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it's slow drama and usually slow drama either can make you fall in love or feel bored to death..
when my love blooms was Literally both in some episode was so enjoyable and feel love in the air if you into that type of slow run and with the cute youth couple your heart fluttering and see the pain of old couple but in other episode i want to drop because it was so slow but i hold for the young couple.
story as idea was good but i think they get lost as they make it longer this could do a perfect 8 or 10ep drama not 16. also the 90's steal the light as story from the present.
how much i wish this drama was only about the youth couple the are so fresh to watch that i want to give them 10/10 in everything from feel to acting and chemistry. if someone edit their scenes only and make it short drama i can give it 10/10. jinyoung and sonee was the heart of the drama the breath that make you want to watch more and more.
i don't hate old couple don't get me wrong, i loved old jaehyun (yoo ji tae) and can feel pretty much why girls fall for him but the story was so dragged on the old couple part. all that fight in the company and all was useless and old jisoo get into my nerve sometimes.
Acting : i think everyone did pretty good especially Sonee she shine so bright in this character , Jinyoung too beside his good acting i feel that he connected to old jaehyun more like i believed they are the same person more than jisoo don't know if he buy more eye to details of the older move and tone or that Jisoo character change a lot.
i love how they end it the most out of anything that scene was like comforting to all characters. i love when director know how to end drama that's why i rise my rate to 8.
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The most stupid survival show
Well let me tell you i watched alot of survival shows ( all pd s1, s2, pdx, pd 48, mixnine, treasure maker, Niziu project and more..) but I-Land is the most stupid one lets tell why...-Director in ep one tottaly show the wake point of the trainees and over all the producers didn't focus in showing how they are good in singing or rapping the show end and we can't see this a top vocal or this one is mean rap. They only focus on dance then don't debut the top dancer weird.
-stage director is so week that give that shining moments for a member.
-the voting system in part one make trainee out vote each other and that make some never go out of iland because they are friends.
- when trainees are talking it's some times so scripted that you can feel they are reading it.
-low key give a lot of trainee bad image for drama.
-All that buliding to show of BigHit money but we don't get to see a lot of it any way..
- the songs for stages wasn't really good like pd101 songs
I over all loved the boys and i love watching survival shows thats why i push myself to watch this but it's the most stupid show over all.
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Unfair review
this could be unfair review because i'm writing it after i finish and i'm so mad over this drama and i wasn't that mad on drama on along time maybe none of 2020 drama made me that mad.let's start with the good things so i can calm down. the plot itself was good and interesting. all characters was also interesting and enjoyable to watch expect the Present Tae Yi. acting was amazing from everyone. and that's it.
the drama start so promising with time traveling where we don't say just one want to solve a crime and the usual thing in kdrama, but focus in the time traveling work itself and effect in people and that was so amazing but then they got lost fast and we are stick in 2020 when the lead meet with the time travelers like they don't travel any other year and when they travel they only go to that one day on 2010.
they got lost in the same time line no one think to go back like the father or something?? why present tae yi didn't work at all in stopping time what was her role again?? why jingyeom have emotion illness but he cry, scream and get mad a lot. the romance was so forced in the story like it's the thing ruin it all.
let's go to the main character the fl lead they interduce as intelligent professor TaeYi but we see only girl sticking to the lead because he protect her and act some forced romance didn't do anything intelligent in work just their to wish his hair and make him food and when she know he will die she take him to park lol so stupid, didn't even understand she is his mom other self even through everyone tell her he protect her because she look like her and when she know the only thing she care about oh he didn't see me as who i'm??like she don't understan or care about everything going around she just stick to that guy and that's it. professor Taeyi the worst character in Alice. so useless.
And that move us to the ending they don't know what to do to make the lead end together after we saw that she his mom other self so they just was like what ever we will let them met anyway, if time reset his mom should disappear too so why she still have the other Jingyeom and he grow up normally?? if time reset the only one should be in the world is the present Tae yi and she will met his dad and life go on and then he come to life in the future. but they be like whatever Jingyeom live with his mom (Tae yi) then he meet other Tae yi because we should make a happy ending to a couple everyone see as mom and son.
and why the present Tae yi remember him and how Doyeon didn't remember him while they are school mate even if they didn't become friends after the reset. she the only one know the original jingyeom they just want to end their relationship like that?... i really wish they give us minhyuk/taeyi ending with normal jingyeom who meet doyeon! that was the best thing they can do after messing around for so long. and that what normal happen if reset happen but they say NO we will force this couple in you anyway.
this drama make me so mad but i enjoyed the acting so i will give them a better rate for that.
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Disappointed but not surprised
Starting this drama you should know clearly to not put high hope and to know the character that will get hurt the most.. story simply about chif who lie and say he is gay to get money from appearing in TV show. but they took this and go down hell, it start well with how they met and why he have to lie this big lie and the met between Jin sung and tae won aka best character) and i loved loved the way the focus on food and film the dishes beautifully but then as the story go they even stop doing that. and the drama go on big boring mess like love triangle while the lead still lying to everyone.Acting was okay from male leads but the female was lost some times can find the right expression but not bad her hair annoy me.
music was good level
i usually didn't spoil but this one get me angry so i want to talk freely
in the start i liked JinSung character i can see his charm but as time go it turned to big fake character i hated it , he is so selfish, coward and stupid.. you lied to everyone just for one girl to be happy how childish is this, my crash will cry if she didn't make her program so okay lets lie and end her career, he don't have brain?!! how can you be stupid like that?? coward >> i waited him to say the truth all the show but he was so coward to say one word when he have 100 chance. selfish >> he try to stop his brother from starting his career because he was afraid to be caught. and if he didn't get caught he would still lie or run away he want to run away in the end.
I don't have a feeling to Ah Jin from the start she was like side character i don't see her charm and think she is stupid like how you believe he is gay after he kiss you? and the final make me see she have no character too lmao. He end her career but she go to him to see 'OMG you did that for me' what the F and don't want him to face any backlash and then the drama show people who comment badly as the bad people while they are in fault if that happen in real i would totally swear on them... should i see that as happy ending and what company will took someone like her again lets be real.
Tae Won was the best thing in this drama i think everyone watch will love him the most. and it angry me that JinSung use him until the end... he is so lovely from the start to the end
i don't give 6.5 to any drama in 2020 i think !! maybe 1? i hope Jung Il Woo come back with better drama because i love him, same go to Lee HakJoo.
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however around the late half the writer get lost and change all what he build and give us a lot of the adult unnecessary scenes and not to talk about the annoying female teacher her character was just pain and stupid from the start to the end. if they cut her down the drama would be better.
i loved the male character but the sudden move from going with facts to take the lead guesses as evidence what kill the drama. like how he suddenly focus that xx is the killer and start to make image to it and it fit well!! and yes that's it. like what?!!! just because his character fit well nothing more that strong.
and what with the ending!! are this really ending ?? i don't know what the point of that.
what make me give it high rate like what i said before the start, the 4 evil kids and Yoon Gyun Sang. it wasn't boring and it drag me to the end even though they end it poorly.
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if we look in the drama after that warm push, it start give us good story with nice characters. i was surprised that they have good back ground to the characters and why they are like this but they didn't push it on the start instead the push the warm feel that i don't buy..
Honestly i was ready to drop they drama in ep2 but i loved Eunsub character so cute and warm not the usual lead , if not for him i would have drop this for sure especially i'm not fan of the FL acting but then i'm glad i didn't because i love Eunsub back story and the story of the sisters (the FL mom and aunt ) that they tell so late on the show. another weak point to the writer if you have good story use it well.
ah if you going to watch this for Jae Wook don't!!! he appear for 2 min every ep i hate this the most they have a lot of time that he could use but they use it on stupid things.
acting was good for me this is kang joon best acting , as usual Park Min Young just act the same that's why i'm not fan for her.
Music was nice but the osts are forgettable.
over all i don't count it as bad drama
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the acting was great and if we going to give credit between plot or acting in this drama although the plot was good, the acting was the best in this drama, everyone portrayed his character perfectly, they amazed me by there acting skills.
Cinematography i think they did good in using that studio with narrow and suffocating rooms and their best was the lead dreams, i think they could do better in filming the murders it self, i didn't notice the music that much in this drama.
i like what they did in the ending it's really fit well with the story the drama build from the start and how the Mental control is the main force in moving everything and making the world around the person. " WE AREN'T STRANGERS, THE PEOPLE AROUND US MAKE US STRANGERS" not only the Eden Studio and Moon Jo was part of Jong woo' end but everyone> his gf(that never believed him), his office collage, his army days and the irresponsible police in his country.
Im Shi Wan / Yoon Jong Woo really did great job it was the first time i watch him and he amazed me he descript every emotion so well i fell to him. Lee Dong Wook / Seo Moon Jo never thought he can be scary character he is great actor for sure.
it's not something i can enjoy if i re-watch it's onetime drama that lose it's power after you know everything. Over all this drama did so well in it's Genres i give it 8.5
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firstly being 12 episodes should start to be trend in kdrama. when it's shorter all the drag parts go away maybe that big part of loving this drama. their aren't that awkward 2/4 episodes when you think "ah should i drop it/ should i fast forward"
This drama is light but so deep too, you can take it as a joke but it's so heart warming at same time.
To be honest i start this drama thinking i will drop it after 2 ep , i just give it a chance because of sungjae. as you may know i dislike Jung Eum acting and always talk about that but this drama kinda make me like her, the role suit her, i fell for the drama in the start for the young ver of the lead but then the 3 leads own my heart, their chemistry make me feel like they are family, usually you want drama to surprise you but in this i will just pray that they give me what i expect because that's the best thing..
the small stories inside the big one give a lot of lessons and the big story will own your heart too, the love of 500 year and how selfless it is, they don't work for their happiness but other happiness. will make you wish them happiness.
sungjae couple was so cute i wish they give them more time but again the team time was so fun to pass.
acting i love their chemistry they look like real family they did well, sungjae was so good and who own my heart was manager gwi man was cut, fun and everything my fav character.. And can someone cast the young ver in school drama they look so cute ^^..
ost wasn't that strong, good but not memorable for me.
i really enjoyed this drama, i will miss the team chemistry. give it a try i also start with just a try but end up enjoying. 2020 are giving us a lot of good drama..
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Honestly i was about to do harsh review while watching the first half of the final ep but somehow i enjoy the last parts. but thinking about it that what i feel while watching this show i love it but hate it sometimes. and i have a love hate feeling to all the mean characters through out the show and that was nice.The story start good even tho i'm not fan of revenge dramas it was interesting, i loved Saeroyi unique character, that boy that have strong views of life and some how Lack social communication skills in good way. and let's say that the drama strong point was the unique characters not the story it self, that's why when the time come for the story to move on and Saeroyi grow his job they half ass jumping it felt unrealistic easy. and same thing in growing the characters. so i enjoy the drama tell ep 11 then it fall down with fast jump and force push for the love line and the boring long scenes even in the final ep, but i got satisfied just seeing everyone happy in the end so i give them a pass for that.
so if you going to start it don't thing so much in the revenge but the characters you will enjoy them but they will annoy the hell out of you too.
Acting was so good
i'm not fan of PSJ that's why i wasn't planing to watch this show in the start but i fall to him her he completely suit the character.
Yoo Jae Myung as Jang Dae Hee was amazing AMAZING what a great skills to hit me with the right feel.
Kim Da Mi as Jo Yi Seo : let's be real if any one play yiseo instead of DaMi it would get ton of hate ( it get ton but it would have another ton) the character is annoying and childish but she act it so well make it a bit cute and i'm sure a lot fall for the actor more than the character. Honestly i hate her till ep8 just think the actor cute then i start to love her after what she did for Saeroyi
Nara as Oh Soo Ah : same as Dami, her acting give a lot to the character to make me understand it. people who born alone in world learn to live alone and strong only for them selves.
osts was super good especially kim feel and Gaho osts.
spoiler coming so this part for people who watch already ::
in the start i enjoy the unique character and i have big hope for a character development but other than yiseo calming down a little there are non. and i thought the love line will go way better but..
for me it was a good drama until the ending of ep11 that rejection scene, then it's like another writer take over the drama like hell what someone who can't cook 2ep ago is wining competition against all big restaurant and the big lol a rich grandma in the street and yeah fast forward IC are 2 in the country. god if you plan to be ridiculous why give us a hope in strong Saeroyi and smart yiseo journey. and what with the wigs *sigh*
then the forced change in love line like the saeroyi who was in love with Sooah for 10 years i can accept that he lose interest in some point but the sudden falling in yiseo like "ah it was all her" was so off and forced and then push that by stupid kidnapping so we believe that love, ep 14/15 and half 16 was just ridiculous and boring. they could use that time to show him falling in love.
but i love that very last part when everyone become happy even tho i wasn't convinced by Saeyori ( and the kiss was bad) i loved how happy yiseo she deserve to be happy she worked hard haha. also the scene that get me so emotional was when she apologized to Geun Soo for using him. and SooAh bogum girl won. haha.
as i said before the unique characters was the best thing in the drama yet it annoy the hell out of me Honestly i hate yiseo till ep8 so childish and annoying and that type that get what i want no matter what and Run over and take advantage of other feelings so i hate that people hype her as badass while she is so bad the say she better than sooah but she just as bad lol the only different she work to get the man she want. i just love her bc she is cute and all lol but no don't hype that act young people me love to act like that lol. and what if she don't get the man girl leave everything to build him.
i also don't like the random gather of every type who have social problems like transgender, gay , black korean, gangster like yeah good to talk about accepting others but it feel forced by putting them all.
so yeah some are hyping it so much it was just good.
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the line between good and mess
this drama start so good that it give me a lot of hope but is totally turn to a mess half way and you can feel how the writer don't know how to make the main couple fit together in a nice acceptable way.
This drama succeeded, despite all the hate and disappointment, but it succeeded in pulling us all to the end. Did it make me angry some times? Yes, but I also had a lot of fun.
The writer got into a big problem. It started with a wonderful beginning, but when events continue to happen, you feel that this beginning is meaningless. Why did they build this strong background for the relationship between the FL and the second lead if it was meaningless at the end? Don't get me wrong. I know who the lead is from the beginning, but I expected that forming relationships would be better than that. Having a great second lead in many dramas is a normal So why did the biggest disappointment happen? It was the building of the lead character.
When the drama began, I expected Dosan and his friends to act as ambitious, inexperienced young men, but what they don't work for money or success. So what? ... What model should we learn from them? Do not listen to the experts and take their speech personally, and even beaten your mentor and hold him responsible for your mistakes?!! how they have small mind all the time.
The development of Dosan's personality was the biggest mistake of the writer, this young man who started with a nice and naive personal (I was very happy with him because I love this kind of leads), but he turned into a person with the character of the victim, jealous and sees only his own problems and a woman. The nice guy who has family support and friends beside him thinks he has nothing and only wants a girl!!! This young man built his lie to get the girl, but he accuses the other person as if he wanted to steal everything from him. How can we sympathize with that !! Here the writer came to save Dosan’s character by telling a background story that kills Dosan more "the cheating" was he always like that? taking chances but crying after taking it? but never gave it back or apology! just cry over himself and think he is victim of using others? Should we sympathize!!! Goes to his father, "I don't want to be your pride and happiness" Was the father sharp with him from the start? He was supportive always he gave him money to make his own dream, but it does not matter, because this young man’s dream was a girl he wanted to be her pride and happiness lol even after years he still had the same personality only they changed his clothes but the character of Dosan can be summarized in one scene when he refused to give messages to jipyeong like it blong to him. The writer didn't know how to work on Dosan, is he the sweet or selfish, rude?
Dal Mi, I loved her very much in the beginning, but at the end there was not a great development in her character. The girl who loved someone for 15 years, and wasn't able to overcome it, of course, she is the same girl who was not able to skip the man she date for months. Her character did not develop much, she retreated a little too she was no longer independent as she was, but she followed Dosan's views when he tells her about something, and she tries to find a way to change her mind to match him.
JiPyeong was the written character so better that I doubt he was the character who wrote first and maybe he was the lead before the writer changed his mind. Now if we look at the end, who is Jipyeong in the story, is he the official sponsor for them who writes messages, hears them, advises them and is attacked, but protects them until the end? Is he the Godfather ?? he were there to receive the emotional and physical violin. This good boy who tells the facts as they are so that they learn doesn't Compliment mistakes because he care really care not want to use them, What did he gain from this relationship? NOTHING... I had great hope that Dosan will be the younger brother who listens and has a relationship with him, but the writer completely broke that. Ji-Byeong used to have the grandmother from the beginning and had no one else in the end. Well he owns Youngsil the best thing haha.
Inji, the wronged character why was she not given enough space? Instead of dragging the story of love and conflict to the end, it was necessary to focus on the two sisters' relationship and form a relationship between Jipyeong and Dosan. I am still frustrated by this. they didn't even show how the sister fix their relationship slowly the 3 years was a useless jump.
In general, the series did not succeed in conveying a good message about the youth, because Samsan's exampal was very annoying, but it succeeded in being entertaining and attractive to talk. It's a kind of drama that you enjoy on airing time better than watching it alone.
The actors were very good, Seonho was the surprise par excellence, he made the character of jipyeong seize the attention to such a degree that it covered all the love scenes of the main leads, even his scenes with YoungSil made them a nice couple lol, he was so cool yet cute what we need else, sure seonho future.will be bright from now on... Although I disliked Dosan, I liked how Nam JooHyuk acted the character maybe the best acting i saw from him. dalmi fit suzy well she was so good on it.
The cinematography and the music was very good and I liked many osts on it.
lastly would you like to watch this again? no, but won't regret watching it.
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Everyone has an agenda and work to catch the killer for his own good not bc he is killer a lot found that frustrated but i found it the most excited and new thing about this drama, not selling the great cops fighting together to catch the bad guy , people are full of flaws like this. and all want to hide their own flaws. the one without agenda or flaws were the young fresh who want to be great cop and are used by the other that's so realistic. I know that most take it as crime and focused in catching the killer but the main point in Hyun Jae , Hwa Young and soo young characters and what we saw in those characters.
The writer made use of the Cha Soo Young (FL) power and it didn't come off or super clingy and her character was well made for me. also i loved Soo Young acting.
Janghyuk as always choose new character that no other actor can showcase like him and give amazing acting that i was totally fooled in the start. the drama is all build around him when i lose interest in couple of ep Hyun Jae was the one holding me to the drama, the character is that strong i hate it sometimes but i understand he is psycho too .
The killer i was sad he is the one TT but honestly i was amazed by his acting when he change his character completely. so it was amazing that it was him. all psychos are amazing any way lol.
over all a really good crime drama, i give it 8 bc i lost interest a little in some eps and expected some plot if not i would give it 9.
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underrated drama you should watch!!
Simply one of the best drama in 2020. from story to acting to logic in every step of it make the concept of Time Altering really useful and realistic. that's really well-written drama. from start to end it go with interesting follow up, it's rare for drama to not be dragged mid way but Kairos have no boring or just dragged in eps. can't believe it's so underrated and have no hype.it have more than one point of view and showcase more that feeling from not realizing how important some one in your life until you lose them, watch we see in the lead change after going through losing his family and through the wife ending... the idea of being greedy wanting everything without realizing that you maybe have everything by having people love you but you don't see that, the idea of how one minute can be important in our life and change it, that our choose in present change our future and they do it in realistic way. how they show how one move change the future of every character. i loved the ending the best, it was not forced sudden romance and look just right. the characters was amazing well written and easy to understand, i love how smart the leads and i also liked the evil characters story and their end.
acting let's me say Shin Sung Rok should get award over this drama, their are that one scene when he found his daughter/wife that deserve award alone on how he showcase so many feeling in just few seconds, he was amazing that i feel the present person is different person.
Ahn Bo Hyun taking in another bad boy character but the feeling of DoKyun is totally different he did so well showcasing a blind man in love who choice her over anything even himself. i loved his acting lets bright character you are sad enough.
Nam Gyu Ri Amazing what an amazing actor without overacting she deliver her character right, it's so rare to have evil character that don't scream or glare like crazy. her gaze was so good and normal.
music was okay but i don't really remember it, the most important sound was the clock sound for 10:33 and the change of dates.
I recommend it to everyone you must try that you won't regret.
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this drama for people who love sad and meaningful dramas that will make you cry from the start to the end with some good laugh in between but will also give you big love energy and trust in people because every character is good character like what beautiful world is this?!! when you just meet good people on your life .. Yuri life was short but she meet amazing people.. life always short you will always have something to regret about that's why i love this drama show that in the end you nee to get over your regret for the better.i loved how every character is selfless from yuri to ganghwa and to everyone surprise the new wife, how beautiful Minjung character this change the image of step mom and make us want her to have happy ending and how they focus on the feeling of the wife that take on responsibility to fix a broken house and really love this family and try to hug their pain and how Yuri love her for that... and that what i love the most about the drama they showed everyone view in a good way.
"Whether you’re alive or dead, life is always about parting. You have to say goodbye to meet again.” this drama is about accepting good bye and i love it healing take time but we all need to accept it in the end
acting was amazing let's tell you that's Kim Tae Hee best role honestly before this drama i saw that she only pretty face but she showed amazing acting in this drama... Lee Kyu Hyung what should i say? even amazing not enough for him every time he cry i cry , Jo Gang Hwa character was the most heart breaking character i follow in long time and kyuhyung made me feel him and believe in him.
music wasn't so strong i don't remember important ost.
over all it was really good drama for those who love soft drama and ready to cry
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Diaries like drama, in the start it look so simple like there are nothing on it but it have so much if you look more, so much relationships and so much love lines /ships ^^ and that's so reality if you work in the same place for all day and we all that hospitals have that much couples in real..
ACTING i think there are no need to talk about the mean cast acting they all known and proved how good are they.. but let me tell you literally everyone is good from big roles to small roles even the kids, maybe it's the power of Shin director he is known since replay even bad actress act well with him.. he is that good.
Music = Nostalgia , even though it's not from my young age not from my country it steal take me to that time . I enjoyed it the most and wait for the band gather scenes the most.
Lastly as expected from shin won ho and lee woo jung give us the best life , friendship , love and heartwarming feel all in one show. I want to thank them for that.
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THIS IS NOT THE WEBTOON WHY YOU CALL IT REMAKE?!!if i didn't read the webtoon i would give this drama better rate it's cliche but fun, too cliche simply ugly girl who two boys love. but i read the webtoon more than a year ago and was so excited to that to come for life but was faced with another story they totally just get the names and that's it. no one said that they should follow it scene by scene but to totally change it take character scene to another and change the center of story form jugueong beauty problem to suho problems that was annoying.. so if you read the webtoon it's normal to be disappointed and maybe mad.
if you didn't read the webtoon its fun cliche normal romcom with all the cliche from childhood met to save her to jealous love triangle and naive girl who don't understand who love her and act like child.
i love Moon Gayeong acting in the start like jugyeong is fun like that but her voice become so annoying by the end. Eunwoo i don't feel him but suho is character that also don't have much to give, i hope he pick a character with more life on it and stop taking those cold look characters. the couple was ok but just okay not more.
HWANG INYEOP i have to say Seojun character help him a lot to shine it's fun character to start with but he did well delivering it.
osts wasn't strong to be remembered.
don't think i will watch that again i will just reread the webtoon to delete that from my memories.
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