only young actors are this bold & genuine

It's quite the average story of coming of age while finding your - first - love, but it's totally well written and the young actors are SO HANDSOME AND TALENTED at the same time!? That you cannot but wonder how this little miracle happened...
Despite being a long, 40-episode series, i hardly ever got bored, since episodes are short and also filled with NICE DETAILS OF EVERYDAY COLLEGE LIFE.
I totally enjoyed this unpretentious ride. It has got everything, from high-class cinematography to eye-candy actors and entertaining plot. It's predictable in a good way...
I wonder what filters Chinese movies use, all actors' skin looks paper white.
Recommended.

Leia Mais

being tall and skinny is a must even to address mental health

The message of this drama is quite deep, with a dark touch and a lot of intense moments, and acting is GENIUS, even supporting cast is remarkable... BUT - and its a huge BUT - i couldnt always relate to it since all the cast is YOUNG TALL SKINNY PRETTY faces, and i couldnt - just couldnt - relate : ( You might wanna add that they are also RICH/ SUCCESSFUL...
So, you only matter if you fall into that category? Even side characters have to be recruited at modelling agencies? Please move on from the ASIAN BARBIE world!
I admire the realism of the drama, conveyed at a superb low pace, but... AGAIN, ONLY GOOD-LOOKING PEOPLE MATTER?
Besides, this drama doesnt address LONELINESS... a challenge that most mentally-ill patients face. Everybody has got a loving partner supporting him/her through the treatment. For real??
I would've given this a 10 if they just hadnt been this narrow-minded while pretending to look at the inner side of people.

Leia Mais

it could have been a masterpiece

... but it's not. though it started out in an excellent manner, it soon became all messy, and the two couples just swinging partners back and forth was totally unrealistic. in the 2nd half of the series i had to fast-forward through a lot of useless and repetitive scenes... also, despite everyone commenting on the "passion" and chemistry, there's hardly any skinship/kissing all along. just a one-time coffee and propose for marriage?? honestly i find most of the plot totally fake.
the characters are inconsistent, you never know why they act one way or the total opposite. first we come across a funny innocent girl, the FL, then she changes to become all gloomy and tearful. her character doesnt really grow, only her clothes mature, in fact she is quite well-dressed for someone supposedly poor.
and again... WHY is everybody an orphan? the ML, the FL, the SML... i cannot grasp the meaning of this trope.
fashion is nice in a weird way, with a 70s vibe, the designer favours black and white mostly.
what's there to rewatch?

Leia Mais

farcical end ruins it

excellent drama, everything looks expensive and high quality, the casting (so many handsome actors who also can act!), the cinematography, the kaleidoscopical plot, the beautiful settings... everything BUT the last episode, that seems written by a different person. the mafia war is like a computer game!? tens of people killed, no one wearing a protection vest, the ML's hardly get a scratch though. the ones we thought dead are alive, the secrets are neverending. and after all the blood bath, here come the sugary moments of all the loving couples/families. i guess the ending is somehow justified, still it should've been toned down.
obviously, the director left the door open for a sequel, too many loose ends.
well, nothing is to be taken seriously abt this drama anyway, just enjoy it.

Leia Mais

Best thai drama

After getting familiar with thai dramas/lakorns, i mean - all the slap-and-kiss, revenge, hate - love, kidnapping, even rape - i can say this is one of the best in its genre. Acting is great, also the settings, even support cast. Of course, second leads are quite boring and i had to skip those parts. Both ML and FL have great acting skills, and something beyond that - a special charisma. I saw the ML in other dramas too and im a fan, he obviously was born to be on stage. The FL is also pretty and petite, unlike many other former models turned into actresses that tower the men around them. She does a great job balancing between being brave and being feminine, though it's a trend in t-dramas to depict aggressive women. She is never clingy nor chasing the guy, just being herself. The script has a few brilliant parts, and even the clichés are nicely re-done, all in all a very enjoyable drama. Whenever i couldnt find something else to watch, i'd go back to this one, and i'm certainly not the type to watch the same thing more than once! Iconic for sure! <3

Leia Mais

two dramas in one

I'm quite taken aback by this drama... something is definitely wrong here. First, there are WAY too many coincidences for it to be taken seriously, though it acts like a "realistic" story. Second, we get TWO stories in one - by episode 5, we have a young cast, after that, all actors are replaced by the "mature" characters and contemporary actions. The first part is dark, the second part suddenly throws humour in; the victims unexpectedly turn into successful career people. What characters and stories should we develop a connection with?
Also, i find it hard to digest the catastrophic life accidents of our leads - abuse, beating, bullying, rape, kidnapping, imprisonment, lies, death, execution, trauma, hidden identity, secret siblings etc etc. Can we please make this more like normal everyday life?
A lot of flashbacks too... Same scenes and lines are drilled into us over and over. Are you trying to brainwash us or what?
It's more like a lakorn, and pretty long at that, with 21 (!) episodes while my patience is already being tested.
It could've been way better.

Leia Mais

good actors, zero chemistry

Beside the handsome ML, who conveys a lot of energy and does a good job in carrying the show, there is not much to see here. Too many side actions, too many unnecessary side characters that get free screen time, too many boring faces, too long a series... I seriously dont get why everybody in this drama praises the looks of the SML, he is just someone in the crowd in my humble opinion.
The FL has no chemistry with the ML whatsoever, though i admired her in other productions.
The plot is nothing new, just the usual tropes: traumatic cold eccentric ML falling for the energetic FL, rich man/ poor woman - the ML pays for the FL's rent and so we get the "girl in debt trope" etc etc. The thing about these tropes is: if you have nothing new to add, just make sure you get'em right! This is hardly the case here...
Also, chinese dramas have this bad habit of putting up a fashion show - with or without a sense of style, most characters keep changing innumerable outfits - flashy more than once - even the supposedly "poor" ones!
I watch it but keep skipping all the dull parts - which accounts for 3/4 of the drama... maybe more?

Leia Mais

it could've been way better

This drama is almost totally carried by the handsome and charismatic ML. I wont say anything abt the FL being old, she does a good job despite the age gap. Side characters are fine too.
It's the plot that annoys me, revolving around the family problems of the same rich heir... and the sentimental troubles of our leads, not heading anywhere. Besides, i'd say the writer doesnt know a tad bit abt women' psychology: no woman would cut ties with a handsome, caring, rich bf without being seriously disturbed, and no woman would play the seducer just once and stop just like that without any feelings involved. Women are sentimental beings and it takes more to abandon a love interest than showed in this drama! Depicting some peculiar unrealistic character just for the sake of being unique doesnt appeal much to me. To put it simply, it's too much for me to believe!
I reluctantly drop this, but i still cannot continue with the nonsense.

Leia Mais

why no allergy tag??

This ALLERGY thing is so common in dramas, mostly in those abt twins/ doppelgangers/ hidden identity, as it is uncommon in real life! SO MANY characters end up on a hospital bed because of some severe allergy, and SO MANY villains use it against our poor favourite characters, that it should have a BIG TAG of its own! Can't you just come with something new??
This romance drama - on a weird note - makes use of some well-employed tropes like amnesia, hidden identity, plastic surgery... And it's nicely executed all in all. But? At some point it becomes dragging - chinese dramas are always so long anyway - so i put it on hold for now.
Interesting idea and cast, you just gotta be in mood for it.

Leia Mais

sad & random

i kept reading reviews saying that this one has got great cinematography, but honestly i've seen many effortlessly better dramas! it's somehow - just somehow - easy on the eyes, but nothing more... the FL is so plain ! i totally got the idea it's a drama abt mediocre people, but still there are so many charming women out there in their 30s or 40s or whatever! what this drama lacks - and lacks for real - it's some vision... there's no vision to it, just some random people fighting middle age crisis and getting depressed over all kind of shit life keeps throwing at them/ at us.
even the new love - the innocent love a 15 yrs old teen can offer - gets trashed in the depressing mixture. the breath of fresh air that should be there - it's hardly there!
the writer behind it might have wanted to approach some deep topics, like imperfect love, emotionally hurt people and people that hurt themselves by making wrong choices etc... still something is missing.
i'd say, any way this drama will go from now on - i'm at ep 8 - it will be totally random, so i'll drop it.

Leia Mais