A movie that is definitely worth watching. The story was so beautiful.

As someone who writes narrative, I really liked the plot structure in this movie. I would only evolve Mara's internal conflict a little more, and I would give Gali a more closed ending after his realization.
But other than that, this movie was so worth watching. The acting was great and beautiful (my eyes were teary most of the time), the actors portrayed the characters' feelings so well. The special effects as in Gali's POV were so good. I think it is very important to be empathetic with the people around us, you won't ever understand their personal struggles, but you can choose to be a kind and understanding person to them (which is actually what we all should do), this movie also promotes that.
And, oh I desperately need to look for the movie's OST, it was just so perfect!

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I expected much more from the development of the story (This review contains major spoilers!)

I guess this is more like an outlet for my feelings after finishing this drama, more than a review itself haha
Read at your own risk!
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The beginning of the story was the best, it took me like 2-3 episodes maximum to get stuck with the drama.
But for me, the story weakened lots in the middle of the story, perhaps they forced the length of the story up to 40 episodes.
There were a lot of ups and downs that weren't really necessary or key for the story to go on, some facts seemed like filler.
Regarding the characters, I feel like they added new characters to the plot, and left other characters like they've never been important. Like Chengtian and Yuanxiang. One as a viewer had already fallen in love with them and then they simply disappeared from the plot, they weren't important anymore for the plot. Also, they put their ship on the table, and I think we all expected to see their relationship progress, but we only had certain scenes where a lot of stages of their cute relationship were skipped. I would've liked to see much more of that couple (In fact, I must admit that most of the time, I was more excited to watch their scenes, than the scenes of Nichang with the prince). I missed Chengtian and Yuanxiang very much in the second half of the drama. Besides, I loved the trio of best friends / family that they had formed.
Regarding the new characters that they added, maybe they were necessary in certain parts of the plot, but they could have looked for other ways that the plot made sense, I felt that those characters were a little extra.
Regarding the performance of the actors, I think it was very good! I liked the chemistry of the protagonists, their story was very sweet even if it was not the main plot. (Although I still much prefer Li Jiaqi's chemistry with Zhao Yiqin. Despite this, I fell in love with Bi Wenjun and will follow him on his next dramas!)
I loved the OST, the vibe was perfect the whole time!

Major spoiler ahead...

Regarding THE SISTER! I suffered too much !! I was hoping for a happy ending for them. I really couldn't believe they made us wait so long to know that she was alive, and to see her reunion with Nichang ... so that in the end she would die anyway. Although I think that fact still made sense in the plot.
Another thing that left me owed was the moment the prince remembered Nichang; it was very cute, but I felt something was missing. I think I hoped that Nichang would have a little change in her personality, that she would be a bit happier (since at that point Nichang, apart from having grown up, seemed to have lost her smile).

Of the things that I must highlight positively, since I liked them a lot: The main characters in general stole your heart; The prince's feelings for Nichang were very pure and beautiful; Honestly, the beginning of the story was perfect and the plot was very interesting (from the beginning, until the trio went to the capital. From there, the course of things fell apart for me). One of the best things about the drama was Nichang's resilience and his thought that woman is strong and can get ahead, that she can do all the things that a man does. Nichang's ambition was great, and her trying with all her might to prove the innocence of her family until she finally succeeds .. but maybe it was too much in the end. (poor prince, having to wait for 2 years even tho I have no doubt that Nichang would be able to still be doing what she loved (being a bussiness woman) while being married to the prince.

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Great but not as good as the drama

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Some spoilers ahead:
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I loved the drama so much, so I was so excited for the movie and re watched the whole drama to watch the movie, but I wasn''t as satisfied as I thought I'd be :(
I guess I was hoping for an evident continuation, and this wasn't that.
Loved that they ended up together (even if I didn't really understand if that has a meaning or it was just another time line) but I would've loved to see them remembering their past story line at least, Felt the movie was literally the same storyline that was shown in the drama just in another setting.
I was still impressed by the actor's portrayal in the different characters and ages. And the chemistry between the leads is always on point.

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