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Terribly Overrated Misery P×rn

Let me say it straight: this drama is bad and doesn't deserve the overblown ratings. "What the hell, Tate? Are you even human? Do you have a heart? How can you say that about the sweetest little sob story of an elderly man pursuing ballet?!" Well, that's the thing. The writer took a tear-jerking concept and wrote a very lazy, sanitized, redundant, non-conflicted in of itself screenplay that relies completely on evoking the feeling of pity from the viewers. The cheesy mellow overbearing piano soundtracks make the impression twice worse. This K-drama is bordering with misery porn.

Everybody is trying to make it in this world. Everybody is fighting their own battles. In the beginning, it's fairly interesting to see how the 70 y.o. Deok Chul is maneuvering between his health issues and his disapproving family to learn ballet. But in the end we don't get a story of a resilient man, all we get is "look how much he loves ballet and how hard it must be for him, poor grandpa!" Lee Chae Rok is not an interesting character either. He is a kind boy who's always helping the grandpa out and waits for a breakthrough in ballet that doesn't seem to be his top priority. I'm especially disappointed in the supporting characters, the Deok Chul's granddaughter who leaves a job to seek her calling and Deok Chul's son who retires from medicine and wanders around town in his old Crocs. Neither of them get a satisfying ending because they both settle in a conventional place making the whole plot line feel like a teenage angst.

Not to mention that to prioritize the grandpa's safety while he's learning ballet there would have to be at least a physiotherapist in the room. Stretching can be traumatic even for young and healthy people. How can a literal boy make a training program for an elderly person when he has no qualifications in the medical field? In this case I would like the retired son to be involved, it would benefit the story.

I would not recommend the show to the fans of psychological dramas and to the fans of Song Kang because he doesn't seem as the main character here. All the complicated ballet dancing scenes are shot with a stunt double even though the actor was committed to learning ballet for 6 months prior. It's just not worth it.

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If you’re on the fence, pleas watch this.

Not the full review as the show isn’t finished but to everyone on the fence about it, it’s 1000% worth a shot. The review score doesn’t do it justice.

It’s a high budget Korean sci-fi show which is already super rare. Has great acting, cinematography and an engaging political story. The writing is fantastic and very unique, more similar to that of a western show (which generally have 100x better writing), reminds me a lot of The Bodyguard on Netflix so if you enjoyed that then this is straight up your alley.

The character introductions at the start were quite poor so it took me a bit to figure out who was who, and there are some weird moments (not in the sense of being strange but more so that they don’t fit in the story and should have been removed during editing). Besides that it’s really really good.

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Sensational, Inspiring, and Healing!

"August" is a warm and inspiring documentary story about director Zhang Zhehan. This documentary debut is beautifully performed with breathtaking cinematography and sensational narration. This film makes me realize that no matter what evil or hardship we experience in life, only by keeping going on and never giving up on ourselves, eventually we will see the truth, goodness and beauty of the real world. And along the way, we can even realize our dreams and create our own miracles! Look what an achievement director Zhang Zhehan has accomplished with numerous music credits and awards in less than three years after he lost everything in his career! 《August》is definitely a film with hope, serenity, and strength!

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Should be called King of Tears and Ice Maiden

This is a single layer story about a greedy woman who abandoned her son and coiled herself around a rich ceo to inherit all hus wealth by destroying his family. And she is truly wicked - doesn't shy from murder, sending her own child away to America etc etc.

In this straight layer you then have multiple players who are entangled. Then there are subsets to these people.
Simple, boring, clichéd, seen that before, yawn.

What then races these dramas to the top are the players and their nuances - both of which are absent here.

Let's start with the players.
Stand out performances by Grace (the spy), the FL wimpy brother, the FL secretary, the ML attorney friend and the bad villain (abandoned son)..

And now the leads:
One would think that if the premise is love/marriage /divorce/remarriage to same person, then there has to be an iota of chemistry.. Should they not test this in the audition? Maybe the stars are so big they discarded the auditions.
So Alas Alas - here we have to use our wildest imagination and fantasy to assume the two are madly in love.- because frankly they behave like they are allergic to each other.

There is not one heart fluttering moment between them, no sizzle, no intimacy, no intensity.
We have miss ice maiden who is mean to the ML through ep.15 and then agrees to hold his hand in16.
We have the king of tears who spends 80% of his screen time with wet eyes.

What a pitiful drama.

I think k dramas need to stop focusing on these so called big regional stars and get back to making their old classic story line with real actors.

Think about it - we've had 3 dumps already in 2024 with hot shot actors :
Doctor Slump, Welcome to Samdalri, and now this Queen of tears........all dramas that totally missed the point.

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If I could I would have given zero!

The story is stupid, trashy and cringe to an extreme degree. The protagonist with glasses is so stupid that he becomes obnoxious and annoying. There is nothing salvageable, nothing beautiful or decent in this series. But how do you come up with such rubbish? It's a shame, with this series they missed an excellent opportunity to not make a bad impression.
The story is stupid, trashy and cringe to an extreme degree. The protagonist with glasses is so stupid that he becomes obnoxious and annoying. There is nothing salvageable, nothing beautiful or decent in this series. But how do you come up with such rubbish? It's a shame, with this series they missed an excellent opportunity to not make a bad impression.

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Too Bloody

I initially wanted to watch it, but after i saw some clips or basically scrolled through the entire movie, I was utterly Disgusted by the gore and bloody, as someone who cannot handle bloody gore scenes, I dropped this movie as it was too bloody and disgusting, however I loved the actors and actresses and Seo in-Guk acting is Awesome! Unlike the previous roles he played, he managed to act out the character realistically, and honestly i was shocked at how well he was able to portray a villain, but I didn’t really understood the story, like everybody died at the end of the movie except one, like what?! overall it was just too bloody to watch and i suggest that those with a weak stomach or cannot handle blood to not watch it

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Hopeful Bond Against the Dark Odds

“It bothers me when one out of every seven of us is missing. I don’t know why, but I just don’t like it. I hope we can be all together. When we are all together, I don’t even think about wanting to die.”

I've live to this day to watch this drama adaptation of BU and I'm glad it's really good. They did an amazing job on the build up between the characters and their relationships, along with the actors' portrayal and chemistry. From the awkward first meetings to building trust with each other and getting closer together. I love watching their friendship and brotherhood despite their different backgrounds and problems. This drama is heartwarming with the precious new found family trope. But at the same time, the dark themes about their childhood traumas and family secrets are so emotional and intriguing. It's only 4 episodes so far in their highschool part and I'm already feeling many emotions. More revelations will come in the later episodes. I can't wait for the more angst and I'm especially excited to see the part when the time travel/loop starts.

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A hot and cheesy mess.

Though hardly original, this drama's switched bride trope is well executed and entertaining. A very shady prime minister marries his illegitimate daughter Shen Keyi to Wen Yi, a prince and the country's God of War posthumously. As it turns out, Wen Ye is very much alive and full of suspicion when he discovers himself married to his enemy's daughter. Meanwhile Shen Keyi is tasked by her stepmother to steal a jade token from Wen Ye in exchange for her beloved nanny's wellbeing. Their early antics are silly but very funny. It was great to watch an older and jaded general fall for a lively, natural and utterly beguiling young girl. The leads have good chemistry and both actors deliver convincing performances. I also enjoyed the comedic banter between Wen Ye and his two sidekicks.

At twelve episodes this drama was hilariously hot and cheesy but by twenty-four episodes it turned into a hot and cheesy mess. The palace plot becomes increasingly convoluted and absurd and both lead's adorable silliness descends into stupidity and melodrama as they navigate multiple obstacles. Ultimately, the much simpler love story between the princess and the guard moved me more. The ending is a bit rushed but it was actually pretty good in the messiest way possible. All considered not the worst drama to watch to just pass some time. I rate it 6.5/10.0

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strong start, weak ending

The story has many plot holes but i still enjoyed it very much, until the last two episodes where the story started to make litteraly no sense. As many review say, the ending felt rushed, but also boring at the same time. I haven't read the webtoon so i can't compare the two but i still felt like we were missing some informations for the story to make sens. It really felt like it should have been a 16ep long drama but they suddenly had to make it shorter.

Nonetheless i think it is worth watching, particularly for the cast and the romance which were both amazing. I would have rated it at least 8 if it wasn't for the last episodes.

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This couple is worth to watch!

To be short the long review. I really love this couple of how they Portrait their Characters in different ways. The eyes that always speaking itself that always captured my attention while I'm watching. This love team is like a chocolate that you can create a different variety that everyone gonna love it. Jim and Wen please keep it up and make your love team stronger than ever. To be honest In this series, all the good actors is here. Well done everyone. The story is so realistic that happens in every relationship, family matters and to the society. Thank you so much and hoping to see you both in more projects and as a love team. Yeheyyyyy???

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guys! If you are into angst stuff. This is for you

after watching this, I can't explain how should I say the words to describe it since it has its bad and good side. so let's start.
character: the cast was great. the acting was great , the way jisung eyes always looked shiney and beautiful,the way his eyes showed emotions made me fall for him again and again. now female lead was kind of annoying and clingy I know some people won't likey opinion but ok i understand that she is worried for him but like stalking him ( i know it's not stalking but ok she looked like but no hate for actress though) like they made her look really bad.


plot: ok no spoilers so the story is good but why does nurse is annoying and actually every ep has different story and procedure so actually the story is good but ending didn't do justice and their chemistry was fine how did she fall for when did they time for this, anyway the plot is good the sidestory of ml is kind of sad also the fl sister was kind annoying but after sometime she is ok and also the main couple were kind of off and specially fl like ( i can't explain it just watch it) but it's a good drama. and I kinda learned some disease and procedure and it was interesting anyway I will end this review and the total rating of this drama is 7.6

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Its been good , and could have been better

ML look like he was high in Episode 5 when he visited city hall,
and director shoot that scene like that and don't even edited it out Great..
most of time ML look at FL he look like a Pervert then her lover....
Girl and her Boyfriend and her ARMY Friend and her Pastor Friend
all are 1D character boyfriend is boyfriend army friend is just army friend
i like Army Captain were a fan or crush on her after watching her in shooting stars,
so i was more interested in her story but Director just focus on Stereotype strong woman image, Army girl who is strict with a iron wall build around herself, has no weakness not feelings
she don't have a love interest when she is around so many handsome soldiers , since she is the captain she cant have feeling for solider below her rank and there isn't anyone that is above her, and those above her are old uncles
WHY male can have crush on FL who is below his social status as CEO and his Assistant but Female cant have those to make her look strong it just made her look old fashioned stereotype ,
i wanted to see her have love line or flirting to make her more human then only a army girl and a friend, she is also a woman and human being with a lot more feelings
you don't like someone after seeing there rank in army, she is cute and pretty but no solider got a crush on her ?
i know this is Dooms day drama, and they have 199 days left to live so , that more important to give more your own feelings and desire then trying to look cool Captain.
main couple love story was boring as someone mention FL has more chemistry with Army Captain then her Boyfriend who half Seens where cut,
In ah needed a partner other then her Bestie FL or any other thing with her so she wont look 1D character just a solider nothing more then that,
You father 2nd ML was useless for most of the drama,
his church was useless

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ROUND OF APPLAUSE

THE ACTING IN THIS DRAMA IS TOP-TIERRRRRRRR...
I've always been a big fan of Lee MuSaeng. His acting is always amazing but the side that we got to see in this drama, made me fall for his acting skills once again...
I don't think, Lee BoYeong's talent needs any introduction, like always, she delivered her best in this drama too....♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡
Now, let's talk about the story.....Every episode of this drama was meaningful, no extra scenes, no dragging story....Everything was perfectly balanced...

I wanna mention my most favorite scene, soooo SPOILER ALERTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!




The moment, MoonYeong sees her husband cheating on her, instead of crying and blaming him, she drives her car into the house and beats him with a golf stick.....Woahhhhhhhhhh!!!!! Queennnnnnnnn>>>>>>>>

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