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STORY:
The premise of the story was definitely really interesting - being able to jump into someone else's dream and whatnot. I think overall the first half of the drama was honestly fairly entertaining and cute when it involved the fantasy elements of the dream world. The end half of the drama definitely wasn't bad by any means, but once the relationship left the dream world and entered the real world, it definitely just became more of an average modern drama. Though overall still a good drama to watch.
The actual progress of the story I mostly enjoyed. There were a few bits that just seemed unnecessary/weird or not well explained/developed to me. I think the development of the main relationship from a fan fawning over her idol to an employee who disliked working for her boss to the eventual true love and support of a relationship was well written.
I will say that again, the fantasy element of the dream world towards the first ? of the drama was definitely my favorite group of episodes. From the beginning it was such a cute and exaggerated way to play out their relationship together, but even through wuxia dream scenes and the "A Chinese Ghost Story" dream scenes and so on, it was a lot of fun watching the two of them interact with each other. In the real world, I will admit I didn't pay a ton of attention to the business side of things (I was watching the episodes raw, so overall I got the main plot, but didn't pay attention to the finer details); so a lot of that was a bit lost on me; but again overall things felt decently paced and balanced. In general, aside from the fantasy elements - the rest of the drama played out like a fairly basic modern drama (hence my slightly lower score). There wasn't much in the actual plot that was mind-blowing or different that what has been done before - but again, still decent overall.
ACTING:
Dilraba - Overall Dilraba is a very cute actress. She's one of my favorites (from the younger class of actresses at least), but overall I do think she still has a lot of areas that need improvement. This type of drama is right up her alley (aka roles that play out like Bai Feng Jiu from TMOPB). Her character was very cutesy, kind, a bit of a temper/stubborn, etc. I think this role was very well suited for her as she's one of the newer actresses who brings that youthful playfulness to these types of characters.
Deng Lun - slowly becoming one of my favorite actors. I've seen a good number of his dramas at this point and have yet to be disappointed. Bo Hai's character overall I feel had the most obvious change/development as he went from the "Man Eater" boss to the loving and kinder boyfriend to Qi Qi. Particularly during the dream sequences I think he really shined because he played such exaggerated characters, but it never felt obnoxious or overdone. Again another member of the younger class of actors, but I think he's going to continue to improve very quickly over the next few years.
REWATCH VALUE/OVERALL:
Definitely not a drama I'm going to watch over and over again, but this is definitely a much better modern drama than others I've watched these past few months. There was a good bit of cutesy romance, funny and exaggerated nonsense, and more heartbreaking and deeper moments throughout. Definitely worth at least one watch through, but again, I won't say it's anything groundbreakingly different.
The premise of the story was definitely really interesting - being able to jump into someone else's dream and whatnot. I think overall the first half of the drama was honestly fairly entertaining and cute when it involved the fantasy elements of the dream world. The end half of the drama definitely wasn't bad by any means, but once the relationship left the dream world and entered the real world, it definitely just became more of an average modern drama. Though overall still a good drama to watch.
The actual progress of the story I mostly enjoyed. There were a few bits that just seemed unnecessary/weird or not well explained/developed to me. I think the development of the main relationship from a fan fawning over her idol to an employee who disliked working for her boss to the eventual true love and support of a relationship was well written.
I will say that again, the fantasy element of the dream world towards the first ? of the drama was definitely my favorite group of episodes. From the beginning it was such a cute and exaggerated way to play out their relationship together, but even through wuxia dream scenes and the "A Chinese Ghost Story" dream scenes and so on, it was a lot of fun watching the two of them interact with each other. In the real world, I will admit I didn't pay a ton of attention to the business side of things (I was watching the episodes raw, so overall I got the main plot, but didn't pay attention to the finer details); so a lot of that was a bit lost on me; but again overall things felt decently paced and balanced. In general, aside from the fantasy elements - the rest of the drama played out like a fairly basic modern drama (hence my slightly lower score). There wasn't much in the actual plot that was mind-blowing or different that what has been done before - but again, still decent overall.
ACTING:
Dilraba - Overall Dilraba is a very cute actress. She's one of my favorites (from the younger class of actresses at least), but overall I do think she still has a lot of areas that need improvement. This type of drama is right up her alley (aka roles that play out like Bai Feng Jiu from TMOPB). Her character was very cutesy, kind, a bit of a temper/stubborn, etc. I think this role was very well suited for her as she's one of the newer actresses who brings that youthful playfulness to these types of characters.
Deng Lun - slowly becoming one of my favorite actors. I've seen a good number of his dramas at this point and have yet to be disappointed. Bo Hai's character overall I feel had the most obvious change/development as he went from the "Man Eater" boss to the loving and kinder boyfriend to Qi Qi. Particularly during the dream sequences I think he really shined because he played such exaggerated characters, but it never felt obnoxious or overdone. Again another member of the younger class of actors, but I think he's going to continue to improve very quickly over the next few years.
REWATCH VALUE/OVERALL:
Definitely not a drama I'm going to watch over and over again, but this is definitely a much better modern drama than others I've watched these past few months. There was a good bit of cutesy romance, funny and exaggerated nonsense, and more heartbreaking and deeper moments throughout. Definitely worth at least one watch through, but again, I won't say it's anything groundbreakingly different.
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