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More than blue indeed...
This is a story of love, loss, pain, coping, secrets, playfulness, happiness, pain, and some more pain.As we follow several stories of loss and dare I say obsession. All done really well, making me feel a whole bunch of emotions and even shedding a tear or two.
I love pretty much all of the leads in this drama, they have som much character, depth and exhibit not only a wide range of emotions the dynamics and the flow of the story is done really well. Even though they jump back and fourth in space and time... realism and fantasies I found myself consumed by the story and not the least bit confused.
There are a few slightly annoying side characters, but their screen time is limited enough to no take a way from the powerfulness of the story.
A story that was so much more than just the colour and depth of the ocean blue... That had me hooked, pulled in and before I knew it 10 episodes had passed...
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Mindless entertainment
This is the type of drama where you have to turn off your brain, values and pretty much all sense of... well everything and just let it go and let the stupidity lead you to that next episode. In this highly bingable low quality high entertainment drama.While many dramas will ave you dreading the inevitable brek-up before reconciliation this one had me cheering for the misunderstandings to pile up so that the female lead would finally dump the male lead and settle for a cat, a goat or some cute playboy (or girls) far, far away...
It is also a drama that even with brain power off still had me wondering, if the male lead knows he cant control himself after drinking two drops of alcohol, why does he still drink alcohol?
Why does the male lead look like a dog trying to dominate another dog when he kisses the female lead?
And why do all the kisses look either fake no lips attached or like they are trying to take a bite out of the other persons lips?
It also offers some of the worst cross dressing out there... But I do believe I did spot a lesbian confession somewhere around the end along side a lesson in girls can also be programmers. So between the toxic, the lack of communication, the bad, the landscape of red flags and more or less sexual dominance/assault... and the double standards there seems to be som kind of a women can agenda as well...
Making me wonder what the ***** the writer, producer and censorship officer where thinking when they made/passed this drama, but I also want to thank them all for this mindless entertainment I so desperately needed thus rating it an 8 .
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She knows he is bad but is feels so good
This is basically cool girl meets ganster and looses not only herself but pretty much her cool. As we are thrown in tho the world of each f**** could be the last he will call her if he is alive.On this lustfilledjourney we get to see a whole lot of wristgrabs, women being thrown over the sholder wood, flower petals and luscious outfits.
Sex and drugs and not so much rock n roll but pistols...
As mer Cold hard gangser becomes warm hard lover... To his assertive sexually forward female lead (and secound female lead) who knows what and who she wants
Offering such lovely lines as Its not enough, I want more of mr. Oya. I need him to fill me up, fast. I need to be filled up by mr Oya so there is no gap anywhere" some more lines... We did it over and over... i almost lost consciousness...Basically saying she wants more even if she looses consciousness and I am pretty sure she did not mean she wanted ice cream.
Basically prapare yourself for longing and blood shed and flowery sex scenes in pretty much every episode. An easy watch just not infron of the children...
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Evil and Gore
Well this was bloody, very bloody and kind of gross most of the time... between the gore and the blood there was also a pretty good story about oppression, control, fighting the power, putting blame where it belongs and even a hint of completely unrealistic love...Teaching us viewers once again that all ll is not fair in love and war.
There are a few slightly annoying characters but over all Id say the characters where decently portrayed, some lacked depth. There are some plot holes here and there, not as many as holes in humans bodies but Id say those of you who remember the 1990s may find yourself remind of Bruce Willis. As the leads spend more time between walls than outside in the open as well as seem harder to kill than Bruce Willis in Die hard... There was alos a slight hint of Armageddon in this making me think even more of Bruce Willis in the 1990s....
That said both me and my husband kept pushing for that next episode button and where at times kept on our toes. So a pretty decent watch, making me look forward to season 2.
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True flaws yet entertaining and sweet
I am writing this review after re watching this, a rewarch that was highly enjoyable, entertaining and even though I knew what eould happen still had me pushing that next episode button as well as watching it in the passenger seat in the car just so I could watch a little bit more.Yet still I lowered the score from a 9,5 to a 9 as there are just a few too many high pitched chogia, over the top mimics and horrible elements for me to completely let them slide all things that could lower the score to a 6 or even 5 brought up by the high bingsbilsty, the combination of depth snd issues with sweet sweet romance and lovable side characters.
The older sister is deffenetly one to steel the show in her gender bender reveresed roles relationship Im Se Mi kills it and is far more interesting than the female lead.
The Secound male lead has given many SLS and is indeed a very entertaining and talanted boy to watch however the writers did him wrong with the conflict with the male lead. Making heím do and say some unforgivable things.
Our male lead is handsome, sweet and aweare of his flaws. Some say he is a green flagg, I say not really but close enough.. as he does have som communication and jellousey. All things the female lead handles pretty well but still a fun dramabiyfriend to watch and woo over but not relationship goals. At least not for my younger self.
The female lead has great dynamics with the people around her and she does have some fun moments when she lets out the tiger in her instead of running away scared. But to be honest it is hard to fully understand why both male leads fall for her, pretty or not pretty something is missing...
All in all an entertaining drama that despite all its true flaws has enough good in it to make it a 9 and that is actually pretty impressive!
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Slooppy
Well this was... ehm So bad it was mediocre... The wring sloppy the acting 80%awful, like really really bad 20% decent, Smiles where all lovely, friendships adorable....I am honestly not really sure what they are trying to say as there is some kind of forgive for your own sake and guilt will kill you vibe to this but the way there is inconsistent and really, really strange. I had to go back and check if I accisdently skipped an episode to try to understand how things went from one thing to another.
There is an interesting use of sex and lust in this as pretty much only the villans get physical in a slightly agressive instead of romantic way...
That said the leads are cute, the fls acting and smile is top, top, top
An okay watch ot pass the time if you want some strange logic and drama....
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Cringe, plot holes but interesting story
This is one of those dramas that had me multitasking to avoid beeing annoyed by the many moments of cringe, it is a lso a drama that may just may give you SLS.However, there are a bunch of cute cats the female lead (both old and young) is really cool and found family friendships for as far as they eye can see... Almos (only almost) makes up for it. But the Chemistry between the leads is kind of off, but I do like the cast as well as seeing people that are not so young take the lead in this. However while the agism is adressed interestlingly here there is some pretty blunt fatshaming so be were. Also most of the twist were predictable there where a few that caught me slightly off guard, not so much the person but the motiv, something that is pretty rare in ks these days.
The OST is nice, some of it reminds me of Rickey Martins - living la vida loca, but the rest is nice.
An okay watch, but nothing I would recommend
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Beautiful and meeh
This is a movie that has beautiful people, beautiful people and a hint of nostalgia but not much more. As the story is a bit slow paced and sweet yet lacks that little extra something (other than the leads) to make it stick out from the many movies and dramas that tell a similar story. While it does have a little something that I personally appreciate seeing mentioned on screen, I find myself conflicted about how that special something is showen or more like ignored and only mentioned very briefly. Is it too briefly or is the little bit it is mentioned just enough to make it part of the plot that does not outshine the human behind it...Sorry for not writing what that something is, but I fear it could be a spoiler for some, if you watch this then keep an eye out for how little screen time a major part of the plot actually gets and everything I just wrote will make sence (if not feel free to ask).
I am not really sure what the message here is, and even if I did I am pretty sure it could be my nemesis healing and stuff... But all in all a beautiful watch worth it if not for anything else than for Greg Hsu and all the beautiful, talented screen time with him this movie offers.
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Stil a classic but slightly more draggy than part one
Part two of the same classic, that I guess pretty much everything I wrote about in part one could easily be pasted in to. However this part is slightly more draggy, repetitive, and less entertaining than part one so I decided to rate this slightly lower than the first part.That said, I do recommend watching both parts for som context and understanding of dramaland.
That said, the risk for SLS raises in this one, and the kisses lack passion.
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A classic
How does one rate such a classic?To be honest it is not actually any good, and the male lead and his family have more red flaggs than red roses are handed out on valentines day (world wide). Yet still I have to recommend this to all drama fans, for its entertainment value as well as being the mother of oh so many dramas...
Easy to watch, easy to want to throw water at the screen and just oh so much fun!
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A bunch of shades of life and ethics
Decent slice of life murder mystery drama, with a great cast and interesting twists. The romance is very slow, subtle and lacks kisses. That said the chemistry between several of the leads is lovely.The drama does tackles some interesting issues shown from several perspectives. What is living? Do some deserve to die? Truth vs. dignity and who is actually to blame for girls being drugged and taken advantage of?
Hint, it is not the girl who got drugged.
Other questions are about ethics, cop ethics, business ethics, parenthood ethics (if there is such a thing)
There are some twists that caught me a little bit by surprise, but some of my personal suspicions where found to be correct at the end so there is definitely quite a bit that is predictable.
The female lead and her brother captured my heart early on, the rest of the cast never fully got there but almost.
All in all a drama I would recommend, but while there is some kind of playful tension between the leads, there may be a little nit to much left to the imagination to keep the romance addict within me satisfied as it left me wanting and hoping for more interactions between the two.
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Time and superpowers can be confusing
This is an easy watch, I do not know how much a typical it is and I do have some issues with some parts of it and they do start of with a lot of fatshaming... But I do kind of appreciate the dark and depressing.As the episodes flew by the fatshaming subsided and I do believe they may even have made up for it... but my beautiful depressing darkness also got all bright witch was kind of meeh... The twists felt pretty predictable and there where some moments of cringe that just made me go... oh come on...
With all that said I did enjoy it, so I figured it gets an 8 for the characters, the found family, the friendship and the at times okay message. But what really kept me from lowering the score was this one scene where the female lead pretty much saied flat out (not exact quote) .
Yes I was saved, but I am not (or was not) grateful, I just learned I had to use my misfortune for my benefit and in a way I was pissed of at the guy who saved me so using him and that story was my revenge...
And with that I will say, yes there are plot holes and yes there is cringe, and problematic stuff but between it all there are som rare gems and a high entertainment value making it worth a watch.
P.S. I may have seen to many dramas to not be able to predict stuff but if you are new to dramaland, I am sure you will love some of the twists.
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Odd, very odd
This is one of those dramas that is a little bit hard to rate the story is odd, really odd, the overall messge seems to be good something about world peace and stuff... the directing is a bit over the top and to quirky fro my taste leaving with just a little bit to much second hand embarrassment and the need to fast forward...That said there where a lot of fun K-drama jokes, a decent cast and pretty things to look at.
It is also a drama that may change the way you look at chicken (any type of chicken) for all eternity, or until you have seen enough other dramas to overwrite the damage this drama made.
As for if it will have you longing to eat chicken or never want to eat chicken again will be left unsaid by me.
So basically this is a true k-drama mix of everything odd, prepare yourselves for some quirk and over the top odd stuff and I am sure this can be an okay watch. While it did have a bit to much over the top for my taste I can appreciate the oddness and individuality of this so if you are fine with that stuff and looking for something different this is actually a pretty decent place to find it.
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Beautiful yet depressing
This is a n art film, with beautiful extremely symmetric aesthetics. Like most artistic films it has a bunch of kind of boaring moments and while there is a lot of scheeming going on it is kind of meeh, but we do get to see a young educated woman get worn down, slowly slowly she is worn down to know her place as a the fourth mistress in household where all aim to please the master as that pretty much is the only option for surviving.A movie that shows very well how little woman where worth and how expandable they are...
While I the sound of this drama is a torchere for the ear of those who do not love Chinese opera, once things the last 10 minutes of the movie made it all worth it, yes even the opera part was put in to place and it was just a perfect ending to this beautiful yet depressing story...
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The Good Kids and The just Bad mother
This drama has a bit of everything I love with a side of cringe, anoying elements and more or less everything I hate in a drama... okay not everything but a lot leaving me conflicted as the parts I loved where so good, so good so good.. While I found myself anoyed at most of the characters overacting I also found myself kind of falling for the idea of an imperfect be it over the top found family. Though they seem to change their minds over the oddest things and have more changes of heart than a top thorax surgeon will preform in their lifetime. They still have som kind of hidden charm somwhere.The lead couple is adorable in so many ways, predictable at times but oh so sweet giving this romance addict the fix I needed, better than a lot romance out there. And though this is not listed as a romance, the romence in this adds a whole lot of spice to the plot.
The mom, the way she acts and more or less everyghing about her was supposed to show nuaunce and what not but while here character as a person was lovable and fun to watch her methods and motherhood where so bad it made my blood boil.
The kids in this drama almost steal the show but they have fierce competition from the piglets, adding fluff and sweetness to this otherwise mostly dark show.
A decent watch, that is highly entertaining just mind the monologs, annoying elemants, healing and cringe and you will be fine...
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