cringey & fake

the english title is retarded - but very suited.
a fast- paced drama - way too fast to be considered serious, very Kristino Olsen style lol. everything abt the plot is wrong and cringey: a man in his 40s hitting on a girl 20 yrs younger, mother and daughter loving the same guy, the daughter kinda stealing him from mom - who loved the ML for half of her life, then the drunk sex that leads to pregnancy?
no conflict whatsoever - just two ppl trying to come to an agreement after a drunken night together.
no chemistry - the FL herself is calling the ML "old man", and it says it all!
i have nothing against age gap movies, but they could've adjusted the context to make it happen gradually or something. though Pong is a fine actor, he totally shows his age in this drama. he looks bored!! the FL is pretty, but her acting skills need improvement. also, smelling the vanilla pod and talking vanilla and drinking vanilla - flavoured alcohol is not cute at all, is just abusing an old trope. who wrote this, a girl going through puberty?

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it's got everything BUT romance!

This one is really entertaining... hardly a dull moment now and then! It has everything viewers could wish for - handsome actors and actresses, action, twists, comedy, melodrama... The balance between comedy and tragedy is unbeatable! The pace is good, fighting scenes got excellent choreography, actors are flawless! The ML and the FL are both gorgeous... BUT everyone in this drama is single and lonely! I admire the fact that the priest was all along true to his calling and never ever swayed, BUT how can no one in this drama have a family or at least some slight romantic interest??
As most watchers previously noticed, the funniest thing is Father Kim getting angry: he throws a fit, breaks things and beats people left and right! The female prosecutor is also good (on my new favourites list)! And the villains are totally charismatic!
This being said, it's still one of the best dramas out there, period.

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only young actors are this bold & genuine

It's quite the average story of coming of age while finding your - first - love, but it's totally well written and the young actors are SO HANDSOME AND TALENTED at the same time!? That you cannot but wonder how this little miracle happened...
Despite being a long, 40-episode series, i hardly ever got bored, since episodes are short and also filled with NICE DETAILS OF EVERYDAY COLLEGE LIFE.
I totally enjoyed this unpretentious ride. It has got everything, from high-class cinematography to eye-candy actors and entertaining plot. It's predictable in a good way...
I wonder what filters Chinese movies use, all actors' skin looks paper white.
Recommended.

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being tall and skinny is a must

The message of this drama is quite deep, with a dark touch and a lot of intense moments, and acting is GENIUS, even supporting cast is remarkable... BUT - and its a huge BUT - i couldnt always relate to it since all the cast is YOUNG TALL SKINNY PRETTY faces, and i couldnt - just couldnt - relate : ( You might wanna add that they are also RICH/ SUCCESSFUL...
So, you only matter if you fall into that category? Even side characters have to be recruited at modelling agencies? Please move on from the ASIAN BARBIE world!
I admire the realism of the drama, conveyed at a superb low pace, but... AGAIN, ONLY GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE MATTER?
Besides, this drama doesnt address LONELINESS... a challenge that most mentally-ill patients face. Everybody has got a loving partner supporting him/her through the treatment. For real??
I would've given this a 10 if they just hadnt been this narrow-minded while pretending to look at the inner side of people.

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it could have been a masterpiece

... but it's not. though it started out in an excellent manner, it soon became all messy, and the two couples just swinging partners back and forth was totally unrealistic. in the 2nd half of the series i had to fast-forward through a lot of useless and repetitive scenes... also, despite everyone commenting on the "passion" and chemistry, there's hardly any skinship/kissing all along. just a one-time coffee and propose for marriage?? honestly i find most of the plot totally fake.
the characters are inconsistent, you never know why they act one way or the total opposite. first we come across a funny innocent girl, the FL, then she changes to become all gloomy and tearful. her character doesnt really grow, only her clothes mature, in fact she is quite well-dressed for someone supposedly poor.
and again... WHY is everybody an orphan? the ML, the FL, the SML... i cannot grasp the meaning of this trope.
fashion is nice in a weird way, with a 70s vibe, the designer favours black and white mostly.
what's there to rewatch?

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farcical end ruins it

excellent drama, everything looks expensive and high quality, the casting (so many handsome actors who also can act!), the cinematography, the kaleidoscopical plot, the beautiful settings... everything BUT the last episode, that seems written by a different person. the mafia war is like a computer game!? tens of people killed, no one wearing a protection vest, the ML's hardly get a scratch though. the ones we thought dead are alive, the secrets are neverending. and after all the blood bath, here come the sugary moments of all the loving couples/families. i guess the ending is somehow justified, still it should've been toned down.
obviously, the director left the door open for a sequel, too many loose ends.
well, nothing is to be taken seriously abt this drama anyway, just enjoy it.

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Best thai drama

After getting familiar with thai dramas/lakorns, i mean - all the slap-and-kiss, revenge, hate - love, kidnapping, even rape - i can say this is one of the best in its genre. Acting is great, also the settings, even support cast. Of course, second leads are quite boring and i had to skip those parts. Both ML and FL have great acting skills, and something beyond that - a special charisma. I saw the ML in other dramas too and im a fan, he obviously was born to be on stage. The FL is also pretty and petite, unlike many other former models turned into actresses that tower the men around them. She does a great job balancing between being brave and being feminine, though it's a trend in t-dramas to depict aggressive women. She is never clingy nor chasing the guy, just being herself. The script has a few brilliant parts, and even the clichés are nicely re-done, all in all a very enjoyable drama. Whenever i couldnt find something else to watch, i'd go back to this one, and i'm certainly not the type to watch the same thing more than once! Iconic for sure! <3

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chinese lakorn

The actors are excellent, the plot is entertaining, BUT all in all it's so OVER THE TOP that it cannot be seen other than a lakorn... Coincidences are crazy! Two girls look identical, their fate is intertwined, the shy art student becomes a top businesswoman over the night, the cruel CEO is in fact a traumatic soul etc etc. Tropes are never ending and also the filters make faces look so unrealistic! A lot of symbolism, most of it bad taste. Fashion is weird too...
Still watchable, the main leads are nice, extended cast too, cinematography - no flaw, settings are quite expensive.
Worth a watch, dont know abt second one though.

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a total joke

Im half through this and really wonder why i'm still watching it... Totally cliche, mediocre acting from the FL - who is also not suitable for the role, being mature-looking and stout while playing an innocent fearful college girl? The plot follows the old trope of the girl paying family debt with her body (!), which is totally crazy for us european viewers... Too many coincidences to be taken seriously - out of the entire China, the FL only bumps into the revengeful ML, his brother-in-law and then his mom?? Seriously?
Another serious short-coming is that the director of the drama seems unable to decide if this is a comedy or a tragedy, most dramatic scenes mingle with some unreasonably funny scenes, like wtf? If u wanna do it, at least do it right!
WHY is there no ORPHAN tag? Too many dramas from all asian countries have these orphan protagonists! And im still to figure WHY? Are parents such a hindrance?
The ML is a total psycho... he raped and abused the FL for 3 yrs, and now we have to believe he secretly loves her and protects her. It's just the housekeeper that loves and cares most for ML, shouldnt they be a better match?
Totally unnatural, fast paced, like adapted from a manga, or Harlequin series or whatever... Watch it with popcorn.

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it could've been way better

This drama is almost totally carried by the handsome and charismatic ML. I wont say anything abt the FL being old, she does a good job despite the age gap. Side characters are fine too.
It's the plot that annoys me, revolving around the family problems of the same rich heir... and the sentimental troubles of our leads, not heading anywhere. Besides, i'd say the writer doesnt know a tad bit abt women' psychology: no woman would cut ties with a handsome, caring, rich bf without being seriously disturbed, and no woman would play the seducer just once and stop just like that without any feelings involved. Women are sentimental beings and it takes more to abandon a love interest than showed in this drama! Depicting some peculiar unrealistic character just for the sake of being unique doesnt appeal much to me. To put it simply, it's too much for me to believe!
I reluctantly drop this, but i still cannot continue with the nonsense.

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sad & random

i kept reading reviews saying that this one has got great cinematography, but honestly i've seen many effortlessly better dramas! it's somehow - just somehow - easy on the eyes, but nothing more... the FL is so plain ! i totally got the idea it's a drama abt mediocre people, but still there are so many charming women out there in their 30s or 40s or whatever! what this drama lacks - and lacks for real - it's some vision... there's no vision to it, just some random people fighting middle age crisis and getting depressed over all kind of shit life keeps throwing at them/ at us.
even the new love - the innocent love a 15 yrs old teen can offer - gets trashed in the depressing mixture. the breath of fresh air that should be there - it's hardly there!
the writer behind it might have wanted to approach some deep topics, like imperfect love, emotionally hurt people and people that hurt themselves by making wrong choices etc... still something is missing.
i'd say, any way this drama will go from now on - i'm at ep 8 - it will be totally random, so i'll drop it.

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