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Overhyped
I thought Elvis Hans was the main lead at first and watched this because of him but after a few episodes, it was turning out that Ding Yi was the main lead. If he had not taken on the side job pretending to be Joseph Lee, there wouldn't be any story. His decision to earn money on the side deceiving other people led to all his misfortune and also dragged people around him into it. I've got to say that he is a really good actor but his character's stupidity and stubborness was so annoying that I couldn't watch it any further. People who like intense thrillers keeping them on the edge of their seats would like this, but I'm not one of them so dropped it.Was this review helpful to you?
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Confusing and messy
Quite confused with the plot. FL was supposed tobe without the 5 senses and yet she could see
and hear right from the get-go. It seemed she was only lacking sense of touch, smell, taste and not all 5 senses. Her not killing Chang was out of character given how she was supposed to be a strict sovereign. I really enjoyed episodes 1-9 and starting from when she gained ML's sense of touch, things went downhill. FL going from being the cool bad-ass sovereign to being a giddy childlike mortal was such a turnoff. Other people dropped after episodes 16 and 28. Midway thru episode 11, I was starting to think about dropping it too. Wouldn't wanto force myself to watch something when there are so many many more other dramas to watch. I like both the main actors and it's really such a shame they were given a project with messy writing.
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Educational but boring
It was off to a good start and I thought JCT would be playing a really savvy and smart IT white hat guy, but turns out he's not. A cybersecurity expert who keeps getting duped and his partner kid who divulges info to an online unknown "friend" contradict the main plot. The only thing I liked about it were the safety tips at the end of each episode.Was this review helpful to you?
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Dropped after 5-1/2 episodes
After watching The Love You Give Me, which made me like the Wang-Wang chemistry, I decided to watch this too. Same as TLYGM, it's a cliche romantic comedy but with the same old tired storyline of a contract marriage. I have to give it to the writers at how creative they were to come up with ways to get the two main leads to agree to a contract marriage. It was quite pleasant until episode 6 where I couldn't stand the female lead's lack of intelligence and even more her friend, Xiyao's, dumb antics. They were urgently in need of money and trying to return the bridal gifts, but they impulsively buy a Balenciaga blouse instead??? Ugh, where did the brains go? So there, dropped it.Was this review helpful to you?
Boring
Was looking for a modern Cdrama to watch and this came highly recommended with very high ratings. I also like Li Landi but not really a Lin Yi fan. I'm glad that it's not his usual cold stiff guy role and he's actually warm and sweet here. LinLandi's hair keeps getting to me though. It really looks like a stiff wig especially at the back. I wish they could've made her character prettier and better dressed even if she's supposed to be poor. It's not a bad drama but I just found it so boring. It makes for a nice background while doing something else because not keeping your eyes glued to the screen won't make you miss anything. Chemistry-wise, there were no sparks for me. So decided to drop it after six episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
Dropped if
Tried to really watch it because they said this version is the best one and also I love Liu Yi Fei and Huang Xiao Ming, but I just couldn't stand HXM's noisy character. As for the story, I couldn't grasp what the main plot really is.Was this review helpful to you?
Droppex it
I wanted to give it a chance because of some good reviews but really couldn't stand it anymore after watching 5 episodes.There's nothing much with regards to story. It's pretty slow too. Female lead is too dumb and noisy. Male lead can't really act and always has the same frowning expression. Sorry to his fans but I don't find him handsome at all.
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Didn't like it
Because of all the great reviews, I was really excited to watch this. I'm also a Hu Ge fan and couldn't wait to watch him again. I hated the first episode. I think there's something wrong with the English subtitles; they weren't accurately translated. Also, the way they talked, I think Shanghainese style, it was annoying to me. They were also talking too fast, and all that jargon was boring. I still gave it a chance and watched until the 3rd episode. Second and third episodes were better than the first, but still I found it boring. I didn't want to waste time something I wasn't enjoying just for the sake of watching it so I decided to drop it.Was this review helpful to you?
Silly
After watching Zhou Yu Tong in Will Love in Spring and loving her performance there, I decided to watch this next. Her role here is a bit similar in that she's an aggressive independent woman in both dramas. But, I didn't like her character here at all. She's arrogant, silly, and not as smart as she thinks she is. As for Simon Gong, I've watched him in a lot of other dramas and have noticed he has a little bit of a feminine side, which became a lot more pronounced here. I don't know if that is what the directors wanted as a male lead or it' s just him. He talks like a woman here, which is a bit of a turnoff. So the female lead acts more like a man and the male lead acts more like a woman. Plus, the annoying spoiled second female lead is here. I read other negative reviews about how terrible the plot is and decided not to waste my time watching it.Was this review helpful to you?
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Wasted
The story has promise and has quite a unique angle to it. If only they didn't try to make it "funny" by including a silly and annoying female lead. The supposedly funny parts are not funny at all. Lin Xia's character is exactly the kind of female lead I hate the most. The first spirit's story was preposterous. There was no reason for her to play so hard to get at all and to the extreme of dressing as a man. It was completely nonsensical.Was this review helpful to you?
Dropped it
I'm sorry but even with the great reviews, I just couldn't stand the typical obsessive second leads - the creepy stalker cousin and the obsessive girl shamelessly chasing after the creep right at the start. Would've been great without those two. Aren't we all tired of this same scenario?Was this review helpful to you?
Boring
After watching Pursuit of Jade, everything else became mediocre. Had high hopes for this because of the good reviews and have watched the male lead perform well in other dramas. Unfortunately, his acting here wasn't great. Both the leads were emotionless and funny didn't suit them. It's also hard to believe them acting as a married couple don't even kiss 😆 No chemistry at all! I had a hard time keeping my eyes open and not falling asleep thru each episode.Was this review helpful to you?
Dropped it
9 minutes per episode? Is this a movie or a drama? What a confusing first episode. No background story to begin with or anything. What a mess of a writing. Started with showing the ending and I was expecting a flashback to begin the whole drama but it wasn't really an explanation, I don't even know what to call it.Was this review helpful to you?
Creepy
I'm not into old-fashioned Chinese family disputes where the main wife bullies the other wives. The main wife here is so creepy. Wishy-washy husband is a turn-off. It's a circus. Dropped it after two episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
Boring
I missed Zhao Li Ying and was looking for a drama she starred in. Because the main leads are a real-life couple, I got interested. Unfortunately, all her recent dramas aren't great and that includes this one. I loved little Minglan. She was cute, brave, and smart. The grownup Minglan looked a little older than the age she was portraying. Some people said there were parts which were funny, but I didn't find anything funny at all. I agree with some comments that the characters are confusing. As with any big family drama, it gets confusing who is who and what their hierarchy is. The male lead looks so old and frankly, not handsome. They don't look good together. This drama has too much talking and the dialogue is so boring. In one episode, Mistress Lin was wailing on and on for so long that i couldn't stand it anymore. I wanted to force myself to finish it, but it's 73 episodes!Was this review helpful to you?
