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Tinha potencial para ser incrível, mas também não foi ruim

Honestamente, acho algumas críticas muito válidas e outras bastante injustas.

Começando pelas críticas válidas:

1. A direção
De fato, eu senti que o diretor falhou com esse dramas diversas vezes. Não só pela IA e CGI ruim, mas também pelo mau planejamento das cenas de ação que em muitos momentos não ficaram nada convincentes, com ângulos ruins. Aliás, essa questão dos ângulos é realmente um problema, diversas fotos de divulgação do drama possuíam melhores fotografias do que as escolhas finais do drama. Alguns momentos também pediam silêncio em vez de música.

2. O roteiro
Vamos lá, eu não acho que o roteiro seja de todo ruim. Na verdade, vejo muito potencial nele. A história de maneira geral é interessante e tem suas peculiaridades. Mas de fato, erraram muito no desenvolvimento do casal, isso é inegável. Algumas falas eu também senti que foram mal pensadas. Fiquei realmente sentida com o potencial desperdiçado do casal e como foram injustos com o Murong Qinyi. Sei que o objetivo de Overdo era ser um drama, e eu não vejo problema algum com isso. Realmente amo dramalhão, mas acabaram pesando a mão aqui e não souberam estabelecer limites para o aceitável.

Agora tudo que eu NÃO concordo com as críticas:

1. Atuação
Vi muitos dizendo que a atuação estava ruim, e honestamente, tudo bem não gostar do drama, mas dar nota 2 pra atuação já é ser bem parcial. Não acho que a atuação tenha sido ruim, muito pelo contrário, em muitos momentos me peguem surpresa com a entrega em algumas cenas. Também acho que outras escolhas de ângulos do diretor não favoreceram em outros momentos. Mas realmente não acho que a atuação foi ruim, eu fiquei bastante satisfeita com o elenco.

2. Casal
Vi muita gente dizendo que o casal não tinha química nenhuma e nisso eu discordo COMPLETAMENTE. Eu me peguei surtando muitas vezes por esse casal querendo que eles se dessem bem logo. Amo o yearning que foi construído aqui e a tensão entre os dois era de outro mundo. Novamente, achei que o LingHe e a Churan entregaram muito como casal, uma pena o roteiro não ter valorizado mais.

Enfim, é uma história que tinha muito potencial e acredito que parte dele foi desperdiçada. Não totalmente, ainda acho que existem coisas boas pra se tirar desse drama e eu fiquei muito feliz com esse lançamento. Apesar de não ter conseguido aproveitar em todo o seu potencial, ainda assim aproveitei muito e no geral eu amei. Não me arrependo nem um pouco de ter assistido e esse casal vai permanecer na minha mente durante muito e muito tempo.

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Im not BLAMING the CAST , GENRE - SHIFT reduced the ENTERTAINMENT value

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relationship with deadline

Just finished watching this movie, and I don’t think my heart is ready to let it go yet.

It’s one of those stories that breaks your heart so gently, yet somehow leaves you feeling grateful for being alive.

Two lonely souls found each other at a time when life was already slipping through their fingers. And in the little time they had, they became the reason each other smiled, laughed, loved, and truly lived. They kept secrets, not because they didn’t trust each other, but because sometimes loving someone means choosing their happiness over your own truth.

Their love story was heartbreaking, but there was something so beautiful about it too. They didn’t have forever, so they made their little moments feel like forever.

What touched me the most was how the movie made death feel less like an ending and more like a reminder to appreciate the life we still have. They knew their time was limited, yet they chose to live—to laugh, to love, to make memories, and to enjoy every moment they were given.

Maybe that’s what the movie was really trying to tell us: we don’t need to be in their situation to start living more fully.

Life is short. Love the people you have. Enjoy the little things. Make memories while you can.

Because sometimes, the most beautiful stories aren’t the ones that last forever.

They’re the ones that make the time we have feel like enough. 🤍

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Well put together, filling every aspect, the happiest cast of drama ive ever seen

First i must mention the Female Lead, her smile man.., damn especially the earliest episode was so pure and bright, i literally would fight the world to protect that damn smile. And dthe director really know how to maximize it.

A Romcom with a main plot a little bit dark usualy feels cranky and weirdly put, but this is wo well put that it can separate the genre so well that we can greatly enjoying both of the world.

This is the first drama that ive got to like everyone character, even the cameo, its just a fun and delightful experience seeing them interact, it feels so honest that i thought they werent acting, just like seeing our happy neighbor interact with each other.

Just job welldone i have no complain, really really enjoyable experience.

Thank you really, for all the drama cast and staff, for brighten one of my days.

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Intense but meaningless in the end

Joseon-ish supernatural horror. Royal family and palace are terrorized by spirits and given what all's gone on there, it's no wonder. The King brings in a ghost hunter and pairs him up with his daughter who has been ostracized because she can hear spirits, but the King figures she can be of help in this instance. Meanwhile, a rival nobleman hires a shaman to rile up any vengeful spirits that might be around, thereby improving his own chances of grabbing power for his family.

Our ghost hunter goes to and from the spirit world of Gwi, which is a lurid, chaotic mess where it's hard to see what's going on, whereas the "real world" scenes are beautifully and crisply shot. Unfortunately, we spend an inordinate amount of time in Gwi in indistinct, if intense, combat between ghost hunter and spirits.

Throughout, this drama tries very hard to be something--but what? Important? Meaningful? Unfortunately, it just swirls and roils, intensely, forcefully, and sometimes beautifully, but in the end goes nowhere. Except for the ghost hunter and the princess, there's not a sympathetic character to be found or anything to be learned. The evil shaman's rituals were impressive, though. I liked those.

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WOW! What A Surprise!! I LOVED this!!!

I'm a die-hard POJ and Zhange Linghe fan, but after watching the dark and sad Overdo drama, I needed some joy in my entertainment choices.
A Splendid Match gets a 10! The plot and atory line is wonderful! I have three areas of comment but all three areas are equal in my esteem and praise: The illustrations, the actors, and the story.
First of all:
The opening & closing graphics! They are truly the most beautifully artistic and expressive I've seen! I usually skip the opening/closing graphics because, unfortunately, I don't read more than a handful of chinese characters (but "wo zhengzai xuexi zhongwen!") So, at first, the opening/closing credits & graphics didn't make much sense to me, and I skipped them. But after watching several episodes, the graphics caught my attention -- because I understood them, having become attached to the characters and the story line. Bravo to the art team!! Now I watch the opening and closing!
Next:
Ren Min, Chi Sha -- master of the art of saying so much without speaking a word! Not over-expressing or over-acting! But not under-expressing or under-delivering the dynamics. True artists! They embodied their characters with sincerity, flawless commitment, and it was beautiful to feel that sense being there in the scene, watching it unfold, never having a moment where one of the main actors showed a glitch in their craft that reminded us they were acting, not truly the character we believed was real.
And finally:
The music - no one masters drama series lyrics like the Chinese music professionals. I'm older than 60 years of age, lived in USA my whole life, and our government leads peoole to believe that China is bad. And I've been listening to my own music & TV favorites for decades! But since last year, when I discovered IQIYI, Tencent, etc, I've cancelled Spotify, Apple Music, Starz, HBO, and paused Netflix! Compared to Chinese and Korean film and music, American TV and music just dies on the vine and I feel like our country is a declining civilization. Chinese musical lyrics are intelligent, fully literate, non-cliche, well-thought-out, emotional, memorable, relatable, respectful, and beautiful. The music composure and arrangements are fabulous. It's pretty much all I listen to now.
After a year or more watching Chinese historic dramas, documentaries, and educational programs, I now speak up to others when, in ignorance, they speak ill of China. I appreciate what China is doing for the world in technology, science, education, sustainability, engineering, morals, arts and culture.
Lately, when I hear a fellow American say we should all be afraid that China may take over the world, I say that likely would be a better world.
I never would have known about so many of the advancements in China, had I never discovered their entertainment productions!
In my country, most (not all) film and entertainment professionals and productions degrade make us look like a degenerate civilization running toward a garbage pile to feast on our own waste. How lamentable. :(
In China. most film and entertainment professionals and productions bring honor to your country's reputation and challenge us to do the same. :)

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