It's effectively 25:00 to 25:15 in episode 33, a short scene. They're having a dinner date in the montage of how things are going (after the studio found a place and they start getting more orders.) She's asking for his drawing book as a gift - since it's full of drawings of her. He says he once watched a movie called Titanic and wants to draw her like a character in that movie. And after she processes it and remembers the scene she says "You wish!" LOL.
Okay, now the initial shock is over. I'm going to put everything under a spoiler tag in order to not destroy anyone's…
First off, EFF the hockey couple and their freaking uncle, nobody CARES. They took over half the last episode, thankfully there's 2x speed available. They could have cut out the whole part with them out of the drama, lost maybe 3-4 eps but nothing of much value.
I kind of pity the actors, though, I bet there's not much love going to go their way in the general audience, as everything about them was annoying, repetitive, manipulative, in no way convincing, and frankly... not that well acted (mostly on the part of the younger sister). This act never had a chance to get off the ground. If HE ends up being YBY, I hope the role is maybe downsized or that it doesn't require all that much subtleness (book YBY is blunt but a genius, I wonder if that might come through with such a casting. Whatever, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.)
The GOOD parts: no freaking separation. Dammit. I was tensed each ep wondering is this is the one. There isn't. I should've expected it, actually, this is one couple in cdramaland that TALKS to each other. Why should they split?
The Shengs - LOL, dad is heroically taking the fall for the opposition to their relationship and at the same time claiming the good genes rights for how SY looks, LOL. And then commenting on "this generation's" PDAs while holding hands with his wife in front of the lady matchmaker, LOL. He DID teach SY everything he knows. (Side note: lady matchmaker going "SY is almost 30 - he's 26!! - he needs to find a wife" LOL).
JB going on that stage, stammering for some minutes then calling SY over to stammer some more. If I were one of the award ceremony organisers I'd have pushed them off that stage LOL. And then there's a whole epidemy of PDAs (and kissing in public - almost on TV too - nonetheless.) I bet someone official would have had a stroke if it ended on national TV hahaha.
Anyway all's well that ends well. At least for the mains and seconds, who we all were cheering for. I wish they'd have been the only couples but we can't always have perfect things.
An honest 8.5/10 for me (points withdrawn for unnecessary charas/plot, uneven editing/pace and I hope whoever pushed for those things never gets to work in a major drama that they could butcher so much). I liked the - FINALLY!! - adult characters actually talking the most. My favourite top 3 charas (in this order): 1. Dad Sheng, 2. Sheng Yang 3. Jian Bing. A honorary mention for the bestest bro to ever bro - Song Chen.
A very satisfactory drama. Here's hoping for more of its kind - minus the extras, please!
Just wanted to read a proper review of this drama so I can start watchingNope some blind fan rate everything 10…
What exactly do you want to hear?
Plot: realistic, modern, fast--paced. Still to end, so we'll wait to see how it lands. More slice-of-life than romance, though, so if you want a showy romance, this probably wouldn't be it. There is romance, but the quiet and slow-moving kind, and more enticing because of it.
Characters: amazing (particularly the leads and some of the support charas - like the Sheng parents). Some are annoying (you'll see them mentioned as the hockey couple and the uncle). Overall, the chemistry between the leads and the (important) support charas/second leads carries the show. Expect MATURE persons, who don't go off in a huff when they're mad and don't get into any misunderstanding that can't be solved by talking to each other. This feels very much like about the first slice-of-life/romance drama where people are actually adults and not half-brained teens. The ones who DO go out in a huff etc exist, and the contrast between normal people and "drama" people is even stronger because of it. (I think that's my favourite thing about this drama).
Cinematography: beautiful. Chongqing is a beautiful city and they make mximum use of what it has to offer. I like the lighting and the way they chose to film the city to enclose the whole story.
Editing: well, the director did make some questionable decisions, and some episodes suffer from them. A lot of unnecessary time is given to some of the spare charas at times, and the story loses a bit of pacing, but then it gains it back. Still, I'd have rather they didn't do that, but what's done is done. Most of the episodes - particularly in the beginning and in the end - are well cut. I'd say the editing is the weak point of the drama, all things considered. A bit more balance would have helped a lot.
Music: decent, not wow!, but decent. (I'm saying this because I DO like to get a good soundtrack in all dramas.) Songs are good and not over-played, BGM exists and is in tone with the general atmosphere - quiet and not overwhelming.
Intimate scenes: this is released over the air in China, so not a lot of PDAs were to be expected. There are hugs and some very small kisses, but nobody's doing any Frenching or thirst slacking in this drama. They use their words and their actions to show the romance progressing, and IMHO that's all that is needed.
Conclusion: last episode hasn't aired yet. We'll have to wait and see.
ETA after the last episode: blurb is wrong and the outcome is better for it. The drama is most satisfactory for the main and second leads, though the unnecessary couple is still around. For me, a pretty good 8.5/10.
Critical Review of Chinese Drama Sunshine by My Sidehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt28115920/?ref_=tt_urvSunshine…
"Some critics".... "some viewers"... "mixed reviews" bla bla bla. Citation needed.
Also, imdb is still a place where anyone can write anything. Actual critics don't publish reviews there, and definitely not in the comments section, LOL (you do know it's a paid profession right?). The final episode hasn't aired yet, so where does that comment on the ending come from?
Even IF there was some critique of it, why bother copy-pasting it here? Write your own review, if you care so much about reviewing. Some personal input wouldn't hurt. Are you human-like enough to do that, pretending you really DID watch the drama?
Not that I actually care, though - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've long grown past the age where I'd listen to malicious comments or reviews from biased people (or bots) when it concerns my fiction media of preference.
Finally caught up with the last 4 eps and all I have to say is:
Xiao Zhan exasperatedly saying: suiBIAN~~~!!
That is all.
PS I freaking loved the camera montage, though. I think they actually went and took some candid shots of people in Chongqing and as a matter of fact, I think that city is beautiful and I'll move there as soon as I win the lottery. The whole drama feels like an ode of love to that city.
pffft, yeah. lol I saw that too. Even though it only finished filming last month.🤣 More like Q4 2024. It's…
Who did? Also, that doesn't mean anything until it starts airing.
... In fact, lately it doesn't mean anything until it finishes airing LOL (I've seen at least two dramas that started and soon disappeared and only one returned, after a while, LOL.) C-ent do be crazy sometimes.
The sister is turning out to be absolutely despicable, sorry. Why the hell does she care what her much older sister does with her life? And even more, who the hell gave her the right to interfere so much in her sister's life? They were never really close, now she's made it her life's mission to set her up?
And on that note, Uncle Fang is also absolutely pathethic - I wanted to go through the screen and yell at him: She's not into you, AT ALL. Leave the heck be.
The hockey couple and the uncle are turning out to be absolutely insane. Even the scumbag cougar-fixing ex isn't reaching that level of scumminess.
I am getting a bit frustrated with JB just continuing being nice to the asshole. I mean, okay, he was of help with the sister, but that doesn't give him bargaining rights over how she gets to live and "return to the right path". I'd've decked him right then and there. At least the ex respected her for what she is. This idiot wants the picture-perfect nuclear family where he gets to settle the little wifey in his nest and "guide" her. Raised all my hackles.
SY moping, SY trying hard to mediate his mom's blunder, SY dancing because she's dancing were all moods. Sadly, I don't think it will last much longer (because there's just a few eps more and then she really HAS to be getting really mad at all of them crowding her hard. Something's going to give, and soon,)
Can I just get into the screen and kill that sister? Can't she see that her sister is happier with another guy…
"I'll race you!" - slams his face on the gravel. ... 5 minutes later: "I'll race you!!!" - proceeds to slam his face into the gravel again.
The man has zero drunken grace, LOL. And she had to carry him home and pour him into the bed. I'd have LOVED a scene where she took him to his actual home - imagine the parents' faces hahaha.
I truly have no idea how employment contracts and workers' rights are in China, but most anywhere else in the…
Maybe that's what he offered - to let the ex-team leader off the hook and he won't sue him for what he did to ruin the event and pin SY as the guilty party. He definitely doesn't have anything else to bargain with...
3 
I kind of pity the actors, though, I bet there's not much love going to go their way in the general audience, as everything about them was annoying, repetitive, manipulative, in no way convincing, and frankly... not that well acted (mostly on the part of the younger sister). This act never had a chance to get off the ground. If HE ends up being YBY, I hope the role is maybe downsized or that it doesn't require all that much subtleness (book YBY is blunt but a genius, I wonder if that might come through with such a casting. Whatever, we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.)
The GOOD parts: no freaking separation. Dammit. I was tensed each ep wondering is this is the one. There isn't. I should've expected it, actually, this is one couple in cdramaland that TALKS to each other. Why should they split?
The Shengs - LOL, dad is heroically taking the fall for the opposition to their relationship and at the same time claiming the good genes rights for how SY looks, LOL. And then commenting on "this generation's" PDAs while holding hands with his wife in front of the lady matchmaker, LOL. He DID teach SY everything he knows. (Side note: lady matchmaker going "SY is almost 30 - he's 26!! - he needs to find a wife" LOL).
JB going on that stage, stammering for some minutes then calling SY over to stammer some more. If I were one of the award ceremony organisers I'd have pushed them off that stage LOL. And then there's a whole epidemy of PDAs (and kissing in public - almost on TV too - nonetheless.) I bet someone official would have had a stroke if it ended on national TV hahaha.
Anyway all's well that ends well. At least for the mains and seconds, who we all were cheering for. I wish they'd have been the only couples but we can't always have perfect things.
An honest 8.5/10 for me (points withdrawn for unnecessary charas/plot, uneven editing/pace and I hope whoever pushed for those things never gets to work in a major drama that they could butcher so much). I liked the - FINALLY!! - adult characters actually talking the most. My favourite top 3 charas (in this order): 1. Dad Sheng, 2. Sheng Yang 3. Jian Bing. A honorary mention for the bestest bro to ever bro - Song Chen.
A very satisfactory drama. Here's hoping for more of its kind - minus the extras, please!
Plot: realistic, modern, fast--paced. Still to end, so we'll wait to see how it lands. More slice-of-life than romance, though, so if you want a showy romance, this probably wouldn't be it. There is romance, but the quiet and slow-moving kind, and more enticing because of it.
Characters: amazing (particularly the leads and some of the support charas - like the Sheng parents). Some are annoying (you'll see them mentioned as the hockey couple and the uncle). Overall, the chemistry between the leads and the (important) support charas/second leads carries the show. Expect MATURE persons, who don't go off in a huff when they're mad and don't get into any misunderstanding that can't be solved by talking to each other. This feels very much like about the first slice-of-life/romance drama where people are actually adults and not half-brained teens. The ones who DO go out in a huff etc exist, and the contrast between normal people and "drama" people is even stronger because of it. (I think that's my favourite thing about this drama).
Cinematography: beautiful. Chongqing is a beautiful city and they make mximum use of what it has to offer. I like the lighting and the way they chose to film the city to enclose the whole story.
Editing: well, the director did make some questionable decisions, and some episodes suffer from them. A lot of unnecessary time is given to some of the spare charas at times, and the story loses a bit of pacing, but then it gains it back. Still, I'd have rather they didn't do that, but what's done is done. Most of the episodes - particularly in the beginning and in the end - are well cut. I'd say the editing is the weak point of the drama, all things considered. A bit more balance would have helped a lot.
Music: decent, not wow!, but decent. (I'm saying this because I DO like to get a good soundtrack in all dramas.) Songs are good and not over-played, BGM exists and is in tone with the general atmosphere - quiet and not overwhelming.
Intimate scenes: this is released over the air in China, so not a lot of PDAs were to be expected. There are hugs and some very small kisses, but nobody's doing any Frenching or thirst slacking in this drama. They use their words and their actions to show the romance progressing, and IMHO that's all that is needed.
Conclusion: last episode hasn't aired yet. We'll have to wait and see.
ETA after the last episode: blurb is wrong and the outcome is better for it. The drama is most satisfactory for the main and second leads, though the unnecessary couple is still around. For me, a pretty good 8.5/10.
Also, imdb is still a place where anyone can write anything. Actual critics don't publish reviews there, and definitely not in the comments section, LOL (you do know it's a paid profession right?). The final episode hasn't aired yet, so where does that comment on the ending come from?
Even IF there was some critique of it, why bother copy-pasting it here? Write your own review, if you care so much about reviewing. Some personal input wouldn't hurt. Are you human-like enough to do that, pretending you really DID watch the drama?
Not that I actually care, though - beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I've long grown past the age where I'd listen to malicious comments or reviews from biased people (or bots) when it concerns my fiction media of preference.
Also, SY getting booted off Pan Rou's attention field that is now completely taken over with Song Chen. I approve.
Also, Sheng mom being reasonable and relenting.
Also the two JB guys bonding over getting into a fight. Only one of them is bruised though, LOL.
(I think the hockey couple was in the eps, I didn't really pay attention.)
Also JB saying since men mature later than women, then all relationships are between older women and younger men, hahaha!
I don't think there'll be a split at this time. If there is one in the last ep, then what the heck were they waiting for?
ALL HAIL COMMUNICATION!! (Even when a little bit of misunderstanding is warranted.)
Xiao Zhan exasperatedly saying: suiBIAN~~~!!
That is all.
PS I freaking loved the camera montage, though. I think they actually went and took some candid shots of people in Chongqing and as a matter of fact, I think that city is beautiful and I'll move there as soon as I win the lottery. The whole drama feels like an ode of love to that city.
... In fact, lately it doesn't mean anything until it finishes airing LOL (I've seen at least two dramas that started and soon disappeared and only one returned, after a while, LOL.) C-ent do be crazy sometimes.
There's that mountain. They could jump off it. Just sayin'.
And on that note, Uncle Fang is also absolutely pathethic - I wanted to go through the screen and yell at him: She's not into you, AT ALL. Leave the heck be.
The hockey couple and the uncle are turning out to be absolutely insane. Even the scumbag cougar-fixing ex isn't reaching that level of scumminess.
I am getting a bit frustrated with JB just continuing being nice to the asshole. I mean, okay, he was of help with the sister, but that doesn't give him bargaining rights over how she gets to live and "return to the right path". I'd've decked him right then and there. At least the ex respected her for what she is. This idiot wants the picture-perfect nuclear family where he gets to settle the little wifey in his nest and "guide" her. Raised all my hackles.
SY moping, SY trying hard to mediate his mom's blunder, SY dancing because she's dancing were all moods. Sadly, I don't think it will last much longer (because there's just a few eps more and then she really HAS to be getting really mad at all of them crowding her hard. Something's going to give, and soon,)
... 5 minutes later:
"I'll race you!!!" - proceeds to slam his face into the gravel again.
The man has zero drunken grace, LOL. And she had to carry him home and pour him into the bed. I'd have LOVED a scene where she took him to his actual home - imagine the parents' faces hahaha.
Also, SY style walk of shame - twice in one episode. I like that LOL.