossoms
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Love like falling petals, but life with an illness sucks...
A beautiful spring night where the beauty of love and death collide... or something more poetic than that.This movie is beautifully filmed, the angles, the stories, the details the colures, the light the attention to detail is gorgeous.
This movie is here to tell us that even the shortest love story can make a difference and change a persons life without becoming too inspirational... The characters are real human beings, and though I may not always like their way of handling things I can relate to it and understand where they are coming from.
What I love besides the beautiful photography is the intensity and verity of the emotions portrayed in this movie, is them showing a person at their lowest and actually letting them be themselves at that point. Raw intense, getting diagnosed with a terminal illness at 25 sucks and boy do they show us that it sucks for both the diagnosed and everyone, yes every single one around them.
The movie also shows desperation and vulnerability in a great way but the best thing about this movie is the total lack of even if they are to love like falling petals... there is not a trace of make the most of what is left, live life to the fullest b.s in this and that makes up for all the aggravating choices within the movie.
So to sum it up, this movie is emotional, it is definitely sad and depressing but with a side of fluffy petals though the tears did not flow from my eyes it did leave me with a lump in my chest so to be clear this is an emotional sad story and not a fluffy happy place...
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Cute and fluffy but overcrowded with annoying elements
I would like to thank We-Tv for giving me the possibility to watch this in double speed as anything else would not have made completing this drama possible.I will start with the mostly good
Dr Gu/ Xiao Zhan starts off as sweet icicle, and is the sweetest male lead ever about 80% of the time, the rest are some pretty big red flags and lack of something but the rest is just dreamy... kind, helpful, adorable, caring... With a smile that will melt any other icicle in to a puddle of sugary gu...
His acting skills spao on, his charm is just overwhelming... Almost making me forget that he is actually kind of controlling, childish and jealous in a not so great way... And way, way to conservative slightly misogynist kind of dude... but d*** those dimples and the way he acts the rest of the time can easy confuse anyone to think he is mr. Perfect, but it also reminded me of all the good non misogynist male leads that have been in c-drama lately that may have spoiled me.
His Chemistry with Yang Zi/Lin Zhi Xiao was over the top great, their kissing scenes fluff scenes, and about 70% of their interactions are just amazing, fluffy and everything nice... the other 30 is her not listening ,not letting him talk and misunderstanding him + being very, very, very annoying.
She Is otherwise mostly smart, fun and a pretty ok character, especially when she is interacting with her mom, and not misunderstanding Dr. Gu... She is not to timid and does seam to actually have a brain... If only she was less annoying that would have been great.
All their friends are highly annoying, Though the girls mom has some sweet scenes the rest are just so annoying. Especially the dad... from start to finish the way he acted, talked did stuff jus made my blood boil...
So on a scale of 1-10
Bingabilaty- 3
Annoying elements- 9999
Fluff- 11
Values- -9
Chemistry- 9
So to sum it up.. A lot of fluff but mostly highly annoying
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The Struggles of a Single Mother Done Right
This was just such a pretty drama, a lovely depiction of the struggles of the typical single mother trying to survive in the workplace type of movie..The story is not really new, but it does have a few nice touches twists and turns involving backstabbing colleges who literally will stop at nothing to get a head.
The core of this drama is the mother-daughter relationship where the two seem to care a whole lot for each-other but also struggle with honesty as both mother and daughter have a whole lot of secrets and insecurities in their relationship. Pretty much like most teens who are trying to find themselves as well as their sexuality. Finding a way to come out to ones parent is not always easy. Especially if that parent keeps pulled back to work at the most inconvenient times creating a whole lot of misunderstandings. As one could expect in a movie about this type of relationship. It does also make way for some pretty decent lines questioning the whole idea of coming out, done really smoothly and did not feel forced at all.
There are also some back and front stabbing teens as well, as well as some guy who really should learn a whole lot about consent.
There is also some slight romance, lust and even a show of true friendship hidden somewhere in there between all the stabbing, shooting and other ways to kill/die. As this is pretty much all covered in a lot of gorgeously filmed slow mo blood-splatter, shining shreds of glass and legs kicking in beautiful surroundings and to the sound of perfectly mismatched music. Just the way I like it.
Did we get to see anything new?
No not really, but it was well made, pretty and definitely one of the better mother-daughter movies out there. Also if you do watch it make sure not to miss the epilog it was like a perfect little stab in the heart.
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Cotton Candy Lollypop with Sugar on Top
This drama is so sweet, so sweet, so sweet it is like they took a lollypop and dipped it in cotton candy.The acting is mostely meeh, story is not really new and it is not the type I will remember for all eternity but the take feels kind of fresh. The budget seems to be low so I have taken that in to account when rating this. HOWEVER one character (actually 1,5) stands out and compleatly steals the show making me overlook all the meeh parts. Making me realize once and for all that yes sometimes it only takes one good character to make or break a show.
Eddie/Shin Ki Tae played by Lee Seung Gyu is just amazing, from the way he is written to the way this guys performs he is playful, fun, confident and so on and the stuff this guy does with his eyes and smile just had me hooked. To be honest mostly the first episodes but still this guy rocked and made every second of this show worth a watch + made me longing for more, a lot more so I will now proceed to stalking everything this guy has done.
For the kiss lovers among you: the kisses are not great, they are not dead fish but I have seen better.
So this drama may not be high quality objectively good, but it is an easy watch, has high fluff value and is very entertaining indeed.
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Yep this is indeed once again
This is the story of the boy who watched another man get killed in front of him in order to save his life and then kind of got stuck in that moment... So he traveled back in time to fix it... It is also the story of the overly nice guy who was happy to die to save a kid... This is also the story of the two men who got stuck in a box and could not for the life of them figure out how to think out of that box...So basically this story makes very little sense... the people here seem to completely lack all ability to think about consequences or I do not know acknowledge that there is an outside world out there... But then again does time travel ever actually make sense?
So if you go in to this shutting off your brain you will find some mediocre acting, loveable characters and dead fish kisses... There are a lot of lovely interactions, some attempts at humour I think but it comes off more awkward than funny... But hey awkward can indeed be funny...
The drama is short so it is an easy binge, and the story does get points for being a ted different than most other time travel stories... Part of the ending is actually really good another part if it is just off...
More in the comments marked spoiler...
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Slow Motion Love Revolution Propaganda
This drama could easily be cut down to 24 episode, or even 12 episodes if they just got rid of the flashbacks, slow motion scenes an extra scenery shots, beautiful as those shots may be they did not really add much more then test my patients.The female lead is probably the best part of this drama she is smart, not just a little bit smart she is truly smarter than most of the cast, she is also gorgeous, cool, trustworthy... Yep just one of the greatest female leads out there. Not to mention her wardrobe, hairstyle and all round forwardness.
The Male lead and second male lead are both pretty decent too, smart, fun and oddly reasonable even if their emotions do get the best of them from time to time...
Other than that most of the side characters are highly annoying, so much that I had to forward their parts (that also are slow mow) to get true this.
There are some characters that are complex and colourful but most of them are either really, really, really evil or so good so good, so good.. or just used by the evil but actually good deep down inside.
There is also an unreasonable amount of suicides or attempted suiside in this drama as well as interesting (mostly predictable) twist, an enormous amount of explosions, blood, rain and shots that make blood in the rain look like fine art in slow motion of course...
The romance in this drama is great, slightly overshadowed by the politics and evil plots here and there, those guys that ruled China before the revolution were really, really, really selfish, evil, oppressive and also bowed down to foreigners making the Chinese people second class citizens in their own country... Making this a pretty interesting lesson about how history most probably is taught in China and helping me reflect over how I was taught history myself, just kidding I have known that history is very bialy taught depending on who wins/is telling the story. However the way it is made so very obvious in this drama making it vVery interesting indeed.
In numbers:
Main Couple: 9
Annoying characters: Way too many
Bingeabilaty: 2-3 episodes at a time no more
Cinematography: 9
Fashion: 9
Explosions: 9
Propaganda: 10
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Toxic male lead disguised as sweet romance
This drama starts out so innocent and sweet. It has sweet caracters and a lovely story. However as the story progresses the male lead becomes more and more manipulativ and posessive. This is portrayed as romantic and no body says anything about the way he treats the female lead even thogh they must see it. She doesn't seem to mind the way he treats her eather but rather seems to think it romantic. Fine I get it its nice to find a guy who only has ayes for you... but it should not be at the coast of your independence. So if you can watch this as a coutionery tale I say go for it (It does have its moments) but if your looking for good healthy romance look elsewhere.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
