Ok, seems like the movie has mainly followed the novel's way of storytelling, that is, we get everything from Bai Qian's perspective with flashbacks. But gotta say, it's tad hectic, the way scenes just change and not because of flashbacks, simply not enough time in a movie to tell it all fully, so if one has not read the novel or seen the drama it might be somewhat confusing, but I'd need someones take on it who has seen only the movie, no novel & drama - was the plot easy to follow/understand? If you have read novel or seen drama, piece of cake, everything was clear. That aside, whoa, the cgi and cinematography is breathtakingly gorgeous! The sets & clothes too! I do believe it's one of the best I've seen if not the best from China! Like, whoaaaaaaaa, a feast for eyes! And the music is also good! Even thou the scene changes & plot are somewhat fast forward & and the end was super abrupt, I'm still loving this movie. Wouldn't have thought I would, but I do. Sooo: Story: obviously difficult to stuff a whole books contents and little nuances into less than 2 hour movie, but they did pretty good. Acting/cast: I'd say there were 4 main roles: The lead roles Liu Crystal as Bai Qian & Yang Yang as Ye Hua did great. And Luo Jin as Zhe Yan was also great. Li Frida as Su Jin I'd also consider among the main cast, she was ok. As for other roles, the actors did ok as well, considering how little screen time there was and the kind of characters they had. Music: music was actually very good, great even, I'm gonna find that soundtrack. Re-watch value: It's worth re-watching now and then, definitely gonna do it myself. Overall: the movie did very good. Acting was great. Visuals/cinematography was spectacular. Plot was ok considering it's a book to movie adaption. Music was nice too. In the end: Loved the novel, loved the drama and loving the movie too ;D Each is great in it's own way ^^