Time To Love (2015)

This could have been considered a decent movie had it not touted itself as an adaption. Since it did, I could not rate it above a 7. The main reason for that is, quite simply, besides the names of a few characters and the time travel thing, A Time To Love has absolutely nothing in common with the original Startling By Each Step at all. It is a completely different story altogether.

In this version, there are three princes that make appearances. Crown Prince, 4th Prince and 14th Prince. The Crown Prince is seen as the villian for most of the movie and is determined to capture and kill Rue Xi for some reason, though I never could understand just what the motive was there. 4th Prince is a mash up of the 4th and 8th Princes in the original. Rue Xi is living with him, but again, this is never explained why, as there was no sister in this version. She was basically just living there, as a princess, though they were not married or related. Made no sense. 14th Prince is another mashup, this time of 13th and 14th Princes. He's the playmate and drinking buddy.

So, story wise, thoufh it does not follow the actual story like it claims, and though some of the reasoning and motives of certains aspects were not explained or did not make much sense, it was still pretty good on its own. However, because of the whole adaption thing and being that I am a fan of Scarlet Heart, I could not ignore the differences. Plus, there is a plot twist near the end that totally made me go WTF.

In conclusion, if you are looking for another version of Scarlet Heart because you love the story, you will be very disappointed with this version. On the other hand, if you have not seen Scarlet Heart and don't know the original story, you will probably be able to enjoy it.

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Too Choppy

Firstly, I would like to point out is that although this movie and the chinese series Scarlet Heart have characters in common, these 2 are different as night and day and there are no linkage between the movie and the series. Although both the movie and the series involved time travel from present time to the past, the stories of both of them are as different as night and day. There is no indication that the story of the movie is the same as the series either.

I have not seen any of the actors for this series. I would say there is alot of "choppy" areas and unclear sections and alot of loop holes. The Female Lead has a nice quirky temperament. Both Male Leads are not that bad, acting wise. 4th Prince is cold and calculative - as expected. I quite like the temperament of the 14th Prince and how considerate he is with the Female Lead. I can't really explain the story much as I find it jumping from one thing to another without any linkage to anything. I actually watched the movie because of the similarities of the characters, unfortunately was disappointed.

The music, however, was quite nicely paired.

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