¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
Keep Coming Back to Main Leads
I'm not going to say this is the best costume drama out there; however, it has become one of my favorites. It's sort of low budget with some editing issues, but what carries this series is the chemistry between the leads. I absolute fell in love with watching them fall in love. I've gone back to watch this several times, especially the romantic scenes since they are so well done.The secondary cast is good with enough evilness to keep you on your toes. The SFL sort of reminds of a Lakorn evil sister. She truly is wicked.
The one thing I didn't like so much was the seriousness of the ending (although this is a happily ever after). I think I would have written it a little different. Still, highly entertaining with some angst. I do hope to see both leads work together in a future project. Adored their onscreen chemistry.
¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
Better than most run-of-the mill c-dramas, but not re-watch caliber.
ML and FL were both very good in this. Excellent acting, great styling and costumes, both of them are great actors turning in solid performances.However, just that alone can't save a show. Nearly everything else about this drama was "good but not great". Supporting cast, music, dialogue, camerawork, fight scenes, costumes... all were good but not great.
What sucks is that the worst part about it was the story itself. So this script fundamentally could not be saved. The way the plot was designed, was that you get the initial romance between the ML and FL, their courtship, falling in love... planning their wedding... having their before-the-wedding night, and it's all super sweet. That lasts through roughly the first half of the drama. And then.... calamity strikes and they are suddenly separated. This separation is brutal, cruel, and total, and it lasts for the entire second half of the drama. The writer first establishes in you an emotional connection to the ML/FL couple, and then uses that emotional connection to keep you watching through episode after episode of the pain of separation, and gross injustices carried out against the ML and the FL. Well, that gets tired real fast. I am not an emotional masochist, so I did not appreciate the storyline at ALL.
There are also problems with the scriptwriting. Transitions between one scene to the next sometimes leave you disoriented like "did I miss something between these two scenes?" And certain aspects of the story were acted out and filmed when they should have just been implied.... and other aspects of the story were implied, when they should have been acted out and a scene written for what happened. In this sense, the flow was blocky and disjointed.
Finally the chemistry between the main couple left something to be desired. It was "not bad". There was SOME level of chemistry there. But it wasn't electric. The two main actors are both very beautiful and very good actors, but they don't make the best couple. They just make a "pretty good" couple.
So this was a 7.5 for me, because it is definitely definitely worth a watch.... but not really worth a rewatch. Y'know... unless you just want to stare at beautiful sexy Luo Zheng in a hot costume and gorgeous long hair.
¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
Light hearted drama
The plot and characters in this drama are not too bad. Sometimes I can't stand the FL, but I understand her character is written as a fisher girl, so she's simple minded. Most of the time I can't concentrate on anything else other than of how incredibly handsome the ML is. So everything else is forgiven.The chemistry between the leads are amazing. They are so sweet together!!!
Overall, I enjoyed watching this for a laugh. And oh those kissing scenes!! But I reckon if they use another actor as the ML, maybe I won't be watching this because I'm not a fan of a weak FL (even though I have to admit that she's hardworking at making money).
I dropped this at episode 20 because life got hectic. I might pick it up again later when things settle down. Or maybe not.
¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
Acting is okay though I don’t find female leads to be attractive if they are helpless a bit too much. In general male lead is played well, though the story of main characters seems the same as in many others so it doesn’t offer anything much new in that part.
It seems to be also a low budget drama, since it uses quiet often a green screen, which can be noticed quiet well.
¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
