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Beautiful couple bad production
I LOVE the main couple!I also read the novel and I would have preferred that they stick more to it to a certain extent without making it about rebirth.
Unfortunately, liking the couple is not enough. I don't know if they wanted to prioritize one actor debuting or something but with the shortening of the number of episodes, they should have focused on the couple more in that case. The additional drama was not necessary.
Positive points:
- Cheng Lei does a really good job. I am impressed with him as an actor and would like to see him again in a well produced drama. Hopefully, his next drama will be good. Even if I really like him as Xiao Jue, I am excited to see him develop in other roles.
- I like Zhou Ye. This role was really good for her however, I think she could have done more if she had a little bit more experience. But I still liked her as He Yan. I think with a few more works under her belts, she will be a great actress.
- Their chemistry was great. I would have loved to have extra clips of their lives.
- The war scenes were mostly good even if they could have had less battles but more quality in the scenes.
Not so positive points:
- Production was not that great. They had a great couple, a good novel as source but they did not do it honor. They did not even show Xiao Jue's realization process, what happened to He Yan, the details, the pain that she felt... all the details that makes him angry and sad on her behalf. They only showed him say it. That's what's makes it disappointing.
- Villains are not convincing. I would have loved to have more subtility in their actions.
- Chu zao was too much in the front of the story. As the story and the episodes were shortened, it became too obvious. In scenes that were meant to have only the main leads, he was there. If the drama was 45 episodes, it wouldn't have been that noticeable but as it is 36, it messed up the story adding unnecessary drama and messing up the flow.
To sum up, it is worth it for the couple: Xiao Jue and He Yan are great. Xiao Jue is a great character that should have been more fleshed out. I hope someone write fanfictions about this couple to feed our fantasies. 😂😂😂
Watch it, you won't regret it but don't expect a really good story. Just enjoy, a good couple and their cute moments.
8/10 just for the couple and the action. Without the couple, this is a 6/10.
I will re-watch Xiao Jue and He Yan's moments.
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Refreshing romantic story
I liked the old fashioned love story with a hint of drama. I enjoyed the acting, the fact that the villains are redeemable.I would love watching other dramas like this one nowadays.
Acting: good
Story: premise is touching. YhJ background story was disastrous and I would have loved more confrontations with the dad about his abuse.
Chemistry: the main couple was so cute. They compliment each other with different reactions to horrible childhood. The difference being the ML had a really good adoptive family for his whole life compared to the FL who had her grandmother for a short time. So she had only a really short taste to what familial love was which prompted her to obsessively look into her grandmother's death while the ML was happy to move on to have a happier life. He tried to make her understand that but ends up helping her find out the truth thus supporting and covering for her.
To sum up, I come back to watch this drama anytime I need a touching romance. It is also pretty funny.
Recommended!
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