In Between (2024) with Xin Yunlai and Tian Xiwei was a masterpiece of this kind of unconventional web of love story lines! The introduction of theatre play was much more poignant there than these random stage scenes on "About Love". Overall, this is trash! But I give it a 5/10 instead of 2/10, because we need more unconventional romance story lines in C-drama land...
P.S. Who thought that Liu Yuning looks cool and urban esthete with this haircut?? P.S.2 Vengo Gao was at his best! His real voice is powerful! P.S.3 The only relatable actors are the long-time age-difference couple...
I started watching C-dramas from 2023 onwards. I've been catching up with earlier dramas occasionally. It's February 202 and I'm watching a drama produced in 2019! Wow!! Brilliant! Now, I see why some long-term C-drama viewers feel nostalgic and they have high expectations from contemporary dramas that are not met...
Watched two dramas of the male lead and now I feel like I can't watch anything that hes not acting in
Yes, he's so good in a different way than other young idol actors! Actors in their 40s don't get as much press in the West. They don't become MLs. Sun Zhi Hong was also a brilliant part in this drama!
Wow! I was hooked to see the end between the couple! This time around, the abusive and overbearing ML got punished by the FL! No mercy in his love bombing! That's the healthy choice for an abused woman to get out of a toxic relationship, or be proactive, see the red flags and never get involved with a traumatised man who seeks his lost maternal love...
I think you are wrong here, my friend. This drama has no competition with other dramas, and other dramas also…
We will bring up other dramas! Because they compete with our viewing time! Is there censorship here, too? Like in China? Can't we share our feelings and judgment? This drama is clearly based on the "halo effect" of 2 popular actors. The thing is they have zero chemistry. Also, they promote along Zhao Qing who appears everywhere lately!
I don't feel Zhong Ming's or Xie Xiuchen's feelings for the FL...He just suddenly turns attracted to her. But Wang Duo's expressions convey very deep feelings. And it's ironic since his role is supposed to not understand love. So the FL looks like the woman who gets obsessed by carnal passion not a sense of connection. Maybe these misaligned patterns are intentional: they make Tianming/Nan Xuyue's character even more tragic and relatable to the hurdles of a common human in this era... Beautiful drama!
Japanese military have been utterly cruel in WWII ! After the war, the economy has grown. But the Japanese working class has been silently suffering to support their manufacturing giants. And now, it shows that they can't handle their economic crisis for 3 decades! Truly despicable! I will not support any more Japanese products. I grew up watching the romanticized Japan, in the 90s...So fake. Even their cinematic art and manga are an abomination.
P.S. Who thought that Liu Yuning looks cool and urban esthete with this haircut??
P.S.2 Vengo Gao was at his best! His real voice is powerful!
P.S.3 The only relatable actors are the long-time age-difference couple...
Beautiful drama!