I should've seen it coming
They got me hooked with the first two episodes, but then hit me with a long backstory. The backstory kinda got draggy a little bit, though I understand it because I'm watching cdrama, slow burn is very common in these waters, but then WTF was that break up in the middle?!?!?! I had an instinct that this drama might be a 50/50 to me just from looking at the score and the way FL does her decisions, I had hope that it would be on the good side since it's that intro logo, plus Arthur Chen, but nope... how disappointed I was. After carefully building the first half, it felt like the writer just decided to burn it all in the second half of the story, and i don't know why you would do that. 2nd half felt like chaos, some parts are too fast, things are happening for the sake of progressing the story without proper writing.
Second half of the story, the show already lost me, but i wanted to finish it just for the sake of it. At least there were the 2nd and 3rd couple to entertain me. I think that was the only good thing to me in the 2nd half, cuz the main couple is giving me headaches.
Performance wise, i clearly felt their chemistry in the beginning, but it's somehow lost as I'm progressing through the drama. I'm not sure if it's just me, but there's something off with Arthur's acting here; it doesn't feel like his heart's in it. Watching FL and ML every time they're on screen, i can feel FL's acting more than ML's. Maybe to give an example, like the way ML responds to FL's lines felt too formal, every time i'm watching him do it, i sometimes shout at my screen "bro, that's not how you respond to your girl". I can see the difference between Li Xun and Gan Yang, but i just can't help but compare Arthur's acting when he was acting as Li Xun in L&P. I guess i should blame this one to the writer as well for giving Arthur some bad lines here and there. I give this one to FL because she's owning the acting when she's on screen. Clearly, the 2nd couple had way more chemistry than the main couple, though they weren't able to dodge the chaotic writing in the 2nd half as well, but at least it was bearable.
Whenever you see that intro logo, you know cinematography and color grading are gonna be good, regardless of whether the show is gonna turn out bad or good. Music as well ugh... as always. Soo good♥.
Overall, i'm kinda mixed on this one, whether to recommend it or not, but it's up to you to decide.
Second half of the story, the show already lost me, but i wanted to finish it just for the sake of it. At least there were the 2nd and 3rd couple to entertain me. I think that was the only good thing to me in the 2nd half, cuz the main couple is giving me headaches.
Performance wise, i clearly felt their chemistry in the beginning, but it's somehow lost as I'm progressing through the drama. I'm not sure if it's just me, but there's something off with Arthur's acting here; it doesn't feel like his heart's in it. Watching FL and ML every time they're on screen, i can feel FL's acting more than ML's. Maybe to give an example, like the way ML responds to FL's lines felt too formal, every time i'm watching him do it, i sometimes shout at my screen "bro, that's not how you respond to your girl". I can see the difference between Li Xun and Gan Yang, but i just can't help but compare Arthur's acting when he was acting as Li Xun in L&P. I guess i should blame this one to the writer as well for giving Arthur some bad lines here and there. I give this one to FL because she's owning the acting when she's on screen. Clearly, the 2nd couple had way more chemistry than the main couple, though they weren't able to dodge the chaotic writing in the 2nd half as well, but at least it was bearable.
Whenever you see that intro logo, you know cinematography and color grading are gonna be good, regardless of whether the show is gonna turn out bad or good. Music as well ugh... as always. Soo good♥.
Overall, i'm kinda mixed on this one, whether to recommend it or not, but it's up to you to decide.
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