Amando, Nunca Esquecendo (2014)

viciante e sofrido

Comecei a assistir por achar que tinha uma vibe de Autumns Concerto, mas muitas coisas nesse drama me incomodaram muito:
1º o tanto que o Li Zhong Mou é insuportável. Foi muito difícil gostar dele, acho que em nenhum momento eu consegui nem simpatizar até porque é difícil simpatizar com um cara que quer a guarda unilateral do filho pra avó do garoto criar ele. Não faz nenhum sentido ele querer separar a mãe do filho já que ela não fez nada de ruim pra ele. Qual o sentido? Nenhum.
2º o tanto que a Wu Tong chorou. Acho que não tinha um episódio que esse mulher esteve completamente feliz. Ela estava sempre chorando e triste pelos cantos. A mulher não teve um minuto de paz e quando eu pensei que ela fosse ter um pouco de sossego ela ficou entre a vida e a morte.
3º A mãe do protagonista, a Li Zhi Ning foi irritante e desnecessária do início ao fim, até quando se “redimiu”. Apesar da história conturbada dela foi impossível simpatizar, ela não passou de uma personagem egoísta que precisava ir urgentemente p um psicólogo.
4º Mei Lin chata, irritante, chorona e se humilhava demais. Tive muita pena dela, mas a mulher gostava de se torturar por uma pessoa não queria nada dela.
5º Mandy Zhang tinha zero amor próprio, pensei que ela fosse ser pior mas acho que a Wu Tong já tinha sofrido demais.
6º por último, Xiang Jun foi só ladeira abaixo, que decepção. Quem tem um amigo desse não precisa nem de inimigo.

Enfim acho que o único personagem que eu gostei por completo foi o Wu Tong Tong, ele foi 10/10 em atuação e carisma.

Apesar de tudo isso, me prendeu do início ao fim, foi viciante e sofrido. Acho que tive uma relação de amor e ódio com esse drama. Eu recomendo.

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Além das Expectativas: Uma Narrativa Incomum de Amor

***Esse comentário não tem spolier explicito, mas contem informação sobre a serie que pode talvez ser considerado spolier para algumas pessoas***

Eu tinha baixas expectativas para esse drama, mas ao final ele me surpreendeu bastante, ele tinha muita coisa que eu busco em um drama, que é muito difícil de encontrar.
- Primeiro :não pé um gato e rato de comédia chato, eles não se dão bem no inicio do drama porém são por motivos reais, e questões judiciais e noção por que “Ah, eu esbarrei em você agora vamos passar 30 episódios discutindo e fingindo que não nos amamos”.
- Segundo: Eles se casão pelo o meio do drama e isso não é o fim da história, e não é por um casamento por contrato maluco, e sim por que eles se amam.
-Terceiro não é um vai e volta da bexiga, por causa de coisas infundadas.
- Quarto, eles tem um filho, e criam ele por um tempo juntos durante o drama.
Existe muitos outros pontos positivos nesse drama, porem não vou discorrer tanto, achei importante falar desses que eu considero que não existe isso em tantos outros dramas.
Mas claro existe algumas coisas que eu não gosto nele é claro, mas isso é padrão.
-Primeiro: Não gosto que a protagonista é aquela pessoa super maravilhosa, de bom coração e blablabla, mas na primeira oportunidade ela ta mentindo, como se mentira não um fosse um mal que está geralmente em pessoas mal caráter. Ela um pouca boba, mas ela não é avoada como muitas prota por aí. Isso é ponto positivo.
-Segundo a prota parece não saber dizer a palavra não, e ela esta sempre disposta a conversar com o 2prota, e dá muita abertura para ele, na verdade os meus pontos negativos são na maioria, em relação a esse segmento de personagem boazinha demais que tem a malícia de mentir horrores, mas não tem o entendimento de saber que ficar conversando,abraçando e passeado com um cara que gosta dela, e que tenta ficar com ela, mesmo que o marido dela já pediu pra ela não fazer isso, uma hora não vai da certo.
Mas no geral eu achei muito bom, foi muito diferente dos dramas que eu estou acostumada a assitir, tem filho, casamento, um romance que não dura três episódios apenas, ah e não é uma comédia romântica chata. E eu tenho certeza que seria bem melhor se eu não tivesse assistido pelo youtube, com a trilha sonora totalmente distorcida.

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I waited for this drama to be subbed for about half a year and it was worth it. The plot is a little similar to Autumn's Concerto and Autumn's Concerto fans would certainly enjoy, if not as much as AC. Loving Never Forgetting is not about two people in love who have a baby. It's about two strangers who have a one-night stand and the man doesn't even remember the woman. Imagine saving a little boy in an accident and finding out he's your son, even though you can't even recognize the mother! This drama follows these two people as they fall in love and truly become a real family. The plot has some ridiculous, rather-makjang elements but overall it's a heart-warming story.

Jerry Yan is one of the most handsome Taiwanese actors and I have watched him in a few dramas. His character here is quite different from the immature-but-funny-and-sweet brats he generally plays. Here, he's a cold, ruthless businessman who does not believe in love or marriage. I liked him here and he definitely stole the show! Wu Tong is really clumsy and at times, really stupid. She's the perfect damsel-in-distress, something that ticked me off a bit. I'm kind of used to strong drama female leads now and characters like her make me want to roll my eyes at them every minute. If I got a penny for every time she fell down, I would be a millionaire. But the woman is plain stubborn. She never got rid of those heels (and how did she afford them anyway since she barely managed to earn her living). But anyways her character wasn't entirely hate-worthy. I mean, she was the sweet, innocent, perfect lead after all. Tong Tong was alright. Nothing compared to Xaio Le obviously (Xaio Le was too classic). Supporting characters were fine. My personal favorite was the special assistant.

The OST was good enough. This was my third Chinese drama (I think) and although these dramas are longer in terms of episodes, they're enjoyable. I could rewatch Jerry Yan's scenes with his child and Wu Tong but the rest I would definitely skip in the second round (if there is one). It's a good drama overall and when it comes down to it, definitely worth the watch.

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I hated this drama for the reason I often hate dramas: the male lead was a jerk. He treated the female lead badly (really really badly), but was still forgiven again and again. Actually, pretty much all of the characters treat the female lead badly but are still forgiven. The whole series is a train wreck of mistreatment with occasional romantic breaks. This woman should be in a domestic violence shelter getting help filing a divorce, not living "happily" ever after with the male lead.

Friends, being too forgiving only makes you more attractive to the kinds of men who mistreat women and therefore need to be forgiven a lot.

Content Warning: contains a sexual assault scene while the female lead is unconscious. The assaulter is forgiven instantly and never truly held accountable.

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I decided to watch this because I heard that it was similar to Autumn’s Concerto. However, I do not think it’s alike at all aside from the very basic premise that it’s about a secretly born child and the father tries to get custody of the child. The plot was really crazy and exaggerated. There were lots of confusing parts that just didn’t make sense, but that’s how most dramas of this kind are- overly done. There’s the usual disapproving mother, vindictive second lead, and comedic relief. To be very honest, I grew to dislike many of the supporting characters, and although they ended up trying to redeem themselves, it just felt very unrealistic- even for drama standards.

The saving grace of this drama is definitely the OTP. The two main leads, Jerry Yan and Tong Li Ya, had superb chemistry. They both had outstanding performances in this drama, and I was captivated by their scenes together. Usually in other dramas, the OTP is most important to me; in dramas like this one, however, the child is just as important. Unfortunately, the child actor was very average. He was cute, yes, but nothing about his performance stood at all. His dubbing severely detracted from his performance, and his acting was mediocre. The supporting actors were alright. Nothing particular. Zhong Mou’s(Jerry Yan) assistant was funny, and of course, Jerry Yan himself was just phenomenal. His acting was on point and his crying scenes were just so emotional provoking. I personally didn’t like Wu Tong’s (TongLiYa) character, although her acting was fantastic. She is a strong mother, but she is also such a pushover.

Some of the music didn’t fit with the scenes, especially the english songs played at the club scenes made me cringe. Jerry Yan’s ending song, and Jin Sha’s song, however, were amazing. I loved it.

For me, re-watch value isn’t that high. I would re-watch some scenes between the OTP, but I don’t think I would watch the whole drama again. In the end, I do recommend this drama if you're in the mood for a heavy melodrama. Even with all the ridiculous plots, it still managed to make me tear up in some scenes. If you also care about an amazing OTP, like me, then I recommend watching just for the OTP. 7.5/8.5

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This is my 1st review and I am very tempted to write because all I see are positively inclined reviews.So here's a negative one, because I didn't enjoy it. The ratings here currently is 7.9 and a really good drama can usually go up to 8.5-9.1.This drama just isn't the cup of tea for me, and maybe for some who watched or am going to.

Acting falls short of my expectation. I think both leads did an ok job, but not to the extent to be impressed. I know the female character is trying to portray her deep and touching love for the child, but she acts too hysterical and crazy by constantly worrying and crying at the earlier episodes. I pity her though, because she has to cry a lot for those scenes. Her crying skills is good, but overly excessive which loses its appeal.

I didn't like the slow pacing of the show and they focused quite a lot on side characters (the 2nd male lead, 2nd and 3rd female lead, the male lead's secretary and mother to just name a few..) which wasn't interesting but in fact feels like fillers. I prefer drama that focuses on the leads and properly develop their relationship. The main leads' lovey-dovey scenes were cute and had sufficient chemistry, but sadly, the drama didn't had a lot of this.

Development wise, I can't see how the male lead develop feelings for the female lead. He kind of suddenly transited from "I want nothing to do with her" to "I like you, please be together with me."

In conclusion, with average acting, slow pacing with fillers and poor development of characters, I would give this a 3/10, just for the main couple's chemistry. Otherwise, I don't recommend the 34 episodes.

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While watching the final episode, I was torn about giving this drama a perfect score or not. I get easily entertained and pleased with a drama or a movie so giving a 10 is never an issue even if it has its own flaws. LNF seemed like a heavy melodrama at first but I actually found myself enjoying as each episode passed by. There were so many cliches in the drama that came up randomly and made it seem like it was developed poorly. However, the drama managed to tug at my heartstrings because of the chemistry of the family. It made me realize that I get easily attached to stories like LNF and Autumn's Concerto have but I won't compare these two since I only judge a drama on its own. To say that Tong Liya and Jerry Yan acted so well in this drama would be an understatement because this drama would make one realize that acting is both a skill and a talent that only (perfect) people like them would be blessed with. My other honorable mentions would definitely go to Liang Rueqi and Lin Jiandong because of the very enjoyable comic relief that they provided in the drama. I just wish that this drama wasn't dubbed but of course it was an impossible wish given that Chinese productions are almost always dubbed.

For the music, I just love the soundtrack especially the instrumentals and Jerry Yan's Having One of Me as both an ending and an insert song. I may have not heard his beautiful voice in this drama but at least his song was still playing in it ;)

For the rewatch value, I believe that there are only a few dramas worth rewatching since I'm also not a fan of rewatching. However, I'd love to rewatch some scenes because of the emotional impact that they gave me when I watched them for the first time. Overall, I haven't watched so many good C-dramas and I already consider this as one of the few good ones so I recommend this to anyone who's willing to try a good Cdrama. And for Jerry Yan fans like me, you definitely shouldn't miss this!

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2014 I feel has been a slump year for korean drama. Either its me or there were not many addicting heartwaming drama. Im not saying all, as surely there were some cute and adorable ones but by far they were few as compared to the previous years. Ive been searching for something which would hold my intrest and make me fall in love with the characters.
LnF was certainly an unexpected find. I loved the story which was heartwarming and addicting. The acting was good and chemistry was great. Especially the love scenes were so natural as compared to korean drama, it shows how a couple should and do act when they discover they are in love.
It was also a pleasant change not to have any evil baddies creating constant friction.
The only negative was the length, wish it was shorter, maybe 20 or so episodes. I loved the first half of the drama more than the latter, especially I hate the writers putting in fillers to keep the drama running for so long.
overall good romantic and addictive. I would definately recommend to watch if your are looking for this genre.

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End, you are not worth the journey...

I actually go back and forth from liking and hating this drama. I feel so bipolar. This is such a guilty pleasure that I want to forget yet once in a while pops in my head to call me for a rewatch.
But watching this again now, I definitely unsatisfied with the ending.

First off, the good things:
As many reviews has mentioned has similarity with Autumn Concerto (a drama which is dear to my heart), and in which case yes, the plot narrative is definitely the same.
From the secret pregnancy, then the cute toddler kid, with struggling and loving single mom, and a rich jerk baby daddy who has a pretty sophisticated GF. It is like a carbon copy of plot device from Autumn Concerto. I always liked those secret pregnancy dramas with cutie toddlers. I keep rooting for the babies to experience having a full family and their happy ever after.

Sadly for this drama, the bad things:
The happy-ever-after here feels like a bad case of Stockholm syndrome or abused woman who just cant get away from the abuser.
I mean, the ML is one big BIG jerk, who is characterized as smart yet get easily manipulated. For all his brains and heart, he can easily forgive other people who manipulated him, berated him and used him; but then he turns to bite and distrust the FL pretty fast and deep. I get mad at my screen. The worst part is how he conscientiously separated the mother from her kid. That is just wrong.

I keep waiting and hoping for an alternate universe dramaland, where the FL ends up with a kind man not the ML.
But sadly the SML in this drama is the same type of cruel or way worse than the ML. SML is way into the competition with the ML, he uses, hurts and assaults the FL for his own selfish agenda. He should have spent some time in jail. In the end, all were forgiven.
Then there was the mother-in-law who was horrible as a mother and worse as a grandma and just wrong as a human being. Then there father-in-law, who was as horrible as everyone in his family. they were one big lump questionable and cruel people.

I feel bad for the kid on How he will be raised by these people. He grew up with a kind mom for 5 years but after that he will be raised by these tr*sh people. This family doesn't deserve the FL or her kid. But sadly she doesn't realized it, cause she is a doormat of a character. I mean i get that she has some mental issues and easy to be manipulated, but to have a female lead who is weak just makes me so angry.

i wish there was an alternate ending, with her having enough backbone to Kidnapped her kid and goes somewhere away. Or just file for divorce and use ML's brothers manipulation, ML's mom bitchy attitude, and ML distrust in her as the cause her ultimate distress and demand to get a big fat alimony with sole custody of her kids.

Or this totally needs to be a transmigrating drama. She dies giving birth and she goes back to the time before she gets pregnant with her child and makes a conscious choice not to meet the ML and the SML. They are the bane of her sad experiences.

I could not get over the the narrative which was wrong in so many ways. and the acting isn't even to mention. everyone was all kinds of shallow portrayal.

The journey was one roller-coaster, and the ending still feels like a horror train crash with the zombies eating away the mangled disarray of a plot in this drama...

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This one has the vibe of Autumns Concerto, domineering ML + meek girl formula

I was interested with the show mainly because of JY. Story was your typical domineering CEO and a meek nice girl finding each other again and falling in love.

I don't like FL very much though. Either she's a very good actress playing a meek girl or she has really weak acting skills.

Somewhere in the middle of the story, I can already see the head on collision traffic ahead. FL's character is very weak, so I like the domineering ML better even though he's rude most of the time.

Sure I can understand hiding a pregnancy and fighting for custody afterwards. What I don't understand was her keeping close contact with the 2nd ML. It's like courting for disaster..

Also with the final episode, can't the writers just leave them in peace to have their happy ending? I love a happy ending, always. What I don't like is the part where everything was either forgiven or forgotten..

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Although similar in some aspects of the storyline to Autumn's Concerto, each drama is different. Autumn blew me away, but Loving was also very good in it's own way. Absolutely loved Jerry Yan. This is my first drama by him, but judging from people's comments of his usual characters, he played the cold, rich businessman to a perfection. What woman watching this type of drama does not want to be the one to tame a cold ruthless rich alpha male into a loving partner who swears to take care of you the rest of your life?
I would have given this a higher mark if not for some of the pissed off moments I had watching a really naive to the point of being stupid female lead. It was really annoying seeing how many times she did the damsel in distress moments by physically falling down in front of her man. Aside from that, excellant drama, my first China drama, I look forward to seeing more dramas from there now.

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To be hell honest I started this drama in spur of moment because I was too bored but as I passed episode 1 I was hooked on it. I completed the drama in 2 days with my studies & stuff. But whatever it was worth it. I mean whole 34 episodes I didn't got bored & I didn't drop any episode while I usually drop episodes of dramas when it becomes a drag but Heaven & Hell knows it wasn't a drag. Total 34 episodes kept me saying, "1 more, 1 more". There are tears somewhere & sometimes I couldn't stop laughing.Well you'll know if you watch it.

Acting: If I have to say something about acting here I would say only one line, "The actors satisfied their characters." I loved acting. There was no extra drama & the emotions were very well expressed. The actors didn't let the drama to be a drag & I didn't abandon it. Seriously it was good.

Music: There was only OST but it was great!!! <3

Story: Well I just started on the spur & read the plot after watching one episode. The story perfectly depicts the parental love & how a single unthoughtful step in life can change everything. I liked how Wu Tong & Zhong Mou relationship established. It wasn't like love at first sight & here & there & everything's set. But something that took time & they understood each other. They overcome different problems together & alone. I loved that part a lot. It has a unique charm in it!!! The ending was most satisfying.

P.S: It's really worth your time!!
P.S.S: While watching it you'll definitely notice the phone & it's no use complaining. The only person who has phone according to 2014 is Xaing Jun!!! I was like "why are they using those phones!!! why!!"

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