Intense Love (2020)

All I want to say about this drama is super fun! This drama is very entertaining from the beginning until ending, especially in this time when we have to stay at home everyday.
The female lead acting is very great and passionate! I always laughed because of the female lead actions, and I swear you will not get bored because of her actions.

I always love the female lead (Zhang Yu ZI) acting after watched her previous drama (My little princess and Dear Prince). And for the male lead (Ryan Ding), he is really awesome and very suitable for this role cold but very warm to her and very handsome. This plot is rather simple, a love story between celebrity and a doctor because of arranged marriage from their parents. Not like the typical overbearing CEO drama who loves a poor girl, this is the girl who first chased the male lead - so it's very humorous and exciting.

For the second male and female lead, which are the other doctor and female lead's manager , I also enjoyed the love story between them - pure, funny, and not cheesy. Not to forget the male lead's little sister, her story also very lovable.
Overall, I really enjoyed this drama from the beginning and only spent 3 days watched this because it is so good and light drama without dramatic events and unnecessary problems.

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Lighthearted. Characters aren't easily swayed like cliches. Rom-Com guilty pleasure. Fluffy.

Story: This drama does not have the most groundshaking plot nor is it the most suspenseful. But I thoroughly enjoy watching every moment of it. I admit I am a bit of a sucker for most dramas where the girl is straight to the point and the actively aggressive one in the relationship. It was also beautiful to see that the opposing party doesn't make it easy either. It cuts to the chase very quickly and what you end up with is a lot of heart-throb moments early on.

Characters: The main leads have great chemistry. The female lead really makes you fall in love with her confidence and thoughtfulness. Comparing her to her other dramas personally I feel like she really nailed the role. You know a character did a great job when the ending of the drama leaves you wanting more like a great relationship cut short. The male lead gives you the same feeling of shipping the couple all the way past the series's finale. The male lead is a very good complement to the female, with his lack of expression with a sense of professionalism. I am not ashamed to say I have a crush on both of them after this.

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CUTE, FLUFFY, SWEET AND EASY DRAMA TO WATCH!

First, i watch this because of those good reviews, short episode (24 eps, not like other Chinese long drama with exaggerating problem and stupid female lead), Zang Yu Xi (I know her from I Cannot Hug You) and Julio Wan Yan (from The Equation of Love).
I thought this would be a kinda triangle love story but I got it totally wrong. Thanks to the good review so I finally watch this beautiful drama.

The story and main leads are so easy to be liked if you need a good and light drama with no dramatic problem. The couples, both main leads and supporting artist are so good and cute together.

Would be my go-to chinese drama if i were in drama slump or in need of easy and short drama to ease my mind.

And Ryan Ding, you'll be on my watchlist from now on :)

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Short, Sweet and Simple

This is a straight up romance drama. It's short and goes straight to the point with no unnecessary drama. This also makes it quite boring, but I rated it so high because that is the genre of this drama, there is nothing more you can expect other than the sweet romance of three different couples. All the actors had amazing chemistry and all the couples were perfect for each other. Especially the main couple and the second lead couple (the best friends of the main leads).

I started this drama because I LOVED the FL in My Little Princess and the ML in Romance of the Tiger and Rose. I also really liked that the FL would be playing another rich female lead unlike the typical poor girl/rich guy concept. Both the main characters were rich and of the same status meaning that money or status is NEVER an issue to rise up in this drama. Same with the other couples in this drama.

Considering the fact that there are technically three main couples in this drama as well as side characters, it makes sense that this is a 24 episode drama, or else I'd say it's too long.

Unlike many dramas I've watched, there was nothing toxic about any of the couples in this drama. I hate it when a drama makes a couple who are toxic seem 'romantic' or 'sweet'. In this drama, when I say 'sweet', I mean SWEET. The main couple had such a non-toxic, sweet and trusting relationship, despite the fact when there were many occasions where easy misunderstandings or jealousy could occur due to the whole show biz aspect of the FL. The ML always trusted the FL and I love how the FL would always reassure the ML about any of the rumours about her that occured or would occur and is always considerate of his feelings. Same with the ML even before the two charecters grew to love each other.

All the relationships in this drama were so wholesome, which is the best aspect of this drama. Not to mention the family aspect and how both the FL and ML's family ship the two characters and set them up since they were kids.

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I did not watch nor read any trailers and synopsis of this drama. I saw Ryan Ding on the cast, I watch. I was watching Romance of Tiger and Rose but since I noticed that it hadn't ended yet, I decided to look for another Ryan Ding's drama and so I bumped into Intense Love. I prefer dramas that are really light. fluffy, and feel-good dramas. Intense Love fits all the categories. These kinds of dramas always have the same plots and the same happy ending. They will make you fall in love and make you realize that until now you are still single (lol). That is what they always make me feel. So, if you are looking for something light and easy to watch drama, try Intense Love.

Acting: Both leads are very experienced in their fields so not questions into their acting. Their voices were dubbed, just a heads up but I promise you I only found out that their voices were dubbed when I am done watching the drama. So, I was really mind blown on that part. You might find some cringe moments especially on Zhang Yu Xi 's (FL) acting. I don't want to spoil it, but I literally have to wince when she acts cute. It's not annoying though. FL is an actress, so she tends to act cute in front of ML. Ryan Ding's character is slow to warm so he has this cold emotion at first, but it won't last long. There are some supporting casts that are fairly new into the acting game. They are fine, not much to worry about. The second leads are pretty good too. You might find the second male lead familiar. He was in Love Equations and I tell you what he has the same character; a conceited, vain, narcissistic person just a little subtle than his character on Love Equation. Other heads up, you might find ML's sister annoying. Well, she is, but I notice her character development and it goes with her hairstyle. Nothing much to complain about their acting though, that’s my personal opinion.

Story: As I said, this drama is pretty cliché. Both characters are rich and balling so there will be no money issues. The leads were set for an arranged marriage by their moms and both families agreed to these terms so there are no issues between the in-laws. It is just up to the leads on how their relationship will start. The story is amazingly fast-paced. I was exclaiming the whole time when I was watching it that everything went by way too fast. It’s not draggy and boring. The only thing I almost skip was the second lead’s love story. Bearable but also skippable so it’s really up to the viewer if you want to watch it or not. ML’s sister is a sasaeng. I must put it out there but there will be a character development on this one so just watch out for it. I like how everything went by smoothly between the leads, and side issues were resolved smoothly. I just thought that the last few episodes had scenes that were missing. Overall, it is not banal if you are a fan of fluffy dramas. Plus, it is just 24 episodes which are just perfect for this genre.

MUSIC/OST: Usually for this genre, the leads had to sing the OST but apparently on this one they did not. I like the songs, I have it on repeat especially the intro song. One of the singers was Monkey and I find her voice very soothing. I like it.

Kissing Scenes: They are both very experienced in their fields that is why kissing scenes are not disappointing on this one. Starting from Episode 10 (got to time stamp it if you are watching it on YT 33:43 to 35:20) through Episode 11 is probably my favorite episode.

Rewatch Value: 100% definitely. This is probably one of those dramas where if I don’t know what to watch, I will go back to this one. Another Love O2O kind of feeling.

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Has so much more potential!

The basic story line was good and I have not complains about it. However I did feel over the course of 24 episodes they could involve showing more of different moments of when actually the main leads' emotions changed towards each other. Because as I watch the show I didn't really feel the there was a gradual change in emotion. Moreover, it felt their affection toward each other just went from 0 to 100. Another issues I personally felts is the emotions of the male lead can be misleading at times. At the end of the show you will be very much convinced by actions that two leads love each other immensely. However, most of the mail lead's reactions during happy/romantic moments seems like the character is more in shock rather than being all happy/smiley but maybe this is just how I feel. On the whole not a show I regret watching, was a good time pass.

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Absolute nonsense!

FYI, I have not dropped a single show officially on this website and said something about it out loud, so I'm not taking it lightly.

Firstly, I do not know how this show has such a high rating. If this is the kind of nonsense people are liking, my concern for women is increasing more because that's how horribly this drama is portraying them as spineless and whiny beings through different characters.

If your definition of cute is a woman acting dumb, chasing a man who seems to show no interest in her and talks like a baby, go for it. I absolutely loathe such spineless characters and cannot waste any more time on this stupid story with absolutely horrible acting by both the leads. The ML is still better but the FM is beyond horrible, especially when the character itself has nothing to offer.

I usually say we should give it a few episodes but come on 6/24 is 25% of the show that I finished in 1.5ish hours because I skipped so much. I definitely gave it a chance and now I regret wasting even 1 minute of my time on this nonsense.

Also, all the characters are just so shallow? Whether it be the ML's sister or grandmother (I saw people commenting non-problematic in-laws but how is it non-problematic when she is allowing the sister to bully her so openly?) or that doctor friend of the FL or even that villain female co-actor. Oh, once again, let's not forget the FL's character. ML and his brother's characters seem to be the only sane ones so far but the acting is so poor on them as well.

I'll just copy my own comment here from one of the replies I made:
1. Why is the actress talking like that? I've lived in China and seen many Chinese shows. Chinese women do not talk like that. I don't know why they have to baby her down so much. It is not attractive at all.

2. I absolutely hate it when shows do this but what's with the FL having no self-respect? Is she not a famous actor? Like her acting does not suit her own supposed character. She can do so much better than a random doctor but yet we see her shamelessly throwing herself at him. It's a different story if they showed anything special that made her fall for him. Here, it literally starts with an apparent eye contact when she was under the influence of drugs??? Makes no absolute sense!

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Cute/Okay

Something I noticed is when the female lead didn't "trust" the main lead everyone was coming for her, which I understand (kinda) since he has been trusting her the "whole" time, But yet he met up with the director with the intentions of helping Beibei (which meant to beibei he didn't believe in her acting abilities) but in the end decided not to, the misunderstanding was caused because he decided to meet up with the director. He should of explained himself but no instead he did nothing and (I didn't finish watching it) But ignoring that, the music was a 10/10 it's the 2nd drama out of 100's (maybe just a 100+) where i actually watch the intro! I be jammin and dancing to this song (which is in fact one of two of the only type of music I listen to) so I think the Music deserves a 10/10.

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I had such high hopes, but I couldn't even force myself to finish this. It started off pretty good and honestly the plot isn't bad. It would be the perfect show for some light fluff if it wasn't for the female lead's acting. In the nicest way possible, she was terrible. She was always overacting, which can be entertaining sometimes, but she did it to the point of being irritating. Tbh it wasn't too bad at the start because I thought she would get better, but she never did. I honestly started hating her character and would skip her parts and then I realised that was pointless because I was basically skipping through the whole show. This was so frustrating because I usually love these types of shows where you don't really care about plot you just want something lighthearted and entertaining. But after watching this, I wasn't happier if anything I felt worse.
I'm honestly not sure how this show has such a high rating, but then again the only real issue was the acting.

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I have to admit that i was a bit disappointed about this drama. I've waited like 1 month to see this drama, and i started yesterday. So, what i wanna say is that the story is very good in the first 8 episodes, but then episode 9 it becomes cliche. I really loved the fact that there were more couples and no melodramatic moments. I feel like the ending is good only for main couple. I really wanted see more cute moments between Su Ying and Jiawei. I feel like their story wasn't said even if it was forced story. I can say that the main couple was pretty cute, but also, i would have dropped this drama if there was not Ryan Ding. He is too cute, so i could not dropped drama.
So, my point is, if you love the cast, then you will love this drama, you will love it even if you don't like the story. But if you are not a big fan of cast , i don't think you will watch it after ten episodes.
Anyways, you will love the cast, one of the best i have ever seen.

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