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5$ and a dream turned into a masterpiece
How to even start putting into words how I am feeling after finishing this series? It's like I'm saying goodbye to school friends at the last day of school, unsure if we will ever meet again. After spending so many weeks laughing, crying, rolling my eyes, screaming my lungs out, blushing and absolutely having the time of my life - it has come to an end.For me the story, the chemistry of the actors, the cinematography as well as the OST were on point! They really had a 5$ budget and a dream and they made a better series than many high budget series in the industry.
All the actors did a phenomenal job in portraying their characters and giving the 2D versions of the novel so much heart and soul making it impossible not to love them, yes even Wang Shuo. The characters in this novel are complex, especially Chi Cheng, Wu Suo Wei and Wang Shuo. If you aren't into grey or complex/multidimensional characters, it will be a hard time for you to understand them and their motivations/behaviors, so if you rather stick to more "simple" characters (which is not a critique) then I would recommend another series. Their personalities made this series even more intriguing, so if you like some scheming little characters, this is the show for you! (how i'm gonna miss my little scheming Da Bao :((((( )
!! SPOILER !! Eventhough I liked every single episode, the last one was really disappointing and underwhelming for me. It was only 33min long, so it felt really rushed and weird. Normally the final episodes are the longest ones so that the story and all the characters have their moment and the story gets a satisfying closure, but not here. When Chi Cheng came out of prison, I really thought he would surprise Wei Wei by appearing in front of him and they would get a heartfelt moment, where they confessed how much they missed and loved e/o - buuuuuuut no, we got them playing at a water fountain...
After the 2nd half of the show when WSW and CC were officially a couple, we barely got any kisses or intimate moments. I'm not asking for full on NC scenes, but some kisses would've been good - especially in the last episode. like come on give me some spice here!!
But all in all I really liked the series and will probably rewatch it 100x because I'm not even close to ready to say actually goodbye to Chi Cheng, Wu Suo Wei, Guo Cheng Yu and Jiang Xiao Shuai
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What a waste of time
The story had so much potential, but unfortunately it didn't live up to the expectations the actors and their agency made me have.The plot was foreseeable and the characters themselves didn't have much of a character development, it felt very much stuck and going around in circles.
Personally I was looking forward to seeing JimmyOhm and NetJJ's stories the most as their stories seemed the most interesting (imo) when the trailer came out, but alas their screen time was so short that it felt that they were being more of a guest role rather than a support role which i found a bummer thus making it feel rushed by the end. During their screen time, the 4 actors did an amazing job and were really captivating, that's why i was even more sad and disappointed when they didn't get the time they deserved to showcase their talent even more.
I dropped it early on, but continued "watching" some parts occasionally simply because i wanted to know if at some point there would still be some development or breaking point for the characters, but no.
For the budget and the whole promo domundi was doing for this series, it was quite a let down.
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