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There is something about putting togeheter not just opposites but people from completely different places in life in a gruop based on mutual respect and an common interest. A group. that sees you and helps you grow all in a fun setting, adorable themes and even though some may seem slightly over the top they do not cross over to over the top pathetic annoying. Not even once. This is not an easy balance to maintain, especially in dramaland and with some of those acors. But somehow they managed to keep that balance. That alone made this worthy of en extra star. I love this club and would love to have one of those of my own even though I am not sure I would actually dare attend one.
The different ways to act as siblings in this is shown really well, and I must say fond siblings as well as biological siblings in this are some of dramalands best. The parents are some of dramalands worst (not something in the rain bad, but bad).
The romance in this is top, sweet, complicated, it has fun development and incorporates both playfulness, insecurity and shows different ways to find romance. But not only does it give me a romance addict the fix I need it also gives me different ways to love (outside of romance) as well as reasons to love even though it hurts.
Other things I love about this drama is the show of a bunch ways to feel insecure, fighting low self a steam, sthere is no quick fix and you can always relapse and self destruct. The show also manages how low self a steam is nurtured, what can make otherwise good girls lie, rebel and want to die.
So much good in this but not all, some parts are wrapped up to fast, specially the ending and family relations. Even though I said they managed to keep an okay balance I can not completely ignore the potentially annoying elements existence and some characters have moments of just a little bit to perfect.
Also I want a spin off with two of the best friends, preferably filmed a broad. ...
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Thirst scenes and smiles as far as stream can reach...
"I'v wanted to lick your muscles since the first time I saw you" is pretty much what this drama has to offer... As we enter the story of the at times slightly annoying wedding planer and the groom with a wedding plan to do the planner.... Spending more time showing the audience his upper body muscles than fully clothed or talking making this an entertaining watch but ot a lot more.The story itself is okay, it is not good, not bad, it has some sweet and fun moments, a prolonged misunderstanding making most of the viewers think of the geney in Aladdin begging him to just tell the planner the truth and put him out of his misery... but also done in a very evil yet playful way.
The cast and characters are lovely, all in need of an acting lesson or 10, and while I will admit that I was entertained and found several of the cast a pleasure to watch their mimics where often wrong or felt forced focusing a lot more on making scenes where people lick each other than actually delivering dialog beyond smiles and gazes that is.
And well I guess that is the point here the story and delivery could have been a lot better if the focus was on the delivery of dialog instead of making people thirst. That said some of the dialog was actually pretty good and there where actually moments of meaning here and there...
So if you are in the mood for some sweet moments and misunderstanding with a lot of heat this is a really good choice. But if you are sensitive to bad acting or in need of any type of depth you might as well skip this watch.
P.S. Lom (Sunny) may need some acting lessons or better directing but still gets a 10 from me and th eMCD PPL is off the charts
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Bad acting meeh story and a questionable agenda...
Someday good actresses will choose to star in a GL.. There will also be great writers lining up to tell amazing stories about love, friendships, and mysteries... There will be a great budget there too, great dialog and amazing kisses...Obviously not in this, this was pretty much 3 sweet moments, a mom that looked to be the same age as the girls... And a story I felt like I had seen in hetero dramas and while I did appreciate seeing a lesbian couple there where just some twists that made me wonder what are they actually trying to tell us?
And what agenda are they actually trying to convay?
Something in this just felt off, and it was not just the acting.
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Great friendship, draggy unnecessary emotional porn....
This drama has allot of good parts but also ALLOT of draggy emotional lectures that seem to be there to show us how doctors should talk to their patients surrounded by all things that seem to be there so the audience will feel emotional... but instead of emotional it just made me tierd sick and brought out my less pacifistic side... It is ofcourse nice to see doctors actually doing their job in a medical drama, putting the patients and their needs first but it just gets to be to much. The way it is edited and added violins and pianos here and there is supposed to bring out the tears but just felt artificill and had the opposite affect on me. The amount of times people in the drama say thank you or apologize would make a lethal drinking game, that not a single person could survive.What the drama does well is showing allot of types of bonds and friendships between both the patients, their families and the main cast making way for both extremely slow paced romance, bromance, romance , finding comfort in a person in the same situation at the hospital, etc... The 5 friends are playful, fun to watch and just make you wish you where part of their band.
I love that they make way for the female lead to sing even though her singing is just awful, I love the way they use rain to make beautiful emotional scenes (yes some emotional scenes where done well) , i love the food and I love the camping scenery. All things that almost made up for the annoying never ending lectures.. to be honest friendship 10 stars, lectures 5 stars, romance 9 stars.... becomes 8 stars all together. But in a way I find myself wanting to say I am not mad at the creators I am just disappointed...
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K-rom com with some action
I went in to this with really low expectations afraid it would affect my love for Jung Hae In and be that last drop to knock him off the top of my crushes and stars.However once I started watching it, it was actually not bad, not bad at all. Fine there are annoying elements and some over the top comedy, but name a k-rom com who doesn't have those at some point. I cant think of any. The action is done okay, blod, kicks, explosions, car chases with some twists. Nothing wow but I guess it works. Our gangster ale lead shuts off all emotion when he goes in to the role of gangster making a strong contrast towards his otherwise, cute, innocent, puppy like guy who actually seems to be respectful towards women. Not much unlike all those other gangsters in shows that are supposedly bad ass out there but once they are with their girlfriends or kids they melt in to milkshakes. So even if it isnt perfect it didn´t bother me.
The female lead is assertive, she has her strange moments but does the amnesia pretty well, the only part that felt off with her character was when she was disappointed with the appearance of Jung Hae In. Fine his jump suit want so good looking, but the guy still looked like Jung Hae In...
The plot is mostly predictable, if you are looking for a nail biting thriller or anything that will keep you ón your toes this is not the right place for it but has some moments I was not fully prepared for so all in all an easy binge with some cute moments. Definitely a lot better than I expected.
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Sex ed for grownups of our time
An interesting dive in to the sexueal issues of todays society. With an adorable therapst male lead, nice side characters and a sweet female lead.This is less of a romance more of a highly educational drama which is kind of sad. The romance parts could have been so much more. With a huge focus on communication and finding the root of the problem instead of just treating symptoms.
There are a few characters that made my blood boil, something I felt I just did not fully understand and there is one episode that made me really uncomfortable in a good way I guess.
So basically decent drama with a mix of pop culture and drying up as old age approaches.
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Emptynes and dreams
This is an easy binge, with okay characters and okay leads. The pacing is very off....Build ups turn in to air, no build up turns in to explosions. Twists here and there that are either very predictable or make very little ence and contribute 0 to the plot or charter development.Some characters are forgiven way to easily, others are just obsessed and there are so many characters in here that need to be sent to therapy or get locked up far, far away from society sp they can not hurt anyone again. And then we have the blame game gone wrong.
That said, locations are nice, second couple adorable. there are several interesting and sweet side characters that I would wanted to see more of and the main couple is full of forever love, fun and fluff but every now and then they make dessisions that just do not make any sense. At all.
They also seem to touch issues but just berley and never really get to actually deal with them.
An okay watch but not much more.
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Predictable but cute mindless entertainment
This was cute, it started off with a bit of second hand embarrassment and a feeling of where are they going with this but once I turned of my brain and just went with the flow I found it to be kind of cute, highly bingable and entraining.No I did not really find the leads very attractive from the start (they are ok, just not really my type) , even if the male lead and the crew made their best to show us the hard work the male lead did on his abs.
Yes the female leads old way of speaking wa s a bit oh ho 100 days my prince annoying but she did have her moments and kind of grew on me.
Yes the plot has more holes than ramen strainer or good swiss cheese... and that is ok.
And the amount of times the female lead falls in to a coma is astonishing, but other than that I was entertained, I got a lot of longing, pining and cutness....
Making me give it a few more stars than it probably deserved.
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Bad start, great emotions
This movie starts off pretty bad, low quality and a feel of cringe that had me questioning why I started it in the first place. But as the minutes went by the story and acting developed the moments of second hand embarrassment and cringe subsided and I got to witness a one of the most beautiful cryers and deliveries of emotion from a young male lead I had seen in a while and ended up thinking hey this is kind of cute.I am not sure I care much about the message in this nor the idea of becoming a star for someone else but that said it was not a bad watch just mind the first 30 minutes or so...
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Lovely leads, under developed stories
Loved the leads and there is a lot of interesting slots of life in this drama but there is something about this that failed to make it all the way in to my heart. As most of the twists could be smelled at least an episode in advance but I chose the word slots of life or maybe breezes of life as we never really truly get an invitation in to the life and true mindset of our leads making me feel left outside, making it hard tu fully immerse mysel in the story. Maybe they wanted to tell to many stories at once, maybe they felt like a medley of life from dramas past would make this feel refreshing and new... But all I felt was oh okay... so they went with that trope.That said again leads are lovely. And the binge was easy.
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Sweet dreams are made of cringe
This drama has a lot to offer to the rom com lover, with a whole palette of male leads, friendships, work life blance, comics and what not. But there was just to much cringe, secound hand emberresment and bad acting/directing from the all but the male lead that I just could not rate this higher. Even though the Seos (Kang Joon and In Guk) s presence and characters could easiely be rated with a 10, they were just not enough to save this cringefest.Jisoo, Love, sorry to say this she can not cry on screen, the way they let a top singer IRL sing badly in karaoke was just mean and so were about 90% of her mimics.
Other than that it was a fun watch, just mind the bad acting, embarrassment and cringe and you will be fine.
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A nature cooking show
This is a story about four city boys who where taken away from civilisation and forced to bond with nature and the sun that never setts...It is a story about Lee Je Hoon's love at a late age with cooking, and his development from egg-disaster to egg master, will he decide to become a chef?
About Kwak Dong Yeon the controlling master chef who has everything planned to a tee. Will he learn to let it go and help Lee Je Hoon spred his new found love for cooking wings?
We also have are laid back artist Lee Dong Hwi, who contributes with a light skepticism and slight grumpyness in a good way.
Last but not least wh have the star of the show our very handsome playful slightly noughty Cha Eun Woo who spends most of his time charming people, animals, and nature to do as he pleases. With rolled up arms he can cook, ,he rides horses, he can chop wood... He can even stand the heat in the sauna and is a true feast for the eye and soul.
The nature in Finland is stunning with the sun and mirror blank lakes... and the culture is very simular to the one where I live... the language is different but to be honest it could have been shot in Sweden and no one would know the difference...As it looks just like Sweden during the summer (unless it rains,) Yes this is me telling the boys to come to Sweden, we have better food... I am pretty sure most people in Lapland do have running water, toilets, and electricity but hey that would not really be a challenge for the boys.
The show does get a bit repetitive after a while and feels more like a cooking show than anything else, and they get a bit too obsessed with the nature = happiness part... I am kind of impressed how they manage to get some of our most beloved Kopiko PPL... I am pretty sure they have all said those lines before in dramas. And how they can miss korean food after half a day in Finland is pretty impressive...
But all in all it is a decent watch, if not for the rest. The horse-ride sceneis at least worth an extra star
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Charming but bad
I started this drama because I was in the mood for something kind of bad, but in a fun way, and yes I did kind of get what I was craving but also a whole lot of just bad.While the female lead is extremely charming, fun and interesting. Her values are just awful, she is a bit to much and the amount of second hand embarrassment she, the male lead and all their friends prodice is scary.
So values bad, acting inconsistent, twists so bad its bad...
Ring and styling- Ugglye as...
Smiles- Lovely
Kisses - decent
Side characters bad, did I mention values are bad?
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Love is forgettable
I started this Opposites attract a while bak, not really sure when but when I took a break, don´t really remember why, probably something (sleep/life/not finished airing) got in the way time passed by and I started watching something else, and another something else before I noticed it on my currently watching and thought to myself... oh was I going to start this? clicked on my viki account only to see that I had already watched 10 episodes.... As I started watching the drama againI noticed my memory being jogged back to life.Its not a bad drama, its not a good drama, the actors do their jobs well, there is a plot and some type of second chances people can change message that is not bad either but it is just not enough to truly keep my attention or occupy any lasting space in my memory making this a very forgettable watch.
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Dreamoworks meets K-drama fantasy
I´m not really sure why this is on MDL but since it is here I figured Id review it anyway....A sweet animated movie wit lots and lots of k-drama asian fantasy references that made me smile a lot. Basically K-drama meets Dremwokrks in a beautiful display of music, friendship and daemon hunting...
I watched it with my non K-drama watching teen, while I recognised a bunch of tropes I believe the teen seemed to feel some type of second hand embarrassment.
An easy watch for all who enjoy things animated and K.
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