Lazy synopsis

Hehe. Here is the lazy version of my reviews. Sorry. I've been really busy lately with a flurry of things happening, and as far as my rentals go, they're piling up also. Plus, another MAJOR reason as to why I don't want to do the detailed reviews: I can't remember much of the two anymore. Hehe. I know. My fault. My fault.

Anyways, series one:

"Liệu Pháp Nhân Tâm" or A Great Way to Care

I loved it. Even with the female lead, Kate Tsui. After the series, Dreams Link, I couldn't help but fall in love with Alex Fong. Seriously, he's got this whole vibe going on for him. I ABSOLUTELY couldn't get enough of him.

The story is mainly about how the "wise" Alex Fong helps Kate Tsui solve many of the psychopathic cases that she has to deal with as an investigator.

Please watch it ^-^!



The other series is called Terms of Endearment or "Tình Yêu Và Điều Kiện."

Before I start bashing the series, I will copy and paste a quick synopsis from DramaWiki.

This drama shows how devastating and hurtful it can be for a woman to live with a boyfriend before marriage and not end up tying a knot with him. Korea has the second highest divorce rate in the world as more and more families become ruined -- mainly because one of the spouses cheats. To make things worse, the mass media continues to champion premarital cohabitation as a choice that unmarried couples are free to make. Terms of Endearment depicts today's harsh reality and once again reminds us of the sacred meaning of marriage and the importance of family. (KBS)


As for this series, I would NOT recommend it. It is EXTREMELY long. The series could have been only only 12 episodes or something. The series came out to be 60 episodes (54 for the viet-dubbed version). So lets do the math for this show shall we? 54 episodes that I SCANNED through (I believe my fast-forward button is a little bit lower than all my other player buttons because I scanned too much for this series) subtract 20 episodes of PURE crying scenes equals 34 episodes. Alright, continue subtracting the 34 episodes by another 10 episodes of nonsensical events such as the aunty searching for her bra gel and the uncle trying to seduce women. That leaves us with 24 episodes, ok, now subtract 12 more episodes for all the characters in the movie going around in circles and circles, unable to make up their decision. There is only TWELVE episodes worth of plot! Geez. What's even more sad is that I found Han Ga In's sister's story line much more interesting.

Please don't watch this. I was stupid enough to go by some reviews and just by the names of the actors. Not worth your time! Go watch something else...

Dictionary

It's been a long time since I've done this, but this email is incredibly cute so I'm posting it up here. I hope you guys get some laughs in!!!

Wonderful Definitions

School
A place where Parents pay and children play

Life Insurance
A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.

Nurse
A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.

Marriage
It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters..

Divorce
Future tense of Marriage for some.

Tears
The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.

Lecture
An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either."


Conference
The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present


Compromise
The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.

Dictionary
A place where success comes before work.

Conference Room
A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.

Father
A banker provided by nature.

Criminal
A person no different from the rest....except that he/she got caught.

Boss
Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.

Politician
One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after

Doctor
A person who holds your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.

Classic
Books, which people praise, but do not read.

Smile
A curve that can set a lot of things straight.

Office
A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.

Yawn
The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.


Etc.
A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.


Committee
Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.


Experience
The name men give to their mistakes.


Atom Bomb
An invention to end all inventions.


Philosopher
A fool who torments himself during life, to be wise.

A Bride for a Ride Review

Also called Vương Lão Hỗ Đoạt Kiệu

Umm. Short and to the point, please don't watch it. I mean, I'm all in for a daily drama that you use to get in a few short laughs here and there before you go to sleep, but this series just puts in mind into a whole 'nother state. And that state I don't want to be in. Ever.


So. Congratulations are in order for Sammul Chan on his first male lead character in a TVB production, but too bad it has to be this one as the "so-called start" of this spotlight career. I like Sammul and the babyface sure does help too, but man, the dude has to learn to read the script before he takes the offer. Jumping too ahead of oneself may just cause one to fall into a ditch.

Alright, so the story (which I fast-forward from the very beginning of the episode) is basically: Chow Man Bun (Sammul Chan) is a very poor scholar and was attracted to Wong Lo Fu's sister (Nancy Wu). He also runs into a LOT of trouple with Wong Lo Fu (Chin Ka Lok) as he is the bully of the town. Since Chow Man Bun has feminine characteristics, he dressed as a girl in order to not get caught by Wong Lo Fu, but incidentally made Wong Lo Fu fall in love with him at first sight. The story progresses from there. I've also looked at some sites, and they have said that this story originated from either a true story (with of course some twists here and there) or from folk tale.


There is way too many perverted comedy in here, and even more bathroom scenes that I would prefer not be included. I really like both the male leads (well, more favor towards Chin Ka Lok, but seriously, this is NOT a series to watch). How can I persuade you even more? How about me telling you that I RARELY drop TVB series (for god sakes, I still keep up with the series "Best Selling Secrets" which later progressed into "Off Pedder" which is STILL going on!) and I HAVE to drop this series. If I'm not exactly into a series, I just turn it on as background noise, and this one can't even serve as that.

Even through all my ranting, if you would still like to watch this series, please continue to do so. I will also continue to post several screen captures also.

Oh. I almost forgot. If any of you guys have ever watched Twin of Brothers (Raymond Lam and Ron Ng), then you must've remembered Nancy Wu's remarkable portrayal of her character. Ok. Now erase that and pretend she went back to being an amateur. Overacting and awkward.

The Threshold of a Persona Review

Also called: Doi Dieu Tra Tinh Nhue (Vietnamese)


Ah. It's been ages since I've posted my last review. Sorry about that. I guess things just piled up, and I lost track. I will try to gallop through now.

Since this series has been over for a while and has also been a little dusty in my DVD shelf, I will just simply glaze through this review. Also sorry about that...

Ok. Overview:

First TV series with immigration work Top confidential of Hong Kong's border security

Immigration Department is guarding the door of Hong Kong, and seeks out to prevent doubtful identities and criminals from entering Hong Kong. It only not creates a highly demanding task for immigration officer and also raises a further question - how will they make identity verification as accurate as possible?

FONG TSUN KIT (Kwok Chun On) becomes friends with two other candidates CHENG PAK YUE (Cho Wing Lim) and YIP ON KEI (Mung Ka Wai, Yoyo) while applying for a post in the Immigration Department. YU is an aggressive person. He later moves to the Police Force and is promoted to Senior Inspector of Regional Crime Unit. While investigating a murder case, he realizes that the new gang leader WU KIT SUM (Wong Tak Bun) has killed somebody because of KIT's wife. It totally turns KIT's life upside down. As a good friend, KEI helps KIT take care of his son after a failed relationship with YU. When two hearts meet, an extraordinary link spontaneously draws them together. Meanwhile, AU SHUN FUNG (Patrick Tang) appreciates KIT's ability very much and recommends him to MAK KAI MING (John Chiang), Head of Investigation Section. KIT gains approval and he is determined to start anew. While carrying out an investigation on a fraud syndicate, he comes upon his missing wife and uncovers her long-hidden identity -- credits to DramaWiki

**The software that I'm using is currently having glitches, so the screen caps aren't doing so well. I'm too lazy to rip it into my computer, so until I fix it, please bear with me as I Google search for some pics. =)!

Roger Kwok as Fong Chun Kit


Uh. Could they possibly find a worse haircut for Roger? Sorry, but I really, really love Roger but god! While watching this series, all I could think about was what the heck is wrong with his stylist. I understand that they're trying to make him an incredibly innocent character but arg! Alright. Since we're past the haircut, we'll talk about his character and his acting.

Of course, we all know that Roger performs very well on screen, although I don't know if this was the role for him. I just thought that he either overacted or there were some parts that didn't seem to connect. NO, I don't mean because of the directing. It's definitely the acting.

Well, supposedly Roger's role is to convey a character that absolutely always has the short end of the stick. He loves his family and does everything for them. So in a way, I guess that's supposed to help us understand why he lets go of his wife later in the story, but to me it did not make sense at all. If he gave up on his wife because he worried about his family, where is the child supposed to go? Seriously, his character was a mess. If Fong Chun Kit is supposed to be such an analytical character that puts others ahead of him, why would he easily fall into the trap of convicting his mentor?

Yoyo Mung as Yip On Kei

Ok. So, to tell you the truth, I've never really liked Yoyo Mung as an actress. Yes, I understand and acknowledge that she has made considerable improvements in her acting career, but as far as she is now, shouldn't there be at least one screen where I feel like she could personally reel me in and let me believe that she isn't just trying too hard?

As for her character, I don't like her either. How can a girl just go from best friend to best friend? Sure, I love the whole idea about 2 best friends liking the same girl, and oh the drama (yes, I know... fudgeroo is VERY hypocritical at times), but this is just her being difficult on purpose, as though it somehow helps to prolong the script.

Power Chan as Leung Chi Lun

Ah. Now here is a character and actor who is fit for his part. Yes. Repetition is the key to series. Power Chan again plays the same "good for nothing," "too irritating," yet wonderful friend in this series. He has a gambling problem and gets himself into a ton of debt, but towards the end of the series, he starts to change, although, uh oh, it may be a little bit too late (dum dum dum)!

The only thing that makes me sad when I watch Power Chan is because in the back of my head, I always think that it's too sad that he'll never get the main lead.

Raymond Cho as Cheng Pak Yu

Yep. Same fate as Power Chan. He's also type casted, but contrary to the negativity, does quite well. I mean, he has played the same role quite a bit. Nothing more could be said about Raymond Cho except that I hope he could once again play those nice, charming, and slightly comical characters without any hint of being morbidly evil.

Relationships

Fong Chun Kit & Cheung Si Man


I really liked this pairing, but too bad it had to go downhill (although I did suspect it all along.) I mean first and foremost, typical of all TVB dramas, and all other dramas as a whole, the male lead HAS to end up with the female lead or at least have some kind of true romance. So what do they do the married couple? Rip them apart by calling up Man's past of prostitution and also her past romance with her gang boss. Geez. What has TVB gotten itself into? Nope. Nope. Nope. Not a good way to pull up your ratings I tell you!

Fong Chun Kit & Yip On Kei


Really? Seriously? Do we really have to go there?
What the heck is wrong with Kei? I mean, sure I may understand that since Kit is going through a depressing state, he may want to find a shoulder to lean on (yes. I know you guys out there are just as human as us girls and also need a companion), but what the heck is Kei doing? He has a son!

Au Shun Fung (Patrick Tang) & Yip On Yi (Natalie Tong) & Chung Chi Yan (Toby Leung)



Eh. Even more icky. First of all, I would like for all of you to know that Toby looks way tpo forced on her acting. Both her and her character does not even in the slightest bit appeal to me. I was ready to cast her out as the third person who ruins a perfectly great relationship. And the director sensed it, the only way to make me hate the show even more was by making Fung and Yan end up together. Mother! What more shall I say of this series?!

Oh. I love Natalie Tong. Plays the same role over and over but hey, at least she's got her part down. Just sad that the growing chemistry between her character and Fung's character couldn't grow into something real.

Ending of the series:

More than predictable. Alright, some gasps here and there, but you'll figure it out. No worries. The only thing was that Man died and lost the evidence. Why the heck would you go hide on the rooftop when you could have ran down to the crowded and busy streets and easily lose your pursuers?


Thoughts on series: It's a nice series to watch if you're planning on passing time. I wouldn't recommend buying this series, but if you decide to watch it, the best parts to watch are at the beginning and end. The middle is free for you to fast forward. See? Another good reason why you shouldn't waste money on this series. You wouldn't want to fast forward on any of the parts since money was spent on every single frame, and instead you would just try to pull out strands of hair to keep you awake instead.


Apologies: Alright, let's get this out in the open. I did not like this when I watched it, and my level of interest for this movie is dropping lower and lower as I write a review on this series. Therefore, the quality of this review is much lower than the other reviews that I have written and also since the time I last watched this and the time I'm actually sitting down to write this review is quite broad, I've forgotten many of the details. Plus, this one is also much more rushed since I’m trying to post 2 more reviews for you guys also. Sorry. I'll do better next time a series end. Forward!