Give a shot of two episodes

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I am checking it off my PTW but honestly, I got surprised eventually. after putting it on hold twice this is surely a relief from crazy dramas

●STORY
Our geologist U-Prince T-Rex is a dinosaur lover. One day he falls for a girl and approaches her, but that already has a BF.

●PLOT VIEW
Honestly speaking, I was a little let down after the first episode as I find T-Rex constantly following the FL BaiPlu, which is quite weird, but everything makes sense by the end. I fell in love with these cuties. The events occurring might be predictable with the progression of the story, but these characters make the events feel less cliche. At first, you also might feel annoyed that T-rex is pushing himself on FL but give him a chance and you can see how adorable, caring, and heartwarming he is. At times he felt like a child of Thesis.
The cheating boyfriend plot was subtle, without making any character negative, this was very cleverly written.
Why was this series just four episodes, quite disappointed with this thing as this could easily have more than four episodes considering how good the character and plot were. But yeah there were too many extra characters with their own stories but it was mainly screen time filler, I wanted more of the leads. Despite the fewer episodes, this series leaves its mark with an epic dose of cuteness, love, and laughter.


●ACTING/CAST
T-Rex (Nontnun) is annoying at first but cute once you, get to know when you watch him. His Japanese look is very adorable. His dino jackets were awesome, I really wanna buy one of those.
BaiPlu (Cherreen)is a sweet next-door girl, she fit the character perfectly who reacts as a normal girl with stalker and heartbreak never over-dramatization.
Thesis (KangKorn) is really a true friend, he is the friend you can rely on at any time.

●MUSIC
BGM is pretty good, but no music realistically fits the scene's tone most of the time. You know in real life there is no music going on when we cry or fall or are happy. There nature sound.

●REWATCH
I would definitely watch this again for its heartwarming actors.

●FAV SCENE
When T-Rex helps Survey (Lee Thanat)

●QUOTES
My love is like a fossil, no matter how much time passes, the value is still there.
All the quotes at the end of the series were awesome

●RECOMMENDATION
Anyone who loves sweet fluffy romance, it is for you.

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I wanted a light drama so I found some flower boys in one drama. So basically I came for Lee Joon Gi and Park Chanyeol, my eye candies.
With that, the story is about a girl who thinks of herself as pretty, and because of that, she lacks self-confidence and our men come as magic angels to give her a makeover one by one.

The story is simple but the execution is OK, the special effects didn’t work for me. It was mainly for the product advertisement LOTTO, so the drama could perfectly send the message that viewers should visit LOTTO STORE.

I rated this drama for its cast but wasn't impressed by its acting skills, as it's a short drama with limited time for its message.
it keeps the interest with the amazing music. Overall it's a good one time watch

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once a watch

The Gentle Vet is a very interesting story and the interesting part was FL had Ombrophobia and ML had Germophobia. But then that's the disappointing part that these phobias don't correlate. I thought that maybe we could see some amazing side of these phobias but apparently, It's just one of the characteristics of the character. It only has one combined scene: the meeting scene, girls poured down in rain, all dirty due to playing football, but there go our ml who despite having germophobe helps out our fl.
Apparently, ml start developing an interest in her and try to get close to her while also knowing her childhood trauma.
After the first episode, it became a typical story with a stalker and misunderstanding case of the drama world.
And the funniest part for me was two guys sleeping together seemed pretty normal, we don’t have to think that somethings are going on, we need to get a broader aspect if two guys are together, just because we got the freedom we don’t need to see friends in that light.
Fl was annoying at times due to her being unsure of the things she wanted. That was a real pain.
ML's character didn’t get the development because FL's phobia and trauma overshadowed him. But he is a really sweet character because definitely comparing to the previous series that is THE HANDSOME COWBOY, that was a jerk. Here the ML is likable and sweet.


The main events felt so erratic and predictable. Well, acting was ok like nothing gripping that I would go back on a scene and rewatch it. Even the kisses were not thrilling. Music was rather forgettable.
The only thing I loved about this series is the aunt of Suay Sai and her small but realistic feel gave a more fine feel.

It's a good one-time watch series and that's it.

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dont try to find sense, JUST ENJOY

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I watched this movie back in 2017 in china, in a theatre first-day second show, with a Chinese friend whom I met that very day, and to spend some more time she treated me to a movie. Basically, I thought it to be an English movie but it was a mix of Chinese, Hindi, and English, so I enjoyed it to the fullest.

●STORY
You know treasure hunt. It's the same, when an Indian princess teams up with a Chinese archeologist to hunt for her legacy, connects Chinese and Indian culture, and when they find it when ultimate Bollywood stereotype villains come after him.

●PLOT VIEW
The movie starts with a big CGI battle, showing an ancient story trying to give a base to the modern story had a bad CGI but it was ok. It felt like a sequel to JC, The Myth as there is a painting of Princess Ok Sun from and JC name is also Jack.
It was a simple fun plot with lots of humor and relaxing moment. In many of the previous movies too Jackie chan played an archeologist, so I kind of feel the same vibe.
It had its fair share of slapstick action which is still refreshing. The thing which I didn’t like is showing China as a great country, while Dubai with camels and India with snake charmers, although it was a fun element, these two countries have far more than camels and snakes.
The kung fu with a touch of Bollywood was crafty
The ending was simple and educational, that we should learn to respect our legacy and true treasures left by our ancestors.
When I watched this movie in China, I was surprised how the Chinese audience enjoyed and laughed throughout.

●ACTING/CAST
Jackie Chan was excellent in his stunts and comic expressions. He hasn't disappointed his fans and he brings in a surprise dance performance in the item song. There are a lot of bad reviews about his choice of movie and acting, I mean come on he is old but he still maintained his old Jackie who is in a good shape, despite the age.
but to be honest only Sonu Sood as Randall is good but he could have been better. Disha Patni as Asmita and Amyra Dastur as Kyra was beautiful indeed but they don’t know how to act and they are really newbies in Bollywood too. I wish if they had picked some good cast from Bollywood.
Lay Zhang as Xiao Guang had been my eye candy, and I pinched my friend to get information regarding him.

●MUSIC
Yes, the music is incomplete without the mention of a Bollywood-style item song, which is incredible showing the whole cast dancing to a Chinese song but in Indian style. Choreographer Farah Khan did a splendid job giving a wonderful sequence that isn't difficult for anyone to perform. I enjoyed every bit of it. And Sonu Sood struggles to dance in his movies but here he seemed comfortable and handsome.

●REWATCH
Like 7 or 8 times I had watched it. I gave it a 10 for rewatch because it lifts the mood with its hilarious comic sequence.

●APPRECIATION
The cultural appreciation.
Beautiful scenes from all the countries

●FAV SCENE
Car chase and lion
Kyra and Jones in the cage

●RECOMMENDATION
Kung Fu Yoga doesn't take itself too seriously and that is what makes its charm. It's an entertaining movie that works best when you switch your brain off and try to enjoy the ride. It offers a colorful, exotic, and explosive change from your everyday life.

●AFTEREFFECT
I went in for JC but I came out as a fan of Zhang Yixing with a not-stop appreciation for his dancing

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Demons Exist........

●I don’t even know why I watched this, maybe because of its cheesy synopsis, or was it maybe beauty and the beast feel. Well growing up watching Disney movies, we all imagine demons having horns, and fairies having wings. Since I have started watching Asian dramas depicting, all supernatural creatures like aliens, goblins, gumiho, grim reapers, etc as normal humans like us is excellent. But then this movie promised to show demons, and due to the Disney effect I made the mistake just as the FL of the movie, thinking the demons to be beastly creatures, but this breaks up the norm again with demons portrayed as human beings. It's just their tribe has different traditions and they live for a long time.

●The story was convincing, with all the creative absurd plot scripted together. as there are no female demons, to continue their tribe male demons trap human females to be their bride. attending schools together is the way to get to know each other and if romance doesn't blossom you are free to choose other demons or leave. there are all set of rules which the demons follow. The ending is poetic having a positive note. with two more movies with the same character, I wish if this movie ending is well explained.

●Kaki and Kanna are broken in family relationships growing up with complex characters and complicated life. kaki being the demon king had experienced painful events in past. while Kanna has a bad past, she is marked as a demon's bride.
This goes well with the supporting character indulging in their lives and giving variety and smoothness. The school backdrop was beautiful and the fighting scenes were funny. The music was earful and nice.

●Even though the movie was nonsense, it still gave a moment of relief from usual drama stories.

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pretty sweet drama

●HOW I CAME TO IT
Well, this drama had been on my PTW, as being a medical background I automatically get trailed to the medical shows.

●STORY
It's basically a healing show where an FL is having a psychiatric issue, which ultimately leads to our ML, a well-known psychiatrist, and thus the story follows of healing and healed.

●PLOT VIEW
This is yet another drama about mental health issues, I was completely taken aback by the treatment approach of Dr. Lee, who always does cognitive therapy rather than medicinal treatment. Well, one part was good as this was the first drama where a doctor goes to extreme lengths in cognitive behavioral therapy but on the other hand excluding the medicinal approach of treatment is worse. As medicos learn the science and chemistry of each medicine and the human body, we understand its effects and side-effects, it's necessary to keep patients calm. We as medicos know better than the patients. If Dr. Lee had considered a bit of this, then his patient wouldn’t have ruined someone's life on award function.
Also, mental illness can be found in anybody, it can be found in those who are healing you too. The modern-day lifestyle has affected the medical staff. we hear a lot of them taking up their lives for various reasons, bullying, work stress, demotion, but we need to just take a step and get a SOUL MECHANIC, who understands and treats you.

●ACTING/CAST
All the characters were chosen very wisely and I loved all the characters. all the patients and the medical staff of the hospital did an excellent job.
Dr. Lee Shi Joon (Shin Ha Kyun) portrayed the doctor as a doctor with himself having a mental health problem amazingly well. when his face shined with a smile he looks like an angel to the patients.
Woo Joo (Jung so min) had an upbeat character with favorable facial expressions. I loved the scenes where she showed her Intermittent Explosive Disorder
Despite the age gap I still enjoyed their chemistry, it was natural, and their relationship blossoms into a kind of platonic romantic one which had an oozing friendship feel.

●MUSIC
It was found and well blended with scenes. keeping the atmosphere of the scene pretty well.

●REWATCH
Yes, this one deserves a rewatch, coz it's a medical drama. No other reasons for me.

●APPRECIATION
All the short stories are very interesting, maintains the balance of slow and steady stories from falling apart. The stage therapy was compelling to me and maybe I try it someday in the future too. It was inspiring to me as I too want to further my studies in psychology.
show's understated style and emphasis on the themes of healing and friendship rather than overdramatic romance, it was more about family, friendship, and hope.
And I admire the female lead, BFF who can stand being her friend given her toxic behavior. We often avoid toxic people, but what if they actually need our help

●CRITICISM
It would have been better if there was a clear concept of the diseases of the patients. Although most of them were imaginary, their elements could have been more perfectly blended if they had some medical expert advice. I wish the writer did more research and written it more beautifully.

●FAV SCENE
Woo Joo dance on the drum music to relieve the stress.

●QUOTES
A person who notices someone who is sick is someone who is even sicker - Woo Joo
There is a condition to full recovery, it that you must not try to forcefully erase your wounds, you must embrace, accept and love them - Dr. Lee Si Joon

●RECOMMENDATION
I recommend this to everyone who loves medical dramas. It might feel slow but it keeps its pace of healing excellently

●AFTERTHOUGHT
There are a lot of phobias, addictions, or mental health issues, which we don’t know but we have them. If any of these you have kindly consult a Psychiatrist, instead of fighting with it alone, seek help, and have a comrade in the form of a doctor.

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Neither right nor wrong!!!

Neither bullying was right nor revenge was wrong.

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I have been watching movies based on true events and so My Little Baby Jaya was on the PTW.

●STORY
The synopsis says it all… I have nothing to add in case it might be a spoiler

●PLOT VIEW
This movie makes one's blood boil to the depth that I would have gone ahead and killed those bastards. What, am I too immersed in the movie?? YES I am, it feels more horrible to know that it's based on a true story.

This movie shows that there is no justice and both the leads are treated like suspects when they are victims. The police don't take any investigation even though they find some clue. The parents try to cover up the crime with power and money. Teachers and schools do nothing a be mute spectators to the crimes of bullying. so what can a disabled common man do you can clearly see in the movie.

The end is satisfying. The movie is built with the base for more than half the time where we sympathize with Jaya and for the last 20minutes we see the father's revenge plot. I can only think in his shoes that he tried his best and then went on a rampage as nobody took him seriously because of his intellectual disability.

●ACTING/CAST
Kim Jung-Kyoon as Won-Sool just terrific. No words could explain the enormous efforts he might have put in depicting cerebral palsy. His actions and voices were perfect, definitely an award-winning performance
 Oh Ye Sul as Jaya was amazing. Each of her pain just pierced through the heart. Some people said Jaya was weak, no she wasn’t she was a strong girl who loved her father and treated him as a normal dad. she just couldn’t take any more pain. Ye Sul performed the role very bravely.

●MUSIC
The music in this movie is subtle goes well with each scene and there are more screams of pain. It creates empathy in the hearts and excavates the deepest emotions.

●APPRECIATION
The father-daughter unconditional and wholehearted loving bond.
The smallest details were built smoothly from a small lie, jealousy, bullying, assault, rape, suicide, suffering, and revenge.

I can't even tell the difference that how much the actors played or its special effects, whatever it is, this brutal portrayal is very hard to watch. Each of the brutal acts was painful and blood-curdling. South Korea is surprisingly amazing in making such eccentric movies based on crimes.

●RECOMMENDATION
This movie is for those who want a harsh truth about society. It leaves a deep impression on the mind and soul. I would definitely recommend this.

●AFTERTHOUGHT
The thing wrong I feel is the society we are raised in, the law still let's go off the minors with just a few years of punishment in most of the countries, they aren't afraid to commit crimes as they are minor. These shitheads are the worst kind of genes society raises who feel no remorse or guilt for the crimes they do. They feel like a proud winner who had a bright future ahead waiting for them. They are High school kids but their behavior is more than animals. Even the parents of the perpetrators are the worst kinds, they support their animal kids to brush off their crimes with power and money.
And it's high time the laws are amended and punishments should be harsher.

●QUOTE
It's not from the movie but it is very apt here. I came across this quote during a rape victim protest.
If they are old enough to commit such heinous crimes they should be punished with adult punishment.

They are not 10years old, they about to be out in society and attend universities so it doesn’t matter if they are juvenile. It sends a wrong message to their friends and society. The leniency shown to the minors for the adult crimes doesn't help in eliminating the crime, if this gets amended there surely be a lot of change and minimize crime.

Is this about bad parenting, NO? These types of teens are wicked and obnoxious who are there to just make society an unsafe place. The parents are one of the reasons who show their money and power, but only perpetrators are responsible for the crimes.

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terrible story/good acting

●The greed only leads to fall. This lakron is full of greedy peeps for property which had lead to bad parenting, betraying friends and deceiving partners.

●This series was frustrating, it had such a messed up story that I wanted to drop it but then I don’t know why I still wanted to see whats in store for our naïve good girl. This was not a typical lakron it was something else in the category of toxic marriage, as the ML doesn’t ever falls in love in love with FL. He grabs her in every opportunity he got. This is the only series that I have watched with a super jerk ML, maybe because its portrayed that way. He is seen sleeping around with many ladies but in other series its just said that hero is playboy/Casanova.
The FL was shown naive but IMO she was calm like sea until some human dump trash into it, making it into a strong sea wave to throw-up the trash on the side. She got out of the toxic relationship was praiseworthy. She her dreams, self respect and values until the end.
The most satisfying character was Pong, Jarons grandfather. He was honest and wise, just as I see how an old man should be.
This lakron I was unhappy of FL parents decision, I mean one should investigate to whom you are marrying your daughter not just see their prosperity and mansion. You both are educated and yet fall money thats such a narrow mind. She is your daughter consider her dreams and likes first.

●The acting was topnotch, it made me hate all the bad people to the core. ML had done exceptional job being a jerk throughout with his wide open eyes. FL was like a blank face when playing naive or say a timid person.
Despite the age difference between the lead actors, the chemistry was good
The mistress Lampang was over the top in her acting skills with her smooth dialogue speaking and versatile expression.

●My favorite character was PA, owning the personality school. She might have used FL, but she have cared for everytime. She was blamed for using when FL herself turned a blind eye to everything the other said and remained an enduring wife of unfaithful husband.

●Music were just good enough but not impactful which will ring in the mind after the lakron finishes.

●Rewatch absolutely NO, I cant bear to see such toxic story, where I cant feel pity for the FL either.
end so watched the whole 24 episodes
I was

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delicious food with delicious visuals

●HOW I CAME TO IT
Am an Astro fan and might have missed this drama so am ticking this off my PTW list.

●STORY
The fantasy romance is about 6 handsome angels who run a restaurant named Soul plate. They provide solace with their food to the guests.

●PLOT VIEW
This web drama was most likely about healing and comforting people with the food. As the food which seems simple but is filled with memories and which eventually makes them reminisce the past and find peace. The dishes are deliberately formulated to the visitors past, so that they can reminisce and heal the hearts which was initially hurt.
Each episode consist with one visitor and their comfort in food filled with memories, also taking the romance between soopia and angel raviel alongside. It was unnecessary but it did provide lots of amazing visuals and complete closure.

●ACTING/CAST
Everyone was amazing. When all the Astro members are together they create a very happy vibe.
**Cha eun woo as Angel Raviel, is head chef and is good. His always picks up healthy food. He did act nicely being the main lead. But his cold expression is just bland and needs to be worked.
**Sol Bin As Soopia,the farm owner looked vibrant. Her expression need little work but overall she is good. Her style and getup as farm owner was perfect, it gave a of vibe confidence.
**Moon Bin As Angel Muriel is sous chef is very humorous. Yes he is doing most of the humor in the series and tries to befriend soopia. He also like a balance in the whole series.
**MJ As Angel Raoniel is desert chef is sweet. His love for food is overwhelming and gives a familiar touch to that packed canned food. It seemed familiar as my sibling also love packed food and doesn't cook much.
**Jin Jin As Angel Ariel is a hall manager. He is childish and looks cute. He need acting lessons though.
**Rocky As Angel Rumiel is Ingredient Manager. He loves music and always seen with a headphone around his neck. His visuals are delicious and I would love to see more in dramas.
**Yoon San Ha As Angel Mirel is counter manager. He id kdrama fanatic. He also got some skills but needs polishing

●MUSIC
TBH I didn’t like the music, as there were number of famous songs from various artists from many different series which made no sense. They served as just the background score. Only if the songs were of Astro, it would have been great and given ore impact to the series.

●REWATCH
I would actually rewatch it only for the recipe of the dishes.

●APPRECIATION
With the food the series gives a very stern lesson as to whatever problem we have in our life, with our partners, children or parents for once we can just talk and give a chance to dive in the problem, maybe find the pearl of solution
This series takes up the responsibility of introducing the delicacies of the South Korea to the world. The visuals of food and its cooking were excellent, felt as if am watching a cookery show.

●CRITICISM
Romantic scenes were cliché only if it had been choreographed more vividly it might have looked amazing, but if felt very cringy.
It was only 6 episode which should have been more.

●FAV SCENE
When soopia was telling about her ex. The reactions of all the members are so on spot, as we all know the story, it feels very funny and comical.

●QUOTES
Perhaps we don’t fall in love when we meet them, we meet them because we are already in love with them.

●RECOMMENDATION
Yes its a short drama so it doesn't take up much time.
It teaches life lessons with each of its stories. This show is a must watch for a quick relaxation.

●AFTERTHOUGHT
I would definitely try out some recipies from the shows. And would also make my favourite dishes, only to reminisce the past.
Well in our culture, when parents scold kids, they don’t apologize, they just ask the kids to have food, thats a sureshot apology in our culture, its like parents are taking care inspite of being angry.

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Romantically Humorous

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I saw a MV of the series on YT and then I watched the whole lakron.

●STORY
FL is against the arrange marriage as she thinks that ML wants to marry him to get her money. She tries to prove this point to her family and to gain evidence she works as a maid in ML house.

●PLOT VIEW
The plot is simple but interesting. More than leads its a story of Lormdao and ML mother Pisamorn. Their equation in the whole is amusing and fragile.
I don’t agree with what FL though that her marriage alliance was for money, but anybody in her shoes might think the same. Parents choose the best partner for us, but sometimes they can be wrong too and the whole family of Lormdao failed to give a proper reason, why they liked Dr. Param.
I just Loved the disguise And for a few episodes I actually felt they are two people.Am happy that they took the mole to make her ugly, I am not saying having mole is ugly its the faidam mole TBH was ugly. The plot became a bit draggy in the mid but it gains the pace again. The stinginess of Pisamorn is never explained, but her scenes were written beautifully.
Secondary couple is too cute and balances the story nicely.

●ACTING/CAST
The cast is amazing and the acting is above par.
▪︎Namfah as faidam became a strong mood booster and as Lormdao she became stupid. I liked more her as faidam, she was smart, headstrong and comical and the way of dialogue delivery was excellent. This is her first lead role and knowing that she did a pretty good job.
▪︎August as Dr. Param is handsome, but its my first time watching him. He was Quick wit and while Everyone is playing games and he just plays along instead of vandalizing it with truth. He is one of kind, soft hearted, caring, honest and little playful.

●MUSIC
The opening and closing tracks were melodious. ‘Trust Yourself’ by August is very soulful and sets the mood of the show. He is certainly has got an stunning voice.

●REWATCH
It is rewatchable as its very light and has lots of comical scenes.

●APPRECIATION
I appreciate Namfah for taking up the role and with all that makeup that took hours of time, she maintained it with grace and acted amazingly well.
I loved that the writers and directors didn’t pick eyeglasses for a means of disguise. As in most of the drama and movies wearing eyeglass is considered ugly.

●FAV SCENE
Pisamorn stinginess

●AFTERTHOUGHT
Everyone is beautiful whatever colour, mole,scar you have. You have to be just YOU, and no one in the world can stop you.

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savage depiction of the unsafe high school environment

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I watched a bullying theme movie and in the recommendation I found this movie. The synopsis seemed interesting so here I am, after finish this masterpiece.it took me three whole days to get back to my senses.

●STORY
Movie starts with a teacher taking an english class. Then the movie jumps back to 2011, in a school campus where students are pressured due to the upcoming college entrance exam called GAOKAO in chinese. Immediately after that Chen Nian only friends commits suicide having one final mortification as her classmates take pictures who had been a mute spectators when she was bullied. She goes to her friend and cover her with a jacket becoming the new target of queen bee. While going home she sees a guy being beaten up, she tries to call cops, but ends up getting caught and humiliated. Later she seeks the guy to protect him from the school bullies.

●PLOT VIEW
The plot is simple, which left me in jeopardy as I got immersed in this masterpiece.
It leaves chills down the spine, showcasing the brutal depiction of the society, mortifying the dead, bullying of weaklings, bad parenting with the ultimate pressure of the exams on the teens.
Though the main focus is bullying however the movie doesnt explain why?
The bullies are like monomaniacs with no empathy. it may start with pranks and when ignored it consumes the bullies to do more, leading to crimes. As in bullied they keep on enduring, because most of the times, bullies arent punished and gets fierce. the death seems only a way to finish the infinite pain of endurance. the school is filled with big red banners of optimistic phrases which is purely overlooked and serves as a piece of decoration.
the vicious bullying tale is compelling as it tries to keep emotional connection between the leads keeps growing as they understand each other pains.
Its an uncomfortable treat with a murder mystery which particularly escalates the story and gives a final finishing touch. They become innocent victims to the cruel law, which failed to protect them when it was needed.
There is minimal dialogue and everything is much conveyed with the actions this intensifies the agony of the movie.

●ACTING/CAST
 Zhou Dongyu as Chen Nian is enduring everything, the home problems, exam pressure, physical and mental bullying yet is sharp headed and focused. her phlegmatic and frigid face is worth praises. She had nailed her character with breathtaking performance.
Jackson Yee as Xiao Bei, is a gold-hearted punk, he shows a touching vulnerability behind his braggadocio. His lean and thin body seemed as if he cant fight and gets beaten up easily, having bruises, deep cuts wearing ripped clothes, living in a small dark room beneath highway. He aced the role with perfection showing the deepest emotions with a bang.
the bullies were being little demons and I hate them to core, but they acted marvelous.

●MUSIC
The music truly transports you into the story as you were watching. It BGM works like magic with least dialogues in the movie.

●REWATCH
The movie is worth watch a million times, due to its touching and vulnerable melomance plot.

●APPRECIATION
I had an emotional breakdown after finishing this extreme graphic bullying movie. I must say the chinese movies depicting bullying is very gruesome way.
The suspenseful and agile camerawork in the latter part gives and a sensational effect.
I read that BETTER DAYS was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, indeed it deserves the accolades for such a realistic exposure to present pressured high school environment.

●CRITICISM
I hope nobody starts bashing me out for criticizing the over interference of the chinese government to the movie. I read that they banned the movie from releasing and we can understand now why. Its has exposed the bullying in Chinese high schools, where the pressure to achieve is lethal contrasting GAOKAO exam.
Also this movie is based on Novel but due to gov pressure, it has narrative scene saying the perpetrator has got 4year prison sentence, why make it a true story despite being made out of a novel.
final accord is one of the lead actors telling us about how we should be vigilant about school violence, and about oh so many things the government does to prevent it; instead of leaving some food for thought to the viewers, the film decides to spoon-feed, and that does ruin the impression quite a bit.

●FAV SCENE
The shaven head, it is one of the most terrifying scenes of the movies which shakes up souls.

●QUOTES
Chen Nian - Is it my fault they bullied me?
Chen Nian - Revenge may seem normal to most people.But those of us who have suffered. Are we the ones who are wrong?

RECEMMENDATION
Yes I would recommend this movie to peeps who love a soul stirring movie. Also “cry me a sad river” is another aching movie over bullying theme.

●AFTERTHOUGHT
Its very strange to see that she could be nostalgic about her school days or that maybe she is nostalgic about her one melomance.
I havent experienced this painful torture, though I got ragged in college pretty bad but that lasted only a few days with no physical injury. Bullying is physical and mental torture pushing one to a painstaking end.

●NOTE
There is a special post credit scene which satisfy the closure of the emotional saga, it could be missed as its after the end credits.

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its like a silent short film

This is my first Filipino language thing, but alas its short film.
Nevertheless its beguiling. the theme of the story is marvelous, when you help others it might give you a satisfaction but on the other end it may be blessing. The most precious thing you can give to anyone is your time. Money can buy food, books or any materials, but with time you can get friends of lifetime.
First I thought it be some kind of commercial, but it turned out to be a short film. As its mostly silent I am yet to hear Filipina language or say watch a Philippine movie.

Acting is above par, you don’t need words to convey your emotions, the silence can say whole lot of thing. Both the actors just nailed it.

TAGPUAN means meeting place, movie indeed fulfil the title name, as years later they meet at their TAGPUAN, having succeeded in life reminiscing the past is the best scene.

Around the clock watching lots of dramas/movies, this silent movie was a epic mood booster. It gives really good and amazing feels lifting up the stress off my mind.

I wont say rewatch but it definitely deserves a watch

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an eyeopener on the school bullying

●HOW I CAME TO IT
I rewatched this movie and it as the same feeling when I first watched it.
I am writing this review to to make my heart hurt less.
I am overwhelmed with the movies deep trance. For a few minutes I was like what happened. It made a huge emotional impact on me.

●PLOT VIEW
A young school girl who took such a huge step, was it easy for her NO. She feared it too but then life was more painful to her. The abandonment from family, the social ostracization, name calling and murder suspect. With each passing day she struggled hard and reaches out to everyone in the climax river scene who just stood there as passive bystanders in the past and now too.
Mother daughter transitioned relationship was terrific. At the same time qi ming who lived next door, and his happy life gives a great juxtapose with a rich and happy with poor and cold family.
The one childhood friend who talked to her got washed away in the lies and rumors. no one trusted her. he see her fighting back, but where is he when she got stepped on by the bullies.
That friendship among the crowd of bullies is another emotional undertone. She was strengthened but at last she loses that one ray of hope in her life.
Our society thinks, oh she is a school girl what problems could she have. But the same society doesn’t accept us if we don’t have good background or rich parents. If one gets a mental health problem or any kind of disease, people view them as untouchable felonies.

●ACTIING/CAST
Ren Min as yi yao aced her role, with her innocent face and deep eye expression.
Xin Yun Lai as gu sen xi is fresh and upbeat character in the gloomy movie. He really stands out.
Zhao Ying Bo as qi ming as childhood friend seemed nice, he gives his vibes of friendliness nicely.
Vivian wu as the ignorant mother was an ace too. She is like a huge pillar in support of a building.

●REWATCH
I rewatched it and liked it more than the first time.

●APPRECIATION
The cinematography is amazing. The use of lightening, the standout uniform, each scene is bewitching.

●CRITICISM
Where was the school administration when all the bullying was happening. Isn't it a school obligation to give a safe environment to all the students. school also put the blind eye to all the bullying and instead turned her into a guilty for fighting, please do a proper investigation for gods sake.
The parents bully kids should also have kept their eyes open on what there kids are upto. No body is born bully, but what leads them to doing so is. We sympathize with the victim but lets also take a peek on bully and give them an enlightenment on what's wrong and right.

●QUOTES
Death is not painful. Life is. - YI YAO
They know you’re afraid and they are excited. Your fear is the stimulus. You need to fight. Eye on eye. Teeth on teeth. - GU SEN XI

●AFTERTHOUGHT
The movie is sad and depressing reflecting the social norms of the society. Its dark yet realistic movie. Its incredible poignant representation might leave soul stirring impact so if weak hearted avoid it.

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Thriller, suspenseful with good plot twist

•HOW I CAME TO IT
This movie was in my PTW for a long time because I didn’t find the source to watch it. I discovered it on Netflix yesterday so here am writing my review.

•STORY
Movie open up with the scene where a med student finds a dead body. He takes it up home to learn about human body more efficiently as earlier he only got dead animals for learning. He later discover that dead body was an elite official’s son and he was murdered. The police was trying to trackdown the murderer. To avoid being the suspect he hires a low rent detective, who is working to hunt for women cheating on their husbands. There is interesting plot twist which leaves the mind blowing.

•PLOT VIEW
The movie gives a feel of sherlock and watson duo, but am not going to compare the movie with them. Just because sherlock holmes is famous, its still a fictional character and there are lots of detectives who are there out in real life. So let Hong Jin Ho be it. He takes up the job seeing the money but he does his job seriously. He uses pre-electronic gadgets hand-made by an elite lady, who is like a modern day forensic expert. While tracking the murderer he discovers a horrendous bitter truth. With the med student and forensic expert woman, hong jin ho gets to make a trap and very interesting action scene takes place.
The Plot is solid and captivating since the start, and suspenseful with a good plot twist. I think it would have been more better with split personality thing rather than twin.
Near the end, one can see an opening for a sequel which, I wished if it had

•ACTING/CAST
Hwang Jung Min as Hong Jin Ho is not famous but a detective for family spats. He grows up in the character and becomes a hero at the end. He is kind of a hustler, not particularly sharp nor heroic, yet clever than he appears.

Ryu Deok Hwan as Jang Kwang Su was marvelous. His face had the innocence of youth who is worried to become a murder suspect and also he had the passion of medical student to become a good doctor. I had seen him before and he is surely has one of the finest actors whichever character he plays.

Uhm Ji Won as Soon Deok is an elite forensic expert, her role is small but still she stands out in her character. It seems as she has some kind of equation with the detective.

Yoon Je Moon as Eok Kwan  gives the standout performance as a villainous circus performer .I had seen him in some villain role before too and he surely keeps the level of villain above par.

•MUSIC
I didn’t really get engaged with the song, I was so much into the movie. But BGM were mostly natural sound effects with a minimal music, which was fine IMO.

•REWATCH
I am not into so much of spy or detective movies. But this movie can be rewatched .

•APPRECIATION
The film sets a thriller plot reflect the times of that period when Korea was occupied by the Japanese at the beginning of the 20th century. It has a completely different vibe. There are mixes of Western, Japanese, and Korean influences in the clothes, as well as language and sets. undertones of political tensions were done brilliantly which gives chills.

•CRITICISM
The main fault for this lies with the editing which deprives the action scenes from some real dynamic, the action scenes at the last were also very confusing. A chasing scene through the streets was unbalanced, as villain is running in roof top and detective is behind .

•AFTERTHOUGHT
The movie also has its comedic moments which worked naturally into the plot. even with its flaws. it's a story we have all seen before told in an unique manner.

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