Reviews

A traditional drama with medical and political aspects

A strong strategist FL for a change is quite a welcome change. The plot was intriguing at first then it turned unrealistic really fast.

FL was supposedly wise, then why did she impulsively attacked the emperor just like than? Of course, she'll be caught and taken to prison. She was suddenly successfully rescued with a new face and a new identity. Then her journey of finding justice begun.

A wise, patient, kind, selfless and pretty FL plus a legal husband, a childhood sweetheart, a sickly cousin and a fiancee from her dead bestfriend is now my new definition of "it's complicated".

Too slow phased for me plus really unrealistic scenes were too much.

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No respect for the author.

This show was not supposed to be made. The novel which it is adapted from was not suitable for making a kdrama. It was simply a intellectual novel with lots of effort spent on research.........The novel felt real......And then we have a same old chaebol drama with Song joong ki made to portray a cheeky too smart irritating character. Disgrace to the author and the fans who read the novel. All what the director and writers did was copy the plot and removed any 'fillers' which made everything make sense and released it. If you are korean please do not watch this and read the novel. As for non-koreans there is no proper translation after 20 chapters.
The novel is 'Youngest Son of Sunyang'

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Snooze-Fest!!!

"Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red Moon Pact" sounded like it was going to be a blast, especially with Yang Mi in the mix and all that flashy CGI. But man, was I let down!

First off, the story moves slower than a snail on a Sunday stroll. I mean, halfway through, I was still waiting for something exciting to happen! And don't even get me started on Shi Ji's constant resurrections. It's like they're trying to beat a dead horse... literally.

Then there's the chemistry between Yuechu and Honghong. Or should I say the lack thereof? I mean, come on, if I wanted to watch two planks of wood interact, I'd go watch paint dry.

Oh, and let's not forget about the side love stories. They were like tiny crumbs of romance in a desert of blandness. I mean, I couldn't care less about those characters because they were as flat as pancakes.

And get this: I could watch a whole 45-minute episode in under 20 minutes and still know exactly what happened and what's going to happen next. Talk about predictable! It's like they're not even trying to keep viewers on their toes.

I had such high hopes for this drama, but it just didn't deliver. Sure, the CGI and VFX were pretty, but that's about the only good thing I can say. Overall, it's a snoozefest that's not worth wasting your time on.

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When the story is bad and the acting is worse... drop it!

I started watching this drama but couldn't find a title. Several episodes in, I managed to seek it out on You Tube and read the reviews. There wasn't a positive on in the bunch, and I can honestly see why. At that point, I bailed.

The storyline was weak and ridiculous. The acting was poor - especially the FL. Her facial expressions made her look like a clown most times, and just plain clueless the rest of the time. She had less than zero chemistry with the ML, and pretty much no chemistry with any of the supporting players either. I wasn't impressed with the ML either, but at least his character was believable, and he got along with the other characters.

That all the reviews said the same thing about how the drama ended tells you right there that there are no redeeming qualities for this one. Run far, run fast. And I am adding this FL to my list of never-to-be-watched-again.

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Just Awful!

I started to watch Screen Foxes despite the negative reviews because I thought that Leo Luo, who impressed me in Ashes of Love could add a redeeming value to this show. I was wrong. The female lead was annoying, Annoying, ANNOYING! Her idea of acting is trying too hard to be cute, but she CANNOT ACT. I watched the first 2 episodes, (couldn't stand it), then the middle (couldn't stand her), then the last episode (just to see how it ended, but it was so unremarkable that I have forgotten it). Don't waste your time, and don't watch any drama if that female lead is in it.

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Pretty Flower Cherry Blossom Boys

To my surprise this drama actually is pretty good. I don’t know why I thought it would be bad, but I think I was skeptical of it being a period drama. some period dramas tend to have cheap costumes and extravagant sets that make it looking cheap and uninspired. Fortunately for this drama, it isn’t perfect with the costuming and wigs.. but that isn’t all this drama is relying on to tell its story.

It’s a pretty simple and easy to understand story so far. I am just happy that it isn’t pushing in ways it shouldn’t, like being a romance or being too dramatic, etc. instead this drama isn’t that ambitious so I can’t say it’s magnificent in accomplishing anything that hasn’t been done, but it’s doing something that is rarely done and that’s a feat of itself. I haven’t seen many dramas focusing on relationships between men without it being a romance, just a strong bond that can be implied one way or another. what’s good is that there isn’t any fanservice and this drama is just what it is.

Kentaro Maeda is definitely the driving reason for me watching this. I love to see him in a different role and love his character also. It’s nice to see a rivalry/friendship. I also like the idea of him being flawed and ultimately going against his best friend, and holding himself off from friendships to begin with.

It’s no masterpiece but this drama isn’t bad. The swordsmanship is stunning and imaginative. I love to see the actors themselves know the choreography and pull it off well, so for what this drama is worth it’s a bunch of young men learning to be samurai with the focus being on two of them. Also Kentaro Maeda’s stunning visuals have me agreeing with anything he says.. he’s a heartthrob and also is good at acting so.. what can I say. I’m a simple person and if the drama isn’t outright offensive or trying and failing to do something it’s pretty good!

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I was never a fan of the F4 series, I watched it just becoz everybody's going gaga over it, and becoz i had a crush on Barbie Hsue. that's probably the reason that amongst the versions, i like the Taiwanese one, though critics rated the Japanese version the highest.

Hana Yori Dango (Jap), Boys Over Flower(Kor) and Meteor Garden (Twn) are all F4 Series.
It also catapulted the main casts to full stardom.
Shun Oguri, Jun Matsumoto, Shot Matsuda, Tsuyoshi Abe made their mark. Shun Oguri and JM were my fav Jap idols. Love Shun on Nobunaga Concerto and Rich Man, Poor Man.
The Korean version boasts an array of good-looking casts, Lee Min-ho, Jonghyun, Kim Bum and Kim Joon. After BOF's high ratings and popularity, these boys were literally put to pedestals.
My favorite version, of course, is the Taiwanese version of Jerry Yan, Vaness Wu, Ken Chu, Vic Chou and of course Barbie Hsu. Jerry Yan, Vaness Wu and the rest of Meteor Garden cast became international celebrities.

And now the new Meteor Garden. Seen the first 5 episodes. My verdict is that Dylan Wang will be the next Lee Min-Ho/Jerry Yan. This will also open up doors for Darren Chen and the rest of the main casts (Liang Kang, Shen Yue and Wu Xi Ze). So far so good, I like the new take, it's fast and crisp, the casts are not only really hot good-looking but are good actors too. And BTW the OSTs were dope too.

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PSA on the Dangers of Method Acting

The plot of this show seems complex and intriguing. I love dramas with politics, intrigue, and schemes galore. But this drama showed me I have a firm line on crazy. ***SPOILER**** I get acting like you've lost it when playing the long game. hell yeah. do you scheme it up. but my dude - it's too far. THOSE CRAZY EYES HAUNT ME. He didn't just dip his toe in crazy he did a full belly flop in the deep end of lunatic. There's absolutely no subltety or nuance to the performance. Just absolutely insane, creepy eyes. His unhinged acting takes me out of the story. I'm so distracted from the overacting I can't enjoy or focus on anything else than his one-dimensional portrayal. It's painful to watch.
I don't know if this was method acting gone wrong (the actor or the character) but fam this is not it.

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You can’t expect worst than this drama

After watching 8 episodes I decided to drop out this drama but my worst fate make me continue to watch this thinking that it get better but oh my god, this becomes worst and worst, if you want to become sadistic you can try this drama.
I have watched till 21 episodes but what I found is the title of this drama and the story are completely opposite. Instead of that they could have named it as meaningless destiny or destinyless destiny. Whole 21 episodes same thing is repeating and repeating, in some drama in 21 episodes almost it comes to conclude of the story but in this drama even not 10% story moved, but I don’t know in the future episodes is there any story or not, or only repeating the same scenes again.
In 21 episodes ML confessed 3 times and he got rejected all the times, yet he shamelessly shows his face. FL is the most annoying one, more than annoying I must say psycho character because FL couldn’t accept his feelings and ML couldn’t maintain his distance from her, each time he says he will not disturb or annoy her with his presence but in the next scene he shows and again telling the same thing.
In this 21st century I really got shocked seeing this kind psycho annoying dramas.
I think only the Chinese director’s can show this much shameless, brainless jerky ML character. I think in all dramas except the title and few scripts everything they do copy paste of old dramas.
Same ML and FL characterization, cold shameless, dual personality ML and dumb brainless, courtesy less FL.
It is same in maximum all dramas, initially the ML is so mature with high IQ, EQ and dignified but when FL enters his IQ and EQ drops suddenly and he will become shameless, undignified jerk, and FL she is good to everyone but the ML. How much the FL insults, scolds and sometimes even slapped the ML publicly, in the next second the ML again ran into FL shameless.
I don’t know when these Chinese directors change their style or adopt different ML character.

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I can see me getting obsessed with this

TW for MAMEness!

THE only real complain I have is the Music, but that's a problem with more than a few first episodes so I think next episode is probably gonna do better on that front.

Rain is cute AF, he is clueless and anxious and clearly has a little crush on Payu but the way he is portrayed is a lot less annoying than most clueless Leads. I can't wait to find out how his Character is gonna deal with a Guy like Payu.

I appreciate that Payu had actual Reasons to think that Rain is into him, of course his Behavior would still not be okay IRL but he's hot in the Show and just cocky enough to be fun to watch and not so arrogant to become unlikable.

(can't say much to our 2nd Couple yet!)

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Uma história que flui na medida certa

Revolutionary sisters é um drama familiar de fim de semana, que pode parecer um pouco longo demais, mas que eu amei demais ter começado a assistir
O elenco é maravilhoso e a história não tem enrolação. A cada episódio a trama vai se desenrolando sem nos deixar entediados.
No inicio ficamos com raiva dessas irmãs, que maltratam o pai injustamente, mas ao longo da trama as coisas vão se acertando que passamos a gostar delas.
Há vários casais na história, mas quero destacar dois: Han Ye Sul r Lee Gwang Sik, pelos quais me apaixonei desde o primeiro momento e Bae Byun Ho e Lee Gwang Nam, que tiveram que superar as dificuldades para serem felizes por completo. Amei a atuacao desses quatro atores sensacionais.

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