10katie01
Not so much 'drama' as it is cotton candy fiction.
If you're sick and tired of contrived melodramatic plot devices used to drive angsty drama, then this is a salve for your soured soul.
(I wanted to use 'cynicised' instead of 'soured' because it flowed better in that sentence, but a double-check online says that 'cynicised' isn't recognised as a word as such. Pity.)
Filled with fluffy feel-good romance of two good-looking people.
Regular moments of the people who are anti the main leads getting their just deserts, without the main leads suffering anything particularly difficult.
Mostly angst-free.
It's no great literary or dramatic masterpiece. Once you've seen it, you've seen it. There is nothing about it that demands your attention really, unless your soul is personally in great need of said 'candy', so the rewatch value is very low. I'll give it a quarter score for those soul-soother seekers out there.
If it has any value it is a small time capsule of modern life. The gaming trend. The ease of, and type of communication devices. The impact of social media. The over-valuing of 'celebrity'. The under-valuing of smarts. A significant moment in China's space-faring history. Things along those lines. Doesn't really record any of the significant hardships of modern life, though. The characters are all doing well financially (relatively speaking). Again, it's a simple cotton candy fiction.
The music/sound track I really have no memory of. This fact says it wasn't particularly good, nor bad (it didn't intrude upon the story). As such I'll give it a half score.
The acting was great. Couldn't remember any sour notes to speak of. The actors sold their characters to me. But let's face it, it's not like this cotton candy fiction would have been particularly demanding of them in the first place. Simply because I don't think the parts would have been demanding I'll take 1 point off from full points. Full points should only be given for dramatic roles that are more demanding.
Frankly the lead female character being a little too childish (high squeaky voice, some particularly immature moments) was a bit off-putting for me. But that is just my personal perception/bias so I won't score the series down for it.
The story? As said in this review's summary/heading, not so much complex flavoured 'drama' as it is a sugar laden cotton candy piece of fiction. I don't want to over value a production that isn't going to be remembered past the actor's popularity shelf life. But then, for what there was of it, the overall production and presentation of the series hit the mark. It was precisely what it aimed to be, without any sour notes that brought the overall production down. Full marks because it was produced well, but 1 point off because the story isn't really worth remembering.
For the overall score, I'll round up a point simply it was packaged and presented so well. Good job all round.
(9.0 + 9.0 + 5.0 + 2.5)/4 = 6.375
+1 = 7.375
~7.5
(I wanted to use 'cynicised' instead of 'soured' because it flowed better in that sentence, but a double-check online says that 'cynicised' isn't recognised as a word as such. Pity.)
Filled with fluffy feel-good romance of two good-looking people.
Regular moments of the people who are anti the main leads getting their just deserts, without the main leads suffering anything particularly difficult.
Mostly angst-free.
It's no great literary or dramatic masterpiece. Once you've seen it, you've seen it. There is nothing about it that demands your attention really, unless your soul is personally in great need of said 'candy', so the rewatch value is very low. I'll give it a quarter score for those soul-soother seekers out there.
If it has any value it is a small time capsule of modern life. The gaming trend. The ease of, and type of communication devices. The impact of social media. The over-valuing of 'celebrity'. The under-valuing of smarts. A significant moment in China's space-faring history. Things along those lines. Doesn't really record any of the significant hardships of modern life, though. The characters are all doing well financially (relatively speaking). Again, it's a simple cotton candy fiction.
The music/sound track I really have no memory of. This fact says it wasn't particularly good, nor bad (it didn't intrude upon the story). As such I'll give it a half score.
The acting was great. Couldn't remember any sour notes to speak of. The actors sold their characters to me. But let's face it, it's not like this cotton candy fiction would have been particularly demanding of them in the first place. Simply because I don't think the parts would have been demanding I'll take 1 point off from full points. Full points should only be given for dramatic roles that are more demanding.
Frankly the lead female character being a little too childish (high squeaky voice, some particularly immature moments) was a bit off-putting for me. But that is just my personal perception/bias so I won't score the series down for it.
The story? As said in this review's summary/heading, not so much complex flavoured 'drama' as it is a sugar laden cotton candy piece of fiction. I don't want to over value a production that isn't going to be remembered past the actor's popularity shelf life. But then, for what there was of it, the overall production and presentation of the series hit the mark. It was precisely what it aimed to be, without any sour notes that brought the overall production down. Full marks because it was produced well, but 1 point off because the story isn't really worth remembering.
For the overall score, I'll round up a point simply it was packaged and presented so well. Good job all round.
(9.0 + 9.0 + 5.0 + 2.5)/4 = 6.375
+1 = 7.375
~7.5
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