Dramas and Movies I watched in 2021

Watched: 10th December 2020 - 19th February 2021

Since my bad habit is skipping a lot, I wanted to try not to skip this time. However, I definitely did not manage to fulfill this goal with this show. I do like the drama, I'm just not a big fan of characters crying and posturing all the time. The plot, which I usually place my focus on and is the most important in deciding if I like a drama or movie, was fine. I honestly expected more but I gotta be honest, I mainly knew about this drama because of Xiao Zhan and his role in The Untamed. So, my expectations for any drama are very high now, not the fault of this drama.

Watched: 15th December 2020 (ep. 1&2), 13th January 2021

Had to rewatch the first two episodes when I watched the rest of it because I forgot what happened in them. But hey, I loved it so it's all good XD

Positive
+ sweet
+ short (easy to squeeze into a busy schedule)

Negative
- too short episodes

Watched: ~2018, 1st - 4th January 2021

Rewatching because I literally don't remember anything except "thai bl drama swimming pool". Honestly, that's probably all I'll remember this time as well. 

Positive
+ cute male leads
+ good chemistry between leads
+ New's (Apo) acting holy sh*t
+ friendship as a topic as well
+ representation of lgb (tho the l is... let's not talk about it)
+ family conflict because of new "mistress"

Negative
- many side-stories that get a lot of screen time
- rape (???)
- messy storyline
- manipulation
- bullying
- lesbian becoming bisexual (???)

Watched: ~2018/2019, 5th January 2021

A case for re-watching because I forgot everything but some scenes. And I mean, it's so short, it can't hurt wasting away 1.5h for this.

Positive
+ Good leads
+ Loved Gitae's older sister
+ good acting
+ no idolization of the underground
+ interesting story
+ music fits (tho I'm still laughing about the bed scene... Don't worry, you don't see too much)
+ still great when re-watching

Negative
- rushed beginning

Watched: early August 2018, 10th January 2021

Honestly, I mainly re-watched it because my friend asked me to write another review XD
But I really like the film so it was worth it.

Positive
+ great start --> pulls into story and gives you a bit of background
+ suitable actors
+ love the characters
+ great music
+ high re-watch value
+ the zombies look great tbh
+ love the kind of open ending

Negative
- some stereotypical characters but let's be honest pretty much every story has them

Impressive moments that stuck in my mind
- Grandma 1 peeling an egg for Grandma 2 and sacrificing herself later on, Grandma 2 walking towards the door of wagon 15
- the cute guy and his friend throughout the whole film, he was such a loyal puppy
- dad getting bitten and making sure he won't be able to harm the two only survivors
- the military guy with the sniper

Watched: 12th January 2021

Doesn't live up to expectations from "Train to Busan" but is pretty decent. If you ignore the many plotholes and missing logic at least.

Positive
+ lots of action
+ interesting backstory with the two leads
+ sympathy for everyone --> don't connect too much
+ love the family
+ what the heck, Jane really exists???
+ good cast
+ great music

Negative
- quite different from the prequel
- writing is a bit of a disappointment
- how did an infected get on the boat, didn't they check???
- and ofc his family dies
- logic is not the focus of this one, can't believe they would've left the military do THAT weird kind of stuff
- it's been 4 years and no other country thinks of anything and they still don't know how to deal with the virus? it seems that they're not even trying...

Watched: 13th January - 16th February 2021

Honestly, I don't know anything about it, but it definitely sounds interesting!

Positive
+ interesting start
+ overall very enjoyable and funny
+ several storylines but all are very close together
+ I like the ending very much

Negative
- a looooot of drama and are they dating or are they not?

Watched: March 2020, May 2020, 31st January - 14th February 2021

Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 10

Positive
+ high rewatch value
+ great story which wasn't changed too much from the novel
+ great music
+ emotions
+ beautiful scenes and landscape shots
+ great acting from pretty much everyone
+ surprisingly good cast, I personally didn't know anyone's name prior to watching but they absolutely slayed
+ heartwarming, heartwrenching, scary scenes? They got it
+ still great after watching for the third time

Negative
- the music fits except for in two episodes where it made me laugh all the time
- the blood-spitting sometimes looks really weird

Dropped: 16th February 2021

- pretty much the same scenes as in the full version as far as I've seen. Might watch it when I miss The Untamed and don't want to watch the whole 50 episodes. It's not bad at all, I just don't need to see the exact same scenes a second time

Watched: 16th February - 17th February 2021

Liked it a lot

Watched: 17th February 2021

Short and sweet

Watched: ~18th February 2021

I honestly don't even remember what was happening so... It can't have been very bad but also not very good. However, it's very short (10min), so if you want to see some Wang Yibo acting, go and watch it :)

Watched: 14th February 2021

Watched: ~14th - 27th February 2021

In the beginning it was very draggy and in the end again. I honestly don't know what was going on in the last episode because it was first flashbacks and some parts weren't really flashbacks and then suddelny there was war and fighting. And finally, one of the most epic fighters was a woman, Huo Sanniang, I love you for this. Other than that I basically skipped all of the white guy's scenes because his voice and way of speaking Chinese sounded awful to me. And some characters have way too much screen time and there definitely are too many flashbacks. However, overall it's quite a decent drama. The middle part is very interesting and, thank goodness, it has tomb raiding in some way.

Watched: 27th February 2021

Watched: 27th February - 5th March 2021

Watched: 28th February 2021

Watched: 2nd March 2021

Watched: 6th - 9th March 2021

Watched: 11th March 2021

Watched: 9th March 2021

Watched: 11th March 2021

Watched: 11th March 2021

Watched: 11th March 2021

Watched: 11th March 2021

Watched: 10th - 31st March 2021

Watched: 19th March 2021

Dropped: March 2021

Watched: March - 18th  June 2021

Watched: 1st - 4th April 2021

Watched: 4th - 29th April 2021

Watched: 10th - 11th April 2021

Watched: 11th April 2021

Watched: 11th April 2021

Watched: 15th - 21st April 2021

Watched: 21st April 2021

Watched: 21st April 2021

Watched: 21st April 2021

Dropped: 20th April 2021 (after ep. 1)

Watched: 22nd April - 5th May 2021

Watched: 26th April - 19th May 2021

Watched: 30th April 2021

Watched: 30th April 2021

Watched: 30th April 2021

Watched: 11th - 14th May 2021

Watched: 14th - 29th May 2021

Watched: 14th May - 23rd June 2021

Watched: 15th May - 7th August 2021

Watched: 15th - 22nd May 2021

Dropped; 19th May 2021

Dropped: 19th May 2021

Dropped: 19th May 2021

Watched: 20th May 2021

On Hold: 20th May 2021

Watched: 20th May - 17th June 2021

Watched: 29th May 2021

Watched: 29th May 2021

Watched: 29th May 2021

Dropped: 29th May 2021

Watched: 30th May 2021

On Hold: 30th May 2021

Watched: 31st May 2021

Watched: 1st - 2nd May 2021, 1st - 22nd June

Watched: 23rd June 2021

Dropped: 29th June 2021

Dropped: July 2021

Watching: 2018~19, 20th -23rd November 2020, 1st July 2021

Watched: 23rd - 24th July 2021

Watched: 24th - 25th July 2021

Watched: 25th - 26th July 2021

Watched: 26th - 27th July 2021

Dropped: 26th July 2021

Watched: 27th - 28th July 2021

Watched: 28th July - 8th August 2021

Watched: 30th July 2021

Watched: 1st-2nd August 2021

Watched: 2nd - 4th August 2021

Watched: 8th August 2021

Watched: 17th August 2021

Watched: 19th August 2021

Watched: 21st August 2021

Watched: 26th August 2021

Watched: 29th August 2021

Watched: 2nd September 2021

Watched: 16th September 2021

Watched: 17th September 2021

Watched: 20th September 2021

Watched: 21st September 2021

Watched: 2019, 25th September 2021

Watched: 7th October 2021

Watched: 7th October 2021

Watched: 10th October 2021

Watched: 10th October 2021

Watched: 13th October 2021