For those who appreciate Rios PPL

To enjoy this you must appreciate classic Rio PPL as this drama is packed with creative and not so creative ways to incorparate Rio into the scenes... And the drama reminded me a bit of other C-dramas that also had excessive Rio PPL so if you loved those you will probably love this.

The drama itself is packed with cliches combining the plot form the American movie 50first dates and Korean Drama What´s Wrong With Secretary Kim. Entertaining but also draggy and a bit to repetitive at times making me lower the score.

The main couple has lovely chemistry and are fun to watch, the female lead is well composed smart and very lovable. The male lead is an easily melted icicle that is in a pot on a stove where the heat keeps going on and off... Both leads change their minds more often than it rains in Dramaland, which ended up getting on my nerves. However they stayed interesting an smart thru out. The drama.

The side characters are mid annoying to lovable, but do fall in to a bunch of over used cliches + why can´t dramas just let people be single instead of shipping every single character... The parents are also pretty decent, and having one of them being played by Sunny Hao it is to be expected that at leas one mom will be pretty lovable. And the drama does have some nice takes on my beloved clichés

So why the 7,5 and not higher, partly the sound and quality of the subs on the official streaming sight the sound kept going on and off again which of course effected my experience, so if you do find this in a place where everything works you may rate it hinger. However the dubbing was miss matched which I assume will be an issue wherever you watch it. The other part is the draggy parts and a bunch of unnecessary repetitive amnesia stuff. I love my amnesia but it can be too much. Another thing is the screen time that went to the side characters and their stories that just did not captivate me at all.

So there is a lot of good, and if you are in the mood for a smart female lead, a lot of clichés and Rio this is a good place to find it just mind the sound. If you do not enjoy Rio PPL I advise you to watch something else

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Barcelona: a very public love with a whole lot of P's

"Is I know Ill never love this way again... " as the leading OST for a movie about a guy who falls in love with a girl two years after his girl fiend died... is either extremely mismatched or a way to keep the audience on their toes...

That said, this is the.movie about a person who has to deal with a whole lot of pain, pressure and penitence who meets a princess in a bit of pickle... Betrayed and soles , precarious (desperate but that word does not start wit a p so this is close enough) in Barcelona. Which marks the start of pretty much any love story, no wait there is just this tiny little detail... the princess looks just like the persons partner who passed a way... and is supposed to be very much dead. Making this otherwise pretty basic plot jut a little bit more puzzling... The person is also kind of dependent of the parents of his parted partner and has a whole pile of problems with his own parents...

Ok enough with me trying to fit in a bunch of ps... basically Dude is living a life set up by his dead girlfriend and is juggling his pride with studies 3 jobs and a dad who keeps digging whole for him. Meets runaway girl who has f** up and just needs a second (or 10th) chance. They help each other out with their issues and well things get complicated, love and lust blooms and things get even more complicated.

All is done really well in a beautiful setting, a whole lot of emotions and a plot that besides the whole look a lie thing actually seems constant and makes sense... Ok the OST does not make and there are some solutions that are a bit out there but for a rom com it kind of works. The chemistry between the leads is well known to be good and does not disappoint at all, there are some good fights, good conversations and whole lot of gooey eyes.

Kathryn Bernardo does a great job playing two roles as well as showing character development. and the story while full of cheese and cliches also has a whole bunch of I would not say unique, but creative twists and turns so I would say they tackle the issue of pressure, perseverance, second chances and moving on pretty well. So basically if you enjoy rom coms and the Bernardo- Padilia duo this is defiantly a movie you will not want to miss. If you are new to the duo, this is not a bad place to start.

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A rich girl, poor boy tandem

This is a movie about the poor little rich girl who did not get the attention she wanted from daddy and was sent to public school to learn about life. And the poor, just poor boy who helped her out, and showed pretty much showed her love.

As the poor little rich girl learned how to survive in the public school system that has neither air conditioning or enough seats to fit the students. We and she are pretty much are given a lesson in privilege and that yes it is easier to for a rich girl to adapt to the poor persons budget as well as to get accepted there then for the poor to gain acceptance among the rich partly due to stigma, and partly due to the fact that a poor person can not afford to do the things the rich kids do. We also get to learn that life is complicated and that a past left unhandled will come back to bite you.

All in a quest to figure out what is more important love? or is it money?

Having seen a lot of rich man poor woman dramas (and movies) I can not help but notice that money is a lot more of an issue when the man is the poor one, keeping up with societies gender conventions... which kind of suck but it is what it is and they show it in a pretty ok way.

This drama will also have you wondering how the **** can those cheerleaders do that?
(volts, jumps, kicks)

There are a bunch of cliches, here and there done pretty ok, the chemistry between the leads is lovely and though we get a hug and an adorable nose snuggle, the kiss lovers out there may end up disappointed as I did not spot a real kiss in sight.

All in all a pretty ok watch, nothing truly out of the ordinary but an ok watch

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Idiot in Love makes a bunch of stupid decisions

Well this movie is depressing, slice of life romance about a guy who may have a kind heart but is a complete fool and does not know how to communicate, handle liquor and thinks buying a woman's body to blow off some steam is a reasonable way of doing things...

The female lead is kind of cool, I do not really get what made her fall in love with the fool but I do feel for her. I also feel for the fool as his way of buying women and making stupid probably is a reflection of the environment he is in rather his true self, whatever that is... So I did find myself shedding a small tear.

So if you are in the mood for some ugly clothing, depressing lighting and a not so happy story of fool falls in love... this is indeed a place to find it.

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Life, Lust, Cancer an a whole lot of bad relationships

There may be a gay relationship in this drama but this is definitely not a romance, or a very pleasurable watch it is more of an artistic, raw depiction of relationships, cancer and figuring out life around it.

To be honest some of the editing will make your head spin being a little bit too artistic and the nudity is pretty much in your face with a lot of heavy breathing and sexual content this is not the typical movie about cancer, having it start of with in loving memory of the writer of it makes it feel just a little bit more real as you know there will not really be a happy well anything in this.

Though there are a few moments of love and support (very few) most of this movie is pain, being taken advantage of and more pain. I love how they show us that contrary to what people often believe or is shown in other movies getting diagnosed with cancer does not automatically cure the broken relationships of the past. This movie even had me thinking who the h*** wrote loving memory when nobody around him seems to care.

Turning this otherwise oddly paced, a bit to artistic feel to it movie in to something worth so much more than most movies out there that show illness. Making me want to recommend it to any one in the mature audience as it has some pretty extreme shots of both sexual content and other situations that are definitely not appropriate to watch without proper guidance of a mature adult. As it is 18 + for a bunch of reasons.

There are also a bunch of pretty shots of scenery and some beautiful artistic nudity too, as not all are raw and in your face... + it does seem to show life with a stoma in a sad but beautiful way.

So watch this for its story when you are up for an artistic yet probably realistic depiction of Life, Lust, Cancer... And a whole lot of bad relationships.

P.S: What takes away points it the too artistic at times, a bit too much nudity and the odd pacing.

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The Ghost Sloth

This is the story about the Sloth like girl who looks like a ghost whenever she gets nervous who after a long time of being left in the dark finally meets some decent people who seem to like both Sloths and ghosts on a Journey to self acceptance I guess...

On this journey we meet the typical popular bundle of energy guy, two bad ass girls a very strange teacher and some guy who is there to make others jealous and just look sweet. We alos meet the not so nice girl, some mean girls and a bunch of idiot guys... Who get told off for being idiots.

A lovely story at that with sweet gazes, lovely lines a bundle of self doubt...

Though the romance here is consistent and sweet, the main attraction in this movie is the friendships between the girls and mr bubbly.

I am not really sure about the function of the parants but a tree seems to play a big role in this.

Definitely a movie worth watching... for the awkward, the bubbly and the friendship lovers out there.

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Not sure about the love at fist stream but a whole bunch of Vs

This is the story of the self censured vlogger V and all her victims...Ok mayben not victims but the people she stomped all over on her way to achieving her goals.., While I do want to be on her side I find myself thinking why do they have to paint vloggers so negative?

Thank The IdeaFirst Company for giving us Pearl Next Door https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paloSIbSQR0 Otherwise I would have thought that the whole industry is against vloggers. Any way this girl in this movie petty much stomps all over everyone around her..

We also get to meet the guy who keeps getting crushed by her, Over and over again... I truly do wonder if the guy is a masochist or just plain shallow as he is blinded by Vs beauty but one thing is certain though there does not seem to be anything wrong with him being decently looking, crafty and smart. With a really nice family.

The ext person we get to see, is the lovable introverted catgairl (who never owned a cat) who does everything to support her adoptive sister/cousin even if it means going against herself. Who has a close relationship with an account of a person who's identity is unknown as well as fun Hate/love rivalry cliche type relationship with a very good looking rich boy from her class.

Mr good looking rich boy is drawn in to the world of V... in a fake relationship vlogging match to become no one... in an odd attempt to get close to cat girl... Lovable in every single way if he weren't a complete lier who enjoyed teasing cat girl... if you ignore that he is indeed perfect boyfriend material.

The movie has a nice selection of family representation, lesbian mothers, a single mother, a family with a mother, a father and a bunch of kids too.. We get to see siblings, adoptees, found family, neighbours and cyber people all in one movie. And the relationships between all these peaole who all but one are lovable most of the time ... to bad that one is the main lead.

The romance is ok, I would have wanted to see a lot more of the cat girl and her bully instead of V... The chemistry is decent not amazing but not bad either. And if you are looking for steamy kisses you may want to look away as I think the most you will get is a sensual hug or kiss on the cheek.

Definitely an ok watch for those who like these types of cliches but this does not bring a single new thing to the table and is in no way what so ever a masterpiece.

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Heart fluttering music making, waisted potential and characters you may want to shove of a roof

This is a show that has you wondering how many set backs are too many? How many times can a girl crash down before she gives up her dreams? When is the right time to let go? how self centred can a girl get before her friends kick her out? and how much wrong can men do and still get away with it?

To be honest I would have dropped this after the first episode if someone (Kate here on MDL) had not told me that the first two episodes are really bad but once you pass them it gets really interesting, and that is true once you pass the first two episodes this drama does indeed get very interesting.

Basically it is a show about what happens when you take a bunch of broken girls who used to have a dream, and try to crush that dream over and over again? Well they go all self destructive and more or less give up, feel a lot of regret and wish they would have spent their youth doing something better... some also shift blame.

But then there is Jenna who adapts, saves her friends, gets pushed down, saves them again and ultimately crashes at rock bottom where she would probably have remained if someone had not given her a slither of hope and taken it away pushing her over that limit beyond rock bottom and over to crazy side. Jenna is this super human who lets us see both her weaknesses as well as her fight power and boy does this girl have some fighting power... What I love about her is her way of learning from her mistakes, and seeing beyond here and now... Looking back at the past she can see what went wrong and instead of getting blinded by anger, hate or shifting blame she actually does this really rare thing and takes responsibility as well as finding solution to not only her own but also her friends problems.... Giving us countless scenes of power, friendship, fighting spirit and tears.. and when I say tear I mean a lot of tears.. so many tears that I had to turn of the sound for this drama as Jenna cries relatively quietly her friends cry louder...

There is a lot of good to say about this drama, the story does seem to show a lot of realistic problems that face people in the ido l/music industry and young women in society, as well as shows a lot of heart-fluttering music making, work relationships some that could easily outshine a lot of romances.

However none of these problems and relationships are explored or offered realistic solutions, to be clear they do offer some kind of solutions to most of the problems, but they do not match the rest of the real slice of life, slice of darkness feel to the drama...

The acting and chemistry between the different characters is inconsistent while some are great others are just not convincing at all. The twists may not always be super predictable from the first episodes but never ever come as surprise (at least not for me), The main thing to make drag down the score from a 9 or 10 is the youngest member of the group called Oh Hyun Ji her character is so annoying, inconsistent and loud that I again had to shut of the sound... the girl does have some lovable moments but overall I wish they would have given all her screen time to others, literally anybody else would do, preferably the CEO, manly Idol and Jenna but a cat, a sign, a singing hot dog would do.

There is a lot of underdeveloped potential in this story, its like they give us teasers without fully delivering and though there are a bunch of heart fluttering moments, and a clear ending yet I find myself left unsatisfied with a lot... That Said I did enjoy the drama, and do recommend it , had it not been for those annoying characters, and just a little bit too many unnecessary turns of events... it could easily have been a 9 or a 10. So I guess this drama recommendation/review comes with a warning:

Do not get your hopes up, be were of the annoying elements and do not be afraid to mute the screen.

But if you do like dramas about idols, music and fighting spirit this is a good place to find it,

Leia Mais

So many types of girlfriends... boyfriends too for that matter

So many girlfriends in one drama: evil girlfriends, we he exes, new, contract... you name it this show has it! giving us almost as many types of girlfriends as it gives us cliches in this is a highly entertaining, highly bingable drama. Yep this is a drama who's most impressive trait seems to be how many cliches they can fit in to each episode.

The sound was horrible, the subtitles where just awful and there is so much crying I had to switch off the sound now and then. There are also a whole bunch of flashbacks, montages, slow mo stuff that you can probably up the speed without really noticing you upped the speed. However being a cliche lover I can not help but give this an 7,5 bordering on as it has all of my favourite cliches and not a single episode is left without them...

The Male lead is the typical icicle, cruel meanie,, the female lead is hard working to the point of it being ridiculous, kind, poor and caring for all like most female leads not very smart but not either dumb to the point of annoyance.

The. friendships here are great, so is one of the mothers but do not expect to see any fathers as they seem to be all dead.

So if you love cliches and can overlook the sound and subs this is definitely a decent place to look for them, if you do not love cliches move a long...

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Who is I? Or is it more Why am I?

This drama is pretty cut to the chase, it starts off strong and keeps going with highly questionable morals, some interesting twists (some more predictable than otters) and a whole lot of death... literally more or less everybody dies and I found myself wondering more who will die next rather then who was it that died.

The drama shows some pretty interesting ways to mourn and being there for each other... Healing by f**** (not on screen) seems to be the most common path chosen in this drama: oooh your best friend just died let me help you with that...

But do not worry there is not only F** they all seem to lie, scheme, and put "mean girls" to shame in this "crew" that reminded me of the 1990s movie Clueless gone bad... really bad.

Highly entertaining and did supra me once or twice, but it would have been entertaining even if I would have guessed all the twist.

Bingabilaty: high
Entertainment: high
Acting: some good some bad
Annoying side characters: not in my opinion

Definitely a good suspenseful drama

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Not very entertaining but relatable and lovable

This drama is kind of grey... not very happy, not very entertaining there is not really much suspense, drama or heart fluttering moments... The cinematography is kind of boring,..

BUT

This drama probably has some of dreamlands most relatable characters, characters that feel like humans with a friendship some would kill to get...These characters are mostly lovable and have some pretty great lines showing the life and struggles of some what most people would call mediocre some even say looses... This group does however do a pretty good jobb redefining success without involving cliches and overly positive messages...

Though I will admit some of the gestures where to big and I did find myself slightly bored at times I loved them all and just wanted to join them for a beer and ramen...

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Interesting story but inconsistent acting and dialog

The story here is captivating, it is interesting and sure to keep you both on your toes as well as wanting to watch more...

However some parts, especially parts where people act a younger version of themselves the acting is just cringe, annoying and at times really, really bad! Is it due to bad directing, bad writing of just lack of range in the actors I do not know but it was at times so bad I felt bad for the actors... Such a shame because I do know these actors actually do have talent...

The amount of annoying characters is kept to a minimum (except as younger versions) and even though it is a bit of a one case an episode kind of deal there is still a common thread and interesting plot both as a whole and in the details, no detail is insignificant and it is sown together both beautifully and slightly disappointing in the end..

But again the story, the twists and the issues that the drama doues tackle still makes it worth watching, I just can not score it higher.

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The Borne Identity (North) Korean style, in other words completely different...

This movie has been on my radar for a long time, and it is good it douse have a few iffy elements that I felt un sure of making me wonder was I supposed to laugh at this and is it okay to laugh? But overall it is rally good dealing with so many interesting issues in less than two hours without getting messy, is actually pretty impressive.

The acting here was really well executed, having many of the characters portray a wide range of emotions and characters switching in between... Showing great range and is what makes this movie interesting and most definitely worth watching. It is also interesting how they use color and weather to go between comedy, action thriller modes during the movie. an element I truly appreciate.

I may write more later, I may not, but bow I finally get the whole green suite so, if only for that I recommend this.

P.S they also made great use of an umbrella, and those who know me here know what that means,... and about the ending Ill put it in a comment tagged spoiler.

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If only it was not for the story-line being boring this would have been amazing.

This drama has a lot of good, allot of meeh, some bad and some plain boring.... to be honest I understand those who rated this very low but if I look at the details there are quite a few things I liked about this that bring up the score.

The Male lead, he definitely lacks communication skills, flexibility and honesty but he is is fun to watch and all this lack is kind of cute (to watch not live with). This guy does of course also need a lesson or two in respecting others privacy as well... He has a heart condition, this is part of the plot but not his whole story he is a genius, he is ambitious and has the most amazing healing skills leaving his chest scar less even just a short while after open heart surgery, i So extremely impressive! All in all I enjoyed watching this guy.

The female lead... what do I say about this woman hmmm.... She is a bit childish at times but I did like her awkwardness and her character most of the time. However she does have quite a few moments that just felt childish odd and out of character that did lower the score for this drama. I loved how her character made way for important subjects such as stalking, violence against women and the problematic side to public confessions and lies. However she was a bit too forgiving in my opinion. But hey at least she called it out once before praising the behavior she just called out...

The second couple (roommates) was 90% lovable and fun 10% WTF? and come on this is just annoying... The science couple was probably 100% adorable but also not very interesting.

I also liked how this was a drama where I was more annoyed with how the kids treated their parents than the parents themselves, even if It just made (mostly) the female lead seem immature and fickle. " oh I have hated you for 20 years but one look and I forget everything kind of deal to it...

Another + is that this drama shows the importance of medical research (including animal testing), I love animals and am not a fan of animal testing for other reasons but when it comes to medical stuff I would be a hypocrite if I said I was against it considering I would be long dead without it. It is not done very realistically (I assume, but still).

The drama has allot of lovely lines and gives good appreciation to umbrellas as an important part of a relationship. So far this sounds like a high scorer right?Well it would definitely have gotten a better score if it just had a better plot-line, with interesting twists. These where not that interesting even for me who am team cliche, there was a mess, I love messes in plots but by the end I honestly did not really care how it would be solved and considered dropping it. And while the drama does give umbrellas the recognition they deserve the pets are just there to look fluffy, completely ignoring their individual personality.

All in all not a good watch but it has so much good in it that I could not lower the score...

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