Eternal Love (2017)

Eu nem sei por onde começar. É sensacional. Eu poderia ter dado uma nota maior, mas me nego por alguns motivos. Por incrível que pareça, o que eu menos gostei nessa série foi a trama do casal central, o resto foi digno de um 9 ou 10. Há personagens muito cativantes e histórias bem construídas. Cenários lindos, trilha sonora, figurinos, tudo um primor, em minha opinião. A fantasia presente nessa trama te leva a ter outras noções, por vezes até nos faz mergulhar ao ponto de nos sentirmos muito pequenos perto de tanta coisa grandiosa que deve existir. A natureza, os deuses, o tempo. E como nossa vida é curta né? kkkkkkkkkk.
Tudo isso me deixou fascinada nessa trama linda, mágica, que você assiste até o fim mesmo sendo longa, e mesmo que o mocinho não te conquiste (como foi meu caso, mas essa é uma opinião minha, muita gente gostou bastante do casal). Eu preferia a Bai Qian sozinha, honestamente, uma espécie de Dong Hua na versão feminina. Até o Mo Yuan me agradou mais como herói do que o Ye Hua, mas infelizmente ele apareceu pouco, só no começo e no fim da trama.
Ao meu ver crítico, o romance central é um tanto massivo, e até um tanto obsessivo, não me passa uma impressão boa com algum sentido evolutivo ou algo assim, a impressão é para algo carmático, sofrível. Tudo bem que tem seu fundo belo e romântico, a ideia de persistir, perdoar... Mas eu me senti incomodada muitas vezes. Não me agradou o fato de Ye Hua insistir em tê-la, mesmo sabendo que ela desejou por conta própria esquecê-lo, faltou algo como a ideia de respeitar a decisão dela, e quem sabe algo fluiria naturalmente, sem o Ye Hua forçando toda hora, isso me incomodou muito. Sem contar que ele foi o tempo todo uma personagem altiva, mas sem fibra, sem aquele furor, ele era muitas vezes robótico e sem carisma (ao meu ver), não sei, faltou algo nele. Maaas, tem muita gente que ama um mocinho assim, né? O Ye Hua segue sendo um sucesso entre as fãs deste c-drama.
Bai Qian me agradou mais como mocinha, apesar de atitudes imaturas dela no final, mas isso pareceu mais uma forçada de roteiro (pra gerar um conflito) do que uma brecha da personagem em si. Não gostei muito do final, e algumas coisas pareceram forçadas mesmo. Não gostei de ele ter impedido a Bai Qian de lutar, da mesma forma que ele tava basicamente sem cultivo (forças), e mesmo assim derrotou o vilão mor que aterrorizou todos o drama inteiro. Tipo, pra quê? Que fizessem então a Bai Qian lutar, e que ele só fizesse o sacrifício no final. Há umas generosas salpicadas machistas nessa trama, como na maioria dos dramas, mas, com personagens femininas tão magníficas, é decepcionante elas serem apagadas nessas horas.
MAS, como eu já havia dito, a trama central foi a única que me desagradou. Felizmente, temos outras tramas que te encantam e te prendem, te fazem ver o drama até o fim. Inclusive o casal secundário é considerado protagonista tb, pois eles roubam a cena muitas vezes. Esse mérito é da Fengjiu e do Dong Hua. Os dois são a cereja do bolo nessa trama. Personagens opostas e muito cativantes mesmo. É fácil dizer que Fengjiu é minha personagem feminina favorita, e o Dong Hua meu deus preferido, porque né, você vai cair de amores por ele, mesmo com todos os poréns. Ele é uma personagem misteriosa, bem construída, bem interpretada (não consigo imaginar outro ator fazendo ele), possui um carisma excêntrico, muita altivez, e nem preciso falar da beleza kkkkkk. Você torce muito por esse casal, e ao mesmo tempo compreende seus conflitos. É o amor que mais nos convence na trama, apesar do final aberto e dos dois cada um no seu canto, cada um no seu empoderamento kkkkk, cumprindo seus deveres enquanto mantém sentimentos vivos, uma lealdade silenciosa. Achei lindo, a trama mais cativante (pra mim). Pra falar a verdade, foi meu principal motivo pra ver tudo até o fim, porque descobri que em breve teremos um novo drama, e este sim será focado justamente no Dong Hua e na Fengjiu. Como não surtar e morrer de ansiedade, né?
Bom, fora tudo isso, alguns desfechos ficaram "no ar", e algumas personagens mal tiveram desfechos, infelizmente. Mesmo assim, é um drama fantástico e super recomendável. Assistam. Até mesmo porque vale a pena assistir a esse drama antes de assistir a próxima produção, "The Pillow Book", focada no Dong Hua e na Fengjiu, que eu digo com tranquilidade que são um dos casais mais cativantes dos dramas épicos chineses (inclusive os fãs ficam shippando os atores kkkkkkk). Fica a dica, então.

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Late to the party but underwhelmed and dragged on too long

I was captivated hearing the OST song randomly recalling my friends were so into this drama a while back. It started out strong and by episode 15 I was scanning past and didn't care for Bai Feng Jiu storyline. Her face looked unnatural, cringe whimpering and comedic storyline.

The crying scenes were done nicely but the male leads but at times it was like a competition of who can cry on demand more Bai Qian or Bai Feng Jiu lol. The # of episodes could have been 30-35 max but this drama dragged on so long and the rollercoaster was so predictable, annoying and the music score was good but after hearing it for 10000x bruh if it's 58 episodes you need more than 5 melodramatic crying scene, heart-tugging background music. It got so stale and I had to fast forward to just skip it. Bai Qian's character got hella annoying, in the last final fight how convenient the Emperors were all chilling, Mo Yuan just chilling in a cave. She's just hogging the body with no right seriously. Like how are you so dense?

I didn't like this drama from episode 30 on. If you like repetitive, cringe and drama's where the main leads get annoying it's for you otherwise skip.

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I finished this drama in 15 days, this is by far the longest drama I have seen. And it was only picked in spite of not being my cup of te a because it was too popular to avoid.

Pros
1. Visuals - this drama is great on visuals, every frame is like a painting, Yang Mi is pretty like Aphrodite, and Bi feng jiu is like Persephone? Idk. For some reason Ye hua only reminds me of hades with his costume, I kept hoping he will switch for a different colour showing that his character has become sunnier, but nope, black does not really suit Mark Chao, nor does that hair style.

2. The subplots were what kept me going, the host of side characters like Ze Yan, Dong Hua Dijun, Li Jing, Mo Yuan and his seventeen disciples, Yan Zhi and all the others, Their back stories and their individual story arcs.

Cons.

1. Too many make out scenes, I get it if romance is your thing, but I watched if for the fantasy element and period setting, but it's first and foremost a romance

2. Clichés - the story has ridden with clichés, girl cross dressing and living among several boys, causing some of them to fall in love with her and having them doubt if they are homosexual, girl who has a crush on main lead creating misunderstanding and hatching plots to separate them.


The music was pleasant, the acting was satisfactory, for some reason I preferred Mark Chao's Mo Yuan over his Ye Hua, None of three character of Yang Mi are really likable, Si Yin is too carefree, by not paying attention to her studies she leaves Mo Yuan with no choice to to take the trial in her place, SuSu is too docile, and Bai Chin is too proud and aloof to others except her family, everyone from Kunlun and Ye Hua. At first I liked her strength and capability but she comes across as stuck up later on. The side characters could have been paid more attention to, their stories more developed.

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face swap

The series was quite nice. The actors were also nice. They were fine. However, there was no harmony between the lead boy and our lead girl, and in my opinion, the lead boy did not suit the girl. I can't answer exactly whether the difference in age is because his face makes him look older or because he has a mustache, but I didn't find these two suitable. Apart from that, I liked all the actors, except for the logical errors in the series, which is a fantastic series, but if we ignore them, the biggest reason why I took down the score is the FACE CHANGING incident at the beginning of the series. I thought about quitting the series even after that episode. I gave up again. I couldn't tolerate mistakes like this anymore. Even though it was nice, I couldn't handle such things. He says let me give you my face, don't use it too much, he gives you a watch or something. The other one says, why should I use it maliciously? The reason he wanted it was because he was ugly and the girl whose face he took was more beautiful. We didn't see this in the series. Our two daughters were beautiful. So is their skin. There is no ugliness. The excuse doesn't fit at all. Secondly, why should I use it maliciously? It doesn't fit at all. Why would a person give his face to another person? Why would he teach this spell? No follicle, no egg, what was this wish and this wish was fulfilled. I couldn't like this series at all. After all, does a well-intentioned person want someone else's face? There is reason, there is logic. It's something that was written with a huge mistake and a foresight that doesn't fit into this series. I wanted to say this. No need for others. That's enough already. Let's not hinder the audience. But I hope that if the screenwriters add a little bit of reason, reality or appropriateness to their writing while making a series, it will be better. Otherwise, make it up and slide it. I've had enough now. Screenwriters, please do not spoil the beautiful TV series, plots and stories with such simple things. Please!

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10/10

It takes commitment and patience to watch and finish this story.

My complaint is moreso technical: it's about the passage of time. From what I understand, time on earth is SLOWER than time in Heaven. Which is really, really weird. I'm still confused about those logisitics. Like, with the thousands of years that passed in heaven, there should've been flying cars and residential spaceships in neighborhoods.

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Eternal Love/Ten Miles Of Peach Blossoms had me so hooked that i watched it 3 times over and even went to read the novel. I have to give the writer a thumbs up. The story is so cohesive that i appreciated all the characters presence. Each major arc came with growth on the characters part and the villans although not the highly intuitive kind i prefer were well written.

It is a good show only made even better by incredible acting. At each step of the way the actors really captured the feelings of the characters. I prefer to read books because i find that actors rarely ever capture fully the essence of the characters inner thoughts and feelings. But i discovered rather pleasantly here that these actors understood what real acting means and i was grateful because it helped me appreciate the characters more.

The CGI/graphics is breathtaking. Qing qiu and the peach forest are so beautiful that while watching i wished it was real place i could go on vacation to.

Overall this series did good. I didn't feel encumbered by the length and excellent story telling and skillful acting made it an unforgettable watch.

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I don't think this drama needs a review because seems like everyone and their friends have watched it. I am late to the party, but better late than never, right? I am glad I gave this a chance because I haven't really watched any long dramas in the past few years.

This drama is interesting. The initial episodes took a lot of time for the world building but when it came around, it was captivating . I think the beginning was quite good and I was interested enough to keep watching on. Unlike some people I am not a big on Chinese historical dramas but I am glad I gave it a try. I can say this drama has opened the unexplored world of Chinese wuxia / historical shows for me.

It was hard for me to get convinced to watch this drama because I am not the biggest fan of Yang Mi. But the promise of an epic romance had me curious and I binge watched the whole thing in a few days. I think I only took breaks to eat or sleep lol. I devoted my entire time to this drama.

Story: Like I said, quite interesting. I wouldn't say this is the best drama I have watched because some of my favourite Korean sageuks are impossible to top. I would say I might have judged this with high standards but then this is supposed to be the best of best. My favourite parts in the drama were episodes 26 - 35ish. This drama was best when it was sad and filled with angst. There were some episodes I didn't care for in the beginning because the way the leads fell in love were a bit unconvincing. But I freaking loved Ye Hua's devotion and loyalty to Bai Qian. He is one of the most unparalleled loyal drama heroes ever!! I loved his chemistry and passion for the heroine which I believe to be quite rare in the C-dramaworld. Some of the kisses were memorable and I loved Mark Chao's gaze and how he looked at Qian Qian for the entire drama.

The other whole plot I was loving was Dong Hua and Dilraba's loveline. I am a bit biased because I love Dilraba because she is super cute but their love story was also awesome. I must say the only time I came close to crying was in one of their scenes. I don't cry easily while watching dramas so I should say I enjoyed their plot more.

There were some other side plots and characters that I did and didn't care for. I also skipped some scenes here and there but I did overall like some characters. Zhe Yuan(? - I am bad at remembering names) was my favourite High God. Even Mo Yuan was boring in some places but Zhe Yuan always came through.

Acting: I didn't see any phenomenal acting anywhere. Mark is a good actor but I need to see more of his works to be his fan. The actors were all good, but I've seen better. Yang Mi was good in certain scenes but I am not a fan so it is hard for me to praise her overall. Dilraba needs improvement but she wins me over with her cuteness. I don't think I have much to say about anyone else.

ENDING: OMG if not for the ending it would have been a waste to watch. It was a bit nonsensical but I'll take it because it made my time worthwhile.

Also, side note: the constant mentions of their ages was cringey. I would have enjoyed it more without the constant reminder that they were all ancient lol.

Give it a go if you are still hesitating like I was till now.

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A well written and carried out story, not the usual soppy stuff.
Ye Hua, the handsome, overachiever and humourless crown prince of the Heaven Realm, finds freedom and love in the mortal world. It does not last long however as the arrogant and jealous inhabitants of his realm soon see to it. He is reunited with the love of his life 300 years later at the Eastern Sea bash and learns that she is Bai Qian, the High Goddess of the Fox Realm, but she has no memory of him.
Through mishaps and wounds his patience and determination win her back. Pretty Bai Qian is aloof, full of herself, reluctant and romantically dense as her brother Bai Zhen points out, but with his help she finally sees through her denial.
Curiously, she sleeps in her day clothes and does not remove the hair combs ever. Her delicate features and petite frame are not well served by the severe and heavy wig and as the style never changes it becomes boring. Ye Hua, on the other hand, does slip into something more comfortable at bed time and lets his hair down, literally, thus looking not just good but very dishy, as she finally notices.
Li Jing is the handsome Ghost Lord who starts out by being a lively and fun character and then becomes dour in his obsession with Si Yin. Perhaps he'll reincarnate in the sequel.
I haven't read the novel on which the series is based, but hope to watch the sequel when it comes along (2020?).

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