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Written in the Tides chinese drama review
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Written in the Tides
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by Yumi
20 hours ago
74 of 74 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

A better version

İ remember watching the Wang Kaimu-Ye Xinxin version of this, and I liked it very much.
I remember I had a few things I didn't like the production quality and a few plot holes here and there, but I gave it a solid 8 which means I enjoyed it very much since I barely rate VDs over 7.

And this by far is a better version, I kinda disagree with everyone on this because I LOVED the chemistry and the romance here more than the other version, to be fair I only saw those two versions so I don't know about the rest, I plan to watch another two (Yao Guanyu-Hou Chengyue ver. And Wang Yige-Zhang Zilin ver. Well, If I could find the latter anywhere)

Story:
Well, the story is complex and has a lot going on, wether it's good story or not, I don't think a few hours will be enough, it needs longer episodes and larger budget, because no matter how long the version, it still has plot holes and a few things that wasn't explained well or they just dropped it altogether, I remember a few things that were explained better in the WKM-YXX version and others were explained better here, and I mean significant scenes and events.

Acting:
While I don't think the "sad and emotional" scenes were very convincing, I loved the flirty and intimate scenes, they were not explicit or anything, but I LOVED the push and pull here than in the other ver. I loved how they looked at each other, their smiles, their small gestures and little touches... Just everything, I wish I can see Zhao Zhendong and Zhang Jinyi again together in a more romantic drama because I genuinely enjoyed them together, I maybe the only one and it needn't all that excitement on my behalf but that's how much I loved them. ZZD was so good, I loved the scenes where he wanted to scare the FL and when he was holding himself back, he was just amazing.

Production was much better compared to the other version, you can clearly see that in the locations and the final product, HOWEVER one thing ruined everything for me, I literally saw the camera or part of it in 4 scenes... IN 4 SCENES!!! One, I'll call it a mistake, but 4?? That's just someone being lazy doing his job.

Aside from that, hair make up clothes, all is ok, nothing to write home about.
Final thought, the story has a lot going on so if you don't like the story you won't enjoy it as much, but personally I believe this is the better version, I don't know yet if it's the BEST but for now it's the better.

I may (may not) edit this review after watching the other two to say which is my favourite.
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