I feel sorry for Gong Jun, I think he did his best in this one. And he was also trying to publicise it properly.
People who want to box him into only boys love are deranged fangirls who need to get a grip. He's frankly, just not that good of an actor. He got very lucky to have good costars in WOH and that was his best role acting wise as well. HOWEVER, he was also good in Begin Again because his costar Zhou Yutong was so charismatic and made up for where he lacked. It's not that he only does well with men, that's a ridiculous statement made by girls with a weird BL obsession and don't want to see their geges with any women. He needs to pick better projects, work with people who bring out the best in him, and also seriously work on his own acting.
And me saying all of this is absolutely NOT blaming him for this drama being ass. The whole production was a mess and Yang Mi as his senior was worse than he was.
This will probably be an unpopular review but to each his/ her own. I’m still in the first few episodes but…
This isn't really an unpopular opinion lmao. Your opinion was the popular one when this drama first aired. Especially in China, everyone who isn't a crazy JJY stan echoed that sentiment.
When MDL users give a romantic xianxia a 7.5, you know the drama's bad😭. Really unfortunate. I had high hopes for this drama. It was one of my most anticipated and now I am extremely wary of the next installments of the franchise.
i love them both but it doesn't seem promising, dahyun has no acting experience and they're both way older than…
Whether or not they "pass" as high schoolers is honestly irrelevant. Movies have literally always cast people way older than high school age to play students. Hell, Dahyun is two years younger than Michelle Chen was in the original. Also, Kai Ko the ML in the original movie, had no acting experience before the movie.
Fox spirit matchmaker Douban score is now 3.2Best douban score dramas in 20241.War Of Faith 7.82.Legend of shenle7.23.Joy…
That's a good call. I've been pleasantly surprised by many dramas with low scores and I've also been really disappointed with highly rated ones. Online ratings across the board aren't the best metric.
Fox spirit matchmaker Douban score is now 3.2Best douban score dramas in 20241.War Of Faith 7.82.Legend of shenle7.23.Joy…
I want to say that Eternal Love's score tanked on douban because of the plagiarism controversy. Douban scores definitely aren't all unreliable and they tend to be far more accurate than MDL. Look at last year's An Ancient Love Song. No traffic actors, low budget, still one of the highest rated dramas on douban in 2023.
And me saying all of this is absolutely NOT blaming him for this drama being ass. The whole production was a mess and Yang Mi as his senior was worse than he was.