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Somewhere on Earth
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At last I managed to finish Shark by marathon the last 10 episodes in one night. Now I can cross out Shark from my currently watching list :)and off to see a new drama!But before that, I thought I must write what I feel during watching this. For the story, I give 7. Yeah it's just good, not more & not less for me. Maybe after you watch the ending, you might give it lower than that :P
For atleast in each episode, there's a new truth revealed. For me, I can predict what is what, and who is who. The story is enough to create suspense and eager to know feeling, that what's make me wanna keep watching Shark. There's this time when one of the truth unfold I feel very2 disappointed at that fact. In my mind, " It was'nt suppose to be like this!! Ah poor him.." *I try to not give spoiler, so I'll stop here :P*
The acting, it's just good. But sometime I can't feel the emotion. Maybe it's not strong enough to give touching feeling. There's many time when I watch Kim Nam Gil scene, I must see his moustache. And for that, I don't know why :D
The music also good. Among the Ost, the one that keep linger on in my mind is BoA song, Between Heaven & Hell :) * Charari biwo hajaa.. *
I give rewatch value 5 bcoz I don't usually rewatch the drama that I've watched.
This drama is overally good. Moral of the story is "To be honest.Don't hide even if it's the ugly truth, so you can get the peaceful life.If you hide it, you will suffer till the rest of your life, that include the life of your son & daughter too." The end~
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" I live so I can meet you. "
If I was to compare BFTB with the other xianxia I've watched this year, I enjoyed this more than The Starry Love but slightly less than TTEOFTM. My actual rating : 8.7/10.The plot : A story of a human girl and a broken dragon who went on an adventure, healing each other along the way, facing challenges together and later fall in love with each other. I think the plot was excellent . One of the best I've seen. It was neat and detailed. I liked that everything happens for a reason .Most of the times the plot will left you confused at first but later will give answer to all your questions when the time comes. You just need to be patient.
The acting: This was my second time of watching Neo Hou after AGLM which I did'nt finished .Visually, ML is as pretty as FL and it was distracting lol. His acting was good and I enjoyed watching our Pretty Dragon in action ( Here is what I could'nt understand and find it annoying when everyone - village people,taoist people- called him Evil Dragon everytime they saw him. What evil thing he did that they saw I really wanna know. Like come ooon he had done nothing bad and never harming anyone how could they be so blind and keep believing on hearsay. Stupid people...) . This was my first time watching Zhou Ye as FL and I enjoyed her acting too. I think she did great at every emotional scene she was in. Acting of the other cast also not disappointing. My favourite was Riley Wang as Bai Xiao Sheng , our michievious third-wheel/ matchmaker. His character provide comic relief in this drama and his synergy with FL and ML never failed to entertain me while watching.
Romance : To describe the romance here, it was sweet with little angst. Both leads had good chemistry with each other. I liked the fact that our couple except for that one time always practice healthy communication with each other. There's nothing better than watching a couple being honest to each other about their feelings like what shown in this drama. Any conflict they had usually get solved right away and not predictably dragged to 5 till 10 episodes like in most drama. We did have 2nd and 3rd couple here but I skipped most of their scenes as I'm not deeply invested in their stories.
Cinematography & CGI: I have no complaints and thought it was great.
Music /OST: It was just okay. None made me eager to download it and put it on my spotify playlist.
Overall, BFTB was one of the best xianxia I've watched this year. If you like dragon, kind male lead, headstrong and kickass female lead, adventurous plot, romance with healthy communication & little angst in your story , watch this & you might enjoy it as I do.
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Story so addicting you can't help binge-watching it in one day!
This review is long overdue. I finished this one almost 2 weeks ago but only now I feel calm enough to sit still writing this review. This drama was not even on my PTW list but I was curious about that rating and all the rave about it so I started this one on whim. Wow by the end of ep 1 I was sold! Hence I binge-watched this in less than a day.What I liked :-
✅️ Addicting ,angsty and no draggy storyline. The plot remind me of makjang drama I used to watch 10 years back. 12 episodes is just perfect. No filler scenes that will make you abuse your FF button.
✅️ Good acting from all cast. This was my first Jung Yoo Min drama and I enjoyed her acting. Her acting reminds me much of the actress Lee Min Jung. So pretty like her too.
✅️ Contract marriage.
✅️ FL getting revenge on people who did her dirty in satisfying way.
✅️ Main couple who most of the time does communicate with each other.
✅️ Great chemistry between leads.
✅️ Green flag male lead .
✅️ A mother-in-law that is not evil for once. When most of family dramas potrayed an evil MIL , it was refreshing to see this drama broke that trope.
✅️ HEA.
✅️ Pleasant to listen to OSTs. My favourite is Halo by Sohn Yerim.
What I liked the least:-
☑️ Cinematography could have been better.
❌️ ML's wardrobe style. His stylist need to be fired. Some of his clothing were hideous fortunately Sung Hoon's good look made it hurting my eyes less. While all the females in this drama got the best wardrobe why they did not do the same for the males...
Overall, PMR is one of the best K-drama I've watched this year. If you like what I liked, watch it & you might enjoy it like I did.
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SMN : Do you love me? YXC : What do you think?
Started this one when I feel bored with my CW list. I was immediately hooked by episode 2.What I liked :
✅️ Enemies to lovers. I'm a sucker for this genre so can't help enjoying this one.
✅️ Sizzling chemistry between leads. 10/10. You could feel like their love is real not just acting.
✅️ Spectacular acting especially from male lead, Fan Zhi Xin. His facial expressions were so on point! When he feels angry , sad , depressed, confidence, satisfied , happy & love it was all shown in his eyes, face and the way he acted. Watching him here feel like when I discovered Ryan Cheng in A Familiar Stranger. I wonder why he is not getting popular when his acting was this good?? I hope he get cast as ml in many drama in the future because his face & his acting deserves it.
✅️ Addicting , intense & angsty plot: 9/10. Watching this drama quench my thirst for angstiness .The last time I feel so much angstiness like this was when watching TTEoTM 4 months back.
✅️ Perfect OST :10/10. My favourite song is Parallel World by Jin Guicheng.
✅️ Good cinematography. I like the way some scenes being filmed helped provide meaning & more depth to the scene while watching.
✅️ Easy watch . Each episode roughly had 30 +- minutes excluding opening and ending credits. So it didn't take long to finish one.
What I liked the least:
☑️ Okay mystery & revenge plot.
✖️ The fact that fl has the same face as ml's sister. But I can forego that fact considering ml and his sister been separated since they were child and didn't even meet when they're adult.
❌️ Boring second couple story. I skipped all their scenes.
Overall, MLM was one of the best short C-drama I've watched this year. If you like what I liked, enemies to lovers, good looking male lead with great acting , sizzling romance , angsty story and all that watch this & you might enjoy it!
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"One Moment of Impulsiveness, Seven Lives of Unluckiness."
My actual rating : 8.7/10. Finally completed my fifth xianxia drama in 2023. Took me a week to finish this one. Actually I could finish it earlier but keep delaying the inevitable because I don't want it to end (T.T). This just shows how much I enjoyed this drama. LYST remind me much of drama LBFAD because they had similarities in the hair ornaments, color palette used, the realms settings and the OST style.◇The plot: 8.5/10
I thoroughly enjoyed the plot. If you're a devoted fan of xianxia like me you will enjoyed it regardless of how many times you see the same plot device was used in the drama (:D). The plot starts when our main leads during a banter accidentally tied the ancient love knots on themselves which the result required them to go through seven lifetimes together to untie each knot. They called it as mortal love tribulations. I enjoyed pig x tiger , childhood friends turned lovers, the prince x the empress lifetimes the most. Lifetimes I enjoyed the least which I think quite boring were the master x his disciple and the bodyguard x the princess lifetimes. My most favourite plot is the demon realm storyline. As usual , the bad guys and the good guys here are not as what it seem like. The mystery aspect here also nicely done. Now about that ending scene urgh not again! -SPOILER BEGIN- They just love to end it that way huh. Same ending as in almost xianxias if you know what I mean (I am looking at you Love Between Fairy and Devil, Back From the Brink, The Longest Promise.... ) This is the cliche I did not enjoyed watching in xianxia. Is it too much to ask them to end it with a romance scene between leads. Not just they finally meet ,stares and smiles then the end . Although this one had little improvement where one of them talked and teased the other with question. But I need them to at least hug each other after all the hardship they went through, both of them deserved that hug..... *sigh* -SPOILER END-
◇The angst: 7/10
Just 7 because I don't think this drama is angsty enough. Just contained only few moments of angst here & there especially in the master x his disciple lifetime. Considering our main couple maintained healthy relationship thoroughout the story and honest to each other hence this had low angst meter.
◇The acting: 9/10
This was my 3rd drama of Ding Yu Xi and I remembered enjoyed his TROTAR which leading me to watch his Intense Love after that. But only after watching his performance in LYST I'm totally now his fan. I was impressed with his acting here as Chu Kong/ Lu Chang Kong . I could see he gave his all in every version of Chu Kong in those 7 lifetimes. Ofcourse my favourite version of Chu Kong was him as a cat demon <3 . Can't get enough of his divine looks! I feel for his character the most. His undying love for Xiang Yun . His pain when they need to separate. His smugness when he achieved what he wants and the way he exhibits his playful nature . He succesfully captured my heart with his acting here. To compared with his co-star Yang Chao Yue's acting, he's definitely x3 better. I've watched YCY in The Journey of Chongzi (dnf) and Fireworks of My Heart before and my opinion of her remained the same. She is pretty especially when she smile. But her acting is just okay to me. She's great at acting cutesy but when the scene required her to act with more depth I ain't see that. I'm not feeling much when she cried d/t heartbroken. Most of the times it just felt superficial. If only she put more depth & detail into those scenes it would be perfect.
◇The romance : 9/10
I have no complaints. Totally enjoyed the romance here. Great chemistry displayed by both leads. I could see they feel comfortable around each other. Like when friends turned lovers. The romance is sweet and not spicy at all.
◇OST: 10/10
Great! Great! Great! I'm so in love with the OST . My most favourite :Till the End of Time by Liu Yuning. (I love almost all ost sung by him . A king of Cdrama OST indeed) . I rarely mention BGM in my review but I'm totally in love with the BGM here especially that Dadadada Melody which often appeared in sexy scenes between leads and that war chant in fight scenes.
◇CGI & Cinematography: 9/10
I have nothing but praise. Beautiful and pleasant CGI & cinematography. My favourite settings : Marriage Pavilion, The Star Platform. Love the pastel colors background. Love everything.
◇ Hairstyle &Costumes : 10/10
Dazzling. Elegant. Mesmerizing. My favourites: Chu Kong in his cat demon attire (gotta love that grey hair, forehead mark, adorable vulpine ears, hand accesories & furry outfit!) & Xiang Yun in her colourful red -yellow -brown outfit. Their make up also perfect ! Yang Chao Yue looks so beautiful & Ding Yu Xi so good looking like he just came straight from a manhwa. I like the fact that they didn't overdid it when applying lipstick on him, all natural looking unlike LYX's lips in TTEOTM. There I said it ,the truth.
In conclusion, I really enjoyed this drama to the fullest. Totally recommended if you're a devoted xianxia fan or a beginner to this genre.
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Love does not magically heal all wounds.
What I liked about this short drama:- Gorgeous looking main leads (yes I'm shallow).
- Did not take long time to finish. Suitable for binge-watching in one sitting. If you're in a drama slump or jaded of watching a full length drama atm like me, it's refreshing to watch a short drama like this one while you wait for your drama soul to heal.
- Great chemistry between leads. You could feel their palpable chemistry whenever they were around each other.
- Good acting from the cast. The expressions shown by both leads were on point. I feel for their characters while watching.
- Spicy & angsty romance that was right up my alley. Kiss scenes in here were also better than in most full length drama I've seen.
- A kickass female lead. I have a thing for a kickass FL especially those who can fight & kill like Shen Yan.
- A formidable and protective male lead. Despite the actor is young but he has this mature vibe around him that made him looked older than he is.
- I liked the fact that both ML & FL was consistent in their revenge through & through. Even after they found love & solace in each other's arms they did'nt suddenly turn weak or forgiveable. Because realistically, love does'nt heal all wounds.
What I think was so-so about this short drama:
-Typical revenge plot. Nothing we have'nt seen before in a revenge based drama. It's unrealistic to expect more from a 3 minutes episodes short drama with 1 hour 30 minutes in total.
Lastly , I was intrigued by this beautiful poem by Su Shi that was shown at the end of the story that I think is worth sharing. Title : Donglan Pear Blossom
"The pear blossoms are pale white and the willows are dark green, and when the catkins fly, the city is full of flowers. I am saddened by the snow in the east column, and life can be seen clearly."
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" The palace is nothing... but a luxurious prison."
First of all ,I need to remind you all that my review is incoherent at best and if you want a proper or perfect english grammar review you won't find it here. This is just me rambling in an unnecessarily long post so that one day I can look back and reminiscing on all the feeling I had for this drama. If you want a proper review I suggest you to read the-sapio-nerd 's review on top of drama's page which best captured every essence of what made The Red Sleeve a great historical kdrama of 2021.Before going further I need to warn you all , there are spoilers ahead soyou may stop reading now if you intend to watch/ not finished watching this drama yet .
Let me start by saying TRS messed with my feelings and I am still reeling with the after effect this drama gave me post-watching. I can hardly sleep last night thinking about this drama.
TRS made me remember one of the reason why I don't like to watch historical drama especially based on real figures like this one. What is the point of watching if you know or can guess how it will turned out at the end? My real life is already sad enough and I don't need historical drama to add more misery into the mix. That is why I only watch historical drama WITH fantasy and comedic elements. I need some fluffy & humor in my drama to forget the chaos that is my rl at the moment. However, I did not regret watching TRS. For I learned alot from this drama .
I understand now why historical drama usually have more than 50 episodes but I am so thankful that The Red Sleeve have less than 20 episodes . Because I don't think I can handle TRS with 50 or 60 or 70 episodes. I don't think I will ever watch it no matter how good the drama is. God.. with only 17 episodes , I am completely wrecked,depressed and my eyes were puffy from all the crying from the pains the last 6 episodes gave me. I felt like I just lost the love of my life which did not even exist.
The strength of this drama IMO:
1) Spectacular acting from all casts and impressive development of their characters from beginning to end . My most favourite characters: Yi San , Sung Deok Im and King Yeongjo.
Lee Jun Ho. Wow he impressed me with his acting as Yi San. His acting really improved alot since Chief Kim days. I am sure now he will become one of sought after actor by many production in melodrama after TRS. I could feel all his agonies and trauma after losing his father and suffered by ill treatment from his grandfather for the sake of love. Tough love or cruel love you choose. I was surprised his mental was still intact after all that happened. Fortunately, after meeting FL ,our precious Crown Prince found the light of his life. I salute his relentless efforts in pursuing FL and never shy away from his feeling toward her.
Meanwhile, Lee Se Young was excelled in her performance as a court lady, Sung Deok Im . I think all woman would resonate well with her character. Definitely one of a strong FL in dramaland. She bravely turned down Yi San's proposal from time to time again and I was fascinated with her resolution each time. She understand deeply what she will lose by accepting Yi San. She shows that ''To love is not to possess, To own or imprison, Nor to lose one's self in another.'' -James Cavanaught. She shows we woman own ourselves, no one can own us . Not even the man that we love. She shows the true meaning of love yourself more than you love other.
Love usually associated with reckless/ irrational behaviour and full of lust but I loved the fact that in TRS , we can see love can be rational and full of chastity too. TRS had one of a refreshing romance I've seen in dramaland.
Surprisingly, I had a love-hate relationship with Lee Deok Hwa's character. I find myself understand the purpose of his action toward Yi San. Like it was needed to prepare Yi San for what were to come. But believe it, there are better ways to show love than what he did to YS... Nevertheless, he was beyond perfect in his role as King Yeongjo. Never doubt from a veteran actor like him.
I also could empathize with Court Lady Jo's reason for doing what she did. 'Hell has no fury like a woman scorned' -The Mourning Bride. I felt her pains too and I can't 100% fault her for doing what she thinks best for her. She was one pitiful woman.
2) Alluring storyline. Heartfelt script. Top notch cinematography. 1 hour 20++ minutes of each episode won't scared you here. I don't remember myself ever felt bored while watching this drama . Each scene regardless of their importance ,minute or big were needed to build depth in the story and better character development even if it was just a scene of our ML gazing deeply into the pond. And that ending. I could'nt find a better ending than what was shown in that last episode. It was well fitted the story.
My long, messy rambling review will conclude here. Let me cry under my blanket for the last time for Yi San and for Deok Im...
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Here are my thoughts upon finishing NK:-1) Chemistry between main leads is the BOMB. You can feel how intense it was when RattDa stares at each other. Especially the way Ratt looking at Da. Oh how I wish Dada is me haha. I'm having crush with Film Thanapat damn. Never watched his lakorns before and in NK I realize he is a great actor and very good looking too. Will be following him after this :D Same goes with Natt. She acted two roles here and did great at acting as two people which have a very distinct personality. I ship this couple. Hope they will be paired with each other again in the future.
2) I love how smart and sensible the male lead is in the lakorn. Because seeing the dumb male lead was such a turn off :P
3) The storyline was addicting . I'm the type who love watching makjang drama. Can never get tired of it. NK is one of the example of makjang lakorn done right. It was engaging, with the right pace and not draggy at all. 23 episodes are just nice.
4) I really love the first 18 episodes I would give 10/10 for those episodes only. The last 5 episode were good too but I'm quite dissappointing seeing how less our main couple's screentime together. I want to watch them acting lovey dovey longer at least in the finale but I'm left dissapointed. Nevertheless I love the lakorn.
5) I can never reasoned with Doctor Goson reason for staying with Dee despite all the bad things her wife has done. Just for the sake of love and feeling debtful toward Dee??? His reasoning were all so wrong and twisted. Jeezzz.
6) I love the father -son duo, Ratt and his dad. It was so refreshing to see such as great father-son relationship like what shown in this lakorn. Ratt's father also smart and insightful like his son. He was always there for him and supported him through high and low with actions.
Highly recommended for those who loved Sood Sai Pan and Khun Mae Suam Roy. You might love it like me :)
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A short but fulfilling story
What I liked:- The acting. This was my first time seeing Han So Hee and she was great at acting a complex character like Yoon Ji Woo. It was perfect.
- 8 episodes with 50 minutes each were just nice. Short but fulfilling.
- Compact and concise storyline. The story was interesting from beginning to the end.Not draggy and less filler scenes. Also succesfully keep you on the edge of your seat most of the times.
- Great action/fight scenes.
- Hot and badass looking antagonists. Especially Choi Moo Jin (such a charismatic presence and I loved his deep voice) and Jung Tae Joo (His loyalty to his boss and the organization charmed me). I fell for their characters and rooted for them most of times.
What I disliked:
- I wish the intimate scene in the last minute between the leads never happened. Too sudden and random.
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THE STORY: I admit when I was watching the first 6 episode I don't quite understand the reason why heroin did what she did to get revenge on his ex-husband.Can't she just let go of the past? That guy brought pain in her past,and the right thing to do is just don't see him again. No pain gain from doing that, so just move on,girl! -.-" I'm even trying to make my own reasoning for her revenge mission to made myself accepting and feel less awkward with the whole situation.'I need to finish this drama so I must understand what the character's feel first..' that's what I've told myself while watching the episodes.Another thing to say,the title of the drama is quite misleading because she's been cunning only in the early episodes,in later episodes we see a new side, a likeable side of her. That's what I thought about the story.Just a so-so storyline.
ACTING: It's just good. Lee Min Jung was great as always but the main lead..his acting's sometimes put me off especially when he's acting all cute and that fake laughing thingy. It looked sooo unnatural and I can feel the awkward vibe comes to me when he did that. And this is a rare thing to happen to me in dramaland,I fall in love with the second lead's character instead.Seo Kang Jun.This guy's character is made of full of charm that's what I though. There's once/twice that I wish that Lee Min Jung end up with him instead :B
MUSIC : I think the OST is one of the good thing happened in this drama. I especially like Yoo Seung Woo's song What Do I Do the most.
REWATCH VALUE : I just give a fair value in this section because I'm not a rewatcher person. Unless the drama is really2 bad in my opinion,that for sure get a lower score from me.
OVERALL : This drama is just good. Watch this if you want some laugh,a light story to watch when you're in Final Exam mode *like me :P* and a story to brighten up your mood when you're sad :) TQ for reading.
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Full of grandiose schemes that fell flat.
I was one of the people who got excited prior to the airing of BM but when I finally watched this, it was truly a disappointing experience to me. I did not enjoyed 80% of the drama. Because I don't want my precious data used to download full eps go to waste so instead of quitting early I had to force myself to finish this one like I did with Snowdrop, Jirisan.Going further, my review is full of spoilers so read at your own risk.
I don't feel the plot at all . They tried to do everything heroically but the execution just felt flat and cheap to me. That Big Mouse organization was only powerful in name but not in reality. Thanks to big mouths who overhyping this organization from the start, they made me expected more when I really should not. When the real BM was revealed , I was so disappointed . He had no charisma & no authoritative vibe as a person who supposed to be a leader of such organization.
Miho's death was cruel ,pointless and unnecessary. Can't they atleast wait until CDH got his punishment to kill off her character mercilessly like that? They claimed many got cancer as a side effect of that radiated waste water , most of them took some time before they died on their deathbed like that Tak guy but not with Miho. One day she just dropped and not too long & gone just like that. If they tried to show a lot of time has passed in prior to her death I don't buy it. She deserved better .
We never really see what they really do in that secret lab. What was that NF9 anyway? What was the end product and its use ? And that darn paper that started everything. I was rather surprised that other than Prof Seo no one else in Gucheon even bother to check water sample while this shit been happening for 30 years that made many lost their lives . Where were the victim's family members? I want to see few of them at least tried to oppose that 85 years old grandpa. Sure sure that grandpa was so powerful...
I don't get husband and wife vibe from the main leads. Their relationship was more like two close friends who were supportive of each other.
The ending also was kinda out of place and so sudden. You would think 16 episodes with 1 hour of each episode would have less chance of having a rush ending but you're dead wrong . They just need 10 minutes, just 10 minutes to explain the most important part of the story. Meh. If they want to pull the same vincenzo ending to the bad guy, why bother tried so hard to be the good guy from the start .They should do it earlier so that not many episodes wasted just to get the bad guy behind the jail and BM would end at 12 episodes which would be doing us a lot of favor and save our time maybe I would rate this even higher than a 6. I don't really mind realistic ending because in rl that ending would happen but I don't like the way they did it here.
In conclusion , BM for me was the most disappointing drama of this year. I don't recommend it unless you're a big fan of Lee Jong Suk or Yoona or Kwak Dong Yeon.
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Intriguing storyline and sizzling romance.
I think this drama was perfectly made for me. What made me start this because this had Yuan Bing Yan as it FL. I really loved her in Love & Redemption. Her acting also not disappointing in this one.This was my first time seeing Zhen Ye Cheng. At first, I think he was not that good looking but later on I changed my mind when I saw how good his acting was as Shen Yan. He has his charm and good at all his expressions when delivering his lines.
Tbh, Fl's character was not really my type . Princess Liu Ling was quite annoying at first but later on, it was'nt hard for me to fall in love with her character. You will understand why she became the way she is if you watch the show . I liked that she knows how to stand up for herself and did'nt need ML saving her all the time.
Love at the first sight trope was my least favourite trope but I liked the way it was done here. So once Liu Ling sets her eyes on Shen Yan, she keep pursuing and seducing him relentlessly. All the force skinships and tricks she tried on him , we can see Shen Yan shows discomfort with her attitude at first haha . He being a typical cold man we often seen in most drama , keep pushing her away but how can one's heart stays still with a beauty like Liu Ling by his side. Day by day, we can see his resolution keep weakening and one day , it was checkmate. Haha. When he gets to know her personality more , he fell hard for her. What made it better was their off the chart chemistry together. Like we could feel they're in-love for real. This has lot of hugs and passionate kisses too, I just wish they show it longer each time.
MSP was far from perfect but I thoroughly enjoyed it from beginning to end. The storyline was good enough imo. MSP made up with 30% political stuff, 60% romance and 10% of comedy. This has lot of cliche moments especially in romantic department but lot of unpredictable moments too. I would say this has balance with both. The pacing was quite fast not draggy and with 22 episodes it was just nice.
I enjoyed the side characters story too. Relationship between Xu Jinshi and Shen Yu. Luo fan and Ling Bi. Liu Ling's relationship with Xu Jinshi. Shen Yan's bromance with his brother ,Shen Yu and his subordinates especially Luo Fan.
Other things that I liked in MSP were it's good cinematography and visual . I liked the costumes, it's vibrant and luxurious settings . The OST was great too . I recommend this drama to all historical romance drama lover out there. The story was not too heavy and certainly make you want to fall in love if you have'nt already. Just dont expect too much , you won't be disappointed.
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The title should be My Boyfriend Is a Gumiho
Here are my thoughts about this drama :1) MRIAG is a light-hearted and quite entertaining rom -com drama. It was basically a story of a gumiho 's journey to become a human and find love along the way. Suitable drama to watch if you are in the mood of watching a sweet romance story but not as overdone and as cringeworthy as..*cough cough* ...the romance in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim. The romance has just a perfect amount of sweetness. *chef's kiss* I cracked up alot watching our 1st and 2nd couple.
2) Actually the first half of this drama was quite boring to me, it made me remember the reasons why I rarely watch rom-com these days. But like someone said to me , the story indeed became more enjoyable for the last half of the drama . Personally I think episode 9 -10 were very good. But episode 11 -12, I started to feel bored again. Thanks god! I had so much fun watching episode 13 till the finale.
3) Excellent a 10/10 for humor scenes , I felt they were genuine, unlike my experience with ...*cough cough* Vincenzo.
4) 9/10 for the acting of all casts. Dam was a bold ,funny girl and I liked her, alot. Hyeri did an impressive job with her acting here. I noticed that she was great with all her facial expressions . Whether it be an angry face or annoying face or making ugly face or embarassing face, she excelled in all. I could see no other actress can be as perfect as her as Dam. Jang Ki Yong as Shin Woo Yeo , his acting was as expected. He was good in his potrayal of a smart, brooding and taciturn 999 years old male gumiho. A very typical ML character right.... As a couple ,I guess they complement each other .Kang Ha Na also did a very good job as Yang Hye Sun . A quirky, funny and elegant 700 years old ex- female gumiho. She was my favourite. I liked her synergy with Kim Do Wan who potrayed Do Jae Jin. He was a naive and such a crybaby character but so adorable though. He really cried alot I think more than the girls here lol. These two made a very cute and sweet couple to see. I think Park Kyung Hye as Choi Soo Kyung such a waste of a character in this one. She had so much potential to be this hilarious and entertaining character but it was pity that the writers did'nt fully used her to her potential like they did with Hye Sun's and Jae Jin's character. Like her bestfriends, I wish she have her own developing love storyline too . Most of the times, she was just there to be Dam's companion whenever she had relationship problem or became a third wheel in the scenes. I felt sad for her character when that happened.
5) I really enjoyed watching Woo Yeo - Hye Sun frenemy scenes. It was hilarious to see they were always arguing whenever they met. The mean things they said towards each other... those what keep this drama alive . Apparently , they could not stand the present of each other but could not stay away because the other was their only friend for the past 700 years lol
6) Because I am so used to the present of villain character in most dramas I have watched , it was like a fresh breath of air to see this drama had no such evil being. Only we had these annoying duo of girls that appeared not so often because they were insignificant. This drama proved that not every drama need to have villain to be entertaining to the fullest.
7) Drama OSTs were okay. I guess they flowed well with the story but nothing outstanding.
Last but not least, watch this drama if rom-com is your forte or like me, if you need a break from all thriller, crime, investigation dramas that you usually see.
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Average plot . Good cinematography . Cute romance with little angst.
This drama left me feeling conflicted at the end 🤧 Took me 6 days to finish this one. Not bad. My actual rating: 8.3/10.◇The plot: 7.5/10
The plot was just okay and leave much to be desired. I FF many scenes of boring characters that I could care less about ( : Bai sisters & their other halves) .They turned my fav character, Zhi Yuan into this corrupt evil person in the last 2 episodes . Whyyyy him... He was such a green flag walking around so selfless ,kind and understanding for the whole 35 episodes, made him died and wake him up only to make him into this evil -obsessive being that kinda erased all the kindness he did before , I am sad ... :( Also the ending was lacking. That last scene provide more questions than giving us a clear conclusion. I hate it when they ask us to find our own answers with the ending given. Why xianxia's endings are always like this......*sigh*
◇The angst: 7/10
I enjoyed it when my dramas give me lot of heartaches-yes I'm a masochist- it help me feel alive but this one didn't hurt me enough. But I enjoyed the angst present in the last 5 episodes.
◇The acting: 8.5/10
The best acting imo : Xiao Zhan =Alen Fang > Ren Min > Marcus Li. This drama made me a fan of Xiao Zhan & Alen Fang. I will follow their work after this.
◇The romance : 8/10
The romance was cute and.....cute. Considering Ren Min is young I could understand why we only get cute love here like I understand why Wu Lei only hugged Dilreba in TLB. But I need more romance scene between SY & ZY. What we already seen was not enough for me . I need more.. I don't mind the slow burn romance here because they need time to progress from master-disciple relationship to a romantic one but I still think this pair is the slowest leads turned to couple in all romance drama I've seen lol.
◇OST: 8/10
It was not the kind that made me fall in love when I first time hear it . Took me half of the drama to start to enjoy the music. My favourites: Jade Bone Ballad by Hu Xia, Lifetime by Maobuyi & Tell My Inner Emotion -Liu Xijun.
◇Cinematography: 8/10
It was good enough. You need to watch xianxia drama with high resolution video (1080p and above) otherwise all the CGI effect shown will not looking impressive as intended and just look cheap lol. I watched this on VIP -WeTV but I'm not satisfied with the 1080p video quality there. Look more like 720p than 1080p to me.
◇Costumes : 7/10
Just average. Not the best I've seen. I only liked few costumes of Shi Ying and the rest were bland looking. I liked his black attires in the last few episodes the most. I could not remember any Zhu Yan's costume that I like. But I liked Zhi Yuan's costume better. His costumes + hairstyle here made him more good looking. With that expressive eyes too I can hardly take my eyes off him whenever he appeared on screen.
In conclusion, I enjoyed this drama even not to the fullest but it introduced me to the actors that I did not know before. So thats all I wanna say . Just need to record it here before I have amnesia.
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