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Never Forget Your Enemy (Korean Series)

By Golu
Let's just cut right to it, this show was painfully boring. There, I said it. A story built around partial amnesia has real potential, but between the choppy scene structure and random flashbacks thrown in constantly, the whole plot ends up feeling more tangled than it needed to be. The romance doesn't fare much better either, it's written so poorly that I never really found myself invested in this couple. Both leads come across stiff on screen and deliver their lines in a really awkward way. The show runs 8 episodes, each somewhere around 30 to 35 minutes. Hanuel, a 29 year old language teacher, wakes up after an accident only to realize his memory stops at age 19. It turns out he'd been in another accident back then too, which is why his memories cut off at that point. He has zero recollection of the fact that he's currently living with his childhood friend Saebyeok, who's now a huge celebrity. That makes the whole situation even harder for Hanuel to wrap his ...
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Né Giulietta né Romeo (Italian) [A Little Lust]

By Golu
This film started off so well but somewhere mid way, I had lost much of my interest in the film. The plot was going nowhere and it felt like comedy was being forced and the film was bering stretched beyond it needed to be. Our primary protagonist here is 16 year old Rocco, who is struggling with his sexuality and how he gets through it with the help of his 2 best friends.

Rocco is sixteen years old and his parents, although divorced, are present in his life. Rocco is nice and loyal, he loves his mother but he is always in conflict with his father, who happens to be a psychologist. Together with his best friends Maria and Mauri, he is a passionate fan of current rock star, Jody Mc Gee. At school he is constantly bullied for possibly being gay. When a cute guy joins his class he is caught with him which makes him come out to his parents Although very modern in outlook on paper, this news does not go down well with his modern parents. The family discussion turns into an awkward and useless generational conflict. Rocco, feeling misunderstood, runs away from home and arrives in Milan to take part to his favorite singer’s concert. But here he is followed by his mother and grandma with the constant conflict of his sexuality. But at least after a few failed attempts, Rocco seems to have found a guy with whom he could possibly date.

The story of the film has been told in a way that mixes up realities of life but with light-hearted fun side to it, which made this film a good watch Its interesting to see the kind of reactions Rocco gets First he gets bullied by the school tyrant (which, by the way, the school administration doesn't nothing about, which is so weird to me), and then his mother acts as if he is joking when he comes out to her. Rocco’s mother’s inability to support her son’s sexuality is a significant part of the film. The grandmother is more supportive and the father couldn't care less since he is busy having affairs. Its only his 2 friends who truly get him and whom Rocco can talk to and thankfully the makers don't make a sob story out of it but somewhere in second half, the things started to feel repetitive. As an actor Rocco is cute, acts very well and just fits the part and his friend Maria is the modern girl who is forever supportive of him. The comic touch was lost and I just lost interest. The plot was decent but something went amiss in the execution

A story of struggling with your identity and finding yourself, a story that is familiar to a lot of us; sadly the film ended up being a little underwhelming. (4.5/10)
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