FLUFFY PASTA
It's Good But Not Fantastic
It started out really good, actually. The first 3 episodes are the best. Sadly, the character that I thought would be a potential antagonist ended up losing so quickly — a little bit rushed. I don’t really like the mid of the drama, the antagonist was so-so but it took longer to bring them down compared to the potential antagonist. Near the end, it suddenly became very psychological (even though I donʼt really like how it delivered). And it was so 'everything-is-about-main-character' thingy which Iʼm not a big fan of it. The ending was pretty good, better than I thought after watched the drama but not as good as I expected when I first started.Despite the quality decrease of the plot, itʼs really refreshing to see Ryu and K interaction. Even though itʼs more like 'mediocre and funny' than 'bad and crazy'.
Sadly, I noticed that Lee Dong Wookʼs acting (or is it because of the cringe plot or the weird angle? or probably because of his character?) is a bit disappointing. At some point, the actor who played the younger version of LDW's character had delivered a better act than him.
I think this drama deserves 8/10 for the first 3 episodes (if it wasn't too rushed, I believe it deserves 9/10) and 6/10 for the rest.
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One of the best LGBT movie I've ever watched.
Found this by accident when I looked something to watch in Netflix. Glad I found this.I used to underestimate Taiwanese movies or dramas, but after I watched this (and Dear Ex), I changed my mind. I would even say this movie is one of the best ROMANCE movie I've ever watched.
I really love the cinematography, the sad-tone of this movie. The chemistry between the leads. I was surprised when I saw their ages and their filmography—they are rookie actors! They acted so well and when it combined with the beautiful scenes and the cinematography, this movie is heavenly.
Very recommended if you need something emotional to watch to cry. The bittersweet ending left me kinda empty and I cried for pretty long time after I finished. Couldn't totally move on from this movie after a week.
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A Hard Watch — Exhausting!
This movie is seriously underrated, when it's one of the best action-thriller movie I've ever watched! If someone underestimate Korean for being too girly and too cheesy (nothing wrong with this, tho), then you should give them this!You really have to be mentally (and probably physically) prepared before you watch this movie. This movie is basically about a man who got bad lucks a whole day (like, really really bad) and I think my heart was beating super fast for the entire movie.
But don't worry, you'll get super satisfied by the ending.
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Fascinating Idea, Too Problematic Plot & Execution
It should've been a great queer movie. The idea was genius — your loved one is dead and years later you found someone who acts exactly like your past lover but as someone who has the same gender as you are? What a touching yet heartbreaking idea.But it would be too problematic if you add cheating and horrible age gap (a grown man teacher and an underage student). Plus, the obsession the teacher had with his student is just make it worse.
The weirdest part of this movie in my opinion was when the student suddenly realized that he is his teacher's past lover. Does reincarnation work that way? Become fully what they used to be? Can't they have their own feelings? It feels more like he's being possessed with the teacher's past lover.
The best thing about this movie is its duration. I didn't really waste my time to watch this. I was so curious about how the remake would be, but sadly it's cancelled.
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Watch This, You Won't Regret.
I really enjoyed watching this drama, only took 3 days to finished when I usually need more than a week to finish K-dramas.Taxi Driver is a really good action K-drama, I like the conflicts and the ideas of this drama, but there are some illogical scenes (plotholes) to make the drama goes on smoothly (no variables, no unpredictable incidents). This drama is pretty straightforward. Still enjoyable even though I can't really feel the tense.
The characters are also likeable. Except Kim Do-Ki being too overpowered, other characters have fair portions. The chemistry between the characters is also good, I lowkey ship some of the characters despite there's no romance at all in this drama.
The best thing about this drama is the music. The OSTs match well with the scenes. The main OST with its rock genre really suits a lot of action scenes.
And the most underrated aspect from this drama is its comedy. The comedy aspect probably contributes most of the illogical scenes and plotholes in this drama, but I really love the jokes they put and laughed pretty often when I watched this.
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