Toxic mess that tries too hard to be artsy-noir-meets-50-Shades-lite
Deep Love Love Again tries way too hard to be aesthetically dark, moody, and atmospheric, with a hint of 50 Shades -- at the expense of storytelling and flow. It tries to be provocative and titillating, but ends up coming across uncomfortable and even abusive, despite the mention of safe words. Everyone speaks -- or rather, is dubbed -- in breathy whispers (this also makes the dialogue difficult to understand at times). The drama’s efforts would feel cheesy and amusing if not for the unsettling red flag moments between the main leads, which thankfully peters out in the later episodes (the flag is handed off to the villain instead).Even the sets feel overdone, yet simultaneously cheap (which normally is not a big deal, especially for a mini drama) -- but I could not look away from the amateur Halloween decor “cobwebs” in the theatre/church. As for the acting, Garvey Jin/Zhang Jiawei could do with better cast mates. Tiffany Gao and the others, were…not great.
I thought I might not have minded this for what it was -- a trashy, soapy, short-length drama -- but in the end, I could not get past the extremely uncomfortable and very unsexy misogyny. I've seen enough toxic Republican Era love/hate/revenge mini dramas to acknowledge that even problematic stories and characters can still have great chemistry and romantic tension between the leads. I was not feeling any of that here.
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Is this a joke??? The FL can't decide if she's the protagonist or antagonist
So what if she had plastic surgery to look like someone else.. did they also plastic surgery her voice? how come nobody feels her voice is the same and her body is the same even her ex husband? what a joke.. and what's with her exaggerated facial expressions? the male lead too has a lack of expressions even in 'emotional" moments his face is just bland.There's no sexual tension despite the fact that they try so hard to be BDSM-ish ?
The storyline is arrant nonsense too.. couldn't they give us a more indepth view into the life of the FL and her ex husband so we can better understand and accept her crazed need for revenge.
I'm sick and tired of IQ killing Chinese dramas.
I am at episode 14 now and I don't think I will continue even though I want to know the "villain"
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