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I am in awe of the perfection of this show, at least up through the first couple episodes. Acting, casting, cinematography, music, writing, steam, romance, chemistry, even some deeper profound messages thrown in there. Complex, developing characters. Every beat works perfectly. This show is a gift. I am not one to give praise easy and the early episodes of this are 10/10. My only gripe so far is the continued romanticization of pedophilic teacher- student relationships as that’s super damaging but what to do. It's also SO refreshing to see a same sex straight and gay character just be good friends. Gay friends are usually portrayed with the opposite sex. It's honestly amazing representation that means a lot. Damian Hardung looks like he was made by AI. I have never seen a human being who screams main guy out of a fiction novel energy. 1x6- Okay some scenes are more weird than steam. Like sometimes the show does it amazing well and others I'm kind of grossed out. Ep 6 definitely felt more rom com-y in that non-genuine human feeling way. But not bad. I appreciate how it wrapped a bit up before unravelling, letting people feel satisfied with S1 but also looking forward to S2.

1 year ago

morningsong added 1 item to 2024 TV Diary list

After Superstore ended, I wanted to see more of Ben Feldman’s face so I combed through his filmography and found this show. It was cancelled early and seems almost erased from the internet. YouTube basically has no clips of it. Streaming services are like huh? And searches for it will more often than not get you irrelevant results. And it’s a shame because it’s not a bad show at all. In fact, every episode is classic rom com material. What it lacks is drama, specifically of the soap opera variety. What is has instead is Friends style everyday trials and tribulations that help you get to know the characters better. The main couple is truly in love and good to each other. And it’s such a nice change to have a show sit in that, rather than have them break up as soon as they get near each other. And it’s also not insta-love. Even though these characters like each other there’s still that realistic getting to know each other and not assuming everything is gonna work out immediately. They go through trials and tribulations together. They are developed. And their love is truly shown through it all. That shouldn't be so rare on TV as it is. Because the getting together with someone isn't what most people actually experience as love. It’s a great comfort show I can see myself rewatching. Sure, it’s not the type I would count down the days to see the next episode of, but it’s warm and sweet and easy. I think telling the audience from the beginning that your leads are going to break up as your literal theme song was a bit too much to ask investment-wise from an audience. Maybe in a movie such a dynamic would work better. I think that may have been part of why this show crashed. Sad it was cancelled. I think in a different space it would have found a better audience.

1 year ago

morningsong added A to Z to have watched list

 A to Z 

1 year ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

It has comfort show energy. Nothing particularly wow about it. It drags a bit too much, makes drama where there really doesn't need to be in that annoying way, and has iffy handling of an LGBT storyline. But it's sweet and cute. The last couple episodes were really just boringgggg.

1 year, 1 month ago

morningsong added The Perfect Score to have watched list

 The Perfect Score 

1 year, 1 month ago

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2024 TV Diary (10 movies items)

1 year, 1 month ago

morningsong added 1 item to 2024 TV Diary list

Incredibly well-written dialogue. It's like all the relationship building intimacy missing from 98% of rom-coms went into this movie like a full-force river. There is more people getting to really know each other in a minute of this movie than in two hours of most others. Funny, honest, quirky, original. If you watch movies for the human element rather than to see things go boom, this is for you. The plot revolves around a sexually ambiguous gay leaning guy who starts to date a woman with a past history of sexual trauma. It basically explores a lot of beautiful modern themes like soul mates, the line between friendship and romance, and asexuality.

1 year, 1 month ago

morningsong rated Straight Up

 Straight Up 8/10

1 year, 1 month ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

This show is like a who's who of Korea's best actors. It has a lovely, life-affirming message. It's got romance to make you literally sob. But it's also got a lot of gratuitous violence which is not my cup of tea. A lot of it. You know the kind that doesn't have to go that far but the writers like taking it further? That kind. The main villain is also an over the top psycho rather than understandable. Part 2 gets into a pyshco serial killer storyline which is definitely not my cup of tea so DNF. Kind of hurt to see Kim Ji Soo play a villain in this as he was one of my fav rom leads. Also Lee Jae Wook gives a stellar performance. Any surprise?

1 year, 1 month ago

morningsong added Queen of Tears to have watched list

 Queen of Tears 

1 year, 2 months ago

morningsong added 2 items to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

1 year, 2 months ago

morningsong added Record of Youth to have watched list

 Record of Youth 

1 year, 2 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

1 year, 2 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to This Movie Diary -spiel within, not spoiler free list

It’s definitely not a good show but it’s also not terrible. Well, it kind of is terrible but… ;-; Julio Peña is to me the prettiest guy in the world so if he’s in it I’ll watch it. The writing has big written by men energy. Just inexplicable. I can’t watch the scenes with the short blonde haired girl without cringing. I can also tell it’s written by men because no woman would get away with an all female by chance inspector force without being crucified. So I guess that part’s nice. The show’s a bit different as a lot of heist media has this I’m so cool, look at me vibe, but these guys are low key just bumbling idiots who don’t know they’re bumbling idiots. They do the most certifiable stuff and there’s some good comedy that comes from that. But it happens in a context that is realistic enough that the humour really lands. And the acting has some really strong moments despite the bad writing. When the older guy was being divorced by his wife I teared up. He gave so much emotion to this tawdry show. Over all, ahh this show does have some strong aspects but then you’ll hit a bump where you’re certain this must have been written by a fourteen year old boy. Like the women attached to the top of the car scene? Wtf even is that? It’s so dangerous and yet this guy is supposedly protective of her. Don’t get me started. The show also has a big narrative around the meaning of love but it seems really confused about what it wants to say, despite talking about it constantly. Does love last or does it inevitably fade? Is love deeper intimacy or momentary infatuation? It’s one, no the other, no the other one. Is it okay to cheat on your loving spouse as long as you have fun? Loyalty isn’t a part of love? Idk. It’s very confused.

1 year, 3 months ago

morningsong added Berlin to have watched list

 Berlin 

1 year, 3 months ago

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1 year, 4 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

I love Jung so Min so much. She emotes incredibly and is a fantastic actress. Idk why they chose the lead guy. He’s kind of like a stone. I know they’re supposed to be very different but idk he really is just like the potato x). I loved this movie. It was so funny and sweet. The ending was cliched and the breaking of the fourth wall was strangely written. But I can see it now being one of my favorite movies. I wish the ending had shown them working on their problems and getting to a healthier place. It really feels missing from the ending and makes the movie less satisfying as a love story. PART 2????

1 year, 4 months ago

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1 year, 4 months ago

morningsong added 3 items to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

1 year, 5 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

So well acted, very dramatic and epic.

1 year, 6 months ago

morningsong added Snowdrop to have watched list

 Snowdrop 

1 year, 6 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

Shining for you. Chinese. 1/2 watched.

1 year, 6 months ago

morningsong added The Moment of Meeting Again to have watched list

 The Moment of Meeting Again 

1 year, 6 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to Korean and Turkish Dramas I've Watched list

It was pretty cute until 2/3. Then got kind of boring. Plus the MF did that whole I’ll believe in you rather than facts thing which was romanticized but in actuality was super messed up given she was hanging out with someone she knew was a murderer. I’m sorry if you think that’s romance, you have some self-sabotaging tendency towards toxic relationships. Got really soap operay at the end in the explanation for everything. She also gives up on her special ability and career in the end in a way that, again was framed as character development, but actually gave real ick vibes. Not my favorite.

1 year, 8 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

Based on the title and the plot, I expected this show to be a childish teen soap opera, and I avoided it for that reason. Then the trailer for season 2 came out and it was just so beautifully done, I found myself wanting to save the trailer itself as a beautiful piece of art. And when I caught myself wanting to call a movie trailer art, I figured maybe I should actually check out the show. The main plot of the show is ridiculous but it works in the context of a show truly based on growing up. That the characters act immature sometimes feels less obnoxious and more true to life. The show is actually REALLY well acted and well written. It has beautiful cinematography and a fantastic pop soundtrack. I'm sure the music cost this show a lot and I am glad they paid it. I swear to god one of the main characters of the show is nostalgia itself. It really makes you feel the vibe of your childhood summers. It just gives such a special feeling. It's that quality that raises the plot so much higher than it would've otherwise been. It has a natural realism to it.

1 year, 8 months ago

morningsong rated The Summer I Turned Pretty

 The Summer I Turned Pretty 8/10

1 year, 8 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

Lucy Hale has become the modern queen of rom coms. She choses her projects well. You would expect that the small release nature of this movie would put it with the likes of other awful B-level Hallmark-esque rom coms, but this movie is actually pretty good! It would fight for its spot with the likes of Harry Met Sally. Mostly well-acted, well-written and hilarious in parts. I laughed more during this movie more than any other all year. One of the rare cases of the movie being better than its trailer. That being said, the couple is kind of toxic. The guy's yelling when he's upset is basically emotionally abuse. Plus, he puts her into an eviction situation which could have led to her being literally homeless with her dog, and yet she's the one who apologizes. Like what?? He's not just quirky and socially awkward, he's a walking red flag. The first half of the movie was much stronger, with the second half dissolving into bare bone paint by the numbers cliches with no subtlety. The dude had such basic musical skills and she was crying like she was looking at god x-x.

1 year, 8 months ago

morningsong rated Puppy Love (2023)

 Puppy Love (2023) 6/10

1 year, 8 months ago

morningsong added 1 item to TV diary list

This movie has so many twists and hilarious cringe. I am awed by its intelligence as much as it makes me want to die from embarrassment. The main character presents herself as some suave call girl on her way to law school but is actually still very much a young adult having her parents pay for everything and without even her own bank account. Yet she gets involved in twisted shit, finding out the guy who pays her to “help her schooling” (ugh) is actually married with a new baby. She then childishly insults his wife, throwing her supreme kindness in her face, for no good reason but an inability to cope with the fact that she’s screwed her own self over and gotten herself into this garbage. Kill me. The main girl goes from bratty and troubled to unlikeable. Also how is she studying gender studies with that attitude? But I could relate so much to the claustrophobic judgement of those around you while you flounder to find what’s meaningful to you. I could relate to this bitch until she tried to sexually service the guy in the bathroom for some who fucking knows self destructive reason that wasn’t even mutually pleasurable. Like bitch, at a funeral? Chaos is entertaining, but that’s beyond. I liked the first half of the movie and thought it was original and well crafted. People acted like normal people in chaotic circumstances. But then it went off the rails and the main character became totally unlikeable, and for reasons never explained. A case of great set up and then not knowing what to do with it. Shame. The relationship between her and her ex girlfriend is also very poorly explained and seems to go from hot to cold purely on the whims of the writers. Creating emotionally charged situations in character relations and then just leaving them hanging also really annoys me. Idk why it seems to happen to me a lot that I’ll see a story going in a cool or promising direction and then it’ll go somewhere so much weaker and I’ll be like why? Just why? You had such a great buildup, come on.

1 year, 10 months ago

morningsong rated Shiva Baby

 Shiva Baby 3/10

1 year, 10 months ago