The visuals of the world are very believable. The costuming, buildings, color grading, and filter all look really…
And what in the world was that ending?? Because she's indecisive and decides to stay in her world, the movie ends when him being dead by the time she goes back?? We don't see a reunion with him as an old man-maybe a celebration funeral like we saw before or anything??
The visuals of the world are very believable. The costuming, buildings, color grading, and filter all look really good. But the world building plot wise is honestly quite hard to follow. The romance was the least interesting thing when the world has such a crazy setup.
I tried but couldn't make it past the first 20 minutes. Zhang Chi is beautiful and talented as always- I love his microexpressions. Despite the fun concept, an ex-con is a very unconventional setup, it feels very bland. The lead actress can barely act and I have no clue what happened with the dubbing in this, the voice acting is terrible.
I love the concept, but the story needed more spacing out. The romance blossomed way too quickly whereas it should've…
The FL even makes insanely selfish decisions while the ML has no self-preservation and is overly focused on her. It bothered me how the ML had some strange morals. After finding out he had a fiance, he should've been devastated. He should've felt guilty to the woman he promised a life with and felt conflicted, but he became obsessed with the FL as a ghost. I get they made a deep connection, but once again, the romance felt way too quick.
Justice for my poor girl toko :( She was really going through it. Dated for two years, only months away from the wedding and her fiance almost dies. She believes it's attempted murder and throws herself into a dangerous investigation all while staying by his beside while he's in a coma. And while she is worried if he'll wake up, he's falling in love with someone else while he has amnesia :( I really wish they'd either changed this storyline or focused more on them falling apart once he was awake. The story had too many things going on, yet also didn't go too deeply into others.
I love the concept, but the story needed more spacing out. The romance blossomed way too quickly whereas it should've stayed more ambiguous for most of the series, that would've lended more to the deep bond that no one else could understand. There's barely any consideration to the fact that she's even married?? Like zero hesitations before they're both practically in love in such a short period.
The soft slice of life and sincere tone that the beginning had was quickly switched with the story focusing on the messiness and mystery aspects, losing time for the relationship to develop- it really feels like it came out of nowhere before they're professing love. I loved the concept and the atmosphere of the first few eps, but then they struggle to balance the many plots. I loved the first 3/4 episodes, but then felt less enthusiastic about the rest of the show. Overall a 7.5/10 and worth a watch, but the beginning is the best part.
Can I watch this prior to the prequels btw, as a seperate movie
Each movie has the same two lead characters solve a new mystery. I'd recommend you start with the first one because I think it's better, but you're good to watch this one without seeing the others.
The visuals of this movie were absolutely beautiful. The visual storytelling symbolism, and cinematography is amazing. The view of new zeland was otherworldly beautiful. The plot is quite light/thin, but the movie shows more than tells. Emotions and thoughts are portrayed through beautiful directing rather than actionable moments.
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Justice for my poor girl toko :( She was really going through it. Dated for two years, only months away from the wedding and her fiance almost dies. She believes it's attempted murder and throws herself into a dangerous investigation all while staying by his beside while he's in a coma. And while she is worried if he'll wake up, he's falling in love with someone else while he has amnesia :( I really wish they'd either changed this storyline or focused more on them falling apart once he was awake. The story had too many things going on, yet also didn't go too deeply into others.
The soft slice of life and sincere tone that the beginning had was quickly switched with the story focusing on the messiness and mystery aspects, losing time for the relationship to develop- it really feels like it came out of nowhere before they're professing love. I loved the concept and the atmosphere of the first few eps, but then they struggle to balance the many plots. I loved the first 3/4 episodes, but then felt less enthusiastic about the rest of the show. Overall a 7.5/10 and worth a watch, but the beginning is the best part.