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Gyeouligago
1 people found this review helpful
May 31, 2012
21 of 13 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 6.0
Story 10/10
Wow, so many plot twists... There is such an emotional and psychological depth to this drama... The writing is fantastic and I didn't find myself skipping scenes like I usually do... MARS is definitely a mature drama that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster.. Although it is heavy, there are many cute, funny scenes to lighten to mood, too. The ending is complete and there are no loose ends!
Acting/Cast 10/10
All of the actors were amazing, but Barbie and Vic especially stood out to me. First, their relationship is so believable. They have such great chemistry together. Coming from someone who normally watches Kdrama, it was so refreshing to see the main couple so comfortable together (even showing affection for one another in a non-awkward way, lol). Vic is especially amazed me... I don't want to give away any plot points, so I won't say more! :)
Music 10/10
WOW! I usually never pay attention to music of a drama... but this drama's music is absolutely breathtaking. Especially Ling (Zero)... I liked it so much I'm learning to play it on my guitar and piano... Look up the english translations to the songs, because they have such meaning and add depth to the story!
Rewatch Value 6/10
Ok, I never really rewatch dramas... So this is just a personal opinion... I know a LOT of people have rewatched this drama, so maybe you'll want to watch it again... Because it IS one of THE best dramas I've watched.
Overall 10/10
Please watch this drama; I promise you won't regret it!

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S Q
0 people found this review helpful
Jun 16, 2024
9 of 13 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 8.0

gloomy and unrealistic

Given the fact we have a handsome playboy and motorcycle races and all, one could expect this drama to burst with positive energy. Instead, we get all the gloomy things in the world of drama and not even one ray of humour: suicide, trauma, abuse, violence, bullying, attempted murder, mental illness, psychotic behavior...
The "deceptive appearance" trope is at its glory, to the point it becomes redundant: the bad boy is kind but misunderstood, the bullies are people of character, the nice teacher is a predator and criminal, so are the parents, the top student is a fraud etc.
It mainly relies on emotions and popular actors.
Dropping for the time being. Not enjoyable on my summer break.

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VioletSakura
2 people found this review helpful
May 20, 2011
21 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.0
Story 10
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 0.0
Mars is my favourite manga ever! The story is fantastic and the characters are so lovable. When I found that there was a drama, I started watching it without even giving the second thought (I don\'\'t usually watch Taiwanese dramas)...
I liked it, but it doesn\'\'t come even close to what the mange is for me, I think Koreans would make the drama better (my personal, subjective opinion). Though I likes the guy playing Ray, I didn\'\'t like Barbie\'\'s performance, she wasn\'\'t quite Kira...
Maybe if you like the mange very-very much, you expect the drama to be everything you expected, and if smthg is not...you get disappointed easily.

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Owl-woman
0 people found this review helpful
Apr 15, 2021
21 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 2.5
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Taiwanese Hansel and Gretel

...with the only difference that they are a couple, not siblings. All the rest is according to the mythos: they both are the abandoned kids who get attracted to each other for a very solid reason (rare in love dramas and adding value to this one) - their trauma patterns perfectly match. They literally smell each other's PTSDs and the whole drama is the process of mutual healing through the relationship. And it's worth a watch for this reason only. This is basically a great story. No silly funny scenes, so peculiar to other romantic shows. No fillers. However, a lot a things were overexplained which is quite annoying. The viewers are not stupid. They can understand the underlying dynamics. A nice description of psychopathological processes. I love the stories that can serve as demonstrations for med students. This is the case. Some of the things didn't overcome my cultural barrier though and this leaves a filthy aftertaste. Like, I can understand that some mothers betray their daughters for the sake of their own survival (or this is how the mothers explain it), but I cannot at all comprehend why the school violence and harrassment wasn't reported. If it was, however, the story would be quite different. And, nevertheless, I don't get it how someone who threatened to break your bones could eventually become your best friend. A misterious local culture with weird interpretations of shame and dignity. This blocked me from smooth rolling through the show.
One of the reasons I picked this show was to give Vic Chou a second chance after his, let's call it, "strange" acting in The Flame's Daughter. As I'd read the reviews I understood this was his best drama ever. So, he could not have possibly failed. BUT he did! Even though he was in his best shape and he fit this drama organically, and a few more descriptions like "gorgeous", "sexy", "terrific", "so damn good", "one of the best looking guys in that part of the world", etc., as soon as he opened his mouth the whole charm was gone. He was good in some of the scenes, but it felt cringey in the most. All the rest of the cast were great.
I recommend it for those, who are picky about love stories and require solid psychological assumptions behind the characters. It's all here.

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Mrs_Music
0 people found this review helpful
Nov 24, 2012
21 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
I dropped this a while back... and I'm pondering to give it another chance, but I'm still not sure. It's not exactly the kind of drama I like to watch. But Barbie Hsu and Zhou Vic sort of pushed me to check it out... more importantly, Zhou Vic. I didn't finish, so I'm not sure how it turned out. But the episodes I watched were interesting. And for a dramatic-events-hater like me, that's a very good compliment. Plus, I hear very good things about it.
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Drama
1 people found this review helpful
Sep 23, 2021
21 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

DÊ UMA CHANCE PARA AS HISTÓRIAS ANTIGAS

Se você é como eu, que não quer assisti um dorama, por achar ele muito antigo, ou porque não vai encontrar com uma qualidade 4K, por favor, MUDE AGORA seu pensamento!

Esse dorama é uma preciosidade, e quero entender, porque não vi ninguém falando dela. Por causa dela, inclusive quero assistir BOF da versão TW, que são com os mesmos atores.
Os atores, todos eles, fizeram seu papel de forma impecável, eu me vi dentro da história, de tal forma que não consigo explicar nesse momento. O fato de os protagonistas terem um passado triste e encontrarem a felicidade juntos, não foi maçante, embora já seja uma história batida. Todos os acontecimentos , ficaram muito bem amarrados entre si.

OST incrível. A música de abertura não sai da minha cabeça kkkkkkk

Já estou pensando em quando irei rever.

A historia me lembra um pouco um filme espanhol, que também é muito bom.

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Breizh_o_veva
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Mar 26, 2023
13 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

MASTERPIECE ( 。◕‿◕。 ) Must-see among Taiwanese Dramas !

Excellent drama (voire génial) avec bcp mélo & great actors. Le ton est plutôt gris/noir car il traite non seulement de romance (healing romance) , mais surtout de suicide, harcèlement scolaire et sexuel, inceste, traumas et de troubles mentaux (hôpital psy).

STORY :
Bien écrite mais très mélo, avec des personnages complexes (vu leur vécu) mais leurs comportements ne sont pas tjs cohérents.
- Ce que je déteste dans certains dramas (et ICI aussi), les lovers ou futur lovers, sont traités comme des objets. "you are mine" et "si tu ne la chéris pas, je la reprends" GRRRRRR !
- l'ex, responsable du trauma, qui revient en "propriétaire"sans que le ML ne dise rien.
- compétiteurs en moto GP qui ne s'entrainent pas, passent leurs nuits à boire, etc. C'est un VRAI sport !!

Qq bémols malgré tout :
- les acteurs sont trop âgés pour interpréter des lycéens.
- les coiffures, les vêtements sont très datés.
- C'est un vieux drama dont la qualité de images passe sur Youtube, mais le son est très mauvais :(

Découverte de l'énorme talent de Vic Zhou ❤❤❤❤❤❤ dont je suis devenue une die-hard fan !!

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clinchamps
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Jan 17, 2022
21 of 13 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 7.5

Deux êtres cassés que tout sépare s'aident à revivre.

Eh bien il est mon N°1 depuis que je regarde des dramas !  

Mars, c’est l’histoire de la rencontre de deux personnes qui en ont vu de dures, qui ont été profondément blessées, mais qui, grâce au sentiment puissant qui naît entre eux, vont réussir à sortir de la hantise de leur passé, non à l’oublier, mais à continuer et et avancer.

Mars, c’est l’illustration du triomphe de la jeunesse, une jeunesse blessée, bafouée, sur une réalité sordide, sur un monde où les certitudes s’effondrent, par la force d’un amour profond et pur et par les amitiés que ces deux êtres perdus suscitent autour d’eux.
La force de cette histoire c'est sa clarté simple, jamais ils ne doutent de leurs sentiments, l'amour est une évidence acceptée, pour eux deux puis peu à peu pour ceux qui les entourent, leur professeur, leurs amis, leurs parents... Ils se parlent sans détour, sans faux semblants, sans non-dits pourrissant la situation.
Le point culminant du drama, pour moi, est le moment où Ling comprend quel est le secret terrible de Qi Luo (que nous savons depuis le début) et sa détresse muette est profondément bouleversante. Le long chemin du retour vers la lumière se fera pourtant.
Chen Ling, c’est Zhou Yu Min(dit aussi Vic) Il a quasiment l’âge du rôle, il crève l’écran par son rire éclatant, sa détresse et son angoisse profondes, il est lumineux et parfois tragique, la couleur rouge l'accompagne, sur lui où dans son environnement elle est présente tout au long de l'histoire. Pour moi, c’est son meilleur rôle !
Vu dans Meteor garden 1 et 2, Silence, sweet relationship, Wish to see you again, Black & White…
Han Qi luo, c’est Barbie Zhu, qui incarne parfaitement cette jeune fille brisée qui reprend peu à peu le goût de vivre, dont on voit revenir peu à peu le rire et la lumière.
Vue dans Meteor garden 1 et 2
An Jun Can c'est  Tong Dao, le Mal incarné. Certains ont dit qu’il était inutile et n’apportait que plus de noirceur à une histoire somme toute assez sombre, mais non, car il est la matérialisation symbolique de l’ombre que Ling porte en lui, d’un passé douloureux, d'un présent difficile, de la folie qui rôde. Il est l'Ombre que suscite toujours la Lumière, qu'il faut combattre, et vaincre.
On dit que les deux acteurs principaux sortaient ensemble et je pense que cela a sûrement aidé à créer cet accord harmonieux entre eux. Toute la distribution est excellente et le ton général du drama n'est jamais sinistre, ni lugubre, il y a de l'émotion, de l'angoisse, mais aussi du rire, de la joie communicative, la jeunesse, quoi !
C’est un drama taïwanais de 2004, les moyens sont modestes, le son pas terrible, l’image un peu grenue, mais il y a une vraie recherche de profondeur dans les dialogues, ancrés dans la réalité, un travail étudié dans les prises de vue récurrentes de vertigineux escaliers ou d’immeuble à la hauteur angoissante suggérant les descentes aux enfers… ou la mort, … ou l’ascension vers la lumière.
Un mot sur l’adaptation : le drama est l’adaptation d’un manga japonais, et il reproduit l’original aux détails vestimentaire du héros près ! Cependant, tout en respectant la grâce et la délicatesse du manga l’adaptation taïwanaise a su lui donner chair en n’édulcorant ni les dialogues ni les situations.
Pour moi, chaque nouvelle vision est une nouvelle découverte de ce drama !
Bon le défaut, (il faut bien en trouver un) c'est comme toujours dans les dramas taiwanais une musique quelconque (sauf la chanson d'ouverture) et envahissante, répétée jusqu'à satiété avec en plus les paroles en chinois et en français par dessus !!! Et encore on a de la chance qu'il n'y ait pas de bandeau d'idéogramme défilant sur le côté de l'image comme dans je ne sais plus quel drama ! mais on est tellement pris par l'histoire, par l'empathie envers les personnages, qu'on oublie ce défaut !

Quant à la fin, eh bien, je l'aime, parce que c'est la Lumière qui l'emporte sur l'Ombre, et que, ma foi, ils l'ont bien mérité !    

En faisant cette présentation, j'ai découvert que l'acteur qui incarne Tang Dao est mort à 31 ans d'un cancer du foie. J'en étais très triste, il était si jeune, beau et plein de talent !


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Yamilette Valenzuela
0 people found this review helpful
Sep 30, 2020
21 of 13 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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Lo adoro

Existen pocos doramas a los que les doy una opinión ,pero este lo vale totalmente , amo esta obra .Toca tantos aspectos trágicos de la vida en pocos capítulos ,me parece increíble que no sea mas popular de lo que ya es .Las actuaciones me encantaron ,no hay algo malo que le vea al drama , en general una obra de arte .Ah y el final me tenia de nervios, en serio hicieron un excelente trabajo captando la atención de esa forma . Es muy curioso porque antes de este papel a mi no me gustaba para nada Barbie o bueno no le había dado una oportunidad pues siempre oía hablar de el dorama mas comercial que tiene ,llegue escéptica y me fui enamorada de ella . Y que decir del papel de Vic ,cuando no puede aceptar que ella viva con el asqueroso hombre y trata de ir con la chica al motel y no puede llegar a nada ,WOW! con esa escena y el sentimiento que me transmitió , fue la primera vez que me enoje peor entendía la acción de despecho . Ya no quiero seguir espoileando tanto pero realmente valió cada maldito segundo de mi tiempo .

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