sweet_dream

A Thousand Goodnights- Taiwanese drama. Slow but very good

Fast forwarding too much will totally kill the enjoyment of the drama. Maybe you give this drama a try one more time someday in the future. You might like it more than you can think.

All the side characters had their moments. Aunt Gui had so many shining moments in this drama. The children, Hulu, Toutou, Huzi all had moment of shining in this drama. Also Aunt Feng will surprise you with her acting in the upcoming episode. In this drama, all the characters showed their worth not only main leads, and main supporting characters.

Yeah, what a surprise! Also surprised by her career turn. She got a CS degree from Harvard. She also worked in Microsoft before. But, now struggling to find her place in the entertainment industry :(. Wish her good luck in this new career.

It was XiaXia's turn to shine in ep 34. What a dialogue. "Don't leave with regrets, If you want to leave then leave happily". This is true for all of us. A lesson for all of us on how to overcome the difficult moments in life.

Had high expectations for this drama. But, what is this weird beginning? A lot of things happened without any coherence. Production quality seemed very poor. Seems like there is no hope for this drama :(

Actually, 1-2 billion views are not that surprising. I don't know how they measure this metric. With 1-2 billion views, the drama might be in the top 50 lists, but not in the top 10 list. I remember the drama "Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms" got over 50 billion views. Whatever it is, this is still a good number.

You hear this complaint so many times for other dramas (no matter if it is 12 episodes,16 episodes, 24 episodes, or 40 episodes). The second half of the drama is dragging or not that much interesting as the first half. In this drama, You can see this drama started slowly. But clearly, the 2nd half is better than the first half. It's up for debate, whether the last quarter (ep30-ep40) might be better than all 3 previous quarters. Overall, the quality of this drama did not drop a single bit but it got increased episode by episode.

Yes, I was also expecting to see new episodes today. But nothing we can do. 8 episodes left. Probably they will release 2 episodes each day from Monday to Thursday and finish the series by the next week.

Those who are eagerly waiting for the English subbed episodes during the weekends and have nothing else to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSIJismKOisHk5x4T3zoJ_zd-tgYKgbdk
Behind the Scenes videos of the drama. I watched a few of the videos. I really liked those. I will probably watch the rest during the weekends.

Happy Ending

No chasing or over-dramatic romance in this drama. Their mutual attraction grows over time. It happens very naturally. It's a slow burn. But a very well-done romance. One of the best natural and realistic romances in any drama.

Only in ep4. So far, I like this. Anybody with some minor spoilers, please.
1. What is the present-day relationship with the leads. Are they still friends now, or they became enemies?
2. How is the present-day relationship between ML and FL? I guess they are separated. What is FL doing in the present day?

The way OST's are used in this drama was simply wonderful. You can see "Saddle of my heart" to be played in all the romantic moments. This song makes the romantic moments extra romantic. Especially the text message conversations with saddle of my heart song are simply on another level. "Days" is played when something adventurous or something new happens. That song perfectly matches the theme. Lullaby song is used for childhood memories or past memories. The main Chinese OST is used for all other emotional moments. All the songs are put to perfect use. In the recent episodes, you would see a new song validate which is mainly used for sexy and hot scenes, lol. And that song is also used perfectly.

Hi, I don't think ipad is the problem. I normally windows on my pc, and ios on my phone. You just need to install related apps. I suggest you wait a few days for the official translation. Coz, there are so many errors in the machine-translated sub. It's like google translate. But, If you can't wait that long, you can install apps like vlc player (available in ios), and then manually insert the english sub. But I would recommend that you wait for the official sub

Yes, Granny was saying similar things to Hongdou in the earlier episodes. She worked hard to achieve what she wanted. She didn't stop when her first son died, when she had a lot of loans to pay. And this theme was told so many times in drama in different format. This is the portrayal of the reality. Writers did superb job here to give us the real lesson of life. There are so many important things about life, about people were showed in different episodes in form of different interactions and conversations.
I guess, the phone conversation between me and my parents is not only me. This is the common picture for so many people. Distance grows over time. You don't want it to happen, but it happens. But still, you can try to minimize the distance if you want.

I have so many conversations on the list. But I want to mention one particular conversation due to a special reason.
(Ep 17) Aunt Gui was having a conversation with Mr. Ma. She was talking about how her daughter got distant from her over the years. Her daughter used to discuss a lot of things with her. But nowadays the conversations are not the same. They still talk everyday on the phone. But they only ask, "How have you been?", "What did you eat?", "How is your health?", and "How is your work?". And they always give the same positive answer each time. Sometimes they have to lie to each other, so the other doesn't get worried. She was talking about her son was sick, but she didn't know about it until the new year meet.
When I watched that episode. I talked with my mom just 1 hour before. My mom asked me exact same questions. I answered her exact same way. I was a bit sick (nothing serious) that day. And I had to lie about myself. So, when I saw the same thing happening in front of me it hit me so hard that I can't explain it. I could see Aunt Gui as a typical mom and her feelings for her children. I called my mom that night and talked for hours.

Thanks a lot for the feedback. I'm already missing the drama a lot and patiently waiting for the english sub to come.

You know, I have nothing but praise for this drama :D. But still, when writing the review, I tried to be objective as much as possible.
As I see now, I missed the Acting and Romance part in the review. But maybe it's ok. The review is fine as it is. It's already long, don't want to add anymore.
Thanks for your valuable feedback. I really appreciate it.

Thanks!