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Lost You Forever S2 crashed out with a few laps left to go
After waiting and anticipating for an entire year, reading the novel, reading the leaked script to sustain our fervour for the story and characters, to say Season2 was a huge disappointment is an understatement.While I can understand budget limitations for scene downgrades, removing of characters or even remove entire arcs of the novel, I was at least expecting some integrity in the scenes that have been chosen to remain.
Instead we received a horrendous merging of plot points, as if the team wanted to check all their boxes somehow, and succeeding in ruining every single moment instead. We also had inexplicable plot changes that made no sense at all, when they tried to link it back to novel events in their weak attempt to guide the mess back to the novel's path.
In short, almost nothing went right in Season2. Characters failed to display their potential, cop outs galore.
I finished it for closure and will go back to reread the novel to remove this horrid taste the drama left.
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One of the best and most satisfying xianxias I have watched!
Most viewers who have seen this drama will agree that Love of the Divine Tree has been an amazing ride.I have read the novel, and I appreciate the screenwriter 刘芳 Liu Fang's immense efforts to preserve as much of the novel as possible while updating the story for drama so that its more exciting and flows more logically.
I really can't nitpick on anything in this drama.
From the casting of Deng Wei as the perfect, breathing Su Yi Shui, to the fresh-faced ingénue Xiang Hanzhi as Mu Qingge and Xue Ranran, to every other cast ( except Medicine Immortal who is not as beautiful as he should have been - hahaha ), just watching these talented ensemble perform is a wonderful experience.
Next we have costumes that flow like fairy garments, designed by the very popular 易小雅 Yi Xiaoya. The sets designs combined with fake and actual scenery whenever they could, made for a very immersive and gorgeous scenery vibes we cannot get off a high tech cold LED screen.
Then the Visual Effects. Certainly it cannot compare to HBO's Game of Thrones level but to be fair, its really the best I have seen so far for a Cdrama. They really did their best with their budget. The aesthetics end result was pleasing and even amazing at times. They tried their best to bring the story to life.
As a director, 尹涛 Yin Tao really suits my aesthetic tastes. He knows how to direct and what to present. The finished drama feels sincere and well put together. Its truly 良心制作. I can consider it a masterpiece of xianxia.
OST, we have the veteran singers and some of these songs will be looping in our minds for a long time. They also appear in the drama subtly. My only complaint is the subs of the songs go almost to the middle of the screen and covers the actors faces. lol
AHEM when we are trying to watch them kiss, please relocate these annoying subs!
So far the most amazing thing this drama has achieved with me is, I did not fast forward but only rewind when I missed things.
Hope you will find this review helpful and experience this for yourself!
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