Reviews

The heroine is a great actress. The emotion she carries on her face is wonderful.

I liked the filming. I usually don’t notice things like this but this movie made me pay attention.

This is a really fun twist of putting a 17 year old into a 28 year old body.
I really liked how confident she is and how she acts like a teenager so beautifully.
17 year old Liang is so much fun and sassy. Her facial expressions are so relaxed and free.

The premise was so cute that I really wanted some creativity to the storyline. It was a bit lacking especially the motivations of the current 28 year old Liang was so weak. But at least she played with her own character a bit.

“I want to experiences lots of things with you. We’ve got plenty of time, right?”

I really loved the idea of how Liang had it in her and she just had to reclaim that skill of hers.

“She made me who I am.”

I think that’s such a beautiful perspective of one’s youth. Everyone has regrets on past behaviours and decisions but the person who made those decisions is still you and you made you who you are.

A woman who is a master of her craft is always a delight to see.

“No one cares about me in your world.”
“But you can take care of yourself. Don’t you remember how we slowly lost ourselves amidst our emotions and confusion?”

She had to love herself, reconcile with her past, to get on with her life.

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Song Yoon Ah (Choi Yoo Jin) was the only reason why I finished watching this drama. She had one of the best female character roles especially as an antagonist. The overall show went downhill midway though and the only reason why I finished it was because of her again. The show had soo much potential but was ruined again by including unnecessary romance. I personally think Anna's character should have stayed as a minor role because it just got plain annoying seeing her character. I know many people mentioned the same thing as well and it is honestly such a shame because this show had soo much potential to be even better. The bright side is I discovered Song Yoon Ah's masterpiece acting! She is awesome!!

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This drama is the class female cross dressing as a male to hide from people. Now despite the funny cross dressing, Kim Yoo Jung does the most wonderful job at playing Ra On! The classic tsundere char imo. Her facial expressions, the way she crys. EVERYTHING iwugqkjb. She is great guys.

So about the STORY!!!! Park Bo-gum's char is.. well.. very.. CHEESY. In a CUTE WAY. UGH his char is soooooo CHEESY with love. It's so adorable and cute and MY HEART qwjlkbg. HE is perfect. I have never seen a Crown Prince so dreamy. He was able to tug my heart along with him for 18 episodes. I find it so rare that I get to see a drama where the lead male is so cute and cuddly. This alone makes the drama 100% MUST WATCHHHH.

I love how in this drama the princess actually starts out as a "bigger" girl. The story of her and Master Jung is cute and cheesy as well. The fact that in the end he thought she looked better before she starved herself to get skinny says it all to me.

Side characters in this drama.. HAAA. The Crown Prince has 1 too many BROMANCES if I do say so myself. The best one of all being him and KIM BYUNG. Kim Byung oh KIM BYUNG. A great example of friendship. + he might be the first 97er I have ever fallen for. The Crown Prince & eunuch Jang.. Such a funny thing of loyalty, seeing how jang freaks out every 5 sec.

Jinyoung. Oh what can we say about you.. This is Jinyoungs first drama with a lead role and I can say.. he did an absolute superb job. His character is actually quite likeable. But I am more shocked at how good he is at acting. His character is quite a playboy and I think he shows it with his expressions very nice.

So really, the main plot imo isn't that GREAT and a little confusing and not really elaborated on but the love plot is great. If you came from somewhere like Nirvana in Fire and you are expecting a thick and juicy plot about rebellions, this might not be the place for you. Overall, This drama is 95% love story focused vs a thick and juicy plot. I actually found the plot around the prime minister to be not so appealing and a bit of a bore. That aside, the queen does an excellent job at portraying a villain. She is legit scary.

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Let me start off.. It took me a VERY VERY LONG TIME to start watching this. This drama was recommended to me countless times. I am actually quite bias about watching Modern CN Dramas..

This drama is everything. Funny, cute, heartwarming. There was even small FUNNY reference to Love O2O(Probably the book, since the drama was made much after). Zhao Liying. Idek what to say about her. I've seen almost all of her dramas. I'm in love with her. She really brings Xue Shan Shan to life. If you love cute male leads who do weird things like force you to eat w/ them to get your attention, WATCH THIS. Feng Tang's char is so CUTE. While his role is the big boss of the company, he is actually SOFT asf.. & A LITTLE social dumb. Combined with SLOW Xue Shan Shan they made the perfect pair of misunderstandings and little dumb cute interactions. Each episode brought me laughter and joy. Except during the times of Li Shu being a dumb little __________. It's OKAY! You won't hate Li Shu forever! Stay strong when she pisses you off! Please watch this drama! You will not regret it.

P.S. If you wanna watch Eternal Love, Shan Shan's roommate is in there as Cheng Yu. A troublemaker. 100%.

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I finished this drama maybe 2 weeks ago. Ofc, it being anything involving wuxia and fantasy, I have to watch it. I was quite iffy about watching this drama. I had not read the book and I've heard about the book involving plagiarism. Ultimately, it seemed like a Journey of Flower rip off at first. I sucked it up and watch the show. This show it G.R.E.A.T. I've never watched things with some of this cast before beside Dong Hua and the demon prince boy(KO from LOVEO2O). The CG is great. I had no idea most of this was shot with CG. Actors seem to have very good chemistry. Yayayaya. Let's move on.

Okay. Things I loved. EVERYTHING. Things I dislike, the route they took for my OTP.(Dong Hua x Feng Jiu). If you love them, Please read The Pillow Book Novels.

This drama can seem to drag on quite a bit during the first few epi, but don't be discouraged. The story is very well put together. Characters are very lovable. I can't even explain how attached I am to my OTP.. Ofc I think the side couples should have had more in dept story(like the 12th disc couple). The amount of "petty" drama is quite low compared to other drama I have seen like "The Princess Li Wei Young". The villains in this drama rly piss me off though. I don't like the concept of Xuan Nu. I honestly don't even understand her character. This drama actually makes the people in Jiu Chong Tian(9 Heavens) seem so uptight and assholish, stuck in their own ways. I don't like how they are portrayed compared to the people of Qing Qiu. If you haven't seen many drama of this genre it prob won't bother you as much as it did for me.

Overall I really recommend this drama. I'm not really good at explaining this one but just watch it. And please read The Pillow Book series for more of Feng Jiu and Dong Hua! It's much different from in this show. Dong Hua is one of the best char I have ever come across. AHHHH yqwijhkvgbn.

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STORY: * BL and GL themes * This is not a continuation of the movie but a series remake. It starts out with a clear plot: Save the Swim Club! But the plot wanders a lot and gets lost.

ACTING/CAST: You'll recognize much of the cast from other Thai series.

MUSIC: The theme song and its lyrics are good, and it was English Subbed (at least later episodes).

REWATCH VALUE: Maybe a BL cut but otherwise not really.

OVERALL: There are hot bodies and some funny moments, and the second BL couple is also cute. I was disappointed in the overall lack of direction.

Episodes are English-subbed by Part Time Subbers (Thanks guys!).

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I was very skeptical at first of this drama. Having big name actors typically means that they forsake the actual acting to have popular actors in it. Despite this, this drama has become my favorite drama I have ever watched!

IU had fantastic chemistry with all of the actors, whether that was platonic or romantic! Lee Junki and Kang Haneul did especially amazing portrayals of their characters. Kang Haneul had me actually scared at some points in the drama and Lee Junki managed to convey every emotion perfectly. The acting in this drama was amazing, the best I've seen. They could not have picked better people for the parts!

Rookie actors Jisoo, Nam Joohyuk, and Baekhyun all did really well too, despite being new and never having done a historical drama before! I really enjoyed watching their characters and can't wait to see them in more things!

The OST's were so beautiful, AKMU and Davichi have such lovely voices and I've been listening to EXO-CBX's "For You" since it came out!

Overall, this drama is well worth the watch and I can promise a rollarcoaster of emotions. Praying for a Season 2!

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PRC television is quickly reaching the high-standard for cinematography set by Korea. The advent of affordable & small high-definition cameras RED ($7,000) and BlackMagic ($2,000) plus HD television creates a home cinema experience. Viewers do not seem to want a standalone episode. With on-demand viewing, characters can be developed over a season. Last year Netflix’s focus on international expansion soared membership. K-dramas leads the industry with shows like “Descendants of the Sun”. Nonetheless, PRC is quickly adapting with “The Snail Who Fell in Love”. If you like Indiana Jones, TWD, “Night at the Museum” plus female action hero “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” then you will enjoy “Candle in the Tomb”.

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I have to say, the summary is quite misleading; it makes the show seem like any other comedic Japanese drama with a role reversal. While that does sound interesting enough, there is a lot more to the story than just that.

I DID question the existence of some characters, but they were all so lovable that I can't bring myself to say that they were unnecessary. The best part is that there is no 'bad' character- people who you think are going to be complete jerks turn out to be pretty awesome. The main characters have only one enemy: themselves. This is one of the very few dramas where I liked EVERYONE. Like, literally EVERYONE.

Our main female lead, Wakaba, is an ambitious, smart and hard working young woman. She went through a harsh childhood with nearly nothing and practically made her own ladder to climb up the ranks. Hence, she consciously looks down on people she deems 'ambition-less', which includes our male lead, Sota. Sota, in fact, DOES have ambitions of his own, which he unfortunately had to give up to take care of his incredibly adorable son.

Thus, the whole story revolves around each of them finding what really matters: being honest to oneself and following their dreams or going with what they think is the 'right' way.

One of my motivations to watch the show was Aragaki Yui, who was great as usual, but what surprised me was Nishikido Ryo, of whom this is my first drama. He blew me away with how adorable he was (I paused like, 10 times just to stare at his smile), not to mention how well he acted as a naive, caring father. DEFINITELY watching his other stuff.

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