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not just a show but a memory I’ll keep on carrying with me.
and that’s how you wrap up one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
I’ve been waiting for this show since more than a year and I’ve been here from the start- from reading novel, reading manhwa, cast being announced, looking at Reuters, watching the teaser then impatiently waiting for the broadcast date and safe to say all the wait and excitement has been worth it.
When I read the novel, I found myself too attached to wenyifan because of her backstory and of her pain and I could feel it as if I was her. She’s a character who broke my heart and who made me applaud herself for being so strong regardless of life treating her so bad. Her misery called out to me and I was so excited and scared to watch it on screen but safe to say I’ve never been this happy with any cdrama.
ACTING: Coming to the show, i think anyone can attest to the fact that BJT and ZRN have done such a fucking amazing job, their chemistry is insane, their acting is insane, their facial expressions and you can feel all the emotions just by looking at their eyes. I was expecting a lot from BJT because I’ve loved his works but who surprised me was actually ZRN because it’s always hard to nail emotional scenes but the way I could feel her emotions and almost half of the time it felt too real to be just an acting. ZRN I’m a huge fan now. Playing melodramatic scenes have always been hard but ZRN nailed it and BJT as expected was the best sangyan I could ever ask.
MUSIC: no points to be made, the best ost I’ve actually ever heard in any show. Hands down 10/10 in music department and specially the way the music fits the scenes it’s played in… absolutely magical.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: First frost has one of the most beautiful cinematography I’ve seen for a modern drama. The warmth vibes, the undertones, atmospherical scenes. THE VIBES WERE IMMACULATE.
SECONDARY ACTORS: I have to give props to the secondary actors as well for portraying such an amazing acting specially the actor who played Wenyifan’s dad. The power to make me cry anytime he appeared at the screen was insane.
WHAT COULD’VE BEEN BETTER: I honestly only have one complaint but even that isn’t big and didn’t hinder my enjoyment at all- the grandparents plot. I did find myself skipping a lot of the scenes of them but regardless I do get why they did it and I know people don’t like the HK plot but I found it quite fitting so I don’t mind that at all.
WHAT I LOVED THE MOST: irrespective of the whole show being something I loved so much, I specially found myself captivated by the special epilogues at the end of each episode and the flashbacks to their high school time. This wasn’t touched upon a lot in novel so this in the show gave me so much more insight to their relationship.
OVERALL THOUGHTS: this is the kind of love that lasts a lifetime, the way sangyan and wenyifan love each other eternally im pretty sure I’ll love this show the same way. I’m jealous of the past me who was watching this show because the present me just can’t believe it’s over. What a beautiful show, what a beautiful ending. Oh, the first frost, you’ve changed my life and the whole trajectory of it. thank you to the director, the cast, the crew and everyone involved for making such a life changing show.
I’ve been waiting for this show since more than a year and I’ve been here from the start- from reading novel, reading manhwa, cast being announced, looking at Reuters, watching the teaser then impatiently waiting for the broadcast date and safe to say all the wait and excitement has been worth it.
When I read the novel, I found myself too attached to wenyifan because of her backstory and of her pain and I could feel it as if I was her. She’s a character who broke my heart and who made me applaud herself for being so strong regardless of life treating her so bad. Her misery called out to me and I was so excited and scared to watch it on screen but safe to say I’ve never been this happy with any cdrama.
ACTING: Coming to the show, i think anyone can attest to the fact that BJT and ZRN have done such a fucking amazing job, their chemistry is insane, their acting is insane, their facial expressions and you can feel all the emotions just by looking at their eyes. I was expecting a lot from BJT because I’ve loved his works but who surprised me was actually ZRN because it’s always hard to nail emotional scenes but the way I could feel her emotions and almost half of the time it felt too real to be just an acting. ZRN I’m a huge fan now. Playing melodramatic scenes have always been hard but ZRN nailed it and BJT as expected was the best sangyan I could ever ask.
MUSIC: no points to be made, the best ost I’ve actually ever heard in any show. Hands down 10/10 in music department and specially the way the music fits the scenes it’s played in… absolutely magical.
CINEMATOGRAPHY: First frost has one of the most beautiful cinematography I’ve seen for a modern drama. The warmth vibes, the undertones, atmospherical scenes. THE VIBES WERE IMMACULATE.
SECONDARY ACTORS: I have to give props to the secondary actors as well for portraying such an amazing acting specially the actor who played Wenyifan’s dad. The power to make me cry anytime he appeared at the screen was insane.
WHAT COULD’VE BEEN BETTER: I honestly only have one complaint but even that isn’t big and didn’t hinder my enjoyment at all- the grandparents plot. I did find myself skipping a lot of the scenes of them but regardless I do get why they did it and I know people don’t like the HK plot but I found it quite fitting so I don’t mind that at all.
WHAT I LOVED THE MOST: irrespective of the whole show being something I loved so much, I specially found myself captivated by the special epilogues at the end of each episode and the flashbacks to their high school time. This wasn’t touched upon a lot in novel so this in the show gave me so much more insight to their relationship.
OVERALL THOUGHTS: this is the kind of love that lasts a lifetime, the way sangyan and wenyifan love each other eternally im pretty sure I’ll love this show the same way. I’m jealous of the past me who was watching this show because the present me just can’t believe it’s over. What a beautiful show, what a beautiful ending. Oh, the first frost, you’ve changed my life and the whole trajectory of it. thank you to the director, the cast, the crew and everyone involved for making such a life changing show.
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