Here for my two leads
I won't go through the plot because it's obviously the most classic reincarnation plot. We are not inventing the wheel here. On the other hand, right from the start I regretted that this isn't longer drama but a mini because this had potential. If they had budget bigger than a peanut and longer episodes, I really believe this could've been a very good drama. The FL/Ml could've easily carry it. Instead we are flying through plot with breakneck speed. No time to waste, certainly not on the plot and character development.Yes, personally, I watched it for Deng Kai and Zhu Lilan, let's be honest, if they weren't there, I'd pass this immediately. But they are here and once again, they are (I don't know how else to say it) wasting their good looks and acting skills on minis.
Deng Kai is playing the greenest flag, Xiao Yunting is a sweetheart. Zhu Lilan's Qi Yuan is clever and she can easily switch from cute to cunning and back. I have to praise their chemistry too, when they look at each other the feelings are believable.
So, is this good? If you are comparing this to big budget 40-50 minute 40 episodes long dramas then no, of course not. If you are comparing this other minis, I think it's fine. Not brilliant but fine. Perfectly passable for a long train ride or rainy evening. And you will have a much better time if you enjoy the lead actors.
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Oh, I'm dropping this!
Yeah, I'm fairly new to cdramas, I admit it but this is awful. Like horrible. Disaster. Titanic sinking.I'm not the target audience, I'm neither hater or lover of ML/FL and I'm not into yandere ML's. With that being said, I have eyes and ears and I can objectively say that the editing of this is a joke, the camera work I can't even describe, over the shoulder blurry shots, fast close ups that's giving hindi soap opera. Overall cinematography is meh. Sound editing? Never heard of her. The writing and dialogues are cringe and not like in the "I kinda like it" way but it's "I have second hand embarrassment". VFX? 90's and beyond. (Of course, the opening credits are made with AI, that itself is a disappointment.)
The biggest let down is the acting, the leads have no chemistry whatsover, and the performances themselves are below their usual standard. Most of the time they just smirk and scoff, but like.... make it sexy smirk or disappointed scoff or confident smirk and tired-to-pretend scoff. ZLH is unbelievable as Alpha male and Wang Churan tries and fails to act, and just seems blank (unless she scoffs or smirks, of course.) You can blame it on poor writing, I think it's combination of everything going wrong here.
I'm happy I never waited for this drama, genuinely watched it because I had time today and there was a lot of buzz around it.I'm feeling for everyone who went into this with high expectations. I don't understand that this is high profile S+ tier drama and I'd like to ask where the money went because it surely wasn't production.
TLDR: This is a vertical mini drama with very famous actors. And that's not a diss to vertical minis because at least they don't waste your time. They are on budget and they entertain you for couple of minutes. This eats your time, 4+ hours of my life I'm never getting back, and entertainment value is well.... you can hate watch it, probably, if that's your thing. Or if you are massive fan of the leads, I guess.... good luck. I don't know what to tell you.
I'm giving it 2* because I guess everyone showed up to work and Wang Churan and Zhang Linghe are both very pretty.
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