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If you have seen my "Love O2O" review then you know how much I despise Meteor Garden. I can't begin to express my extreme hatred of Meteor Garden.It started out alright. It wasn't bad and it was pretty likable. I enjoyed the characters until it came to Dao Ming Si's love for Shan Cai. I couldn't bear to see her disregard him over and over again. Playing with his emotions like it was nothing and still present herself as a cute lovable character.
It's been a while since i've watched it because i can't deal with how absolutely stupid Shan Cai's character is (so i might recall some events incorrectly or out of order).
She basically admits she likes Si, then when he asks her out she says no, then is sad about not dating him, then is mad at him.. And honestly, I just can't. I honestly think Si is the absolute cutest and omg I would marry him.. But I have to say Shan Cai was so annoying.
Lei was honestly kind of annoying to me too.. Not because he was a bad character, but because it made me uncomfortable how much he looked like a girl with a wig on. Nothing on the series for that.. and no shade to Darren Chen (his actor) but I also wasn't really that interested in his character to be honest. There wasn't anything special about Lei honestly.
I didn't really like anything about this drama in specific aside from Si and Xiao You and even at times Xiao You was kind of repetitive and honestly dumb.. Overall I really didn't like this drama but I'd say try it out if you want to, just don't expect too much from it until you watch at least half of it.
(Si is the only one who saves the acting mark..)
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This drama is ICONIC.. and I appreciated the first few episodes, but honestly.. what happened? It came to a point where it switched eras then failed to explain it and I got lost and bored.
I loved the actors, they were super cute and had decent chemistry, but the writers messed up. I don't know how it got lost so easily. I have no idea why they decided to do what they did with little explanation
Nearing the end it came to my attention that somehow their whole relationship had regressed and how he hated her?
I got confused all over again.
To be honest, It was good for like.. the first half till they messed it up. Wouldn't recommend.
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But the headline is just a reflection of why I love this drama so much. To start off.. It makes Meteor Garden seem like even more of a joke in terms of chinese dramas.. Like honestly. I disliked Meteor Garden so much but this outshines it like crazy.
As a gamer myself, the idea of a drama with gaming as the key point to their love is WONDERFUL. And I know it's probably already been done before.. but oh my LORD they executed this so well. I absolutely LOVE this drama. I love it to absolute BITS. But as the judgmental person I am, I can sadly say that I will not be giving it a 10/10 because of it's lack of good music and emotion.
It has the "in-game" music which is nice and all.. and maybe some music in scenes that would be quiet. But not any super hard hitting tracks that make you feel the emotion of the scene through the screen aswell as a clear lack of super emotional moments. It also kind of lacks character backstories with things that make them unique which kind of bothers me.
There are many other dramas that I would score higher than this just because it had emotion and character individuality that maybe weren't better. Emotion is a big part in dramas for me to be honest, and this one lacked it. There weren't really any cry worthy moments and it felt a bit dry. (not as dry as Meteor Garden though)
All jokes aside, I rate it a sold 7/10 and definitely think it's much better than it's movie adaptation.
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As much as people bash this drama, I have to say.. I LOVED it. The plot line was great, the emotional pain from each character was intense and well thought out.I see people saying that some of the actors/actresses didn't do well or didn't fit the roles which I disagree with completely. Joy was great in this.. she played her emotionally damaged character amazingly. I felt that she really brought all the pain through with everything she did.
For example, after Shi-Hyun (Woo Do-Hwan) reveals the plan to Tae-Hee (Joy) She feels hurt and betrayed but she can't help but continue to feel these intense feelings towards Shi-Hyun. Hatred but love.
People seem to be numb to the fact that her character was incredibly emotionally unstable because of all the shit that happened to her throughout the story and how much she presented herself as a strong character and closed herself off from love because of the events between her mother and her father, and I believe in that manner Joy played this character REALLY well.
I felt the chemistry to be quite good and made me cry quite a bit. It wasn't intense sobbing or anything (we'll leave that to DOTS) but it was a decent cry. (ESPECIALLY when Shi-Hyun cries/cried.
In conclusion I felt this drama to be quite good despite what most people have said and i honestly think Joy did amazing in her role despite what anyone thinks. I honestly have rewatched this drama a few times but i feel like after 1-2 rewatches it's kinda boring.
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