Meu Querido Guardião (2021)

A Diamond in the Rough

I really liked this drama I saw in the reviews were mixed; but I decided to give it a try, and really enjoyed it. 40 episodes was a stretch could have condensed it to 20 and I believe it would have had a better impact The action scenes were top tier Johnny Huang really did well in this drama, actions dramas are his niche!! The FL was a bit annoying throughout but tolerable, the SFL was a bit too naïve for my taste; but understandable because she was looking for love who amongst us haven’t done stupid things for love??? The ex-boyfriend Zhuo Ran was a creepy dude and tried hard to sell us the deviant character arc!! Lastly Tian Yong deserved a better ending, overall, I give this drama an 8/10. Will I rewatch, probably not!!

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Il 2021 è stato un buon anno per i Drama cinesi

E questo titolo lo dimostra appieno. 40 puntate non noiose e ripetitive, tanta azione, storia d'amore giusta e non ingombrante e sopratutto personaggi abbastanza realistici. La storia ha un filone principale che segue i due personaggi principali, una dottoressa militare e un capitano delle forze speciali dell'esercito. Si incontrano in un giorno qualsiasi, lei diventa ostaggio dei terroristi e lui fa parte del team che deve liberare l'ospedale e tutti i suoi occupanti. Poi per alterne vicende si trovano a condividere lo stesso appartamento. Poi ci sono i filoni secondari che seguono le vicende dei ruoli di supporto che non sono affatto da meno della storia principale con cui si intrecciano e che aiutano ad andare avanti in momenti che potrebbero invece essere stagnanti. È una bella storia e avvincente? sì Lo consiglierei? Sì a tutte quelle come me che amano guardare intrecci complessi, in questo caso il contrasto di traffici internazionali, che vogliono anche un po' conoscere la Cina attraverso il rispetto, i rapporti familiari e anche lavorativi, e che vogliono vedere qualcosa che sia anche stimolante, i protagonisti di queste storie hanno tutti lavorato duramente per occupare i posti che occupano ma non disdegnano anche l'andare oltre le rigide regole se necessario salvare vite o trovare soluzioni innovative. Insomma c'è un po' di tutto e a me è piaciuto molto, al punto tale che, non essendo una da drama troppo lunghi, queste quaranta puntate, invece, me le sono godute tutte!

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Only for brainless peoples

Yet again this drama proved that the Chinese dramas are only meant for brainless peoples.
After watching complete drama I realized that why 40 episodes is aired in 24 days because there’s nothing to watch. It’s a shame to tell that, Even in 2021 still Chinese entertainment industry is lack in good script and direction team, because,
1. According to synopsis this is a military- medical romance, but in most of the scenes the ML always in the FL’s hospital to nurse one or another person or one or another reason. It turned out like only a medical romance drama.
2. After watching complete drama what I felt is the director is not knowledgeable neither in medical field nor in military, because a highly qualified doctor/ doctors behaves like a uneducated rookie and the military camp is portrayed like a mother in law’s home.
3. Whenever or wherever the accident or trouble happens the FL is the rescuer, she always there is spot at the right time, I felt it soo immature. In so many occasions it is portrayed like she is well knowledgeable (as a resident doctor) compared to reputed surgeons and HOD’s.
4. The FL is soo generous, she never felt bad or disappointed about her close friend who betrayed her number of times, also who she never respected her friendship by supporting her loved ones (even after knowing he is a criminal) who the responsible for death or life and death situations of her family and loved ones.
5. The criminals(non resident) can enter building of the highly secured apartment, can fix a audio transmitter which can operate months together without any charging mechanism, and can attempt to murder blah blah blah…..
6. The most shameful blunder is, only in one scene the FL’s father was most wanted VIP person he entered for the conference with full security(convoy) and the place was fully secured by police and special military officers, but after that scene he becomes a complete middle class person who can walk in a open public footpath and can travel in taxicabs without a single security person.
Like this, this, drama has hundreds of brainless things, which consumes the total drama.
The positive thing about this drama is good cast and production team, with regret I can say that if all the resources spent in this drama were utilized in a proper way this drama could have been turned out to be a most successful one but the useless and brainless script and direction team killed this drama.

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Surprisingly not as bad as most reviews suggest.

Out of boredom and looking for more than just romance, this drama was chosen. It is surprisingly not as bad as most reviews suggest. The main plot and core messages of the drama are rather conventionally scripted and were also very explicitly conveyed to the audience. It gives the impression of having few surprises in terms of content, as many events were predictable, yet the show is still worth watching. Relatively convincing was the illustration of the personal and professional difficulties and problems that are associated with military career paths, in particular the psycho-emotional strains being outlined in a way that was comprehensible but still somewhat lacking in terms of depth. The main leads did a relatively satisfactorily job in attempting to portray the addressed professions on a diverse and multi-dimensional level. The subplots with the corresponding characters were told in detail so that most of the substories were wrapped up sufficiently, even if they often ended sadly, painfully, less benevolently or audience-friendly. It is refreshing and positively surprising to see a production with a suboptimal ending for some substories, which was apparently intentionally not shot and realised to please the audience - it apparently intended to choose the opposite way, in order to possibly be able to show other facets cinematically, because life is, after all, rarely only rosy and you cannot always get what you want. Although there are many shortcomings in the comprehensibility of some of the storylines, it must also be emphasised that the main leads had relatively good chemistry and were also able to depict the complex character developments of their portrayed film characters with lots of efforts.

Cast: relatively well-known main leads
Acting: the performance was generally good and convincing enough according to the requirements
Editing: mostly okay, but still not seamless at times
Music: unimpressive
Set design: convincingly realistic in terms of military themes, otherwise rather ordinarily average
Costumes: mostly thematically adapted, otherwise everyday-casual
Colour palette: theme-specific unobtrusive

In summary, I would say that it was not a waste of time to have watched this show, with some fast-forwarding/skipping towards the end. It is one of those rather unconventional productions that try to address very complex criminological processes, rather little known (ECMO) or even still somewhat "controversial" (phage therapy) medical treatment processes and the divergent socio-emotional challenges, fears and struggles that go along with them. It is a commendable venture to realise all this in a drama. Considering all the aspects involved, this show should be rated between 7 to 7.5 but I would rather give it an 8 out of 10 because of the entertainment value and production efforts.

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Not too interested watching this. But a few pitching from YouTube makes me want to watch this. So here I am finished watch this drama. As expected this drama not really my cup of tea, but this drama quite makes sense & Liang Shao Xue & Tian Yong is just so cute, they're the one that actually make me hang till the end.

Make sense logic:
+ The first thing that makes me very berry happy is they use English when they meet foreigner.... They not make the foreigner speak Chinese fluently, but as happen in the real life they must use English to communicate instead.
+ Liang Mu Ze (MZ) & Xia Chu (XC) not just jumping into relationships when they realize they like each other. Many thing must be considered, especially regarding MZ job as military man.
+ One woman that really hard to understand is Xiao Xiao. She's like a backstabber & selfish b*tch that willing to do anything to safe herself. But that's a reality of life isn't it. Sometimes drama make the story so beautiful, that FL/ML have all the friend in the work that seem willing to do anything for them. But in real life sometimes friend at work not your friend, they just colleagues that will safe themselves if necessary. And that not always mean they the bad friend or bad people.
+ I really want to change the ending for Tian Yong (TY). But once again that's life. We can't always save everyone. And sometimes that bitter pill we need to swallow.

what I like:
+ Liang Shao Xue (SX) & TY is just a cute couple. Like how they complete each other, the hyperactive SX & the quiet TY. We can see how they kinda influence each other, how TY make SX more calm & mature & SX kinda make TY more open. TY also make SX understand the sacrifice that her dad must do.
+ Johnny Huang & Li Qin quite a cute couple. I quite like their chemisty. Really like how cute MZ kinda protect XC from his mom after they together.
+ The friendship between XC & Mi Gu (MG). That's one tight & true friendship with all the support they need & have. Even beyond man, no man can break their relationship as 'sister'

The minus:
- The idealist that we gonna recognize the boy or girl that we like after that long year of separation & not meet or have their picture. Haha... I mean the first time Zhuo Ran (ZR) & XC meet again after high school, they immediately just recognize each other. How...? Yeah I know sometimes we don't change much, but that kind recognition is kinda weird & 'magical'. Haha...
- XC too idealis as a doctor, but at the same time she also use too much feeling for her patient sometimes. Like with the lung transplant girl (I forgot her name).
- The weird rejection from XC's dad toward MZ and the weird behavior from XC's dad overall. We never really got the explanation about XC's dad weird behavior, all the paranoia regarding his research, and more over why Lao Ye (the drug lord) need his research in the first place. Also the reason for his rejection regarding MZ & XC relationship, is it because ZR kinda whisper bad thing about MZ or just cause the MZ job itself....?
- The stupid slave love that MG has for ZR. She know for sure ZR has feeling for XC but still hang to that feeling, even let ZR played her several times. Although I kinda happy how in the end she still use her head to make a decision instead just use her heart.
- Sometimes the scene not make sense. Kinda like there something in the middle but they cut it in post production. Like when MZ suddenly get worse after his operation. Or like how sudden MG change her thought regarding ZR. Yeah I know they explained later on, but still kinda missing something in the middle.
- The weirdest and no reason to go for MZ & XC in the first place...

Overall this mature drama, that not filled with the angst but mature thing & some scene regarding military....

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Incredible leads but a weak plot

I believe this drama needs to be divided in 3 parts

- The Military and medical aspect
- the romance
- the investigation against the "bad guys"

So there's a mystery/thriller plot, a romance story and an observation of soldiers and doctors in extreme circumstances .

The Mystery is worth in my opinion a 4/10 at most. The "bad guys" didn't have a clear purpose from the beginning nor did they have a smart way to accomplish things. There's loopholes and uncomprehension because the story was not crafted in way it could last for 40 episodes. The acting was also a bit weak on that part. So basically, the red thread linking events and fueling the drama just wasn't there. The pace was a little draggy as well.  Once I realized that, I decided to watch the drama without considering it has an actual beginning and end in terms of plot. It's a succession of situations that are well captured (the budget definitely helped here) with really good acting from the leads.

The leads are very emotionally intense actors, i knew from the beginning that they would give a mature vibe to the story.  And they didn't fail to deliver.
The habitual opposites-attract dynamic in c-dramas is between cold ML-bright FL both being very immature and lacking communication. This drama chose the fiery FL- chill ML as a duo dynamic and I'm so glad it did.
The romance is a little slow burn because of the realistic concerns they're facing as adults but their flirting was really on point. They communicate, are super sweet, fight sometimes but sort it out. Honestly for me, these are the best love stories.
So I would give a 9.5/10 to the romance aspect.

The third part is those long scenes of military operations and medical practice. Tbh these were fun at first and I understand that the goal is to show that both leads have an intense work. But after a while, it looked like a recruiting ad for Chinese military and doctors . Too much of it. Too much about chinese military pride.
But  the military brotherhood offered a good comic relief especially in the beginning and then tears at the end (but I wasn't emotionally involved to feel affected by it, because the pace made me loose that intial interest). I actually laughed a lot watching this show. I also regretted that they didn't use the comic brotherhood as a weapon to lighten the investigation plot and make it more dynamic as well until the end. So I would still give it a 7.5/10

Overall it is very difficult to give it a definite notation. It depends on how you decide to look at it. If I had to give it a grade for its overall story, i would have to give it a 7 because the main "bad guys" are terrible and the plot is too intricate without being smart enough. But I really enjoyed this show because of the lead's dynamic and characters while skipping a good part of the investigations. So I still very much recommend it.

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a mess

I don't understand the script that forces FL to act stupidly to become a hero even though he is a doctor and there are already soldiers who will carry out the task of fighting criminals

At the beginning of the drama it was beyond my control even though it was already good because I thought I would see a drama of the same type as DOTS, but I actually had to stop watching it in the 2nd episode because I couldn't stand watching it anymore.

why does the script have to be like that? This FL drama is even very strange and why does it have to show the scene of ML tying FL's body to a pole in the middle of so many people? WHY?

and is FL not at all sorry for putting people's lives in danger? If only the plot was like this, it would make more sense. but instead they quarreled with strange conversations

FL's acting is also not good, ML I like his expressions but for some reason I can't say his acting is good

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The most annoying FL here

I registered my account here just to comment that all Directors should always know that screaming to convey a message is uncool and uncouth. FL constant screaming is major Annoying. FL as a professional doctor, her screams annoys me to the core. It makes her soooooo childish. The screaming of Liang Mu Ze's sister is just as annoying. I don't care how insane she is suppose to portray the character....Screaming is Annoying. I finished this drama just because I wanted to see how well Johnny Hwang did. Sad that Johnny Hwang was placed into this limelight as I think the entire drama is a flop.

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Bit messy,need fast forwarding, poor editing

The first 10episodes was good. After that, it became a bit disconnected. If they had cut it down to 24 or 30 episodes, they could get rid of the unnecessary and some stupid stuff that's there purely to bulk up but make no sense. The unnecessary stuff are 1) FL's best friend (super stupid with behavior that totally doesn't make sense 2) repeatedly showing the same theme of the ex classmate's obsession. While I appreciate that they want to showcase the difficult life and ethical dilemma of doctors and soldiers,the poor editing and REPEATEDLY harp on the SAME theme is annoying. They really should develop and edit properly so the police story flows instead of this bitty here bitty there that makes no sense
The ML's cousin is also supper annoying -most viewers would find this person repulsive
I survived it by fast forwarding and editing out the unnecessary characters in my head
I hope the producers and editing team will read these comments and LEARN! Otherwise it's a complete waste of investors money and the actors ' time. Whoever is responsible for editing the second half should be sacked

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Johnny Huang proves himself yet again.

One of the best works of Jingyu. And I'm really glad that I decided to watch this show. Action scenes were natural and shot into perfection. Although the female lead's character development was not that great but it's tolerable. What I hated most was the character of Mi Gu. She lost the credibility of her character in the name of love and betrayed her best friend. Could have made it a little bit different. And Tian Yong's sad ending literally broke my heart. Even after finishing I'm still not over it. Lastly Johnny Huang Jingyu single handedly took the show to the top and yet again proved he's so much of an action hero as well as a romantic hero. All the best to cast and crew. Keep making awesome shows.

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Decent action-romance plot after a long, long time!

A decent action-romance plot after a long, long time. Looking at the comments though I think its really under-rated coz I believe this was probably one of the best military-action-romance plots out there and everything about the story followed the right logic in a balanced sensible manner. Acting was to the point where every character suited their roles perfectly. I have been following Li Qin well recently and I gotta say she is one of the top chinese actresses out there, with realistic acting approach and of course, really beautiful. This drama had significantly grown its value through her casting. Unnecessarily dragged yes, but that's always been my problem with chinese drama, and this series was among the few chinese drama that I completed despite that, which just shows how great this show was. Some of the scenes were so emotional that they brought tears to my eyes, which is rare with me for chinese drama coz I often find them a little artificial emotions wise, especially the last few episodes. And I love a good military strategical drama and although this wasn't all there on the strategy point of view, sometimes even a little boring so i had to skip through, the action sequences and romance quenched that thirst instead. Overall your missing out on a really great drama if you skip this one.

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