Intense Love (2020)

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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How i describe in words one of the specific love story

I can't describe the drama
I Am writing the review after watching 10th time
I LOVE THIS DRAMA
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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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SWEETNESS OVERLLOAD

Too much sugar is really bad for the body and this drama proved it lol???. I got toothache because of how sweet it was,nothing intense about it lol, everything was just too pretty,too perfect and too sweet. Hope people will give it a chance like i did even though it was too sweet. The is the most cheesiest and fluffy drama ever lol, it reminded me of BA but totally different from it as well. I wish relationships were this perfect in real life lol. The drama finished in episode 18 (in my opinion) so i think they just added the rest to prolong it even though it was really not necessary at all. I mean how can something like this exist in real life lol, the most perfect boyfriend you will ever get? Please!!!
I was going to stop watching it at one time because of how sweet it was but since i don't like dropping dramas so i just pushed through until i got to episode 18 which cracked me up for real and shows me something for the first time, that episode woke me up and made me concluded that it was suppose to end there. This is my first time of watching both leads drama, their visual were on point, although female lead acting is at time overbearing and overboard but i still like her. The supporting cast did their job well too albeit a bit too much with too much sugar as well lol. All in all for me it was a good drama, i loved it and hope people see it too because it need more viewers and comments on YouTube.

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What a binge worthy show! It was unique in a way that there was just no complications and I loved that, WE LOVE AN UNCOMPLICATED STORY!!! Lol. You have 2 very opposite people that are brought together by fate and there just plain meant to be together, even through trials and tribulations they make it work and things barely go south or sour and I love that for them. The FL has a complicated life because she's such a great actress and the ML is a fantastic doctor and you stick the two together and think it's going to be hard on them but hard it was not because things really progressed well in every aspect. It really had that it started with a kiss background to me and I love it, you have 2 opposite people, annoying sibling, funny friends, complicated lives but the chemistry was so out of this world that there was nothing taking down our main leads.

I LOVEEEE ME SOME ZHANG YU XI! Her acting is PHENOMENAL, she plays such a great actress in everything I've seen her in and it's my first time with Ryan Ding but he did not let me down, he's a great actor, for someone young, he has strong aspects, I loved the two together because their chemistry was really just out of this world and let me tell you, the kisses, WOWWWW. I liked how easy the family was, I liked that the bad characters weren't horrendous in any way, it was all in all just great and even the secondary characters stories weren't bad at all.

OST was fantastic, easy going, flies by, very fitting for the show.

Rewatch level is a level 1000, I'll probably rewatch it right now and I just finished it. I wish it was longer which is funny because I rarely wish shows were. I liked the pacing and how fast it was but I also wish they gave it more episodes so they can develop more but that's me being childish because I want to see more scenes with them :3

So if you're hesitant with this show, don't be. It's everything you can ask for and more, no complications, cute ML and FL, fantastic chemistry, great story, developing is nice and tasteful and the romance was A-1.

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All about the ending

When it just started airing, the drama was rather addictive as the storyline was developing well. Would have given an 8.5 or 9/10 for the rating if it was not because of the ending. Although the ending is a happy one, it felt like it was rushed and I feel that they should at least have a proper wedding. Even though the last episode showed that they had already registered for their marriage, I feel that they should at least have a wedding ceremony as from what I understand from the drama, the main lead is from a so-called 'prestigious' family. Although this is not really the key highlight of the story, since they have this marriage pact within the two families, they should at least go through a grand wedding ceremony to sum up the entire drama. After all, if it was not because about the marriage pact, they would have probably not met.

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