The Legendary Shuttle (Korean Movie)

Also Known As: The Legendary Lackey

Released Year & Length: 2016 (1 hour)

Main Cast:

Lee Ji-Hoon as Kang Chan

Kim Jin-Woo as Seo Jae Woo

Seo Ji-Hoon as Jo Tae Woong

Synopsis:

A legendary transfer student that won a 17:1 fight is here! Tough kid Tae Woong is the top of the social food chain at his school in Busan! Then shows up the legendary transfer student from Seoul, Kang Chan! And just as peace is restored another new kid from Seoul shows up! It’s Jae Woo who went to school with Chan! Why does Chan always seem nervous around Jae Woo? And Tae Woong isn’t happy with the new changes in school!

My Thoughts:

First, this is not actually a movie. It is a KBS Drama Special. It is a drama that has only one episode, I can't say it is a drama because it doesn't fit the requirements so I termed it as a movie for comfort sake. NO synopsis analysis: It is a short drama and basically any elaboration on synopsis would give a rough easy gist into it.

So, about this story, I found out about it through a youtube random showing FMVs of it and I was interested in Lee Ji Hoon playing a part in here. I've been following him for a bit so I was excited to watch him act somewhere. I was surprised that it was just a one episode though. Anyways, I truly really enjoyed it so much that I can't help but to post it into my collection even though I just watched it today. The developments in the story is so unexpected and unpredictable. And I love being surprised by a story in a good way. I truly am loving the surprises of this story. By the way, this story houses quite a number of rookie actors but I did not notice that at all. I'm always like, 'Why haven't I noticed you all before?' because they're so good at it despite being new, that I originally thought that they were quite veteran and I just missed them at some of the dramas I watch. Seriously, everyone is really good at acting, I guess it's because it's just a short drama so they can put more effort and enthusiasm into it. The energy is strong here and I/m absolutely loving it. 

Did I mention that this story is super funny? I mean seriously hilarious that despite in a serious environment, I can't hold myself back from looking like a crazy person laughing to myself. I was highly worried this story would touch a lot on bullying but it didn't generally touch on it, it just focused on the budding relationship of the main characters and how that relationship affects the other characters. I highly do not want so much negativity in my life. 

I absolutely adored Lee Ji Hoon in this, he was so great at developing contrast in his character. Tough at one point and then fragile the second. His acting really livens up the story into hilariously funny or deeply emotional sometimes funnily. The other two leads are pretty good too. With friendship being pretty much the main focus in this story, it create an interesting ride to see the friendship contrast and how it affect Kang Chan. It is really cute to watch these friendships bloom in their own way against adversity. 

I can expect a little from watching this story but overall I was fondly surprised by each event in the story. This slice-of-life story is just casual and smooth and not too heavy. It proves to be an excellent ride for me watching this story. I just have a hard time to explain that feeling when watching this story. I guess I would call it a very heartwarming story to see teenagers dealing with their problems together with their friends and grow mature together. It is just so cute to see the friendship deepen. Bromance game going as strong as ever!! Maybe you can find out for yourself, those feelings, while watching this story. It won't take long, just an hour. Enjoy!

U-Prince The Series: The Absolute Economist (Thai Drama)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Episodes: 4

Main Cast:

Patharamanop Isariy as Teddy

Jirakul Focus as Chompink

Thitipoom Techaapaikhun as Pascal

Synopsis:

Teddy, a senior majoring in Economics is a heartbroken and lonely man due to being dumped. He began pursuing popularity as a way to distract himself from the loneliness, For this, he and his junior, Pascal began openly being friendly with each other, more than friendly at times, suggesting a deeper relationship to those watching. 

The uniqueness of their relationship soared them to popularity, until everyone knew of them except for Chompink, a bubbly and joyful girl, who is always in her own world and sometimes delusional until her encounter with Teddy which got her falling in love in first sight. Once she knew the nature of Teddy & Pascal's relationship, she was determined to make him "straight" and fall in love with her. Her efforts led from one thing to another until she was stuck in huge debt. The debts finally ended up with her having to do Teddy, a favour every single day until she pays off the debt.

The daily interactions and Chompink's cute antics brought light and warmth to Teddy's cold and dark heart. He becomes ready to sacrifice his popularity to be with Chompink, but what would happen when his ex comes back and now says she wants him back? Will the unlikely couple face the weird odds of opposites and go through the obstacles such as a mean ex and scary fanclub?

My Thoughts:

Okay, to be honest, I am so bad at synopsis that I think I just almost told the whole story right there and then. Yeah, the synopsis up there is all by me! I felt the given synopsis is not suitable and a bit too different from the drama I just watched so I decided to give my own synopsis based on what I have watched in the drama, maybe when you're watching it, it'll be different from my synopsis, who knows, because this is based on my perspective and more about it later.

I found this drama while on Youtube and have to say I was drawn to it through what I thought was the trailer and since then, I was like, I want more. So, I waited and waited until finally they released the drama, though the "trailer" is not the right one, I was not fully disappointed. Taking into account, the weirdness of the characters and the determination of the female lead, I decided well okay, let's try watching this. I will tell you though it was so hard to finish one single episode because the plot is so cringey that I can't stand it at times, like how the female lead thinks too much and just very interesting thoughts about the male lead. Every single time, she gets close to him, she would just talk to herself about how hot he is or how good he smells and other stuffs. She gives me second-hand embarrassment so many times I couldn't count.

The downside of this drama is that with all the exposition on Teddy & Pascal's relationship, there is no further development of actually why and how they started on it, subtle hints is all I get so from there, I created my own synopsis. I am not so sure about the plot itself because they focused on how Chompink will attract Teddy to her and T&P's relationship is like just supporting role when I believe it should be main role as well. It's like they are just aiming on that Teddy fall in love with Chompink, they just made up all that other stuffs to make it easier. It's like your modern fairytale come to life, little interactions here and there and abracadabra, he's in love.

The story is great and I absolutely loved it but damn, I want more. I feel that it is not enough. Everything went by too fast that I could not comprehend at times, and sometimes things that humans should not even think to do happens in that period of time. I sometimes feel that they are forcing the story and exaggerating a few things. It's like they have a goal in mind and they will do whatever it takes to reach that goal. The only thing that I could comprehend was the budding of love between Pascal and Piglet, Chompink's best friend. Damn, those two are a cute couple. Theirs was a simple love story, he likes her, he hits on her, she plays hard to get, he gets sad, she comforts him, they became official.

Okay, I know my review is a bit messed up today but simplifying things, what could've been a simple love story turned into an exaggerated event. I wanted to hold on to the message that this drama is good in its own way and that there are going to be bad parts about it but if you just held on, you would get to see the rainbow after the storm. Hehehe... There's just too much of that and too little of this for this drama. Therefore, if you have watched this and don't like my review, I was just talking on my perspective. On an ending note, nothing is perfect and there's so much I didn't tell you about this drama, some good ones and some bad ones, I think it's better if you find out yourself, so head on drama-watching!