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Intriguing but not perfect
I have been mostly enjoying the storylines of going into a book or a game, they are fun and after loving The Romance of Tiger and Rose, seeing DingYuXi in a somewhat similar role peaked my interest.
It was a pretty good watch. I think it started out a lot better and then kind of lost its spark at the end. I enjoyed the first two thirds the most, the ending while not bad felt abrupt and left a lot of questions for the characters.
PROS: very colorful, the editing was a lot of fun and pretty. DingYuXi is as good as ever, he played his role fantastically, I also really liked ZhuXuDan and YangShiZe, they are a perfect couple and I really enjoyed seeing them together. Esther Yu was very fun, I enjoyed her sweet almost silly character.
CONS: The romance tag is on the low side, I was hoping for a bit more romantic scenes, it's fine but I wouldn't really say it is a very romantic drama. I also didn't really find too much chemistry between the main couple, they were sweet and still nice to watch but not a sparkling chemistry between them. The ending is kind of the problem, I like how they showed Fu Zhou choose hope in the midst of his life struggles, but I did not like how the ending scene is literally just MiaoMiao hearing the name being said, they could've at least had them lock eyes in a crowd or something. Also where is the second couple now? They both died and were returned to one another and now we have no idea where they are. They included a scene of CuiCui with his grandfather, they could have let the second couple walk past holding hands or something?
I was a bit disappointed but taking into account the first two thirds it was still pretty good, I don't think it will be high on my rewatch value tho
It was a pretty good watch. I think it started out a lot better and then kind of lost its spark at the end. I enjoyed the first two thirds the most, the ending while not bad felt abrupt and left a lot of questions for the characters.
PROS: very colorful, the editing was a lot of fun and pretty. DingYuXi is as good as ever, he played his role fantastically, I also really liked ZhuXuDan and YangShiZe, they are a perfect couple and I really enjoyed seeing them together. Esther Yu was very fun, I enjoyed her sweet almost silly character.
CONS: The romance tag is on the low side, I was hoping for a bit more romantic scenes, it's fine but I wouldn't really say it is a very romantic drama. I also didn't really find too much chemistry between the main couple, they were sweet and still nice to watch but not a sparkling chemistry between them. The ending is kind of the problem, I like how they showed Fu Zhou choose hope in the midst of his life struggles, but I did not like how the ending scene is literally just MiaoMiao hearing the name being said, they could've at least had them lock eyes in a crowd or something. Also where is the second couple now? They both died and were returned to one another and now we have no idea where they are. They included a scene of CuiCui with his grandfather, they could have let the second couple walk past holding hands or something?
I was a bit disappointed but taking into account the first two thirds it was still pretty good, I don't think it will be high on my rewatch value tho
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