Sylwia
Warsaw, Poland
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Xing Zhao Lin and a Cat. What's not to like?
First things first:
I’m writing this comment after watching the entire drama.
Overall
It wasn't as bad as many comments suggest. Acting was good, and secondary characters were fun. The meeting of the in-laws cracked me up. If you are looking for something light with a good dose of humour, go for it. There were many scenes that made me laugh out loud.
Music
Music was pretty good like for a Chinese drama.
Cat
The cat was cute as cats are and well trained but it was obvious nobody working on the production had any idea about cats. They even installed a door for dogs in a cat cafe as if cats couldn’t jump over barriers several times higher than they are. There were also strange holes in the plot. At the beginning it was said that the cat was spayed, but by the end of the drama they wanted the cat to have babies! And really, who still has stray cats reproduce in the 21st century? Also, throughout most of the drama the cat alternates between the respective houses of the FL and ML, but when FL stays at ML’s for several days the cat is probably left alone in the FL’s house. Still, since cats and dogs are rare in Asian dramas, I was really glad to see the cat there.
General impression
All in all I enjoyed the drama up to the 21st episode. It was funnier than most Chinese dramas so I had a good time watching it. However, in the 21st episode there's a scene with a kiss that comes far too early, when there are still trust issues to be cleared up between the leads. It's the second time when the ML makes decisions and takes action without putting FL in the loop, even though she turns out to be crucial in finding a solution. He keeps plotting with other people and watching her worry for days (and even makes her jealous in the meantime), but doesn't tell her anything as if he didn't trust her at all. And after that he just says "sorry" and everything is fine. This way it'll happen again and again. It was the first time I cringed during Xing Zhao Lin's kissing scene because it felt so wrong at that point. Then what followed was very chaotic. Some of it was funny, like FL’s clever revenge, some was dragging too long, some was making no sense at all like worrying that people in the office would know about them as if they hadn’t already kissed in front of cameras a couple days earlier. And then the ending was like WTF. Actually I’m not even sure there was one.
Fireworks
I hate fireworks as they are deadly for birds, animals and environment, so I deduct 0,5 point.
Rating
On the whole it's 7/10 for me, which is low considering how much I like Xing Zhao Lin.
Xing Zhao Lin
Even though I like overbearing CEOs I hope he’s going to play other roles soon. Or at least another type of an overbearing CEO. He did have better roles in the past.
I’m writing this comment after watching the entire drama.
Overall
It wasn't as bad as many comments suggest. Acting was good, and secondary characters were fun. The meeting of the in-laws cracked me up. If you are looking for something light with a good dose of humour, go for it. There were many scenes that made me laugh out loud.
Music
Music was pretty good like for a Chinese drama.
Cat
The cat was cute as cats are and well trained but it was obvious nobody working on the production had any idea about cats. They even installed a door for dogs in a cat cafe as if cats couldn’t jump over barriers several times higher than they are. There were also strange holes in the plot. At the beginning it was said that the cat was spayed, but by the end of the drama they wanted the cat to have babies! And really, who still has stray cats reproduce in the 21st century? Also, throughout most of the drama the cat alternates between the respective houses of the FL and ML, but when FL stays at ML’s for several days the cat is probably left alone in the FL’s house. Still, since cats and dogs are rare in Asian dramas, I was really glad to see the cat there.
General impression
All in all I enjoyed the drama up to the 21st episode. It was funnier than most Chinese dramas so I had a good time watching it. However, in the 21st episode there's a scene with a kiss that comes far too early, when there are still trust issues to be cleared up between the leads. It's the second time when the ML makes decisions and takes action without putting FL in the loop, even though she turns out to be crucial in finding a solution. He keeps plotting with other people and watching her worry for days (and even makes her jealous in the meantime), but doesn't tell her anything as if he didn't trust her at all. And after that he just says "sorry" and everything is fine. This way it'll happen again and again. It was the first time I cringed during Xing Zhao Lin's kissing scene because it felt so wrong at that point. Then what followed was very chaotic. Some of it was funny, like FL’s clever revenge, some was dragging too long, some was making no sense at all like worrying that people in the office would know about them as if they hadn’t already kissed in front of cameras a couple days earlier. And then the ending was like WTF. Actually I’m not even sure there was one.
Fireworks
I hate fireworks as they are deadly for birds, animals and environment, so I deduct 0,5 point.
Rating
On the whole it's 7/10 for me, which is low considering how much I like Xing Zhao Lin.
Xing Zhao Lin
Even though I like overbearing CEOs I hope he’s going to play other roles soon. Or at least another type of an overbearing CEO. He did have better roles in the past.
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