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Skate Into Love chinese drama review
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Skate Into Love
1 people found this review helpful
by pineapple18
Dec 22, 2021
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 9.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.0
This review may contain spoilers

Can't get enough of the leads!

I've watched this show twice, but still whenever I see clips of the show especially of the main leads, I want to watch it again!

STORY
The storyline of Tang Xue and Li Yubing as childhood frenemies was funny though ultimately I felt the story could've also gone without it. I know it's from the original novel but the story starting from college was already interesting enough and how they were chasing towards their dreams. I wasn't that interested in the supporting characters though. Especially Tang Xue's friends.
The latter part of the show, I felt had unnecessary conflict that had been dragged on longer than it should have. Especially with Tang Xue and Li Yubing's misunderstanding. I felt that it could've been solved sooner and was put there just so they could have a problem in their otherwise perfect relationship.
I also felt that Li Yubing is portrayed too much as a hero that it's an insult to his teammates. Since, after all, they're playing ice hockey which is a team sport so why does everything depend on just Li Yubing?

CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING
It's surely hard to shoot the scenes on the ice rink, especially during games. Of course the editing had to make sure that the scene where the actors were shown and the scenes where they used body doubles were edited seamlessly. They had a lot of cuts though and you couldn't exactly see what was happening in the game but I guess it still became effective in portraying the fast paced, high tension of the games.
The close up scenes of the kissing scenes was soo waaaahhh! I think my replay button died.

COSTUMES
I love how as Tang Xue and Li Yubing fall for each other, their outfits become more color-coordinated!

ACTING
Ever reliable, ever likeable Janice Wu. If another actress portrayed Tang Xue, she might not be as likeable but because Janice Wu has this innate charm, that's why you can still root for Tang Xue even when she's being unreasonable sometimes. Her chemistry with Steven Zhang is off the charts. My gosh Steven Zhang has such great charisma, even just the scenes where he's looking at Tang Xue, it makes your heart beat fast! He can go from being intense to being like a cute little puppy when smiling. And the kissing scenes oh my goodness!

MUSIC
I love their soundtrack. My favorite was Sa Dingding and Liu Yuning's versions of The Moment I Met You. I love them equally and makes the romantic scenes 10x more thrilling.

OVERALL
Recommended! After watching this I kept on looking for shows about skating because it didn't just make me interested in the characters itself but also in ice skating. For me, it's also rewatchable but you can skip the scenes you're not really interested in or just replay the leads' love story hihi.
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