Reviews

I just don't get it...

What is it about certain Chinese shows that show the FL be in college yet have the intelligence of a rock? Sorry to all the rocks I just insulted. Clumsy, inept, near special needs, just awful.

The blessing here is the fast forward button. I have been able to zip through whole episodes in a matter of minutes and see that I did not miss a single thing. Certain characters pop on screen? You know it has nothing to do with the main story - zipppp. Female lead interacting with classmates? Zipppp.

Being that this runs for over 30 episodes - there will be lots of repeating since the audience is expected to stick with this for over half the year - again - zippp.

I will take the time to come back to either drop the title or, finish the review. If the characters - as expected - gain brain cells and start acting like adults - I will give it a chance. We'll see...

Leia Mais

A masterpiece

I actually stopped writing reviews, but for this show, I feel like I need to share my thoughts. This will just be me praising every aspect of the show, so..don't expect much.

I usually don't rate Thai BLs that high. Jack & Joker is actually my first 10/10 Thai BL. While I normally struggle with the episode length of most Thai shows, I enjoyed every second I spent with Jack & Joker. I prefer much shorter shows and I paused J&J after 20 minutes, when I first started it around the premiere. :'D Because I just couldn't bring myself to watch sooo long episodes. But then I came back shortly before the finale and I don't regret it at all! I didn't think in any moment, that this scene could've been shorten or cut or written differently.

Every character adds something to the story and they all grew on me. I will miss them so much. The comedy bits made me laugh so much, and while they toned it a bit down towards the last episodes, I love that they didn't get rid of it completely. Yeah, sure, it's not a drama for everyone. Maybe some people prefer only serious shows and will think the comedy is misplaced, but for my taste, it was perfect.

The cast is A-MA-ZING. Everyone got casted soo well. They fit their role perfectly and I couldn't imagine any actors for it. The acting is great, the OSTs is beautiful and the story kept me interesting through every episode, which really isn't easy with that length!

It's definitely not a romance focused show, but it has some romance, it has one of the best NCs I've watched (listen..I watched 452 dramas so far, I think I have definitely a ground to judge this.. :D) and the combination out of action, romance, spicyness and comedy was just like I like it.

I wouldn't want this show any other way and I am more than pleased. After LM I craved more YinWar and I wasn't disappointed. Hopefully we won't need to wait another 2 years for their next show!

Leia Mais

"Oh my, this drama really affected me. The acting, the use of music, the production—everything was almost perfect. I especially need to give special praise to Ji Chang Wook because he just keeps rising with every drama. He’s truly an amazing guy.

As for the drama itself, the first episode might be a bit hard to understand at first, but by the second episode, the story starts to become clear, and you really get immersed in it. I heard that this story is inspired by a scandal that happened in Korea in 2018, which certainly makes the topic more intriguing.

Especially the action scenes in the series are absolutely fantastic.

I really think this drama isn’t getting the attention it deserves, and it makes me sad. This drama focuses on the nightlife in Gangnam and the issues of drugs, rape, and crime that happen there. It also includes individual revenge stories. The excitement and action in the series are truly breathtaking, and it carries a lot of emotional weight as well.


It will break your heart with many of its scenes. In fact, it might even make you cry at times. I definitely recommend watching it.

Leia Mais

Misunderstanding

I liked the beginning and continued watching. The series made me curious but there were many mistakes. I watched incredibly wrong things, whether in the plot or in reflecting the event to us. But for some reason, the series makes you watch itself. First of all, our female character does not accept whatever the man does. After accepting, she continues her relationship with another man. She goes out with him, even if he calls her at inappropriate times, she goes. Is there such a married woman figure? Especially in this era. She is an irresponsible type but a loving, cute, lively, exciting, independent, free-acting personality. She is also given responsibility and the representation of a place. If you look at the character, you should not give such a character this. I don't know how. We also have a King, maşallah. He does whatever his brother says. He does not say to the man from one day to the next, brother, why are you telling me these things? Or he does not say, "This man is telling the truth or lying, let's see if he is right or wrong." That is why he sacrifices his son. Then he regrets it. What kind of a character is he. Our female lead also believes this person, does not investigate the truth. But for some reason, she stands up to her husband who loves her. Incomprehensible situations. Again, a consort blames them for the mistakes she has made, accuses them. The accused are innocent but are punished. Then their innocence is understood. There is no punishment for the one who blames them. She continues to do the same things. Many times. For example, her son is involved in arms and gold smuggling. He is caught. The one who catches him is the other son of the King. When he says he didn't do it, the King directly accuses the son who caught him. He says catch him, throw him in jail. The incident is proven. The son who does not accept those accusations is really guilty. He gives house arrest to that son. He puts the other one in prison. He is innocent. He puts the guilty one under house arrest. Such a lack of character. Selections from absurdities. Again, a girl, her brother is executed for treason. The family should be executed. The girl is saved and the palace is treated like a princess, the daughter of a concubine. This girl commits all kinds of treason here. In other words, the person who is supposed to sit and stand up without raising his voice in this palace is behaving in a way that teaches the concubines a lesson. In other words, no matter where you hold it, it falls apart in your hand. Such a scenario. Again, the bad guy Duke An says that Duke Su burned down the place of worship where my mother was when she was little and killed my mother. The king who knows the incident does not say anything like that to his brother. That kid did everything he could to kill Duke Su from beginning to end. However, Duke Su knocked down two candles, only two curtains or books in the room were burned. No one died, but it is not said. Those who know do not say. The kid who does not know tries to kill him by saying that he killed my mother. He kills hundreds of innocent people for that cause. In the end, he committed suicide. His mother is also alive. In other words, we were very enlightened. It was such a good example for us, don't ask. In other words, shame on the scriptwriter who wrote this. Fortunately, the acting was very good. The direction is also not bad. But I liked the cast. Although Ju Jing Yi plays the same role in every series she plays, her series are watched. I don't know, she adds a liveliness. He is also a suitable actor with a sense of humor. He makes up for his shortcomings. Zhang Ze Han was also good, although not perfect. Our real second leads were quite humorous and made us watch a love story full of humor. All we had to do was smile. Wang Yo Shuo and Xu Ji Qi were good. They were compatible. I liked it. Likewise, the enemy uncle Liu Yi Chang was good. He has a beautiful face. He is tall. He is also suitable for the first lead role. He played the enemy. In other words, the bad guy. He suited him. Jiang Shan, Chang Cheng (Emperor), Lan Xi, I liked them all, they are endless. I gave 7.5 points for the sake of the actors. Actually, I should have given less to such an incompatible scenario. However, I watched it. Then they say you shouldn't have watched the whole thing, but I watched the whole thing.

Leia Mais

Heart Killer the series review

I saw this series first episode on last Wednesday and i really loved this whole series. Fadel and Styles chemistry is topnotch, the way they tease each other throughout the episode is epic. Style is my favourite character of this series. The whole episode is filled with love, teasing and comedy. Whenever Kant and bison are about to kiss after their one night stand fadel appears, I laughed a lot while watching those scenes. Kant and bison are being cute in their own world making me love them more. Overall the first episode was amazing. Joong dunk and First Khaotung are perfect people for their respective roles in this series. This series is added to another one of my favourite dramas from this year. Thanks gmmtv for another one of your amazing series this year.

Leia Mais

This is the story of people who love career more than relationship

Life is making choices. And the ML chose to love his career more than his relationship, leaving behind his lover. I’m rating this story as an 8 because the story can be real and the actors are amazing but yes, I’m absolutely disappointed by the ending. The FL doesn’t deserve this after all the loneliness caused by her mother work. It is too cruel to make the boy who loves her choose the same path. It is too unfair. There were other way to work and being together, but he was so selfish for going to America and not sharing his feelings that relationship broke. I’m disappointed because in the first 10 episodes it seems that the boy is really mature and knows what love is, but at the end he was childish and selfish. At the end he cries because he doesnt want to leave her… Really?? YOU LEAVE HER. You want career and lovers, but this can’t be possibile.
To love deeply you have to sacrifice something important, you have to pay the price to have a true relationship. He didnt do it because he was immature and preferred career. And the thing that I can’t accept is that this drama seems to support the choose to put career at the first place. No, love is not this. Love is another story. This is not a Romantic drama, but a drama that shows a real possibility to mature in friendship, relationship and work with the help of people that doesnt love you deeply. It is a sad story, but not beatiful in my opinion, but a sad depressing story that teach that people cant be trustfull.

Leia Mais

weightlifting fairy lifting my heart ❤️

the show is a rom-com masterpiece, a perfect blend of comedy, romance, motivation, drama ,ups and downs . the straight approach oriented plot no twists and tricks yet giving the best delight to its viewers. i am not going to discuss the outlines of the story as this is a popular one and you have access to its various versions of synopsis on the internet .. so let's straight dive into the things i felt made this show so amazing for me:

1) straight and to the point approach : in most cases when writers dont have much twist/tricks to elongate a story, it often comes out a boring plot full of cliches and over abused comedy punches, like a total lacklusture sort of drama . but that wasnt a case with this one ..even with the 'no bullshit' approach this drama was able to keep the viewers engage.

2)cast : very talented cast : some of them like lee sung kyung, nam joo hyuk are my absolute fav ..and the casting director deserve all the appreciation for casting actor who have some experience in that sport to play the sportsperson for example kyung soo jin playing role of song hi (gymnast) was a practicing gymnastic in real life as well ... kyung sung bulked up and did weight trainings play the weightlifter...this type of professionalism increase the value of the drama on whole different level.
plus there were few guest appearances.(byeon wosoek etc)

3)comedy : punches were refreshing nothing vulgar of the sorts ..and there were both verbal and physical comedy ... her walk alone was enough to make me forget biggest worry of my life ..she was just too good.

4)life lessons : this show demonstrated a lot of young people's shortcomings ad worries in present day life .. like carrier pressure, love life situations , family problems ... and the healthiest and very logical way to deal with them.


few things that i think missed the purpose for me

1)music : i dont know this might be my personal POV but the music including everything from background music to ost suck' .. i missed a compulsory rap that ost sports based motivational drama always have plus the romantic background songs had no male singer so it kinda feel strange not to have a background melody to convey the ML's feelings.

2) the part where they show FL and the ex GF playing sister/friends was too superficial ..she even helped her hide the boy in closet ..that part was so unnecessary and unrealistic at the same time ..i dont know why they even put it there ..


okay so that is it ... you should definitely check this one out
rewatch value : very high.( i am watched it 5 years ago and watching it again while writing the review)

XoXo

Leia Mais

Exceptional Acting

For me, this drama had an unnecessarily convoluted plot, and it seemed like every episode I was thinking, "Ah, yet ANOTHER bad guy." That being said, if you haven't watched this show, you really should. I'll admit that this isn't my normal genre. I have watched other shows of this type, but never have I seen better acting or such a wonderful relationship as the two leads had.

Yoon Kye Sang as Myung Joon. He's a father desperate to save his daughter, and as such he will do anything. However, we see throughout the drama that he still has a moral compass and wants to do the right thing. I've seen him in a couple of other shows and enjoyed him, but here, in this part, he absolutely shone.

Yuna as Ro Hee. She is someone to watch, for sure. Her part was emotionally intense, difficult to play without showing too much emotion. She had been used in her short life, and when she comes across Myung Joon, she finally finds someone that cares for her. More often than not, she is the adult of the relationship, and that's fun to watch. Her emotional range is amazing. For the most part, she was required to be unemotional, but in the last episode the dam breaks and she falls apart. I fell apart with her. Watch her closely, she doesn't have the mannerisms of a child, but of an adult. When sitting on the couch, her hands are folded the way an adult in charge would be. She was exceptional.

I also appreciated the respect she commanded, that people listened to her even though she was "just a kid".

This drama was worth the time, and then some!

Leia Mais

Family is not always made by blood, but by heart❤️

Family by Choice tells the heartfelt story of Kim San-ha, Yoon Ju-won, and Kang Hae-jun, three individuals who, though unrelated by blood, forge an unbreakable bond during their teenage years. Raised under the devoted care of Ju-won’s father, Yoon Jeong-jae, who owns a Kalguksu restaurant, and San-ha’s father, Kim Dae-wook, they grow up together as family. Despite the absence of their mothers, the two fathers create a nurturing and joyful environment for the trio. However, circumstances pull San-ha and Hae-jun away from their close-knit family, forcing them to part ways. A decade later, the three reunite, uncovering long-buried memories and rekindling the profound connections that shaped their lives.

The first two episodes were great, I enjoyed them a lot. The drama doesn't make sense, first their parents left ML and in the next episode they keep coming back one by one, it's annoying. I'm especially bothered by Kim San Ha's mom, I don't understand her, actually she wanted happiness so she divorced Kim San Ha's father and left her son and married someone else, then after 10 years she came back to their lives and destroyed their peace and happiness and blamed them for Kim San Ha's younger sister's death, later her second husband died in an accident, she blames Kim San Ha and her ex-husband for everything.

After the leap I found it a bit more interesting to watch, personally I loved the chemistry between 1st couple and 2nd couple.

At the end it doesn't matter if the family is related by blood or not, it only matters that they love each other and respect each other and this drama gives a warm love and proves again that it doesn't matter if your caste or blood is different, it only matters that you love each other and care for each other.

Family is not always made by blood, but by heart ❤️

Leia Mais

Who is this DIVA? ?

บางที่ขอมองตัวเองอะไรอย่างอึ้งอาภัพ
bang tee kor mong dtua eng a-pap
ไม่รักใครได้จริงซักท
mai rak khrai dai jing sak tee
บางที่ขอมองตัวเองอวาจีด
bang tee kor mong dtua eng wa chok dee
ที่แมงไม่มีอะไรให้เสียใจ
tee maeng mai mee a-rai hai sia jai

เธออย่างกอเมียงจ้าวช
ter eng gor mong chan jao chu
แอบฟังดูนะสันใจ
aep fung doo na san jai
แค่มองดูก็รู้ว่าเธอนะว่ายวาย
kae mong doo gor roo wa ter na wan wai
ฉันไม่ได้อยากจะได้เธอ
chan mai dai oi, kae yaak ja dai ter

เธอคิดว่าเธอจะหล่องดูไม
ter kid wa ter ja laawng doo mai
มารักใครอย่างฉัน
ma raak ai khon yaang chan
เธอคิดว่าเธอจะกล้าพอไม
ter kid wa ter ja glaa por mai

Leia Mais

UGH

I regret watching this because of the heart ache. What was the point of reviving him just for him to die again? The ending is whack and unnecessarily heartbreaking.

Some people say this is an open ending. In no way this is an open ending. It's 100% tragic ending hence why I regret watching it. People are missing it when he said "When the flower blooms is when I visit you." at the end, the flower blooms meaning he is only visiting her. He is NOT alive. He can't be alive because they sealed the god of destruction in Shi Ying's body. In no way he would be alive because god of destruction would come back and there would be no point. All in all, writing sucks, he died. I hate the ending.

Leia Mais