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Poon! Like literally just why?
Okay so first things first. This movie didn’t attract me by the cover or name. And had I watched sooner if i knew it was thai. I'm no new audience to thai entertainment, but thai movies are an exception. I just run after Hollywood horrors.So when i saw Poon in the cast list 👀
I knew i had to give it a try!!
Cause? ........
Hell yeah bruhh your sis right here who just burned down the house while making a cake (almost) is a freaky sneaky .... ting ting ting.....
Guessed right ✅️ A BL FANNNNNNNNNN
so when i say i can watch all the movies with bl actors casted in them... I'm not kidding.
So yesterday I thought to give this movie a try cause I shot every other interesting looking horror on hotstar. And this one was free so ... why not?
Finally getting started with the review after my yapping (sorry 😔)
Okay so I watched this movie for Poon.
[Poon is a thai actor under gmmtv, a bl actor who worked in perfect 10. Liners with Perth and in my romance scammer with Ohm and in we are with Marc]
Yeah for the 3rd time 🙄 sorry
I watched it for him only to realize in the very few minutes that HE IS DEAD!!! Great 👍
Then i thought yeah he'd probably be the ghost sure why not.. right?...
Again! No!!
The only camera work and appearance he had was of his character named Mac with just the pictures!!!!.. atleast they shoud have shown the backstory. But then the story wasn’t even about him like not even the slightest. He was just there to distract the plot and build a disturbing plot hole.
So yeah this part was sad.
But anyways what's more unsettling to me is his character Mac had incest with his sister. If you don't know...just Google it like I did.
That was disturbing for me.
The main character who could be the savior, died. Like just died literally? In sleep? On the day before ceremony ?? Of all days?.
The acting of Mink was really good. I could genuinely feel the creepiness and jumpscares when she was on camera.
I'm looking forward to watching more of her works.
Noi's character had a good depth but left me messy . Maybe she was just too guilty.
Also Wiroj and his ancestral line?.. i don't get that part.
Like the story had so many links interlinked. The ancestral curse, the incest between siblings, the faith of Ba yan and also at the end it was like nothing? No godess just empty faith? So many spirits caught her without any purpose? The stroy was overall on faith and deeds. But i think instead of so many small confusing dots they could have chosen a single plot twist. Like Nim not actually dying and Ba yan's energy actually saving everyone. Or even without god they could have saved someone.
Everyone just died. Like that.
Also i couldn't understand why Manit's wife opened the door. Like the cameraman actually showed us her baby sleeping in the crib. Why'd she do that. Was that intentional or was she possessed?
Weird thing is ' the cameraman never dies '... didn't work here. The cameraman/men actually ended up dying. Like all of them...brutally.
I enjoyed it regardless of how little i could understand.
Ofcourse I'm no expert i just enjoy watching horror and bl.. so combined.. boom.
It was a good one for sure might watch it again with friends. The culture, faith, happening, quite similar to indian culture. Can relate.
Half way through the story and I was thinking to watch it with family or cousins. But then the cctv clip...AHEMm... Hell nah bruh. Glad i watched it alone.
But would surely watch it with my cousin sisters on some movie might.
Overall you can give it a try. Some might actually like it. But atleast give it a one time watch.
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Aches to Crown is interesting from the start. I love revenge dramas, so I enjoyed this one a lot. The story kept me curious, and the script was amazing. The actors and actresses were very talented. I especially loved Zhou Yiran and Cheng Duling. The strong female lead was my favorite part. I can't wait to see what happens in the next episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
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"I heard it through the grapevine (and I saw the photo too)."
Skillfully navigating the territory of workplace rom-coms, “Filing for Love” reveals its narrative maturity by gradually moving beyond the genre and its familiar simplifications to explore a far more complex reality: a working environment where surveillance, intrusion into private life, relentless competition, and the cult of productivity ultimately reshape even human relationships. Beneath its romantic dynamics and the inevitable conventions of the genre lies a surprisingly bitter reflection on contemporary loneliness, burnout, professional alienation, and the price many people are forced to pay when work ceases to be merely a part of life and becomes its absolute center.Through Team 3, seemingly relegated to the margins of the corporate hierarchy and tasked with handling the company's most uncomfortable and embarrassing issues, “Filing for Love” constructs a remarkably meaningful microcosm. The investigations that shape the first half of the story portray an environment in which work invades every aspect of existence, gradually transforming Haemu into a kind of city-state where people live, love, betray, and suffer almost exclusively within its boundaries.
While the first half of “Filing for Love” seems primarily concerned with the more intimate implications of work—surveillance, workplace relationships, burnout, loneliness, and the struggle to balance professional and personal life—the second half gradually broadens its scope, evolving into something close to a corporate political drama. Succession battles, reputation management, media pressure, and corporate restructuring become the natural extension of a theme that had been present from the very beginning: the company as a totalizing system, capable of extending its influence far beyond the workplace and permeating every aspect of individual existence.
Another interesting aspect of “Filing for Love” lies in its decision to subvert one of the most established dynamics of Korean workplace rom-coms. While the genre has accustomed viewers to the powerful CEO and the subordinate employee, the series instead places a woman in a position of authority, with the men around her forced to navigate that reality. The drama, however, carefully avoids reducing this choice to a simple reversal of roles. Its real interest seems to lie in the dynamics generated by power itself, regardless of the gender of the person who holds it.
When a relationship develops within a hierarchical structure in which one person has the authority to transfer, promote, or dismiss the other, the central issue is not whether that person is a man or a woman, but the imbalance of power that inevitably emerges. It is within this delicate equilibrium that Joo In-ah takes shape as one of the most compelling and well-realized characters in the entire series.
Joo In-ah (played with remarkable depth by the excellent Shin Hae-sun) is arguably the most fascinating character in the entire series. From her very first appearance, she is presented as a feared figure within the Haemu Group: an uncompromising executive, obsessed with rules and seemingly devoid of empathy. Yet, episode after episode, “Filing for Love” patiently dismantles this initial perception. In-ah is neither a moralist nor a cynic in the traditional sense of the term; rather, she is a radically pragmatic woman, accustomed to viewing the world through the lens of consequences and responsibilities.
Behind the feared executive, however, emerges a deeply lonely woman who lives an almost ascetic existence, accepts being misunderstood in order to carry out her work according to her own principles, and has turned isolation into a form of self-preservation. It is no coincidence that one of the most revealing aspects of her character emerges through her relationship with art. The woman who spends her days hidden behind regulations, disciplinary procedures, and an intimidating reputation chooses to expose herself in the most vulnerable way possible by posing as a model for an art class.
It is precisely this tension between strength and fragility, control and the need for understanding, that makes Joo In-ah one of the drama's most compelling characters. Her journey is not about learning to be strong—she has always been strong—but about gradually lowering her defenses and allowing herself the possibility of finally being seen for who she truly is.
No Ki-joon (portrayed with considerable charm by Gong Myoung) initially embodies the archetype of the perfect employee: capable, well-liked, efficient, and seemingly destined for a successful career. The series, however, quickly dismantles this surface image by exposing the vulnerabilities hidden behind the company's so-called "golden boy." His transfer to Team 3 marks the beginning of a profound identity crisis. Ki-joon has built much of his self-worth on professional achievement and the recognition he receives within the company, to the point where he can no longer distinguish between what he does and who he is. Through his character, “Filing for Love” explores one of the most insidious consequences of performance-driven culture: the risk of reducing one's identity to a professional role and gradually losing any sense of self beyond it.
Unlike many male protagonists in the genre, Ki-joon is not defined by his social status or his ability to wield power over others. His journey is instead that of a person who gradually learns to look beyond appearances, abandoning hasty judgments and preconceived notions. It is this willingness to constantly question his own assumptions that ultimately becomes his most defining quality throughout the story.
Jae-yeol (Kim Jae-young, delivering a measured performance perfectly suited to the role) is arguably the most tragic character in the entire series. In a more conventional drama, he would have been the classic second male lead destined to stand in the way of the main couple. Filing For Love, however, takes a far more interesting approach, turning him into a deeply human and melancholic figure. Every aspect of his life seems marked by a different form of deprivation: a strained relationship with a father who never considers him good enough, his mother's illness, a marriage shaped more by strategic interests than genuine affection, A-jeong's unrequited love, and, above all, his unresolved bond with In-ah.
More than an antagonist, Jae-yeol comes across as a man trapped within expectations that others have created for him. Heir, son, husband, executive: every role is imposed upon him before he has the chance to choose it for himself. Even his relationship with In-ah seems to belong more to the realm of regret and unresolved memories than to any genuine possibility in the present. In this sense, the character comes to embody one of the drama's most bittersweet ideas: success, power, and privilege do not necessarily guarantee freedom. On the contrary, they can become a cage just as suffocating as any other.
His character arc is particularly effective because the drama gradually abandons the idea of using him merely as a source of romantic tension. As the story progresses, Jae-yeol ceases to be an obstacle between the protagonists and instead becomes a symbol of everything In-ah and Ki-joon are trying to avoid: a life shaped by duty, compromise, and resignation. His personal journey ultimately takes on the contours of a quiet tragedy, one that inspires far more compassion than hostility.
A special mention should also go to A-jeong (Hong Hwa Yeon), a character the series uses to explore yet another form of loneliness and inadequacy. Ki-joon's former girlfriend and hopelessly in love with Jae-yeol, she lives constantly in the shadow of relationships that never achieve true reciprocity. Her desire to be seen and acknowledged is further complicated by a clear sense of inferiority toward In-ah, whom she perceives as unattainable both professionally and romantically. More than an antagonist, A-jeong remains the portrait of a person desperately searching for attention and belonging, enriching the broader mosaic of emotional fragility that runs throughout the series.
Through its protagonists, the series finds its most authentic voice. Beneath the romantic dynamics and the inevitable conventions of the genre, “Filing for Love” ultimately reveals itself as a story about individuals searching for a place to belong: Ki-joon seeks recognition and validation, In-ah a sense of peace that always seems just out of reach, Jae-yeol a form of legitimacy beyond the role imposed upon him by his family, and A-jeong a love that might finally be returned. Even its lightest and most entertaining moments rest upon a surprisingly bitter reality shaped by burnout, social pressure, isolation, and professional identities that gradually come to overshadow personal ones.
One of Filing for Love's greatest strengths lies in the way it develops the relationship between its two protagonists. Their romance is not born from immediate attraction or romantic destiny, but from a gradual process of mutual understanding and the slow abandonment of preconceived judgments. In the early episodes, Ki-joon sees In-ah much as everyone else at Haemu does: as a cold, uncompromising, and almost inhuman woman. His initial investigation into her affairs is driven by a desire to expose her, to find proof that something darker lies behind that carefully controlled façade. Yet the closer he gets to her, the more he discovers the exact opposite: a deeply lonely person, willing to endure the misunderstanding and resentment of others in order to do what she believes is right.
The drama charts this transformation through a series of subtle shifts in perspective. At first, Ki-joon watches In-ah in order to expose her; later, he watches her in order to understand her; eventually, he watches her because he is drawn to her.
Viewed in this light, the portrait Ki-joon creates carries far greater significance than the first kiss or any of the drama's more overtly romantic moments. If the paper clip symbolizes the birth of complicity, the portrait marks the birth of love.
For the first time, Ki-joon does not merely desire In-ah—he truly sees her, offering her a reflection of herself freed from the defenses behind which she has hidden for years. This is not a story of conquest, but one of mutual recognition: the story of a woman who has learned to live behind a suit of armor and a man who, little by little, stops looking at the armor and finally begins to see the person beneath it.
In this sense, “Filing for Love” is not truly a workplace rom-com, but a series about loneliness that uses the rom-com format as its narrative vehicle. Love is not presented as the culmination of one's existence or as a simple romantic reward, but rather as the possibility of escaping, if only for a moment, the structural loneliness generated by a system that measures a person's worth almost exclusively through productivity.
Just as the series seems to have fully embraced its most distinctive identity, some of its limitations begin to emerge. The ambition that expands the narrative from the microcosm of Team 3 to the internal power struggles of the Haemu Group enriches the story, but also accumulates a number of conflicts and subplots that the finale struggles to handle with the same care displayed earlier on. A certain repetitiveness in some of the investigative storylines, along with a few more conventional romantic detours, foreshadows a conclusion that resolves several of its most compelling tensions a little too quickly. More than the resolutions themselves, what leaves some room for reservation is the limited attention given to their aftermath.
Without reaching the excellence of the very best Korean workplace rom-coms, and despite a finale that simplifies and accelerates many of the tensions carefully built up along the way, “Filing for Love” remains a series that stands out for its thematic maturity, the quality of its character writing, and its ability to use romance as a vehicle for exploring something broader and more universal. It does not always fulfill every promise it makes throughout its journey, yet its reflection on contemporary loneliness, professional identity, and the need for belonging retains a sincerity that is rare within the genre. The journey does not always lead to the most satisfying destinations, but it remains far more interesting than most of the paths offered by traditional workplace rom-coms.
7½
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Dazzling is Speed and Love Lite
Dazzling is Speed and Love Lite, and I have to say, I am extremely disappointed. Chinese writers seem to have a strange obsession with family dating plots, and this show is no exception. It's just plain weird to see the main leads, who are family even though not blood related, have romantic feelings for each other.The storyline is completely unrealistic when it comes to relationships. We're expected to believe that the male lead has stronger feelings for a woman he's known for just a month, over the second female lead who he's known for 2 years. It just doesn't make sense. Same goes for Female lead blue ticking the guy she known for years for a guy she known for month
And don't even get me started on the jealousy subplot in episodes 10 and 11. The male lead's behavior was cringey and embarrassing when he interrupted the female lead's reunion with her friend from Beijing. It felt like a humiliation ritual rather than a romantic gesture.
The male lead's savior complex is also frustrating to watch. He's still a kid and shouldn't be shouldering the responsibility of taking care of his whole family his mother should take some burdens off him.
Overall, "Dazzling is Speed and Love lite" is not my kind of drama. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for a believable and engaging storyline.
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if it wasn't for the acting talent
oh boy, we waited over a year for a show with tons of promise and a hell of a cast. the novel was meh... but they often are. then the show was nothing like the novel and less than meh.i would have dropped it if it wasn't for the amazing acting.
the story was inconsistent: was Bambi a brat, selfish, traumatized, confused...? well yes, depending on which episode you watched. Min had occasional amnesia and a case of character assassination. you can't leave an abusive relationship just to expect a yes woman as your next partner. if only Mim's character had a story and some backbone there could have been so much to their storyline. I'll never get over the whiplash the transition from ep 8 to 9 gave me when it comes to ShashaGorya. but Shasha has the best story out of all the characters.
PLEASE can someone let GMMTV and their partners know that audio quality is important?! I don't wanna hear blown out voices and yelling or the crinkling of someone's shirt.
The amazing dramatic scenes (Shasha adressing abuse or Bambi's breakdown) never amounted to anything and got wiped away immediately, sometimes within seconds.
you can tell they switched the writing team around halfway.
all the actors were phenomenal. some of the intimate scenes, when not just implied, were well done, others not so much cause the camera angle was off (looking you, at hand under shirt while on vacation)
I'm grateful to have this but the entire production team needs upskilling and to never touch gl again. harsh I know
but no one can say that the girls didn't give their all. many friendships formed due to this series. let's celebrate that
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Comic relief with great chemistry bwteen taynew
Watch it and you will find yourself laughing and gushing over taynew's chemistry after a long tiring day!The music score, the background effects, the pace of the story is just perfect!
Newwiee's elegance and attitude to play Kanit, who is a flight attended, meets your eyes and Tawan's nonchalance and rowdy aura as Toto shows the moment he appears on the screen! Taynew's chemistry is the reason why their fans stick with them even after 10 years into the BL industry. And the role they play in this as TotoKanit shows how talented they are indeed. It's been just the first episode and you can already see who well they have acted.
Mond, Ryu, Tui, Oab and Kapook are also playing their part to perfection!
Other than great acting, the story is also the reason why one should go for this show. The love between two people from different economic class can be cliché but what makes this story special is that how a super elegant and materialistic man like Kanit falls for someone who unapologetically bears a crude persona (toto).
There are plenty of other sweet things kept by director (P'Jojo) which probably the fans will be able to relate!
So yeah, go and give it a watch. You will only want more of it!
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started with a bang, ended with a whimper
Oh boy...... So I really enjoyed the first episode (for the most part) and for the first 2/3 of the show, I was looking forward to the new episodes but then it just kinda fizzled out imo. Episode 9 made it really clear how MinPraew was sidelined as they're fully removed from the A plot to have Praew meet Min's family while Prim, Bambi, Shasha, and Gorya have been all tangled up in each other since day 1, and noticing how disconnected they are and the fact that Praew has no ties to the group outside of Min.......... something about that made the friendships feel kinda hollow and really dampened my enthusiasm for the last 3 episodes. Anyway, let's talk about the relationships bc that's the reason why anyone is watching this lmao.PrimBambi is a horror story disguised as a romance. Prim is still deeply in love with her ex, Bambi, who completely vanished from her life a year ago. Gorya has harbored feelings for Prim for years and is finally ready to make a move on Prim on her birthday, but, unfortunately, Bambi shows up on Prim's doorstep before things progress past a kiss. Prim, furious that Bambi is just barging into her life again, tells her to leave but Bambi just bulldozes her boundaries, forcing her way into the apartment and refusing to leave. She then shows up at Prim's work and starts harassing her and when Prim makes it clear she's not going to hire Bambi, Bambi then tricks her way into being a client, meaning that Prim has to spend time with her. Bambi is just a full on stalker, and because of their extensive history, she knows exactly which buttons to push to get the desired reactions from Prim. Upon Prim learning that Bambi's most recent ex died in a car accident, Prim immediately folds and gets back together with Bambi — even despite Bambi's own mother suggesting Prim would be better off cutting Bambi from her life. Bambi forcing her way back into Prim's life doesn't even make sense to me in the first place when she dumped Prim for missing her birthday when Prim had a work obligation, but I'm supposed to handwaive away this rich girl's refusal to listen to her partner bc trauma 🙄 Also don't get me started on when Prim's father came around asking for money and Prim refused to see him, but Bambi gave him money and was even trying to convince Prim to maybe be open to reconnect with him 🙄 After that bullshit, I skipped all their domestic scenes bc I was so f*cking sick of Bambi and her bullshit.
MinPraew started out fairly cute — Min noticing an attraction to Praew but being scared to act on it since she'd always assumed she was straight and Praew being a supportive shoulder to lean on (albeit also a little pushy about trying to convince Min to give her a shot). They have their moments here and there where I found them cute, but imo their dynamic got really tiring bc Min (understandably) was learning a lot about herself and needed to process all these new feelings and was navigating an extremely homophobic family and Praew was just not understanding about this at all. Yes, being forced into the closet by your partner f*cking sucks, but you can't chase a straight girl and then be angry that she's not ready to be out???????? like... come on. Tbh I feel like the writers could have done a lot more with Min's confusion about her identity too, there are definitely things to be said about her immediately jumping into this relationship with Praew after leaving her abusive ex and the show doesn't engage with that as much as I think it should.
ShashaGorya wasn't flawless, but it was by far the best dynamic of the three main pairings. Shasha has been harboring a crush on Gorya since she watched her stand up for herself against an asshole photographer who blamed her for things going wrong on a shoot. Shasha has been repeatedly asking Gorya out and only manages to get Gorya to agree as payback after Gorya uses Shasha's name to get clothes for a styling job. After learning that Prim and Bambi have gotten back together, Gorya starts a friends with benefits situation with Shasha to mask her pain, but as they spend time together, she gets to see beyond Shasha's icy facade and realizes she does actually like her. They have their ups and downs as Gorya believes Shasha to be a player and keeps her walls up, but as they grow closer and Gorya learns about Shasha's horrifying intro to the modeling world, Gorya accepts her feelings and they soon become an official couple. Honestly, I am not doing justice to their storyline with this summary lol, their chemistry was the best it's ever been for MilkLove and I love both Shasha and Gorya so much. As underwhelming as I found the show as a whole, I wholeheartedly think ShashaGorya's story is worth a watch.
As for the friendships...... like I kinda implied already, it left a lot to be desired in that area imo. Praew barely has scenes with any of the girls except Min, so she borderline feels out of place when she's in group scenes. I literally don't think she even shared a scene with Shasha until the last 10 minutes of the finale??????? That's WILD. Bambi and Shasha's friendship makes sense bc they both have their menace tendencies in trying to win the affections of Prim and Gorya. Prim and Shasha's dynamic also felt pretty realistic, as Prim doesn't really like Shasha, but upon learning about her manager stealing from her, Prim offers support, and they come to a cordial place of understanding. Prim and Min are established to have been friends for years and I felt that, but then the writers make the inexplicable decision to have them get in a fight about their company in episode 10 of 12 and honestly I don't feel like that was ever properly resolved lol. Min showing up on Prim's vacation to try to convince her to come back to work was so out of pocket and their make up in episode 11 felt underbaked. Bambi and Gorya's "friendship" genuinely pissed me off. Bambi spent the first half of the show terrorizing Gorya for having feelings for Prim and then bc Bambi needs to cry and have a pity party about Min and Prim's conflict, Gorya is comforting her and saying they're friends. This show lives up Bambi's ass, it's so infuriating. It honestly didn't feel like the show even tried w other friendships among the core 6 which is kinda sad when the show very clearly wanted to be about how these girls are each other's support systems.
Anyway idek what I'm saying at this point. There was so much potential with the concept, I just think the execution was severely lacking. I have high hopes for the shows that will follow in its footsteps, hopefully there are many more ensemble GLs to come!
SHASHAGORYA YOU WILL ALWAYS BE FAMOUS!
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The action drama showed only a glimpse of love but that glimpse causes a hurricane in your heart.
The 1st scene is easily forgotten and that's just how it always is when people make movies or dramas like that. The story,the action, the chemistry and Go Hae ri and Cha Dal geon always being together is what made the drama next level. The action and real life situation,the reality, the dumbness and smartness in the right proportions made the drama much more believable. Not everyone can avenge their loved ones but this is a story about someone who is capable but in the end realises,just how helpless he and she (both) are. They give up what they could have had just for the other person. The ending breaks my heart as to how their lives turned out but them still working for that cause and the other person being the deriving force for that swells my heart and pains it at the same time to some other level. I understand and love their decisions ,it's just the pain of separation that breaks my heart just like theirs is broken.There was supposed to be 2nd season but it was not greenlit even when s1 was made and then covid and schedules but even then does everyone really get everything they want in life? some turn extreme and that's what they chose for themselves and the one they loved. He didn't kill when he could've just to save her and she became part of the unjust world to avenge his death. Doing the same thing on the very opposite sides of the same world. Their love in the end scene broke and patched my heart and it will keep happening until i ever forget about this show and it will never happen.
I wish there were a script to s2 which i could read though, even if it makes or breaks my heart.
Would not give this show any less rating than 10.
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Masterpiece
First time doing a review, that's a masterpiece right there, everything is so realistic and so well done. I loved watching every episodes, I cried sm xd.This serie shows how much we need to enjoy life even if happy moments are ephemerals. The ending was perfect, even tho they are not together it was realistic and I loved it even more.
I liked how they made the journalist/athlete relationship, showing the difficulty of their relation and oh god I love realistic shyt sm.
Definitely worth watching. ^^
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One of the most disappointing series I have ever watched
What I liked:The acting was genuinely excellent. Film, Milk, and Love especially stood out, and their performances helped elevate the otherwise unappealing characters in this series. The cinematography, wardrobe, styling, and background music were also good. As expected from GMMTV’s production team, the technical side was solid.
What I disliked:
My biggest problem with this series is how terrible the characters are. A story that looks chaotic on the surface needs to show the characters’ different sides, contradictions, emotional wounds, and inner conflicts properly. Without that, the chaos just becomes shallow. Unfortunately, I do not think this series managed to do that at all.
Prim:
Prim hurts Gorya, does almost nothing to properly face what she did to her, and then ends up flirting with Bambi. Then, in Episode 4, she somehow reconciles with Bambi.
As a viewer, I was left asking too many basic questions. Even if the reason Prim and Bambi broke up is mentioned, the emotional process behind it and the path toward their reconciliation are not shown convincingly by Episode 4. The structure of the story is clearly flawed. Did Bambi ever truly make amends for what she did to Prim? Did the story build enough emotional groundwork for Prim to still be unable to abandon Bambi? The series should have properly shown all of these things before portraying their reconciliation.
It felt like the director or screenwriters understood the story in their own heads, but failed to communicate it to the audience. They seemed to assume the audience would understand what they themselves had not properly shown.
Bambi:
I do not mind Bambi being selfish. A selfish character can still be fascinating if the story gives her strong beliefs, a personal code, regret, or a clear sense of emotional conflict. But I do not think this series gave Bambi enough of any of that.
Her line to Airy about not being able to punish herself any further was especially hard for me to accept. That is not something she has the right to say to the person she hurt. If the line had been framed as words coming from her own weakness, as if she were desperately trying to convince herself, I might have understood it. But saying that directly to the victim crossed a line.
And Prim defending Bambi in that situation only made it worse. Prim should have let Bambi face the consequences on her own.
Shasha:
To be honest, I liked Shasha until Episode 8. She seemed to have a clear core as a character. I expected her relationship with Gorya to help her discover what real love means and grow as a person.
But Episode 9 destroyed that hope for me.
In order to get Gorya, Shasha uses her friend and manipulates the situation so that Gorya will come to her. And the story still lets them end up together as if this were a proper romantic payoff.
For this kind of story to work, Shasha needed to face Gorya directly and honestly tell her how she felt. Instead, it made Gorya feel less like a person Shasha truly loved and more like something she wanted to possess.
In the end, Gorya felt like an object to Shasha. I honestly cannot imagine these two lasting for many years.
Gorya:
Among the main characters, Gorya was the only one I found somewhat decent. The process of her being abandoned by Prim and then gradually healing through her relationship with Shasha had some genuinely good moments.
Even so, compared to memorable characters from other series, there were not many moments where I felt that Gorya herself was especially compelling. And since Shasha seems to treat Gorya more like something to possess than someone to truly love, I do not think Gorya will actually be happy.
This does not feel like a happy ending to me. It feels like a bad ending disguised as a happy ending.
Min:
For most of the story, Min was far too passive and indecisive. At first, it makes sense for her to be confused after meeting Praew. But the series should have shown her gradually becoming stronger through that relationship.
It should have shown Min realizing that this love was not just a temporary feeling, and that she would not allow anyone to mock or belittle their relationship. That kind of emotional growth should have been the core of her arc.
Instead, it felt like her relationship with Praew reset from episode to episode. There was very little build-up, and I kept wondering what the story actually wanted to do with her character.
Praew:
Praew was simply not compelling enough. She felt so diluted as a character that there was barely anything left to hold onto.
She should have been an important character who guided Min while also becoming her emotional support. But most of the time, she was just pulled around by Min and left standing on the sidelines.
Conclusion:
I do not know what this director and the other screenwriters have worked on before. But based on this series, I genuinely hope the writing team seriously reconsiders how it approaches scripts like this.
The director clearly has talent when it comes to visuals, editing, and presentation. That is exactly why I think the director should have focused only on the visual side instead of being involved in the writing. The visual direction had potential, but the script itself was where the series completely fell apart for me.
I had very high expectations for this series. Every GMMTV GL series I had watched before this had a strong story, compelling characters, and a world I could truly become invested in. Pluto, in particular, is one of my all-time favorite dramas. That is exactly why my disappointment and anger toward Girl Rules reached their peak.
With a cast and production team this strong, this series could have been something great. Instead, it became one of the most disappointing series I have ever watched.
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"Brilliant from start to almost finish."
Reborn Rich is one of the most addictive K-dramas I've watched, with brilliant storytelling, corporate politics, and an outstanding performance by Song Joong-ki.The revenge plot kept me hooked from the very first episode.
Watching Do-jun use his future knowledge to outsmart the Soonyang family was incredibly satisfying.
The business battles, betrayals, and power struggles were intense and well-written.
The drama did an excellent job portraying greed, ambition, and family conflicts.
The acting across the cast was top-notch, especially Lee Sung-min as Chairman Jin Yang-cheol.
However, the final episodes felt rushed compared to the rest of the series.
The biggest disappointment was Do-jun's death and the sudden return to Yoon Hyun-woo's original life.
After all the buildup, the ending lacked the emotional payoff and revenge satisfaction many viewers expected.
Overall, Reborn Rich is a fantastic drama with a weak ending—9/10 for the journey, but the finale left me unsatisfied.
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In the meantime, you can watch the drama on YouTube:"He abandoned me for his benefit of wealthy family, but he went crazy after I married his CEO brother" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=364bL3Z4FKk) or "He refused to marry her but demanded she be his mistress. She married his brother—he went crazy" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_aBH04ilg)
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A bit disappointing
İ understand the hype but does it really deserves all that?İ mean the movie is good, but not up to expectations, in it's core it's quite simple and not very unique.
The first 30 mins are the slowest ever, in case you didn't feel interested in whatever is going to happen or feel attracted to the characters in any way possible, you'll have to go through the next trivial 30 mins to have a total 1 hour of a "could be better" story.
The next chapter however, or the second part of it, this is where things started to get lively and engaging, the unexpected surprise. Be that as it may, I was lost during some parts of it despite being really captivated, i couldn't understand who is the ghost, who is the spirit and how is that related to the original corpse and why the Japanese guy is was there and what exactly is going on and why is he still there, why do the guy want to kill his offsprings and what's the point? A bunch of confused questions, i later found the answers for some of them but it was like whatever fits the narrative.
Maybe because i don't know enough about these korean shenanigans, but the way they ended it was very anticlimactic and disappointing.
You are telling me I can pee on a wooden stick and slap this hulk with it and he is gone? Alright next time i visit a grave in SK I'll make sure to bring a stick and drink a lot of water, just in case.
I know it's not as ridiculous but it's liquid and wood...
Overall, i guess it wasn't for me, I'm definitely not the targeted audience so aside from acting this was very meh!
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A lakorn that's not overly complicated.
Out of the many Channel 7 lakorns I've watched so far, "The Gift" is probably one that’s not bogged down by overly complex plots. While the core story is not far from the typical lakorn we’ve seen in the market so far - the rich/poor trope, family issues, inheritance war, the typically annoying envious villains, some revenge and misunderstanding, but the overall story is not convoluted and with a good injection of supernatural element.On top of that, this series features an investigative element that brings in suspense but is not too different to distinguish it from the typical straightforward conflict between good and evil commonly found in lakorn. But this blend makes the series feel more multifaceted, making it something interesting to watch despite its longer episodes.
While romance might not be the core of the series, the romantic plots play quite an important role, adding layers of warmth and humor to the story. However, the fake-to-real couple trope feels a bit rushed and unpolished. This series is the first collaboration between Thanwa Suriyajak and Garn Nuttacha, but their chemistry doesn't quite ignite. Even though some romantic scenes are designed to be funny and awkward, the way they deliver those feels forced and comes across as really awkward. On the other hand, the second couple (Arnon and Som) has a more natural chemistry with their own cute and entertaining interactions. And the third couple (Dech and Ameena), they’re just fillers that don’t give much significance to the story. Even without them, I think the series would progress just fine.
In short, "The Gift" is an enjoyable lakorn that blends family drama, romance, and a touch of the supernatural pretty well. Its interesting character dynamics and thoughtful pacing make it a good choice for fans seeking a lakorn that's less dramatic.
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easy watching with a great storyline!
This drama was a really fun easy comfort watch that made you laugh and again had some really good deep topics that were handled really well. The actors and actresses were great. I think the storyline was really well written as well. It flowed in my opinion nicely! I really liked the cameos from the main actors previous work the songs, the characters et cetera I thought that was really fun and I’m glad everybody pretty much got a happy ending!I would definitely recommend this drama if you want something easy watching with a real storyline and plot to follow
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