Unbearable FL
The way this drama is making me lose my patience. I really liked the first episodes of the drama, where we could clearly see the hurt that Song Yan felt and the courage that the fl displayed. I binge-watched the drama last night and it made me so stressed and annoyed by the development of the FL. I get the fact that she didn't have the courage to stand up against her mother when she was a teenager, but at least she could've explained the situation to him, instead of just leaving like that. But i'm going to let that slide because they were just kids, but now I can't stand her as a grown up.She comes back and disturbs the life that Song Yan created for himself, and expected for him to let her root herself back into his life, knowing fully that the reasons for why she couldn't be with him still existed i.e her mother and brother. She yells at him and asks why he isn't fighting for her, when she hasn't yet to apologise for leaving like she did, and take fault in her actions (frankly i don't know why Song Yan felt sorry for her). When he gives her an ultimatum, she goes back to being the coward that she is, and doesn't chose him. She wants it all but doesn't realise that she wasn't able to have it back when she was young and she isn't going to have it now. All that she does is cry, cry and cry.
She blames everything on her family, and whines about not being able to be herself and with Song Yan. She wants to show herself as an independent woman, yet doesn't take any steps to show it. She has no boundaries set for herself towards her family and allows her family dictate every inch. Frankly, i'm accepting towards the trauma that she has towards her mother that doesn't allow to stand up to her but her brother?? she is going to let him talk about SY like that and not say anything against it??? She keep saying stay out of my business, yet runs back to them despite the disrespect that they have shown towards her decisions and SY. This girl annoys me to the core.
SY deserves more, and I hate dramas that create the lousiest character as lead and have them end up with the other lead when in reality, they would've chosen a much more better person.
And I hate the lack of development of their relationship, i'm going to give the benefit of the doubt because we are half way towards the show, but I feel like the writers haven't given them a reason to choose each other in the present, much of their relationship relays on their past. The writers keep using their work lives to get them in scenes together, like she magically happens to be at the accident that he is working at, or the whole "task force" thingy which was so unbearable to watch. I don't like dramas that use these kind of plots to further the characters relationship. Like okay, so they work well together, that's good for a firefighter and a doctor, but what about them out of it??
Frankly, i don't even like her as a doctor, she is weird with the way she acts towards her collegues, and what does "i don't lose the job" mean as a motivation for being a doctor? (I honestly fast-forward every scene of her being a doctor, which doesn't leave me much of her scenes, which also shows how much this show relays on their titles)
I feel like for me to want them together, i need to see them outside of their work, having a real dinner, or a talk. I need to see her own up to her mistakes and apologise, and i need SY to hold her accountable.
I'm going to quit watching it for a while and watch it when it has finished, just so i don't waste my time anymore.
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Slow Burn Drama
I started watching this drama only because of Yang Yang. The drama is a slow burn, starts gradually. The story is both hit and miss for me, so some time I skip/forward certain portions.I best part of the story is the characters look more real, like they show real reactions, emotions and show vulnerability like real people do. Secondly, each character matures/grows over the period of time.
The FL’s mother and brother are the typical Chinese drama family , that’s why it’s really boring.
We reached the middle of the episodes so now they should decide to let together ML-FL because now it’s stretching too much.
Overall it’s good drama. I don’t rewatch it.
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The FL is not good and have no character development
The relationship doesn’t develop at a good pace. The fl is stuck in the past. Not even willing to move on and give some space to ML. I think it would have been better if the story has developed differently. Yang Yang is good, however I do not like the FL, instead of moving forward she is stuck in the past and does not have the courage to face all her mother and brother issues. Mom is the worst. If the FL wanted to know the current self of male lead why did she not started at that from the beginning, instead of begging the ML to take her back instead of apologizing to the ML of what she did to him. No communication between FL and ML at all.Was this review helpful to you?
WORST MAX ACTRESS
- This drama is a wholesome drama if we take out the character Xu Qin (or) Meng Qin. She is overacting, no acting sense, pulling down Song Yan's performance and the entire team's performance.- All the support actors and Yang Yang(Song Yan) did an awesome job and the entire team are a group of stunning professionals.
- This drama is not worth(Just because of Xu Qin or Meng Qin) of a rating of 8.2 because it becomes boring and lagging after some time.
- Love : Doesn't feel like it at all (or) the girl makes it worse.
- Firefighters: Salute to the actors and also real firefighters in the entire world
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With 40 episodes STILL CAN'T GET ENOUGH!!
Wow this must be my top drama for 2023, i can't get enough of them even if it just ended i need more MOOORREE!!On a serious note, this is not your average drama because it deals issues and conflicts that can happen in real life. I'm not saying other dramas didn't but nowadays its mostly fantasies. Here you can be amazed on how they portray firefighters and medical personnel well. I love how they rescue, respond to events, disasters and the action inside the operating room or ER.
The production quality of this drama is top notch in my opinion and i'm glad it acts like a homage or appreciation drama to people in the medical field and Defense Force (Army, Firefighters, Police) in what they do for their country and people lots of lesson to learn here.
Not to mention the casting and acting was perfect all throughout, i didn't get bored or even have the slightest thought of dropping this because i am so hooked. Lot of here saying that they got bored because it took a long while before they reconcile but this in between love relationships really do happen and it is more relatable at least for me.
All in all i love all the cast especially Wang ChuRan and Yangyang they looked perfect, amazing, awesome together and their style of romance, when they locked eyes with each other whew just beautiful and breathtaking. 10/10 FOMH will have a special place in my heart forever!!
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How Fireworks Of My Heart worth our time?
A story of a doctor and a fireman is like a combination of passion, braveness, and responsibility. Watching this drama made me realize a lot of things such as there are no easy way for everything. There are insignificant things but it holds greater value for others.I want to praise everyone behind this successful drama series from the director, script writer, editing team down to every staff who spent great effort in this success. Lastly, I want to commend the casts who make this drama remarkable.
Of course, Yang Yang and Wang Churan as main role, it is not a surprised that they were able to portray and give life to their role in highest extent.
What I am most fascinated about is the hardwork and satisfying demonstration of the support roles.
Wei Daxun, I never think of him as serious and emotionless guy because I see him as funny one. I was very amazed by how he managed to act as something opposite to his character in real life.
The firemen, they never failed to make heart flutter in different emotions especially when they had a training and mission. They never failed to make me laugh and cry at the same time.
This drama is indeed worth to watch.
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Drama is GOATED, but it still has it's flaws
This was trending all over my feed when this came out and i put it off from watching it and riding the hype train, since i still have a lot of shit to watch, so this is just something to keep as a treat because i know this is probably good and i know I'll probably love it and i must say... this will probably be my 2nd fave cdrama series next to Lighter & Princess.The drama is about the love story of a Fire Fighter, like okay i can get behind that occupation since i fancied that job when i was a toddler, and a Doctor literally the occupation that i mostly stay away from in dramas, like the medical aspect, but hey let's not judge the book by it's cover. Before this, i was watching 'The Longest Promise' and Wang Churan is in there and she's great, at first i didn't like her mainly because of her character, but later on i actually got invested in her and started to like her as an actress, so i promised myself to watch this show after cuz i wanna see this girl in other dramas.
The pacing in the first 5 episodes or so is fast like really fast because in every episode there's plot convenience for ML and FL in order for them to meet each other, i was planning to watch Episode 1 only as i was about to sleep and would plan to continue watching it the next day, but i ended up watching up until episode 4 xD. You can tell i was really hooked right away in the beginning because, even though the beginning is fast paced, i don't think that necessarily was a bad thing, because i think it was done to get your heart fluttering right away for this Couple, no bullshit here's the mains that your gonna follow, now get invested, unlike in some cdramas where the first 10-20 episodes literally half of the show is a very slow burn build up and you're just sitting there waiting when the show will start to tickle your heart and by the time it gets good there's a big chance that you've mostly fallen off because of boredom.
Then 6-20 ish or so the story started slowing down and took its time to flesh out the story, side characters, the fire fighting and medical aspect, and building up the family drama and i wouldn't say that part is where you'll get bored as it was done really really well because it's like you're playing a tug of war, they would pull you in these side plots and maybe every, now and then they would let go and show some interactions between ML and FL, like "Hey, we didn't forget that this is a love story about this two. This shit that we are building up is for the bigger picture of this whole story".
20-25 is where you'll get the payoff that you've been waiting and 26-38 is where our couple with face the problems of them being together, the family drama i would say. Now, the family drama was done really tasteful here, like this is one of the best examples of how to do a family drama without necessarily making the parents be very hateable characters and a good family drama on top of that too, i was surprised like when i got near the end i realized i actually did not bear any hatred for FL's Mom and Dad, well the dad is mostly passive in this show, but yeah, i didn't really have any hatred for the parents because they've explained their side to make you understand, why they would do these things, even though its wrong for them to do it, they care for FL so much that they would go for such lengths for her, but as good as the family drama is, i noticed they didn't really show how powerful her family's influence really are, like how deep does it go? They did show it, but i think that was just a taste of how deep the connections her family got. Then the last 2 episodes tie everything all together into a nice bow.
After watching this, i can see why some of the comments said this was unnecessarily long because if you look at the number of episodes they've actually hit the max episodes rule placed by the law and if you look at the whole show, the stories in it aren't well balanced. I think they were too focused on highlighting both the Fire Fighting and Medical aspect of this show, like what it's like to be in that occupation, the struggles and stakes that you'll encounter, that is good, i didn't mind it, but when i finished the show i'm like "Yep... okay... wait it ended? now i'm sad" because we didn't even get the wedding scene that they've been building up, nor a scene where ML shows up on FL's Family dinner which he has been saying for half of the show and maybe even a time skip scene where they have a child and they're finally a happy family. It was really funny because they still managed to shoehorn a typhoon part very late in the show and because of that we didn't get the wedding scene that we'd been expecting and I noticed the lacking of backstory in this drama, the way they do back story here, they would just show tidbits of it when a situation is can't be explained enough with just words, that's where they would insert a backstory and it's scattered throughout the series.
Let's talk about the side plots... some of the side firefighters got their own side plot around the middle and i was like "Okay?" that was really unnecessary and necessary at the same time because it actually had some effect later on in the story and poor Zhan Dapeng, i was wondering why he suddenly got his own character arc very late in the game, without knowing they'll actually kill him off the next episode. Yanchen and Yezi's side plot was so obvious from the start, i could see it from a mile away from the way yezi is being highlighted every time there's a bar scene and that side plot was really good because both of them got the character development they needed. Zhao Miao, i was wondering when she'll get her big moment aside from being an annoyance to her brother and sticking her nose in other's business, even tho she's ML's sister she's really passive throughout the show, later on, her side plot made a big 180 to Yanchen and his side plot with Yezi, which rippled through the Family drama and I was like "Wow.... I'm amazed". I was wondering if Xiao Yixiao and Jiang Yu would be the only side characters that would be left alone, but good thing they also got a good endgame later in the story.
The characters, i think all of them are good. I like Suo Jon a lot in the beginning, as he is ML's closest friend they really bounce off each other really well and their chemistry is off the charts whenever both are on screen, too bad he was taken out early in the story. I don't know why but Song yan or his actor Yang yang he's so goated here, but I noticed one thing that he does in this drama like every time he's given water or something to drink, expect it by the end of the scene he would almost finish it or if not drank it all up and the way he drinks has vibes as well, i don't think i've noticed that of him in 'The King's Avatar' i don't know, that is the only other show i've watched from Yang yang, but i just noticed that here and i find it really funny. Xu Qin too has that quirk where she would scratch her fingers or external objects and it really shows what she really is deep inside every time they would highlight it and every time she would meet her family members her spirit would immediately bend, which goes to show her persona towards them, in her family's eyes she is their little baby that they really have to protect and control, i also noticed her actress Wang Churan, her acting in here is somewhat lacking for me, every time she has a serious scene with Yang yang she can't match his energy emotionally, every time both of them are together on screen Yang-Yang's presence would dominate, i wouldn't say she's doing a bad job, it's good but i felt like it could've been better and the line delivery as well and can i just take a moment to appreciate for how pretty she is?? My god!! and she looks like Sullyoon from NMIXX at times as well, like i got a glimpse of if ever Sullyoon becomes an actress in the future. ML's parents or i must say, Aunt and Uncle, in most dramas the parents of either ML or FL are just there to be funny quirky, and maybe be an actual parents at times, but here they are actually good as Parents they're not just there passively to be funny, they are actually goated at giving the words that our couple needed.
And speaking of words, one of the things that i like in this drama is the usage of talking. the way they resolve problems with each of the characters here is through words, rarely you would see them using action to resolve a problem and i really like that about this drama.
The music in this drama, ooooohhhh.... my god! 10/10 Top tier, i think that's one of the things that sold me on this drama in the beginning because it's such an eargasm, especially that piano-violin combo plus a singer that's harmonizing in the background, ugh!!! I wanna find that ost, I think that's my favorite in this drama.
So yeah, although this drama is goated, it still has its flaws, but i highly HIGHLY recommend it, i noticed this is the 3rd drama that I've watched where it has that intro logo in the beginning and all of them really pop off another minor thing that i noticed.
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Song Yan's Rescue Scene is the Best
I really loved the rescue scenes in this drama, where Song Yan showed his determination to rescue as many people as he could. For him, lives does matter. This drama also told so many ups and downs being a doctor and firefighter, which I appreciated a lot.When I watched the last episode, I suddenly teared up. I thought of a sentence, "In the end, the darkness will gone, and the sun will rise." Yan City after the storm, how the people, together, built their city again showed how we could pass all the difficulties, and in the end, everything would gonna be alright. This scene also showed the humanity, when even some not really likeable character can help the others.
Despite the very low rating on Douban (only 3.3) and so many controversies during its airing time, for me this drama is definitely a good watch.
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RIVETING FIREWORKS…ROMANCE, TOO
Really enjoyed this show. Learned a lot about the life of a firefighter and how we take them for granted; that they have souls and hearts, too! Very dramatic fire scenes! Various levels of romance and emotional attachments. Liked the flow of Song Yan and Xu Qin’s relationship. Would loved to have seen Yan Chen’s character flushed out a little more, especially around the selection of a love interest. Show was well-written and directed; great acting and rhythm. Liked the intermingling of storylines, but think could have been told in fewer episodes. Held my attention throughout; however, the length of the show, makes it not Re watchable for me.Was this review helpful to you?
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Firefighting and romancing
I finished watching this drama yesterday. Few sub-plots seem to have been stolen from the show 'You are my Hero'. I liked it and found it watchable. However, what I didn't like about this drama is:1. Character development was pretty slow for the supporting cast. For example, the story of The big brother of our FL, XU QIN and the bar waitress girl could have been given a romantic angle, but it ended poorly by the good waitress girl gone bad, pressing molestation charges on him. In the last episode, however, they bring her for a scene, only to lead it nowhere. What a waste of character!
2. Too much adulation for fire fighters and their work. Well, no exaggeration. It was too much to handle. The city seems to be on fire and it's citizens in trouble all the time, all because firefighters have to rescue them. ?. In one of the episodes, a group of 4 firefighters go to a shop just to catch a spider. ?♀️
3. The story of Li meng and Jiyang yu never took off until a slight glimpse of their possible future romance in the last episode. Their romance could have been written and played during the show.
4. Why kill the Cute firefighter Da Peng when he was about to convince the girl, he was in love with, to be with him. This was totally unnecessary.
5. Yang Yang landing in hospital every now n then, only to be treated by our FL, XU QIN. C'mon! ?
6. I didn't understand the equation and understanding between FL and her brother with their parents. One moment, they're infuriated by their parents, and in the next moment they all are having dinner. One moment the big bro of our FL is leaving home, telling his mom that How terrible she has been as a mother, and in the next moment, they are sitting across from each other as if nothing at all happened.
7. There's a scene where our FL, XU QIN, leaves her Home n Car keys at her parents' home, as she decides to leave the house given to her by her parents. But next day, she's in that same home packing her belongings and getting ready to move. I wonder if she had an extra key.
Despite all this, there's a sensitive topic this drama has brought up, the emotional damage caused by the controlling and emotionally unavailable parents, and how children, inspite of being adults with successful careers, still feel controlled by their parents.
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HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO WATCH THIS!
This is the C-Drama I Cried the Most So Far. They really work hard for this. Hopefully for those who want to watch this will continue to Support and Give Love for this Drama. I completed the Drama this is 101% and Highly Recommended, Although they were short for some scenes but they still have sweetness scenes. This Drama is so Matured I Love Them, I love how they act. Hopefully soon they have a S2 for this or Hopefully soon they will work again, Yang Yang and Wang Churan you are the best! Thank you for working hard to this Drama!! Let's Support this Drama and Don't forget to watch this until you guys complete.Was this review helpful to you?
One of My TOP ALL TIME drama
The best drama in 2023, the plot the scene the acting aig yang yang and wang churan so amazing, i like how they interact each other their sad scene make me so sad, the pure love that song yan keep tu xu qin its so amazing. I love this drama so much guys so should watch it i cry a lot watch this drama. So this drama yang make great song yan the expression, the way he struggle for his job for his love, i love it. Wang churan make great xu qin al love song yan so much, i love they back to each other and stay together in this drama. How song yanh help the other in danger it so amazing, i hope this drama will succes because the artist and actor work hard to make this dramaWas this review helpful to you?
