Love is love ?

South Korea began transitioning to a democratic regime only in the 1980s, and my hypothesis is that the process itself took many years and likely still continues. In the 2000s, they really started to flourish and seemingly express a kind of Western defiance, which, in my opinion, infiltrated at least the film industry in a recognizable way. This movie, in my view, displays those markers, as if you're traveling back in time to the Hollywood of the 1980s in the United States.

The desire to convey a defiant idea that "love is love," unrelated to age or sexual identity, was successfully emotional and managed to deliver the message in its unsophisticated way. It was also very direct, typical of those years when there was a certain innocence and naivety, and everything was spoon-fed.
That is, the character whose soul was transmigrated spoke the same sentences and heard the same music at a level of 100 percent, not just hints here and there. Moreover, there was a lot of caution not to show any intimacy between the two characters(Second round), due to the period it was filmed.

In my opinion, it still holds up even though 23 years have passed, but on the other hand, it's very easy to judge this movie now because we are in a different era where things could have been a bit more blunt.
That is, if they had shown us a romantic scene between the two characters in the second reincarnation, it could have been bold for an even earlier time while still maintaining the same flame to this day.

Many of the things said by the male protagonist's classmates could not pass today's censorship filter, what is known as political correctness. After all, it's permissible to say these things only in class, but heaven forbid depicting them in a fantasy movie scene. Blunt remarks that men would make about women, which are still made today albeit censored, manage to induce a sort of internal cringe because this censorship has become part of our consciousness.
The same goes for other aspects in the movie, such as age differences. In the 2000s, this wasn't relevant and wasn't censored in South Korea. From the modern viewer's perspective, people who watch this and criticize the movie may not be aware that the era was different, and such things were accepted as part of the culture.

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Best GMMTV drama ever

Best GMMTV drama ever, and one of the best dramas in general, it was perfect from the beginning until the end ,
I don't think I have watched such a perfect Thai drama ever, yes, there were couple of good dramas, but these was allsome, it was a journey and a process ,real,

Story 10/10
The story is not predictable, it is a journy of a soul, and developing a character, growth of a person inside and love and values, it is not cliche in any way , it is very "new" if we compare it to other Thai dramas.
It's completly about gays and go out of the closet, so you could say it's not even a standard bl but more a real gay drama.
Very exiting to watch how 2 people falling inlove and get out of the closet.


Cast 10/10


the actors are all amazing, and offcourse Khaotung Thanawat that is beyond amazing, he is Beyond any word, I really love this actor, it could be my one number Thai actor, there isn't a single moment I feel he is out of the character, he is always the character fully.
First is a great actor too, he too not easy role, and he made me cry a lot.


Music
I can not give a score to the music because usually I don't like Thai ost, but this time it was very nice and suitable to the plot, I don't think you need here a music to make you cry,
I liked they didn't use acapella for sad moments. I was very reliefed and it's helped me feel more, I hate thai acapellas,

Rewatch
It is something to remember, and something that stay with you for years, it's not some drama you just forgeting, that is one of the dramas that getting into your heart,

12 episodes was just the perfect lenght to a closer and it was not draggy or boring even for a second.

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It's not bad but not good either

I watched this moview 2 years a go, skiping a lot, and I hated it but I forgot about what happned so I watched it again , maybe it was not with subtitles. and now I watched it all again with sub.

It is a simple sad story about a family , mothers, and homosexuality, one guy doesn't have a mom, the other one have
For me I feel the overall story is not new, the conflict of someone that doesn't have a family and enter a relationship from the son because of the caring loveing mom care
on top of that the same trop about the mother not approving her son being gay.
and it's slow and drag trying to be artistic,

To my point of view the producer is very influence by Kim ki Duk and trying hard to be him, but it's not working, Kim ki Duk is a genius and he tell a story wonderful and slow without too much of a dialog, you understand in a way his massage,

but here you understand but stay confuse all the way and there are a lot of moments you can skip, the color pallet is the same ,and the anviorment is very cold, it feels lonely we got it already, but life have some colorful moments too , the director is probably very depressed he doesn't see anything but the dark and gloomy moments

even when the guy that became a vagtable wake up it's depressing.

Overall I think that there is not so much of this movie, the producer or the script was trying hard to tell you that everything is gloomy, and you need to accept that it's life, but it's only his narrow prespective. if you go after Kim Ki duk at list you have some shiny moments, and some meaning behind things. what we got here exactly, did we get with some insight? no, you left without and 2 hours less from you life and sad

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The plot is ok but delivered bad

I am really sorry to say it but it's started promising and than the last few episodes was lacking, the plot is good, but the editing and the long long scenes make it boring to watch and not to remember, I even forgot what happned in the previous episode to the last one so I need to refresh it , than I go to the last episode and it was so slow I must watch with dubble speed.

The acting of Benz need improvment,I really really sorry to say it, and I hope it will not hurt him, but he have a way to go , need to express his feelings with more than 2 faces, need to go trough some acting class to make him express more because he have more to give.

The only good actor was the big boss, he was the only one that convinced me it's real.


For me it wasn't the car scene that make it not good as it could have been but the flow and the pasted and how it's photograhped, it's really reminds me 2moons2 that was the same slow motion. If you make it slow you need :1. great actors, I mean really the best, so they can make it real. 2. Good editing, good light position, interesting editing that can express the emotions.

It was needed more episodes or faster scnes to connect to fill the story holles, make it look more real, for example maybe the harrasment itself or hints, it comes really as surprising.I didn't see it coming, you need to give some interaction between Tee and the actor.

Overal it could have been a lot better

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A Real Gem

Story 8/10
Simple typical Kdrama story about a rich person (most of the time it's a guy) falling in love with a poor person ( most of the time it's a female but here is a guy) the "money conflict" ( I didn't find a better term to it but if you have an idea you are welcome to write me) emphasise in most of the episodes ( if not all in of them)

The rich handsom guy is an famous actor having a scandal (as a victim but being blamed)
The poor guy is a (almost) chef on a resturant owns by his so called (rich) "friend" (probably more like an ex lover- but this is only an hint on the story)

The fall inlove, and very fast developing a feelings on to another, but the poor guy afraid of because he is hurt from his ex leaving him, (only himted that it's the resturant owner, but we don't really see it as it left as an hole in the story)

And this is summing up the simple story

There is a Similarity to the charaters in "Where your eyes linger" drama with the same producer, (rich soft heart playful guy and the other is poor -strong, self controled guy)

Acting 10/10
All of the actors are great, But my favourites are: Son Woo Hyun (the main actor) and funny Jeon Jae Yeong ( the manager) that looks older than him but in real life all of them are younger than Son Woo Hyun.

Sn Woon H bring brightness in a very smooth way, he is very lovely, cheerful and straightforward person, but the way he delivering it look smooth, both of the main actors acting very good.

Music 7/10
The only drama iv'e watched that was with original ost that left in my mind and hears was in "coffee prince", just to compare original music and songs, here it's more a typical pop song, it's not bad at all, but it's not creative or heartfull songs.

Overall 9/10
The romantic scenes are really good, and they filmed very well, as Korean knows how to, its hearworming, I feel that it's different from other series because it's not having melodramatic ending like in "Where your Eyes Linger" and bring we watch them developing emotions to one another with a slow burning,

the down side that it's short and there are holes in the story that was rushed in the end, but the ending is perfect. another thing is the trop of beakup and return ( the poor guy break up so he would not be hurt and than they coming back together ) and this left to the end, instead of brining more happy couple moments in the last episode, it could have been saved one or 2 episodes for nothing.

Rewatch value
(I already watched it couple of time so it's 10/10)

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beverly hills 2020

Stroy 8/10
friendships and love, cheating and everthing is a mess, there is no boring or simple sweet love, everything have to be dramatic, with manipulation and destroy, and wars, as they called it for the sake of "drama". most of the difference is that we have lesbian and gay couples, so it's make it better and more interesting to watch.

ACting 6/10
We have the good actors, avarage and the bad. most of the avarage,
Stud and Earth , and boyo, playing by good actors. the rest is so so ((I'm talking of the main acotrs only)
Locker for example is ok, but there where times he was dul.

The lesbian couple- they were too much, I didn't like both actress , they are boring and their faces and makup annoys me, I didn't get why she have to be with heavy makeup, it was so annoying to watch, maybe I connect it with streotype, and I didn't like the melodramatic acts , why they can not be at the same level of interest like Earth and Stud, I don't get why lesbian don't get the attention they deserve , to me it was like "just to show there is a lesbian couple" and that is it, maybe It is because I didn't like the couple. I wish they would have chose other story and other actresses for the roles.


Music
I really didn't like the music, the opening song remind me of Kpop, the ending song is just nothing special, and the background music was too dramatic.

overall 7/10

S2 was better than S1, I had a difficult time to like it at first but At the middle I changed my mind because of Locker story and Earth &Stud, the rest was boring to me (Boom and Good characters not reliable and boring, maybe it's also their acting) I didn't like Dr.Sam - not his character and not the actor, I stated to like Singto in this series, because in Sotus I didn't like him a lot, here he made a change and prove himself to be a good actor, he also fit more to the charater (to my point of view) I like his character development, at first I thought he was going trough non realistic madness but the last episode I understand more about the resons behind it, so it was nice to watch. I skiped all the wedding and Boom , She is just a boring actress , I'm not sure if the actress was better maybe the character would have been more interesting, the character itself could have been boring in some way, I didn't understand why she got married at all. she didn't make any progress. I could say I like Stud at the end also, the actor is very good, and I really want Stud and Earth to be together, but I have to agree that it was right maybe to end it like that and probably they will make S3.

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Another selling product, let's find out what it is

The last year brrought us a lot of advertising bl dramas, that was one of those.

Story 1/10
If I could give it 0.5 I would. This is a typical Korean streight story, There is an agonizing artist and a friend that push him and give him support, while his family against his dreams or have some conflict or not provide him what he want or even a gangster( Korean just loves Gangsters) so here we have the same plot, but this time it's 2 males instead of male and female as the main couple.

it's not that it's not the reality but the question is why they don't creat other stories, is there anything in Korea that is not singers or actors? or poor and rich sindrom? are there more into it? or love save only for singers and actors?

The story didn't developed and was not clear, how they fell inlove, no one understand really.

But- at the end they are both singing together, so maybe they want to sell us 2 gays band product? later we will find out.

Acting 1/10
Bad, not convicing.

Music 1/10
Generic, as we are talking about musicians, there are not real music, so it is very interesting, and usually it's like that on those films , the musicians are not musicians, so what they are really? are they products?

overall
Waste of time

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Cute is not enough

I didn't fond this couple too uch at the first "Why r u" drama, but I really fond of Jimmy, he is super cute, Cute that I think that can also pull of the same dynamic with someone else,
Acting 3/10
I don't find Tommy to be in his league, not by apearance and not with acting, it's like he is forcing himself to smile like a cute person. he is trying really hard. too hard. While Jimmy is not a grat actor he is natural cute.

And the story 2/10- there is not so much story in to it, Zon suffer from B-polar disorder and it's reapting itself also in this drama again. it's unecesery, not making anything new here and boring. the breakup and than inlove again and you don't know if Zon will suffer again he always seem to suffer and not answering even questions like: you love me or not?

Music 3/10
the same as it was before, it's not bad but to much repetative.

Overall 3/10
If you are bored it's ok, to skip and to watch at double speed. but that is where it's ends

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Ho! what a disaster!

Episode 1 were exiting, funny and cute, just adorable,
The actor Kokoy was promesing, the old music , the colors, all the editing, was really cool, remind me of those old comedies

I have watched the rest of the episodes only today , 2- 6 short but seems like forever!!!
From a comedy it turn to be a mellodrama, the same old american plot we are so tierd from it and no one watching in anymore and it is fail in the theaters,

The actor Alex is only a shell, What he have to offer except his muscles!? nothing!
if it was a pure comedy it is ok, like those Adam sendler comedies movies, that the actors doesn't know how to play and it is so stupid you forgive them, but is wasn't

At the last episode it was too much in so many ways, Alex didn't seems to be sad , and the forgivness of the sister didn't make any sence, and after all of this betrail and cheating Mando and his bad brother were together?! what an aweful ending,

The only thing that is good in this Was Kokoy, nothing else.

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One in a million

If you watched a lot of romance in your life, a longggg list, you will really appriciate this drama, so much that will not forget it ever, this is one of those drama that giving you tears just to think it's over, it is so good, so lovable.

the reviews didn't make it a justice, because probably they are teens that didn't watched a lot of drama, some of them looking for a skin ship, others look for fast meal, it is not a fast meal, it is a traditional japanese tv drama, but now with gay theme. it's is something very very new.

there were gay drams before it, I've watched them all for years. but not like this one. they were more for fluffy love, for a girl young audience, those with the bl mangas , like in "OSANAS love" If you like Osana's I guess you will not like it, it is more older couple , ordinary, real life, with hardship and not so likable things, for example when one side is passive and appologising all the time, the other one is tough and doesn't want to get out of the closet,
IT IS -R_E_AL.. its the deal here.

You can watch it even 3-10 times, every year or 2 you want rewatch it and find another level of understanding. because like the reviews here are not mature to understand things, most reviews are from teens that doesn't get it.

The colture are different, and you can not compare Japanese drama to the Thai dramas, They are just differente and yes you need to be connected to their mind or their thing. Japanese like Art, beauty, they are very clean in thinking and down to earth, for example they doesn't even miss one spot that isn't in the right place, the angles the colors, the food they are showing, It is very pricice, second, they trying very hard not to follow other styles, like South Korean they have their own game.

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Mixed feelings.

There mixed feeling from my side but also from the all plot.

Yhe movie itself produced very well, you can drown into the scene, feel every moment, i really liked it a lot, the way they film it , the tenssion, the waiting . everything was perfect like a really good japanese classic film should be.
But.. i have mixed feelings and after i read the other reviews i understand more why.

The actors are not have perfect chemistry, they are good actors, especially the old one, but i feel the young actor is not enough into the character, and maybe it's not his fault, the plot itself is lacking,it's half story, not so mature story, and you figure out that it's based on manga probably for teens, it can't be deep enough to fill a full movie plot, the is a conflict- in one hand the production is in really high quality, artistic, and other hand- the plot is lacking, there are holls...it could not carry the weight of the production.

the moments of the couple are very good, they are passionet, you don't need the kiss to feel the passion, but still again- conflicts.

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Second chance and Lay Talay Sanguandikul

I tried to watch it when it was aired and i couldn't because it's look to cheezy for me, but last week i was bored so i try to watch it again, and i really like this drama from second chance. i think that it doesn't give good first impression.

story-
stroy is very cliche and simple, nothing new - it's evolve around student gays couples , there is the slave king character and the good friend that doesn't confess, there is also the guy that can't realise he is inlove or something. everyone have an isuue, but what i like about it that it's natural, not some melodrama and complex, just ordinery fluffliness.

Acting
maybe i will edit it later, but most of them don't have so much acting skills. i think that Cooper is the best here and also Handsone Lay ,even better, there is something about him, he remind me of River Phoenix , the look in general and also the acting, he have some deep skills. but he also can't deliver it to the end because he didn't had a partner at all (Perth really bad actor) and also the script or the procucing didn't help him so much. at the end i think he was the shining star in this drama really.

i didn't like Poy acting, there were just one moment that he play himself, not some stupid kid but there was amoment at first, but most of the time he lookss stupid and it's not his fault, it's because they want him to play younger than his age, like 14 -15 teen...

I didn't understand why Ryen was dubbed...it's just ruined everything, he was cute but the dubbing just ruined it.
Boss and Mek was for me the most interesting couple, i think they were cute until the end,

i didn't like Shane and Md, everything about those twoe looks fake, like they are 2 models that try very hard...

Over all it's very sweet drama i like that there is not so much drama and suffering and everything is open and normal, like it's normal to be gay and not so special, they present it as if there is no complex or questions about it, it's nice, i know there are a lot of bl drama like this, but here it's extremly fun and normal,

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The best of this series

There are couple of dramas in that series, but for my opinion this is the best (and that is why i only review that one)
first both of the actors playing are really cute, a lone and together, they have a good chemistry, although i rellay think they can also pull it off with others too.
the one that playing the twins is adorable, there is something about him, he is charming
and although both of them not so good actors for a beginners they are ok. we forgive them.

There is no story really in this one, it's an odd plot that doesn't make any sence, the subtitles are the worse iv'e seen, i also skiped a lot of the fb group chats, i didn't understand all the mean friends he had there, it's make no sence to have those crule friends...

The acting like i wrote alreay are bad...but better than the other couples of before.

It's nice to pass the time, have a good vibe, and cute...overall i can even watch it again if i skip the boring parts.

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Regret

The end killes it for me, DISASTER!
And i enjoy all 8 episodes, but 9-10 was terrible and i skiped most of it.

2/10 acting
Very bad acting

2/10
Story is really lame but i don't mind, i really don't care about the low budget, but the story itself is lame.

Music 1/10
Worse of the worse it can be

it was fun to watch 1-8 because it's like a joke, funny and lame but fluffy
but the end ...so lame so tribble
there even not enough words for the review to get pass it, it's just lame drama, and i've seen a lot of bl, also chinese bl..there were a lot better with low budget

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Could have been a lot better

The reviews here with 6 points explain it good. But i want to add somethings:
Story 4/10
it's not something new, not refreshing, it same old story, added couple of western ideas with the animation at the beginning it's made me a little frastrated, i felt i watched 90's "indie" american movie.
But the end was the punchline- it is an happy ending for gay couple. So you forgive them for the boring plot.

Acting 3/10

I loved Jdrama until 1-2 years ago, but they started to pick bad actors, or actors that doesn't fit to their roles.
They are not strick like before in choosing the cast and it's Because western factors involved - like Netflix or Vikii and their friends for example.

I really can't understand why the cast Shirasu Jin, i don't like him at all, he should play the villain, something about him looks as bad person, his smile, his eyes. I feel only the cold blowing even when he said: "I love you Yuki"

Raiko on the other hand is better but still lack of skills, when he is craying you don't but it!

they are both not fit for the role and doesn't deliveres the feelings they could hace ( watch His, ir pornographer - and compare to the level of acting and production)

Music 1/10

They really didn't invested at all in the OST

Overall production 6/10

It's cute because there are moments you can feel the ecxitment, Mostly because the "old" jdrama vibe they used to be. but it was rashed fast and we could not feel the emotion properly, so i gave it a 6, it is worth watching anyway.

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