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Correct casting is the most important aspect of movie making

I am on episode 26 and not sure if I can hold out much longer. Storyline is interesting, unusual, I love almost all of the great cast/actors, except for the FL who/whom is totally ruining the whole show for me on two levels:
1. As a character in this drama , who is immorally, obsessively stalking a man who is engaged and is in a relationship ( no matter that his fiance is a total nightmare of a person). At this point in his life , in the present, It's his life to decide. I totally despise women who go to extremes to snatch a guy no matter what the consequences are. Morally wrong. She is not only ruining other people's lives but selfishly also destroys the career and life of the man she supposedly loves.
2. I don't really like Tiffany Tang as her acting range is very limited ( have seen many of her other movies) In every single one of her other dramas she has one face expression, which is a ridiculous, phony, superficial " I am sooo happy all the time..." smile, that ruins the dramas she is in. Extremely unlikeable, annoying person/actor. Honestly, in this drama, I am hoping that the ML dumps her and finds some else not so phony. Even the "romantic" scenes are cringe worthy with her fake smiles and clinginess. Love the other characters/ great actors and storyline so will finish the drama if I can take more of the fakeness of the FL. Casting is really the most important aspect of movie making that can make or break the movie no matter how great everything else is. I am surprised at C dramas that don't understand this ( there are plenty out there).

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Very mediocre

I love, love C dramas and have watched hundreds but this genre is not my cup of tea. It starts nice enough about kids growing up together in a very nice, supportive community. That jumps to a little bug eyed girl being obsessed with one of the visiting kids who moved away and now grown up. He is a hot, very handsome, math genius who is very popular in school. The FL lead hasn't seemed to age and still looks like the same bug eyed little girl. Casting is totally off as there is absolutely no chemistry between the ML/FL whatsoever. Plus the fact that the FL is totally obsessed with the ML and stalks him from the beginning. Don't really want to watch more of this mismatched pair. This is just my opinion, others may love this genre.

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This is a wonderful, and undeservingly underrated series. It's definitely worth watching it

I absolutely loved this series. It's perfect in every way which I can say with outmost confidence having watched my large share of trainwrecks of costume C dramas. I loved everything about this series. beautiful and very, very talented cast, fantastic fight scenes, beautiful scenery and exquisite wardrobe and music. I loved the positive vibe of this show and the friendships of the characters. Ding Yu Xi besides being gorgeous, is a very, very talented actor and his facial acting/expressions are priceless. I also love Victoria Song and her character acting in this show. I think the chemistry between the ML and FL was just perfect and they really looked great together. I don't understand why some people would have a problem with the actors' age difference when in fact they were fantastically compatible in every way. Many thanks for the crew and cast for this wonderful series. Bravo!

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Wonderfully Refreshing

I really liked this series for many reasons. I am a huge fan of Wallace Huo, he is not only gorgeous but he is also an excellent, very talented actor. He basically carries this whole show and his portrayal of the quirky, eccentric character is spot on and his sarcastic remarks were hilariously funny., I was laughing out loud a lot during the show. I also really love Zhu Zhu, a beautiful very talented actress and I think she was perfectly cast as the FL. The ML and FL chemistry were really awesome, loved the mental, sarcastic bickerings between them, perfectly match.ed couple.
The supporting actors were also perfect and the whole circle of friends had a wonderful chemistry/vibe among them. I especially loved the pug, what a cute dog (I want one now!). The scenes between the ML and the FL lead's father were hilariously funny as well.
This is a well written, well directed and well acted wonderful series. The music was beautiful and perfectly chosen for each scene. Thank you for this wonderful storyline and experience!! Bravo to the whole production team!!

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Unrealistic

It's an ok entertainment if you ignore all logic and become dumb while watching this show. I am not sure why but it seems to be a common theme in some C dramas for women to pretend to be a man and supposedly nobody notices? Seriously? This drama storyline is an example where the FL joins the army as a man and everybody seems to be blind and believe it, even though she is obviously a woman. Her behavior is going between a tough talking "solder" and a silly, nagging, giggling female and still nobody notices? Not to mention the fight scenes where a small female is throwing around huge, strong male warriors, totally ridiculous and fully unbelievable!
Positive, I loved the music/songs, the period customs were beautiful. The acting was pretty good, especially the side characters. I would not watch this C drama again. Totally unrealistic, boring, waste of time.

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Confusing to say the least

I love C dramas from the 1920 era, except, this one. Customs/wardrobes are gorgeous, loved the music but that's about it. Cast are young and beautiful but it appears that high schoolers were leading the armies, controlling the cities and overall in control of the whole political system., according to this movie. How ridiculous! When will script writers and the casting agents understand that casting actors too young for specific roles brings all stories down to look like a highschool play, none takes it seriously. There are plenty of gorgeous, talented age appropriate actors for these roles that would actually enhance the production quality and bring/give these stories credibility. Other stuff, my one word for the FL part is ridiculous. She is a good actor but her role and character is ridiculous. The storyline is also confusing, going back and forth in timeline, then the FL going from naive to dumb and vicious, back to dumb again, vicious again...seriously? She is portrayed as a feme fatale without much redeaming qualities, pretty but not a beauty queen, in one scene she is a fighter then the next scene she becomes a rabbit and shudders in fear honestly... Also, ML supposedly an army man, let's himself being stabbed over and over again by the FL. Then, in one scene when a grenade is thrown into the room, he is just standing there looking instead of jumping out to safety.. seriously? And the ending.....OMG how dumb can it be? Yes, very, very dumb.. ML was killed right in front of FL and yet ..here he is, just came back for more kissing.. please, for the sake of your viewers, just replace your highschool level screenwriters with actual talents.
I would not watch this series again, barely hung on only to see the end.

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Refreshingly creative

I loved, loved this show. Refreshingly creative and very funny. Loved the actors and the young, happy vibes, creative, positive energy of this C drama. It had lots of funny scenes, like when the FL begins the snowboarding lessons ( reminded me of myself when I started learning skiing). I was laughing out loud throughout the movie, very funny/hilarious scenes. I also loved the cartoonish characters at the end of each episode, extremely creative. The scenery/photography was superb and the music perfect for the scenes. I also really liked the customs, stylish, latest styles. This is one of the best C dramas I have seen, perfect to cheer you up and put you in a sunny/happy mood. Bravo!!! Thank you for giving us this fantastic entertainment. Definitely a 10 rewatch value.

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Great show

I absolutely loved this show. This is my second time watching this and I am keeping it on my watch list for future watch. Before this, just watched The Princess's Gambit also with Liu Xue Yi ( one of my favorite actors) and that show being such a downer/ depressing, I needed something happy and actually romantic so I am rewatching this show. I love the ML/FL chemistry, really liked the storyline and all the actors. Maybe a little bit too much time spent on the sideline relationships but overall it's a great show! Thank you all of you for making this wonderful entertainment.

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Bizarre...Love to see a remake with age appropriate cast

I have been saving this C Drama in my watchlist for awhile now as I have seen the high ratings and finally have the time to check it out. I don't have a problem with long 70+ episodes dramas and also love some older productions, if it's a good drama, I will watch it no matter how long it is. So.. The drama started with an interesting storyline, sad but interesting, and I was especially excited and looking forward to the young ML/FL story development. And what followed was sooo . Bizarre that I am still wondering what happened. Namely, you see the young men and young/kids, ladies sitting in a school and reciting some poems and in the next take..ready for this... ? In the same school there are these older, middle aged men in their 40s and ladies in their 30' s sitting in the seats, it's like the story travelled 30 years into the future? How do you go from the kids/students aged between 8 - 14 to age 40 or so and still in school at that age? Then they keep saying " young master this and young master that". Like they are trying to hypnotize the audience to believing that these guys are in their youth/20's... and at a marieagble age which according to history, in ancient China, girls start at 15-16 up to mid twenties and men in their 20' ( definitely not in their 40's). So how did we jump the huge age gap in time? Also, bizarre age discrepancies like 5th Miss aged to 30 something and yet, her mother's concubines' age appearance stayed the same. Or the ML father appears to be almost the same age as his son? What are the casting agents and directors were thinking? Did they not read the original story/ book? The actors are great and very professional but maybe not for a role that calls for 20 some years old men and very young women. Sorry. I just simply can't watch 70+episodes forcing my brain to imagine the cast being the age that they are supposed to be and not even close to being in this drama . A+ for effort and I would really like to watch this story if it was ever remade with the age appropriate cast. I am sure the original story writer would agree. I have also noticed that in some C dramas the actors' ages are reversed, namely teenagers are playing roles that calls for a more mature cast and that makes the drama look like a highschool play, or as in this case, middle aged man/women are playing 20 somethings role. What is that about?

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All this vitriol

Can't get past episode 4. The FL being a very aggressive, bitter, vengeful person is extremely unappealing and hard to watch. Generally, you would want to start a drama series with something, possibly positive, appealing to hook your audience to become interested and to like the characters. Here this series starts with a ridiculous Spanish tango between two feuding siblings ( how tacky is that?). Then continues with a violent, aggressive, vindictive entitled girl trying to ruin everything for everyone. Can't continue to watch something so awful and depressing, FL is definitely unlikeable and don't want more of her vitriol.
Life is short, love C dramas that are positive with likeable characters and intelligent storyline. A big NO for me.

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