Jeez, isnāt Donnie Yen a bit old for this part ? I mean, the character is about 30, and heās almost 60 And heās twice the age of the female lead I mean, to cast himself in the movie he directs despite not looking like the part, what a narcissistā¦
now that my girl is confirmed, I need a summary of this book. Anyone? pretty please š„ŗ
From what I understood when I auto-translated the summary : In 1901, an Italian guy named Paolo Di Marco comes to China in hope to find his missing younger brother under the excuse of a cultural investigation. Heās accompanied by a Chinese interpret named Xie Pingyao, and made friends with the porter Shao Changlai, a boat expert surnamed Xia, and two boxers, the Sun brothers. Their journey follows the grand canal, from Hangzhou, to the northern direction. At the end of the journey, the italian guy dies and the current Chinese government (Qing dynasty) decides to suspend the water transportation . A hundred years later, Xie Pingyaoās descendant and the othersā reunite to discuss the cultural value of the Canal and together, they reunite the pieces of their ancestorsā story.
So Buarin sleeps with her Ā« father Ā»ā¦ wowā¦ in all my years of lakorn, Iāve never seen something so messed upā¦ I just wonder : is he really her birth father, and he not only physically abused her but also sexually, or was he her foster father or something like that, which would be more plausible to me and lessā¦ disgusting (but not much less : I mean, blood related or not, thatās still sexual abuse over his daughter) Then it makes me see her character in a whole new light : she seems much more pitiful to me (I mean, if even her dad treated her like a sexual toy, itās no wonder she treats herself as such) but also I feel itās a pity because I think the writing could have exploited that subject and the trauma in a better way, for example, not making it look like this is why she became an easy slut and now showing the traumas and scarsā¦ but the lakorn is far from being over, maybe that will evolve)
Just watched Esther in Khun Chai Ronnapee where she played a villainā¦ Turns out she was great ! So I think she will do a good job. However, Iām not as hopeful for Green : I watched a few of her dramas, and I just donāt think sheās a very good actress. She has something off in her acting, like a lack of natural and something in her eyes that make it look like sheās always having an anxiety/madness crisis
I'm guessing the fact that they held British and American citizens hostage to extort money won't be mentioned...
if they were to mention this, I think the chinese government would have them disappear God knows where before the drama could even go through censorship review
Our French cinematic and television industry usually produces a lot of crappy things nowadays and very few good material so I kinda feel proud to see that we finally have something that gets worthy getting remade even in Korea and that viewers call superior to its remakesš š
Soooooooā¦ I honestly REALLY love this drama : good actors, good writing, good story. Unfortunately, it suffered from the same phenomen that touched Shining Just For You : A VERY BAD EDITING !
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I mean, the character is about 30, and heās almost 60
And heās twice the age of the female lead
I mean, to cast himself in the movie he directs despite not looking like the part, what a narcissistā¦
In 1901, an Italian guy named Paolo Di Marco comes to China in hope to find his missing younger brother under the excuse of a cultural investigation.
Heās accompanied by a Chinese interpret named Xie Pingyao, and made friends with the porter Shao Changlai, a boat expert surnamed Xia, and two boxers, the Sun brothers. Their journey follows the grand canal, from Hangzhou, to the northern direction. At the end of the journey, the italian guy dies and the current Chinese government (Qing dynasty) decides to suspend the water transportation .
A hundred years later, Xie Pingyaoās descendant and the othersā reunite to discuss the cultural value of the Canal and together, they reunite the pieces of their ancestorsā story.
I just wonder : is he really her birth father, and he not only physically abused her but also sexually, or was he her foster father or something like that, which would be more plausible to me and lessā¦ disgusting (but not much less : I mean, blood related or not, thatās still sexual abuse over his daughter)
Then it makes me see her character in a whole new light : she seems much more pitiful to me (I mean, if even her dad treated her like a sexual toy, itās no wonder she treats herself as such) but also I feel itās a pity because I think the writing could have exploited that subject and the trauma in a better way, for example, not making it look like this is why she became an easy slut and now showing the traumas and scarsā¦ but the lakorn is far from being over, maybe that will evolve)
However, Iām not as hopeful for Green : I watched a few of her dramas, and I just donāt think sheās a very good actress. She has something off in her acting, like a lack of natural and something in her eyes that make it look like sheās always having an anxiety/madness crisis
Iām SO GLAD THEY CHANGED THE ENDING COMPARED TO THE NOVEL !!! ššš
Can you give me the link ?
Unfortunately, it suffered from the same phenomen that touched Shining Just For You : A VERY BAD EDITING !