My Unpopular Chinese Drama Opinions 28-year-old Shu Ya Wang is a landscape designer who was born into a military family. When she was 16 years old, her father had her take care of 10-year-old Xia Mu. Xia Mu had witnessed death at a young age, thus becoming estranged from the world, but Shu Ya Wang’s warmth slowly melted his heart. Shu Ya Wang’s childhood friend and lover, Tang Xiao Tian, enlisted in the army after high school graduation and met Qu Wei Ran there. After the encounter between Qu Wei Ran and Shu Ya Wang, their lives will never be the same. ~~ Adapted from the web novel "Xia You Qiao Mu, Ya Wang Tian Tang" (夏有乔木, 雅望天堂) by Zi Yue (籽月). Edit Translation
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- Native Title: 夏有乔木 雅望天堂
- Also Known As: Passion Heaven , Summer Tears In Paradise , Xia You Qiao Mu , 夏有乔木 , 雅望天堂 , 夏有乔木，雅望天堂 , 夏有乔木, 雅望天堂
- Genres: Romance, Drama, Melodrama
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Reviews
At the beginning: Beautiful and warm...
Near halfway: Heartbreaking... (on unrequited love)
Halfway: Dark and destructive
Ending: Hopeful (That's a hint that it ended well.)
WHAT I LIKE:
The cinematography and the amazing music went well with all the scenes. I just wish Xia Mu would have more dialogues, but I understand he's a stoic and emotionless character from the start so he wouldn't speak much. Rather, he will progress and develop as a character through action. You'll see how much Xia Mu has grown and how he became a stronger person throughout the movie. He had gotten himself in trouble many times for Ya Wang. Even though he was impulsive, he was heroic on most events, and brought together this message and lesson to the movie:
"Love is courage, love is joy, love is sacrifice, love is not a sin. Once missed, it'll be a lifetime."
NOTE: Also please watch the movie first before you decide to dig up the real ending to the original story... You'll thank me later.
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Otherwise all I got to say was acting was ON POINT. Great. I'm so happy because Kris kinda disappointed me a bit in his Never Gone role so I was a bit nervous but it's obvious that dramatic characters suit him amazingly well.
Hangeng's characters is basically probably every girl's dreamy boy next door type and the female actress was stunning as well.
Honestly, acting just.. amazing. From everyone.
Story was amazing as well, just not my kind of ending hahah. But generally. Just a great movie. But prepare yourself for some emotional turmoil because "sweet" sixteen is far from being sweet and the whole movie had me going up and down and up and down the entire film. Unpredictable, but luckily, the mood change was not confusing at all. Very clean and clear story telling, which is always great for a movie.
In general, I am already putting it on my rewatch list. I personally was not disappointed at all. For those that read the book and then watched the movie, sorry to burst a bubble but movies never live up to their books. Trust me. So don't make an unfair comparison. As someone who looks at it subjectively because I didn't read the book before, as a movie, this is amazing and definitely worth a watch!
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