cute but not special
It's difficult to rate short drama films. This one was cute. Two classmates confess to each other that they love each other. Nothing much happens in the film, I've seen better short dramas, but it's still not bad. It seems this is also new for the actors (who are unknown) That's why there are extra points. Perhaps my Rating is a bit harsh, but that's still my opinion.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Horror App
I am not a real horror fan, but I am still interested in watching horror stories from time to time. In this movie, the horror comes through a phone app that reveals or invokes bloodthirsty ghosts. The movie has six standalone segments tied together thematically, as they all relate to the ghosts and the scary app, which mostly serves as a warning that we are about to see a ghost.To me, the stories are too short — each could easily be an intro to a fuller feature-length story. The connection between them feels too vague, and the end product is just an omnibus of six very short and not particularly original horror stories. At least they give us some mystery to think about, because they don’t explain plainly why and how the ghosts appear and do what they do.
1. Unlocking (잠금해제) – This is the prologue. Some students test the app and things don’t go according to plan. It got me excited for the movie, but it has no real substance.
2. Night Shift (새벽출근) – I was still quite interested in the story here, but the end result was too common to be memorable.
3. Bus to Goseong (고성행) – This one was strange. Nothing happens until it suddenly does, and I liked that.
4. The Collector (콜렉터) – The premise is interesting: repairing phones and secretly copying their files for your own purposes. But what if the phone “remembered” a ghost?
5. Oneself (자신) – This was weird and gory. I didn’t get it at all. The male actor was very good, though.
6. Ghost Gate (귀문방) – A bland story but quite atmospheric. The appearance of the ghosts made for a strong finale for the entire movie.
Verdict: The movie had my interest at first, but as one famous reviewer would say, I will forget it in T-minus one day. Yeah… already have.
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Cliche and Boring
It wasn't the worst but it wasn't the best. I mainly stuck around for the casting I enjoyed the regular scenes were they were living normally.There's lots of things they dont really do well in this show.
FEMALE LEAD:
- She views humans as weak, so it would’ve been a powerful moment to show her strength as a human. Instead, it felt frustrating to see her become helpless and fearful when attacked by them. While that role reversal is interesting in theory, given how she treats humans, it becomes repetitive when she continues to fall into a damsel role that constantly requires the human male lead to step in. For example, the male lead getting shot to protect her could have been a defining moment for her to fight back and prove her capability to be powerful as a human. Considering she’s lived for over 1,000 years and mastered countless skills, it feels unrealistic that she never found an interest in learning basic combat/martial arts? Even if she didn't, you don't need strength to be strong, so it would've at least been better if she was more smarter to assess dangerous situations and be able to figure out how to safe herself or help others. In the end, it feels she's only most powerful with her fox powers which helps her feel protected, and act cocky because she knows she's stronger than humans. But is weak as a human, and rely on a human for protection.
ENDING:
- I don’t get why writers assume every story needs a happy ending. Sure, audiences say they want one, but that doesn’t mean it should be taken so literally every time. There’s a reason sad or bittersweet endings tend to be more memorable, they leave a stronger emotional impact and stay with you longer. Happy endings can still be powerful, but only when they feel earned and not like the typical “they all lived happily ever after” cliche. When that trope is overused, it becomes predictable, repetitive, and ultimately less meaningful.
- I honestly think she should’ve died, especially since the story makes such a big deal about fate being unchangeable, with the heavens and deities enforcing consequences for anyone who tries to alter it. Yet somehow, those rules don’t apply to her. Because she sacrificed herself for the one she loved, she’s suddenly exempt, allowed to live on and even keep her powers. It feels inconsistent and undermines the very stakes the story tried to establish.
- The villains were built up to feel intense and threatening, they drove the entire climax, but the payoff went nowhere. After all the buildup around soul-eating, killings, and the shaman’s power, everything gets resolved in an incredibly anticlimactic way. It doesn’t feel earned, and it weakens the stakes the story spent so long establishing. On top of that, the moment meant to push the female lead toward her “death” falls flat. Instead of a powerful or meaningful turning point, it comes down to a weak human with a rifle missing the shot, only for the male lead to step in and take it for her. It turns what should’ve been a high-impact, character-defining moment into something predictable and underwhelming like bruh.
- I understand that she chooses not to give up being a fox just to be with a human, but the story doesn’t clearly define what that choice means for her in the end. It lacks proper closure and skips over the emotional weight behind it. Before, being a fox had a clear meaning, it represented her freedom, her independence, and her defiance against the deities and the fate her older sister accepted. That identity was strong and intentional. But by the end, that meaning becomes unclear. Being a fox is her idenity and she doesn't want to sacarfice her idenity for love, but the story never explains what about it matters so deeply to her now. What does her fox identity truly mean in this new context? Why does it hold enough value that she’s willing to outlive her lover and accept her immortality? What does immortality mean to her?
Her acceptance feels surface-level, without showing the emotional consequences or growth that should come with such a heavy realization, making her character arc feel incomplete. Does the story provide enough depth for us to truly understand and appreciate the female lead’s decision to remain a fox?
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Not perfect but entertaining and a strong finish over the last few episodes.
Not perfect. The characterization of the ML was almost cartoonish (cold, emotionless stoic-to-a-fault CEO) at times and often not really believable as someone anyone would like. And the SML & SFL characters and romance was often very annoying and fueled with tropes. The script writing was very good up to episode 20 and then took a nose-dive over episodes 21-24. But then it bounced back and was pretty solid through the final 9 episodes and especially the last 3-4.In particular, Xue Shanshan's steady growth as a character carried the show even through the low points of the story. She has very visible and realistic growth from the bubbly naive young girl at the start to the mature woman she is at the end. Yet even as a mature woman she still retains the charm that entranced the ML (and the viewers) from the beginning. Ziao Li Ying delivers a fantastic performance in a role that is very, very different from say, the grumpy overly-serious swordswoman of Legend of Fei, or the clever, revenge-motivated assassin of Princess Agents.
The rest of the cast is solid. I do think that Zhang Han was given a rather tough role to play as the near emotionless Feng Teng. The script writers made him so extremely tightly wound at times that it was painful to watch Zhang struggle to make him seem like a human and not a cartoon character. I don't blame the actor. You can tell that the script that was given defined him this way. It's (as mentioned at the start) probably the biggest drama trope weakness of this series. But fortunately it was more than balanced by the fun of watching FL's counter point character. And even the ML character finally showed a lot of growth over the last few episodes to make sense.
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Great watch.
Loved this series start to finish. Love bothleads Male and female. The acting was first
class The script was fab. Welldone to the writers. Kim Jae-young ML looked like an idol.
The Korean visuals I like. Not like some actors
who lose their asian features and look westernised... I did look at his age and couldn't
believe how young he looks. My other bias was
Jung jae kwang.. Loved the female lead. All round... great series.. Didn't want it to end..
These series are what makes bl dramas super to watch.. We need more like this.. ❤️
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Es simple, pero a la vez incursiona en temas complejos.
En particular, este Kdrama me pareció que la historia fue cambiada de rumbo, principalmente porque comienza enfocándose en esta parte de la gran fuerza de ella, pero considero que es un tema que se desvanece a lo largo del drama, a pesar de que medio encuentra en qué es buena.En general es una historia simple y que hemos visto en muchos kdramas, es típica vaya, pero, le doy mucho crédito que para ser 2004. se pudiera hablar de inseguridades físicas, cirugía plástica y lo crítica que es la sociedad que orillan a la protagonista a querer hacerse una cirugía para ser más bonita y que el protagonista la ayude a arreglarse de otro modo, sin dejar de ser lo que ella es.
Me gusta que esta vez es el chico rebelde con quien está y aunque no me pareció mucho que tuviera que cambiar su aspecto para verse más maduro, supongo que está bien.
Es un buen Kdrama, la historia es la que no concuerda mucho a lo largo de los capítulos, pero está bien, es entretenida.
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I recommend the series to all lovers of detective stories and thrillers. It's the perfect one for you, even if it gets a little more confusing towards the end.
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Entertaining
I am going to try and keep this short.I love this drama. This is my first time watching Tian Xi Wei. Girl did amazing.
Love ZLH. Liked the secondary couple too especially Deng Kai. The entire cast have amazing talent.
Backdrop:
Aesthetically pleasing. Loved the snowy scenery in the first quarter of the drama. It really set the tone of fl's life and then seeing battle and politics in the other half ... you can see the 180 and how drastically her life changed.
What I liked:
•Fl's gradual progression to becoming what she did
•Fl's love for Ml didn't make her forget herself and her town, her people and others she cared for. Everyone had a place and importance for her.
•Fl's fighting skills
•ZLH's acting was awesome. One moment he was full of tender looks for her and then the next when there's danger or someone was interrupting, they got 'the shooting daggers look'.
•Loved Deng Kai here. Dude looked smoking hot. He was a total red flag character due to his past trauma and there is absolutely no excuses for what his character did because it was wrong but the chemistry he had with Kong Xue Er was awesome.
What I didn't like:
I definitely did struggle on the political side of the story. No lies. I might still not be understanding everything but I got the gist of it.
I felt like there were a tad bit too many characters being spoken about without actually seeing them first or getting much of a chance to get familiar with them at the beginning. I found myself may be guessing or rewinding at times but gradually understood who was who.
What could have been better:
I did find some inconsistency like Fl saying she participated in many battles etc but all in all it was 2 and she was still technically a newbie. I feel like a lot of scenes were cut so may be they did shoot more battle scenes. Some fight scenes were good but the entire final battle scene was a bit lacking. I feel like may be there should have been atleast a few epic ones with the Marquis tbh.
Well, if I feel like that then why did I rate it a 10?
Because no matter what, I still found myself glued to the screen, anticipating episode after episode and actually finished the drama which is quite a feat in my eyes. I didn't realise time was flying when watching the episodes because like what do you mean I watched 40 mins? It felt like 5 mins.
Yes, there were bits lacking but there were also bits that really made me enjoy this show. It's fictional and I reminded myself to not get stressed over these things. I'm watching it for entertainment - not for homework. However, with that being said, I don't want to watch something that's terribly made. This wasn't terrible. It was great. Not perfect but great.
Everyone has their own journey and experience and likings. You may or may not like it. You won't find out until you try it so give it a go.
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Are we serious
I’m actually livid that I wasted my time on this. The ending was incredibly rushed, cliché, and predictable. JUSTICE FOR YUZU. He was yearning exactly the way a lead should; he showed up, offered comfort, and stayed present while the ML was nowhere to be found.I loved the ML from Mysterious Love, but he was so jarring here. He lacked any real personality compared to Yuzu, who was funny and was in a band. THE CRAZY PART, he never told her she was his childhood friend, which was the entire point. They spent so much time on the grandparents and the grandmother’s dementia, yet never used it to address the forgotten memories of the FL —what a waste of screen time. Why would you even raise this point if you weren't going to develop it.
There was zero communication. He never explained why he called her "easy,"no communication clearly and his move to America felt like a self-inflicted "crash out" rather than his mother forcing him. SHE NEVER forced him to pick between his grandparents' happiness and his. The fact that their long-distance relationship just "faded" made their entire bond feel surface-level and worthless. Then, after years of ghosting each other, he just reappears, they kiss, and everything is fine? It’s nonsensical. What kind of message is that even sending? Its not ok they were in a toxic relationship.
Overall, it wasn't sad at all, just very annoying. It would have been more emotional if they had done something similar to '20th Century Girl,' where he and the dog were both ill and died in america and she found out years later why they lost contact. Also, the dog storyline fell very flat; it wasn't even that sad that it died, to be honest.
Anyways they really pieced it together to get that ending. It's almost like they had decided the ending before the plot. This would have been way better if they changed the genre to a sad one because that's where it was heading for realistically. It did not have to be cliche they should have just faded out of their lives. He could never have shown up to that wedding, which also sends across an important message of moving on.
Yuzu was robbed 😔😔😔
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A promising drama that lost its way
What a pleasant surprise this drama turned out to be. I was hooked from the very first episode, largely thanks to the wonderful dynamic between the in-laws. The storyline is compelling, and I loved how each episode peeled back another layer of the family's secrets.The first half of the series was excellent, but unfortunately, the momentum stalled in the final four episodes. I found myself getting bored and even skipping through certain scenes—which is a shame, because this had the potential to be a truly great drama.
One standout aspect worth mentioning is the relationship between the wife and her mother-in-law. I believe this is the first drama I've watched where they form an alliance rather than a rivalry, and I absolutely loved their friendship. If the series had been trimmed to fewer episodes, it might have maintained its grip and kept the story more engaging throughout.
Overall, this is a strong drama that ultimately loses its spark toward the end.
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FreenBecky brillent encore : alchimie explosive et romance passionnelle
Après le très réussi GAP et Uranus, où j’étais plus mitigé, FreenBecky revient avec un nouveau projet prometteur.The Loyal Pin est un vrai régal visuel et émotionnel. C'est un projet où tout frappe par sa composition esthétique : décors, costumes, plans et lumière sont soignés à l’extrême, et Ruengwit Ramsoot à la cinématographie confirme son talent. L’atmosphère transporte totalement dans l’époque du drama, jusqu’aux expressions et aux manières des personnages, rendant l’expérience immersive.
Côté scénario, Idol Factory propose une intrigue parfaitement ficelée. Avec le retour de Tinna Simapaisal, je serai désormais très attentive à ses futurs projets : c’est une scénariste qui sait vraiment construire des histoires solides et captivantes. Les relations se développent avec patience, cohérence et profondeur, offrant un bel équilibre entre romance passionnelle et développement des personnages. L’intrigue principale est originale et engageante, et la mise en scène, la musique ainsi que le rythme contribuent à créer l’atmosphère magique du drama.
Le casting est parfaitement choisi : les personnages secondaires ne se contentent pas de remplir un rôle, ils enrichissent l’histoire et rendent chaque scène vivante. Aussi, la bande-son et les musiques sont parfaitement intégrés au ton de l’époque, renforce et soutient l’ambiance magique du drama.
Le duo FreenBecky brille une fois de plus : leur alchimie est toujours incroyable et semble s’intensifier avec le temps. Plus leurs projets avancent, plus leur connexion à l’écran devient explosive, tant dans leurs interactions que dans leurs performances individuelles. Elles maîtrisent parfaitement les dynamiques variées entre leurs personnages, et leurs scènes d’intimité restent toujours hautes en émotion et en intensité, à la fois sensuelles et chargées de feeling.
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Un GL féminin élégant, doux et visuellement soigné
The Secret of Us est une GL thaïlandaise portée par une équipe exclusivement féminine : scénario par Tinna Simapaisal, réalisation par Sarasawadee Wongsompetch (Yes or No) et production féminine, ce qui se ressent dans le traitement sensible des personnages et de leurs émotions.La réalisation est solide, avec une colorimétrie soignée et une cinématographie réussie grâce à Ruengwit Ramsoot, un nom que je retiendrai sans hésiter. Les plans sont bien composés, l’ambiance visuelle très agréable et immersive.
Côté scénario, je ne suis pas fan du trope ex-to-lovers mais il est utilisé ici avec réussite : la dynamique fonctionne et parvient à convaincre, malgré le classique chantage affectif parental, un ressort narratif trop récurrent dans le genre. Quelques passages manquent un peu de narration ou de profondeur, mais dans l’ensemble, le récit tient bien la route et reste engageant.
Le pairing Ling-Orm est mignon, mais pas totalement convaincant. La chimie n’est pas explosive, mais il y a une douceur et un charme qui rendent le duo attachant malgré tout.
Globalement, The Secret of Us est une série agréable, bien réalisée et émotive, avec des personnages féminins forts et un univers visuel travaillé, même si certains choix narratifs sont prévisibles ou un peu légers.
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Masterpiece
Broken (Of) Love" Episode 1 is a fantastic opener for this Thai GL revenge romance.The story masterfully blends love and revenge in a gripping tale of betrayal: Arisa returns to destroy the powerful family that ruined her past, only to feel an unexpected and magnetic pull toward their daughter, Lalin. It seamlessly mixes corporate intrigue, emotional scars, and sizzling early romantic sparks, hooking you right away.
Performances shine brightest. Faye Peraya delivers her usual commanding, intense energy with great depth. Atom Pariya impresses as a strong newcomer, natural, charismatic, and perfectly matching Faye. Their chemistry feels electric and addictive from the start.
Production is premium and cinematic, with stunning visuals, sharp cinematography, polished sets, and well timed music that elevates the drama.
Overall, Episode 1 is intriguing, emotionally charged, and visually impressive. A solid 10/10 start that leaves you craving more. Highly recommended for fans of intense GL with heart and heat! 💔✨
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2 Episodes in
Episode 1 left me feeling pretty cold which is disappointing because the production quality is high and the plot looks interesting.My main issue is the rushing. They glossed over the couple’s first time how they fell in love and the start of their relationship with just a quick montage. I wish they had taken 2 or 3 episodes to properly establish the relationship so we could actually connect with them. The big daughter reveal in EP1 also fell flat. There was no buildup no time to feel the heartbreak or betrayal. Dropping it so early just didn’t land.
The show feels very different from the first trailer almost like a completely different series. Normally that ending for EP 1 would have given me goosebumps and a pit in my stomach but I felt nothing because I couldn’t connect with the characters.
Still I’m curious to see more. I hope Episode 2 slows down and fixes the pacing. It’s not bad it’s high quality but the emotional connection is missing right now.
Also, Atom's Acting was better than even Faye's. Faye's performance wasn't the best.
EP 2 the pacing is even worse and faster. The episode was all over the place and no time to sink anything in.
The pacing is so bad I would drop the show it if it wasn't for Faye. Please slow the show down. I get there's only 8 Episodes but you have to balance it.
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Une histoire bien menée malgré un format court mais pas la meilleure performance d’Englot
Club Friday reste une franchise intrigante : ses histoires s’inscrivent dans un lore narratif où les romances finissent souvent de manière dramatique, tout particulièrement pour les couples queer. C’est pourquoi j’étais méfiante au début, la peur d’une fin tragique plane toujours, mais j’ai décidé de me lancer surtout parce que c’est Englot à l’écran, et j’avais envie de voir comment leur dynamique serait traitée cette fois‑ci.Avec 4 épisodes seulement, la production fait plutôt bien le travail. On sent qu’il y a un peu plus de budget que dans certaines autres itérations de la franchise : la réalisation est propre, les plans sont mieux composés, et l’ensemble visuel est plus agréablement immersif. L’intrigue est efficacement menée pour un format court, sans trop traîner ou perdre le spectateur.
Concernant l’acting, j’ai l’impression que le jeu des actrices n’a pas énormément progressé depuis Show Me Love, certaines scènes manquent encore un peu de profondeur ou de naturel. Cela dit, le personnage d’Irene, incarnée par Charlotte, est une vraie réussite : ce côté bad girl rebelle lui va bien et elle apporte une présence forte à l’écran, ce qui compense souvent les moments plus faibles.
L’histoire explore des thèmes relationnels intenses et met en lumière des dynamiques complexes, parfois douloureuses, sans trop s’appesantir grâce à la brièveté des épisodes. Cette concision est à double tranchant : d’un côté, ça évite les longueurs inutiles ; de l’autre, certains développements auraient pu gagner en profondeur s’ils avaient disposé de plus de temps.
La tension dramatique caractéristique de Club Friday est bien présente, mais cette saison parvient à éviter que tout tourne exclusivement au tragique, offrant des instants touchants et percutants. Contente que cela finissent bien pour une fois !
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