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April 03, 2024

Dear Liar

Now it will be short because the drama is short and there is nothing more to say about it than that it was a flop. I was this drama a really whole ago. If I remember correctly, I watched Dear Liar around November last year, but I can't remember what exactly this drama was even about.

In short: There was a married couple, supposedly happy, but the wife suspected her husband of dark secrets. His sister was locked up in a psychiatric hospital and had a difficult life history. None of the family or the wife believes that her husband is hiding secrets, which only makes him more and more aggressive.

I don't know what the producers were taking while making this miniseries, but they should stop. This is one of the least coherent dramas I have ever seen. The story had no clear beginning, no logic in its development and a very rushed ending. Everything happened at a strange pace, which made it impossible to absorb even part of the story.

Creating a short show is an art and unfortunately the producers lost. The producers of Dear Liar should not focus on the shortness of the drama but on its meaning. Why make several-minute episodes if you don't know how to create them? According to MDL, there were 27 episodes, not 9 as per VIKI, so I assume that the episodes were originally 10 minutes long, not 30 minutes long. So that's even worse. There are series that have 6 or even 4 hour-long episodes and they are brilliant. You can't say much here because acting is hard to find, everyone is running around and has maybe 2 lines each, and the content is broken into a million pieces and no one can put it together effectively. Dear Liar is a total failure to me. I give it 3/10 only for the time spent on set by the actors and other staff.

November 30, 2023

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol

I don't know what to say about this drama other than it was weird from the very beginning. This is one of the few dramas that I didn't stick with for more than half an hour. It was totally impossible to see more than 2 episodes. I love Lee Jae-Wook but unfortunately this drama is not the best thing he has in his portfolio. Fortunately, this is a production that came out before Alchemy of Souls!

What is drama about? (borrowed from MyDramaList because I don't even feel like writing it)

Goo Ra Ra is a naive rich girl, who dreams of being a great pianist with her father's love guiding her. But her path becomes rocky when her father passes away, and she finds herself going bankrupt. Being scammed of a home and needing an escape, she goes on a ride where she encounters an accident trying to avoid Sun Woo Joon, a diligent worker trying to make ends meet. Being hospitalized with a broken arm and no place to go, guilty Sun Woo Joon decides to take responsibility and take care of her. With Go Ra Ra’s naive personality, she slowly begins creeping into Sun Woo Joon's heart, while trying to deal with the challenges of living an adult life.

This will be short because I didn't like the drama 😕

As for the acting, it was quite good. The actors got into the characters and played naturally. There were many scenes set up to make it funny, but unfortunately it turned out rather weird than funny... just awkward 😶

Nevertheless, the character of Ra-Ra was quite interesting. Each of us probably knows one person who simply ignores life's worries and is always positive. It's more or less a Ra-Ra character, cutting out the death, bankruptcy, car crash, and kidnapping by a stalker. It sounds dangerous, but these were short stages in her life because she quickly managed to find friendly people who helped her out of this ordeal 👍 Lee Jae Wook playing Sun Woo Joon was also convincing. I liked his character... until the fiasco in the last episodes. For the first time, I hoped that the main male character would die because why should he continue to suffer. Then the series might have a sad end, but at least it would be highly rated. Now it won't get more than 5/10. I'm sorry Jae Wook 😭

So as for the acting of the main characters and the side characters were pretty good. The problem is the script. A bit later than midway, the producers decided that everything was too lovely, so they must add some DRAMA! Ra-Ra and Woo Joon had to go through one of those stupid kdrama staples as a lead gets an incurable disease, characters suddenly cannot communicate, a lead loses their memory, an ex-girlfriend appears .... But the producers decided to go a step further and take the story to the heights of frustration, because the pain after the death of a loved one is the same as the pain of a breakup, right?

I was crying like a nut case when I got to know THAT but still thought that it is not the worst ending. What happened happened, it's sad but livable. Acceptable ending. No. They couldn't leave something good being good. They had to destroy us with a giant emotional roller-coaster 😡😠 and bring Woo Joon back to life. 5 years of not giving a sing of life and than suddenly showing up?! WTF!!! If that was my story, I would kill that guy for sure.

I'm exposing the ending as there is absolutely no need for you to watch Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol. I had a lot of hopes for this drama .... just look at the description... it's sounds great and Lee Jae Wook is there!! It may be predictable, but it could have been turned into a really good show! It was supposed to be a sweet and fluffy where everything works out perfectly for Ra-Ra despite some major bumbs. But they made it a collection of strange people, scenes and an ending that calls for vengeance to heaven. If you think about watching this or something else -> choose "something else". These 16 episodes will just give you begginers hopes and then crush them with a ton concrete block 💀

July 17, 2022

She is the one - chinese drama

Since the time of the Olsen sisters and the Sprouse brothers, I don't remember watching any interesting shows with twins in the lead! Drama She is the one took a different look at them and made a unique story. The show was fun to watch but it's a pity that they were not real twins, which I realized only after a few episodes 🙊🙉🙈 I must admit, I was expecting too much from the show from what I read online. It was for me too lovey-dovey and not enough action that could have lift the show from 4/10.

So what did the sisters decided to do? 

When Si Ya decides to go into hiding, Yue Yue is forced get married to wealthy CEO instead of her. While Yuan family is looking for a missing twin, Yue Yue tries her best to not to get caught. Posing as her brilliant sister is more complicated and harder that Yue Yue was ever expecting. Wen family is expecting her to be a good asset to their business empire as she is a finantial genius. Unfortunately, she is the complete opposite of her sister. 

An athletic and socially educated girl does her best to make up for her intellect. Her sports achievements allow her to use every possible situation to escape from the golden cage that is her new home. Her series of escapes begins at the wedding where the future husband decided to be late. When a car pulls up before the wedding hall, she throws the driver out of the car and drives away unaware that the vehicle is actually carrying Wen Jin Chen. Both husband and wife have never met before, so hiding from each other is relatively easy for them. Each of them pretends to be someone else, but they cannot hide their mutual feelings.

Although the series was long, there is not much to write about it because not much happened. There were many cute and a few cringey scenes, as expected, and some random plot twists. And as I mentioned before - it's a pity, because they could make a really interesting series out of it. It was a typical comedy of mistakes, pretenses and understatements with moments of teenage romance.

Characters where going from immature kids to the world's greatest businessmen in a light speed 💥 This rollercoaster of behavior was a bit hard to digest in the long run. Also - the development of all characters wasn't the smoothest. I was confused and not very impressed with the backstory. Decent acting definately makes the show. Thanks to that and 30 min lenghts drama is light and easy to watch

Coming back to the golden cage from the introduction for a moment - that was perhaps the most irritating aspect of the show! I don't know why the producers insisted that Yue Yue be kept locked in the house by her husband who only visited her under the cover of night. In my opinion, situation was about to finish with Stockholm Syndrome 😩 ... the only thing that was missing was that the characters did not pretend to be someone else. At the same time, the scenes of their meetings were futile and except for the last one, where Jin Chen was recognized, they were completely unnecessary 😕

Unfortunately, I don't have much good to say from the supporting characters because, apart from their acting talent, there was not much good in them. The characters were portrayed very slowly, as were the details of the story. Even after 15 episodes, it was still hard to recognize what the relationships between the characters are and how it would all stick together 😮

I rarely evaluate series so critically, but apart from the interior designs and music, I did not like much about it. I saw it all, hoping that something interesting would eventually happen, that there would be an event that would glue it together and make me say "WOWWWW AND TOTALLY DID NOT SEE THAT COMING!😱😵" but nope, it did not happen 😟

So if you like dramas where you really do not need to focus on what is happening, sure go ahead 😊 But if you are looking for some action and surprises, check out The Glamorous Imperial Concubine or Young Lady And Gentelman 😉

August 14, 2021

Hello Mr. Gu!

This drama is so mellow and neutral that I totally forgot what was it about 😅😂 To be honest, I finished it while ago and forgot to write the review in time but now when I want to write about it, my brain is empty 🙈🙊 I don't remember much so will take a moment to have a look at sneak-peaks and leave you with MDL's drama synopsis:

A CEO with an aversion to crowds enters a contractual marriage with an impoverished heiress. With opposing personalities, they initially butt heads, only to become one another’s confidants over time. These imperfect souls help each other heal as they fall in love.

Sooooo.... The synopsis doesn't say much he? 😅 I will give you some details then. We have CEO Gu Nan Zhou who is kinda a-social person and doesn't exactly have friends apart from co-workers. On the other side of the story we have Zhou Jian Qing whose family lost whole wealth but she is super druper cheerful person. To help each other out and fulfill the duty against Nan Zhou's deceased father, these 2 decide to create a contractual marriage. As they are both quite unique people, the beginning of marriage is rather bumpy. When they finally start to settle in, they are gradually moving from strangers to loved ones.

When it comes to the main couple, it was rather irritating that they had nothing in common. I would divide this show into 60% of stupid fights beteen the lead, 20% of awkwardly sweet scenes, 10% of funny moments and 10% of secondary couple story. The fights and childlish behaviours made me feel that there was no chemistry or attraction between these two.

One thing about dramas in the concept of "me and my CEO" is constant - regardless of whether it is a Chinese or Korean production, there is always a successful woman around the CEO who wants him to herown and the new shy unknown girls that caught director's eye is extremely hindering her in achieving her goal. Here her name is Jiang Jing Xuan and you can see her in the picture bellow.

Hello Mr. Gu! contains of 30 episodes which I see as way to many. It started well but it took too much time to finish. I've seen see a lot of Well-Intended love references in the show. Mr. Gu’s character is similarly cold and strong CEO with no other purpose in life than work. He is handsome but never smiles. Family is pushing for him being married so he pick a girl and decides to marry at once so they leave him alone. Jian Qing, on the other hand, just like Xia Lin, is a girl in trouble and only a good marriage or winning the lottery can save her (in this case, it's basically the same thing).

Despite the many references to other dramas, drama is very pleasant to watch😁 Even though after a few weeks I didn't remember what exactly it was about as My Rational Life overshadowed it, I don't recall it to be hard to watch. Yes, the main character by being childish left its mark 😆 but it didn't make the drama a bad memory. This is a typical oversweetened series where problems are flat and love is fluffy. Thanks to browsing the gallery on MDL and photos on Google my memory is refreshed and I remembered that the last episodes were so packed with lovey-dovey scenes that it was hard to finish it.

I try my best not to runin this show because none of my memories indicate that it was bad. Although I can't digest the fact that I completely forgot what the series was about when I started to watch another one. This coupled with flat characters and a weak storyline makes me to give it 4,5/10 points. Dramas in my opinion should be more memorable 😬😪