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A marvelous story that a year later remains in my heart
Things I adored:
1 The way her relationship with her best friend was highlighted. It felt so real, so moving. It was truly perfect. I could help but rule for them. It broke my heart to see them apart in so many occasions.
2 The premise. I love movies with that kind of premise but if you ask me here it was done in one of the best and original ways I've ever seen. I didn't expect to get hooked when I started but at the end of each episode I was looking forward to the next and I finished it in no time.
Things I loved:
1 The production. It was my first Chinese drama and I was impressed by the quality of the production.
2 The heroine. I know many will have a different opinion but I thought she was a great character in both versions. She did her best in both and she was a genuinely good person.
3 The actress. I haven't seen her in anything else, but I think she did a wonderful job with her role. I felt for her on every step on the way.
4 The actor who played the best friend. He did a great job and made me rule for him and the heroine to be happy together. He was so in love with her, my heart raced each time they were together. I thought, you can't love someone any much more.
Things I disliked:
1 Many hate the mother in law, but I disagree. Wasn't she perfect? certainly not, but who is? She did her best to help her family even tough sometimes she was overbearing. I disagreed with her on many occasions, and that's why I put her on the disliked list, but I can still understand her point of view.
2 The ending. I can't say I hated it because the whole premise asked for this in a way, but it still broke my heart the way it ended. I can't rewatch this because I'm still raw with emotions after that ending. I know it was realistic and it made me have many discussions with my boyfriend and my friends, but I didn't want a realistic ending. I wanted an ending that no matter what path she chose she'd end with her first love. Not because he was her first love but because they were meant for each other and their love was the only real one. So, yes, this ending is so bittersweet I didn't give a 10. I can't give a 10 because it as I said it broke my heart. More for him than for her because when I remember how he loved her I can't help but think that his heart is broken as well.
3 I disliked thoroughly that they didn't have more chances to talk about their past in the second version. After what they had it wasn't satisfactory to just see them talk a few minutes and never talk about how what they had didn't last. Their last meeting felt cold and not worthy of their past. I know it's a matter of perception, but that's how I feel. I wanted them to have a last heart to heart, something to acknowledge that life did them dirty and it wasn't fair.
Things I hated:
1 The second ML. I find the character uninteresting and bland. I didn't feel like he truly loved and understood the heroine. But that's me and I can understand that others fell differently.
2 Lack of chemistry between the FL and 2ML. I didn't feel any chemistry between them. It felt forced. I felt like the chemistry between the ML and the FL was wonderful while with the 2ML it felt like they went though their lines trying to persuade us they had feelings for each other.
3 The actor who played the 2ML. I find him unattractive so it doesn't help and I can't help but laugh when others think he's sexy. That shows how different we can be. To me he's ugly and he also looked pervert for some reason. Not to add that he wasn't handsome enough for the FL who was gorgeous.
4 I said I wouldn't add the ending to the things I hated, but as I write this review, my heart bleeds again when I think that they weren't together in both time lines and I have to put it here as well. This ending was heartbreaking. What is more heartbreaking is that I believe that this is how it'd happen in real life. It shatters any romantic beliefs we have. I just think that to avoid this kind of endings in real life we have to fight. Fight about every single thing, but do we have the strength to do that? Should it be this way? Should we let the stream takes us where it wants or try to change its trajectory? So many questions.
1 The way her relationship with her best friend was highlighted. It felt so real, so moving. It was truly perfect. I could help but rule for them. It broke my heart to see them apart in so many occasions.
2 The premise. I love movies with that kind of premise but if you ask me here it was done in one of the best and original ways I've ever seen. I didn't expect to get hooked when I started but at the end of each episode I was looking forward to the next and I finished it in no time.
Things I loved:
1 The production. It was my first Chinese drama and I was impressed by the quality of the production.
2 The heroine. I know many will have a different opinion but I thought she was a great character in both versions. She did her best in both and she was a genuinely good person.
3 The actress. I haven't seen her in anything else, but I think she did a wonderful job with her role. I felt for her on every step on the way.
4 The actor who played the best friend. He did a great job and made me rule for him and the heroine to be happy together. He was so in love with her, my heart raced each time they were together. I thought, you can't love someone any much more.
Things I disliked:
1 Many hate the mother in law, but I disagree. Wasn't she perfect? certainly not, but who is? She did her best to help her family even tough sometimes she was overbearing. I disagreed with her on many occasions, and that's why I put her on the disliked list, but I can still understand her point of view.
2 The ending. I can't say I hated it because the whole premise asked for this in a way, but it still broke my heart the way it ended. I can't rewatch this because I'm still raw with emotions after that ending. I know it was realistic and it made me have many discussions with my boyfriend and my friends, but I didn't want a realistic ending. I wanted an ending that no matter what path she chose she'd end with her first love. Not because he was her first love but because they were meant for each other and their love was the only real one. So, yes, this ending is so bittersweet I didn't give a 10. I can't give a 10 because it as I said it broke my heart. More for him than for her because when I remember how he loved her I can't help but think that his heart is broken as well.
3 I disliked thoroughly that they didn't have more chances to talk about their past in the second version. After what they had it wasn't satisfactory to just see them talk a few minutes and never talk about how what they had didn't last. Their last meeting felt cold and not worthy of their past. I know it's a matter of perception, but that's how I feel. I wanted them to have a last heart to heart, something to acknowledge that life did them dirty and it wasn't fair.
Things I hated:
1 The second ML. I find the character uninteresting and bland. I didn't feel like he truly loved and understood the heroine. But that's me and I can understand that others fell differently.
2 Lack of chemistry between the FL and 2ML. I didn't feel any chemistry between them. It felt forced. I felt like the chemistry between the ML and the FL was wonderful while with the 2ML it felt like they went though their lines trying to persuade us they had feelings for each other.
3 The actor who played the 2ML. I find him unattractive so it doesn't help and I can't help but laugh when others think he's sexy. That shows how different we can be. To me he's ugly and he also looked pervert for some reason. Not to add that he wasn't handsome enough for the FL who was gorgeous.
4 I said I wouldn't add the ending to the things I hated, but as I write this review, my heart bleeds again when I think that they weren't together in both time lines and I have to put it here as well. This ending was heartbreaking. What is more heartbreaking is that I believe that this is how it'd happen in real life. It shatters any romantic beliefs we have. I just think that to avoid this kind of endings in real life we have to fight. Fight about every single thing, but do we have the strength to do that? Should it be this way? Should we let the stream takes us where it wants or try to change its trajectory? So many questions.
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