Drama Rating: 7/10 Neck Score: A+
Showing posts with label Zhao Yi Qin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zhao Yi Qin. Show all posts
Thursday, January 17, 2019
331. Accidentally in Love 惹上冷殿下 (2018) Chinese
Sun Yi Ning, Guo Fiction, Ma Li, Zhao Yi Qin, Zhou Mo, Cheng Mu Xuan
Drama Rating: 7/10 Neck Score: A+
I was needing more dramas, and some of my T-List were talking about how much they liked this one, so I started it and then quickly burned through it. It was just what I needed to contrast the other dramas I was watching, which are full of crazy. Not that this one wasn't full of crazy in its own way. The fluffy, ridiculous way. But if I had to describe this drama in one word, it would be "cute." The OTP was adorable and I liked pretty much everyone in the show. There were some stupid people sure, like the bad behavior enabling noona who popped in to escalate the drama near the end. But on the whole everyone was pretty likable. That's not saying that I didn't have moments where I got stressed because people kept hurting my muffins and it took way too long for the muffins to finally get together, because that totally happened. But I also love the slow progression of the relationship from enemies, to frenemies, to friends, to best friends, to lovers. Isn't that the way its just supposed to happen. Especially when the characters are so consistent when it happens. Even when they were dating they treated each other like before. Teasing and bickering, but still having each other's back.
Drama Rating: 7/10 Neck Score: A+
Friday, September 29, 2017
275. King is Not Easy 大王不容易 (2017) Chinese
Zhang Yi Jie, Bai Lu, Zhao Yi Qin, Xu Bai Hui
Drama Rating: 6/10 Neck Score: A+
When I saw the promos for this I was excited, because it looked cute and funny. It looked fluffy. That it was. A body swapping Drama with the King of Zhou and his maid, who of course will fall in love. Classic.
It started off really well. It was rather refreshing as a body swapping drama. It was still cheesy, but I really loved it. I think they both did a great job of being each other, especially when she was still chasing after the hot palace guard in the king’s body, so everyone thought he was gay, and he's more jealous than worried because he's already in like with her even though he's literally only interacted with her while she was in his body. Haha, imagine seducing your own body, haha. Somehow it still worked, even though it was cheesy and fluffy and the king looked like a 16 year old. A cute, but scrawny one at that.
Then the last four episodes happened when it turned into some kind of an epic all the sudden. I mean, it did have a draggy part before, when they had to resolve the 2nd couple so the king could actually get her to pay attention to him, despite him still being in her body. But all the sudden they are fighting wars, and using every trope to fill the holes and tie up ends that didn't need to be tied. It went full blown W on us, as worlds collided and the craziness continued to escalate. And then, in the end, it still left us hanging. All I wanted was a happy ending, which it kind of did, in a super open ended way. The weird thing was that everything they did was technically possible, but highly improbable. There were unexplored facets they didn't need to explore, but technically could because it was there, but to do it that way would be bad or at least sloppy writing. If it was a manga adaptation, they could have done a better job, thats all I have to say. Really, even the opening credits song was a metaphor for this show. It is fluffy and cute until the last 3o seconds which turns into a funky break down that doesn't seem to fit, much like the last 4 episodes of the show... hmmm, interesting.
So overall I loved it, but I am disappointed that the ending since istead of wrapping it up they opened a bunch of random worm cans and then left us drowning. Ok, fine whatever. I just had to go with the flow and let it happen. I did still love the main couple, even though he was 16 and she was like 20, at least in appearances. I also really loved the added dynamics added by the short little modern skits at the end. I guess they could have given me some hints, since she was a graphic novelist or whatever, but still, if they were going in that direction, just make it longer. Don't surprise us that close to the end. Nope, nope, nope.
Drama Rating: 6/10 Neck Score: A+
It started off really well. It was rather refreshing as a body swapping drama. It was still cheesy, but I really loved it. I think they both did a great job of being each other, especially when she was still chasing after the hot palace guard in the king’s body, so everyone thought he was gay, and he's more jealous than worried because he's already in like with her even though he's literally only interacted with her while she was in his body. Haha, imagine seducing your own body, haha. Somehow it still worked, even though it was cheesy and fluffy and the king looked like a 16 year old. A cute, but scrawny one at that.
Then the last four episodes happened when it turned into some kind of an epic all the sudden. I mean, it did have a draggy part before, when they had to resolve the 2nd couple so the king could actually get her to pay attention to him, despite him still being in her body. But all the sudden they are fighting wars, and using every trope to fill the holes and tie up ends that didn't need to be tied. It went full blown W on us, as worlds collided and the craziness continued to escalate. And then, in the end, it still left us hanging. All I wanted was a happy ending, which it kind of did, in a super open ended way. The weird thing was that everything they did was technically possible, but highly improbable. There were unexplored facets they didn't need to explore, but technically could because it was there, but to do it that way would be bad or at least sloppy writing. If it was a manga adaptation, they could have done a better job, thats all I have to say. Really, even the opening credits song was a metaphor for this show. It is fluffy and cute until the last 3o seconds which turns into a funky break down that doesn't seem to fit, much like the last 4 episodes of the show... hmmm, interesting.
So overall I loved it, but I am disappointed that the ending since istead of wrapping it up they opened a bunch of random worm cans and then left us drowning. Ok, fine whatever. I just had to go with the flow and let it happen. I did still love the main couple, even though he was 16 and she was like 20, at least in appearances. I also really loved the added dynamics added by the short little modern skits at the end. I guess they could have given me some hints, since she was a graphic novelist or whatever, but still, if they were going in that direction, just make it longer. Don't surprise us that close to the end. Nope, nope, nope.
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