Reviews

When the supporting characters make you want to avoid this drama

I watched this because of Wang Churan and to be honest there is no romance chemistry between her and Tan Jianci but i quite enjoy their banter even they dragged their story for too long and decided to give the screentime to unnecessary characters especially Jung Cheng mother. The main couple should have more screentime since their story was quite left hanged due the unimportant characters. The plot has no innovative since it's from rom-con and i don't really care about bad AI editing for beginning of the drama. I quite enjoy the episode 1-12 but the dragged and unnecessary characters really kill my mood for watching this. They make Qian Fei character seems illogical person while he was told by premises as smart analyst (he was smart but the writing of scriptwriter was quite mess). Liu Yifei was quite okay but not memorable for Wang Churan character that i watch, she was in between bad character and good character. It was quite bitter for me since i quite enjoy Wang Churan drama but the supporting casts story was really letdown for this drama.

Wont recommend and rewatch this except the main lead parts.

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It's feels like oasis on chinese long drama

I watched this solely because of Chen Jingke and Youth theme. I have no issue with Esther Yu but some of her dramas that i watched were not my cup of tea and her voiceover was quite okay though and she has clear pronunciation. If you are seeing sports theme drama with slice of mystery with sprinkle of Comedy , Road to Success is one of kind in long drama. If you have another same theme, let me know so i can watch. The chemistry between Lin Wangxing and her students were quite cute. I quite enjoy the romance even it was minimal but the dynamic between Wang Fa and Lin Wangxing are amusing.

The ending was quite perfect and i recommended this drama for J-Drama enjoyer who loves youth drama.

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Friendship Goals

It was so heartwarming to see how comfortable everyone were together, and the teasing and bickering amongst them was a lot of fun to watch. Sometimes, people who doesn't have close friendships in their lives will mistake light teasing as disrespect, when in reality, it's just closeness and an understanding that there's no malice in teasing.

The quizes in in ep 2 had me worked up and competing along with them. I laughed so hard at how competitive everyone was, yet the introverted ones were adorable with their quibs as well.

I really hope to see more of them together in the future.

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This is a REALLY good K-Drama/C'est un drama coréen VRAIMENT bon

English:
I watched the whole show in 2 days. I loved this show so much. There were so many moments that made me giddy and happy. I love the concept behind the show, which is one of the main reasons why I started watching it. The main thing that hooked me was the acting. I think the acting in this show is brilliant. Every single actor/actress was amazing. The chemistry in some scenes and the tension in others really show how talented the whole cast is. There were scenes that made me laugh, and some scenes that made me tear up a little. That shows the diversity and complexity of this show, and why it's so good. This is definitely a new comfort show, and I will definitely be revisiting this show at some point in the future!

Français:
J'ai regardé toute la série en 2 jours. J'ai tellement adoré cette série. Il y avait tellement de moments qui m'ont rendu euphorique et heureux. J'adore le concept derrière la série, c'est d'ailleurs l'une des principales raisons pour lesquelles j'ai commencé à la regarder. Ce qui m'a vraiment accroché, c'était le jeu d'acteur. Je trouve que le jeu d'acteur dans cette série est brillant. Chaque acteur/actrice était incroyable. La chimie dans certaines scènes et la tension dans d'autres montrent vraiment à quel point tout le casting est talentueux. Il y avait des scènes qui m'ont fait rire, et certaines qui m'ont un peu ému. Ça montre la diversité et la complexité de cette série, et pourquoi elle est si bonne. C'est définitivement une nouvelle série réconfortante, et je reviendrai certainement la regarder à un moment donné dans le futur!

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Can't believe that it took me this long to finally watch this movie fully; like I've seen bits of this movie as well as bits of the original when I was younger, but never completely.

I have to agree that this movie was one of the best movie that Jet LI had produced and it was sad that initially, this movie didn't quite gain popularity when it was initially released.

For a remake of the original Fist of Fury this movie was very well made. I love how multi-lingual this movie was, considering that the setting involved scenes set in Japan and China and involving the said people in either country. The dubbing works was also very well made that unless you have a very good ear you won't really notice the difference.

The fight choreography in this movie was also very well done. And I have to say that Jet Li was one of the very few martial artists who could really emulate a similar fighting style as Bruce Lee without making it look too silly.

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Getting better each episode's, but flop in the end of episode.

The plot are quite good for comedy drama, but at the same time are too serious. The story are getting better each episode's, however the footballer's inner soul journey isn't treated very seriously, it only appears in the last 2 episodes. There is no visible character development, and as if by magic he suddenly becomes an expert in the blink of an eye.

The ending was very unclear and felt forced, likely due to the 12-episode limit. The time skip felt overly contrived, and the villains didn't receive a fitting comeuppance. What's even funnier is why ML's soul was swapped again, so he will continue to suffer from exchanging souls without showing his true soul, what a joke.

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Notes From the Last Row

Eu gostei bastante da proposta de Notes from the Last Row, principalmente porque ele não tenta ser apenas um thriller de mistério. O grande diferencial está em usar a própria linguagem do cinema para contar a história. A metalinguagem faz parte da experiência. Em vários momentos, o drama faz o espectador questionar o que é encenação, o que é memória e o que é realidade, e a gente cai direitinho!
A trama é inteligente e viciante, e eu permaneci do início até o fim totalmente envolvida. Minha única ressalva está no desfecho da vingança de Lee Kang. Acho que eu criei expectativas de que seria algo maior. O motivo da vingança, para mim, não é pequeno, mas acho que a forma como foi construída a revelação poderia ser só um tiquinho melhor. Mesmo assim, eu amei e achei genial (como o professor diz no final hahaha).

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just don't waste your time!!

I usually never leave a review but wtf did I just watch... first 2 eps it was mahh kinda okayish but from there it went down hell...the story itself is so weak there was basically no plot to begin with they just kept dragging the story and filling it up with nonsense and a bit of okay nc scenes .. I specially hated the background music in the nc scenes even though the scenes itself weren't bad.... I was surprised that the actors themselves had a better chemistry in bed than in conversations lol...... I liked the second couple A bit although that kpop Idol was Woden and didn't act properly in any given scene but at some point I was just looking for a reason to continue watching the show and oh boy they served me none .

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Build up ↗️

I started watching after reading that it would be similar to hometown cha cha cha.
To me it was quite different in many ways. And at first it was almost one to drop for me. The first few episodes are a bit plain and uneventful, the story seems to take too long to develop and the scandal bit could have taken less space. Then it slowly picks up, to the point one thinks I'll give it a go it's OK. The plot starts to gain depth and structure. By episode 10-11 it starts becoming a must watch and also the ending is better than many other dramas. It would deserve a higher ranking if it wasn't for the slow start.The ML's father was a bit too much for my liking, making it feel unrealistic when he finally snaps out of it. I also don't personally like the storyline between ex, but obviously in this case it made sense a lot of sense. Basically they were really halves of the same apple. Lovely ending sentence. Such a profound message conveyed in an unpretentious way. So my final advice is hang in there through the slow first few episodes and thank ne at the end 😝

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Veil of Shadows: la excepción que confirma que a veces el coro sí puede cantar afinado

Hay dramas corales que son, en el fondo, una excusa para no comprometerse con nadie: se reparte el metraje como quien reparte limosna y al final no queda ni un personaje al que uno pueda seguir con devoción. Veil of Shadows debería haber caído en esa trampa. No lo hace, y ahí radica buena parte de su mérito.
Empecemos por lo poco que chirría, que es agradecer el trabajo bien hecho sin regatearlo antes de repartir elogios. Joseph Zeng sigue interpretando con la flexibilidad expresiva de un gato de escayola de jardín: ya lo demostró en Feud y aquí repite ejercicio de rigidez, con la salvedad de que, en sus escenas junto a Wu Han, algo se le escapa —un parpadeo de más, una grieta— que casi podríamos confundir con emoción genuina. Casi. El hombre tiene, para su desgracia, un talento notable para parecer que está a punto de sentir algo.
Los escenarios, para qué engañarnos, cumplen sin deslumbrar: correctos, funcionales, sin la ambición artística de otras producciones del género. Donde la serie sí se juega el prestigio —y lo gana— es en la caracterización de sus personajes. El vestuario roza lo sublime, con una vaporosidad medida al milímetro, y el maquillaje y la peluquería exhiben un gusto impecable en cada aparición. Las jiǔwěihú —zorras de nueve colas— que pueblan la serie son, probablemente, las mejores que se hayan llevado jamás a la pantalla: hipnóticas de principio a fin. Y a esto hay que sumarle, para quien guste reconocerlo, un despliegue de rostros masculinos cuasi perfectos que parecen cincelados en mármol: no aporta nada al argumento, pero sostiene con dignidad los tramos en que los subtítulos —más o menos sangrantes según la plataforma en que se visione— traicionan la mitad de los diálogos a lo largo de veintinueve capítulos.
Los efectos especiales rozan esa misma elegancia sin caer en la ostentación gratuita que suele lastrar este tipo de producciones, salvo en contados momentos donde el movimiento pierde la naturalidad que el resto del nivel visual hace esperar. Las coreografías de lucha son trepidantes sin ser atropelladas: exigen rebobinar, no porque uno se haya perdido, sino porque hay demasiado detalle bien pensado como para captarlo todo a la primera. La banda sonora acompaña con la misma contundencia: los temas tipo mantra que puntúan los momentos épicos rivalizan con una partitura general que, aun ininteligible para quien no domina el mandarín, transmite con precisión quirúrgica la emoción de cada escena que ilustra.
El verdadero triunfo de la serie está en sus secundarios, esa tropa que en la mayoría de dramas corales sirve de relleno decorativo y aquí funciona como columna vertebral. No hay villanos propiamente dichos, salvo el antagonista cuyo único fin es el mal por el mal: el resto se resuelve en una elegante gama de grises que añade densidad a la trama. Ninguno es, en el fondo, un villano, sino un ser roto e incomprendido, y esa premisa sostiene emocionalmente a cada secundario, con arcos de redención que llegan justo donde eran necesarios.
Y luego está Tian Jiarui, cargando sobre unos hombros que oscilan entre lo tierno y lo imponente con el noventa por ciento del peso emocional de la serie. Su Ji Ling es, sin exagerar, de lo más dulce que ha dado la pantalla en mucho tiempo, y su gran momento de gloria —cuando la trama lo carga de un poder que no vamos a desvelar aquí— merecería sonar acompañado del "O Fortuna" de Carmina Burana. Quien reniega, como quien esto firma, de las producciones corales por su tendencia a diluir el foco narrativo, encuentra aquí una rareza: un reparto amplio que no roba protagonismo sino que lo multiplica.
El responsable de que todas estas piezas encajen es Guo Jingming, a quien se acusa —y no sin razón— de anteponer la estética a la trama, de reciclar sus tics: la lágrima que se demora antes de caer, el golpe que se ralentiza hasta el fotograma perfecto, el vestuario que se despliega por encima de lo necesario. Pecados de manual. Pero exigirle a esta serie el rigor de un ejercicio de cine de autor sería tan absurdo como pedirle disciplina académica a un fuego artificial: no pretende ser estudiada en una escuela de arte y ensayo, pretende ser disfrutada, y en eso triunfa sin matices. El placer culpable de dejarse arrastrar por sus excesos no le resta mérito; se lo suma. Quien esto firma lleva veintinueve capítulos conteniéndose las ganas de secarle las lágrimas a Ji Ling con la manga, y no le pesa reconocerlo. Solo cabe un reproche final: la piedra estelar reaparece en su segunda encarnación en el tramo final, y una no puede evitar pensar que habría sido un regalo mayor verla en su primera forma, la que porta la elegancia felina de Liu Yu.
En definitiva: una serie que triunfa precisamente donde más dramas fracasan, con un único lastre interpretativo que, por suerte, no logra hundir el conjunto.

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Beyond conventional: plenty to ponder

Love and how to protect who and what you value are ideas explored in Pursuit of Jade, a folkloric tale of mythic proportions about a pig butcher whose provincial life is upended when she saves a mysterious stranger from certain death. Beyond a conventional romance, the characters retain their agency as they unearth the past and fight for their futures, with consequences both personal and epic. Blending politics, action, and glimpses of life in a fictional imperial China, this series is ideal for those who enjoy a banquet of trials, intrigue, symbolism, and a healthy helping of hope rooted in community.

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why people aren't talking about this??

Finally, a Filipino series where everyone can actually act without overdoing it!
I've tried watching several Filipino series before, but I could never finish them because the acting often felt too exaggerated for my taste. None of them ever managed to keep me hooked.
I was honestly hesitant to start this one when the first episode came out, so I skipped it at first. But after six episodes had been released, I finally decided to give it a chance... and I ended up binge-watching all six episodes in one sitting!
First of all, the actresses were all amazing, but Reign Parani??? Girl... what was that performance?! Consider me your number one fan from now on. Every time she appeared on screen, I was completely captivated. Her acting, her screen presence, her beauty, everything was incredible. She deserves a 10/10 without question.
And the men? JC Alcantara... WOW. What an incredible performance! Please keep playing manipulative villains because you absolutely nailed this role.
I also loved the soundtrack, especially the main OST. The directing is fantastic, the story is gripping, and there isn't a single boring moment. Every episode leaves you desperate for the next one.
This is, without a doubt, my favorite Filipino series so far. If you're not watching it, you're seriously missing out!

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