Nico
Thailand
If you like Park Shin Hye, this is a drama where she shines. Cute Rom-coms fit her perfectly.
It will bring you back to your youth, with a nice breath of fresh air.
OK, there’s not much of a plot here, but first loves, broken hearts, noble idiocy.. I found it very entertaining and found myself thinking about parts of this drama long after I finished it. I may even watch some parts again.
Support cast were awesome, the male singer even made me want to listen and discover the song “If I leave” which I am very fond of now (no matter who sings it). The Grandpa is just hilarious.
If you want a good time with no angst and minimal plot, just cute smiles, then this is for you
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We all have our guilty pleasures. Technically speaking I am not supposed to like this drama, I mean, how could I?
Nothing meaningful ever happens, but I was completely won over by Jung So Min’s acting.
She carries the drama on her shoulders from start to finish. I understand that many might question her choices of just blindly following Hyun Joong around but I think she’s just blinded by her love for him. I also like the impact she has on him and that he makes his decisions based on what she says without even realizing (he does later on).
I take this bubbly, cotton candy drama for what it is, simple, fluffy and I really enjoyed myself watching it.
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We always stay on the surface here, nothing is deeply moving or telling us anything meaningful. You’re not expected to think or be moved, sit on the couch like a potato and swallow whatever we give you without questioning.
Sad thing is that I like figure skating or skating in general, but this drama was such a bore.
Could they not do a better job with such great actors?
Song Joong Ki, Kim Sang Ho (love him), Lee Sun Kyun… what a waste ?
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Easy watch, you won’t raise your pulse watching this and I found the acting to be very Vanilla. A lot of times I scratched my head on things that didn’t make sense to me but I guess it’s down to cultural differences. Did I enjoy myself watching this? kind of, but I would not watch it again.
I'll try another J drama though but i'll need a lot more action
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Nevertheless, I did find this drama very enjoyable, it’s the type of drama where nothing angsty really ever happens, an easy watch, a walk in a park under the sunshine.
The plot is very very simple, the drama is very predictable, but they found the right cast and you care about out characters from the beginning.
I’m big on that, I really want to feel something when watching a drama and these characters, although the plot was simple and pretty smooth, I wanted to know what will happen to them.
Ray of sunshine and Lee Sung Min is stellar in this drama, love him <3
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Little did I know this 3 episode show was going to take me up and down this ride of Action, Revenge, Cute, Angst… wow! Just wow.
I don’t want to spoil it by saying too much but if you think of a Tarantino movie Korean style, that would be it.
A must watch if you like action. My only criticism: Why not make this a full 16 episodes drama? It had the plotline, the actors, the twists and sequences, I wish they would actually. Although in this instance 3 episodes work perfect.
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Lightning in a bottle
Short but oh so sweet. I really liked the story and the message of this show.
There isn’t much of a story you can tell in just two episodes but these were jam packed with a lot of emotions, I found myself laughing a lot and really liking the stakes.
The actors did a phenomenal job of conveying a spark (and it’s not easy to be likeable in a 2 episodes story).
My one regret would be that it was too short and by the time you really get attached to the characters the drama is over. I’d have easily watched 16 episodes of this.
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What a disappointment, both in Story, growth, character developments, everything felt…. Unfinished.
I really had to force myself to get through the end of this show, maybe there was no drama factor here and I completely missed the plot, it was just meant to be an “as real as possible” interpretation of office life. Show, I really wanted to love you but you ended up disappointing me from the beginning.
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Does this mean the show is bad? NO, does this mean they did not do a good job in the cast? NO, it's just that I could not relate as much as I could of the original.
Not all adaptations are successful, look at "Good Doctor", I absolutely love the Korean version and really don't like the US remake.
I might give this another shot as some stage but for now, you're going to the back of the bus.
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Nice little Drama to pass time
I wasn't expecting this drama to be overly dramatic, and to make me think too much and .... it didn't.I was Good morning Ladies because that's exactly what I was here for.
The story we saw a million times, the office dynamics were predictable, but in the end, it was a nice and enjoyable drama without much anything happening.
It could have been wrapped up in half the episodes to be honest but they brought enough cute to fill the void.
Enjoyable drama but not one you will rewatch later on.
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Complete waste of time I will never get back
As you can tell, I am not Japanese and while I have visited once and I love the food, one can say I am not familiar with the culture at all.But this popped up in my Netflix feed and I was intrigued. Sumo? interesting, while I used to think of this "sport" as basic, this show changed my mind. It is an enormous amount of hard work, pain... just like any athlete from any sport.
3 things bothered me however:
1. How can one bitter old man still manipulate a sport for personal gain in recent years is still beyond me. I understand there are traditions but this was wayyy over the top.
2. Isn't there anyone willing to go see these guys battle it out in the arena? completely empty stadium made the experience rather stale.
3. Probably one of my most disappointing endings in a show.
The whole story was a 5, execution was a 4 and the ending made it a 0. Total rewatch value? Zero as well. I know it should have had the opposite effect, but this show completely switched me off from liking this sport.
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This could have been wrapped up in 4 episodes
I had such high hopes for you show, 8.7 in MDL ratings and a good cast but man oh man was it a painful watch.I have no idea how I made it through all 16 episodes.
Being a remake of a movie, they obviously had to create new plot points and drag it a bit but they wayyyy overdid it, to the point where at times I would have rather gone to see my dentist.
Was there potential? YES for a 4 episodes drama, not more. Rewatch value? Zero.
I regret not having the foresight to drop this drama halfway.
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Boring as hell
I went in with low expectations and they even managed to disappoint me.The premise was really good, they had something really good as an idea but the execution was poor.
The Battles (if you can even call them that) were without real action, I could not even relate/cheer for one team. This was missing energy, and one expects a show like this to have teams put up a fight but they couldn't even fight.
I'm all for women positivity, equality but man.... give me "Something", keep me entertained, I want to CARE and I want to cheer and most of all be entertained... I wasn't.
At the end, it turned out to be too simplistic, illogical alliances and it's 5 hours of watching this show I can never get back.
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