This was not for everyone. It had its ups and downs. For me mostly down. The 'match' did feel like auntie/nephew.…
This whole auntie nephew thing people are going on about is plain ridiculous. This character needed a mature woman with a strong presence who could bring whole 400 yr old spirit vibe here . And Dilraba suits that to a T- she was perfect . And she is 33 for heavens sake -when did that become old??? . This obsession with evergreen youth which does not exist is a bit too much. When you get to that age we will talk. Anyway someone younger could never have carried this role. And honestly their chemistry was so good.- 7 yrs is nothing in this day and age. These biases need to go. And yes the ML did an amazing job with his role . Like @ cutiecotton said there is no winning with y’all
I think Chen Feiyu did an amazing job in his role, but, him smiling was annoying lol. kinda took away the coolness…
A general does not have to be stoic and expressionless all the time . he smiled a lot to hide his sadness. He was the perfect foil to her cruel, heartless character because he brought the right amount of warmth that was needed .
The thing is most of the international viewers are used to seeing stoic faces with same personality male leads…
Yeah it seems like they want cartoon like theatrics on the face. Subtlety is not accepted. I am not taking these ratings seriously either because elsewhere this drama is receiving a lot of accolades . And the leads too.
An observation from my rewatch. Yes Duan Xu’s character does smile a lot but those smiles really pull at your heartstrings. There is so much pain and sadness in those smiles that they hardly even reach his eyes. Duan Xu is one of those people who was never loved throughout his life. When you think about this all his persistence and longing for. he Simu’s love makes so much sense! Chen Feiyu has really shown this in his subtle understated portrayal of Duan Xu
Is it possible that not everyone loves this drama as much as you do? I managed to finish it but once it entered…
Yeah Thank you for pointing out that I am the ‘only one’ who liked this drama so much . And yes Based on my PERSONAL RATING SCALE , this drama is much Bette than some do the so called great ones airing now. And the acting was much superior to some of the other dramas watched too. I guess you and the ‘others’ you mentioned did not watch the same drama I did. Your criticism is not making me change my mind . So let’s disagree on this because this one is a 10/10 for me through out. To me the whole thing seems to be rigged so it would fail .
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