Boss & Me (2014)

Drama di una decade fa, ma che mancava di qualità anche per gli standard dell'epoca.

Trama piatta e allungata, senza elementi incisivi. Si segue una vicenda che sembra poco studiata, sulla quale si è investito davvero poco in termini di sceneggiatura. Il trucco della protagonista troppo poco naturale, persino per la moda di dieci anni fa. Anche l'attore principale non esce indenne dall'accanimento del make-up (le sopracciglia di entrambi sembrano voler entrare nel Guinness dei primati). Parlando dell'attore protagonista, Hans Zhang, l'avevo già visto in altre serie: gli riconosco un fascino inusuale, molto composto, ma anche il difetto che questa rigidità va anche a discapito dell'espressività, finendo per inficiare anche il livello della recitazione.
La coppia principale molto ma molto sotto tono, chimica sotto il livello minimo, accettabile solo se avessero avuto un ruolo secondario. Paradossalmente, è stato proprio il pairing secondario a rubare un po' la scena, risultando più affiatato, dinamico e interessante.
In generale la vicenda, dicevo, non presenta veri e propri ostacoli: ci sono dei sassolini trattati abitualmente come montagne e gestiti in tempi e modi decisamente sospetti per quella che potrebbe essere una soluzione credibile e coerente.
E' una serie che mette poco sul piatto e quel poco è pieno di difetti. Una prova scarsa la cui esistenza è bene lasciare sbiadire nel trascorrere del tempo.

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I would like to begin with the fact that I really enjoyed this drama, it was one of those truly light-hearted romantic comedies. Being 33 episodes I reckon it was a suitable length without any draggy parts and I thoroughly enjoyed the cute moments that was offered. However I must say I didn't read the books beforehand so I don't know how it was in comparison to the originals. Despite that I still loved it.

The story was the typical rich handsome boss and normal/poor girl story, despite it being quite cliche it still had its own cheerful vibe to it which made it seem more unique and special. Being a romantic comedy of course there has to be a love triangle and thus there's the appearance of the 2nd female lead who you would hate but in the end grow to like. The nice thing about this drama is that you would love not only the mains but also the side characters of the drama as they bring alot of joy along with the mains. There isn't much business problems or family issues as I mentioned above as it's a drama focused on the relationship of the boss and the girl.

Acting/Cast I'll be honest a part of the reason why I started this is because of the main leads. I've seen alot of dramas acted by both leads and always ended up enjoying their works so seeing them together in this new drama was a nice surprise for me.
ZhaoLiYing is such an adorable actress and I've became a solid fan of her after the 'Legend of Luzhen'
ZhangHan is also one of my favourite actors, needless to say because of his good looks but also I've seen many of his works including the Queen of SOP.
I also thoroughly support the rest of the cast as they brought so much extra joy to this drama.

The soundtrack nice and enjoyable as I loved hearing the opening and endings, however I haven't been that intrigued to download any of it yet.

This was such a cute and enjoyable drama that I would definitely rewatch in the future. Being 33 episodes I might just skip through once in a while.

Overall this is one of the best modern romantic dramas of China, as I usually just watch chinese historical dramas however this one is defs an exception. It was well made with a great cast that complemented the whole story.
So I recommend this to someone who is looking for some happy sweet and light-hearted as a break from a sad heavy plotted drama.

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