I know I might get grilled to telling this but the scene where YSL beats FX for 10 minutes fell flat. That scene…
I think the problem of this scene was that they stuck too much to the novel text. In novels you can add emotions with explanations, but in acting, since there is no narration, actors must convey feelings with dialogues, but there were not any dialogues except for those already in the novel. That's why it felt not dramatic enough for many
In my opinion, each genre has its own characteristics, and when we are reading or watching fiction, the rules can be bent.
For example, when we are watching an action movie, while we all know murdering people is wrong, we root for the lead who is killing 100 people per second in the movie. We sometimes even root for criminals against the police while watching movies.
Fan Xiao is also no exception. He is a bad person until now, but he can be understood; he is charismatic, sexy, and powerful; he is in love and very loyal to his lover. (While you were reading "Gone with the Wind" didn't you fall for Rhett Butler? or when you were reading Crime and Punishment, didn't you pity Raskolnikov while he was a murderer?)
So it's normal that he gain the sympathy of viewers even with his bad deeds.
Fan Xiao's character and his love story with Shulang is very deep and layered. I wish they could extend the time of each episode and do not stick to novel text and add more depth to it with more dialogues and interactions. because it had the potential . For example I wished the beating scene was longer and they could exchange more lines together.
I saw some comments online mocking yunqi's acting but let me tell all those people, he is doing so much great…
His acting is weak? In comparison to who? Al Pacino? Yes In comparison to other experienced actors in Chinese series I saw? No! I never felt his acting is weird and lacks something. Also his character is a type of person who does not show emotions much even in novel this has been mentioned. Haters gonna hate
No, he wasn't into YSL thenHe DESPISED YSL the moment he hit his car and wasted 30 or so minutes of his time.…
Yes-I agree that it was not love at first sight in common sense as we know it but in my idea it was love at first sight in Fan Xiao style. I believe that even his instant hatred towards Shulang was rooted in his deep attraction to him. In Persian literature there is a poem which goes “if my beloved didn’t love me, why she chose to broke my vase among all other vases?” He just suppressed this attraction with hatred on the surface, he fooled himself
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For example, when we are watching an action movie, while we all know murdering people is wrong, we root for the lead who is killing 100 people per second in the movie. We sometimes even root for criminals against the police while watching movies.
Fan Xiao is also no exception. He is a bad person until now, but he can be understood; he is charismatic, sexy, and powerful; he is in love and very loyal to his lover.
(While you were reading "Gone with the Wind" didn't you fall for Rhett Butler? or when you were reading Crime and Punishment, didn't you pity Raskolnikov while he was a murderer?)
So it's normal that he gain the sympathy of viewers even with his bad deeds.
For example I wished the beating scene was longer and they could exchange more lines together.
Plot 100/100
Acting 100/100
Chemistry of leads 100000/100
What more can I wish for?
In comparison to other experienced actors in Chinese series I saw? No!
I never felt his acting is weird and lacks something. Also his character is a type of person who does not show emotions much even in novel this has been mentioned.
Haters gonna hate
He just suppressed this attraction with hatred on the surface, he fooled himself