Get ready to be swept off your feet
Get ready to be swept off your feet - Amid a Snowstorm of Love you don't want to miss! With beautiful poetic scenes and a unique execution of a familiar story, this show hits all the right notes. The chemistry between the main couple is palpable, and the foreign locations will leave you breathless. What sets this drama apart is the absence of cliches - no ex-girlfriend, no third angle, and no annoying side characters - making it a perfect watch for all those romantic lovers out there. So, why wait? Immerse yourself in this relaxing and heartwarming show and fall in love all over again!💕Was this review helpful to you?
What have I just watched?
I finished the drama and I'm left with the feeling of "what have I just watched?".It's a simple storythat has a lof of fluffy moments. They cute and bring smile on your face. It can be treated as a "feel good drama". The cast is good looking and act well enough. The couple get together quite quickly, they hug and kiss A LOT. There's that intensivity that's usually absent in Cdramas.
That's for positive side.
For the negative.
Half of the screen time shows people striking billiard balls. Really. If it's not ML, it's FL, other players or even some random people at the club. The rules are never explained and as I know nothing about the sport I don't even know if the leads are winning or loosing. So there's no emotional build up during the scene. Sometimes a little is explained by a sport commentary. At the end I was skipping all billiard scenes.
Also, you have to switch of your brain to enjoy the drama. If you question a single thing everything will fall apart. For example, why other players want the best player to come back and make them loose their high ranks...
Honestly, I want to rant here about all the things that didn't make sense but I don't want to spoiler.
So, while I liked the intense romance part the rest was either skippable (the billiard) or boring.
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Pure romance.
It was a very warm and touching drama to watch. Through this drama you could feel the love grow stronger through them. The caring and love they had for each other and the sport, both hidden and the open. I give it a 10/10 on all cuz it’s worth watching. It’s not like the other dramas where you have a 2L stuck on one or both side trying to destroy the relationship between 1L. This is a pure drama that gives you butterflies from the start to end, leave you with a smile on your mouth, tears of joy, tears of sadness. This won’t be a drama that will be forgotten that easily.Was this review helpful to you?
I LOVE THE CINEMATOGRAPHY
If you're looking for a stranger turned to be lover and support and heal each other, this drama is a must to watch!!!I love the story and the cinematography of this drama. How the main leads support and heal each other in other country where you're away from your family.
Jin Mai n Leo Wu indeed best actors since there're child actors in Mainland. They can deliver the story, ambience and everything so smooth.
Also, I would say thanks to the crew of this drama. PD, writer, and all the crew especially editor of this drama for giving us such a beautiful drama.
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A beautiful wintery romance drama that’s going to warm up your heart♥️
This drama was very slow at the beginning. It took me a while to get over the first 2 to 3 episodes but after that it was a delight to watch. The romance between the two main leads were a slow burn and you got to experience the excitement of being confessed, to the first time touching hands, first kiss and all the awkwardness between a couple when they first start dating. Watching this drama made me feel I’m experiencing dating and I’m experiencing my first times too.When it comes to the story too it was really great. I love a good story where there’s no major plot twists or character breakups and villains. This drama was so enjoyable to watch as it was easy going and nothing to make you feel sad or anxious. You can watch this drama knowing that there’s not going to big surprises in the plot.
Characters wise overall it was good. I feel as the two main leads, Yin Guo and Lin Yiyang had good character development and both their storylines were well written and played out. Even the secondary characters such as Meng Xiaodong and Jiang Yang had a good storyline although I really wish the ending for them would be a different than how it originally ended. I don’t want to spoil too much but I wish the story didn’t include that 3 year jump in the last episode as I feel for me personally it kept me wondering what happened during those 3 years and then it the story just ended. Although the ending was happy and a good ending I feel like it could have ended in a better way. Not in terms of the main characters, they had a good ending however the secondary characters such as Jiang Yang and Meng Xiaodong could have had a better ending. Other than that this drama was beautiful to watch.
I do have to also comment about the scenery in this drama. It was so beautiful to see that majority of this drama was shot in Finland and wow the places in Finland is so beautiful and breathtaking. The snowy atmosphere and being shot in the winter season added more feeling to the drama.
Overall, it was a beautiful drama to watch and I would recommend this drama to anyone who is interested in a light romance drama that’s going to make you feel excited and warm. I still can’t stop thinking about this drama. I got so attached to the characters and there stories that I wish it didn’t end. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this drama and I know for sure I would keep coming back for Chinese drama as it’s definitely in my list for a light romance watch.
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HOW DO I MOVE ON?????????
I thought I had seen and felt it all with Hidden Love. But no...this masterpiece was just lying in waiting, gearing up to bombard me with emotions I had no idea I had the capacity to feel.First of WU LEI, the man that you are😫😫. How does he do this? How does he play a character so good you'e left wanting more? Let's not even talk about the man's expressive eyes...
Most CDramas have an avalanche of red flags, toxicity, misunderstanding and an ex somewhere who's richer than Midas and has got legs for miles. It gets frustrating to be honest. But, here is a drama with zero red flags... none. Even the love rivals are too hard to hate, they're actually relatable. No stupid love triangles. No agonizing family feuds and parental influence.
There's not a single moment I spent on hating anyone while watching this, and it was refreshing, which made this all the more enjoyable.
THE BROMANCE PEOPLE THE BROMANCE! Had me wishing I was a man so I could have amazing man friends who'd do anything for me. Like how are they so close after years of separation and being each other's competition????? Their relationship made me tear up honestly.
The drama was such a wonderful way to bring the largely ignored games mainstream; had me wishing I could hold a cue stick without threatening to disembowel anyone in my immediate vicinity, so I could go to games and look all sexily formal with a secret boyfriend cheering me from the stands...yes folks...the delulu is deluluing.
On to the golden point in this review. The CHEMISTRY. The leads had the sparks flying so hard I was third-wheeling a freaking on-screen couple. The eye contact, the COMMUNICATION, the little acts of service, the secret visits and touches!!!!!! Argggghhhhhhhhhhh!!!
I need me a Lin Yi Yang. I need to be courted as Yin Guo did. Fuck asking me out with flowers or chocolate, text me declaring your intentions while we do laundry😣😣
All in all, this is a must-watch. And it had me reviving my online dating profiles because even if I'm done being single this introverted idiot can't talk to anyone face to face without having a panic attack or babbling like a fool, let alone a man.
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My best Drama Of 2024
oh my god wow best story and best characters I love this drama so muchI really recommend this for those who love sports and romance and ost was so good I even added in my playlist.
supporting characters are also awesome, I was happy and crying at the same time I wished that they coul have 10 more episodes. ML and FL chemestry was on another level, and it's really good drama, For me I really don't like break-up and male chasing arround female lead I hate that kind of stroy but in this drama male chase female but she was also into hime I mean wow I love them sooo much I hope I can see more like this drama
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this drama lacks storyline ...
so this is another Love me love my voice where there is nothing but eating , travelling , smiling and romance ...this drama also has no storyline at all ...i really do not understand why scriptwriter makes these shows so longer , this drama can be easily fitted in 24 episodes ...this drama has so many boring scenes and there romance lacks romance ...from starting , i am loving this show but after ep 9 i starts to loose my interest ... i love ''love at first sight '' concept but if they starts dating , their should be no awkward moments now ... sometimes i get vibes of harassment when he is walking naked in front of her , when he enters her room before dating and when he reaches towards her on the bed ... even the FL turns to opposite side because she did not want a fast track relationship ...
i feel these types of relationships are result of impulsiveness ... i love mature kind of relationship and because of leo wu , i am expecting a mature drama but this drama is really childish where ML is broke but he like to spend all his money on her ...
sometimes i feel like these types of dramas are the dreams of a girl which seriously lacks realistic feeling of a couple ...
they have good chemistry , i think they will fit completely in a school drama ...but i can't continue this anymore ...
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an high budget drama ruined with a bad script .
The story starts pretty nice till ep 8 - 10 but after that the story becomes draggy ...i think if someone skips ep 11 to 16 , he will not miss anthing in the story ... Although i love romcoms but i love the drama where story is not draggy ... and as i have said before in comments that - '' in this drama , i can't feel romantic vibes from their romance scenes '' ...this drama is just like Love me love my voice where there is nothing but eating , laughing , texting , kisses and i am disappointed in both of the dramas ...
as the two clubs are competitors , there should be some fierce feelings at start but all the boys are so friendly that i think tencent can make a especial bl drama for them ...
i am watching this drama till ep 20 , because i always feels when their games starts , it will be fun to watch but now i do not want to continue because i know they are going to win every match ...
i also somewhat feels off when i think how can lin yiyang can win every match after his return ,,, i can understand he is a gem in snooker but he retired so early and even if he practise daily , how can he beat proffesionals because as he said he has a college to attend and he also joins many part time job ... so i think , in terms of sports i think it is confusing that how can he and his girlfriend are winning every matches ...
thats why i always feels that sports and romance are the genres which can't be mixed because if an player gets in relationship how can he focus on his training ...
the only thing i love is relationship between his coach and him and also friendship of lin yiyang and wu wei ...
i am giving it 3.5 because of their costumes , background and specially osts ...
i love leo wu in The long ballad and zhao jinmai in reset but this drama is pretty boring and now i can't waste my time anymore ...
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sweet love story
this is a sweet love story. there is very minimal to no conflict throughout the series. i like the chemistry between wu leo and zhao jin mai, but found the series to be a slow burn as it’s just sugary sweet most of the time. what is missing is spice 😄 but it’s quite a change watching a drama without any annoying characters. if you like idol romance drama, you should watch this. this drama is also full of eye candy. overall, it’s okay for me, but the no spice thing for me is rather boringWas this review helpful to you?
Recommended if you liked Hidden Love
Just finished this today and I give it a solid 7 stars. I liked this despite some flaws. The strongest part of this drama was the relationship between these two young lovers, played exceptionally well by Wu Lei and Zhao Jin Mai, while its weakest was in the elements of production.Both leads were well-cast in this romantic drama and my biggest delight was watching them playfully enjoying each other's company and slowly letting each other in. Our FL is at first suspicious of our ML since she is inexperienced and away from home. Our ML is living and studying abroad having left behind a troubled past. He is living a relatively uncomplicated life, but the appearance of this pretty young lady makes him realize how much he is really missing. We are drawn into their relationship and are made to feel a part of it---every glance, every smile, every intimate moment. I basked in this youthful love, reminded of my own relationship with my husband when we first started dating.
Centered around this love story is the sport of billiards. Both are young athletes who are competing in billiards tournaments and although somewhat interesting, (I had no idea there were so many different types of billiard games---Snooker, 6 ball, 9 ball, etc.), it often detracted from the main focus of these two lovers. Many gorgeous people abounded in the cast and the talent was underused. I think a more compelling story would have been to give some of these young people more to do than just stand there and look beautiful. One example was Dai Si. The plot seemed to be going towards a possible triangle, but instead underused her in the name of not creating conflicts. In fact, the only conflict in this drama is within our ML and his troubled past. There is very little in the way of outer forces working against them which makes for a very benign plot.
The last few episodes were weakest because they dealt more with a national billiards competition that took away much of the focus of the two young lovers, but gave the ensemble cast more screen time. I think the goal was to produce a youthful, romantic drama for a younger audience with as little conflict as possible. The lessons/message being: love your person, love your sport, love your country.
I also appreciated the on location filming in Finland and getting to see some of the snowy sites. The extras were great and it gave our main leads an opportunity to practice their English.
OST was great. Perfect mix of youthful tunes with just a touch of edgy songs for the billiards competitions. The piano score played during the couple moments was my favorite. I have already added it to my Spotify playlist.
I recommend this title for those who want something similar to Hidden Love.
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