Down With Love (2010)

Down With Love is a Taiwan drama and I must confess that it's among one of the best Taiwan dramas I have watched plus one of the best that has been produced so far. It features 2 wonderful leads Ella Chen and Jerry Yan, and some couple of really good actors.



The storyline is really nothing new - a boss falling in love with a nanny he hired. The amazing thing with the plot is the twist. I will try to summarize without giving spoilers lol. A boss who already has a girlfriend (the gf is a big time actress) falls in love with a nanny he hired. This same boss has a best friend, while the nanny has a sister.



Things got complicated because they were all trying to save their friendships instead of their relationships. Jealousy, how it feels to be lonely, how it feels to miss an opportunity and strive to have another chance were all expressed in this drama.



The acting was superb. Ella Chen can sure make 1000 different face expressions. Jerry Yan also proved to be one hell of a boyfriend. There was chemistry between Ella and Jerry, there was also chemistry between Ella and the guy with the supporting male role (Michael Zhang). The character Hui Fan was well-shown, she really looked pathetic.



The OST was really good also. It also included songs from S.H.E



I tapped some stuffs from DWL. First is been truthful to yourself (you are in love with someone, just get down to it and don't beat around the bush), there some cases you have to let go and be happy for the other person (as in - Let a bird go, if it comes back to you, then it's yours), you can't find out the answer to something without giving it a try. Lastly, no matter the case, you've got to continue with life and be happy.



I sincerely hope you guys would enjoy Down With Love.

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This drama sort of reminded me of Coffee Prince. Except that Guo pretended to be lesbian, not a guy :P It was amazing! I thought Yu Ping was going to be one of those guys who keep mistreating the girl (like Goo Joon Pyo) or who are super strict (like TaeKyung). But he was such a sweetheart really! I mean, come on, he fell for her in the third episode itself. And that Million BillionTrillion-dollar-worth-hot-chocolate smile..mmm. And to top it all, he was simply so sincere and earnest. He didn't even throw a tantrum when he found out that Guo was not a lesbian (unlike a certain someone from Coffee Prince :P). So, yeah, I don't buy the whole cold-blooded-and-ruthless-lawyer thing :P

Ella Chen was hilarious and adorable! Her expressions always had me cracking :D And that reminds me - the adorable little boy from Autumn's concerto is in this drama too! Awww. If only cuteness could kill. And after watching this drama I'm really looking forward to Taiwan's version Of Hana Kimi (I don't think there could've been a better choice for the role of Ashiya than Ella Chen) and Hana Yori Dango (Jerry Yen as Goo Joon Pyo = I can't wait) ^^

Special credits to Jerry Yen as Yu Ping. Lol, sorry but his hotness deserves super special credits. Not just anyone can pull off a pink shirt looking as hot as him ^^ Super special credits to the kids. Aww, I wish they'd stuck around longer so that Guo could continue being their nanny for a few more episodes. I missed them so much! But the story turned another way (mostly involving fake relationships and annoying people). still liked it!

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Complicated relationships and so many missed chances for a confession. That's what you're in for if you watch this drama. I love this drama. I've seen it twice all the way through and another two times up to episode 14 (schedule issues made me drop it those two times).
Ella is SO funny. She plays the perfect naive slightly stupid nanny in this story. Her comedic timing is near perfect as she plays off the other members of the cast.
Jerry Yan is also a perfect choice as the lawyer who seemingly knows very little about women. It is hilarious watching him try to psych himself up to call the girl and tell her he likes her.
There are a few things that annoy me about this drama. 1) Hui Fan. You'll understand if you see it or have already seen it. 2) It takes SO long for the girl to come around. Once again, you'll understand. 3) Ke Zhong. I want to strangle that boy. I hope I'm not the only one.
All in all, the love scenes are adorable, the awkward turtle moments are hilarious, and the whole dynamic between the pair of best friends and their love lives is really well done. I'd recommend watching this more than once. Seriously.

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This is the one of the best Taiwanese drama's I have ever watched. Every episode is great and the story progresses nicely. Their was allot of chemistry between the main characters and although the Ella's acting is a bit over the top Its still enjoyable. This storyline is one of the most interesting I have watched and I never knew what was happening next. This drama was literally good up to the last minute. I did not enjoy the ending at all! That is all I will say about that topic.
This was one of those drama's that I finished in three days because It was hard to tear myself away from the computer.

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I watched this because Jerry Yan was the only thing I liked about Hot Shot, so I wanted to see more of him, and because I really liked Ella in Hana Kimi. The show started out really cute and watching the relationships develop was fun, but about half way through everything just crashed. It became too love-triangly and melodramatic and I found myself really irritated with the secondary characters. If the second half were more up to snuff with the first, I would've really loved this series. Still, Jerry and Ella did a really good job, so it's worth watching once if you're fans of them.

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I am in love with Down with Love. I have been since the beginning of 2010. I have seen oh, so many Asian rom-coms before, but there is something about this drama that makes my all warm and fuzzy inside. For starters, I LOVE JERRY YAN! OH MY GOD! I had seen two of his dramas before this one and was at first a little worried about how he was going to interact with Ella. However, I just want to say after this drama, "Welcome to the world of romantic comedy, Mr. Yan!" Where on earth were all of those hilarious/cute/WHY ARE YOU SO CUTE?! expressions hiding? Xiang Yu-Ping starts off as your average Asian drama hero (cold exterior, blah blah blah-) but then become this ridiculously devoted, ADORABLE man. All I can say is, I love you Jerry Yan. Please do more of these dramas in the future.
Don't think that I forgot the rest of the cast: Ella was amazing (as always) and the rest of the cast also does a great job (though besides Yang Duo, the drama does not really develop the supporting characters very much). Character wise, I found male and the female second leads to be so much more annoying than usual. This drama was one of those rare times where I absolutely hated the second lead, Ke Zhong. It makes sense that I hated the female second lead (as we should) but I seriously could have thrown a building at KZ during some parts. I mean, this could be considered a good thing because it allows you to ship for YP without any regrets.
As for the story, it does its job. While there are a few unnecessary detours from the overall plot, they allow us to see the two leads in several different settings. I will admit though, by the middle of this drama I was frustrated in that our couple wasn't together yet, but I got over it since the story more or less held my attention.
The soundtrack is sung by S.H.E (Ella's girl group) and Jerry. Need I elaborate? :D

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I had to check out this old Classic Favorite and I was not disappointed. This is my 2nd Jerry Yan drama, and he has got to be one of the sexiest guys in world. OMG, I mean if he falls in love with you, he will take care of you for life and give you 110%. He has that trade mark, sideways smirk/smile that gets me every time. Ella was funny in this drama, but I did not like her character that much. I felt that although she was suppose to portray a really dense & naive girl, she kind of irritated me a lot with her insensitivity, especially towards Jerry who was in love with her and her sister who was hurt by her actions however un-intentional. I actually was more interested in her sister's character, I really liked her. The storyline was really good, acting by supporting cast was terrific. If Ellen's character was not so annoying, I probably would have given it higher marks.

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This drama is pretty awesome. The stroryline is somewhat unique and sweet to the core. Strangely enough it is kind of like a meatbun: The beginning may be a bit slow and you might be annoyed by Ella. The ending is a bit slow and boring too. But there is definately this crunchy and yummy goodness inside. So you actually don't mund the bun anymore either, cause that is what contains all the awesomeness inside.

This drama also kind of gave me something back,that being the most beautiful unrequited love. Before my drama-addiction I used to love this theme, but in Korean Dramas it is always somewhat tainted by greed and usually just gets ugly. And that is why this drama made me finally go doki-doki (which has'nt happened ina while).

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This gets a high score from me because I never felt like fast forwarding; even though there were a few story lines I didn't really like, the acting was always amusing and there were many cute little moments that i didn't want to miss. Lots of inside jokes about previous dramas.

I thought the characterization was done really well. I really liked the characters I was supposed to like and disliked who I was supposed to dislike. The acting was good as well. I just watched a bit of Meteor Garden and was amazed how much better Jerry Yan was in this. Ella's facial expressions, as usual, were sometimes over the top, but I found her really cute and endearing in this drama.

There were a few things that bugged me. I didn't like was that every episode was full of flashbacks, some to events that had happened just minutes before. Intellectually, I didn't like how everybody just forgave everybody else for really horrible things without much reason to do so, although really I was gad they didn't drag out conflict too much. There were also a few complications that weren't really needed. But all in all, I thought this was great.

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