A Love So Beautiful (2017)

Amore adolescenziale

Partiamo dal presupposto che se guardo interamente un drama è perché mi piace molto. E di conseguenza la votazione non può essere che positiva.
Nella mia lista vi sono alcuni drama messi da parte, ed altri che sto guardando con estrema calma, e non so nemmeno se mai li recensirò, proprio perché non amo criticare.
Questo drama avrebbe dovuto essere uno di quei drama da vedere con calma. Cominciato esclusivamente per la presenza del protagonista maschile Hu Yitian, che senza smentirsi interpreta il freddo secchione strabello della sua scuola. Ho apprezzato molto anche la piccola Shen Yue poiché esce completamente dallo standard occidentale di bella protagonista femminile come spesso capita nei drama cinesi, a ribadire che in fondo siamo tutti belli.
Ciò che più mi ha emozionato di questo drama è stato rivivere il mio primo amore adolescenziale con tutte le paure e tutte le emozioni che solo durante l'adolescenza si possono provare. La vita sui banchi di scuola, le eterne amicizie, le invidie, le sgridate dei professori... E quindi quello che avrebbe dovuto essere un drama da guardare con calma nei ritagli di tempo è stato divorato in poche notti, e ogni volta che mi capita di rivedere la locandina o qualche immagine ripenso sempre con dolcezza a quell'iniziale "我喜欢你！" "我不喜欢你！" ("Mi piaci" "Tu no!")

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Finished A Love so Beautiful in just 2 days, and I am so glad I was able to watch it right as the year ends! This drama really brought my year of 2017 to a happy ending :)

Story/plot: -10- I heard that this storyline was very similar to a Japanese drama/manga called “Itazura na Kiss”; however, I have never watched the drama, or any of their remakes, so I am writing this review with nothing to compare it to, pretty much. With that being said, I loved the storyline of this cutesy, heart-warming drama! The cliche style of a not-so-smart girl liking the perfect guy definitely took a positive turn in this show! The transition between high school to college to adult life was pretty smooth, in my opinion, with majority of it focused during their high school years, which made it an innocent and light drama. As the story moves on to the adult life, the relationship between the main leads became more intimate, which made me squeal so many times at 2 o'clock in the morning.

Acting/cast: -10- The height difference between the 160cm Chen Xiao Xi (played by Shen Yue) and the tall 188cm Jiang Chen (played by Hu Yi Tian) made me squeal every time! Both of the main leads are decently new faces to the entertainment world, and they definitely made a good impression, on me at least haha! For her first main-lead role in a drama, Shen Yue did a spectacular job of performing the different sides and attitudes of the character, Chen Xiao Xi, from the happy, always positive high school youth to the independent grown women that Chen Xiao Xi becomes later on in the drama. NOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT HU YI TIAN! OMG, HE IS SOME HAWT STUFF! So cute, and for his first main-lead role, he played it really well! It’s hard to fall in love with someone who plays a, supposedly, cold-hearted, not caring character, but later on, we find out that the character, Jiang Chen, is pretty much the opposite! The way Hu Yi Tian smirks and acts to care for Chen Xiao Xi in the drama can make any girl's heart flutter! (I think I found my next man crush tbh) The supporting roles might have not done a whole lot, but their contribution played a huge impact throughout the whole show, and it made the drama 100X better! Nothing to complain in general, great leads, great actors/actresses, and great chemistry! :)

Music: -10- The opening song is truly the perfect fit for the drama! When I first heard it, I already loved it and how the melody matches the drama’s theme, but after reading the lyrics, it made me love the song even more! If you don’t believe me, take a look yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIKib5Bymz8 I especially love the line “wo xihuan ni pei wo kanshu fen xin kan wo tou xiao” which translates to “I like you when you’re accompanying me to read a book, distracted by looking at me, smiling quietly,” it brings back many ridiculous smiles when I watched the drama, and I can't seem to stop replaying the song in my head now!

Rewatch value: -8- I love A Love so Beautiful and I have rewatched my favorite parts more than a dozen time, but I am sorry, I can’t rewatch the whole drama from the beginning to end more than once. I am not sure exactly why, but I guess the whole drama wasn’t capturing enough for me? For the parts that I love though, I have rewatched it so many times, and I will never get bored of rewatching them!

Overall: -9- This drama truly created a great end to my 2017! The sweet, yet simple story is my cup of tea! I can’t seem to let go of this drama, it was too good and too sweet! The characters played their parts so well, the mixture of the songs and the cute relationships between the characters are too much to be given up so easily. So sad that I watched it in only 2 days! I wish I would have spent more time to savor every second!

If you are looking for a romantic, and heart-warming drama that takes place mainly during the high school life and transitions to more serious matters later on, A Love so Beautiful is definitely the drama for you! Hope this helps and thanks for reading!

Chào for Now!
Lily L.

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