So much better than Eternal Love
I quit Eternal Love in the middle because I found it extremely depressing and there were too many obstacles/misunderstandings. I felt like the main characters barely spent any time together, but I had enjoyed these two as the second leads so I decided to give this a try. I was immediately sucked in to this love story and hooked for the first time since The Untamed. Finding out these two are engaged in real life explains so much because the chemistry is palpable. fWatching Feng Jiu mature into herself and the depth of Dong Hua's emotional growth was a huge payoff. I did not get annoyed by any obstacles and just saw them each growing independently into a person (immortal god?) that was capable of giving themselves to each other without losing who they are. Feng Jiu is a great heroine who loves Dong Hua selflessly and without expectations of reciprocation, and I enjoyed that in the end it's Dong Hua who has to try to prove he deserves her rather than her begging for his love. They are adorable and I will definitely be rewatching this. If you, like me, did not understand the hype around Eternal Love, I suggest you give this a try. It's really quite a beautiful love story.Was this review helpful to you?
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DISCLAIMER BEFORE YOU START: Forget everything you know about Dong Hua and Fengjiu’s story in Eternal Love/TMOPB since that was entirely made up due to lack of copyrights. This drama actually depicted what happened in the novel Pillow Book!!!I loved TMOPB so much so I was very excited to watch this sequel! And boy, I can say that it really delivered! A 1000000000 out of 10 in my book :).
- FIRST AND FOREMOST, Dilraba Dilmurat and Vengo Gao’s chemistry, starting as a red nine-tailed fox & the almighty Dijun to being the true power couple at the end, was palpable and heart-fluttering! Their chemistry alone, with expressive eyes, facial expressions and subtle movements, made this drama a win for me. We got a Fengjiu who courageously follows her heart through many realms, non-hesitantly sacrifices herself for that one and only love and bravely proves her worth to not only be the head of Qing Qiu but also as his Imperial Lord’s partner. Then we got a Dong Hua who unexpectedly falls hard in love, surprisingly becomes a puppy sick in love and boldly shields her from any trouble that comes her way. Together, they made the perfect OTP: they fought, misunderstood, hurt, made up, trusted and loved each other ever so strongly in this “nonexistent” fate. After all, age is just a number (hopefully this is also true for their off-screen relationship as well - praying hard for this ship to sail and dock) and fate is truly what people make of it.
- The cast itself is nothing short of amazing (huge props to the production company for keeping original FJ)! I definitely think Reba and Vengo have personally grown as actor/actress since their TMOPB performance and truly perfected their characters (most of the time, you won’t even feel that they were acting at all and you’ll see A LOT of real life, intimate ear rubs, hand caresses, waist hugging 🤗). And believe me when I say the chemistry try is sizzling here - being a diehard fan for each individual actor for so long , I haven’t seen Reba and Vengo have ever come close to having this kind of “chemistry” with other leads in their long experiences of acting haha. All the supporting actors, esp Xiao Yan and the Third Highness Lian Song, were a bunch of hilarious love-stricken idiots that provided much needed comedy relief during sad times. The villains were still formidable in both annoyance and tenacity levels (*cough cough* I’m looking at you Ji Heng 🙄). All together, each character had time and playground to develop their own stories and each was perfectly orchestrated into the storyline. Plus, it doesn’t hurt that most of them were pretty nice eye candies (even the evil ones lol).
- The plot itself is definitely a lot more well-paced and well-developed compared to their story in TMOPB. It had fun, suspenseful, heart-wrenching as well as heart-warming moments packed with a lot of actions! I really liked how the whole story mainly revolved around FJ and DH without feeling too overbearing - you’ll learn about DH’s background, his perseverance (and his thick-skin) to be the respected person he is today, FJ’s growth and maturity which often excludes jealousy but includes self-acceptance of who she is as a person and how these two polar opposite characters crossed paths in different realms.
- Amazing cinematography with excellent OSTs (one of our main OST was sung by Reba herself!). Film sets looked more polished in this drama and outfits were nicely put together that matched with the setting and the scenes!
- Excellent adaptation from the book! This is one of those scenarios where the drama adaptation stayed pretty true to the book and explained some of the details sooooo much better and more concise. The drama weaved a lot of the plot holes together and made the story so much more flowing!
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this sequel (even better than TMOPB *gasp at myself for saying this* even tho TMOPB was my top fav for a longgg time) probably because I can now ship the OTP in real life lol. All jokes aside, I felt the plot was more focused, leads have an AMAZINGLY REAL CHEMISTRY, it had a lot more funny moments that I didn’t expect, enlightened the book to another level of excellence and the angst was, if not more, painful (however rewarding) compared to TMOPB. I went into watching this as a filler for my TMOPB withdrawal and ended up binge watching it for the 10 million time today so I highly recommend this series for everyone!
COMPARISON TO SIMILAR FANTASY ROMANCE CHARACTERS: It’s actually really hard for main leads, one being thousand years old and stoic/indifferent vs the other one being extremely young and innocent/sheltered, to pull off toe-tingling, believable chemistry on screen (Watch Love & Destiny with similar aforementioned characters for comparison since leads there didn’t quite accomplish what our Vengo & Reba did). That’s why ELOD still stands FAR apart from other xianxia dramas! So let me forever be trapped in this Dream of Eternal Love ❤️
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Story: Even though lots of review said that this drama's story is so good because it's stick to the novel, I didn't find it extraordinary. Just like another common romance wuxia drama, and some middle episodes I found them so boring which I fast-forward lot of time.
Acting: As I expected from TMPB, Dilraba and Vengo Gao are professional actors, their acting are very touchy and I love their chemistry despite the character's age gap. Although Vengo Gao is not a very handsome actor,but he truly can deliver Dong Hua Di Jun aura as a supreme god who is invincible. And I always like Dilraba, she is a very expressive actor so every character she played always have remarkable impressions.
Music: Same as TMPB, this drama's OST are very amazing that I will save them in my playlist
Rewatch value: Perhaps I will only watch the scene of Donghua and Fengjiu, they are so sweet together.
Oervall: I love all the production of this drama except for the story that I found a little bit boring and cheesy. Worth to watch in your spare time if you like TMPB, but not for someone who prefer deeper story and twisted plot
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A Fantastic Adaptation
I fell in love with this novel after seeing Etenal Love and then reading the Hamster translation of Eternal Love. In my opinion, this novel is better because it is more rich and developed. That said, this is a different story from eternal love with some similar themes. But the biggest difference is what keeps these two people apart. In eternal love it was outside forces. In this show, it is literally fate influencing everything around them. The directors did a good job emphasizing the coincidences that conspire to keep these people apart. And the consequences of fighting it....Now the show...
I was always curious about how they would adapt this given the simple fact that the author 1)tells her stories via flashbacks and 2) a chunk of time is spent as a fox. But the advancements in visual effects and creativity led to a good decision: a lot of FJ’s fox form was her visually but like a spirit form. It is what they did in Eternal Love when Ye Hua was the flower on Kunlan.
I did not expect them to spend so much time in the mortal world because a lot of it well most of it did not happen in the book. However it helps provide depth and character development because so much of the novel is based in character development they had to engineer a lot of conflict (like the prime antagonists) to keep an audience engaged because a lot of the novel is FJ struggling in her own mind how to deal with her feelings.. Good job directors.
For those of you who haven’t read the book and are reading my review, I recommend it, the drama is Very Very good. Anyone who has ever felt or struggled in one sided love will find that this drama resonates very well with the barriers and uncertainties you might face in pursuing that love, doubting your decisions, and facing the interference of your loved ones who don’t understand why you just can’t stop. If you’ve ever liked someone and asked yourself ‘why can’t I stop it would be so much easier if I did’ then you will feel a strong connection I suspect with this story. I also liked how the script incorporates very well different types of love, obsessive love, and even addresses how unhealthy it can be, but in the end, it’s your choice, whether the outcome is good or bad. Because this is a fairy tail it has a happy ending.
Acting was great. The Chemistry between these two actors is so good everyone wanted them to star in it. I hope they do more dramas together. I think liking this show boils down to what you like. It executes story and plot well, but if you don’t like one sided love don’t watch. If you don’t like the ditzy kind of female lead don’t watch. If you are eaten up inside with anger watching a female lead suffer for love because it disagrees with your values don’t watch! You don’t have to like it but be fair. They did a good job. Not an easy book to adapt.
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I'm Biased but Oh-Kay
I might be biased but this is the first historical drama that I watched that get me hooked to the historical theme.I love DD from Mr Pride & Ms Prejudice movie and finally I able to see her again.
I heard that this character is her famous ever played - she even re-enact it during P101.
Back to the drama.
I watched this first before the Parent's story - Eternal Love of Dream/Ten Miles Peach Blossom.
So this review going to contain mainly spoiler and review on this drama solely.
I saw some review that said this drama follow 100% the novel - this make me wanted to read it and I'm not much a reader this days.
NOTE: If you are not into old-young relationship, you have to drop this.
But still, Gao is totally daddy material.
Anyway, I give 9/10 for the story plot mainly because it got draggy on the last few episodes probably just to reach it goal. 10/10 for the acting because all casts are really eye catching and they carry their characters well.
Some stupid decision made by the FL that caused chaos to the ML but that's the whole main point. It funny how when he finally knew love, he kind of get obsessed and addicted to it, I guess that's what happened when you suppressed it for too long (cough). This is a very cute drama to watch. All those plot twists somehow matured up our little Feng Jiu - but it made Dong Hua getting older (facepalm). And I love all the side couples that turned out from this drama. My second favorite character besides the lead and Si Ming is definitely my handsome Chi Wu.
But still, this is definitely worth the watch and rewatch.
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Then I think they should add one more episode where he met with his child and every character of the drama met with the child then she again get pregnant because she dream about two fox cub and the drama get over with the Lian song marry.
One thing also make me confused that they didn't get marry then how she asked about divorce at last part.
She was so upset from him then to she went to him why ? then why she didn't not trust him when he told her that she matter more than anybody .
I felt like some parts in a drama has not been well synchronised,there is some flaws in the drama ,there is some missing elements.
As a whole I like love story ,their romance and each and every actors acting ,too good ,I like yan chi the most ,cute character.
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Great actors, too many story twists
I started watching this show, and I was amazed by the actors, costumes, and interior, design, everything. And then the mess begins... First, she loves him deeply just because he saved her, and falls for him like crazy...Then we have her for several episodes being a fox,
then she goes to save him in a mortal world,
then he goes after her and they end up in Aranya's dream
then they finally get together, but that does not last long, and he stood her up for a day wedding because someone blackmailed him...
In the end, they almost die, but they are together and have a son, happy ending, but half of the episodes are not watchable.
FL and ML did an amazing job. So did the rest of the actors. Would love to see more of the second couple.
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La reine de Qing Qiu, Bai Feng Jiu, est le seul renard roux à neuf queues au monde. Un jour, Feng Jiu est attaqué par une bête sauvage alors qu'il cherchait à cultiver dans les montagnes et est sauvé par le premier empereur du Ciel, Dong Hua. Reconnaissant et se sentant redevable, Feng Jiu accompagne Dong Hua pour vaincre le Seigneur Démon. Alors que les deux passent du temps ensemble, Feng Jiu réalise que sa gratitude envers Dong Hua s'est lentement transformée en amour. Malheureusement, Dong Hua a depuis longtemps oublié ce qu'est l'amour. Bien que les cœurs les plus froids puissent fondre avec le temps, d'innombrables vies suffiront-elles à réunir ces deux cœurs ? (Source : Viki) ~~ Adapté du roman du même nom de Tangqi GongziWas this review helpful to you?
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I just want to say for who not like to watch Chinese drama might be like this drama for sure but I just want to tell you that the first 10 episode it’s not so much interest at all it’s get more interest when they are born as mortal and get more interest when they were fall in the dream this is just a really good drama for me. I can’t count that how many times I watch this drama well done, we’ll play from all of the cast. The first lead female is just so cute and smart. The male lead is so strong and handsome. They are perfect for each other just like angel and God. I hope that’s Chinese could do more drama just like this drama and Ten Miles of Peach Blossom. Dilireba’s acting in here is just excellent I don’t care what people said but I believe with my own eyes. Love to see Vengo Gao and Dilireba in the new drama. Was this review helpful to you?
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My favourite Chinese drama!
I really really enjoyed this drama. I loved the characters, the plot and the set-up and costumes.The acting of Dilraba and Vengo Gao was stunning. They both did their characters justice. The other actors and actresses were also good. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Bai Fengjiu and Dong Hua. They are so cute together! I also enjoyed Lian Song and Chen Ling's friendship and romance. They were amazing support characters. The actors also played well in their roles.
I was just really irritated with Ji Heng. She got in between Bai Fengju and Dong Hua at a critical moment. Yan Chi Wu was a cute and comical character. I enjoyed him.
The decor, costumes and overall set-up of the drama was nice and light. It was a lot more light and softer colours than Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. I liked it more. Also, the story of Bai Fengjiu and Dong Hua is closer to the book series than Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms. The soundtrack was amazing and I am listening to it now, as I am typing this :)
I would definitely watch this drama again!
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