I enjoyed this slice of life story. Hye Won was going through a quarterlife crisis. She's struggling to know what she really wants to do with her life after failing her teacher's exam. She's also still feeling abandoned by her mother. She heads back to her home town and through some memories of her mother and time with her friends she finds the answers she needs.

What I loved the most about the film is the storytelling through food. So many interesting dishes. Things I would definitely try and some I wouldn't. The cabbage pancake with egg looked strange but somehow delicious. I am always envious of people who can cook and especially cook from scratch. I loved those scenes the most.

The cast is really good to. I particularly loved the performance of Moon So Ri, the actress playing the mother of Hye Won.

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Really average movie but I did like it overall. It started off well then the middle kind of got stupid but it redeemed itself in the last half. I really liked Hee Min the ML and So Young the FL even though techically I would say there isn't a FL in the traditional sense. I really liked the whole cast. The actress playing the distraught/grieving mother was really good too!

My main negative critique is that the CGI is BAD. There is a scene where a character is throwing up blood and it was terrible. Most of the CGI is not good but I didn't mind that but you would think in 2021 it would be better than this and that particular scene was ridiculous!

Another reviewer said it would be better as a series and I agree with that.

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Average Drama way to many episodes

This could have been a 12 ep series. 16 eps is a bit much.

I realliy liked the actor playing the ML, Cha Eun Woo. I liked his character too. I loved the actress Park Yoo Na playing Yoo Eun.

The story is rather compelling. Since it dicusses the issues surrounding plastic surgery and the unbelievably high Korean beauty standards. I think it's wild that so many young people have the kinds of plastic surgeries the character received. That being said if you want to change something about yourself to make you happy then go for it! Who's to say what's right for you.

I did like that MiRae the FL struggled with being attractive. It's a huge thing to change your entire face and no matter what you look like, good or bad, there will always be someone who has something to say about it, good or bad. My biggest gripe with the story is that MiRae took too long to get over caring about what others thought and it took waayyyy to long for ML & FL to have a kiss!!

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This is a standard story of the teacher as saviour of those wayward youths. It's really well done even if it's completely cliche but Donnie Yen is outstanding; as is the fantastic young cast as well. I liked too that it was about forgiveness and overcoming your own hangups and demons. I liked Yu Kang the villian here as well. You never how something you do can affect someone's whole life!

I am such a sucker for these kinds of feel good movies and I cried on a few scenes. Like when Glady's had the car race with her father. I was also glad her father and honestly, all the parentals turned out to be loving/caring human beings even the alchoholic father of the twins. I bawled my eyes out when one of the twins was struggling and felt like he couldnt turn to anyone (trying not to spoil anything) those scenes really broke my heart.

Overall, a really enjoyable film. The music was pretty good too! Im probably biased re the music it was mostly american music that I was familiar with.

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Reminiscing with BTS

I love how RM tried to get that sweater designated as purple and yellow. LOL!!

I loved all the reminiscing about the snacks and candy they enjoyed as youngsters. My friends and cousins do that all the time. I always love when they talk about each other individually and how they changed and inspired each other. Sometimes I think they make too many jokes when V says something and he is being sincere :(

I loved Suga's repsonse when the question was "Describe yourself in 5 syllables" and he said "I am who I am" but Jin was classic Jin when he said "Ji-i-i-i-in".

I will always love the dinner parties and get togethers of the past year. They are just overwhelmingly comforting. And after having watched this after the Proof promos I am glad V is able to seperate V from Kim Taehynung these days!

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Not at all what I was expecting!

Well, that was not what I had in mind.

I was expecting whimsical fantasy and I got more of a dark and heavy sadness. I planned for a musical extravaganza similar to Glee or Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist I guess, but this was not those.

And that's not a bad thing. I really enjoyed the series over all, especially the performances of the 3 main leads. I thought the musical numbers were fantastic and some of the fantasy sequences were really very well done. The parallells between Ri Eul and Il Deung's upbringing was very good too.

Once again the parents in this drama were terrible on all fronts but that aside the take away is that no matter what yourparents expect from you, you have a right to live your life the way you choose!

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Relaxing with BTS

Another great season of Bon Voyage. This time the boys venture to New Zealand and they rent a camper van and camp for a few days. Then head back to civilization for the last 2 days!

There were some genuinely great moments in this season:

Ep2:
Cuteness overload when V did the chicken noodle soup dance challenge. J-Hope adorable as well.

Ep3:
They we so cute making different version of the "Bon Voyage" theme song they made up on their hike. RM falling was priceless. Suga getting stuck going to get the snow when he hates the cold was hilarious! Such a mean prank they pulled on Hobi...it was funny though especially Jimin's laughing!

RM calling out Seok-Jin to a sheep and them all laughing when it turned around had me on the floor.

V, Jimin and JK doing the chicken dance was awesome.

Ep6:
Tae and Jimin being the cutest snow babies in the world had me beaming. Jin trying to lift that massive snowball, hilarious!! RM not being able to go fishing or bike riding :( but at least he got to enjoy the helicopter tour and snow fun.

I knew Tae could ride a horse but damn!!! I loved Jimin on Chikorita too damn cute and funny. The 95ers are just too damn cute for words!!

Ep7:
I LOL b/c I don't think they were playing UNO right but then again, I haven't played in a long time so....
I was glad they got to venture on their own to do what they wanted. Tae was so cute at the art gallery.

Ep8:
They are so funny ... Jimin and V acting like a scene from a drama was very good! Awe I wish we could have listened to the memory lane songs. They we so hyped. Boo copyright infringement!!

I love the ending reflections from the trip. They have such meaningful time together. Glad they still get to enjoy each other's company like that.

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Disintegrated into madness!!

This is another show that I really liked in the beginning but then couldn't wait for it to be over. The plot went from fun/interesting to nonsensical and boring all the while adding some dumb subplot about evil politician destined to be the next antichrist/Hitler type...can we say done to death (well maybe not in Kdramas or none that I have watched, and this is the first fantasy I've watched and may be the last for a while)!!

The writing is bad. So many plot discrepancies from episode to episode, especially as it related to the bracelet, and how it was able to injure Son Oh Gong. Master Subori supposed to be a deity but constantly being challenged by Ma Wang and Oh Gong. Terrible CGI especially for 2017. The budget went on wardrobe and not special FX. The cast not bad and neither is the acting.

We are supposed to root for FL but not sure how our heroine, Jin Seon Mi / Sam Jang went from pretty resourceful kid to being a damsel in distress at practically every turn. One of the worst FL in a series.

There were some highlights of the series including, Ma Wang and Oh Gong's relationship. The banter between the two could be a show all its own. I adored Mr. Sa the best manservant ever!! I loved his relationship with Oh Gong.

BEST FEMALE CHARACTER EVER MS. MA. Loved her so much. I loved how every episode she wanted to kill someone but really still had the best heart.

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RuoXin is the Best FL

What I loved about this series is the FL Ruoxin played phenomenally by Qin Lan. This is the first series I've seen with Qin Lan but she nailed this part through and through.

Ruoxin is someone to aspire to be. She is a successful woman in her 30's who knows what she wants and won't settle for less. She never waivered in her beliefs and I loved that about her. When things got hard she worked harder to make them better and never threw people under the bus even though her boss and his minions were doing everthing in their power to discredit her.

Ruoxin's relationship with Qi Xiao was good and they built towards a common goal to love each other as they are even though society has issues with an older woman and younger man.

I really hated that RuoXin's first boss Mr. Lui and his lackey Mr. Ruan didnt get the comeuppance I was hoping for. Aside from that a really good series from beginning til end even if some parts lagged amd several characters incluidng RuoXin's mom, Mr. Yu and Mr Xu got ob my nerves. Mr Xu did redeem himself though so I appreaciated his character towards the end.

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Comforting

RM was so cute trying to look natural in the book photo shoot. They all looked so good. Of course, V's photos were stunning. I mean the man has a face to be treasured.

I loved the reflections on the year 2019. Makes you think about the Covid year that followed.

JK giving V the I thought you'd be beyond my imagination but then I think again, and you are way beyond my imagination award was too good for words!! Both of them are so adorable!!

Jimin giving Suga the Normal Award and everyone busting out laughing was hilarious, but I think Jimin was being really sincere and loving.

The Awards ceremony is always something I look forward too!! RM just being the best leader and friend is one of my favorite things in this whole world.

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Park Seo Joon is Awesome

This was a really good series for the most part. I enjoyed the diverse cast and atmosphere. I was glad to see a character like Kim Toni and Hyun Yi.

I watched b/c of Park Seo Joon and I was not disappointed. His face emotes so well. I felt all of the pain of his character Saeroyi. I understood his single minded focus once he made up his mind to get revenge. Loved when he finally realized that living to hate someone is not living at all and only existing.

I really loved the cast and everyone played their roles well. I love the actor that plays Chairman Jang. Such a ruthless and manipulitive guy. Leading by fear and power. Very different from other roles he's been in that I've seen. He was in Hwarang and he was one of my favorite people. Here he was the worst. Rasing his oldest son, Geun Won to be that way never teaching him right from wrong and pitting him against his younger brother, Geon soo... WOW!!! Geun Won never accepted responsibilities for his actions.

I really liked the actor playing Seung Kwon too. See what a little faith can do for someone.

I really didn't like either FL and didn't want either to be with Saeroyi but it is what it is.

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It's Good but that ending NO!!!

Well, overall a good series but not a fan of this ending and not sure why there should be a 2nd season as other suggest/would like.

What I didn't like the most was that it seemed uncharacteristic for Sang Woo to do what he did at the end. He had been ruthlessly playing the game from the start so why the hell didn't he at least attempt to kill Gi Hun one more time when he 'quit' the game especially since he had clearly harbored a grudge against him since they were young b/c of his trusting, gullible nature.

Gi Hun is a ne'er-do-well. Pretty much living off his mother his whole life. Never being a good enough father to his daughter and then choosing that at the end??? WTF ????

Didn't like the fact that we didn't get Frontman's backstory and why after winning the game he became that guy and how the hell can he shoot his baby brother AISH!!!

So glad that screeching hag and that gangster died they were the worst. Having foreigners be the VIPs is low hanging fruit but I digress.

Also, can we get a squid game with rich people as the damn contestants - ALL BEING EQUAL and all. I mean the Front Man continued to perpetuate the lie that inside the "games" it's equal, above board and essentially fair b/c everyone starts off on the same footing but they had been manipulating the games from the start.

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For the OT7 Fans & Stans

This is a really quick behaind the scenes series of the guys creaing the BT21 line characters. It's actually really cool to see the creative process and what into each members thought process for creating, naming and coming up with their characteristics. Tae will always be unique. It's what I love about him. JK is uber talented and so is RM!!

Their happiness is contagious!! From concept to final product they all pretty much stayed the same except J-Hope's and Suga's. LOL they all think Chimmy looks like Jimin's dad. I think all the characters are adorable and really do match their personalites

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A Gem of a Movie

OMG!! What a great movie about friendship and finding it again. I really enjoyed everything about the movie. The cast was great and they worked really well together. Kang So Ra as Ha Chun Hwa and Shim Eun Kyeong as Im Na Mi were really great. I mean the whole cast played their parts well but these two were the standouts for me. I loved the actresses that played the older versions of them too; so shout out to Jin Hee Kyung and Yoo Ho Jung.

The movie brought back so much nostalgia for me. I had a core group of friends in highschool and we did so many things together. I had a blast my four years of highschool and this really made me remember how much fun we all had. The movie also reminded me of the movie Now and Then. I'm pretty much a sucker for good movies about female freindships.

This is really just a genuinely good movie with a great cast!!

Thanks for the recommendation @suckerforhappyendings! You made my afternoon.

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Fun times with BTS

Another super sweet summer vacation with the BTS guys; this time in Saipan.

I really do love the ending messages to each other and I love how shy they get when they have to say something nice about each other and when they receive compliments. Suga is my spirit animal for life. On the first day Suga slept the whole time which is so awesome in my opinion. Nice to relax after a long week and flight.

Jimin is the king of marbles and his face was face was so cute when they were playing!! In the second game when V said he can't remember what he did yesterday and when he was trying to cheat for the answer to Suga's diary I was dying. They visited a place to see and kiss stingrays and I was with Jin when they had the big stingray behind him and he was screaming in fear. In fact I would have been screaming with the smaller ones. I do love that they are always down to try something at least once even if they don't like it or fear it. J-Hope on the jetovator was too funny and precious.

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