Parallel Love (2020)

Some parts okay, whole not so much, but worth some time to watch.

In this case the sum of the parts do not make for a great show.

The acting from the couple is really good, their chemistry is delectable and that allowed me to binge this show beginning to end. But the script failed these actors. One such instance is the timeline, not sure why they chose 3 months or why the show needed to say the specific time, but the cracky relationship building moments (which are the shows highlight) lost its shine when you are trying to fit them in the timeline. The actors pulled you into their falling in love moments so well and then the show reminds you of the timing. So while I enjoyed their "moments" I was not able to get into their world and feel the romance. I feel that given a different timing, this could have been a pretty romance.

Another part that is really good is the ML's actual portrayal of his character. There were some scenes where his body language was so eloquent in conveying his insecurities and his fear of failing his father. He clearly communicates to the audience that his egotistical actions are really only a camouflage of his need to feel valuable and worthy. I have seen this actor in other roles and this role shows his talent well.

After watching the whole show though, I am shaking my head saying... wait, that was not good at all... the annoyances were surrounding the inconsistencies in the script. Small changes could have been made to make this a little easier to live in their world and would have made this show an actual 10 even though it was a cliche story.

While I would not re-watch this, if you adjust your mindset and just live in the moments, it is worth watching to enjoy the acting.

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Disappointing older woman/younger man romance

Likes: Li Hong Yi's handsome face and sort of carefree acting. Kira Shi's natural acting as the older woman esp when she's annoyed. It's like a real annoyed face and not a forced cutesy annoyed face.

Dislikes: I found the second half super boring. Sometimes the FL seemed like a mom compared to the ML. The kisses were too chaste. A lot of the story doesn't add up. Oh and there's Hong Yi's awful hairstyle.

I liked the first half of this as it was light, funny, and centered on the build up of the relationship between the leads. Even though the FL sometimes seemed more like a mom than the love interest, I never felt the age gap on the ML's side. I still felt enough chemistry to ship these two together.
However, the second half dragged and no real satisfying outcome came out of the build up. It was such a let down. I found myself fast forwarding a ton which may explain why I don't really understand why Kira had time traveled back 10 years or why that element was even necessary for the story. I probably skipped that part, but I feel like you could have eliminated the whole time travel aspect and just had flashbacks or something. I dunno...I just wasn't into that part.
Also, the young FL vs the old FL was a bit of a stretch. The FL looks too old to pull off a fresh young 20s and the drastic personality change just seemed so unbelievable, And that whole aspect just lead to more questions that I don't feel the drama really answered (but again, I could have skipped that part).

Anyway, if Hong Yi wasn't in this, I probably would have dropped this.

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Nice to pass time

Li Hong Yi played his character well in this drama. He is actually a good actor in my opinion. He isn't over the top when trying to be funny and being cool just seems to come off naturally. Looking forward to more dramas with good story line from him.

The drama itself was nice and light the first half. I did skip a lot of scenes even whole episodes from 18 and went straight into the finale. I just did not want to go through all that angst and evil scheming etc... The ending as most comments below mention had a lot of questions of how, when and why? I did want to analyze too much, this isn't sci fi, it's a rom-com in a make believe world of a drama. The ending worked for me :-)

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Historia de amor sobre viaje en el tiempo

(Spanish review inc.)

El principio no tiene demasiada ciencia: una mujer (Lin Miao) con una vida standar y aburrida vuelve, sin explicación alguna, al año 2010 y se encuentra con el desafío de tener que convertir a Jiao Yang en presidente de Hung Yu (actual Vicepresidente), atravesando diferentes obstáculos que el resto de la junta directiva le impondrá a Jiao puesto que no le tienen confianza debido a su corta edad.

El inicio se ve demasiado tosco, apresurado, aburrido y pesado para soportarlo. Sin embargo, a medida que logres superar la barrera de los 3 capítulos todo se irá volviendo más y más interesante. De las mayores cosas a resaltar, es el increíble desempaño de Li Hongyi al interpretar tan bien al personaje arrogante, inmaduro y terco de Jiao Yang, sin olvidar el impresionante trabajo de Yang Ze con Su Cheng Yun. El resto del elenco tampoco se dejó desear; habían cosas mejorables, pero el resultado sigue siendo fascinante.

La banda sonora podría ser mil veces mejor. ¿En qué aspecto? El posicionamiento de la música: a veces empezaba demasiado tardía, otras veces muy brusco y cortaba de la misma manera, además de contar con una baja cantidad de temas musicales a usar durante el programa para ser de 24 capítulos.

El final fue simplemente lo que esperaba: Lin Miao termina volviendo a su época actual y luego de cierto tiempo vuelve a reencontrarse con Jiao Yang una vez que el proyecto de Casa Infinita triunfó por sobre el proyecto de Su Cheng Yun y Jiao se volviera presidente de Hung Yu.

Bastante bien para pasar el rato.

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