Ethan Juan is just hilarious
Woaw ! This comedy is just brilliant. I laughed all way through and loved all the characters but Anna. Among all the very funny scenes and crazy ones, there is also a big tragic event that is very much unexpected. Maybe the very last episodes are a bit draggy and don't bring any better value to the storyline but still I enjoyed watching them for their crazy moments.The actors were all very funny. Ethan Juan was so hilarious : just watching to his facetious cute and silly expressions makes you burst into hysterical laughs. Episode 18 is a real comedy master piece !
Great show, only Baron Chen's hairstyle disappointed me !
Filmed on 2008, this very good entertainment hasn't aged at all. It's a real 'must watch' comedy.
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the drama was abit exaggerated esp towards the end that it became cheesy. seriously should have lasted only 16 or 20 episodes, they tried to add more stuff that was unnecessary. its not really a rewatchable show, one time is enough.
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Story: Chen Xin Yi is a "sticky note girl". She's the type of girl everyone walks over and uses. At the beginning, she irritated me because she just stood there and *took* everyone's treatment of her. She didn't have the courage to stand up for herself. Meanwhile, Ji Cun Xi started out as the type of male lead who doesn't really care about other peoples' feelings, but not in such a way that it makes him seem like the biggest-jerk-you-have-ever-met. He's likable, but not exactly to the point where you would consider him amazing. I liked how the main leads didn't change (mainly) because of each other, but because *they* wanted to. In Xin Yi's case, the second-lead helped her through it and gave her that courage. I thought it was a refreshing change where Xin Yi actually gave the second lead a chance to get her affections, but in the end the show stuck with the whole "the heart likes who it likes" thing. That irritated me a little, because I thought he was a better choice for Xin Yi, but by that point Cun Xi had changed enough for me to begin to root for him, too.
And the second lead girl? I wanted to like her. I really did. And it wasn't like she was overly hateful either- I honestly thought I could root for her a little too- but the things she did and the way she treated the main characters was just too much.
Acting: Everyone was sort of okay. It wasn't like they were stellar or anything, but they worked as well as they could in their roles.
Music: The usage of the music wasn't that great- it popped up at random moments and sort of messed with the mood, but it was okay.
Rewatch Value: This drama is the first one I've seen that made me *cry*- and i have the emotional capacity of a brick. I'll rewatch parts of it whenever I need to convince myself that I have a heart after all.
In all seriousness though, I don't envision myself rewatching this in the near future. This is the sort of drama you like, but you don't love.
Overall: The mood and tone was pretty standard as far as Taiwanese Dramas go. But this one just tugs at your heartstrings in a completely different way.
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Easy to watch and lighthearted
I saw there was a Taiwanese version of Fated to love you and decide to check it out. One thing I have to say the acting of the female lead was amazing she was so natural and those tears seemed to come out so easy for her. I still prefer the Korean version to this one, but I still think this version is defiantly worth the watch. At first I couldn't stand the male lead but he did grow on me at the end. The Korean Version seemed a bit more serious and this version was more lighter and supposed to be funnier. So if that's your taste you will enjoy it more. Overall a great watch I did find myself skipping some scenes here and then tho. Always I love the second male lead here wayyy more than the Korean version because of his conversations with the female lead. And the kissing scenes were hotWas this review helpful to you?
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I didn't mind this drama. I liked the premise and mainly watched it because of Joe Chen. I felt the leads did really well in the role and I liked Chen Xin Yi's family members, the people of Ginger Island, Anson and Cun Xi's grandmother (they were all hilarious). I did not care for Dylan or Anna and skipped through a lot of their scenes. Based on how Dylan's character was written, I couldn't believe he was a priest and I didn't like that he blabbed about things Xin Yi told him in private (something priest aren't supposed to do especially if they were told things during confession). I also felt he was a rude character and would say things about Cun Xi warranted and unwarranted. He would push himself on Xin Yi and encouraged her to run away from situations instead of facing reality. I didn't like Anna at all and never really felt sorry for her. She constantly took advantage of Cun Xi's love for her and she had a tremendous sense of entitlement.
I did skip through this drama a lot though and really didn't miss much. It kept dragging on and on and even though it had a nice ending, I really didn't feel satisfied with it. Not sure if I'll rewatch it.
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Just a Heads Up: This review is being written literal Years since I watched this drama. At least ten years now, if my math is right. That means it won't be an accurate representation of what I thought of this drama just after completing it but more of a reflection of my feelings for it now with all the nostalgia, the frustration, and eyes wide open to the stories flaws.....
Ooooooh, Fated to Love You. What a history we have together. You were my first Asian drama ever, where it all began for me. You were the Definition of a crack drama; over-the-top, melodramatic, ridiculous, and yet somehow intensely watchable. Your female lead hit me in the feels so hard I'm Still feeling it. And you were So. Damn. Infuriating.
I loved and hated you at the same time.
First and foremost, I Love Xin Yi as a character. I know mousy, downtrodden, insecure, damsel-in-distress characters are considered passé now, offensive even, but I like them, and I always will. (Judge me all you want.) And Joe Chen's portrayal of such a character is simply superb. When she cried, You cried. (And don't tell me you didn't, cause you're lying.) Of course, Cun Xi is a terrible person, and you hate most of the things he does and frequently hate him himself, but he still made me like him at the same time, and whenever he did something lovely for Xin Yi, my heart melted into a puddle at my feet. (So sue me.) Anna, unsurprisingly, is one of my least favorite second female leads of all time and probably the main source of ire for me in this drama. She's bloody awful, and you spend most of the time she's on screen thinking up creative ways for her to die. And Dylan may have been a nice (ok, he Was nice), but that doesn't change the fact that I find clingy secondary leads annoying on most fronts, no matter how nice they are, and I did find him clingy.
Looking back at this drama now, I fully recognize the myriad of flaws with the story, and if I were watching it today for the first time ever, I probably wouldn't be able to finish it. I actually tried to re-watch it a few years ago, and I couldn't get more than halfway through. There are a lot of things I love about old-school dramas and sort-of miss, but there are a lot of things I put up with while watching them too. Draggy sections, extreme noble idiocy, wringing every last ounce of drama from a situation as possible to the point of inducing intense rage. I didn't enjoy those things then, and I don't enjoy them now. But I put up with them, because the stories made me care. And that's how it was with Fated to Love You. It may have had extreme noble idiocy, and it may have dragged in places, and it may have spent a large chunk of time trying to wring every last ounce of unnecessary drama from some of it's plot points, but it made me care. I wouldn't care Now, but it made me care then.
So I love this drama. And I hate it. And I will probably always feel that way, lol.
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I don't remember anything about the music of this drama, so I've rated it a 1, but I'm sure it was like a lot of dramas of it's time and therefore holds some level of nostalgia/cringe of it's own, lol.
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Original Review:
This is the first drama I ever watched, and I consumed it like it was crack. I both love and hate it at the same time, and it will forever have a special place in my heart.
I tried to rewatch it a couple years ago, and I couldn't get more than halfway through, lol.
Links to my reviews for the other versions:
https://mydramalist.com/profile/OhSoEnthusiastic/review/22004
https://mydramalist.com/profile/OhSoEnthusiastic/reviews/75009
https://mydramalist.com/profile/OhSoEnthusiastic/reviews/274737
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she's ready, he's not; he's ready, she's not...repeat & repeat &repeat.....
This series is sort of entertaining; it made me laugh at times, but I wouldn't recommend it since there are several moments when I'm like...OH. MY. GOD!!! I was so annoyed with the main female lead in the first half for being too weak. The male lead is iffy for the most part. He keeps saying he wants to be with Chen Xin Yi, but always one way or another attached to Anna. EVERY SINGLE TIME he was showing his grand gesture to Chen Xin Yi, something happens to Anna and he has to to to Anna. It gets super annoying how this writer just drag this out for too long. The back and forth...now she's willing to be with him, he's not; then he's ready to be with her, she's not...mind you this keep dragging on and on for most part of the series.I just could not stand it anymore and had to drop this series at the part when everything is fine and dandy, then she has to have problem with her reproductive system (I mean who goes to check their reproductive system before getting married after had already have a kid together?!) and reject his proposal by saying she wants to go to Shang Hai to be with Dylan and just want to be Cun Xi's friend! I'm like SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!!!!!
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