My Dearest (2023)

a cute, realistic and health representation of what love should be on dramas

I don't know what I was expecting, but it definitely went way beyond my expectations, for better and for worse.

Overall, it's a light drama, so don't expect complexity and plots with great subjects to be explored.

it's a drama that realistically talks about how a fake relationship REALLY works. There aren't that many clichés, in fact, I think there could be more and maybe, who knows, the show would be more enjoyable for me.

It's a show about relationships and life, but not only that, it's also about timing. Unfortunately, for me, although the construction of the MC was really interesting, I still think that the writers miss the timing. The couple could have more romantic interaction from the moment they made their feelings clear, but that didn't happen. Tbh, was quite the opposite scenary, cuz we basically didn't have moments of them together, only in the final episode

Despite everything, it's a good representation of what romances in dramas should be: no arm pulling, a respectful and calm ML, who knows how to respect the FL space and understands what individuality means. While we have all these positives and even decent chemistry between the main actors, the story didn't have enough interesting content to keep me 100% focused on it.

I think the drama of the secondary couple was a little annoying, and that helped me want to end it quickly.

And, of course, the unfilled gaps were also an issue for me.

I would like to add that I didn't really like the performance of the main actress, I thought she had little expression, but I don't know if that was intentional, since her character seems to be more introverted.

Otherwise, I felt that the good chemistry between the main actors was wasted, which is a shame.

It was an average drama that, while cute, I wouldn't watch again.

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Episode III: The return of of He Lan Dou and Cao Yuchen

Oh my God......About this drama i could talk hours and probably i'll do, because people need to know, "I show you how deepthe rabbit hole goes". When I discovered that the directors/ screenwriters Zhen Yong Bo and Zhen Yong Tao ( I nicknamed them ironically Coen brothers, at least they are good directors ) were the same of " serendipity love" I already understand what kind of series would have been but I hadn't take in consideration some things.
First of all in this drama the cast is the same as in the movie as well as the couples, the characters names, the costumes, some locations and five or six scenes. This isn't a joke, in this drama there are some scenes that are also featured in the movie.
Here I marked three scenes that are present in both product :
Scene hospital reception: movie 1:10:21 and drama ep. 4 11:34
Fl drinking a bottle of wine : movie 1:11:08 and drama ep.1 14:24
The two protagonists at the market : movie 46:52 and drama ep 5 15:24
Also the movie and the drama were filmed at the same time and this explained all this things marked up also I think that they wanted to do two productions with a limited budget so they recycled everything they could.
Let’s move on and now is the time to talk about the drama, how it is? Well, the first thought that came in my mind was” is really useless, is more fun watching a white wall.”
The plot is full of clichè and the majority of them were poor executed and written like the evergreen silly triangle, a person with a desease, all the subplots about the Fl job, all the subplots of the other two couples etc.
The characters are forgettable and two dimesional apart the two protagonist (more or less….). The fl actress is quite good but i don’t understand why she is obsess with the idea of the marrige( they never explaine this), the ml actor apart of his really pretty face, he isn’t so good at acting, and i think that some motivations of his character aren’t so much explored.
Throughtout the series the two protanists never argue or discuss in a serious way, in particular when they started living as roomates .They have never a contrast when in real life (or in better drama/movie) is quite common that roomates argue about things (like at the beginning of Youth for example).
Also in really hard to comprend how much time passes and a lots of details happend offscreen, they only say but never show.
But there is a “positive” thing: the kiss scene. Finally we can see a really long and passionate kiss between the two protagonists and there is also the beginning of a s3x scene after the kiss (obviously interrupted at the beginning).
I suggest you to avoid this drama, apart if you are a fan of cheap romance. if you are a fan of Cao Yuchen and you want to see his handsome face go on his weibo page( you can enter without registration) and is plenty of really beautiful photos of him.

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