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An Underrated Realistic Love Story.
I first came across this movie in the MDL article, Underrated Movies with Low number of Watchers. Honestly, it deserves to be on that list. I decided to give this a try because I'm watching an airing drama of the FL and wanted to see her other works. Her acting in the drama is very convincing, but in this movie, she was wonderful! And not just her, the ML too was just as wonderful! Their acting, cinematography, and direction are all really good.The storyline might be something very usual but what makes the movie unusual is its realistic approach to the love story. While I'm not really fond of works that don't end on a happy note, this is an exception. What really caught my eye was the title. I've always heard others say, Love brings people together but here, it's the opposite.
Life isn't a bed of roses and despite the harsh work circumstances, Lu Qin Yang stays true to his values and Ling Yi Yao waits patiently for him. They love each other to the point that she is ready to leave her house for him after her mom is not quite happy about their relationship and he goes to great lengths to earn enough money just so he can give her a comfortable life. Eventually, it's the same love that drives them apart.
Although it made me bawl my eyes out, I'm not really pleased with the ending. From the comments, it seems like an open ending and that relieved me a teeny tiny bit.
But I recommend watching this if you don't mind such endings because the movie, in general, was satisfying.
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IDC WHAT YALL SAY. THIS WAS AMAZING.
Like my title says. This was amazing, no matter what yall say. It was real and vulnerable. Lu Qin Yang loves Ling Yi Yao with all of his heart and is willing to do anything and everything for her. He tries to live up to what he wants to provide for her all while dealing with her mom who thinks he isnt worth it. Ling Yi Yao loves Lu Qin Yang despite what her mom thinks and what Qin Yang believes of himself. It was truly beautiful. They both love each other so much they are willing to "suffer" to be with each other.Was this review helpful to you?
Didn't tear my heart enough, but still left feeling sad
After watching Lighter & Princess, I wanted to watch zhang jing yi's other works and this one caught my attention. Just from the title that has 'Tear' in it already giving me that "Ok, My heart is gonna be ripped into shreds in this one" plus the poster is already looking so sad.The beginning of the movie might be fast paced in some sense, they've only shown how they met and this is how they've developed for feelings for each other, but the way they've written and filmed it feels so pure and innocent. Then as we jump to them as young adults facing the challenges of the wider world, that's when it starts "tearing" your heart out, because it's so grounded, it may not look like it, but you could actually see this happening in real life, especially in this day and age where it's already hard to buy your own place that you could call "Home" because of the housing prices.
The movie for me was predictable since i've already watched similar films like the choices that both leads make, i can already sense what's gonna happen next and the only thing I'm gonna look forward to is how are they gonna do it and each choice that leads to bad consequences is where the characters love for each other really shines. I love the way they did the silent moments in this film because that's where the actor/actress acting really shines, it doesn't have dialogues at all like the characters don't talk, but you can feel it through the actions and the emotions that they portray, like ughh!!! sooo good!!
On a side note, the moment i saw Sun Ning here i was like "What the hell? you're here too???" because, i've watched 'A love so beautiful' recently and i hated his character there and i probably still must have that hate in my heart which carried on in this film, so immediately, didn't like his character and actually deserved it for how he'd done wronged the male lead which led to an even bigger and hardest choice that he had to make.
Although i came to this film knowing that i would be sad at the end, i actually did not cry and that's probably my fault because my expectations are off the roof, cuz i've watched 'More than blue: the series' recently and that's sadder than any media that i've ever watched in my entire life, so i expected this film to actually destroy my heart leaving nothing but this film still made me sad deep inside. I would still highly recommend this, even though i didn't come out crying like a motherfucker at the end and this actually confirms that i'm actually into dramas that end on a sad note and it's fine if it's that way, because it's the same in real life as well, not all love stories have a happy ending.
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Too realistic to be sad
I'm crying sad tears, the ending is quite predictable but somehow it manages to give me a lot of hopes.Actor's acting is wholesome and when I saw some clips of the bts, Zhang Jingyi herself cried so many tears.
They are meant to be with each other, just in another universe.. I believe they will meet each other and live happily ever after.
Their love is so strong actually, cause FL could left ML in the first place but chose not to. And ML, his big devotion towards love is on the top of everything because he gave all of him- that is his whole life to her.
One line that I could never forget, "If I die, don't tell her. If I life, I will make her my wife."
And actually, it was what life meant to be, to find love, and then sacrifice everything for your love.
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Realistic Portrayal of a Relationship! - TISSUES NEEDED
A young couples relationship through hardships. Chemistry between the leads was beautiful, you could feel their every emotion through the screen, even the arguments and annoyance between them could be felt very realisticly.only slight annoyence was the open - ish ending.
JUST WATCH IT, I promise its good.
top tip: get the tissues ready
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ML & FL chemistry is amazing
I enjoyed the story even though there are so many movies/shows with similar messages. I understand love isn't always enough to make a relationship work because unfortunately living costs.The lengths the ML goes through to earn is great but does he really love her or is he just trying to prove his worth? I couldn't help but wonder if the FL and ML were switched, how much happier would they be?
I really enjoyed the acting.
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