boring
I'm really tired of these FLs with inadequate brain cells. For a person who lived for 3000 years, she's as stupid as a rock. Having to lived for so long, how can she's not able to have a bit of wisdom? just a tiny bit would suffice. Why does Chinese writer love these dumb FL? To made it worse, they cast YCY, she's never been good in acting, just pouting most of the time, and open her eyes as big as possible. She does this in this one too. Aiyaa... I feel so bad for Ryan Ding, his performance is good, but an actor can't carry the whole drama by him self. I hope he can get better project in the future, with better script and better partner.Was this review helpful to you?
A Passable Xianxia Cinderella and Prince Charming drama. Good CGI. Great acting from Ding Yu Xi
Love You Seven Times is an adaptation of a popular novel written by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang. I liked that novel back then. So, I had this high expectation when I first saw the trailer of this drama last year. I was a regular Korean drama watchers that time, so I did not know about Ding Yu Xi nor about Yang Chao Yue.When it finally aired, I decided to watch it. The premise is definitely the same as the novel. 1 god and 1 fairy from The Matchmaking Pavilion have to go the mortal world to experience love trials. But, there are so many differences that I do not expect that I will point out though here I do not want to waste your time to read them. So, I'll just get straight to my review about this drama:
- The Story
Not trying to compare the story between the novel version and the drama version. However, the set up could have been much better if they follow the beginning of the novel version. It is more logical. In the novel, the Male Lead and the Female Lead are punished to go the mortal world because they have created such a great mess in heaven. Here in the drama version, the Male Lead and the Female Lead go to the mortal world just to help the Male Lead restore his power because he lacks in the love aspect and it's a coincidence that he and the female lead are accidentally bound by the red thread. But, it's still okay for me and I still keep watching. The more I watch this, the more I find it quite hard to go the next episode. Not even the secrets of what happened 30,000 years ago to keep me feel intrigued. Thankfully, the character Chu Kong (played by Ding Yu Xi) is what keeps me from the boredom. Though the FIRST half of the story especially the ones set in the heaven realm seems like an ordinary Cinderella and Prince Charming in the Xianxia world. But, I'll keep watching this drama till the end because after all, I like dramas with heaven realm, gods, and goddesses setting.
- The Acting
I find Moonlight because of watching Ding Yu Xi here. He's a great actor. Though many find him not eligible for the god role, but I like his manly and strong screen presence. He's great in crying scenes, especially in episode 12 in which he was crying his eyes out when his lover died. I cried with him. He's so bloody good in crying scenes and the scenes that require more depth. The one who played the role of Yue Lao is good as well. Between the 4 main characters (Chu Kong, Xiang Yun, Xiu Ming, and Hao Xuan), I must say that Ding Yu Xi and the one who plays the role Hao Xuan are the best. As for Yang Chao Yue, because I did not watch her previous dramas, I'll only review her acting here. Her acting is quite in the range of passable and below passable. Not that bad as others point out, but definitely so much room for improvement. I have to admit in her crying scenes, I find her to be not engaging and sometimes I feel like that she's forced to do so. Even the tears seem can not come out. I can know that she's acting, therefore I can not bring myself to cry with her. It's a totally different feeling when Ding Yu Xi cries. Yang Chao Yue's eyes in most of her scenes look bland. But, I have to admit she's good in portraying a good girl character that even her acting is bad, you can not bring yourself to dislike her. It's just I hope in her future projects, she can practice more and more to balance herself with her costar. It's quite unfortunate that when Ding Yu Xi has tried his best to create great chemistry with her, she can't balance it well. Beside the story, her acting is what hinders me to continue watch this.
- The Music
Quite similar with the Love Between Fairy and Devil OST, but not as good.
- The Costume and CGI
Beautiful and so dreamy
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so far so good
I watched all 8 episodes so far. As far as I'm concerned, it's just the 2nd mortal life.It´s surprinsingly really good. I laughed, I cried and find the story exciting.
The costumes are beautiful to look at. The music is good.
At first Xiang Yun was a little bit annoying, but that changed after episode 6.
Chu Kong is a really interesting person and so gorgeous. I am already in love :)
I'm also very curious how the character Xie Jiang develops in the further course.
Everyone is doing a amazing job.
I will continue to watch the series
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Love Across Lifetimes <3
This drama was absolutely beautiful! I loved how Xiang Yun and Chu Kong fell in love across several lifetimes. That concept is just so beautiful to me <3 The angst was absolutely gut-wrenching, and the way that they slowly fell in love with each other as the drama progresses is just so :((( The visuals in this drama were absolutely insane, and I loved how dreamy and ethereal everything looked. I also loved the costumes in this drama! Everyone had such gorgeous costumes. The music in this drama is also so incredibly beautiful as well. The acting by Ding Yuxi and Yang Chao Yue was so good, and I could feel every emotion as they experienced their love tribulations across seven lifetimes. Every love tribulation was so beautiful and devastating all at once. This drama definitely had me sobbing a lot, and while the ending was a bit open-ended, I still thought it was absolutely beautiful <3Was this review helpful to you?
Not too bad for a fantasy drama
LIKEHow Chu Kong and Xiang Yun's fates intertwined in their past and the future - how sacrifices beng made and love being found once again
DISLIKE
When at first Hao Xuan was pretty doting towards Chu Kong but changed due to his own ambitions
MUSIC - personal fav
唯爱 Wei Ai - 詹雯婷 Zhan Wen Ting
余味 Yu Wei - 单依纯 Shan Yi Chun
与爱无关 Yu Ai Wu Guan - 徐佳莹 Xu Jia Ying
哀情记 Ai Qing Ji - A Lin
思想者 Si Xiang Zhe - 胡夏 Hu Xia
REWATCH VALUE
Probably re-watch when I have the time
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Beautiful love perseveres life times
starting off, the first reason i was instantly hooked with this drama was because of the amazing sfx in ep 1. They got a little less 'amazing' towards the end nevertheless they were still pretty good. I also loved the side stories alotttt. Prince Xiu Ming, Zi Hui the stone, and the evil brother Jin Lian were my top 3 fav characters after the main couple. The main couples chemistry was TOP NOTCHHHHH.I also love how everyone had their own stories. Towards the end i was only resenting 1 person. Everyone had their own reasons for everything they did.
The end was confusing yet fulfilling, this is a must watch.
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I loved it. The plot is basically how Chu Kong and Xiang Yun accidentally get bound together by the ancient red thread, and go through seven love tribulations to ensure Chu Kong's victory in defeating Cang Hai. The twist in the 5th lifetime where they both realize the truth of Cang Hai and the Moluo Clan is really satisfying to watch as well. All seven lifetimes were depicted really well, Ding Yuxi and and Yang Chaoyue did fantastic together. Their relationship was very cute, and the chemistry was good as well. The spontaneous ending of the dead partner reappearing again is a classic in the cdrama industry. It normally annoys me to see them just appear with no clear explanation, but for this drama I took it as a happy positive thing and interpreted it as Chu Kong and Xiang Yun finally being able to be together after so long. All in all, I highly recommend this to anyone who hasn't watched it yet. GO WATCH IT NOW (p.s. i think ding yuxi is really fit, idk where the 'not handsome' allegations came from) (p.p.s they also look quite good together, the visuals from the leads serving) (Ignore my rating for music, unless it's really good I just put a two for everything) Was this review helpful to you?
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Clever plot line - all is not what it seems…
This drama is well acted with great production values, costumes and a slow burning romance.The first few lives the couple lead are fairly straightforward and although the FLs character tragically dies in one of the scenarios there are amusing moments and a slow but steady move towards love. Each time they venture into the next tribulation they discover more and more that they like about each other ans they start to uncover the truth which leads to the ML starting to thaw out his once dead heart. The ML and FL start to fall in love and it’s not just about personalities and chemistry, it’s also about trust which adds depth to their story. Their chemistry is so believable and beautiful.
The bad guy isn’t who you’d expect at the outset but before he reveals himself you get hints that turn into red flags and then you can really see the depths of his selfishness and depravity. As with all the actors he is so believable and brilliantly cast.
My only criticism would be the royal guard costumes that seem to have been fitted to giants and then worn by normal sized actors - like they’ve been handed to a younger brother. Small detail but soooo annoying when you consider how amazing all the other costumes are.
Will probably watch again at some point
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Definitely a must watch for xianxia lovers.
You must watch it if you are looking for a beautiful xianxia series. I must say this show is captivating enough for you to hook on to it until the last episode.Story - 9
Cast - 10
Cinematography - 9.5
Execution - 10.
I already like Ding Yuxi and his work from the show ' the story of wolf and tiger ' and i am liking him in this show very much.
This is my first time watching FL Yang Chaoyue and she is killing this series with her looks and her acting skills. Moreover her character is mature and do not talk in childish way which i take as cliche, immature and boring.
So, if you wanna watch a good story with good actors then this show is for you.
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It's really worth to try
I've tried to watch all the 6 episodes, turns out that it was more than what i expect. All the visual effect is amazing, the dubbing is really good (i read somewhere that it's their original voice though), i really like the storyline and the plot. All the soundtrack (although only 3/4 have been published) are so good, especially the one sang by faye and A-Lin, i love it so much. And also i like that there are some handsome side character 🤭. Overall i think i will continue to watch this, hopefully every episodes will give me more suprises ❤️Was this review helpful to you?
Had so much potential
FL did it for me. Just horrible acting. She did better here than The journey of Chong Zi. But even then, she just got more and more annoying with each episode and everything looks force which makes you not able to connect to the character.Ryan Ding did a great job and I tried to keep going because of him but just couldn’t. A strong actor that tries to carry this series because of weak FL, i feel bad for him.
They could have used other better actress that in my opinion is very pretty as well like Zhao Lusi who ready shows great chemistry with Ryan Ding in Romance of Tiger and Rose.
Music, costumes and cinematography were great, however FL just didn’t cut it.
Those who want to watch a cute FL that can’t act, go for it but not for me.
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Lovely story with a lot going on
I loved watching this drama so much even tho i waited a long time for the last few eps to get released. The story is so good and doesnt get boring at all because the sevne different lives are all very different from each other, and its so cute to see that the "cloud" (Fl) and "the god of war" (ML) turn out to have known each other for a long time but their memories were deleted by the villian of the story at the same time they find out that the Fl lead turns out to be not just a cloud but has a different identity from the time they knew each other before their memories got deleted. They both want to save each other all the time which is so cute and sometimes heartbreaking at the same time, i cried a lot during this drama which, for me, means its a rlly good drama. Another thing that makes it so good for me is that the villian was so unpredictable, i always try to guess who the villian is but this time i was taken by a surprise to know who the real villian is. Which is way better than knowing it for a long time allready cuz that cluld make the drama boring. But that was not the case here! The only thing that could be better is maybe a special episode thats ab 30 min long cuz the ML died for the FL in the last episode but came back in the last few minutes, it doesnt tell how he came back and i would like to see them live a happily ever after life so for that reason a special episode would be great!❤️Was this review helpful to you?
