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Disappointing sequel
?… Oops. I’m surprised how much I didn’t like this drama to be honest. I skipped a lot in the second half of this, and the final showdown in episode 28 was just absolutely ridiculous and over the top. It felt like a hysterical soap opera and I did not enjoy it.“One and Only” was a masterpiece and I loved every second of it, but I dislike “Forever and Ever” with the same intensity I would use to describe its prequel. Had I watched F&E on its own, I would have never understood why the characters like each other and why they feel any kind of attraction to one another. I loved the male lead in O&O, but here?? He was so painfully ALOOF, it made me mad sometimes. At first, I liked how awkward he was, but after a while I was so annoyed. Shi Yi is probably the only person on earth to have this much patience and to love the man – no one else would want to put up with someone this … dense (sometimes). The characters were also so… prudish for their ages. Like, you already slept with each other, but then can’t sleep in the same bed or change clothes in front of each other? The male lead really stood in the rain while Shi Yi changed her shirt, as if he couldn’t have just turned around IN THE CAR. Like, that is just too much. Also, wtf was his deal with timing her night routine?? So weird, and to do it standing outside her apartment. That’s creepy, not romantic lol.
I also heavily disliked the script. I don’t think it did Bai Lu or Ren Jia Lun any favors – it rather led to me thinking that these two talented and capable actors were only delivering a sub-par performance. Interactions between characters felt wooden, stiff, awkward and uncomfortable. While O&O had a nice rhythm and flow, F&E felt weird and choppy. This series felt like… a series – in the sense that it just felt like I knew this was being filmed. It didn’t feel like I or the actors fully immersed themselves into it and became the characters (because this is what O&O felt like: I was fully immersed and believed everything I saw/it was convincing).
The family drama…. Bro, wtf was that. I felt like it was so much more dramatic, intricate (not the good kind) and hysterical than it could have EVER been in the prequel. Too many (old) people – I didn’t CARE, sorry.
I loved the cinematography, locations/sets, coloring, OST and styling for this show though. The leads also shared some really nice moments that made me hopeful, but … eh. Most of the time, I felt let-down. Overall, quite disappointing and not worthy of being O&O sequel.
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BEST DRAMA IN CHINESE HISTORY
Highly recommend FOREVER AND EVER . It tells a love story between a shy professor and a initiative voice actress. Since their first sight of each other they were destined to be together. This drama includes actress BAI LU and actor ALLEN REN who’s chemistry together makes science interesting. Their love story is sweet yet spicy, impulsive yet patient, happy yet sad. Going through a roller coaster journey of joy and hardships, the couple strive for a normal and comfortable life. Competing between love and family, the two find comfort and happiness with another. FOREVER AND EVER is the continuing of ONE AND ONLY (recommend before watching FOREVER AND EVER ) and includes the long desired ending for the couple.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
How sweet
This drama have a good cast and the Main leads have this sweet chemistry.One and only was the best drama I watched this 2021, even though they did not end up together at least they loved each other.
And this Forever and ever is so nice and sweet and I like it. I love it. Looking forward to next episodes. I hope also that there will be a 3rd session lol. I just like Bai Lu and Allen together.
This drama have a good cast and the Main leads have this sweet chemistry.
One and only was the best drama I watched this 2021, even though they did not end up together at least they loved each other.
And this Forever and ever is so nice and sweet and I like it. I love it. Looking forward to next episodes. I hope also that there will be a 3rd session lol. I just like Bai Lu and Allen together.
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Forever and Ever is a great love story, Subtle but sincere.
Forever and Ever involves a great cast and director. I always say that if I can be kept guessing about the outcome to a movie or series then that shows the quality of it. The message of this series is true love, and never giving up if you are lucky enough to find it. I think the two main charachters are well suited for their parts, and have good chemistry together, which is another important quality to this series. However, all the supporting actors are good too, as this series brings many different facets of a complex family together. The scenes between Zhousheng Chen's best friend and lawyer, and the young woman he loves are very poignant. All in all, I think this series was so well made, the actors, the character development, and the storyline. Be sure to have some tissues with you for the sad moments, and there are a few. The ending is satisfying and no I won't drop any spoilers here, but after watching Forever and Ever, I felt like I had been on a journey with the cast and really felt the complexities of their individual lives. Love is worth fighting for, no matter what obstacles come to try to prevent it.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Everyone's dream
A very good storyline that every man and women nowadays will very nuch wish for but the truth is, its so hard to get.To think of it, loving forever can be just a very simple thing but how many can even get near, sad.
What is love? How much is love? How long is love? Always able to dream of, easy to say, hard or even never ever to get for most.
One of the best drama that i have watched in recent years. Also the OST, nice and very heartening.
Will recommend all to watch and really not only to just to dream if it, but to make it happen.
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Is it better than season 1 or not ??? or cant you say ???
Ren jialun and bi lu acting are amazing. To watch these 3 episodes i knew they both have such a great actor and actress that they accomodate so easily in both classical and modern era. I am really impressed to watch only episode 1, ren jialun is such an great actor and when i watched them together(with actress) then i feel the same aura of season 1 just with modern flavour. And i love it so so much. I have no word to praise actor, actress, supporting actor, actress and crew mombers ' work. Just to watch 3 episodes anyone can estimate that all did great job. All cast and crew members did very hard word and put a lot of effort. Its picturised very beautifully. Thank you director for such strong story . I hope you will do more and more project with ren jialun. Thanks once again to all team for your great work????Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Not worth it after one and only
As another review said, after watching one and only, I needed justice. I normally read reviews beforehand to see whether stories have a happy ending and if it doesn’t I just don’t watch (seriously, Asian dramas have broken my heart too much).Thus , I only started watching one and only after I saw forever and ever was completed. But honestly, what a waste. One and only was captivating, even with the tragic ending. This drama was not. Maybe if you watch it on its own you’ll enjoy it but after coming from a drama with so much personality, so much happening and just so much soul, this drama was just flat, dull, banal. We went from beautiful cinematography to, what felt like, shades of grey. It felt like each episode had like one thing happening and then just a lot of nothing. The actors went from showing all their skills in one and only to, again, nothing.
I dropped this. The ending of one and only was enough for me. Maybe on a day when I can’t find anything to watch I’ll try to finish it.
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