Mr. Swimmer (2018)

I didn't expect that watching this series would turn into a nightmare. The first episodes really interested me. The plot was presented in an interesting way and the acting seemed to be bearable. I thought I really made a good choice by clicking on this series. However, with more and more newer episodes, the drama started to bore me. I was less and less eager to reach for the next sections. In the middle of the series, I experienced great disappointment. The drama had nothing to offer me that would attract my attention. The series was very well thought out. The idea was excellent, but the performance was quite boring and dull. I am sorry that I have such feelings after watching this drama. Unfortunately, I didn't like the series. As far as music is concerned, there is only the leading melody, which falls into the ear, but after listening to it for a longer time, one gets bored and starts to get upset.

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The storyline was Lengthy I was waiting for when these episodes will end and its kind of boring that they were dragging the whole storyline as there is no ending of it. After reading details I was expecting that drama will be wowed blasting but it was okay. Rather than difficult plotting, they would have some simple Romance that would be great but according to the drama there was a lot of melodrama involved, whole family thing and then superstar's tantrum. I mean it's a drama it's not a circus that they are involving every single thing.

As for the acting, I really love lead actors' acting and Mike did his best but I don't know why I feel like his voice is not his voice is it's just someone backing it up.
As for Song Chacha character which is played by Ju Jing Yi was beautifully played and the essential points are you can say essential personality traits was shown very clearly that how song Chacha is and how she lives her life.
And the character Lan Tian which is played by Jerry Yan. This whole character was so much in hatred with other characters that I was like I can kill this person (Lan Tian) if he was alive but after a while, at the ending, everything was settling down because every drama or every romantic drama need to end as a happy ending.

and as for the music during the intense situations and scene music was played on the dot I was so much into the scene and because of the music I was overwhelming with my emotions and also it was like I was living that scene I was standing there. music does matter to the drama but because of the whole Lengthy and dragging thing I was irritated every time so I really didn't get through the music or you can say feel the music.

To be very honest I really don't want to talk to myself by Re-watching it again and again because according to me it's not that amazing.

For the overall review, I would like to say that I appreciate the acting and I appreciate the music (which I really don't know when I listen to it). As for the plot and the whole storyline I was little disappointed because I was expecting something more playful, fun, and romantic but it turned out to be a more melodramatic, disastrous, and family problem.

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I started this drama after seeing Mike in My Amazing Boyfriend 2.

When I first started watching, I liked the chemistry between the ML and FL and wanted to see how their relationship progressed. But as time went on, it turned into a repetitive cycle of the ML and FL getting together, the ML saying that he would never let the FL lead go again, the psychopath 2nd ML wanting her back and then the FL going back to the 2nd ML. They kept breaking up and getting back together and breaking up and getting back together. It drove me crazy and was the same repeated plot over and over again.

This drama was so frustrating, it's the first-ever drama that I will give 1 star to.

The only positive thing I will have to say is that the 2nd ML's sister and the coach were hilarious together, they saved the drama for me.

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At the very start I was really on board with this show. The story sounds interesting on paper and the actors where doing their best with the materiel that was given. However, as the show when on it took a turn. This show has an interesting plot on paper whoever, I feel the writers didn't really know what to do with the plot and character after the two leads got together the first time. After this the show devolves into someones does not like the two main leads relationship two leads fight break up for the episode, make up get back together and then break up again the next episode. Repeat this for about 10 episodes. Toward the end of the series the writers also decide to throw in a bunch of cliche drama story plots instead of doing anything to advance the couples relationship. The only character that felt actually had good character development and changed into a better more well rounded person is the second male lead. Overall this show isn't bad just a little boring and had wasted potential. If you're in the mood for a swimming drama just watch My Mr. Mermaid instead

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I loved this show. It was about swimming. Which I love dramas that include swimming in drama. I felt happy, sad, mad but all in a god way. The show was funny something so that was nice. The romance was great. They had good chemistry together. The romance in this show was fantastic they did a good job on it. I loved that the two friends were on the same swimming team and competing against each other. There was a good amount of drama in this story. It showed swimming practice and swimming competitions which was good. I can tell that the director put his whole heart and passion into the show. The script was well written. The actors and actresses did a good job acting. There clothes, hair and makeup was good too. There was enough drama in the show to keep it entertaining. It was never once boring. I recommend the show to anyone who likes sport dramas and romance.

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Plot goes from Swimming to Drowning. Quickly

One of the few c-dramas I've watched.... and for a reason.
Most c-dramas are very long, including this one with 46 eps.
They start off well and spiral into nonsense.

Hon, I can't remember too much from this drama since I watched it a few years ago, however I remember that it was a nightmare. Towards the middle of the drama to the end, the eps were being dragged out so painfully that I can't help but try and click away. I'm not too sure how I was able to finish this drama lol. I think the only reason was to finish a c-drama, no matter how terrible it was.

The end was extremely unexpected and not in a good way. Like the 'antagonist' suddenly says she's pregnant? The sudden kidnapping also made no sense.

I can't really remember anything about the music, acting or the story so I left it at 5 stars. Edit: Changed to 1.5 stars to be more accurate. Since watching more dramas- my expectations have grown. Just watching the trailer again makes me cringe.

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Worth Watching

I binged watched Mr. Swimmer. Loved the location and premise of the story but how much pain can one guy take? To be honest towards the last several shows, I had the urge to fast forward but I didn't. Also, I was ready to kill Li Bao, a very mean, cunning person and she played it well because I really hated her.

Mike Angelo was great and amazing that he did this in Chinese when he doesn't really speak it fluently. Also liked him singing the song in the movie.

Lan Tian has so much anger but now I realize why. You don't find out all the reason for his behavior (like leaving Cha Cha) until its close to the end. The fun, romantic, and cute scenes with Yong Ze and Cha Cha were really nice and heartwarming to watch.

I'm happy with the ending. If it didn't end that way, I would have been greatly disappointed. Love the interactions of the Coach and Lan Xin, which was very comical and gave you relief from the gloomy, sad parts of the story.

Lan Tian is such a complex person with tremendous internal turmoil. Yong Ze on the other hand comes across arrogant and cocky but is a very caring, sensitive person.

I did wonder why the swimmers looked so white and pasty. Especially since they were at a beach resort and they did train outside. But they did look good in their swim pants!

One complaint is that the subtitles went by pretty fast in some scenes and I had to rewind to catch the whole sentence but overall, the translation seemed pretty accurate but hard to tell since I don't understand Chinese. But since this wasn't a complex plot, it wasn't crucial that the translation was spot on.

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Hilarious

Only in Chinese dramas we can see such hilarious characters, meaningless plots, joke less jokes etc..
Hilarious character’s,
1. Shameless parent knowingly, repeatedly play with their own children future.
2. Shameless psycho ML with multiple personalities.
3. Immature joke less jokes even 5 grade children’s also won’t laugh for that jokes.
4. Meaningless plots with no idea why they directed like that.
Etc…
Shameless ML is the common character in most of the Chinese dramas, in this what I felt is the ML has multiple personality disorder, he keeps on telling himself that he is helping the FL to get back 2 ML and push her away when she wants to be with him, when she decided to go away the ML pleading her to stay with him. In one scene it is portrayed clearly that he is helping her to persue the 2 ML in the next scene it is shown acts differently, it is totally messed up. Similarly sometimes he tells her to stay away from him and in the next scene he runs to her or entertain her stay with him. Even after knowing the FL and 2nd ML are back together he keeps on continuing to clinging to her and intimate with her.
2. Especially the mother part is total cliche, knowingly and repeatedly she put her son life or future in danger by taking money from someone and begging her son to save one last time knowingly which will cause damage to his years of hardship.
3. To increase number of episodes and the director don’t know what to direct, ML repeatedly got injured or sick and hospitalized, pushing the FL away from him because he can’t give good life and again he runs to her.
4. Few mistakes are so unreasonable even the small children’s also are matured than that. When FL proposed number of times he used to convince her that this is not love and you love only 2ML which is better for everyone but one day he suddenly accepted her proposal like nothing happened in the past.
Etc…
So many plots are meaningless, the only reason I finished this drama because of the FL, of course for sometime it is portrayed like she is two timer but she knows clearly what she wants and fully committed to that, and also because of her strong personality. But ML he tells something but does opposite.

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Honestly not bad for a show. I enjoyed it a lot. The only thing that threw me off is that she didn't end up with Lan Tian. It's pretty logical considering that Lan Tian did play as the second male lead. Something that I hated and didn't get was when Song Chacha and Lan Tian were together, Song Chacha had always thought that Lan Tian was her soulmate, then they broke up, so she knew that they were destined to be together. Then Song Chacha and Bai Yongze started dating then they broke up, yet she was sure that they were still soulmates. I honestly hate these types of shows. Where the main lead ends up with the other main lead. Like sometimes they don't even give it a try.

In my opinion, shows like this need to give the second male lead a chance sometimes. I literally predict that it wasn't Lan Tian choice to break up with Chacha but his dad's.

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I didn't expect that watching this series would turn into a nightmare. The first episodes really interested me. I enjoyed it a lot. The only thing that threw me off is that she didn't end up with Lan Tian, because Song Chacha had always thought that Lan Tian was her soulmate, then they broke up, so she knew that they were destined to be together. Then Song Chacha and Bai Yongze started dating. I'm happy with the ending. If it didn't end that way, I would have been greatly disappointed. Love the interactions of the Coach and Lan Xin, which was very comical and gave you relief from the gloomy, sad parts of the story.

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