4
KingC
When you have no idea what the plot is...
Does this drama deserve such a low rating? Technically not, but in a critical sense, yes. I've seen a lot of Youku's light hearted dramas and how this one managed to make me regret the time I invested in it is kinda surprising.
THE PLOT:
What makes me upset is that the drama had a strong start with just the right amount of cheesy and fluffy vibes. Its premise itself sounded promising. Luo Yan, a supposedly cold-hearted bully from Fang Li's high school memories reappears once again, only for her to find out that he had completely forgotten about his past at the school. Through various coincidences, she slowly realizes that he may not be the bully she had assumed him to be.
THE DOWNSIDE: I enjoyed the first twelve episodes immensely. The flashbacks to the past and the cliche stuff that happened in the present didn't seem draggy or over used, thanks to the excellent portrayal of the characters by the leads. Then came the downside. If there is one thing that I absolutely dislike, its a plot device. Characters were introduced just for the sake of making the plot move forward, only to disappear for a couple of episodes and then re-appear whenever the script requires it. Half of the cast we see in the MDL poster don't even play an important role. (Except Luo Yan and Fei Fei.) The story veers off tracks multiple times and there were episodes that I felt got filmed only cause they had too much budget left/or had no idea what to do with the script.
Another thing that I noticed was that they had cut several scenes. The last episode was the only one that gave off the initial feelings of the first 12 episodes that I wished the people behind this drama had tried to maintain. The last few episodes were painful to watch. The mood switches felt off and rushed. (Particularly the scenes with Fang Li's Grandma.) But, the finale was done so beautifully, and the last episode managed to somehow bring back the initial fluffiness.
Luo Yan's past was sort of scraped up after EP12 and the story took a lot of time in developing useless subplots and wasted a whole episode on side characters that do nothing to the plot whatsoever. Hsd they stuck to a single plot thread, this drama would've been much better. Or it would've been nice if it had just 18 or 20 episodes with more substance.
CAST AND MUSIC: I loved the soundtrack. It looked as if the music director was aiming to purposefully make fun of the plot/over used tropes and it worked well. (In a good way.) The cast was not too bad either. They did well with what they were given.
OVERALL: It was particularly disappointing after a strong start with some quality fluff. It has its own sweet moments. The story had a lot of potential to be genuinely good in its own right, but unfortunately, it fell far off the mark.
THE PLOT:
What makes me upset is that the drama had a strong start with just the right amount of cheesy and fluffy vibes. Its premise itself sounded promising. Luo Yan, a supposedly cold-hearted bully from Fang Li's high school memories reappears once again, only for her to find out that he had completely forgotten about his past at the school. Through various coincidences, she slowly realizes that he may not be the bully she had assumed him to be.
THE DOWNSIDE: I enjoyed the first twelve episodes immensely. The flashbacks to the past and the cliche stuff that happened in the present didn't seem draggy or over used, thanks to the excellent portrayal of the characters by the leads. Then came the downside. If there is one thing that I absolutely dislike, its a plot device. Characters were introduced just for the sake of making the plot move forward, only to disappear for a couple of episodes and then re-appear whenever the script requires it. Half of the cast we see in the MDL poster don't even play an important role. (Except Luo Yan and Fei Fei.) The story veers off tracks multiple times and there were episodes that I felt got filmed only cause they had too much budget left/or had no idea what to do with the script.
Another thing that I noticed was that they had cut several scenes. The last episode was the only one that gave off the initial feelings of the first 12 episodes that I wished the people behind this drama had tried to maintain. The last few episodes were painful to watch. The mood switches felt off and rushed. (Particularly the scenes with Fang Li's Grandma.) But, the finale was done so beautifully, and the last episode managed to somehow bring back the initial fluffiness.
Luo Yan's past was sort of scraped up after EP12 and the story took a lot of time in developing useless subplots and wasted a whole episode on side characters that do nothing to the plot whatsoever. Hsd they stuck to a single plot thread, this drama would've been much better. Or it would've been nice if it had just 18 or 20 episodes with more substance.
CAST AND MUSIC: I loved the soundtrack. It looked as if the music director was aiming to purposefully make fun of the plot/over used tropes and it worked well. (In a good way.) The cast was not too bad either. They did well with what they were given.
OVERALL: It was particularly disappointing after a strong start with some quality fluff. It has its own sweet moments. The story had a lot of potential to be genuinely good in its own right, but unfortunately, it fell far off the mark.
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