Reviews

Boring.

I was actually giving this drama an 8/10 for the first four episodes, but the plot became tedious after that.

I can't be biased like some people. Just because I like Yoona from SNSD, I must give this drama a high rating? Why lol? I'm watching a drama (so the plot and story should be considered) and it's not solely about rating her or Junho. If you believe that people give a bad rating because they dislike the actors, then you are a freak. Don't be so triggered and aggressive just because people dislike what you like.

Oh about the chemistry between the two leads, it's alright. There are other romcoms that I find better than this, so if I gave this a higher rating than those romcoms, it would be a bit funny because I'm not really enjoying this drama. Besides, chemistry is NECESSARY. You can find other dramas, especially rom-coms, because king the land is a rom-com ((so should be compared with rom-coms)) where the actors have GOOD CHEMISTRY and the drama has a GOOD PLOT.

It can take me a few days to complete one episode, but not every episode is tough for me to watch. However, there are a few that are. This is how I feel especially after Episode 6/7. The first 4 episodes are quite okay, but after that a bit.... Oh my God, it's very difficult for me to finish just one episode.

Some people also said that King The Land is doing a good job of excruciating the romance even though there's no plot. Hmm, im not sure whether I can agree on that. Business Proposal and Love To Hate You are another example of kdramas that are very lighthearted, silly, and cringe-worthy, but surprisingly, I really enjoy those dramas but not this one, so if you're saying i'm not a person who can't watch lighthearted stories, maybe you're wrong, I do enjoy it if it's fun to watch. The comedic scenes in the "business proposal" and "love to hate you" were really funny and didn't feel forced, but man, King The Land is really bad at excruciating the comedic scenes, I feel awkward after I watch them. Well, after all, you can't lie about your feelings when watching it.

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Have a safe trip

The story was new and touching.

It introduced me to a job, a hard job but beautiful one.
And the evolution of the relationships as well as the characters (especially the uncle) moved me a lot.

I would for sure want to see more of it : how they will live now, what challenges will they face, will they love, will the cry, will they make people happy again and again.
I would definitly watch it again and recommend it.

Saying goodbye isn't easy as you will never know what that person wish might have been, this added peace to my mind and it shows how everybody still have something they wished to tell.

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Not my cup of tea...

I already found the story line boring from the start. Some of the kids they help are annoying, the female lead acts dumb a lot of times, and most of the lines with each character are uninteresting. I also don't like some parts of this drama. Like the forced smile of Momoko Sugisaki (Misako Renbutsu), it is not that scary, but they make a big deal out of it. And the rules of her job annoy me; she follows them, but she still gets scolded, and if not, they still get mad. Do they realize how flawed their command is?

I think this is a good series to watch if you like simple, not too complicated, series. It is also short, so that adds a point if you want a drama that is enough to watch for a day. But personally, I didn't like this; I'll just give it a 4/10.

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What it means to be a mother

There's a kind of pain want to start this review by talking about.
I first heard of this kind of pain when I read and watched Margret Atwood is the handmaid's Tale.in her book she talks about akind of pain that is so deep that you laugh. When I read about this I thought how much plain does a person have to be in to laugh instead of instead of cry. That’s the kind of pain this show made me feel. that’s how emotional invested I was in the show.

Kang soo Jin and Kim Hye Na spend 50 days on the run. 50 days as mother and daughter. 50 days as Kim yoon Bok. From the moment soo Jin found hye na in that trash bag outside her house I felt everything. I was in so much pain and when soo Jin and yoon bok are seperated, the pain is so deep that I laugh. I couldn’t stop laughing because we were there. Not almost we were there. And then we hear the sirens. The escape was so close that we touched it and then we hear the sirens. I couldn’t stop laughing and then I couldn’t stop crying.

This show has one thing and one thing only to tell you. Not everyone can be a mother. The courage to risk everything and give up everything for a child, not everyone has that.

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Only lee Chung Ah was reason i watch this

we have lead male female and a third wheel but every episode should have lead male with every other woman like it is some romance novel but at end it just end like nothing ever happened
episode 3 male lead is getting close to old friend like they are something then in next he is flirt with main villain
in next episode 5 he is show a love story with his new clint and actress then as ep end it become nothing
was director has any story or he was biased for male lead that every scene should be given to male lead
This show should only has One MAIN lead and all others are supporting cast
how did director manage screentime give all 55 min to one male lead and 5 min to other ?

........................................... Story there isn't any story
.............................................................. if your fan of any actor then you should watch there scene only
.....................................................................................DO NOT WATCH IF YOUR here FOR Story or something like that
6/10 is only given because it casted LEE CHUNG AH and i wanted to watch her, otherwise director get 0/10 for his directing skills

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Great beginning .. But !!!!!!

(Edit after it had been completed)

*The New review*
The drama started in a beautiful, funny way
Everything was Really Amazing
Until suddenly, they Kept procrastinating So I began to feel boring ..
untill EP15, it was okay. After that, it seems that the Director Would make the Drama longer, so he kept stalling until it got ruined ..then started trying to catch up with all the Storyline in that remaining episodes

Literally, the drama started with a great Start, then became like this . unfortunately!!!
The ending is so silly.. besides, many important issues/ things Haven't been clarifed
What a disappointment


the Old review ?
Already watched 8 episodes..I Admit it is funny and wonderful drama with many heart-fluttering scenes
I've laughed so hard loud at Many Moments, I never expected it gonna be so funny and entertaining This way
I've never watched Chinese historical or fantasy drama in my entire life.. wasn't planning to watch as well, but it got my attention from its teaser
I thought it gonna be a silly and childish drama when I read the story and saw the Genre but it exceeded my expectations
Each episode keeps you more excited to know what will happen
The male lead is a great Actor, his acting is amazing beside his facial and body expressions He fits this role sooo good .. Also, Female Lead is spontaneous and unexpected at all.. She is very different from all female Chinese leads "Different Level" I like that she is very bold and Freestyle Girl does many things that the watcher would never expect
I like the supporting characters they are So funny and Good Actors
I can't wait for its episodes and this is something never happened to me with any other drama
I hope it will keep going this way till the end

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Tearjerker melodrama

Sometimes I am a sucker for melodramas, especially those involving critical illness, because the drama can play your emotions and make you cry your heart out. Of course with one caveat, clever writing (not those with cheesy lines and cheap characters) and great actors. This is one of those dramas. It is packaged nicely, great actings, good OST (the opening theme song has a nice and touching lyrics) and great storytelling. The drama moves from the present to the past where we get to see the early relationships of Tan Jing and Nie Yu Sheng, since their puppy love times. And this provides a good background story. The back and forth between past and present were done seamlessly, you don't feel it disrupts the story at all and almost works as one piece. This is a drama of love that stands the test of time, as well as family and betrayals. I thought all the main actors and actresses played their part well. Of course this is not an idol romance drama, so you get to see actings from a more mature and experience actors and actresses. I really enjoyed this drama from start to finish and would definitely recommend it if you like melodramas.

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Each memory has a soundtrack of its own. It takes 1 song to bring back 1000 of memories.

First love hatsukoi is a poem that you can read over and over again but still won't get bored. A love story full of heart breaks, mistakes and tragic turns.

I watched it in the past and now I came here again after rewatching this, made me realise that how many times I watch this, I'll cry the same. This story makes you feel nostalgic, happy and sad all at once.

Actors did their job very well. Music is good. Overall quite overwhelming. Cinematography was beautiful. Found a extremely delicious looking dish Napolitan, I have to make that for sure!

P.S.- Don't forget to bring tissues. You'll need that.

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After watching this drama in 2 platforms , i plan to re watch it again for the 3rd time , at first , i was annoyed by the FL lead attitude , a very common for a chinese drama characters , the FL are always childish and annoying that always caused disasters to ML , the reason why i always drop watching chinese drama after 3-4 epi , but this drama came out to be interesting while the FL improved and become matured, ML lead actor is very handsome with excellent acting skills , maintain his Godly appearance , the story is quite good and not repetitive , i watch it until the last epi and the ending is just common for this kind of story , yes! i'm happy for this drama , all cast and effects are well done .

The whole interpretations in the story from the book is not boring ???

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ball of fun

i can’t even be mad at the sort of shoe-horned in side character backstories that bypass the legwork of actual character building, since it works anyway lmao, like rly well, but also because the lead is just done so damn well.

just a straight up decent friggin guy, whose decent-ness as a human being gets continuously highlighted as more virtuous than it is, merely because the environment this is set in fosters turning down ones humanity. a humble guy going nowhere in life fast forwarded to a major CEO position, casually making amazing decision over anything he touches because he’s not perverted by the system yet.

oh and also the wacky fun as hell concept of park sung woong being trapped in a phone orchestrating the whole thing. that man really brought the same caliber of performance he usually brings, while playing a pulsating personal assistant blob on a phone.

wholesomeness from the left, wholesomeness from the right, a healthy amount of meta-ness as sprinkles, and to top it off some deep cutting reflection on the uncanny viciousness that is the korean job market

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revenge deconstructed

translating bullying to the screen in a way that captures the severity of its lasting effects is no easy feat. theres a lot of films specifically out of east asia i can think of that fell flat trying to take the extreme, relentless route, which by no means voids accuracy, but often just ends up as the laziest means to an end, losing out on what ought to be the most crucial element.. the victims perspective.

what makes the glory a success is in how it manages to go about it as extreme as you can go, straight up sadist levels, while using clever time-jumping storytelling to juxtapose the effects of it across different points in the victim, our leads, life. we don’t get a hero here, we get a shell of a person so fundamentally chewed up and spit back out that any instinctual human drive to continue existing is replaced with the sole emotion of desire for revenge.

to do ALLL of that without going full soap opera, with a lead who doesn’t put up any kind of facade when engaging with the perpetrators, openly telling them how they broke her, how they’re the only thing on her mind, how they essentially succeeded in owning her. like to the point where i as viewer became irritated at moments like girl why are you giving them the satisfaction still .. just to realize again who the bigger person is

or isnt, actually. because again. nothing particularly righteous about her arc. the intents are as on the table as can be. she essentially gives them a head-start by making things crystal clear. literally putting herself in positions of weakness again doing so.

you could peel down a lot of layers of the human psyche at play here, while still packaged in something ultimately as straightforward as can be. i can’t think of any revenge related piece of media that gets as straight to the essence of this uniquely human emotion. long-game sh*t. more drained than cathartic by the end creds.

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The rainverse

The best thing about this show that i felt was really that everyone felt like a main character to me , pat tai lom and tian all owned the story equally , no body felt a little left out anywhere and the most imp thing about how they interpreted the way love works regardless of the unrealistic storyline , basically they made us beilve that soulmate is a person who is there for u in any case senario even if u don't have a hearing lose , it's simply a person who is your safe zone I loved how every up and down of there life were connected And it's you who makes love looks difficult it can be easy too indeed .
One more lesson learnt of communication don't fuck up things in anger THE MOST IMP
IF U FUVK THINGS UP THEN UNFUCK IT I will really miss these characters i am not even kidding, i can talk about them soo much

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If you want a BL, look elsewhere!

I am basically a very pessimistic person, always seeing the glass half empty and expecting the worst from people. This drama just comforts me in my world view. So bear with me while I gush about House of Stars!

The story follows the owner of a talent agency "House of Star" and the people (actors and managers) gravitating around her. Since some of the actors she manages come from out of town, she has them live in her house following her rules and having them filmed by security cameras. There are 8 actors she manages. The actors often rebel not understanding the reason behind the draconian rules she implements creating new problems until a mysterious death occurs in the house and the whole hell breaks loose.

The ratings for this drama are shockingly low and I probably would have given it a miss had it not been for a reviewer who described it as "a hot mess that makes sense". And I loved it. Binged it, paying attention to details since there are no useless scenes: everything means something.

The drama has been filed under BL. No! It is a murder mystery & a character driven drama taking place in the entertainment industry where some of the characters are gay. The poster for the drama also does not give the right impression: looking at it I'd assume I'd be watching a period bl. They really represented drama wrongly with this poster (which is beautiful but still wrong!).

First there is a couple of BL actors, shipped together by the public but not dating even though one has an unrequited crush on the other. That actor, Pitch idolizes the star actor of the agency, Gun and starts following him around, almost stalkery!
There is a handsome country bumpkin helped out by another rising actor in love with him. They are the cutest couple though I have a problem with the actor playing the country bumpkin: he looks odd and has weird mouth (sometimes I focus on unimportant details but they turn to be so distracting) and I kept wishing he would not smile, his whole face goes crooked when he does.
Then there is an established straight couple but the man is tempted by another actor, obviously gay. This threesome has an explosive relationship, the two vying for the third one's love. The actress and the gay actor know how it works and they keep playing dangerous games realizing they were very much alike by the end!

The owner of the agency, Miss Suzzie, looks and acts like a dragon, cold, merciless, strict and odious. We eventually find out why she is like that but she is definitely not a likable character throughout the drama.

The drama seems messy as there seem to be too many characters but if you pay attention everything is connected and everything has a reason. The depiction of the cutthroat entertainment world concentrated in the agency microcosme is rather superficial as the drama is mostly focused on interpersonal relationships between the actors and the secrets they are hiding. The plot is well written and there are no loose ends or holes. And even though it finishes on a cliffhanger, the main mystery is solved but the downfall of the revelations is not shown: everyone remains in a deep stupor.

The atmosphere is heavy and the feelings of oppression are well presented by sets and cinematography. The sets first! The house from the outside looks like a sunny villa in Italy but on the inside it is a different picture. It is a heavy victorian english gothic manor: dark walls, heavy dark furniture, dark curtains, oppressive and menacing. I would say that it serves as metaphor for actors: nice and sunny and perfect on the outside, dark and mysterious and flawed on the inside! The cinematography corresponded to the sets with dark colours prevailing, events mostly taking place at night or in shadows. When the daylight was there, the problems became evident and crisis management came into action: the daylight does not hide secrets!

The actors cast are a mixed lot: while the majority are really good, the one playing Pitch is by far the worst actor here (or anywhere for that matter. Sincerely he should think of another career!). The character he played was of a completely clueless Pitch but he played him in a monotone and with an eternally surprised expression immovable like a mask stuck on his face. He was really really bad. He performed so badly that the romance between Pitch and Gun was not convincing and they just left it in the background. (BTW, I wonder how he got the part?) In the beginning of the series he was one of the main characters but he somehow disappeared in the last few episodes. Fortunately! The character's mother got sick and he was gone. I guess the production realized they miscast. If they ever make a sequel, I hope they will recast the role.
The other actors were really good had great chemistry and were not afraid of skinship!

If you are looking for a serious, gripping show about human nature, do not look any further. It is an excellent drama but not a BL!!!!!

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Enigma is real

where do I get the words to even describe this show like only 2 eps and soo much happened and everything seems sooo real , i really get scared
the acting IS PHENOMENAL LIKE NO DOUBTS EVER ON THIS win prim and Evey other person realated to this show has. done soo perfect .
I really hoped it has more eps then 4 ?? love them sooo much .
believing that black magic actually exsists it's just wow ? never thought gmm could give us something like this
the latest ep blew my mind that how the ameture ghost tricked them into thinking the curse is simple but actually she is a Daredevil
win looks sooo hot with the tattoos i really can't wait for other 2 eps ?

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A Gripping Journey through Mystery, Thrills, and Mind Games

"Mitaraike, Enjou Suru" is a captivating Japanese drama that seamlessly combines thriller, mystery, psychological twists, and compelling drama. This well-crafted series offers an enthralling experience that will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout.

The story unfolds with a mysterious incident, piquing our curiosity from the very beginning. Each episode unravels layers of complexity, gradually revealing shocking revelations that test the characters' limits, as well as our own sanity.

What sets "Mitaraike, Enjou Suru" apart is its ability to toy with your emotions and challenge your perception of reality. The skillful execution of mind games and plot twists creates an enigmatic atmosphere, leaving you guessing and eagerly anticipating what will happen next.

The cast delivers stellar performances, bringing their characters to life with depth and intensity. Their portrayals add layers to the intricate plot, while their chemistry keeps viewers engaged and invested in their journeys. The standout performances perfectly complement the gripping storyline, ensuring an immersive viewing experience.

Another noteworthy aspect is the production value of the series. Stellar cinematography, exceptional direction, and a haunting soundtrack work together seamlessly to create an ambiance that heightens the drama and intensifies the mysteries lurking beneath every turn.

While "Mitaraike, Enjou Suru" may not be suitable for those seeking light-hearted entertainment, it undoubtedly rewards viewers who appreciate complex narratives and psychological roller coasters. Brace yourself for a thrilling and thought-provoking journey that will leave you constantly questioning everything.

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