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Chemistry of the leads are so powrrful,costume were so nice..Ost is so enchanting that once youve heard it play you will long to watch the drana again. Episode 11 to 58 were all highlights of the drama.,oh my God all that episode are great nothing to skip.
After finishing this drama so hard for you to look for another drama that will ntice you.
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Amazing but Nothing Exceptional
THE Eternal Love. I've tried to watch it before but dropped it multiple times because of how SLOW the start is. The first 10 episodes were a pain to get through. There's a lot of details to understand and people to meet. The relationships between the people might confuse you. After the 10th or 11th episode, everything started to make sense, but the romance was lacking. Then Bai Qian (Yang Mi) is forced to be a mortal, and the story really picks up. Just hold on till then.When Bai Qian turns mortal, her name becomes Susu. Ye Hua (Mark Chao) falls in love with her. Ye Hua and Susu was an amazing, show-stopping, swoon-worthy couple. I was so invested in them. They were the cutest. However, when Susu went to heaven with Ye Hua, she was bullied. Susu was a pure soul, and she really did not deserve to be treated like that. All I could think about was, "if you love me, let me go". She really does leave after becoming blind and giving birth alone. It was really heart-breaking. Ye Hua and Susu have an ill-fated ending, and that was their second lifetime.
Then Susu becomes immortal again and becomes High Goddes Bai Qian, who I did not like as much. She was supposed to be stronger and wiser. Except she wasn't. At the start, she came off as such a boss bitch. She was a queen and put everyone in their place. Her love story with Ye Hua was slow but sizzling. Ye Hua was the best character in this lifetime. Bai Qian was a good character, but I personally felt like she acted stupid in the end. The ending frustrated me, although it was a happy ending. The story felt so dragged, and I was disappointed because the misunderstanding could've easily been solved through proper communication. But alas, it's over, and it was a good plot.
I wished that Ye Hua had more personality, but I still loved his character. Bai Qian got on my nerves at the end, but again I loved Yang Mi. She played the role really well. I ABSOLUTELY ADORED THE SIDE STORIES. I'm elated about the spin-off. Dong Hua and Fengjiu deserve it. THE ACTING AND CHEMISTRY WAS IMPECCABLE FOR THE MAIN AND SIDE COUPLE.
The evil characters were just sub-plots. All of them stood in the way of our main couple and were dumb. No bigger plot drove the story except the romance. This is very unusual writing, especially in a c-drama. There was no major conflict, and it made me go insane because it felt anti-climatic at some points. There were mini-climaxes. I was waiting for the significant climax, which I thought involved Mo Yuan, but he was just another boulder for Ye Huan and Bai Qian. AGAIN, the Mo Yuan plot didn't drive the story. ALSO, most of the Gods and Goddesses were pretty fooking useless. Only Mo Yuan, Dong Hua, Yi Zhen and Ye Hua did stuff. Others just watched. A lot of them were pretty endearing, but I hated the rest. I'm looking at you, the whole of Ye Hua's family. The boy deserved better.
The music matched every scene and brought out all the emotions. The CGI... we don't talk about it. Just pretend it was good. I can't help you with that.
Anyhow, there were some faults with it which is why I believe Eternal Love is not exceptional but it is worth watching.
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I'm really irritated that this is plagiarized because it's actually good; here's the tea
It's pretty much common knowledge in China that TangQi, the "author" of the book this drama was based on, plagiarized another novel practically word for word. They just changed the characters' names and some location names. The book they plagiarized from was originally a book about a homosexual couple, which is looked down upon in China, so when outrage and legal drama ensued, guess who had the upper hand? TangQi made a fake account and pretended to be the original author to further lower the original author's reputation by harassing people online. She then taunted the original author by saying she's the one who got her book made into a drama, not her. They're both women btw. Anyways I'm pissed at the studio because they bought the rights to the drama even while the plagiarism scandal was ongoing.Later, TangQi was nominated for the White Lotus Award, an award for plagiarists. Here's the link: https://supchina.com/2017/11/01/literary-award-plagiarists-chinas-latest-society-culture-news/amp/
White Lotus is slang for scheming, backstabbing bitch that acts innocent.
Basically the drama is good, but the book it's based on is 99% the hard work of someone else.
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Everyone acting is good in this one, but the actor playing Zhe Yan is my favourite. People would skip the second leads pair parts but I watched it all. It can get boring if you dont like Di Jun and Feng Jiu pair. If you think the story needs more progressing then you can skip their parts.
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Amazing
I loved this series, the cast and story line were brilliant and it kept you intrigued. There were some parts were i really wanted to scream, especially at the little fox for being so desperate and at times silly, but her love and determination was amazing, also her aunt at times for being so dumb and not seeing what was right in front of her. I could have done with a different ending though.For me the best scene was the kid, he was so amazing and so cute, the things he would come up with.
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there's just something about this one
it's been a few years since I've watched this and I stand by my initial impressions and rating: this kind of role is perfect for yang mi, who admittedly has a limited acting range (though I do enjoy what she does put out). but zhao youting really carried every interaction. the OST is really quite beautiful, as is the overall atmosphere and mood. the story could have been condensed, but overall everything worked well together and it's still a drama where if I hear the opening OST, I'll get chills from the emotions it brings back.Was this review helpful to you?
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Late to the party but underwhelmed and dragged on too long
I was captivated hearing the OST song randomly recalling my friends were so into this drama a while back. It started out strong and by episode 15 I was scanning past and didn't care for Bai Feng Jiu storyline. Her face looked unnatural, cringe whimpering and comedic storyline.The crying scenes were done nicely but the male leads but at times it was like a competition of who can cry on demand more Bai Qian or Bai Feng Jiu lol. The # of episodes could have been 30-35 max but this drama dragged on so long and the rollercoaster was so predictable, annoying and the music score was good but after hearing it for 10000x bruh if it's 58 episodes you need more than 5 melodramatic crying scene, heart-tugging background music. It got so stale and I had to fast forward to just skip it. Bai Qian's character got hella annoying, in the last final fight how convenient the Emperors were all chilling, Mo Yuan just chilling in a cave. She's just hogging the body with no right seriously. Like how are you so dense?
I didn't like this drama from episode 30 on. If you like repetitive, cringe and drama's where the main leads get annoying it's for you otherwise skip.
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There’s no substance to the story or their characters. I was expecting an amazing love story, so underwhelming. How do they love each other so much when they have barely experienced anything with each other?
I have watched so many dramas and this is one of the worst ones I’ve seen. I have no idea who it’s rated so highly.
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Pros
1. Visuals - this drama is great on visuals, every frame is like a painting, Yang Mi is pretty like Aphrodite, and Bi feng jiu is like Persephone? Idk. For some reason Ye hua only reminds me of hades with his costume, I kept hoping he will switch for a different colour showing that his character has become sunnier, but nope, black does not really suit Mark Chao, nor does that hair style.
2. The subplots were what kept me going, the host of side characters like Ze Yan, Dong Hua Dijun, Li Jing, Mo Yuan and his seventeen disciples, Yan Zhi and all the others, Their back stories and their individual story arcs.
Cons.
1. Too many make out scenes, I get it if romance is your thing, but I watched if for the fantasy element and period setting, but it's first and foremost a romance
2. Clichés - the story has ridden with clichés, girl cross dressing and living among several boys, causing some of them to fall in love with her and having them doubt if they are homosexual, girl who has a crush on main lead creating misunderstanding and hatching plots to separate them.
The music was pleasant, the acting was satisfactory, for some reason I preferred Mark Chao's Mo Yuan over his Ye Hua, None of three character of Yang Mi are really likable, Si Yin is too carefree, by not paying attention to her studies she leaves Mo Yuan with no choice to to take the trial in her place, SuSu is too docile, and Bai Chin is too proud and aloof to others except her family, everyone from Kunlun and Ye Hua. At first I liked her strength and capability but she comes across as stuck up later on. The side characters could have been paid more attention to, their stories more developed.
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