Devil Beside You (2005)

Le fils du mari de ma mère est-il mon frère ??? Grande question !

Bon, moi, j’avoue tout, et j’ai même pas honte, j’adore ce drama !!
Pourtant au niveau du kitsch, c’est un champion, mais justement, le kitsch à ce degré-là, ça devient de l’art !
Les coiffures et tenues incroyables de Ah Mong, le côté affirmé « regardez bien, je suis un mauvais garçon » son comportement soit-disant de voyou… On voudrait qu’ils soient tous comme ça, les voyous, le monde serait plus heureux !
Bon toute l’histoire tourne autour du fait que lorsque un homme et une femme chinois (ou coréen, d’ailleurs) se marient, les enfants deviennent aussitôt frère et sœur et donc amour interdit ! Jamais, pas une demi-seconde, on ne doute de qui finira avec qui, mais l’histoire est racontée avec énormément de gaîté, les dialogues sont loin d’être idiots, les questions existentielles que se posent les jeunes gens sur l’avenir, la famille, l’amour, le mariage, la parenté sont bien pensées, et même assez fines et réfléchies. Cliché, vous dites ? Et oui, mais la vie est en fait un énorme cliché, ne la passe-ton pas à chercher l’âme sœur, à chercher sa voie, à choisir et assumer ses choix ?
Il y a tout cela dans Devil beside you, et partant d’une histoire plus que banale, la mayonnaise prend magnifiquement !
Il faut dire que le trio principal d’acteurs y est pour beaucoup ! Mike He a un charme dévastateur, Rainie Yang une fantaisie et une drôlerie qui n’enlève pas l’émotion quand elle arrive, et King One, en ami sûr et toujours là apporte une force tranquille non dénuée d’humour et de courage quand il affronte au sabre le père se sa petite amie ! Un mot pour le couple drôlissime de la mère de Qi Hue et le père de A Meng. Bon si le surjeu vous fait fuir, passez votre chemin, mais c’est la loi du genre, c’est fait pour, comme on dit !

Alors, bien sûr, il y a tout : l’antagonisme qui devient l’amour, les amours contrariées, les choix cornéliens, le traditionnel « je t’aime mais je te quitte » et bizarrement, celui-là, il me convient, je le supporte, la rivale qui débarque , l’ex-petit ami qui arrive, le frère qui avait disparu… Tout, je vous dis !!

C’est le charme même de ce drame : c’est un délicieux plat cuisiné auquel ne manque aucun ingrédient, intelligemment dosés et dont les goûts et les arômes se marient parfaitement !
On ne peut pas le regarder sans avoir envie de rire bêtement, quand on n’a pas une petite humidité au coin de l’œil…

Inconvénient : 2005, le chinois, l’image médiocre, les sous-titres français par dessus le chinois, et les chansons …. mais quand même, on se demande bien pourquoi on l’aime, mais quand on le (re)commence, on ne le lâche pas !

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Mon premier drama !

Comment vous décrire Devil Beside You.. Ce drama est juste un chef-d'œuvre !

Alors certes c'est mon premier drama et je fais une critique selon mes souvenirs de l'époque mais qu'est-ce que ca m'a plus ! Je pense que si je le re-regardais aujourd'hui je lui mettrais une note plus basse mais c'est quand même un Drama qui date de 2005 et pour l'époque c'était vraiment bien.

C'est une belle histoire d'amour qui se déroule dans le milieu scolaire ou, malheureusement, les deux protagonistes principaux vont se retrouver faire partie de la même famille malgré eux.
Je trouve que l'évolution des personnages est vraiment bien faite et, pour l'époque, je trouve que les personnages féminins de l'histoire ne sont pas juste la pour être sauver par le "prince charmant" seulement. Je trouve qu'elles ont du caractères et ne laisse pas juste les choses se faire sans réagir. Il y a une bonne balance entre les moment romantique, épique, touchant et comique.

Si ma mémoire est bonne et avec le recul, il me semble que les acteurs surjouent un peu leurs scènes mais je me répète on parle quand même d'un drama chinois de 2005 ! Malgré ça ils me faisaient plonger dans leur histoire à 200% et je me rappelle avoir fini le manga en 2 ou 3 soirs seulement. Je voulais savoir comment ça allait se finir pour eux et j'aimais suivre l'évolution de chacun.

Pour ce qui est de la musique, on en parle du générique de début ?! Personnellement je le trouve juste génial. Ca te fait plonger de suite dans la série. Ca fait vraiment musique d'action et j'aime ça.

En bref, je vous recommanderais quand même de le regarder mais en ayant bien en tête qu'il date de 2005. C'est, pour moi, ce drama qui ma fait plonger dans l'univers des séries et films asiatiques alors je vous le conseille pour au moins avoir votre propre avis sur ce drama qui reste un des piliers fondateurs des dramas de l'époque !
Amateur de romance et de comédie, à vous de jouer !

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I've read many great reviews about this drama but I guess they're giving it a lot of attention that it shouldn't have. Yes, the drama is cool but you can't possibly have high expectations because you may get disappointed.
Anyway, the story is nice and different which matters the most, the actors were great plus they had one of the most awesome chemestries out there and let's not forget the great supporting roles.
I had fun while watching this drama this is one of the Taiwanese dramas that i don't care about the language while watching it because i was so focused on the great events.
If you're hesitating about this one and haven't watched it yet then you should give it a go but don't get your hopes too high.

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Story
The story wasnt really good. You could easily predict everything was going to happend. There was no deep plot. No real enemies. Even people were being mean at first had actually good inteions and turned to sweethearted friends. That really annoyed me. I just kept watching this drama, hoping for a big thing to happend, any dramatical or shocking moment...but nothing! I really feel like just wasted my time by watching it.


Acting/Cast
The Cast was okay. The only think annyoed me was this exaggerated acting, especially from the mother of the female lead. I really found her annyoing and was not convinced at all.


Music
The music was the best thing about the drama. I really enjoyed hearing the songs while watching.


Rewatching Value
As this drama is not really an exiting one, I dont think it deserves being watched again.


Overall
I know this drama is mean to be funny and not really a serious one, but still I have to say I didnt really like it. It was pretty cheesy, everything happened was very predictable, there was no deepness at all. So I think this drama is actually overrated. I give it only 6/10

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Just hear me out before pressing the 'Not Helpful' button.

This drama started out very promising. I loved the whole scenario and the way they teased the main couple's relationship kept me glued to my seat. But after a while, it kind of got lost or maybe I did. I have no idea what went wrong but I found my interest disappearing into thin air all of a sudden.

The main things happened too soon and there was nothing left in the story after that. I loved Rainie and Mike's scenes together, but it wasn't enough for me. All secondary characters were dreadful and none of them were able to reignite the interest that I had developed in this show.

Mostly, I decided to put it on-hold but I was afraid it would never come off that list so I fast forwarded through all episodes. It was boring, pointless and bland. The only good thing about this drama was the Devil himself. Mostly, I would call this as a wastage of time. I believe there are much better dramas that I can give my time to.

I'm done here. Now you can either call this as 'Helpful' or 'Not Helpful'.

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Despite other reviews I've read where the drama was mainly criticized I won't do the same thing. I really enjoyed this drama because it involves danger and love even from the title. The main characters, Qi Yue and Ah Mon are strongly related to their families and their love doesn't appear all of nothing and it surely won't be easy to fulfill since obstacles always appear.
On the whole, this drama was enjoying and the scenes of cuteness between this couple are memorable. :)
The storyline depicts the life of Ah Mon, which will become more and more twisted. New character will show up and it will be a little confusing at the beginning but afterwards connections can soon be made and you will be dragged even more into the action.
Themes like friendship, unshared love can be found here, too, which will embroider the story.
By wathching this drama you'll become even more romantic and if you're not that romantic that you should try and watch even a bit of it and it might change your way of seeing things when it comes to "romantism". ;)
There is a phrase Ah Mon says to his grandmother that impressed me a lot: "Whether the connection between Qi Yue and I is the one of lovers or siblings, it's not important to me, because no matter how other people see me, Qi Yue is already in my heart".

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If I remember it right, I first watched this series 6 years ago. Well, I was looking for something to watch last weekend and I happen to see my copy of this drama so I decided to watch it again. I still find it funny and amusing but I guess I’m way passed my teenage years to go gaga over cheesy-predictable storylines.

Most of the scenes and the actors’ performances are exaggerated. The plot is bearable but the acting of the characters just ruined it. Rianie Yang‘s strenuously cute, bubbly and over the top acting is very annoying! I might have found it cute 6 years ago but now it’s a pain in the eyes. Mike He‘s no different. God, I can’t for the life of me understands why I liked this guy so much before. His domineering, rich, high-maintenance, character is overrated. And the devilish grin? Ugh. It makes me want to puke out of disgust.

There’s no question with Mike and Rainie’s chemistry together. I still had those occasionally kilig moments when I watched it. I just don’t find them cute anymore. I’m not saying I won’t watch their present dramas. I would still give it a try but if by any chance their acting is still the same after so many years in the business, that’s the time I would have to say enough. I’d rather spend my valuable time with worth-watching series.

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listen, this shit is mediocre, the story is unbelievable like literally. its like watching a disney movie. everything was all happy and dandy and calculated and worked out. it felt very fake..the fighting was fake, story was fake, bullying was fake, emotions were fake i mean i wasnt impressed at all. the minions dint help at all and it was a waste of cast esp for the high vocal kid who dint speak but 2 sentences in the whole 20 episodes. i will definately not watch this again. i couldve dropped it within the first 15 minutes of watching but because i have an ocd of finishing every story, i had to persevere thru my teeth. to make it worse, the video quality was horrible and there was voice overs esp when they fight which wasnt in sync.
the story was cute and had its good points like they went straight to the point no lingering stories. rainie and mike were good looking and had several kissing scenes. the last two episodes atleast felt a little real. thats about it.
seriously dont waste ur time uggggggghhh

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