Reviews

GOOD BUT TOO F* SHORT

Another waste of talent. Too good to be this short, I know this could've been a lot better if only it had a longer duration. Even in that short period of time, this drama could deliver how the Barista's feeling developed towards the "special customer". I personally love this kind of story about when social media life meets real life, it's kind of making me nervous in a good way. The minus is I still could felt an awkwardness in one particular scene which was the "smoking scene". It looked so unnatural when the Barista suddenly joined the "special customer" who smoked outside, and especially the "cigarette scene"! WHO ON EARTH DOING THAT TO A RANDOM PERSON FOR GOD'S SAKE. If only this movie was a bit longer maybe they would tell us the reason behind how the "cigarette scene" could happen. Speaking of their acting skills, I'd say it's just good, I still sense an awkwardness but just a bit, and their chemistry are still there. Am I going to rewatch this? Definitely yes.

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A Nice Treat for Supernatural Lovers!

To start off, the story is quite unique, it succeeds in mixing up the supernatural element with the modern world smartly. Thus giving it an interesting and enjoyable premise.All characters were well thought and written (Akira's character is not as deeply explored because it is going to be the main focus of the next season). There aren't any unnecessary characters and nowhere in the drama do you think that a scene was dragged out. The acting by all characters is satisfactory. I use the word 'satisfactory' because it is a matter of fact that the acting of few characters (not the main actors) was not amazing at certain times but it should not and it absolutely does not hinder viewers from reaping the maximum enjoyment from the drama. Leaving aside the acting, all char caters included have good dynamics and most importantly:
The chemistry between Akira and Naoya was absolutely mind-blowing!
Personally, I find folklore and myths interesting and maybe that's why this show was more appealing to me (and I could brush off the few loopholes).
But I strongly believe that this show could be enjoyable to those who usually put off supernatural genre dramas.
It's definitely worth a try and its only 8 episodes , so the first two episodes or actually even the first episode is enough for one to understand whether this show is for you or not.

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Beautifully Relatable!!

Reminds me of my own life in so many ways!!
I met my first love via an app and we talked a lot before meeting.
Also that cigarette "kiss" reminds me of my friends back home. My friend and her boyfriend did the "kiss" all the time.
Anyways, I'll stop being nostalgic and get on to the review.

STORY:

A young barista takes a liking to one of his customers. He updates his online friend of his ideal type, while thinking of his customer. One day the customer comes in and the barista decides to take a chance. The customer goes out to take a smoke break and the barista follows. They talk for a bit before the customer leaves. Later when the barista finishes his shift he goes outside to find the customer waiting. They chat before the customer offers to take the barista home. On the way home he receives a message from his friend asking him to update his ideal type. The barista messages his friend that he and his ideal type are hanging out now. The customer turns to him and asks "Me?" before showing him their chat conversation.

This is a short, but beautiful story of love. From the "dating app" (or online friend. IDK what is the right term for this) to nervousness, it's very realistic and relatable. Even the "why didn't you tell me you were him," was realistic. It's literally like taking a peak into the life of another person.

Personally I wanted to see more. While it ended nicely, I thought it was too short. We only got the barista's side of the story, so I wanted to get bigger peak at the customer's side. We get the hint that he likes the barista, but we don't know what the customer was doing to feed his crush. In the short, when we see the flashes of the barista crushing on the customer via messages, I would have liked to see the customer's response back with flashes of the barista. Instead he just is there as eye candy until the end when we find out he is the person on the other end of the messages. If they wanted that to be a surprise, I feel like there should be another way to do it, but I could just be projecting because I want more info.

The cigarette "kiss" was unique and I love it. It was sexy to watch. I don't really see much of this on screen or in real life, but as I said earlier, my friends did this so it was nostalgic to me. I could just imagine his heart beating like crazy as his crush did this to him.

Lastly, yet most importantly, the confession. "Why didn't you tell me?" This is the question we often ask. It's hard to confess in general, but when you know that the person you're messaging has a crush on you yet doesn't know it's you... I can imagine the conflicting feelings. People will either take it two ways, one, I'm so embarrassed I couldn't figure out it was you. Or two, you betrayed me by not telling me. I'm glad the barista went with the first reaction. However, "Why didn't you tell me?" is such an important question and the title of this film is Please Tell Me So, so I wish they would have talked about it more. There is an implication that the barista may have spilled some embarrassing secrets, and also they both seemed to have a crush on each other for a while, so it would be great to see them discuss it more. I felt like they played the "first love" card to sweep everything away nicely to finish up the film quickly. It was a cheap way out, but I guess it works to wrap up the film in a kiss.

OVERALL:

This film is beautiful and realistic. Also very nostalgic for me. This is the first time a film has ever made me recall moments in my life. I really enjoyed the film because of it. While the ending was wrapped up a bit too quickly for my liking, the cards were played right, so no complaints there. I can't wait to see another film from Strongberry soon.

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The best korean series of 2021 so far

I was excited for My Name when I heard it would be directed by the same person who directed Extracurricular and boy did it not disappoint me. I watched all 8 episodes in one sitting and by the end of it my emotions were so chaotic and all over the place and that's why i loved it.

Likewise to Extracurricular, the characters in My name are morally ambiguous and its this ambiguity that allows for the plot to avoid the cliche route. If ever there was a point where I thought I had figured out something this drama somehow managed to destroy every assumption and make it even more interesting.

I absolutely loved Jiwoo, she was badass and intelligent without the need to be arrogant.
And can we please take a moment to appreciate the acting! Literally in Awe! especially Han so hee. Her whole scene in episode 6 made me feel like my own heart had been pulled out of my chest and i cried along with her.

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Art in every way

"Someaday or One Day" is truly a production that you would call perfect in every way.
The romance, time travel and crime were all perfectly written, thought through and executed.
Throughout the whole Drama I was taken on an emotional rollercoaster.
The actors did such a good job. Every character was sooo loveable. I can assure you they will always be engraved in your heart.
There is nothing that I could say I disliked but I do have to say by starting watching it, you are choosing to take on a big commitment, as you will clearly feel a lot of pressure on your feelings.
You should deffinitly watch "Someday or One Day" someday and all I´m saying is that you should be prepared.
Here are a few tipps before you start:
1. Always have tissue paper beside you
2. Don´t read any spoilers. It will only ruin your experience.
3. Don´t even try to assume anything while watching. It took 3 years to write the story. You can´t guess anything.

"Someday or One Day" is art in every single way and lets us all remember that movies and series are also a form of art and sometimes it takes time to create something beautiful.
It´s an absolute Highlight.

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Action packed family drama

Definitely a long ride, not convoluted, it is a complex story with plenty twist and turns. Action packed family drama, which can touch your heart strings and make you laugh from time to time. Plenty of fight scenes too.

Story started with an amnesiac, searching for her true self. Asking herself, is she good or evil. Torn between duty and the family she thought she had. Constantly fighting the internal battle and trying to do good.

All star casting, veteran actors and quality new stars. Even supporting characters have interesting stories to tell. My fave episodes would be the one when FL met her biological parents and knew that she's been stolen as a kid.

I love the show. The only reason I didnt give it a perfect score, is the rewatch value. I cannot rewatch it anytime I want because its very long.

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Not as badass as it seemed in the trailer.

This drama has dark-heavy plot. Storyline is ok ish to me, it could get better, who knows. So far, the plot is going steadily, pace is on the slow side.

I really wanted to give Han So Hee another chance after Nevertheless but she doesn't fit this role.

FL in this drama supposed to be a woman who knows how to fight, strong willed, a gangster daughter. But the way she beats people up screams weak, the posture and spar technique is not convincing. Facial expressions looked like someone who's given up on herself rather than someone who seeks revenge. It doesn't bring out badass girl aura. She was out of breath and panting beating people up even after she 'grew up and received years of training'. This alone puts me off bcs I solely came for her and had such high expectations after watching the trailer.

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Good till it goes completely off the Rails

This drama starts out well.
The acting is pretty good, definitely in the top quarter of dramas I've seen.
The OST is something I usualy don't care about much, but I noticed it here by how impactful yet unnoticeable it was. I rarely really recognized thta the music was there or oding something, but when i checked for it it always worked well to enhance the important scenes.
And the writing is, while filled with tropes and very childish cheesy, still good for the first three quarters. Even with the enteraining way the 'bad Guys' are written just so on the nose plain bad.

*Minor Spoilers ahead*

And then the expected big Breakup happens for the thrid act, and it's shit.
Of course we had the usual Overbearing Mother in there, and the 'problems get massively increased by them not talking to another' trope. I don't liek those tropes, but I can live with them. But here they just had 2 Major, Major problems:

1) The Overbearing Mother is to excessive. She even literally locks here 22 year old daughter in room for fucks sake!

2) The Main reason for the breakup is that someone starts a rumor abotu them online, it beeing a contract and such. And that's it. they just take that as fatal problem, can't do anythign about it. Even though they are an actuall couple at that point, and the rumour poster has posted zero proof or anything. They could literally just say 'no, that is a lie, we are a couple', and convince everyone of that by, well, beeing a couple openly.
And it's not even liek that is the first scandal or romour about them, all the previosu ones they did just beat down with stating 'no, things are like this in fact', and some PR team shenanigans behidn the scenes.

It just completely killed the show for me, and I can only recommend anyone to NOT watch this at all.

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Action/Thriller Romance

This drama was worth of waiting the story was awesome Han So Hee's acting was really good and the fight scenes were also super cool and blood was every i love this. Getting to the middle were Ahn Bo Hyun comes in that was also really good.

And Lee Hak Joo again did a good job at his acting i find him really cool when he is acting in action/thriller. So coming to the and i find the scene where Ji Woo and Pildo are fighting ey not really fightning Pildo want to stop her to leave and cuffs himself to her that a good scene and the after coming scene is the best worth watching but nearing to the end i really felt heartbroken when Pildo dies in was i really sad scene for me.

Please give many love for the drama "My Name" and please give many love for the actors and actresses.

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Great Action teamed with compelling story

My Name is a brilliant take on Action/Thriller involving gangsters, a woman seeking for vengeance and the hunt for the mole. The action sequences are done superbly and Han So Hee did a tremendous job with her part.

Clocking at only 8 episodes, My Name is shorter than other K Dramas, but it is definitely filled with amazing action and outstanding OST. It felt like every beat matched perfectly with the given scene, which made the overall show compelling and worth watching.

This Netflix original was good for its story, the attractive OST, the great casting along with commendable performance by Han So Hee, amazingly shot sequences with more than decent fight/action sequences and an overall violent atmospheric setting.


My Rating : 9/10

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Bleh

Good Morning Call is average/mediocre.

It started off and all I could think of was Itazura na Kiss. First it was Uehara not accepting an invitation, then it was them living in the same apartment. Even his demeanour and the fact that he was so cold just reminded me of Ire-kun.

The production quality was very low, but because the story was a bit lame it didn't really matter. The lighting was poor and made the show feel more dismal than it would be otherwise. It was filmed in 2016, yet it looked like it was filmed in 2006.

I really don't have many thoughts for this show. It was easy enough to watch and did just follow the everyday life of a high school couple who lived together.

Towards the end it was predictable when Uehara went to get Nao's key. The very ending was not exciting as they ended up just living next door to each other. Really, how is this going to be any different to what their situation was before?

I wouldn't watch this again.

-E

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strongberry shorts coming for my heart

it's another cute little love story by strongberry so ofc it's wonderful.

i always love these little shorts strongberry make. i love watching them they make me so happy. this little short story makes me want to fall in love with someone. i just wish it was longer but i will await for the release of a full length drama or film, and i'll give it all my money lol.

i want the leads to do a full series together like seriously. i think exploring/continuing the storyline with them would be really awesome. they seem to have that sweet awkward chemistry of people who have fallen in love for the first time.

the music choices were really great. whoever chose the music, you're awesome.

i would rewatch it over and over. it's short and sweet, it's an adorable thing that instantly lifts your mood.

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a roller coaster of emotions and amazing characters - just perfect!

I so freaking love this drama. Everybody did an amazing job. The couple compliment each other perfectly. The contrast between Shanggu and Houchi and Bai Jue and Qing Mu are very distinctive and the actors played them really really well. I especially like the adorable faces Shanggu makes and the childish, innocent faces Qingmu makes. I love the bond the true gods share with right amount of banters here and there. It was really beautiful. I love how Shanggu plays the spoiled youngest family and her antics to get what she wants only to be played unknowingly by Zhi Yang and Yue Mi
at her own game. Even the villians in this drama played their roles really well. Jing Zhao and Xue Ying's conceitedness makes my eye roll every single time it's laughable. I actually hate them more than the actual main villian. It's a pity Wu Huan wasn't able to redeem herself in the end. I also feel like Jing Zhao should've suffered more for all her bad deeds but then again it's how she was raised so I can't really say I blame her. I love the soundtrack as well especially Zhou Shen's Ju Lian and A-Lin's Qian Xun. I guess the only thing I am miffed about is Dong Hua. But only because in my head there is only one Dong Hua and it's Vengo Gao as Dong Hua Di Jun.
I can't count the number of times I have rewatched this drama. Maybe until another one sparks my interest but for now I am stuck with it.

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Excellent Drama to Watch!

10-15-2021: I absolutely LOVE this drama and the age gap is NOT an issue. This is 2021 and not the 1900's! There's many dramas and movies that have age gaps and this is "acting". I have already re-watched the available episodes (1-6) 4 times. I am impatient to wait for the others :-)! It is entertaining, not boring, the characters are doing a great job and it has become one of my many absolute favorites, like Dong Yi, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon, My Princess, Korean Odyssey, Bride of the Water God, etc. The music is good, the setting is appropriate, it is just the right touch!

Everyone should watch it and give the cast and director the available credits they very much deserve! It is a form of entertainment and THEY ARE DELIVERING!

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