CentralBank

You rarely have a storyline dedicated to cleaners. The plot was interesting and light hearted to begin with. Love story was intriguing to follow as both leads acted so well. Have to really commend them for it. This drama is full of laughter and ridiculousness. What let me down was the middle scenes of the drama, when they sometimes fell into the cliches of k-drama which is god awful to me. Thus, preventing me from giving this show a higher score. Besides that I thought my time was well-spent watching this.

The 3 stars:

• Beautiful scenery & costumes
• Very good acting from many actors (Han Qiong Hua, a side cast did very well. Most impressed.)
• Some good moments of ingenuity and cleverness

THE BAD:

• Horrible script. The writer keeps dilly dallying and using a multitude of irrelevant filters to fill the episodes.
• Just when you think the lead male hardens his heart for a bigger cause, he weakens and falls back into her arms, and ruins his plans once again. This carries on at least 20 times. For Christs' sake. Once is fine. Twice is plenty. Thrice is stale. And they went more times than that.
• There is just no sense of a good script at all. People can walk in and out of the palace to anybody's content. The way they write this is ridiculous.

If you are a big fan of Yanxi Palace, stay away from this. You'd be sorely disappointed.

It's amazing how I completely adored this movie even though I had not an inkling of what Chihayafuru (the card game) was about. There was exhilaration, frustration, humor, nervousness and just all-round pleasure watching every second go by in this movie.

The director does so well at presenting this game to every audience, and captures the passion and love for the game, such that you yourself also fall for it. I watched this movie at random, and was so amazed that I watched all the other 2 sequels.

What Japanese dramas & movies excel in is telling a moral story. And I cannot believe just how much I learnt from a movie about cards.

The lead actress and side casts are all very well pieced together, and form a perfect blend as a team. Suzu Hirose has to be one of the best actresses that I have ever come across. So young, and yet her face is able to portray so many different forms of emotions. Her dorkiness also brings so much infectious joy to the movie. You really don't know whether you have actually fallen for the cast or the card game itself. I've to say, hollywood cannot replicate this level of emotions and depth.

You won't regret having watched this.