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Recommended if you wanna watch slowburn folklore horror.
I honestly didn't have too big expectations from this movie when I started watching it. I decided to give it a try because I was craving to see Lee Dohyun's acting, and he didn't disappoint even for a second with his acting in this movie. Compared to the other three main characters, his role might seem a little less pivotal but the way he portrayed the character of Bong-gil was really admirable. Even the hospital scene of his gave me goosebumps. I really love his versatility and how well he adapted to this role as Bong-gil. Kim Go-eun's acting was obviously great as well! I loved the aura she was giving off as Hwa-rim. Made me tear up when she was crying for Bong-gil. The acting of the main characters is the reason why I decided to rate this 7/10 overall. The story wasn't honestly that strong and some things at certain points felt lacking. The first part was really boring to watch for me but the second part? I loved every moment of it. It wasn't scary to me but a bit creepy yes... If you are into folklore horrors, this one would be good to watch!Was this review helpful to you?
Never give up on the one you love
I loved this drama, you saw the development to love. And then the fight to never give up upon the one you love.The name of the drama was chosen well, they had plenty of thunderclouds above them and rainstorms to overcome.
The visuals were great and the music very good.
The mains had great chemistry and kisses.
I highly recommend this drama.
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I agree with the criticism about the wasted potential.
My jaw kept dropping while reading Maleesha Madubhashini's review because I understood exactly what she meant. I've been watching Korean dramas since I was ten, and honestly, a storyline like the one she described would have been incredibly unique. The premise had the potential to become one of those unforgettable dramas people talk about for years, even decades. I've been longing for a story like that too.That said, this is where I disagree with her. While I also wish the drama had gone in a more ambitious and powerful direction, I still think the series itself is genuinely enjoyable. It's warm, charming, and entertaining in its own way. I completely understand the frustration because we could have witnessed something far more original and compelling, but I don't think that automatically makes the drama a disappointment.
The cast is doing an excellent job with the script they were given. The female lead may not have become the ruthless, politically savvy character some viewers hoped for, but she's far from boring. She approaches life with her own carefree spirit, and she's genuinely funny and endearing. The male lead is also refreshing because he's calm, straightforward, and unafraid to express what he thinks, which I appreciate.
The music is another highlight for me. It's heartwarming and fits the emotional tone of the drama beautifully. I also believe one of the singers is Filipina, which made the soundtrack even more special to me.
Ultimately, I agree that the drama missed the opportunity to become something truly extraordinary. The premise could have supported a much deeper and more memorable story. However, I still find it a lovely and enjoyable watch for what it is, and it's one of the few recent dramas I would happily rewatch.
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What a waste of potential
You cannot tell me that a professional production company was not able to find a small piece of private beach somewhere to get the scenes filmed. Even in Pattaya or Phuket there are places you can film without having white old Russian tourists in speedos walk through the frame or gawk at them.(On the other hand… with two God-like pale Asian males making out on a beach chair in the middle of day, they might have thought they’re shooting porn for all that they saw!)
And if so, then go have the set up at 5 am when noone can disturb or arrange a barricade of some sort. In one scene you can literally see one staff still with a script in her hand, run towards some tourists who were just minding their business walking along the beach, and frantically wave them into a different direction.
Such a waste of YunQi and HaoYirans talent, time and effort! They deserved so much more than a last minute sloppy homevideo production.
(If you tell me that this was not an actual Special Episode, but rather a video focusing on the sunscreen sponsor, I‘ll just sigh and take this back 😔)
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Bizarrely addictive
First: it's not a great drama. Let's be honest. But what is a great drama? I watched it. I liked it. I even wrote a review about it. This is a total guilty pleasure show. Don't expect an Oscar level screen play. If you want smexy kisses, obsessed male lead, and can overlook weird cgi and plot holes, this is the drama for you. I can honestly say: I've never seen anything like it - and I've been looking 😂Was this review helpful to you?
I really wanted to like this drama
I really wanted to like this drama because the reuters were genuinely impressive, and the two leads deliver solid performances. The core story is also passable enough to keep things moving. Unfortunately, the overall execution completely pulled me out of the experience.The post-production is incredibly distracting. The jump cuts feel random, the framing choices are awkward, and the color grading often looks off. Instead of enhancing emotional moments, the editing constantly breaks immersion.
The writing also struggles to build a believable world. The dialogue rarely feels natural, and there’s very little character setup to help viewers understand motivations or emotional stakes. I kept asking myself why the characters were making certain decisions because the drama never properly establishes their goals or internal conflicts.
One of the biggest issues is how plot developments seem to come out of nowhere. The sudden obsession with the throne and the FL’s abrupt desire for absolute power feel underdeveloped rather than earned. Important story beats are introduced without enough buildup, making the narrative feel disjointed and emotionally unconvincing.
Overall, while the cast does their best with the material, the weak storytelling and distracting production choices made this a difficult watch for me, and ultimately why I decided to drop it.
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start is good goes downhill
start I liked everything rating 10 but after 7 something story wasn't satisfying from Romance to main plot to villianstart - I liked the start really I thought it would a good one but no
mid- characters are good so decided to continue even though alot keeps happening every new ep there's new victims who come for consultation then there's a villian plotting against them then there's a romance? and accidents......
romance - I thought it's gonna be slow burn start was good I thought they were ex's but they were friends , ml has crush fml doesn't, but when they meet again FML falls too fast I think? and ml rejects her because a it's related to her father death and ml father covering it and mom's side company,
only push and pull till 11? because ml can't date because of what happened to her dad he hides and rejects her ? the kiss at random moment and before confession I dislike I lost interest in them romance was the most boring in this actually, it's fast and they don't date atleast till 11 but kiss many times
FML fashion is really good in this she looks pretty but it disappears in middle I like when FML don't dress up too plain ,or poor or only formal clothing but feminine, I really liked her in the start but poorly written in sense of romance
i really liked the comedy in the start it also disappears later
what I dislike
they show in detail all the victims that come for consultation these take half of the eps , then there's crime alot, and villian side always doing something I got bored story could've been better
romance is fast, push pull I know they're in that situation but still
the ml father and the mom company involved wasn't enough? their fight continues with the mom's brother? so much happening at one time ? this all comes in between the romance and the reason of push and pull I thought it will end didn't expected another villian to pop up
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Important noted for this drama
Please watch at least 2–3 episodes before judging this drama. Don't pay attention to the hate comments, as some of them come from people who dislike the actor and don't want the drama to succeed.You might think it's a little silly at first, but trust me, it's incredibly good and addictive. I've watched each episode more than five times already because I can't get enough of it! 😊
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Loved it more than Weak Hero Class
Normally, I don't write reviews at all. But I'm so surprised that Weak Hero class 1 is rated 9+ while this series is rated below 9. So unfair. It's so better than Weak Hero Class 1 & 2 combined.What a beautiful revenge story. Performance of bullies was so good that you actually hate them. Bravo!!
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1The Road to Mortality
Lu Qianqiao is the last surviving war demon. His race was punished by the gods for disrespecting heaven's laws. Thus, the man is cursed to an existence deprived of taste, color, pain, and rest, and is subject to periodic spells of hot-blooded mania. He helps Xin Mei, a low-level cultivator from Tianyuan Sect, break a widow's curse, but forms a longer entanglement with her than he initially intended. She becomes invested in his cause and helps him face the agonizing five transformations he must undergo to break the war demon's curse.Fate Chooses You is a xianxia with a surprisingly interesting premise: instead of seeking immortality, the hero's journey follows the road to mortality. Across many plot arcs, the narrative explores what it means to be human and how, in the process of seeking immortality, cultivators lose their humanity along the way. Because the ladder to heaven has been closed since the death of the Jianmu tree, the power level of even the most advanced cultivators in this story has not yet reached deity level. This makes the stakes in any battle higher; no outcome is a foregone conclusion simply because of skill level. Good battle tactics can even out an imbalance in cultivation levels.
While Lu Qianqiao and Xin Mei do fall deeply in love from a marriage of convenience, their romance does not drive the plot. In some ways, this is to be expected of a Ren Jialun drama! But both lead character stories are well written. Even though Xin Mei aids Lu Qianqiao on his journey, she also has her own path that often takes her on separate missions. I really enjoy her independence, agency, and free will. Every time she returns to his side, it is because she chooses to, and they protect each other from the hypocrisy and judgment of the cultivation sects. While this isn't that heavy on romance, I did enjoy Ren Jialun and Wang Herun's chemistry. This is my first Wang Herun drama—she is a very engaging and natural young actress.
While the narrative is strong through most of the drama, it doesn't finish as well as I would have liked. I expected this to be a journey to mortality, not perfection. Lu Qianqiao made a very consequential, life-changing sacrifice too casually, without any explanation or closure for Xin Mei. I was super angry on her behalf; that she wasn't asked or even told and he didn't seem to feel sad enough. Maybe that is on Ren Jialun's acting but that final decision is my main beef with the story - that he shortchanged her when it mattered. It felt like a betrayal to me. I was also expecting an epic final battle, but it turned into a walkover, leaving a sense of anticlimax. I know I am in the minority, but to me, the ending was profoundly sad and not deserved.
Still, this is a very solid drama—one that could have been a lot better had the storytelling held up into the finale. It is a recommended watch that I rate 7.5/10.
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Oh, please...
This is the second time I've tried to watch this. The basic premise is that an average woman is somehow so irresistible. Who are they trying to kid? Neither of the leads is attractive, let alone someone that stops traffic.I can't comment on the acting ability of the leads. Frankly, I found the FL unbelievable and extremely insufferable. The male lead, I just can't say.
I don't think I can get through another episode let alone the entire show. Can't say that too often.
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Waste Of Time & FL Abuse
One of those horrible stories that used to be popular for whatever reason where the FL is just a doormat to the ML & constantly choked and/or abused somehow.... 0/10 if I could post that as a rating itself. Seriously, don't waste your time on this one if you're looking for a good story. I hated it and I usually love these leads, especially together.Was this review helpful to you?
ITS A SCARY WORLD OUT THERE!!!
I feel like the real-life TaeJu made so many mistakes when suspecting people. First with Gi Beom, he didn’t learn his lesson and then he went ahead to wrongly suspect innocent Im Seok.Cha SiYeong was a maniac, and I still don’t get why TaeJu was so lenient with him! Instead of chasing the real culprit, TaeJu chose him over the case. SiYeong was one of the people who gave the killer all that time and power to keep murdering.
I wish the real-life SiYeong had been punished for his atrocities. He was vile, inconsiderate, wicked, and downright disgusting! The fact that he did everything to impress his father except catch the real culprit shows just how weak he was. And the fact he never faced punishment only exposes how weak the South Korean system is.
The two police officers are bunch of vile people! They should have been punished, especially for the case of the little girl. I honestly hope none of them ever got to enjoy their lives after the truth came out.
The scarecrow actor nailed the role perfectly! I just wish they had shown us how he was caught, because I stayed till the end waiting for it. He’s proof you can’t trust friends or even brothers. The fact that he stood by and let his own brother die just to keep his secret says it all.
The story was truly heartbreaking, and every public official involved failed miserably. Im Seok spent 20 whole years in prison for a crime he knew nothing about and the fact that he was disabled made it even more tragic. I hope he gets to enjoy life after his release, though I honestly doubt it.
She was another silly one, I honestly don’t know what she was thinking, leaving to live with the Cha. I won’t even say much about her part, because no one should be that stupid.
Between they all did beautiful work….
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what happens when justice system fails someone so completely?
i’ve lowkey been putting off making a in-depth review because i don’t think anyone will ever see it but if you are reading it i hope you enjoy.—————
The price of a confession is not just a murder/mystery. it’s a tragedy about institutional failure and the cost of it, what happens when systems meant to protect people fail so catastrophically that revenge becomes the only source of comfort.
The price of a confession does just that, it makes you sit in that discomfort, from a detective lying and withholding evidence to a girl forced to commit suicide, to a father overtook by grief and to a sister who lost everything because a predators parents had connections. Justice is denied, the perpetrator gets to live freely and the victim? she’s disregarded. That injustice has a domino effect, that same injustice finds another victim. A prosecutor recreates the same injustice he thinks he’s solving because he believes he’s upholding justice. He mirrors the same flawed system that failed to protect victims, and He proved moeuns world view, he alone demonstrated why someone like mo-eun would lose faith in the justice system.
The second thing i love about this show is its refuseal to flatten Mo-euns character, she is more than just a villain or a victim. Her revenge may not have been morally justified but emotionally it was understandable. To me, she exists in that contradiction. The show doesn’t endorse revenge but it makes you ask yourself, what would drive someone so over the edge that they would have to resort to this, what about their future? and then it clicks. To Mo-eun, a future without her loved ones isn’t a future she’s willing to live with. She was planning to join them, along with those who wronged and drove her family to their deaths. That was her plan from the beginning. But was the revenge worth it? The brilliance of this show is that it never resolves whether revenge feels good. In my opinion, yes it probably made mo-eun relieved because that was the only thing that was keeping her alive.
Ahn yoon-soo and Mo-euns relationship was such a beautiful sight though, from the very beginning they connected in a way that captivated me. It was the first time someone in the show saw mo-eun as a human being. Moeun was mesmerised by ahn the first time she saw her on tv pleading for her husbands murder and insisting it wasn’t her because Moeun also knew the feeling of that devastatation. does that make sense? It wasn’t until the last two episodes that Ahn also understood that. Their story was tragically beautiful in my opinion.
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