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Campus Ace
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Jun 14, 2026
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Overall 4.5
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Cute, but boring

There are times when you feel like stopping down from watching well-written and well-paced dramas, then watch some trashy shows, to know what's trash, so that when you go back up and watch well-produced dramas, you appreciate them even more.

This drama is just plain boring. In the beginning i actually found it really cute, thinking this would be 6 or 7 at most, but nope, as i kept watching i gradually lost interest to the point that i started questioning myself, thinking if this is even worth my time, and by the end of it, it is definitely not worth it. It felt like i was torturing myself around the 2nd half, but i had to finish it so that I could properly write a review.

The story is definitely full of cliches and tropes that are very familiar. The writer surely knows that and tries to play into its genericness, but fails to play it well. The cute veil illusion that i was led into the beginning slowly disappeared as i started to notice the lack of chemistry between the characters, their acting feels lacking or could you even say there was acting present in the show at all? HAHAHA but yeah, they're all definitely amateurs.

Not gonna comment on the budget because the production already reflects that.

Overall, bad drama. bad acting.

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The River
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Jun 9, 2026
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Overall 7.0
Story 6.5
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 3.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Surprisingly Decent

My expectations were very low, as I came in thinking it's gonna be a slop film, I mean, I still think it is, but it's a decently packaged movie.

The story can be generic, depending on your viewpoint. I thought it was gonna be a full-on horror, but it's not, there are some mild horror elements here and there, though it's more like Action/Mystery. I wasn't expecting any romance, but there is, though they didn't give it more depth, and that's okay, but to be honest, I did feel butterflies in my stomach when they gave us romantic scenes.

Acting is good from the leads. There are some characters that are very generic, but they mesh well with the Main characters.

I watched this on WeTV youtube channel and the music was god awful, though i can understand why because its to avoid music copyrights.

CGI was okay, it can be janky, but at this point at seen a lot of chinese media with janky 3D effects, so i'm already desensitized to it at this point, so long as it doesn't deteriorate my watch experience. I'm just all for the vision that they're trying to show.

Overall, decent film. Like it or not, its up to you.

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It's Boring Here, Pick Me Up
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May 28, 2025
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Overall 3.0
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Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

This is Boring, Don't pick this up

Since I was feeling bored, I decided to pick this one up and my god, it made my boredom even worse.

At the beginning of the movie, you're introduced to these 3 characters. Okay, they're reminiscing, talking about how boring it is in the countryside, why they want to move to a city, and vice versa. Just some normal people chatting, then cut to an out of context ass backstory, and that's the moment the movie started losing me. It kept cutting to different years, with different people, and not even explaining who these people were. I get it, you expect me to understand that these are the other characters that we're gonna follow in this story, but at least someone could've pretended to call out their name and asked what's happening so that I'll know who they are and what they are talking about.

The story is ehh, or should i say, there's not much of a story here, it's more like a slice of life of adults reminiscing about the times. And it's not even interesting, hence probably they kept highlighting it in the movie that "It's okay to be boring" Yes, it is okay, but in this one, it's definitely not okay.

The acting is good, but I'm more amazed by the singing bits because these actors are really singing their hearts out. They can sing SING alright HAHAHAHAH. You can't really see so much of the acting here, because of the way it was filmed, but when it is presented, acting is again, good.

The reason why you can't see much of the acting and this is where we get to the 2nd thing that made this movie even boring, is the cinematography or could that be even called cinematography? In the beginning, i noticed it right away, it was when the first 3 characters were in the car and we have this very long ass one take shot from afar. Most of the scenes from this movie are just long ass one takes, so you couldn't really see much of the acting. The movie felt very raw or unfinished, because the whole time i was watching, it felt like there could've been some close ups that needed to be inserted here and there. But hey, props to these actors, for these one takes, they're all really good for not even breaking when delivering the lines, I'm sure some of these scenes might have been retaken a bunch of times.

Overall, what a boring movie, definitely not a recommend.

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Forecasting Love and Weather
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Jan 5, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
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Overall 7.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5
This is my 2nd attempt at watching this and surprisingly i managed to finish it this time. During the first attempt i got bored at watching this because i couldn't feel the chemistry between the main couple, idk probably because in my mind i'm thinking about their age gap. During this time i still had the same feeling, but i was eager to finish this so i could get it off my watch list. To be honest, it is actually good, ignoring the fact that i couldn't feel the chemistry, but the story itself and its other side plots surrounding it, is actually really really well put together.

I like how the story is very realistically practical, it's very mature, deep, and sometimes would make you cry. It's very relatable is what i would say. I thought there would be an imbalance between the focus of work scenes and the lives of characters, but good thing they managed to balance the two so one wouldn't overwhelm the other. And as expected in any kdramas, the comedy hit so well, i laughed at every comedy scene.

Character-wise, again i couldn't feel the chemistry between the main couple... maybe that's just me. Song Kang's character feels like Jae-eon (Nevertheless), but make it brighter. Miyoung, this is my first time seeing her, but i know she's a veteran actress and she's really great, she's so pretty, especially when she smiles she's so cute. The 2nd main couple is good as well, i like them, i felt their chemistry, theirs is very very practical and grounded, and that's why i like them. FLs sister and assistant director, i like their relationship, because i can relate to both characters, they both have aspects that i have, but it's just separated.

Overall, good drama, I couldn't be more wrong, you shouldn't judge it in the beginning right away, because you'll be in for a good story.

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Branding in Seongsu
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Jan 5, 2025
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 6.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 5.0
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Wow, thanks tiktok... I got click-baited into thinking that this was gonna be a full-on Rom-Com, but it actually wasn't all that in actuality.

The story, i don't even know what to say... it starts off with business stuff, introduces the leads, both got a little wacky and it feels like romance for like the first few episodes, not until it hits you with a turn. It suddenly turned into a revenge plot of who tried to kill FL with soul switching gimmick and i was thinking "Okay... maybe this is the plot device that they're going for in order for both to develop feelings for each other" that's copium because both confessed that they don't even have an inkling of feelings for each nor they are attracted slightly. So okay, that's my romance expectation out of the window. I still kept watching because i'm interested in where this drama is even going, I mean there's a mystery crime that needs to be solved. And then around the 2nd half, it's also revealed that ML is also out to get revenge on FL because of what she did five years ago to him, at that point, i don't even know what to expect, maybe I'll sit back and enjoy this mess. I don't think i enjoyed the drama at all, it tried to mash a lot of things to not so great extent, though it somewhat managed to land on its own 2 feet in the end. The mystery was alright, aside from ML's revenge plot which came out of nowhere, FL's revenge plot pretty predictable, it's very obvious who are the enemies within the workplace and who's the puppet masters. And yes, they did have romance at the end, so i am still satisfied that the leads ended up together.


The characters, the writer is smart for making FL this strong girl with a very bad attitude, and ML who's a very wacky dummy dumb, because when the leads swap souls, it doesn't even give much of a challenge to the actors to act like the opposite gender and that's where the writer also fails in my opinion, when they swapped souls the way the characters act it just like your normal man and woman, so what's the point of even swapping them? I hope they would at least somewhat act like the opposite to showcase the versatility of the actors, but nope. One thing i really like though, is when they swapped, whatever the characters were going through mentally will be carried over to the other body and also, the other will feel the muscle memory fear of the body that they're occupying, that minor detail i really appreciated. I don't think they've ever explained why FL has this paranoia when she's in the dark, It's just there to give her a flaw because she's such a strong woman. Whereas for ML they've explored as much as you can be curious about. Some of the side characters are very quirky, they have their own unique flare from the way written to talk and act, especially the team underdog, didn't like them almost, but when they started delving into each one of them, they started to get okay.

Overall, it's alright. Watch it if you like messy Mystery with Rom-Com in it. I'm kinda disappointed because I'm a fan of both lead actors.

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A Shop for Killers
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Nov 18, 2024
8 of 8 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
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A Glimpse of what the Shop can offer

Kinda late, but i finally had the time to watch it and i must say, it was good.

The story in the beginning was action-packed, as usual in these types of series where they drop you off in the middle of the action in the story to hook you and i don't mind it since it delivered, then backstory. I thought they'll gonna drop all the backstory at once, then continue where we left off, but nope. The way they did it is they'll only bring up a backstory when a present scene needed a context on how it led to that point and i don't know how, but it worked, it didn't really hurt the pacing of the story nor my experience since they took their time to explain things, though, at the last 3 episodes, it slowly got to me a little bit because they tied all the timeline together and i was just waiting when are they gonna go back to the action. This season is mostly a build and just a taste of what the story can offer because the backstory mostly ate all the screen time. In the back of my mind i kinda want this drama and 'Kill Bok Soon' to diverge, how hype would that be, both dramas are very similar, the difference is just the other is a movie.

The cinematography is cool as always and the action. The editing near the end annoyed the shit out of me because they chopped the scenes a lot, they don't stay in a certain part that long and they kept using the fade-to-black transition and it was so long as well, oh my god! So i guess that's my only minor critique of this show.

The characters are really good, they're all well written down to the side characters. The FL's backstory was really sad along with ML because they are tied and i really loved their relationship dynamic during the backstory, it's so wholesome. I like how they wrote FL because she isn't just this strong character on the outside just because she's the niece of ML, she actually had to work her way up, and overcome her trauma to at least become able to hold her ground, she isn't perfectly strong yet like her uncle, she still cries gets nervous and gets helped in some situation and that's what makes her a good character. FL's actress is so cute and pretty tho... it's my first time seeing her and she looks like Adora in some angle. ML, we didn't get to spend time with him in the present, we mostly got it in the backstory and it was still good by how he was built up. He was this mysterious uncle, like FL said she lived with him for 10 years, but it was almost like she didn't know anything aside from he was her uncle until he died and she found out her uncle was involved in some shady underground business and that how she got caught up in this mess. I must say Lee Dong Wook is so badass here, i want more of this kind of project please and i noticed how he talks here, it's so asmr coded, ugh!!! Not to spoil anything, his character was built up to be this perfect killer so it's very obvious to me that there's gonna be some twist to him somewhere along the series if not then maybe in season 2, judging how he analyzed the blackmail.

Another thing i appreciated and a bit of cleanse to my pallete because chinese dramas couldn't even do this one minor detail, is their foreign characters. Because in this drama foreign characters are actually speaking the language of the characters that they are portraying, yes oh my god!!! It reminded me again that "Oh yeah, koreans never miss every minor detail in their media". Whenever you have a foreign character in your show it should be obvious that they should be speaking their mother tongue to make it convincing, i don't care how broken it is or even if you butcher the language, just do it, because the viewers will appreciate it... some of course because some will not because of the language butchering. Obviously, the actors are korean, i don't know about the thai one because he looks convincing and from the way he speaks as well, i probably have to look it up. Anyway, i appreciate the effort they made to make the foreign characters speak a foreign language.

Overall, very good action series. Highly recommend it, can't wait for season 2.

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Be Yourself
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Apr 16, 2024
14 of 14 episodes seen
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Overall 8.0
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

What a Fun Web Drama

The story for what I thought would be forgettable, especially for a short-form drama, was actually fun. I didn't have that many expectations since I just came here for FL because this is the shortest drama I saw from her to finish. Immediately I was sold at the end of episode 1 on how uniquely fun it was. There are times in my brain when I would try to logically analyze everything because it's one of those types of story that is heavily reliant on a plot device that's not explained at all and it's just there to create a story. I would be like "No! Shut up brain! I do not want to dig deep into things or else my experience will be ruined". I was surprised for the investors that they didn't take advantage of this because if you tell me that this drama is an advertisement for a Grocery store I wouldn't be surprised about it. This was such a gold mine for product placements and it wouldn't be annoying to look at since it's part of the story. In the end, they tried to explain the intricacies of the plot device, though I don't think they needed to, since the story was already fine without it being explained. It just unveiled the curtain behind the magic which was unnecessary in my opinion.

The characters... well, it's mostly about the main couple. They're pretty dynamic as the story goes on. I like their chemistry and the kissing scenes made me squeal every time for how good the usage was. FL is so lucky to have this in her portfolio as a young actress because her character requires a lot of faces and she managed to show the different sides of her. Even though she has that cutesy type of face, I prefer her serious side. I think I'm a fan now. I don't know about her first drama, but I would recommend this as a starter drama if you're getting into her. She did great here. For ML, he's fine. I liked how they balanced his character. He started strong, but when they revealed his plot twist, it kinda ruined it for me a little. It made sense for his character, but lacking in terms of acting. Overall he's good and a cutie as well.

Another minor critique is that the dubbing audio is pretty scuffed at times, but it didn't really deteriorate my watching experience.

So yeah, overall, a fun short drama. I highly recommend it. There's a 2 hours version of it where they stitched all the episodes to make it easy, so give it a watch.

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Confinement
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Apr 15, 2024
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Overall 3.0
Story 3.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
The story is about a mom slowly getting mentally derailed because she is physically & mentally drained as she just gave birth, so it's understandable. But the way they explained her hallucinations made it seem "Oh! This was just like the parasite (2019) all along, but horror". They could've just left it open-ended to make it seem like she was actually hallucinating because of her unstable mind.

The horror was okay. There was a decent number of jump scares and there was only one that fazed me because of the fast cut, like I twitch my head back a little. I watched this in 2x by the way.

The acting is good, but it could've been better, like as the mom was slowly getting cuckoo in the head they could've added some makeup to her face to show that she's really getting depressed.

The Music was okay. It did its job to elevate the horror vibes.

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Snake Skin Beauty
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Apr 14, 2024
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Overall 4.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 2.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

trashy/throwaway film

I stumbled upon this randomly and from the poster alone, I already know that it's going to be a throwaway film. Still, I decided to give it a watch since I'm bored.

The story is pretty much bog-standard. I love watching trashy Films because I want to know what bad and good media are. The Fighting scenes are good, paired with good camera directing. Whoever the Art Director and Choreographer in this film are, props to them since I can see the vision that they want to show. It amazed me because my expectations going into this film were so low that it shocked me. It came out of nowhere.

The characters are entertaining. They didn't make me laugh, but I could see someone laughing at the things that they were doing. Both the FL and Antagonist FL stood out to me because of their emotional scenes. I felt the emotion. The ML, I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but I know him from 'Lighter & Princess' so that's a plus because I know he can do comedy. The Taoist is obviously written to be quirky. He's entertaining, loved his fighting scenes.

Overall, a trashy/throwaway film. If you're looking for a good-written story, then this is not for you. You have to turn your brain off, if you want to give this a watch or be drunk I guess. Set your expectations very low then you will find this entertaining.

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Dear X Who Doesn't Love Me
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Apr 8, 2024
10 of 10 episodes seen
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Overall 6.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 3.0

Good Start, but Fell off Slowly

I really didn't have any expectations when I went into this drama, all I know is that my sister watched this because the ML is an NCT Member.

The story, was unique enough for me to get hooked in, like from the way they set everything from the first episode in order to reel you in. It had a good start, but as I kept going, I slowly wasn't really feeling it. I kept thinking about it, it's probably because I don't know where the story is going like, I know this is a romance drama so at least give me something to get invested in for me to keep watching and thankfully that's what the 2nd FLs side-plot managed to fulfill. I think I liked the 2nd half more because of how things got complicated and developed. The way the drama ended was okay.

Characters, honestly for ML I was surprised. I think we all know MV acting is vastly different from drama acting. His acting at the beginning was decent, but as I kept going, whenever he was on screen his acting stood out because it kept getting better and better. For his character, it was good, though I don't remember him getting the growth he deserved because he's dependent on FL. For FL, even though I don't like her for ML, I loved the way her character progressed throughout the drama. I didn't really feel the chemistry with Her and ML, though I must say she's pretty and hot. 2nd FL, I don't know if I ever felt this 2nd FL syndrome before, but I prefer her over the 1st, her side-plot is so good and her character is pretty dynamic because you'll go from liking and rooting for her to hating her. Can I say she's also pretty and cute as well? I think I might check out her other dramas, cuz she made an impression on me a lot. The last ML in the last few episodes is pretty good too, I feel sorry for him, I like his character.

The OST, I don't really remember much sorry xD, I guess it's good???

Overall, it is a decent drama. I don't recommend it though, but if you're an NCTzen please watch this for Doyoung. His acting is so good. If you're not, then I hope you'll find something that will make you stick till the end, it's only 10 episodes anyway.

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Painted Skin: The Guo Jingming Edition
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Feb 26, 2024
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Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

Emotionally Compelling

I haven't watched the original stories of this, nor was I aware of them, but I still liked this film.

For a short film, the story was really well done. The subtleties, the way the plot moved, everything was very well thought out. They managed to hook someone like me, who is not aware of its pre-existing world and its characters, into it.

The way it was filmed made it feel like they slowed the clips in the editing process. I'm not saying it was bad, but that's just the way I saw it. It helps you feel the scenes, and feel the emotions that are being portrayed on the screen. They don't hand you out what's supposed to be said or what you have to know sometimes, so the cinematography is there to help you understand the story and the characters. I have one minor critique, though, and also minor spoilers. There's that one scene where ML and FL are facing each other while chatting very early in the film, and while FL is talking, the camera just pans away from her face like???

The acting... in the beginning, I wasn't really paying attention to the other three because they opened up the film with Wang Churan, so already, she has my attention, and I noticed something different about her acting right away. For someone who doesn't really move her facial expressions that much, I must say it was still good, she conveys depth without relying heavily on exaggerated facial expressions. But then this sad scene appeared, and there came the acting that I was looking for from this woman, ughh!! I really felt that deep in my heart. Of course, I can't forget the other two; they did really great, especially when it was focused on them. I loved the subtleties in their acting; you can tell what the characters are feeling or even what they're thinking. Like I said, the cinematography helped, and the way they highlighted each of the characters. The way the actors say their lines, there's just something about it that's very alluring.

The music was banging; it was on point.

Final verdict: Highly recommend you watch this short film, doesn't matter if you haven't watched any of its other connections. It's really good, really emotional, really well done.

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Summer Grass
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Feb 4, 2024
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Overall 6.5
Story 7.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
First thing I noticed is that it's very well color-graded, like it's giving off that magically summer warmth feeling. Of course, you probably have to, it's very short so it wouldn't consume that much of your time when rendering it. The dynamic of the characters are great, they bounce off each other well enough, the chemistry is not there yet, but I can somewhat feel it, and the acting is good as well. The last bit kinda confused me a little bit with all the symbolism and stuff, I don't know if I understand it, but I'd like to believe that I somewhat understand what was shown.

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The Antarctic Octopus
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Feb 2, 2024
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Overall 3.0
Story 2.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Meh film

I love my monster horror movies, they are just fun to watch whenever you wanna feel like a kid again, seeing monsters destroy shit and then seeing humans try to escape or fight back at these monsters, see what plans they can come up with to win, but this movie... this film is just boringly mid, pretty predictable what is going to happen throughout the movie, they didn't even fight the ginormous octopus that is shown in the poster, It was just teased in the beginning of the film that some mysterious monster destroyed this underwater lab to set up the opening of the movie and then again at the end bit of the film too I guess set up for a sequel??? but I doubt it would get one because it's bad.

The movie was too focused on the human drama that's going on between the characters that the monster was pretty much ignored in the film, well... not totally because they explained it a little, how they discovered this new species of octopuses in the Antarctic, how it can be used to develop something beneficial to the humans, they also fought with it, but just the small ones throughout the film, though at the end a semi giant octopus showed up and it wasn't that much fun to watch. Another thing, and this is where what made me throw my suspension of disbelief out of the window, is when this one scene where an octopus was able to escape, then made itself invisible and went to use the computer, hack it, and send a distress signal to the big boss I guess?? like how??? I would've understood it if they stated that it was some kind of alien octopus species that existed years ago and was frozen for so long that global warming thawed them, like I just couldn't wrap my head around it, how this octopus is so smart without any explanations.

The CGI is somewhat passable. If you could ignore its jankiness at times, then it's not gonna ruin your viewing experience.

The characters, none of them stuck with me, they are all boring and tropey, except for Wang Xing Chen's character of course, I'm biased since I mainly watched this because of her, she's hot as always and some of the scenes that she got are very expected from her.

So yeah, meh monster film. I wouldn't recommend it and certainly, I wouldn't wanna watch it again.

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King Is Not Easy
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Jan 29, 2024
20 of 20 episodes seen
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Overall 6.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
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It was so Funny until it wasn't

Watching this after finishing 'Till the End of the Moon' to satisfy my curiosity because I noticed when Bai Lu does goofy/bubbly acts in that drama it's really funny and brings a smile to my face, so I thought to myself that "this girl.... this actress would probably be able to do well in a comedy-drama and would be able to pull off a funny role" which she did in here and surprisingly it's her first drama series too.

The story, for the most part, is really funny, and when I thought it would get stale over time or get repetitive, an unprecedented joke would come out of nowhere, catching me off guard and making me burst out laughing. This is something you're not supposed to take seriously because you'll never know what the characters or even just the background characters might do next, it's unpredictable, well... some jokes are predictable, but once in a while there's that one joke that would catch you off guard because there is no build-up. The body-swapping plot really disappointed me because it was just something that was used to create a story between the two, but it was never really taken any deeper. I'm watching, right? Body-swapping happened, then 10+ episodes in and it was like the writer forgot that that plot device existed in the story because it was hardly given any attention at all, The character just moved on with the lives of the body that they have and never even bother to figure out how to even get back to their original bodies... the characters were just like "we may or may not get back to our original bodies, who knows????" no shit of course, because you guys are not doing anything or trying to investigate things. Also, since they managed to pull some plot twist "oh gods existed in this world actually" thing, that could've been used to explain the body swapping thing, but then again it mostly ignored throughout the show. And what's up with the last 3 episodes??? Things were going well and they just had to stick the landing till the end, I was fine if you didn't bother explaining the intricacies of some other stuff, I can get behind that, but NO, NO, NO! it's like the Writer went to snort a line of coke and set everything on fire at the end. It feels like I was watching 'Till the End of the Moon' and 'W- Two Worlds' and some other dramas smashed into one (if you've stuck watching till the end, you'll know what I mean) and what I can't even believe is that the writer even managed to get everyone on board with it, the actors... I can understand because a job is a job, you'll take any role to survive in the industry.

Regarding the Characters, I give ML and FL props for acting out the opposite gender because it was actually convincing, but what disappointed me is that when the swapping happened they never really touched upon what's it like to be in an opposite gender's body, the difficulties of being man or women, those kinds of stuff, discovering the body parts, it's a minor thing, but it would've been cool if they've touched upon it more instead of just brushing it off. I was wondering why ML got the most character exploration and FL was just like "I'm an orphan and a chef... that's it" without knowing they were actually saving up FL's convoluting back story at the last 3 episodes and by that time I was fine if they didn't bother with it since the romance was already going well. The side characters are good, each of them played their roles very well and some of them are really funny as well. Them adding the cousin into the mix was a waste for me, i think the story and dynamic of the characters would've been fine without her, I think they just needed something to make FL turn to ML instead of 2nd ML, but the writer could've used 2nd FL as well, ugh!! Never mind, let's move on... ML and FL's dynamic is actually good, but I've never really felt their chemistry that much, not until they started developing feelings for each other, even then it was not tickling my heart, maybe it's just me, I don't know.

I don't even know why was I even surprised by how this drama turned out to be at the end when it already gave a hint just from the poster alone, but still, it satisfied my curiosity that Bai Lu CAN actually pull off a funny role in a comedy-drama. The short skits at the End of every episode are 10x funnier and way better romance than the actual drama itself.

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I Hear You
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Jan 2, 2024
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 6.0
Story 3.5
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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It was bad, but entertaining enough to finish

After I watched Hidden Love right, Zhao Lusi piqued my attention because she did really great there, so i wanted to watch her early shows and this is the earliest that netflix has in their catalog. Also great, since Riley Wang is in here cuz i just checked 'Everybody Wants to meet you' too, though that drama was really trash.

Anyway, the story... I wouldn't say it's trash, though they did add something new to the table with that "Fake relationship" concept in dramas, i think they just did it badly like they had an idea, but they didn't manage to put it all together really well. It was such a mess in the first half, but after the season 2 of the dating show, i wouldn't say it's good, but it got a littleee better enough for me to feel something and to be at least a littleee invested for me to finish it, and it got fast paced as well. FL's mom, i think she got introduced too early and it was soo sudden, like there are no bits of crumbs that we might get a FL family drama side plot incoming, she just came in storming and it never even got a proper resolution, because suddenly she's okay with her mom, like did i skipped an episode or something? why is her relationship with her mom suddenly like "Oh, we're good now", and the scam part with her mom, i kinda predicted that, but that scene with the other victims like those paid extras doesn't even give a shit, they didn't even put an effort in their acting. I also don't like how the moment she knew her composer crush was actually our male lead, immediately her feelings flipped, it wasn't like "now i'm in love with this guy" kinda thing, but it was sort of like you can tell she started developing some feelings towards Shuwei right away just because of his other identity. The accidents in this drama are soo predictable, how could you mess up something that's supposed to be a turning point for a character or story? I don't really know how to explain it... I've watched a lot of dramas that have accidents in it and it's supposed to come out as a plot twist, something you're not expecting and just happened out of nowhere, but here i can sense it a mile away and it's baaaad. I like how they handled the side plot with our 2nd male lead. It's not intrusive, and they didn't really focus on it that much, it's just there from time to time, that's probably why i never felt the 2nd lead syndrome. It's very cute and heartwarming, glad he got a proper closure. 2nd couple's side plot was a nice break, for how messy our main couple was, but it got messy too as it went on and i wasn't expecting it to turn out that way, though i'm glad it got a proper closure too. In the very late game, i don't know why did this, but why introduce a new girl? I get it she had some sort of contribution to the story, but i think that is unnecessary, there's a lot of ways you could've done that without adding a new character to the story, it just stretched out the last parts of the show. The japanese dubbing in the last episode was so obvious, but props to them since it matched Zhao Lusi's voice

The characters, I think they're all ok and the acting too was meh... it's passable. The one that stood out to me in the beginning was the 2nd couple, again it was nice, but it got messy as it went on, their acting was okay and then i switched to our main couple because they got better in the 2nd half. Zhao Lusi, although i like you here, because you're so cute and adorable, but this is me after watching your recent work 'Hidden Love' so there's a very big difference in your acting. In here, i can tell it's not up to par with what your current acting skills can show, i don't really have much to say about your character here, aside from 'it's okay'. Riley wang, this is the 2nd drama that I've watched that he's in and to be honest, I feel bad for him because this one too is still bad, He really needs to be given a good written and scripted drama. Also, at the same time i don't like his acting here, he's just a frowning soulless character, that's not how you act cold. You just look like you're angry all the time. I don't even think I've seen his character smile genuinely in this show and it didn't develop much at all. I don't know if i'm supposed to blame your acting or the writer...

The music was okay, i mean it's there... good. Though i liked the violin stuff. I wish they did that more.

Cinematography is ok, but i just noticed this, and not just here, but in other cdramas as well, when they do video calls, dashcam, or cctv footage stuff it's always a full on cinematography, oh my god.. are you really that lazy to film those kinds of shot? like, have an intern film those for you if you couldn't be bothered to film it yourself. In most cases, you're not gonna bother eyeing that shit, but it's just that, i would notice it every time. Stop it!!!

So yeah... overall, this drama is bad, but still entertaining enough, like the first half if you could endure, and get past that then you're probably gonna enjoy the 2nd half since that's where it'll get better in terms of story and characters. Would i watch this again? heck no!

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