Pela Eternidade (2021)

Expected another beautiful nostalgic happy story after one and only but disappointed

30 episodes (more than one and only) for a drama with nothing going on is too much so had to skip a lot of scenes as it gets boring in later half. First half is fast paced and you still dont know whats gonna come but that leads to dead end.
What i really wished we could get that nostalgic feel where leads remember their old incarnation . I came to know this theme is prohibited !! I dont get it how come china has so many fantasy shows but this topic is prohibited. in any case how i wish FL remembered fully and ML also starts remembering and we get those feels back .
And also i wish there was more passion and yearning. that was shown so beautifully in one and only to be here . although it was sweet love story its no way close to one and only. so having that intertwining of past tragedy could have helped the drama get more depth.
Instead we get so much awkwardness between these couple out of nowhere throughout the drama. But have to say their chemistry is still very good specially that crying scene in the batchroom both actors did such good job.
Overall a good watch if you are watching on the side but have to fast forward lot of scenes that doesnt make sense.

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Weak connection with its prequel

I have just finished watching it today. I expect the plot is more interesting, but it is just about the ordinary life of a couple. I can't find the main plot.

I think the connection between this drama and its prequel (One & Only) is quite weak. If I was the author, I would have kept the portrait of Shi Yi (from One & Only) somewhere in the library of Zhou's mansion. The portrait on the paper may be worn out through time, but it can be redrawn or so. In some other costume dramas, it is possible to keep the portrait for generations. Why not in this drama? Otherwise, there should be an elder in the Zhou family who used to see the painting and then recognised Shi Yi immediately after seeing her. This way is more interesting...

Anyway, the acting is good. In this drama, the ML is somehow funny but caring.

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A pleasant surprise

This drama was a good surprise for me, since I was expecting something with way less quality. However, it is a good story that keeps you interested until the end.
Initially I had no idea that this is a sequence for another drama (One and Only), but even if you haven't watched the first one (like me), you still can enjoy this one. The thing is that they keep referencing some things from their past lives in a very subtile way. So the story is not heavily dependent on the previous plot, but you can assume small things, and I found that really charming.
I really enjoyed the cinemetography and styling in this drama. Some members of the main family had a traditional yet modern style and I really like it.

Speaking about the plot, the main family is a freaking mess. They kind of give you the creeps at the beginning, especially because you don't know what they're up to, in a way that no one is trustworthy at first. Unfortunatelly, the ML is trapped in this family situation, even tho he only wants to live a simple life.

The main leads are just amazing. Even without watching One and Only, you can feel their chemistry and how much they care about each other. I feel that the ML got misunderstood by some viewers, and that really annoyed me. He seems a bit indiferent at first, due to how strange their first meeting was, but he'd never actually play hard to get, and they ended up engaging in a virtual friendship for many months. I confess that initially I didn't understand why FL was so crazy over him, but after some episodes I got it: He's just adorable. He's reserved, kind and a little bit akward, but he doesn't let people order him around. I found these characteristics really refreshing, especially because he's a young heir and usually, this type of character would be really assertive and hilarious, so it was nice to see a different touch to it.
The FL is just an amazing woman. I swear... I've never seen a woman so deeply and crazy over a man in such a refreshing way. Not only that, she is very down to earth, sweet and mature. It's not shocking that so many men were crazy about her.
There were some scenes after their marriage that really made me think: wow, this is love. The way they just remain by each other side, even in the simpliest matters, through good and bad times, are just so marriage-like that it actually felt real.

This drama, just like any other, is not perfect. By the end, there are some over the top scenes that felt too much like a mexican soap opera. Also, we only get to see one single kiss right at the beginning, because they cut EVERYTHING ELSE. There is actually a lot f moments where they're intimate, especially after their marriage, but we didn't get to see any kiss after their first one, having them only implying things or straight up cutting it, which is weird because none of the characters is weird about that. They actually openly talk about the topic in a very natural way, so it felt so unecessary, like, why not? There are also some annoying characters, but overall, it is a very high quality drama, with charming leads and some good supporting characters.

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beautiful ending

Our drama with 2 period time finally come to end. Of course with + & - of their own.

Ok. Lets talk about what i love:
+ Shi Yi (SY) is one crazy woman. She just jump to accept the proposal from Zhou Sheng Chen (SC) without much consideration or known him better. And with all the complication in SC family she still dare to stand beside him. If that's me maybe I already considering & run away as far as I can :p.
+ Really love the chemistry between Bai Lu & Allen Ren here. They like made for each other.
+ Very funny to see how SY teach SC about how to coax her. A man who confuse with how to coax woman can learn from this drama. Yeah not every woman is exactly like that, but you get the big picture. :p
+ Love to see how SY & SC support & protect each other.
+ No love rival. Yeah SC family complicated enough so they don't add love rival anymore :p
+ Love to see there is family that still have old traditional family like SC family.
+ Allen Ren smile a lot in here... He doesn't smile much in his other drama that I've watch. His smile actually quite sweet.

What minus but actually not really too much bothering me:
- Why they like to rush the ending again....? I mean SY just wake up from i don't know for goddamn long time, but a little too good to be true, she already can talk, can stand even can just walk like a normal person.
- Where is our time stamp.... From the moment SY coma, she wake up until their wedding we don't know how long it already pass...
- Hoping to see SY really dream. In here the dream not really much shown, it's like not that important, while the summary state the opposite. If only they like having more than few flash back of One & only scene.
- They only cast Bai Lu & Allen Ren for both drama, I think will gonna be more interesting if they have some several cast from the past life so we can see several other people reincarnated together....
* actually don't know better or not, if only the crown prince also reincarnated together & become sort of the love rival, yeah maybe the story will gonna be more complicated if like that, that's why I said I don't know better or not.

Overall: This 2 piece of drama really beautiful in the end. The drama that worth your time to watch. Really love all the song too...

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Very slow but finished because of Bai Lu

As usual there are many epic and eloquent reviews out there already. I'd like to just add a very quick take.

Executive Summary: You should watch this only if you will be very into a literary, poetic story with a small stage feel.

The Good:
Bai Lu is awesome as usual. She is the reason I could finish this drama. She is beautiful and cute and her natural acting in an unnatural story is what made this worth the watch.
The cute/comedic moments were very well done and were a nice respite from the slow pace and bad vibes.

The Sub-Optimal
This story is the slowest, least intense drama I have managed to finish. Really too slow for me.
The secondary characters were not fleshed out well. A couple of the secondary female characters were very well done and acted (by Wang Yue Yi and Wang Rui Xin).

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Excellent !

Ce drama n'est pas une rom-com ! Il retrace les malheurs, les conflits, les dégâts entrainés par les non-dits d'une famille riche vus au travers de la romance entre une FL (doubleuse connue) et l'héritier d'une grande famille .

Comme les aiment beaucoup les scénaristes chinois, l'histoire d'amour est liée à une lovestory précédente et à la réincarnation d'un général traitre et d'une princesse (CL).

L'ensemble est très bien joué, prenant, plein de mystères et de suspens et tout est cohérent jusqu'à la fin (Dieu merci, il y a une happy end).

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Forever and Ever, a fitting title.

TLDR: watch this drama even if you haven't/couldn't watch one and only

I've been putting off this drama for a long time because I thought I need to watch One and Only in order for me to enjoy this drama. I've never been so wrong! I am one of the people who really can't watch sad endings, and I have heard that OAO is one of them.

All of the OAO watchers probably would've appreciated this drama more than the people who haven't watched it.

and for those who don't (like me), we will probably regret a little bit that we haven't watched OAO.

Why do I say that? because the love I felt from this drama contains both one and only and forever and ever.

This drama managed to make me feel the love from a drama I haven't even watched.

The drama has some flaws but the love story across two lifetimes makes this drama worthwhile.

though I almost dropped because I felt so sad about Wang Ruixin's character, Zhou Wenxing... I wanted the best for her.

All in all, highly recommended especially if you're a fan of Bai Lu or wants to know more about Bai Lu!

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A Calm and composed story

Story was not at all connected with " one and only" . Though story started with this story line but no connection. Same
lead characters with the same name ,only name connects the strangers.
A boy who was the professor and a girl who dubbed her voice . Two persons belong to different professions fall in love . It was love at first side from girl side . They met many times coincidently but the girl never told him about her feelings and the boy character was ambivert . He got little shy while speaking with girl though he also felt something for her . Eventually they said to eachother whatever they feel for each other .Girl side's family ready for their marriage but boy side's not . As his family though live in modern era but they followed old principles set by their ancestors ,had a very big family . Girl respected his family and had no problem with their principles . But something happened in his family because of that they got separated and in the end showed how they become one .
This was the glimpse of story .
Acting was good .
Story was little slow and the male lead's character was also slow as he was so calculative so he behaved accordingly .
Love story with little romance but still different

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Read the novel if you want a complete picture

I loved this show. I love Mo Bao Fei Bao's writing (both novels and scripts), and I think Allen Ren and Bai Lu made a perfect couple. They both fulfilled their characters perfectly, and the rest of the cast was well-chosen too. The cast as a whole came together beautifully. The sets were stunning, costumes lovely, perfectly suited to the story.

That said... it wasn't perfect. There were gaps in the story that would not have made sense without the book. In the latter half, there were way too many scenes in bed (usually on an IV drip).

In comparison to the book... It filled several holes that weren't well-explained, such as Zhou Wen Chuan's story arc, which seemed kind of arbitrary in the book. Some of the scenes improved, such as the step from "not married" to "married"... where the drama gave her a say in the matter. I loved the way that grandma was woven into the drama; she became a very interesting character.

Lots of comments seem to be upset about the lack of kissing -- Allen Ren's contracts usually have "no kissing"... (and the one kissing scene isn't, if you watch closely) but I personally didn't find it lacking. They had enough chemistry without the kissing. I did find it annoying how they stopped the kissing scenes with stupid stuff... like people walking in, or suddenly she has something to say (that could have easily been said a moment earlier). None of that was necessary.

Overall
1. Watch "One and Only" first -- it's a really nice complete version of their past lives
2. Read the book (hui3r.wordpress.com)
3. Then (and only then) watch "Forever and Ever"

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How an actor who has signed a"no physical contact" clause manages a Romance drama..

There is just something that puts me off from watching dramas of actors/actresses who are married.
This has been one of those,no matter how much i wanted to watch Bai Lu doing her things,but
Ren Allen being married doesnt help my delulu..so i kept passsing this one.When the dramaland well
dried up and there was nothing captivating to watch,I broke my own promise and pressed play.

I never saw the prequel One and only so i had no back story to fall on to but the FL's flashback memories
helped to understand that she was a "reincarnation" from the past and from what i red this prequel had a sad
ending that broke people's souls so it was good that the characters were given a second chance to live.

That aside,It is just a good drama,the creators did a good job to bridge both project without washing off the
historical setting.Its a modern drama with a histirical twist in terms of the storyline and the Set/architecture
The viewers who had wathed the prequel,could identiffy who is who from old to new.

Now here comes my pain,I and a thousand others.Ren Allen. a solid actor and to be honest I would watch him
again but not in drama with romantic tags.I though the "no physical contact" clause was a roumour but watching
him and the directors playing hide and seedk with anything that would bring him an inch closer to the FL,went from
anger to what in the name of all saints is this to now this is comedy.

It could have been ok if he was paired with a cold FL who has no personality but common,we are talking about Bai Lu
here,even her smile and facial grimace tell you that she is down to whatever..
Anyway I will going to go on and on,I have already recovered from this so lets just say that its ok to have these types
of boundaries on paper but it is also ok to send your manager a memo that says dont acccept romantic dramas.

Overall,It was a good drama my grievances are just from personal opinions.If you dont mind wathing a frustrated wife
with a clueless but smart nerd husband with green flag qualities,You will enjoy the SLOOOOOOWWWW BURN

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I'm a sucker for happy ending. This one has it..

I admit, I didnt watch the first installment. Read somewhere that it didnt end well. So, here I am tried this one instead. Pretty slow start to be honest, and a bit boring.

Cast/Acting was ok, not much excitement at the beginning but it did improve as the story progresses. I feel like the ML had the quota of crazy with his family. He was a straight laced nice guy with a big traditional family. Amidst all the secrets, lies and betrayal, customs and tradition, in his own way, he loved them still.
FL reflects sweetness, innocence and a bit vulnerability, pretty and talented too. No wonder ML find her interesting enough to propose early on.

The family drama, crime mystery is a bit mediocre for me. It was lacking something. It feels like it was just put there just for the sake of conflict. Rewatch value is not that high.

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Easy watch when you want to feel good

Main leads both are fantastic. Allen Ren is trying different roles and his acting is very nature. He is not dashing but a cute type. Bai Lu is one of my favorite, she got good acting. She does not over do or under do and this role fits her the best. I liked the drama where there were no unnecessary misunderstanding or villainous monstrous enemies. I liked how main leads understood each other. It was not a sizzling chemistry but not too bad also. Every thing about this drama is what it should be. I haven't watched one and only becoz of the sad ending but you don't need to watch one and only to watch this. This story was able to carry itself. Also i liked that the FL had a good dressing style unlike other dramas. All and all when you are feeling down go watch it, its easy to watch and predictable.

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