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Like, what the actual f*ck? I don't get who the hell decided that it'll be a good idea to make a live action of the masterpeice that Shingeki no Kyojin actually is. It does not make sense. Okay, this movie was trash, but at the same time I don't think anyone could do better than this just because it's hella hard. Well, maybe, if they tried harder and used their brains, they could have at least keep the characters' personalities the same and you know... follow the actual storyline?
It doesn't make sense how much they changed the characters and why they did it. It was cringey. Especially Eren, like c'mon, that's Eren, you just have to make him an idealistic ass who has dreams bigger than his brain and you're done. (I'm actually joking btw, I love him) But what did you do? You gave him zero personality and made him this boring, cringy kiddo. I don't get why people are hating on Miura, like dudes, he was a good actor, but in this case, in this movie, he has zero material to work with. So what do you expect of him? The same goes for the rest of the cast.
And oh my gosh, the titans. You know, before watching the anime, I thought the titans looked funny and I won't be able to be like scared of them? And I never did, actually, but I got used to them. But the titans in this movie, woooooooooooooah, they were ridiculous. Ewww. Couldn't stop laughing. Actually [ SPOILER ] Eren in his titan form didn't look that bad comparing to the other titans, at least.
Overall, this movie is shit and shouldn't be your introduction to Shingeki no Kyojin, it's just so bad. I just wanna cry because it's so freaking bad.
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The right to quit is only given to those who try to the end.
''You're all surrounded'' starts with a bang and ends with a bang. It's a drama that gets you hooked from the first episode and leaves you satisfied when you finish it. It was a very enjoyable ride for me... at least till the last few episodes.STORY:
- The first half was perfect. It mainly focuses on solving cases and I started watching the drama to see this. The new rookies in the violent crime unit lacked enthusiasm to be detectives, while the leader of the team, who is very arrogant and rude, wasn't really happy to teach them. But despite this fact, with each episode, they were starting to act like a team and that was my favourite part of the first half. The rookie detectives started to realize what is to be a detective and what responsibility it carries. While solving cases, which were very emotional and well-written, the characters developed a lot. Seo Pan Seok - the leader of the team realized that the rookies have the potential to become real detectives and he was very proud of them, while the they stopped complaining about their job and started working hard. If I had to rate only the first half, I would give it 9/10.
Now, the second half. It almost felt as if I was watching another drama. While the first ten episodes focused mainly on solving cases and character development, the remaining ten focused on Dae Gu's story and family problems. There were almost no cases. Honestly, I couldn't care less about his story. I mean, it wasn't that bad at first, but then it got too complicated and messy, I was bored as hell. When I'm watching investigation dramas, I prefer the plot to be mainly focused on the investigation part. Of course, side plots are welcomed, but in You're All Surrounded, these side plots were tedious. Everythig was developed horribly. I mean, when you are watching the first half, you think that everything will finish when Dae Gu catch the killer. Simply as that. But noooo, they had to drop a childbirth secret and useless villians, it's a korean drama after all. What saved the second half for me was the romance between Dae Gu and Soo Sun, they had some very sweet moments. The bromance scenes with Dae Gu and Pan Seok also helped, I got Hwayugi vibes. If I had to rate only the second half, unfortunately, I would give it barely 4/10. It got too dragged, too repetitve and the ending was too rushed.
CHARACTERS:
- Okay, I liked the characters. But, if I have to be honest, if you go and watch 10 dramas, at least 7 of them will have pretty much the same characters. A main lead who has a trauma from the past, very kind-hearted, although he acts coldly; a very emotional female lead who works hard; a dumb and funny character; a calm, veeeery good-looking character and a villians who have absolutely no freaking reasons to act like this. In a setting like this, characters like Pan Seok and Chief Kang were very well welcomed. Well, it's not like I adored Chief Kang, for me she was just a bad person, but it was easy to sympathise with her. Kim Sa Kyeong was so useless, why did she have to be there? Oh, yeah, for Pan Seok's side story. Villians like Yoo Ae Yoon and Yoon Moon Bae are also pretty common for korean dramas. They were there to be evil. That's it. Cho Yeong Chol was the more interesting character.
ACTING:
- The first thing I really need to say is how impressed I am with Go Ah Ra's acting here. She was very good, I was completely shocked. Girl, what happened with you in Hwarang and Black? I think she knows only one way to act and the uses it with every character she plays. And here, her way of acting suits the character and I think that's what happened in Miss Hammurabi, too (she played pretty much the same kind of character there, a judge version of it). She made me love Soo Sun and she even made me almost cry and that means she really did a great job. I think all the actors did well... okay, except for Ji Woo who played Soo Sun as a child. Her creepy eyes are present here too, I am not surprised. Ahn Jae Hyun was quite monotonous here. It's not like his character requiers a lot, but in some particular scenes, he wasn't very stable.
Overall, You're All Surrounded wasn't a bad drama, there are many enjoyable and emotional scenes and I do recommend it. It has everything - comedy, drama, romance (not much), action (not much), mystery (which sucked lol), and they are all combined quite well... at least in the first half.
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The thing I loved the most in the movie is definitely the directing. Everything was so realistic. It's obvious how hard everyone worked on making this movie as impactful as it is. The viewer can easily connect to the story thanks to the good directing and, of course, the brilliant acting and well-written script.
The movie follows the story of two brothers and how they drifted apart because of the war and how much they changed. It was tragic and painful because the actors did such a good job at portaying their characters' suffering. Won Bin and Jang Dong Gun were perfectly cast. And how I wish Won Bin would return to the screen soon... he's such a good actor.
Now, there's this one thing. The movie lacks any kind of explanation. If you know nothing about the Korean War, then it may be hard to connect the things in the movie and you can be confused at the beginning. I personally don't have enough knowledge about it, but what I know was enough I guess. But if you aren't interested in Korean history and don't know anything about the war between North Korea and South Korea, I'd adivse you to read a little about it before watching the movie. I'm not sure why they decided that it'll be better to avoid explaining details, maybe the director thought that non-koreans who aren't interested in Korean history wouldn't want to check it out.
Overall, a great movie and a must-watch. Be prepared for a lot of gore though, some scenes are really disturbing.
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I love that they at least explained everything, you know. It's true that I spent 10 episodes being suspicious of one person, making all these dumb theories but then in the end, I wasn't very close to the truth. Props to the drama for managing to surprise me.
The pace was overall nice, even though I kind of wish it was a bit more fast-paced towards the end. I just got tired and wanted to know the reason behind all of this because it just took so long for the truth to be revealed.
The romance was amazing though! Even though I thought it would feel strange because the leads fell in love with each other... almost out of nowhere, the chemistry between Yutaka and Nanako was amazing and they saved the situation. Speaking of them, their characters were very intriguing especially Egi Touko, it was extremely hard to read what's on her mind.
The actors did a good job, although I'd say Takenouchi Yutaka stole the show for me. He was just too hot, sorry.
If there's something about Ice World that I consider perfect is the music! 'Diamond Dust' by Kyosuke Himuro became one of my favourite songs ever, I'm just obsessed with it. I'm so glad that I watched the drama because I discovered such a masterpiece!
I won't rewatch it just because I don't really rewatch dramas anyway. But I do recommend it to everyone, especially if you're looking for a drama that keeps you guessing until the end.
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I don't know, I just couldn't get into it. Maybe it's not my cup of tea but might work for others, I have no idea. I love movies that get straight to the point and in this case it took more than 30 minutes to get to the actual point. I feel like there were some filler scenes that shouldn't have been there. I mean the movie is 2 hours and to be able to keep me interested for such a long time, you don't really need to have fillers.
The idea of the movie is cool, actually. It just wasn't executed well in my humble opinion. The cast did a great job though and that's why I managed to finish it somehow. Ji Sung was brilliant as always and he had great chemistry with Joo Ji Hoon and Lee Kwang Soo. But even their good performances couldn't save the movie for me.
The ending was good though, I must admit. But anyways, I don't think this movie is worth watching. I guess there are people who might like it, but I did not. A lot of comments are saying that this movie is not what it looks to be and what trailers show and I have to agree. Just know that Confession might be a lot more different than what you expect. It's slow paced and it lacks intensity. It might suit your taste if you like slow paced movies with cool directing and good acting, but still, wouldn't recomment it.
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Oh, about the drama. It was short and cute, I guess. It's nice if you're looking for something to pass time. The directing is actually good and the acting was decent. Well, it was a bit awkward at first, especially the first scene with the leads.
Then it slowly became less awkward. I feel like Genesis' character was a bit meh... No, I was just too much into James so I didn't want to be distracted by Dale.
Their chemistry was good when they weren't awkward. I loved the scene on the bed in episode 5 and the scene in episode 6 was actually really hot.
So 7 out of 10, even though I don't really know how to rate this. It's not a must-watch, it's not something unique, it's just okay. If you're bored and you like BLs, go ahead and watch this. Kaloy's handsomeness is 100% worth it. He's so pretty,
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The drama had a promising start. And by ''a promising start'' I don't mean the first two or three episodes, but the first 10-15. I did enjoy watching them quite a lot. The story was confusing, but with the time I got used to it so I had no problem understanding what's going on. Overall, the first half was very good and I wholeheartedly enojyed most of it. However, I can't say the same thing about the second (episode 30ish - 56). They focused on so many things and so many characters and I honestly couldn't care less about most of them. The drama became very skipworthy and I kinda felt bad because of the fact how much I liked it at the beginning. 56 episodes are way too much, sorry. (And I think I watched the cut version?)
The romance was nice and the main couple definitely had chemistry. However, as much as I love my baby Mo Qing, I can't hide the fact that I strongly preferred Jiang Wu. Wu was definitely the more interesting character and I loved his charisma. He became my favourite character when I first saw him and continued being till the end. Maybe the best thing about the second half was that he had more scenes. Lu Zhao Yao was a good female lead but I couldn't get into her character completely.
The acting was actually very good. Of course Dai Xu who played my Jiang Wu has the most outstanding performance. I also loved Xu Kai as Mo Qing a lot! The CGI and the dubbing was kinda bad overall. The cinematography though was very beautiful. And the music was also very nice.
Overall, I feel bad for giving Zhao Yao an average rating but it was very average in my opinion. I can understand the hype though because it definitely has an interesting story so it's normal for people to like it. However, there were too many unnecessary things which disappointed me.
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