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The most cowardly and pathetic character of all time
Double Helix achieved a feat I haven't seen in a long time: creating a boring protagonist with a "poor me" syndrome who spends the entire series lamenting, crying, and moping around.
It becomes truly impossible to root for the main couple when Yi Chen spends the whole plot making one stupid decision after another.
The story has potential and is captivating, but the problem is a lack of editing and a lack of vision from the series' writer and director in condensing the story into an engaging narrative, cutting the excesses, and better balancing the emotions conveyed in the scenes.
The series has countless time jumps at key moments that could have been used to develop the characters, and this takes a tremendous amount of weight away from the series.
The number of times they break up, fight or have someone or something appear to separate them becomes boring and anticlimactic.
At times, the series becomes so rigid and dense that the plot drags. It’s 40 minutes of screaming, characters crying, musical sequences with someone making a pitiful face in the rain, and so on.
I understand that the series tried to adapt their entire story but it was unnecessary. At a certain point, it feels like they are just inventing tragedies and problems so the series can have a few more episodes.
And that makes the ending unbearable. The entire plotline regarding Lu Feng's bipolar disorder is excellent, had it been better developed rather than shoved into the final episode.
There are great points in the series: the secondary couple is excellent—but they are sidelined and don't get the spotlight or the development they need—, the acting are great, the cinematography is beautiful, and the chemistry between the actors is undeniable.
But it lacked direction, editing, and the ability to balance the series with more interesting characters and a more dynamic plot that treated mental health issues with greater seriousness.
A good BL that gets lost within its own plot.
It becomes truly impossible to root for the main couple when Yi Chen spends the whole plot making one stupid decision after another.
The story has potential and is captivating, but the problem is a lack of editing and a lack of vision from the series' writer and director in condensing the story into an engaging narrative, cutting the excesses, and better balancing the emotions conveyed in the scenes.
The series has countless time jumps at key moments that could have been used to develop the characters, and this takes a tremendous amount of weight away from the series.
The number of times they break up, fight or have someone or something appear to separate them becomes boring and anticlimactic.
At times, the series becomes so rigid and dense that the plot drags. It’s 40 minutes of screaming, characters crying, musical sequences with someone making a pitiful face in the rain, and so on.
I understand that the series tried to adapt their entire story but it was unnecessary. At a certain point, it feels like they are just inventing tragedies and problems so the series can have a few more episodes.
And that makes the ending unbearable. The entire plotline regarding Lu Feng's bipolar disorder is excellent, had it been better developed rather than shoved into the final episode.
There are great points in the series: the secondary couple is excellent—but they are sidelined and don't get the spotlight or the development they need—, the acting are great, the cinematography is beautiful, and the chemistry between the actors is undeniable.
But it lacked direction, editing, and the ability to balance the series with more interesting characters and a more dynamic plot that treated mental health issues with greater seriousness.
A good BL that gets lost within its own plot.
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