O Retorno do Abismo (2023)

Obsession

This story was really slow at the beginning. I literally stopped watching several times and kept going because of all the good reviews. But it really picked up around episode 15 and I just kept watching.
The only part I didn't understand was Suying's obsessions and her refusal to see that she is unhinged. Because of her obsession with a man who didn't want her, she was used to attack the dragon who was ready to marry her. She then justified her actions by calling him and all demons evil when they were just existing. And everyone was like, yup let's agree with her. No other human was like, wait didn't you attack him, how is he evil? Because of her obsession with the man, she killed his wife in front of him and was mad that he still didn't want to be with her. Everything she did was supposedly for the man but she just couldn't get over the fact that he didn't want her or that the dragon ultimately got away.
These people ignored the fact that the whole family was crazy and just let her do whatever.
And the Phantom Lord, what was wrong with him? Why was he giving off hunchback drag queen?

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un drama con una premisa buena, pero que al final no fue lo que esperaba.

story / characters:
⸻ la historia tenía mucho potencial, pero, a mí parecer, no fue realizado de una manera buena. desde el trailer parecía que tendría una buena trama, con escenas de acción y ese toque de romance fantasioso, pero al final, nos encontramos con una historia que a la cuarta parte se volvió aburrida, una historia que no supo manejar las situaciones que presentó de una manera interesante, lo cual es una pena, porque como dije, tenía el potencial de convertirse en un éxito, pero lamentablemente, muchos aspectos fueron llevados de manera un poco frustrante; sin embargo, aquí también entran los gustos propios de cada persona, no me gustan los triángulos amorosos y que esta historia los desarrollara a la mitad, solo disminuyó la calificación que al final le di. no diría que fue malísima, porque es mentira, me gustaron muchos aspectos, sin embargo, otros no me gustaron nada, después del episodio 15, me perdió un poco, considero que es el único arco que vale la pena al 100%, no me molesta el hecho que metieran ese toque de venganza y drama, sino el hecho de que el desarrollo de los personajes fue un poco extraño y la principal premisa de la historia, buscar las partes perdidas del cuerpo de tian yao, se convirtiera en un aspecto secundario o hasta terciario en la historia. con tian yao y yan hui como personajes principales, podías sacarles un montón de provecho, puedes hacerlos los personajes más redondos y darles un buen desarrollo, porque aunque considero que sí vimos un avance en sus personalidades e historia, al final se volvió un poco frustrante y diría que hasta aburrido, entre en conflicto muchas veces, me frustraron, quise dejar de verlo, hubieron momentos donde valían completamente las horas y otros donde no, pero definitivamente sí hubo escenas que me gustaron que me emocionaron, con las que llore, pero en general, tuve que poner velocidad 1.5x para verlo, porque aunque se estaba volviendo un poco aburrido, no quería abandonarlo (SPOILER ALERT: cuando se casan sí sentí emoción, cuando resolvieron sus problemas y yan hui volvió a confiar me puse feliz, cuando llegan a la ciudad donde se encuentran con xian ge lo disfrute bastante, todas esas escenas me emocionaron y me hicieron sentir mariposas, el beso bajo el agua fue bonito también, los momentos de tian yao como ‘bebé’ fueron divertidos, etc.); hay otros personajes que me fueron indiferentes, por ejemplo, la historia de huan xiaoyan y zhu li no me pareció interesante y mayormente salte sus escenas, por otro lado, todas los momentos de xian ge y feng qianshou me gustaron un montón, pero la historia de bai xiaosheng no me atrapó y fue un personaje un tanto difícil después de que se convirtió en el triangulo amoroso; considero que los villanos son buenos, aunque en gran parte no entendí el arco final, así que no tengo una opinión bastante solida respecto a eso.

acting / cast:
⸻ fue mi primera vez viendo actuar a neo hou y a zhou ye, así que fue una grata sorpresa, tienen química juntos, pero por alguna razón sentí que les faltaba un poco, por ejemplo, hay otros actores que logran cautivarte desde el primer momento y que su actuación parece natural, como crystal liu y chen xiao de a dream of splendor, que la simple imagen de verlos juntos te transmite algo, sin embargo, con neo hou y con zhou ye, no sentí esa chispa, lo hicieron bien, por supuesto que sí, pero me hubiera gustado que sus interacciones se hubieran visto más naturales y no tan forzadas, detrás de escena se ven cómodos, así que me pregunto que fue lo que les impidió mostrar esa quimica desbordante que tienen fuera de cámara mientras estaban grabando. de los otros actores no tengo mucho que decir, todos lo hicieron bien y considero que interpretaron de la mejor manera a sus personajes, me interesa ver más a chen xinyu, la actriz que interpreto a xian ge, quien fue mi personaje favorito.

ost:
⸻ el ost me pareció bueno en general, tiene canciones como free-floating de zhou shen, uno de los cantantes chinos que más me gustan, también tiene otras canciones buenas como the passing wind de liu yuning y qing ming xing del mismo neo hou, etc., me parecieron canciones buenas y que le daban el plus a cada escena, me transmitieron también todas las emociones que es lo que yo busco en un ost.

rewatch value:
⸻ volvería a ver muy pocas escenas, solo esas que significaron algo para mí o con las que sentí emociones fuertes, o algún tipo de resumen o compilación de tian yao y yan hui, pero definitivamente no volvería a ver todo el drama completo, no siento que disfrutaría verlo de nuevo, fue una experiencia agradable pero a la vez frustrante, sé que si lo veo de nuevo, tal vez me concentraré solo en las partes que no me gustaron y lo poquito que saque de bueno desaparecerá.

overall:
⸻ en general fue un drama bueno, con calificación media, me gustó pero le cambiaría algunas cosas y definitivamente quitaría el triángulo amoroso entre yan hui, tian yao y bai xiaosheng, dejaría todo el drama que se formó a la mitad, pero trataría de enfocarme en recuperar las partes perdidas del cuerpo de tian yao y no dejaría eso fuera de la línea principal. me llevó el recuerdo de un tian yao y una yan hui felices y que se reencontraron, al igual que una xian ge tan bonita como siempre.

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Back From The Brink is a very well done drama in matters of cinematography, stage combat, character development, camaraderie, nice OST and, although not perfect, it has a good storyline. The problem with the drama is that halfway it drags and the main couple loses momentum to introduce clichés and unnecessary difficulties. The leading couple has good, playful, and cute chemistry; their dramatic moments really give a tug in the heart but, for been so much in love as to sacrifice for each other, their romantic chemistry seems forced and not well performed. Having said that, if the viewer comes into the drama not expecting an earth shattering romantic chemistry, I must say that the cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and, even though the male lead could’ve been more expressive, he did quite well and the female lead was extraordinarily adorable and beautifully sentimental with very believable expressions. Overall, apart from the intimate scenes in the romance storyline, the drama is entertaining for the most part.

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Love the visuals of the main leads!!

Before I start my review, allow me to show my biggest admiration for all the great music themes of 'Back From The Brink' has. The opening song of this series is one of the reasons I like watching the series from the beginning till the end, and knowing that the male main lead, Hou Ming Hao/Neo Hou also sings one of the tracks from the ost gives me more excitement to watch it and let me tell you, his song really fits the moments between the two main characters (Tian Yao and Yan Hui). Every time his song is played during their moments I cannot help myself from not falling for his soothing voice.

Honestly, I have never seen the works of these two main leads (Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye) before and I must say that pairing them up together in this series is an undeniably great choice. They look cute as well as sweet together and both obviously have amazing visuals. They are still young and I believe with their hard work they will become megastars in the future.

I hope people will stop comparing 'Back From The Brink' to other series as we all know each series has their own plus and minus. For me, personally, there are some scenes or moments I think that's really unnecessary in 'Back From The Brink', but they don't stop me from watching this series, and for the record, I just finished watching it last night. I think the ending is a bit satisfying although I hope there's more explanation to some things that I find them odd to figure. In spite of that, I'm quite contented with the whole thing.

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alurnya ngeselin dikit

Pas nonton, aku nggak berekspetasi banyak. Muncul di home Viu waktu itu, karena penasaran jadi coba nonton trailer dulu baru ke youtube buat cari-cari lagi. Setelah akhirnya aku memutuskan untuk nonton, nggak nyesel sama sekali. Alurnya seru, comedynya dapet. Walaupun agak ngeselin karena banyak banget salah paham disini. tapi nggak papa. Yang penting semuanya terjelaskan dan salah paham nya hilang.

Soal acting, aku awalnya agak kagok ya lihat acting mereka, cuman lama-lama jadi biasa aja dan suka. Paling suka di scene pas Tianyao hilang, rasa frustasi Yanhui dapet banget disini. Hampir nangis untung enggak ? Overall, recomended. Seru, menghibur, cuman agak ngeselin dikit alurnya hehe

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had all the feels

this is part of my top favorites xianxia and wuxia cdrama Back to the Brink, Lost you forever, till the end of the moon, are probably my top three most favorite! although I enjoyed love between fairy and devil and I’m already halfway I just couldn’t finish it.. I don’t know why. Anyway the chemist from Back to the brink is so good, The only time I disliked Zhou ye the female lead was in her other drama I instantly dropped it (everyone loves me)

back to the brink had me bawling my eyes out, it also made me laugh numerous times, had so much butterflies during sweet moments, had me so mad with some effectively annoying antagonists.

The only thing I hoped for, some flashbacks kept of resurfacing, ending felt rushed. it was a happy ending but I hope they had more time to somehow made it more meaningful, seeing them reunite with friends, and the kiss was so short. other than those it was such a good xianxia cdrama.

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Decent way to pass the time

I went into this Cdrama with the hope that it would be a good follow up to Love Between Fairy and Devil and Till the End of the Moon based on the reviews here.

One of the draws was that reviewers said this had a happy ending. I guess compared to other Cdramas, this does have a happy ending. But just like many of the recent Cdramas I've watched, the ending is rushed and sloppy, and you only get like 3 minutes of a resolution.

There are amusing moments, but many more moments where the story dragged. The acting was mid at best, with a very wooden ML and a FL whose most memorable point is shouting the ML's name a million times. To give credit to the ML, he does show some animation at one point later in the story, at least.

Their chemistry was lacking big time. Very minimal in terms of showing affection - you get a couple of lip pressed to lip moments that are more chaste and awkward than anything else. The hugs were stiff as well. So if you wanted something with a bit more intimacy, keep on looking and give this a pass.

I think the first half of the show was much more interesting than the latter half. The real villain was a joke. Suying was much more enjoyable as a villain tbh, and a lot less melodramatic.

Overall, i enjoyed it enough as a brainless palate cleanse, but i dont feel this has much rewatch value to it.

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A wonderful ride.

This drama made me feel lots of emotions, from frustration, to anger, to sadness, to joy, and mushy-mushy. Their journey was long and there is twists and hardships almost at every turn but they've survived it all together. I've come to like this drama exactly because of that and the fact that the leads understand each other, won't let go of the other, and the misunderstandings doesn't last long. It is a comical ride that will make you cry, a bitter-sweet yet satisfying story for everyone.

Yan Hui's actress (Zhou Ye?) really did a good job. I can't help but praise her every time there's a scene where she breaksdown. Chemistry-wise, there is no problem they pulled it off very well. The parts I'd like to point out tho are some character's awkward movements and some scenes where Hou Minghao who played Tian Yao looks "constipated" as how the other reviewer put it. He definitely can improve more in his future projects not to mention that he already has an advantage to the viewers cuz he really looks good and those still photos? It made me ask "was he that handsome in the drama?" deym. Another character and actress I liked is Suying. She makes a more well-motivated villain, an awfully strong, beautiful, desperate, and sad character, than the lord of dark aura.

OSTs didn't hit me as hard as other cdrama did for me, it really makes an impact for me :< I've read this is a low budget film so I guess the choppy cuts, and CGI is understandable. The edit and visual effects were amazing and eye-pleasing.

It was good but I don't think I will rewatch this. A lot happened and this ain't some short drama so yeah.

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Balance

I struggled to rate this because there were parts I absolutely loved and parts I was sad they didn't address. But since there is a theme of balance in the show, I tried to take a step back I look at it as a whole.

Fun journey that has one of the best OSTs I've heard in a while! I loved the FLs personality and practicality. She was true to herself and whenever in a situation she was unsure, she chose to be kind. There were some really great comedic moments that unfortunately were missing towards the second half.

The ending could have used an explanation. Some subplots were oddly written and then sorta forgotten about.

Overall though definitely a more fun and lighter xianxia than others I've seen.

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The film is good

I want Neo hao with Dilraba dilmurat collab.

mungkin dengan mereka berdua bekerjasama dalam film akan banyak yg suka karena akting mereka sangat luar biasa, sama-sama ganteng dan cantik sangat cocok.
aku suka peran wanita difilm ini cukup cantik tapi lebih suka jika Dilraba dilmurat yg bermain film bersama Neo hao.
difilm ini cukup puas menonton nya, tetapi ending nya kurang greget kurang romantis, jadi agak tidak rela kalau ending nya seperti itu, kalau bisa lebih romantis lagi.
untuk sutradara mohon bikin film Dilraba dan Neo hou untuk bekerja sama.
berharap dilraba dan Neo bisa collabs.

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