PeachBlossomGoddess

Mostly true but the cataract surgery part is a myth. And who cares about Vitamin D deficiency?

Can't be helped I am swamped with work this year. I still have 4 more reviews to write, I think Drifting Away is next just going in the order I finished them.

Oh yeah, Shanghai was always the epicenter of the white skin obsession. Southern Chinese don't care nearly as much. Beauty standards evolve - I used to hate my killjoy aunts pop up out of nowhere all the time trying to make me wear a hat or take an umbrella. I never do that I just love seeing my nieces and their mostly mainland classmates run around carefree playing tennis, swimming and hiking looking nicely sun kissed and healthy. No umbrellas or hats for them.

I think Michelle still just loves it whereas Maggie chose a quieter life after making a few impactful movies.

I guess there are not many good roles for women her age. I think she is still quite active in behind the scenes stuff and she still pops up in local media/events quite a bit.

Maggie in her youth was super goofy - I guess that was part of her charm although it never worked for me. Wong Kar Wai brought out a bit of a different side of her.

Most ordinary people are naturally quite sun kissed, especially in Yangtze Delta during that time. The current Chinese beauty standard however, which all these actors embrace, is pasty white they actively avoid the sun to look like that. Makes it more complicated when they have to shoot stories like this one. Everyone except maybe Ou Hao and Hu Jun look like they had to be tanned.

I thought she was a boy at first. 😅

The timing of this is perfect! Am going to watch Hu Jun in the lead role Cao Yu's famous play 雷雨/Thunderstorm on Wednesday night.

Yes and I was just telling another fan of the original story who is planning to watch it to just pretend it is a different story.

You are a true fan - this sounds like a movie Michelle probably would much rather forget! And dippy is the perfect word to describe Maggie Cheung's signature archetype. 😁

It could actually just be a movie that Western audiences will enjoy more. I decided to skip it bc all my Chinese friends who know and loved the original works panned it hard saying it destroyed their favorite story.

No worries, this drama had a lot of potential. Had it been less murky in writing, it would have not lost so many audiences.

Yups I think so too. His daddy is the big baddie.

Omg, no! The guy needs to keep his pearly whites to himself! I am A-OK with him being stern, aloof and distant.

I don't mean to offend you. I do enjoy over analyzing dramas when they are airing. But I watched this months ago and it was just not a memorable drama or character for me. This is clearly fresh for you but I have long since moved on and don't remember enough of it to dive into a detailed discussion anymore. Maybe you can consider watching airing dramas and engaging in the comment section, where you can have fun with many of these kinds of detailed discussions while it’s still fresh in everyone’s minds.

I agree and I think that is how it will play out. My problem is that if I can see that, so can Hai Yiping.

Lol - this was some time ago for me. I really don't remember enough of Song Mo to over analyze him like that. I will leave you to it.

Don't disagree with that but unfortunately to me, the visual impact is overwhelming so the Song Mo Dou Zhao pairing is equally not convincing.

I just saw more sparks between Dou Zhao and Ji Yong, This is of course subjective but I never shipped the main CP. Maybe it was just bad styling but to me, Dou Zhao just looked way too mature and serious for Song Mo.