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dropped this at six episodes

(soryr i don't know how to translate some words into english so i just wrote them in chinese lmao)
before i get on with my very opinionated review, i know people are gonna think "well you haven't even watched the whole thing your opinion isn't valid" but honestly idc lmao i just didn't like the plot and the acting and the cringe romance scenes.

also, i'm more of a historical girl so many my opinion is kind of biased, especially on the romantic aspects.

the story is pretty basic, a chaotic girl and a doctor. this drama itself would be ok to me... if the main leads were switched to like "less popular" actors and the drama was not announced so early. but the the main leads are 杨紫 and  肖战 and this drama was said to air like years ago. i was excited to watch it because of the popularity of these actors and i thought it would be somewhat of a different drama, rather than the basic plot that almost every romance drama has. i knew that 杨紫 had always played a 疯疯癫癫 (chaotic?) girl, so i kind of expected that but i also kind of wished that she would try a new character. as most of you know, that didn't happen. as i said before, i prefer watching historical dramas, where the romance isn't the main plot and there's none of that... cringe? stuff. to other people it may seem cute but it's difficult for me to watch those scenes without cringing.

as for the acting, they're both really good, it's just the personality of the character that they're playing that annoys me. although i will say, doesn't matter what role 杨紫 is playing, her crying scenes are always on point. (i'm not like hating on the actors themselves or their acting skills or anything, just the 剧本 and the drama itself)

i don't really pay attention to modern drama's osts, so i don't have an opinion on this.

i didn't even finish it the first time so i probably won't come back to this.

overall, it's just not as good as i thought it would be after waiting like two years for this. i'll stick to my historical dramas :)

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fail

it's really hard these days to find good dramas with an action score. I was looking forward to this as Ji Chang-wook is a long time favourite (although I prefer his non-action roles), and Wi Ha-joon was promising in several roles, I really liked his mysterious criminal vibe in 'little women'

That said, after having watched the three first episodes: what a disappointment. I think the first 25 minutes of the first episode was just really bad fight and brawl scenes. And not much else actually.
I'm afraid it didn't really help that I recently rewatched 'my name' with Park Hee-soon as the most charismatic, evil and attractive drug kingpin EVER, with such authenticity it sent shivers down my spine constantly... so, seeing Wi Ha-joon now trying really hard to be an equal character? No chance. I can see him acting while acting here, maybe even trying to copy several things from 'my name'.

The storyline didn't really grip me, lots of fights, flat characters. Young guy wants to take over the area of the old boss guy, so far, so non-exciting.
Ji Chang-wook... I don't know, he is trying hard too here, but I don't buy his character either. All the cursing seems fake, all the smoking too, just everything.
I also don't like the whole atmosphere and vibe this show has.

If you want to watch a brainy, actually deep, and psychologically interesting and multifacetted story, see amazing aesthetic visuals and brilliant, authentic characters, main and side roles with intelligent action included? Watch 'my name'. If you want 30 minutes non-stop bad blood-spatter action and actually good actors trying really hard to fit roles they are not (yet) up to? Watch 'the worst of evil'.

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Sweet, warm and perfect drama

This drama is so comforting, the female lead is smart, the male lead is sweet, strong , understanding and actively shows interest for MI Ka it's just amazing. Even though Mika is shy and not very into dating world she is smart, she doesn't let herself be bullied and is very flirty and teases the Xing many times. At this point it doesn't feel like you're watching a drama but you're watching an actual couple being together they have such an insane chemistry that it doesn't even feel like they are acting but it's an actual relationship. This drama is perfect, if you just want a warm blankets, some comfort food and watch this as a comfort drama 100000/10 would recommend it's just so good. Thankfully there are no unnecessary break ups nor fights that last 2 episodes but actually like a 5 min time lapse.

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First 34 Episodes

This drama got me hooked right from the very first episode. I was thrilled to have a FL that was strong, smart, and knew what she wanted. There was never any damsel in distress and she and the ML truly made the perfect power couple.

The production was amazing and the whole cast did a great job of making the audience laugh and cry. It had characters that you could really empathize with and root for. Loved the friendships between the characters, but especially the 4 friends with the ML. Also, the OST was stellar, seriously one of the best I've heard and it really elevated certain scenes.

Some minor gripes would be the dead fish kisses (which I kind of thought we were past), iffy acting on some side characters, and how at least 90% of the storyline was centred on one goal and felt like an overly long trip.

But overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it!

However, I'm basing my review solely based on the first 34 episodes. I don't know if I plan on watching the remaining 6 episodes, but I feel like it would be unfair to lower my rating too much even if I did as I really did enjoy a majority of the show.

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The Art of Walking In Slow Motion and Staring Into The Camera

I'm keeping my review short as I haven't finished watching this yet and I feel like it's getting a bit repetitive at the 30 episode mark. But I will say that I'm getting tired of the constant slow motion walking scenes. Almost every single character gets a slow motion cat walk, even the servants, and especially the ML, Duke Su gets one almost every time. Then there's the repetitive looks into the camera as if the characters are staring at each other. And then the slow mo walk and then the look at each other and then into the camera, and then the slow mo walk...

The storyline started off great but like I mentioned before, it's now feeling repetitive. By 30 episodes in, I was hoping to see more development on the relationship between the two leads but now there are less than 8 episodes for me to watch and nothing solid between these two yet. Just a lot of flirting with word play. The villains get skinship but the main leads... on ep 34 they censor the kiss? Wtf?

I'll update my review if I manage to finish this.

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Wong wien hua jai 2021

I like the chemistry of the male lead and female lead, I like their acting so much that I even replay their first kiss ?. All cast are great at portraying their characters , good job to the actors and actresses. One thing I don't like is the plot of the story, I haven't watch the old version and never thought that this was a remake. I read a review about abuse is not romance , and I do agree with him/her. One thing I don't like about the story is the kidnapped thing , the forced marriage. The female lead family is very toxic , the male lead is also toxic not letting the female lead hold her phone and keeping a secret about who he is . The story is very disturbing for me. Abuse is not really a good thing wether it is physical or not. I hope Thai entertainment will lessen remaking a story about male character kidnapping the female character with male character sexually harassing the female character. It can cause a trauma to viewers.

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The biggest disappointment of the year for me

I was SO excited and looking forward to watching this for the sci-fi genre, premise and actors ever since they 1st announced it. I was really hoping for it to be a badass sci-fi thriller with a good story but that was not what I got. Since it was based off a popular webtoon, I didn't even entertain the idea that they could go so wrong. It started off really cool but by the 3rd episode, I was so disappointed I had to drop it.

THE GOOD:
- It had an Intelligence/Almost Human (American shows) vibe to it which I was really enjoying.
- I liked how, at first, they made the ML face the consequences for being so emotional during his mission (his wife did just get murdered so it made sense for him to be emotional and they were doing a good job of showing that transition of him trying to come to terms with it).
- The cinematography was great (typical Kdrama-esque with it being very clean and stylized).
- I enjoyed the fight scenes. They were well choreographed and realistic enough.

THE BAD:
- Why choose the MC for Rugal in the 1st place if he's so overly emotional, uncooperative and immature? (apparently there never really was a reason why it HAD to be him)
- Why did the people at Rugal never explain anything to him about what was going to happen (like when he had to escape from the hospital or when they uploaded those images to his eyes...like really, would it have hurt you to warn him or at least give him a little heads up?).
- I was really hoping there would be no romance especially because of the way they introduced the main leads (but I was told later on that unfortunately wasn't the case...)
- The all-talk-but-no-show thing they had going on got old real quick. They kept telling us he's this badass guy whose supposed to be really strong but he got his ass whooped 5 times already?! They kept hyping him up with nothing to substantiate it so I had a hard time gauging his character. It was just not done convincingly.
- The characters all felt very 2 dimensional. I was really trying to give them a chance to grow but I wasn't feeling anything for any of them.
- THE ACTING. For a cast that's as good as this, I was shocked to find the acting was very disappointing and even cringey at times. I was completely thrown off in the scene where the female antagonist witnessed her husband being killed in front of her. I was so sure she was in on it because her acting looked so ungenuine but apparently that really was her in distress. They probably did the best they could with such poorly written characters but even the more experienced actors looked awkward.
- All these things together made me feel disconnected from the story because I kept thinking it could have been done or executed better. It simply made no sense and wasn't logical because nothing was ever explained properly (its the type of drama you have to leave your common sense and logic at the door but I didn't get that memo before starting this so...)

I think this drama could have had a lot of potential if it had been developed properly cause it was such an interesting idea/concept. Since I went in with such high expectations this was a really big let down for me. I don't regret dropping it since I've heard it doesn't get any better. I should probably just stick to reading the webtoon.

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Every single woman is problematic

Well, I haven’t finished this one, but I know the story from watching others. The actors for this version are really good looking, it helps lure people into this otherwise dumpster fire. The most problematic figure is of course the FL. She’s just a weak character, but even so, was the actress good because she committed to rendering this clown without a shred of dignity? Or, is she a bad actress whose bad acting suited the childish mentality of the character? It is very difficult to say. The ML holds his end up, coming across as very stoic, but that isn’t hard to do when the other actors are on 111 every minute they are on screen. The whole thing reads like hot garbage. The director should have made some effort to balance the actor’s portrayals.
The most telling comment of the series is when the little brother calls FL stupid, then points at her friends and says with disgust “flock of the same.” All the females characters in the entire series seem to be the same clown in different makeup. Even the mother of the ML is petty and childish. It really is hard to forgive the overwhelmingly negative image of women in this story. The friends can barely be called that. They are mostly damaging —unapologetically loud, crass and never miss an opportunity to heap embarrassment onto the FL. It’s gross. It would be unexpected for the FL to learn or mature in this set up. From whom would she learn?

This is meant to be situational comedy. I’m not sure what would make this funny or give the characters more dimension. It’s just foolish. If you are still in your teens, maybe there is something worthwhile here to watch. These people have a mental age of roughly 13.

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The 3 ep

I have been watching this drama with my friends on weekends. I watched three episodes in one go. This is a Korean drama full of warmth and romance. The story revolves around the relationship between the heroine and the son of her mother's friend, full of the fireworks of life. Although the hero's styling in the play is a little bit not so good-looking, the plot in the second half is still quite attractive.

The plot is novel and real. The heroine reunites with the hero in the ups and downs of life. The setting of childhood sweethearts makes their feelings have both sweet memories and realistic collisions. The two people have known each other from childhood to knowing each other and falling in love as adults. Every stage is delicate and moving. The portrayal of family relationships in the play is also very profound. The contradictions and reconciliations between the heroine and her mother show the complexity and warmth of family affection.

The actors performed well and interpreted the emotions of the characters vividly. Their interaction is natural and smooth, allowing the audience to immerse themselves in their stories, worry about their love, and be moved by their growth. At the same time, the production of the series is also very sophisticated, with beautiful pictures and music that sets off the atmosphere just right.

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Brief Review...

Ok, so the first episode is really slow but still makes you want to watch ep 2. This is definitely a raw and realistic mature story. I love it! But I am seriously confused on why they are only releasing ONE ep a week... I can see why there would only be 10 episodes but ONE EPISODE PER WEEK; I'm dying here. The plot is great and character development is great.


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Disappointing

I like series with mature, non-toxic, nurturing romantic relationships. I'm always looking for recommendations and lists, and this series was recommended to me a lot. I kept watching until the middle of the 11th episode and at some point I thought I could warm up to the series. And the scene with the father who opposes the divorce of his daughter who wants to get divorced, even though he learnt that her husband was violent, was enough for me. The relationships in this show are very toxic, there is a lot of miscommunication, and the characters don't act mature for their age. Honestly, I can't understand why this series is found romantic, just like Something In The Rain, which is incredibly similar to this series, this series seems like a very long clip filmed for a couple of songs. Sorry, I'm not buying this.

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Top notch acting

Love this drama. Plot is interesting and not slow paced. Dialogues are humorous and I simply love the dry humour in it. Top notch acting from Xiao Zhan and very natural performance by Yang Zi. The emotion portrayed by Xiao Zhan especially when he was crying was absolutely real. I could feel his sorrow, thus showing how good his acting was. The supporting roles are a pleasant to watch and they compliment both the protagonists in this drama. I am enjoying the four episodes so far and will definitely continue watching it. Of course, Xiao Zhan is extremely charming in this drama. He is simply gorgeous.

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