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When You Only Watch for the Male Lead
Admittedly I gave this as high a rating as I did because of Li Jiu Lin. I love this guy. He is gorgeous. He has such an expressive face; he doesn't need a lot of talk for you to know what he thinks or feels - and that body! Wow!Didn't care much for the FL, nor the SML, or the SFL. Their characters were weak and useless. Their story arcs were sloppy at best. The story itself was vague and going nowhere fast. It had potential, but the writers do what writers seem to do best these days, made a mockery of it. There wasn't even any real sizzle between the lead couple despite such a smoking hot ML.
Talk about not tying up loose ends? The SFL got away scot-free with her shenanigans. She even wrangled the ML into her bed, which made me sick to my stomach!
The direction of the writing and quality of Chinese dramas these days is falling fast. No matter how good looking, appealing, or even talented the actors are, they can only perform the roles they are given. I stick mostly with period dramas anymore because the modern-day ones are fraught with domestic violence and abusive relationships.
Is anyone paying attention to the rapidly falling standards of these dramas? Doesn't seem so.
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At last a good series with Li Jiu Lin
At last a good series with Li Jiu Lin. Thanks to the director Jiang Xuan Yi for having directed him in a way his talents are displayed. Since his great success in ‘Decreed by fate’ he had received only poor roles of the big guy with no expression, whom lusty women want to touch all over … What a shame! In ‘Eaglewood as a dream’ he has the opportunity to express his strong and gentle character and it is worth it. This series has also many beautiful aspects. First the ladies in front of him are beautiful as it should be in front of such a handsome man. Also, thanks to the production for taking us to settings still unfamiliar, rustic and elegant decors. The cast is perfect, including very charming children appearing here and there as the main leads in their childhood. Finally I found the plot interesting, pleasantly surprising and over all coherent, a quality rare these days when to follow a popular 40 ep series we have to shut down our reasoning because of so much implausibility and endure a descent into more and more morbid plots when the imagination of the writer got dry in the middle of the series. Here during those short 20 episode, the flow remains fine and we are even given a happy ending. A real treat !Was this review helpful to you?
Fed up with long lasting dramas ? Try this one.
I really didn’t expect enjoying watching this drama. First of all, because most of the actors were unknown to me and I also considered the story development to be superficial : each of the twenty episodes last less than 15 minutes.On first day I watched the 11 first episodes. On day 2, I got frustrated : is the drama already over ? Just like that ? Oh my God, I am already missing the ML.
Of course, it is fast to watch but everything you expect from a good drama is in here : love, hate, jealousy, revenge, twist plots.
Now, FL and ML have not that much chemistry but ML‘s acting is enough to make you dive into the story and make you watch the drama till the end with great pleasure. I'm sure, whether you are a girl or a boy you will fall in love with Li Jiu Lin before the end of episode 10. Wanna bet ?
I really loved ML and FL relationship, you can « feel » their love, or at least you can believe in it. Not just because of the acting but also the filming. Some scenes are sensual but nothing as erotic as what you can see in western films. ML is really good at playing emotionally.
For this kind of production, with clearly no ambition to deliver a piece of art, everything is perfect : settings, costumes, scenes, dialogues, actors and soundtracks. Unexpected twist on episode 12… Almost shocked…. Noooo !
The storyline may be a bit stereotypal, progressing really fast (maybe too fast, with real shortcuts) but who cares when it comes to thrilling entertainment ?
You may not rewatch this drama, but you’ll eventually go and look for shows in which Li Jiu Lin plays.
Not that bad I guess.
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Short, which is kind of good
A short drama, both episode lengths and number of episodes.The story was so-so, so it's good they didn't drag it out more.
I guess the most original with this was the incense making aspect; even if that was superfluous.
All in all, this feels like a rather forgettable series. I finished it some hours ago and it's already dissipating from my memory.
Still, it was OK to watch in between other things due to the short episodes and rather uncomplicated plots.
ML actor is probably what I will remember the best.
FL actress was also OK.
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