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I have watched them so long ago and my list is huge but I remember how bad the cgi was back then and this movie unfortunately reminded me of that.

There are still some pretty recent productions out there with bad cgi but it got much better.

If you are a fantasy fan I recommend using the advanced search. You can select the fantasy tag and any other tags you like and then filter by things like country, movie vs drama, release date, rating, and so on. I have used it in the past when I had nothing new to watch and it was pretty useful.

I am not sure the comedy part will be my cup of tea, but this seems like the perfect drama to watch during my lunch break.

Ok, so, I never read the novel and with such a great cast I had to give it a try BUT the CGI really is bad, worse than what I would see from some fantasy Cdramas from 15 years ago.

A good cast is not going to carry a movie when you neither please the fans of the original work by properly adapting the story nor bother to invest in making good CGI. This was an embarrasing attempt at doing whatever they were trying to do. Such a great cast and this was the final result? ^^'

Yeah, I started with Kdramas but in recent years I have been mostly watching Chinese dramas. Not many great Kdramas in recent years. I mostly watch historical dramas but some modern day Chinese dramas I also find interesting, like this one. I am also a huge Zhao Lu Si fan so I will watch pretty much anything she is in.

I actually thought this was going to be more depressing and dramatic but it seems the main leads are slowly starting to understand each other. So yeah, not as makjang as I thought it would be. So far I am really enjoying this one.

Yeah, I understand. It also bothers me when I see it happen to a drama I really like.

Usually I´m fair with my ratings and try to watch until the end even if I am not enjoying it as much so I can judge the drama in its entirety. I only leave reviews for dramas that I really loved or if I find a drama to be so bad that I have to go on a rant. This one did not fit in either group so I just left a comment with my overall opinion and gave it a decent rating.

P.S. - People who give ratings of 1 because it was not what they expected or do not like an actor/actress and on the other side people who give 10 to an average drama because it has their favorite actor/actress really bothers me. It makes it hard to trust MDL ratings. I have watched great dramas that did not have hight ratings and have started dramas that I had to drop that had super high ratings just because the cast was full of idols.

I have seen it quite often in regular length dramas but it usually happens more in soap opera style dramas, like Korean makjang or lakorns (Thai dramas).

I do not watch vertical dramas because I like watching dramas on my pc or tv but I watch short dramas and they are pretty similar, just not filmed vertically, so I know what you mean, they are pretty over the top. XD

You do not have to be a vertical drama watcher. If you have watched dramas long enough, 15 years for me, you would also be extremely suspicious of that DNA test.

I do not trust anything that involves Fang Lei. I would not even put behind me the possibility that she has something to do with her sister´s death. The kid is an excuse for her to stick around Haoming. In her mind she probably thinks she can be upgraded from aunt to mom in the future. She is delusional.

I was not spoiled, until I read your comment, but I got that exact same feeling.

I already found it weird that she found out she was pregnant 2 months after they broke up. Usually after about a month and a half you already have the first symptoms, plus it would mean that she would have gotten pregnant right before the breakup which does not seem likely because the relationship was probably already strained for a while before they finally decided to break up and I doubt they were sleeping together right up until the moment they broke up.

Another thing I found suspicious was Fang Lei being the one to give him the DNA test result. I have to suspect the veracity of any document that she touches. My guess is she thought in her disturbed mind that she could tie him down with the kid. Her being the aunt would create an unbreakable connection between the 3 of them, giving her an excuse to stick around and eventually go from aunt to mother, or so she wished.

I'm glad you enjoyed everything. I can tell a lot of effort was put into making this drama and I was interested in the plot for the first half or so, then it became mostly a cooking competition. I kept watching for the cooking but lost interest in the plot.

I have been watching dramas for 15 years now so it is not easy for a drama to keep me invested right until the last episode. Only a few dramas a year are able to really grab my attention. ^^'

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I found the first half or so interesting but then lost a bit of interest in the plot. Kept watching because of the cooking and to find out how it would end.

If you like food in your dramas, you should enjoy this like I did, BUT the plot and romance are nothing special.

This was something I watched while having lunch or when I had nothing better to watch. The high rating is probably due to the cast.

Makes sense. I did not read the novel so if the movie is entertaining I will give it a good rating.

Wow, 6.7 with such a great cast. Is it THAT bad?

Maybe or maybe they just want to leave the doors open for an American remake. Either way I did not like the ending. It felt very flat for an overall amazing drama.

This one was 6 episodes actually. And same, I won't be watching no American remake of this or Squid Game. No, thank you.

For the Japanese version it probably is. Now they are going to spit some American trashy remake like they are planning to do with Squid Game. They cannot do better so now they are just blatantly copying popular Asian dramas instead of creating something new.

This was nowhere as good as the other 2 seasons but it was still watchable... and then the ending came.

Netflix is trying to sell the same product they tried selling in season 3 of Squid Game and just to sell it they barely even bothered to wrap this one up properly.

Sooner or later all this greediness will come back to bite your butt cheeks, Netflix.

The ending was so bad that I wish this season never existed. The way season 2 ended was a much more decent wrap up for one of the best Japanese dramas I have watched in a while. So disapppointed.

There are so many plot twists and scheming characters that it became silly. But I have watched worse short dramas.

Sure, the drama is far from being great and not that close to being good. The supporting characters were more interesting than the main leads at times, the romance and plot are overall disappointing...but to say the ML does not show any interest in the FL is completely wrong. I though this was like a one-sided thing because of comments like that. The ML does love her and definitely goes after her in several moments.

BUT at the same time he has a complicated family life and many insecurities, he believes the FL deserves him only at his best, as if he needs to be perfect to be with her. And yes, that can be quite frustrating and might make people think she should just stop chasing after him.

That was also the same reason why I thought this was an average drama and did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would from watching the first half or so. I also felt like some things were missing by the end of the drama but maybe that was just the result of me skipping a lot of scenes.

I hope this comment will at least help you start this with the right expectations.