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Another one...

The first episode was remarkably bad and dull, how did they expect to pull in the viewers with that? This drama is a strong contender for the worst high-class society themed drama. It's as bad-ugly as the architecture of the house they are living in. Not only that, the mystery element was utterly garbage and redundant which also led to a weak climax and reveal. Poor attempt to throw in teasers of the big event at the end of every episode. Everyone turned to a softy and no one went too far for the sake of this artificial sismance moments everyone was having. Any subplot the drama tried to throw in ended up being as sloppy and underdeveloped as you can imagine. The cast was fine but that wasn't enough to make the drama serviceable.

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An Emotional Roller-coaster!! Be sure to shed some tears

First and foremost, the movie was absolutely hilarious in the first half and an absolute tear-jerker in the second half. The comedy scenes will truly make you laugh, while the family scenes will truly make you cry.

The story itself as well as the acting is on point in conveying the underlying tones.. Since it's a remake, therefore there are some changes but overall it did not impact the story in any negative way. Both ML and FL did a fantastic job. Still, there was a lack of romance that felt missing because the chemistry between ML and FL was great and it would have been nice to have some more heart-fluttering moments between them.

Overall! A fine Gem indeed.

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funny love story

I thoroughly enjoyed the drama but i will recommend this drama to those who likes fairy tales. yes a little mixture of Beauty and the Beast . one undigested thing in the drama was that The Beast Clan ate vegetables. I liked the love story . though story didn't have interesting thing to show but i don't know why i liked it. Maybe because of the leads because they are my favourites.
one thing when she came back to her home why the story didn't show her uncle and aunt as she was disappeared forlong time so they must be worried a out her so when she came back so they should be very happy but they were not there at that time, so why.

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You don't need to like baseball to enjoy this drama

Although I'd read the synopsis, I wasn't sure exactly what to expect and not being a fan of any sport (except figure skating on occasion), I wondered if I'd get into it. However, being a Namgoong Min fan, I decided to give it a try.
Much of the story centred around the statistics, strategies and personalities within the game, so I was surprised when it nevertheless kept both my attention and interest.
That was due entirely to the excellent cast who all portrayed the many characters in this drama, so well.
Namgoong Min as the hyper intelligent, unflappable, no nonsense new Manager, whose appointment shocked everyone at team Dreams.
Never having been a player, many looked down on him and thought he'd be a pushover ~ he was anything but. I loved his lazy way of talking and poker face.
Park Eun-bin as the only female to be appointed as any team's Operations Manager, was perfect. She balanced being feisty and just the right level of tough (as a female in a male dominated environment), whilst retaining an even temperament. Too often women in important positions are portrayed as hard, cold, bitchy and lacking emotion. She was none of those things and that was honestly a breath of fresh of air.
So many other actors' portrayals of their characters made an impression on me as well. Too many to list!
There are so many stories intertwined into the main one, which is the club striving to turn their dismal record of losses around, and giving them a fighting chance of actually winning the league.
We also get corporate politics, with the conglomerate that owns the club (helmed by an old and manipulative Chairman), having a hidden agenda. There's in-fighting within both the club's staff and players. Jealousies, arrogance, misunderstandings and struggles with both fitness and confidence.
Then there are the personal problems many characters contend with, which are revealed as the drama plays out. Some are quite tragic and shed a new light on what drives some of them.
All in all, there is a lot of story that is so well wrapped up in 16 episodes.
Whilst I will admit that some of the scenes involving the strategies and stats of the game and its players, went over my head, that didn't spoil my overall enjoyment and surprise at how good this drama was. Even the ending was well thought out and realistic.
An intelligent and fulfilling watch for sure!

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Seven year itch

Secret Love is an early bl or rather LGBT movie (2014) by GMMTV's house prolific director Jojo Tichakorn. That guy is seriously talented. Like seriously!!!

Even this short movie in spite of bad cinematography and looking amateurish, is better than a big number of currently airing bls. Apparently it is based on a true story. But the synopsys is misleading, to say the least.

Wan and Tar have been in a happy relationship for years. when Wan got a new job. In the office his immediate superior, Ohm, is kind, attractive and very touchy feely so much so that Wan falls completely for him. Tar realizes something has changed and when he confronts his boyfriend , Wan prefers to break up instead of trying to figure out what went wrong. Tar even contacts Ohm hoping to get his boyfriend back. They start talking and a connection is created between Tar and Ohm as well. Ohm actually falls for both of them!

The short film touches on important issues: adultery and sexual harassment at work. Nothing is sorted out and they eventually all go their separate ways. But the movie shows how easy it is to succumb to temptation and that there is a thin line between being friendly and harassment. The tension and the chemistry between the characters are palpable, so much so that I wanted them to finish all three of them together. No such result but still....

The actors are a mixed lot: Gun is just awful! I hated him in 2gether and here he is just as bad: he cannot help grimacing while trying to be cute: it does not work, it is just annoying! The other two , Ten and Pop as Tar and Ohm respectively, are excellent showing a range of emotions with restraint. By the way, where are those actors now? Why aren't they acting anymore? What a waste!

The movie is an early project and it shows: it is a bit all over the place (low budget +lack of experience probably) but the story is gripping and it is an excellent watch if you overlook the low production values (and a very bad quality video of it on youtube! ).

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K-POP survival classic

mnet definitely tuned Riina and Jihan as if they could have done a few performances apart but no. They decided to play the same song back to back. Say what you want, but I've seen enough MNET survival shows to know about their snakes and their evil arrangements. I hope you guys watching this, DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE because mnet likes to make up drama especially among women. Let's just enjoy the drama they create for clickbait and views and never mind. I hope I don't see anyone cursing anyone here, if you want to blame someone you must mnet, NOT girls.


The other issue I would mention is that I didn't need to watch it after the 6th episode. I didn't see any gram change in the rankings. Again, it was the classic K-POP Survival competition, which was brought by the popularity, not the talent, are we surprised no?

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a simple story with a romance

I like to see Park so-dam. she's really beautiful.
the story is simple but refreshing. try it and you must agree with me.
The others actors are good to bur for me Park so-dam is up of them.
good watching...
I like to see Park so-dam. she's really beautiful.
the story is simple but refreshing. try it and you must agree with me.
The others actors are good to bur for me Park so-dam is up of them.
good watching...
I like to see Park so-dam. she's really beautiful.
the story is simple but refreshing. try it and you must agree with me.
The others actors are good to bur for me Park so-dam is up of them.
good watching...

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CAN'T WAIT FOR SEASON 2 ?

I don't write review for every drama,series or movies ........i write the review for those which have touch my heart ........and I writting review means. I have fallen love with this series❣️The series is just perfect . Addicted is one of my favourite bl series and I didn't accept that the adaptation will be able to achieve that love from me....but I was really wrong because stay with me is one of the best adaption ..... Addicted has some unfinished or incomplete development of character..... I don't know well who know if addicted has season 2 then these problems may be removed......but stay with me clear all these doubt and character development was well done ..every character has got their role and story well ......like wubi father and mother,su yu mother and father .....duo duo ...and his mom ....ever character story was developed well and shown well....whereas many new characters were also introduced like mo yi father and wubi younger uncle......and mo yi character was also developed and I don't know why but I kinda feel mo yi is really obsessed with wubi (I don't if it is for Wu group or something else).......Addicted has left a huge hole in my heart bcoz I have been waiting for season 2 and in same way stay with me got a open as well as unfinished ending ....I just hope that the season 2 will not get cancelled or anything...... I love addicted as well as stay with me equally ❣️

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ready to lose my memory to watch this all over again

I honestly don't know how to even start expressing how this drama made me feel. i went into watching WOH with no expectation , the only thing I knew was this was a censored LGBTQ+ drama from China.
But I was hooked the moment I saw Zhao Zishu (Zhang Zhe Han) and the way he carried the character was just so perfect, he made sure that we knew that he is the most powerful general under Prince Jin. And then came in the character Wen Kexing (Gong Jun) if a person could ever steal my heart that will be Wen Kexing.
The plot was exquisite, like i said in my headline " i am literally really to lose my memory to rewatch this again " it might seem a little slow paced in the beginning but it was good enough to get me hooked to it.
The plot reminded me much of Romeo and Juliet ( spoilers ahead )
In Romeo and Juliet , we know that Juliet faked her death to by drinking a fake poison given to her by a wise advisor just like Wen Kexing faked his dearth by falling of the cliff with the help of Ye Bai Yi (Huang You Ming) and then comes Romeo not knowing about this plan too actually killing himself by drinking poison and this last word being "Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick." and in the series we know that Zhao Zishu removes the Nails of Seven Apertures for Three Autumns which caused him to die sooner and his words before removing the nails being "the world is not important but my soulmate is, since my soulmate is gone , what do i have to care about", and then when Juliet wakes up from her fake death she realizes that Romeo is dead and then decides to kill herself with Romeo's dagger, so here is where i noticed the change in the drama cause as we know Wen Kexing found out that Zhao Zishu is dying so he lied to Zhao Zishu about how exactly the combined six cultivation methos is gonna work , Zhao Zishu thought that both will be turning into immortals together but that was much further away from the truth, so then we found out that Wen Kexing gives his soul(m not really sure what that's called) into Zhao Zishus body making only him into an immortal which cause wen Kexing to die . But then of course there was ep 37 where we see both of them living happily in the mountains.
These were my main thoughts on the drama .
I can never forget the side couple Gu Xiang (Zhou Ye) and Cao WeiNing (Asher Ma) if I say their death didn't cause me pain i would be lying, they deserved to be happy after all they have been through but ya I guess that how they were supposed to end.
when it comes to the dramas production it is very noticeable that it was a low budget but I guess the acting made up for that not gonna lie certain scenes and shots ever funny but I'm gonna let it slide.
The MUSIC is just another master piece just so beautiful in every way possible I have been listening to all of them on repeat nowadays.
Rewatch value for word of honor : EVERYDAY and I mean it literally if I had a choice.

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Mess in the Rain

"I can literally hear your thoughts yet you still managed to keep that a secret for so long..."

It is rare to find a drama where the thing that makes most sense in the whole plot is two people being able to communicate telepathically when it rains as everything else is just such a mess. A messy pace, a messy story, messy illogical decisions and messy friendships.

That said the characters are entertaining to watch, especially the second couple who stole the show for me. Or at least their characters where the most (maybe only) lovable characters on this show. The show also manages to fit in a lot of tropes, and by that I mean a lot.. and could easily clear the whole game born in a game of cliche bingo giving us amnesia, cohabitation, lying, misunderstanding, betrayal, umbrellas, wrist grabs, vehicle of doom, kidnapping, controlling parents, gagsters... If you have seen it in a drama you will probably see it here too.

Entertaining at times but not really good.

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Very very well thought-out and executed TV show

From the get go, it captured my attention. Every episode was a thrilling ride. The acting was some of the best I have seen. This is by far my favourite Asian drama. The police were actually doing their job, unlike K-dramas where they are utterly useless. Here, they caught on to even the slightest of suspiciousness. The emotions that some of the characters evoked gave me goosebumps. The main lead duo was excellent. It all felt very real even though I was watching in front of the screen. The ending is satisfying and thank goodness it wasn't open ended. We got to see the backstory of the relevant characters. This drama has a great rewatch value in that you will start to see some of the clues in the earlier episodes. I recommend this show to anyone who is willing to watch with English Subtitles because it is a masterpiece. All the episodes are available on Youtube. Give it a watch, I will guarantee you it will be amongst your favourites!

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Why wasn't the Music/Soundtrack Person fired?

I understand the heavy handed way many rom-coms use their soundtrack - background music - but, the person who was on Dinosaur Love was either on something or, is mentally unbalanced. Dear gawd why did they think that preschool music background was appropriate for 80 percent of the production?? It got to the point that I had to turn the volume down to level 4 - barely hearing it but, still feeling like I was part of not just watching it with subtitles to keep myself from throwing something at the screen. And, I found the OST main song to be way too similar to other productions. Because of its style and familiarity, I just started ignoring it. Give us something stronger like we here in A Tale of 1000 stars.

I noticed the subtitle group does not know the difference between someone sighing and signing. Every time someone mentioned the other person's sighs - it shows up as signs. But, that is forgivable - and you get used to it.

Don't look for continuity. Dropped storylines. Disposable characters. Bad editing. It's all there. I appreciate the respect and waiting for consent. He needs it after Mek messed with him so much.

The acting is strong enough to carry everyone through all the episodes. And, you do care about a few of the characters. Some - you wish could be better developed but, it wasn't on the writer's minds and the director wasn't paying attention.

This particular series seems to pay attention to its larger - female audience and discounts any feelings or, connections a young man may be looking for. They can understand being abused by bullies and controlling partners. They may be able to connect with absentee parents. I love that they have given everyone a safe group of friends (very important during high school and college years). And, I appreciate that while they kept selling the series as uncut on the platform - it meant nothing when it came to actual content. If you aren't quite sure what that means - watch Big Dragon The Series with Yai and Mangkorn.

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enjoyable romcom

Overall: it was a fun watch and I hope we get a sequel/see these actors in more series. 8 episodes about 45 minutes each. Aired on iQIYI and YouTube (not in the U.S.) here is the first episode link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s27LxcQeg_0

Content Warnings: kidnapping/held against will, manipulation, coercion

What I Liked
- the supporting characters
- I did laugh several times, the comedy sound effects weren't excessive (I loved that security guard just watching them go at it like that wasn't part of his job lol), though the comedy did give way to angst at some points
- sweet and supportive moments (though Yang should have apologized verbally in episode 3)
- Tammy wasn't a cliche female character
- ep 6 NSFW scene was very well done

Room For Improvement
- plot holes/continuity errors/nonsense stuff (i.e. pretty sure that isn't how you find investors/partners, why didn't he just ask his wealthy parents???)
- Phojai's plan/timeline made no sense and that was a weak apology
- they lived in the same building, but this was not shown/explained and then sometimes Phumjai was at a different bedroom/house (his parents?)
- cliche plot point in ep 5 and other cliches (sick after being in the rain, accidental fall/catch, etc)
- ending was rushed, too much of the debt stuff (could have cut that whole plot out)
- several interrupted kisses in the final episode
- I didn't deduct points for the blatant product placement because it funded the series

Note: I am blown away that Offroad's character here is so different from Saint in Our Days, I have to keep looking to make sure it's the same actor

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a messed up family, and a cute love story

OMG really, i didn't expected this drama would be this great. it's not just a simple plot, it's more than that. like where did they find this perfect story and all these perfect cast, not only that , it connects everyone. Everyone of you, who think you are outcasted just because of someone's ideology or mode of thinking. Those people are not realising the fact that, they are also harming the future generation.
I truly enjoyed this lakorn. I was not expecting anything from the first, so everything was a bonus for me.
The main cast did complete justice to their job. Not just them, everyone from the series. Sometimes we can't make sense to the storyline, but everything can't be perfect ( so don't make it a big deal). I can't put words to explain film's talent. He is amazing and his smile is cute. And I really liked the brothers love towards each other.
Not to mention nunew's OST. He is one of the best.
And, I have to say this, if you are planning to watch a romantic comedy bl, then it's not for you. It's all about revenge, jealousy, action, fantasy and with some romance and comedy ( that's what we all are looking for). It's a complete pack of everything.
All those who love their mom, should definitely watch this.(don't wry you'll know after watching this series).
Its worth your time baby. And also they got so many awards. So just go watch it.

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