Lady Nimue
This review may contain spoilers
Underwhelming. Disappointing. Watch this drama if you have a high level of suspension of disbelief.
I had no plans to watch this drama since I've already watched the Taiwanese and the Korean (Both are good in their own right) but the poster of the leads kissing on the cruise ship and have seen the leads' previous work, The Eternal Love Seasons 1 and 2, I decided to give it a go.
This drama’s first 20 episodes started out strong which was enough to keep me hooked until I was spoiled with the ending. Because of this, I wanted to get ALL OF MY TIME BACK.
THE CHARACTERS.
Wang Xiyi's family is the best family out of the three versions. They're supportive of Xiyi and Jiaxin being together. I love how the show highlights Jiaxin marrying into the family cause a positive change where the aunt and their son changed for the better, bringing the family closer together. I like this granny because she looks so fab but my overall favorite is the aunt because she appreciates Jiaxin's actions and doesn't favor Anna. Wang Xiyi is also less of a jerk in this drama. He kept telling Anna A LOT of times that he doesn't have feelings for her anymore.
With those good characterizations also come bad characterizations. I love that they show Jiaxin's potential to be a talented potter early on so it doesn't become sudden but I did not like that she is still a pushover even as Elaine. Next is Dylan with them blemishing his character by making him a schemer.
The third is Anna. This version by far has the worst Anna. She's the usual green tea b***h that you see in Chinese webnovels that these authors would love to have as canon folders. Her scheming which indirectly led to Jiaxin losing her baby and not being repentant about it. I was almost content with her karma but her unrepentant attitude just pisses me off.
THE ENDING.
I would be content with the ending if this were another drama and I've seen this version first before the first two. After I was spoiled with the ending, I wanted to drop this drama. But I decided to continue on to see how bad it was and oh my. IT WAS REALLY BAD. It feels like they have taken the parts that I loved from the Taiwanese and Korean versions and mashed together with the DRAGGING Anna issue and Jiaxin going back and forth made a convoluted mess that are episodes 34-36. Due to that Anna issue, I couldn't care less about what happened to Anson and Siqi's love story. Episodes 33-35 could've been used to resolve the Anna conflict first instead of making them dragging these episodes. Episode 36 is so compressed with the revelation supposed to be the climax of the second arc falling flat.
THE SCENES.
I appreciate the effort of the production team for making this realistic as possible with the crew going to Hungary and allowed the viewers to see how beautiful Budapest is.
But I have a bone to pick with the car accident and the events transpiring after that. Jiaxin colliding with the car was so unbelievable because they weren't able to show the impact. In addition, HOW THE HELL DID SHE MISCARRY WHEN SHE DID NOT BLEED? I found the scene unbelievable that I started to think the doctor was a quack with her diagnosis since Xiyi wasn't drenched in blood. Also, there are a lot of operating gowns that they could've made Liang Jie wear but why scrubs? I thought that only doctors/surgeons wear those. I just had to get this out. I am so sorry.
OVERALL...
I like how they were able to give more depth to the characters but I didn't like that it was at the expense of the story's pacing. They could've moved a lot of scenes after the truth was revealed and it would've been better but sadly they had to take the cliche route. Maybe, if I didn't know the ending, I would've been less annoyed with the slow buildup. There were so many unnecessary scenes that exist for the reason of making that 40-minute episode mark.
I also found it funny that Anna is present in the wedding after all she did.
Although the shots were great and the actors have decent acting, I would recommend this drama to those who did not watch other versions of Fated to Love You yet and for those people looking for something to kill their time. This could've been the best version if they didn't screw up the final episodes so bad which is so disappointing.
If you like this drama, Bless you.
This drama’s first 20 episodes started out strong which was enough to keep me hooked until I was spoiled with the ending. Because of this, I wanted to get ALL OF MY TIME BACK.
THE CHARACTERS.
Wang Xiyi's family is the best family out of the three versions. They're supportive of Xiyi and Jiaxin being together. I love how the show highlights Jiaxin marrying into the family cause a positive change where the aunt and their son changed for the better, bringing the family closer together. I like this granny because she looks so fab but my overall favorite is the aunt because she appreciates Jiaxin's actions and doesn't favor Anna. Wang Xiyi is also less of a jerk in this drama. He kept telling Anna A LOT of times that he doesn't have feelings for her anymore.
With those good characterizations also come bad characterizations. I love that they show Jiaxin's potential to be a talented potter early on so it doesn't become sudden but I did not like that she is still a pushover even as Elaine. Next is Dylan with them blemishing his character by making him a schemer.
The third is Anna. This version by far has the worst Anna. She's the usual green tea b***h that you see in Chinese webnovels that these authors would love to have as canon folders. Her scheming which indirectly led to Jiaxin losing her baby and not being repentant about it. I was almost content with her karma but her unrepentant attitude just pisses me off.
THE ENDING.
I would be content with the ending if this were another drama and I've seen this version first before the first two. After I was spoiled with the ending, I wanted to drop this drama. But I decided to continue on to see how bad it was and oh my. IT WAS REALLY BAD. It feels like they have taken the parts that I loved from the Taiwanese and Korean versions and mashed together with the DRAGGING Anna issue and Jiaxin going back and forth made a convoluted mess that are episodes 34-36. Due to that Anna issue, I couldn't care less about what happened to Anson and Siqi's love story. Episodes 33-35 could've been used to resolve the Anna conflict first instead of making them dragging these episodes. Episode 36 is so compressed with the revelation supposed to be the climax of the second arc falling flat.
THE SCENES.
I appreciate the effort of the production team for making this realistic as possible with the crew going to Hungary and allowed the viewers to see how beautiful Budapest is.
But I have a bone to pick with the car accident and the events transpiring after that. Jiaxin colliding with the car was so unbelievable because they weren't able to show the impact. In addition, HOW THE HELL DID SHE MISCARRY WHEN SHE DID NOT BLEED? I found the scene unbelievable that I started to think the doctor was a quack with her diagnosis since Xiyi wasn't drenched in blood. Also, there are a lot of operating gowns that they could've made Liang Jie wear but why scrubs? I thought that only doctors/surgeons wear those. I just had to get this out. I am so sorry.
OVERALL...
I like how they were able to give more depth to the characters but I didn't like that it was at the expense of the story's pacing. They could've moved a lot of scenes after the truth was revealed and it would've been better but sadly they had to take the cliche route. Maybe, if I didn't know the ending, I would've been less annoyed with the slow buildup. There were so many unnecessary scenes that exist for the reason of making that 40-minute episode mark.
I also found it funny that Anna is present in the wedding after all she did.
Although the shots were great and the actors have decent acting, I would recommend this drama to those who did not watch other versions of Fated to Love You yet and for those people looking for something to kill their time. This could've been the best version if they didn't screw up the final episodes so bad which is so disappointing.
If you like this drama, Bless you.
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