Draken Sano Shipper
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When I finally stopped screaming I got so completely hooked by the story! This story really is genius. Meaningful, passionate, with a bromance that will fuck you up. And okay Tori is beautiful no matter what, but I honestly think Okada this is his best look ever. And I liked Ikuta Toma, I think he displays sentiments well and did a good job portraying the main character, who seems cold and calculated on the outside but in truth he's still struggling with something in his past. And the concept and the way they talk about the pseudo science doesn't come across as immature so you believe everything. Just one of my faves!
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Like Wes Anderson meets Guillermo del Torro but darker than Anderson and lighter than Del Torros masterpieces, this one is definitely full of suspense and you'll be hooked by the mystery.
Honestly, Koreans have mastered the art of psychological suspense and drama.
This film is very visual, so it really treats the surroundings like a character, the forest and the house of course. I love fairytale retellings especially when they're done in this way. The colors, the objects, the clothing, everything serves a visual purpose, everything has meaning.
It's definitely sad but it's not too dark and not too much horror so anyone can watch it.
But when the ending rolls out you'll be just surprised. It's done so beautifully .
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It's a wonderful feeling when you go into a movie without even looking at the blurb and encounter what is quite literally a diamond in the rough.
I've seen a few Thai horror movies now and I'm starting to see they can be just as nuanced and complex as Korean horror and this Swimmers being a prime example.
Take Me Home is a ghost story.
But in truth, this is a heartbreaking look at the reality of human shallowness and that accepting 'ugliness' is not that hard if you open yourself up to it. That you could potentially save someone's life if you just accepted them. But in a world where we worship physical beauty, there's no place for anyone who falls below those arbitrary standards of beauty and ugly that we alone came up, and these unrealistic standards might as well be the most devastating human invention.
Because when physical beauty means everything you force people to become ugly on the inside.
And the ending, that philosophy maybe it felt right to me so I thought it was perfect.
Anyway, that's all I'm going to say about it .
This film reminded me of Oculus which is another favorite of mine, but I don't mean it's the same concept or story, absolutely not, I just mean tonally and family ghost story.
If you can just deal with a little bit of deformed faces on ghosts, I really suggest you watch it.
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Is it perfect? Hell no. There were many serious things happening with not so serious ramifications which usually bothers me but with BFR somehow it felt right for the light romance feel. Because the focus of the drama was not those things but the romantic and sexual tensions between the main characters and they did such a great job of making me feel their chemistry and their bond.
I honestly loved watching both the couples but I do have a slight preference for Badz (Mond) because that guy is just a tall baby XD how can you not adore him! But seriously it's a slow burn with not that much skin ship but when it happens it's hot. Because their bond doesn't feel fake you end up rooting for them.
And again, like I said this show is more guilty pleasure romance but still has a good script and the story doesn't get boring.
All in all one of my faves!
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As you've probably figured out by now, I'm absolutely in love with the new cast, and I'm still Pavel obsessed XD
This show is so cheesy but in the right way.
I love all the three couples and their chemistry is so amazing which means the actors and the director made us truly believe in their love so even if the story overall was a bit flimsy it was the perfect guilty pleasure escape.
Ming Kit omg Joong is so BEAUTIFUL I can't get enough of him and even though he's the youngest he's confident and loud like Pavel, and Nine I think he's really good at portraying emotional range.
And Earth and Ben again, their chemistry will give you goosebumps.
But I have to say Pavel and Dome were so good together!
Sigh.
I hope next installment they work on the script and the story.
Can't wait for the next season
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Basically, I loved the brothers dynamic and even beyond that human experimentation is my favorite topic that's why I love Japanese stories like Final Life . But Final Life is shot well and it's more recent so naturally more stunning but Fallen Angel has a kind of indie feel to it.
The story is basically about people's obsession with intelligence, and a lot of Asian dramas deal with this topic in a phenomenal way like the Thai series Gifted and Japanese Final Life I mentioned earlier.
Basically two brothers are living ordinary lives when suddenly after having disappeared when he was a kid, the youngest brother appears all hurt and not in great shape.
And then there are people who want to capture the youngest brother so the older brothers end up being forced into abandoning their lives so they could go on the run in order to save the youngest from the antagonists.
Anyway, I really thought the actors on the whole did a solid job and the script was good if not outstanding.
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Literally went in not expecting much but from the very first scene you'll get involved.
Its simple, and pure, just like the characters.
It will give you the best laughs, and it will also destroy you.
Acting all around was excellent and the characters were not shallow so you feel for all of them. Sometimes the things that break us might seem trivial to others.
You want love to last forever but it's not always possible. Even if you're ready to sacrifice everything the ending might not be happy.
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Basically they start out being all edgy and dark and I was thinking hell yes, till a couple of episodes and then the so called narcissistic male lead starts acting all cute and funny, like what? Instead of being a crime mystery drama with a romance sub plot it turned into a romance drama with a crime sub plot. I kept watching because the male lead is just gorgeous and I was really intrigued by the crime plot and already invested.
And then things got worse when the show became super misogynistic, and the hero kept spouting lines like 'women are like this, men are that' wtf? All the stereotypes of males and females that the civilized society has tried to make obsolete, started showing up and the fact that he treats her like a servant and an all around maid while being shitty and borderline abusive. Look, there are some dramas like lakorns that show slap and kiss but treat it like a fetish and it's for guilty pleasure. No one is supposed to take those seriously and despite being slap and kiss most of those lakorns like Hua Jai Sila don't treat female characters like this, and still break stereotypes and show a hero who is not misogynistic.
The problem with a show like Love Me If You Dare is that it is supposed to be taken seriously. Like even if you're trying to portray the male lead with faults that's fine, but it's not just him! His best friend and even the main female lead constantly spout this kind of nonsense. And I even ignored it hoping there would be a growth in that respect, but the very last couple episodes still had bs dialog like 'women are whiny'
And the love story was really juvenile. I mean there were times when a serious crime is going on and these are murders okay, and the two leads were joking around and being cute! There is a way to do humor in dark situations and dark humor but this is not that kind of mature content. Everything is just kind of shallow including the characters so when the female lead starts crying it feels forced, not to mention, you're also reminded by some male character that she's crying because she's a woman lol I'm not joking!
But credit goes to the camera work and the story arc with the actual villain was done pretty well, and definitely what kept me watching.
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If he's being a jerk its because he was trying to protect her or making her think he's dangerous so she wouldn't get involved with him but loves her almost obsessively. That's what you need in a slap kiss guilty pleasure, obsessive love and I really hated cheating in some drama because the characters feel selfish but in this one the cheating is done in a way that he doesn't do it to hurt her but to hurt someone else in his rage. There's no rape everything is with consent and the slap kiss is treated more as a fetish and the main lead never physically harms her if anything he's the one getting slapped XD
Anyway, their chemistry was excellent! Believable. Neither of them was selfish. The whole bit with the sister got a little annoying and I would have preferred if they gave Tor's step brother a bit more back story, characterization instead of making him a one dimensional villain, but still all thingsconsidered it was engaging, exciting, full of drama and angst and suspense and the skin ship is just one of the best I've seen!
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This was my first foray into Asian cinema back when I was sick of Hollywood and only watching European movies. Back when I didn't even know who Kim Jaejoong was and can you imagine he was legit my first Asian celebrity crush! Naturally I fell for tvxq and JYJ both ultimately.
So I don't know, maybe I'm biased but the way this film captures raw human experience and makes you think, it's meaningful and sad but also extremely hopeful.
And like I said, it's timeless and still very much still relevant! After watching many, many times.
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