My biggest qualms are two very superficial things: Firstly, I honestly don't like how Mark Chao looks... I know that is a ridiculous thing to say but there is something about his face that makes him unattractive to me. Just compare him to the visuals of Yang Yang or many other Chinese actors - it may be his hair but something just makes his nose and visuals very distracting for me (this is coming from a straight male). This obviously has nothing to do with the plot or characters so this doesn't effect my score and in my opinion he is a pretty good actor, but like I said, this is one of my biggest qualms with the drama. Secondly, I think there are too many random characters that appear and disappear to force the plot line forward which makes the pacing a little slow at times and a little too fast at times. However, this is typical of many Chinese costume dramas so it can be forgiven.
Overall, let me put this simply: if you have watched one Chinese costume drama than you have probably watched them all. Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms/Eternal Love does everything extremely well. It has the visuals, the art, the character tropes, the music and the feelings that most other costume dramas have. It's not groundbreaking, but it's definitely a good drama to watch when you have a lot of time.
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suji is the main key of making this movie become sucess..
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It's a GREAT one!
I watched it for the 5th time and I still love every sweet and heartache moment! The FM and ML were amazing! The ML is totally sexy...the way he kisses her...it's a WOW... The second FM and ML were awesome too! They eventually had another drama together but I wasn't a fan of it.Beautiful songs and well-made drama! There were lots of cute moments and touching scenes that will make you tear up! I love dramas that involve marriage, pregnancy/child, separation, forgiveness, regrets, amnesia, sex, great kissing, reunion, possibly deaths. This drama is a FULL / COMPLETE package of what you want in a romantic/touching story.
Don't miss it! You will LOVE the story!
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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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Great Romance, Boring Villains
Eternal Love, or should I say, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms is something new and unique I've seen in a romance drama and it's my first time seeing this type of genre being played here. I have to admit, I haven't seen love stories as shows I've seen nowadays have it more as a tag and only plays some part in the story and not as a whole. While this one is also adapted from a novel, the novel itself is plagiarized from a BL novel which kinda reduces my enjoyment from it. However, I just go with the flow and accept it as it is and judge on the show itself.As a person who usually prefers character-driven dramas and would sacrifice my entire existence and soul to characters whom I love, this one does not do their justice here. I find most of the characters here really mediocre and unfascinating besides Bai Qian. Not that I dislike them, it's more of that I don't vibe with them. I do enjoy seeing the side characters but at the same time, nothing much really. Mo Yuan is gone 90% of the show and I wanted to see more of him but NOPE. Ye Hua is a great husband and I admire his love for Bai Qian, but then I feel like that's just it. It must have been because of the repetitive plot all the time there that made me lose interest and I find myself hard to connect with any of them. I expected more from that part and sadly their character-wise are not to my taste. I do not find the humor to be funny but that's just me.
The best part of the story for me is the love story between Bai Qian and Ye Hua. The romance is done well and both of the actors and actresses act out well. Although there are one or two parts that bothered me with Ye Hua just trying to force himself to Bai Qian which is wrong but other than that I love it. I have to salute to the actress, Yang Mi as she manages to play three characters with three different personalities perfectly, from the young and mischievous Si Yin to the sweet and kind girl Su Su and lastly, the goddess queen Bai Qian. Mark Chao also has done a good job playing both Mo Yuan and Ye Hua. But then, I am not keen on his character compared to Bai Qian. His outfit in the last episode when he finally reunited with Bai Qian is hideous as hell, who even made that design and letting his hair all down that made him look like Sacred Riana from Asia's Got Talent. Geez.
However, I don't care so much for the 2nd love story between Feng Jiu and Di Jun. Initially, I thought it's cute to see Feng Jiu trying to chase Di Jun but halfway through, their love story bore the hell out of me. Not to mention how their relationship never really progressed throughout the story, they still are the same before, during, and after the relationship and that's where I lost it. I actually prefer the other one between Yan Zhi and Zi Lan. Sad they never worked out in the end. I don't mind filler stories if they are interesting for me but the love stories between the 2nd lead couple were just meh for me. I've seen better.
My eyes did a 180 at the villains. The villains here are your typical and stereotypical cliche women who can't control their hormones and be crying their way out because the love of their lives is head over heels for Bai Qian and Ye Hua. Not to mention how one-dimensional they are. I would say that Xuan Nu is definitely better than Su Jin as a villain. Su Jin is one of the most annoying villains ever and it's so satisfying when Bai Qian finally got her eyes back from that devil. Su Jin feels more like a ghost tribe member compared to Xuan Nu but both are just annoying and I feel like vomiting when mentioning their name. Qing Cang is even weird, the show can actually survive without him and him playing as a villain (who's basically sealed in that gigantic Dong Huang bell for thousands of years) is more of plot props and nothing else really. I expect more from that. I've seen villains like him in other Chinese Drama where they all crave power, and it does affect the story a lot and some are actually entertaining to watch but this one doesn't do much.
To conclude this, I do enjoy watching it and the 3rd arc of the show is the best for me. If I'm ever gonna rewatch it, I'll skip some scenes since I couldn't care less about them. Come here for the romance, not for the villains. That's all.
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I'm sorry, instead of sharing to you what to expect on the drama, I made this review my way of expressing how I feel for this show. I hope that you will like it as much as I did. I swear, you will not waste your time on this. Enjoy!
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Yang mi is so impressive. She did good job both as a mischievous ,young Si Yin and badass Bai Qian.
Well, being quite pitiful as the mortal Su Su , the moment of taking out the eyes from Su Jin is the best moment of the series.
I cried a lot throughout the series, especially in those emotional scenes. The ost made me even sadder.
All the characters are adorable and they all did a pretty good job. Thanks Lam Yuk Fan and the production team for producing such a master piece
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DON'T MISS THIS SHOW, YOU WILL REGRET IT FOR SURE
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This is so good!!
No waste episodes. The acting, the plot, the costumes, the CGI and overall aspects are so damn impressive.The story is full of heartaches but it's worth it in the end. Such a happy ending.
I wasnt a fan of Chinese Dramas before but after watching 1 chinese drama with xianxia drama, I became curious about cdramas. And now I am loving cdrama as much as i love kdrama. Cdramas are so entertaining too.
I highly recommend Eternal Love!
No waste episodes. The acting, the plot, the costumes, the CGI and overall aspects are so damn impressive.
The story is full of heartaches but it's worth it in the end. Such a happy ending.
I wasnt a fan of Chinese Dramas before but after watching 1 chinese drama with xianxia drama, I became curious about cdramas. And now I am loving cdrama as much as i love kdrama. Cdramas are so entertaining too.
I highly recommend Eternal Love!
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I have expected to much but it ends disappointed me
Finished this 58 episodes drama in 3 days. Watching this bcs so many people say this drama it's a masterpiece but I don't think so.Remembering that this drama was released in 2017 so I won't complain about the CGI. Let's talk about the acting first. Yang Mi ofc has done amazing job here. She success portrayed Shi Yin, Su Su, and Bai Qian perfect. Mark Chao have spoken a lot of emotions with his eyes tho.
Okay, so we gonna talking about the story. Actually the story it's pretty good at the beginning about the story between Si Yin and Mo Yuan. But than when come to Su Su part, Ye Hua became a red flag man for me. He hide Su Su and not brave enough to tell about Su Su to his family. She's trying her best to be the perfect wife for Ye Hua. But Ye Hua keep lying to her and hide his true identity. When Su Su asks many time about Ye Hua family, he only said that it's gonna be his business, but than? Su Su got locked up, slandered, even her both eyes taken out. And Ye Hua actually knows the truth that it's only Su Jin's slander but he not spoken the truth and not defended Su Su in front of everyone. Su Su became a jokes and hidden secret. I have more respect for the second prince bcs he can bravely confess his feelings even though his position was revoked.
And turn to Bai Qian story time, I know Ye Hua sacrifice many things for Bai Qian but still he's a red flag. I don't see the romantic relationship between Ye Hua and Bai Qian. There's many time Ye Hua hugged her and kissed her but when Bai Qian pushed him, still he keep doing his act. I mean they're not married yet, but Ye Hua it's looks like a crazy sexual man. I'm mad at Bai Qian too bcs she can't against Ye Hua behavior. She's a goddess but she only show her goddess side to the villain.
Heavenly Lord it's such a jokes. He can't doing anything alone without ask to Dong Hua or Ye Hua. But when come to Su Su problems he only knows trying to drive away Su Su from Ye Hua life's. Su Jin ofc really annoying but actually it's bcs Ye Hua never stop her. Ye Hua only said threat words for her but never really doing something to stop her. After Mo Yuan return, I don't really see what's the point of bringing he back? Just for show how Ye Hua help to awaken Mo Yuan and show how big Ye Hua loves for Bai Qian? or just for to know the truth that Ye Hua it's a Mo Yuan brother?
I feel sad for Bai family bcs when Bai Qian or Feng Jiu doing something silly and dumb their family will be the first who always worry. But they not really trying to understand their family feelings. Zhe Yan and Bai Zhen it's a only loveable part of this drama.
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Story: The story went along at a nice pace. It did make me frustrated and it made me cry several times throughout the series. This isn't an average love story and it's not easy to explain to anyone. I've tried to explain it to someone else before and there is just so much to tell them that I couldn't tell them everything. It was also hard to describe the complexities in this story. I enjoyed the side couples that they decided to include. I know that this was based off of a book. I read the English translation so I know that it's a little different so I'm glad that they decided to do it in a different way in the TV series rather than like it was in the book. 10/10
Acting/Cast: This series was cast perfectly. My favorite among all of the actors is Gao Vengo. I just feel like he was so great in this series. Everyone did a fantastic job, but his scenes were my favorites. I want him to play the male lead at some point (I know he will be in the sequel. Can't wait!) 10/10
As I've said previously, this drama is beautiful. The sets, the actors, and the story line are all just wonderful. I have watched this series several times already and I'll probably watch it again at some point. I recommend this drama to anyone. It is a tearjerker, but it's such a good drama that it's worth it in the end. This drama gets 10/10.
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Amazing Storyline!!!
This is such a fantastic drama. A solid 10 for the plot. Yang Mi as the goddess Bai Qian, she just feels like a real goddess. Her beauty is so ethereal. When I first saw her in this drama I felt like she is similar to the Nuwa goddess in the journey to the west drama! Love the chemistry between Ye Hua and Bai Qian after they reunited as well, the way Ye Hua show his affection to Bai Qian is so touching he shows it through action instead of words. There is also the adorable A-Li. When the three of them, Ye Hua, Bai Qian and A-Li is together, their interaction of a family of three is so cute. Totally Recommended!!!Was this review helpful to you?
