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Too Same-old-thing for 2020
The drama is fine up to Episode 29 and part of 30, after that it gets stupid.
LIKES:
Decent production, okay music and good cinematography.
The fashion department wins an award for best dressed actors/actresses. Seriously I loved that all the female workers were in real business wear. [Unlike other dramas where all the females walk around in skirts that barely cover their butts or make it past thigh high.]. The men were all sharply dressed, even in their casual clothes.
Makeup was tasteful, even with the "cutesy" girls.
Building the romance/connection between Main Female lead and Main Male lead (Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai) was well done, almost realistic.
I liked that mostly the FL and ML were actually working during business hours and not just constantly looking at their phone/social media or each other. The females of the drama weren't made to look like a total idiots at work, like in other dramas.
I mostly watched to see if anything would develop between Du Lei and Jiang Jun, when he wasn't being a jerk. I liked their chemistry, but there wasn't enough romantic moments to build anything, even their friendship.
The scenes in the aquarium were beautiful.
DISLIKES:
Some over acting. Typical cliches and tropes. A lot of obvious product placement shots.
No chemistry between 2nd FL and 2nd ML (the love technology couple) and their whole storyline was a bit boring. Also I don't support relationships that began due to one party stalking the other, claiming it's due to love.
Really bad writing after episode 29 and part of episode 30.
Bad writing prior to that: Du Lei suddenly falling in love, without much interaction with his love interest. Jiang Jun's attitude towards Yuan Shuai changed too suddenly, especially since he was bullying and belittling her. Jiang Jun has degrees in economics and psychology but she is completely oblivious in the first half of the drama.
I liked the VP of MH; Qiao Na (powerful and smart business woman) but was disappointed and disgusted with the character they paired up with her at the end. Instead of creating this new character, they could have had Xiang Ding (Jiang Jun's co-worker and MH employee) be the one, for a real office romance.
More bad writing with the tear allergy concept, which was consistent throughout the drama until after episode 28, then the writers forgot about it, especially at two key times that anyone would cry. Also the build up about what really happened to Jiang Jun's father fell really flat, like the writers gave up on making it dramatic and impactful.
Finally the writers totally trashed Du Lei, Tao Han Yu's character after episode 29 and it wasn't necessary. It felt like an add on, to make more episodes.
Directing not the greatest either, because some scenes were too long or drawn out, that they became dull and boring. I used the fast forward button a few times in some episodes.
OVERALL:
I feel like this drama was over-rated. There were a few honest reviews among all the 9s and 10/10s. I expected better considering this was a drama made in 2020. I wont re-watch it. I'm neutral in whether or not to recommend it to someone else.
LIKES:
Decent production, okay music and good cinematography.
The fashion department wins an award for best dressed actors/actresses. Seriously I loved that all the female workers were in real business wear. [Unlike other dramas where all the females walk around in skirts that barely cover their butts or make it past thigh high.]. The men were all sharply dressed, even in their casual clothes.
Makeup was tasteful, even with the "cutesy" girls.
Building the romance/connection between Main Female lead and Main Male lead (Jiang Jun and Yuan Shuai) was well done, almost realistic.
I liked that mostly the FL and ML were actually working during business hours and not just constantly looking at their phone/social media or each other. The females of the drama weren't made to look like a total idiots at work, like in other dramas.
I mostly watched to see if anything would develop between Du Lei and Jiang Jun, when he wasn't being a jerk. I liked their chemistry, but there wasn't enough romantic moments to build anything, even their friendship.
The scenes in the aquarium were beautiful.
DISLIKES:
Some over acting. Typical cliches and tropes. A lot of obvious product placement shots.
No chemistry between 2nd FL and 2nd ML (the love technology couple) and their whole storyline was a bit boring. Also I don't support relationships that began due to one party stalking the other, claiming it's due to love.
Really bad writing after episode 29 and part of episode 30.
Bad writing prior to that: Du Lei suddenly falling in love, without much interaction with his love interest. Jiang Jun's attitude towards Yuan Shuai changed too suddenly, especially since he was bullying and belittling her. Jiang Jun has degrees in economics and psychology but she is completely oblivious in the first half of the drama.
I liked the VP of MH; Qiao Na (powerful and smart business woman) but was disappointed and disgusted with the character they paired up with her at the end. Instead of creating this new character, they could have had Xiang Ding (Jiang Jun's co-worker and MH employee) be the one, for a real office romance.
More bad writing with the tear allergy concept, which was consistent throughout the drama until after episode 28, then the writers forgot about it, especially at two key times that anyone would cry. Also the build up about what really happened to Jiang Jun's father fell really flat, like the writers gave up on making it dramatic and impactful.
Finally the writers totally trashed Du Lei, Tao Han Yu's character after episode 29 and it wasn't necessary. It felt like an add on, to make more episodes.
Directing not the greatest either, because some scenes were too long or drawn out, that they became dull and boring. I used the fast forward button a few times in some episodes.
OVERALL:
I feel like this drama was over-rated. There were a few honest reviews among all the 9s and 10/10s. I expected better considering this was a drama made in 2020. I wont re-watch it. I'm neutral in whether or not to recommend it to someone else.
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