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Something is off with the romance part between the FL and ML lead
I watched this drama as it was said to be the sequel to "The Interpreter" but other than Yang Mi starring, there is absolutely no connection between them. The storyline does use some of the same cliches with Yang Mi' cold, frozen face expressions and being heartless to those loving her. Yang Mi is one of my favorite actresses but I don't think this role was her best performance. I am not sure if anyone else noticed, but it was apparent that throughout the whole series, she has been dodging physical contact, especially kissing with the ML. I have never seen so many forehead kisses, hair patting and hugging in a romantic scene that was supposed to be the lovers' hot/intimate interaction. It was obvious that Yang Mi was barely able to carry on with the romantic scenes, maybe because of the age difference between the FL & ML and she found it awkward to play lovers with a much younger actor. So, the whole "loving couple" vibe was more like a brother and big sister vibe. Thank God for Huang Ze Tao's great acting skills to have saved the romance/romantic parts of the movie.
I really liked the full cast of the very talented young actors:; and the storyline itself wasn't all that bad, except for the plot holes here and there and some things that just simply didn't add up or made any sense i.e. the FL accidentally was forced onto an International flight from China to Hawaii and she didn't know where she was being "taken" to? Seriously? With all the security and check ins at every airport, especially International airports, she just wondered onto the plane??? Or.. how does it make any sense that her friend Shan Shan being pregnant and have fallen so the FL told her to wait for her to fly back from NY to Shanghai. That's a pretty long wait!! How ridiculous. Then she blames herself and the ML for not getting there on time.? Honestly, which script writer had a brain freeze at this point.
And what was with the English dubbing? It sounded very cheap and ridiculous.
Overall, it's a watchable series that provides some entertainment but for me, I will not put this on my rewatch list. Thanks for the Crew for their hard work.
I really liked the full cast of the very talented young actors:; and the storyline itself wasn't all that bad, except for the plot holes here and there and some things that just simply didn't add up or made any sense i.e. the FL accidentally was forced onto an International flight from China to Hawaii and she didn't know where she was being "taken" to? Seriously? With all the security and check ins at every airport, especially International airports, she just wondered onto the plane??? Or.. how does it make any sense that her friend Shan Shan being pregnant and have fallen so the FL told her to wait for her to fly back from NY to Shanghai. That's a pretty long wait!! How ridiculous. Then she blames herself and the ML for not getting there on time.? Honestly, which script writer had a brain freeze at this point.
And what was with the English dubbing? It sounded very cheap and ridiculous.
Overall, it's a watchable series that provides some entertainment but for me, I will not put this on my rewatch list. Thanks for the Crew for their hard work.
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