De Retour du Gouffre (2023)

SO GOOD! I am so emotionally attached to this drama

Omggg I cried! But it felt good. The characters had so much dimension! Tian Yao was definitely written by a woman. A lot of the things he said just felt so heart wrenching. Examples: "I would wish the couple happiness" or "You want too much. All I want is her". And he didn't just say it, his actions showed it too! I really understood his past and how it affected his future. It all gets connected in the end. IT MAKES SO MUCH SENSE once you make it to the end. It all stemmed from one person and everything is connected. The plot was well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I havented watch a well balanced drama in a long time. The plot was intriguing, the characters felt real, I cried. THE OST MAKES ME CRY! BFTB had its happy moments but also a few PAINFUL moments. A perfect medley of love, pain, and mystery. Tbh, the ending felt rushed and I still have no idea whether it's a happy ending or he's dreaming... WHICH I STRONGLY DISLIKE. If it's a happy ending, I need confirmation; I need to see the characters living their happily ever after and explaining to me how she's still alive etc.

Also, Hou MingHao is an amazing actor! His eyes speak so much! I definitely need to see him in more xianxia/wuxia dramas

Lire davantage

THE BEST DRAMA EVER HONESTLY

Okay so listene to me the drama is AMAZING I love the chemistry between the ml and fl like how much they are willing to do stuff for each other and the story line is amazing in this drama the fl isn't a weak girl who needs protection she literally slapped the villan of the drama ( throughout the drama I had so much laughter cuz of her) and the other characters also had such good chemistry with each other and whole group of thier just love it in this each villan had thier own reason the ending made me a bit sad but don't worry no one died but I didn't really care cuz the drama was too good like I couldn't stop myself

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Back From the Brink: A Tale of Betrayal, Redemption, and Unlikely Bonds

"Back From the Brink" plunges viewers into a fantastical world of ancient dragons, heartbreak, and the unbreakable bond that forms between two unlikely companions. The story begins with the ancient dragon Tian Yao, whose existence takes a tragic turn when he falls victim to a lover's betrayal. His beloved dismembers him, strips him of his dragon scales, and seals his body parts in five different places. Only through a stroke of luck does his soul manage to escape this dire fate.

Reborn into a new life, Tian Yao's path intersects with that of Yan Hui, a young woman who makes a solemn vow to protect him as he embarks on a quest to retrieve his scattered bones and regain his full form. As the story unfolds, Tian Yao discovers a crucial seal within a lake, and he realizes that Yan Hui possesses his heart protection scale, the key to breaking this seal.

What initially appears as a reluctant partnership takes unexpected turns. Tian Yao uses Yan Hui's assistance to recover his stolen body parts, while Yan Hui initially plans her escape but eventually finds herself drawn closer to Tian Yao. Their relationship deepens as they navigate the challenges posed by betrayal, destiny, and a world filled with mysteries.

One cannot help but be captivated by the evolving dynamic between these two central characters. Tian Yao, despite suffering from profound betrayal, gradually learns to trust his newfound companion, even if it means missing opportunities along the way. This transformation underscores the theme of redemption and the power of forgiveness that runs through the narrative.

Yan Hui, on the other hand, may initially come across as naive, and her actions may appear questionable. However, her character undergoes significant growth as she learns to protect herself and assert her independence. Her evolution from vulnerability to strength is a testament to her resilience and adaptability.

"Back From the Brink" is a drama that surprises and enchants its viewers. While the male lead's striking visuals may draw initial attention, the story's depth and plot development quickly take center stage, captivating the audience's interest. It's a tale that effortlessly combines elements of fantasy, romance, and adventure, drawing viewers into a world where ancient dragons and human connections hold equal sway.

As the story unfolds, it becomes increasingly difficult to tear oneself away from the screen. Episodes fly by, and before you know it, you've devoured 40 episodes without realizing it. This is a testament to the narrative's immersive quality and the magnetic pull of its characters and storyline.

In conclusion, "Back From the Brink" is a story that transcends first impressions and visual appeal, delving deep into themes of trust, redemption, and the unexpected bonds that form in the most unlikely of circumstances. It's a tale that keeps you on the edge of your seat and leaves you eagerly awaiting each new development. If you're seeking a captivating and emotionally resonant drama, this is one that promises an unforgettable journey through a world where love and destiny collide.

Lire davantage

Obsession

This story was really slow at the beginning. I literally stopped watching several times and kept going because of all the good reviews. But it really picked up around episode 15 and I just kept watching.
The only part I didn't understand was Suying's obsessions and her refusal to see that she is unhinged. Because of her obsession with a man who didn't want her, she was used to attack the dragon who was ready to marry her. She then justified her actions by calling him and all demons evil when they were just existing. And everyone was like, yup let's agree with her. No other human was like, wait didn't you attack him, how is he evil? Because of her obsession with the man, she killed his wife in front of him and was mad that he still didn't want to be with her. Everything she did was supposedly for the man but she just couldn't get over the fact that he didn't want her or that the dragon ultimately got away.
These people ignored the fact that the whole family was crazy and just let her do whatever.
And the Phantom Lord, what was wrong with him? Why was he giving off hunchback drag queen?

Lire davantage

Funny, fun, romantic, and beautiful

This is on my rewatch list. Just finished the series for a 2x time. Found it funnier than the 1st time thru. Literally lol numerous times. Quirky bits and piece that purposely makes fun of itself and ensures no one gets too serious. Don't look for historical accuracy or realism here. Just go along for the ride and you'll have a blast.

Some annoying side stories and not much screen time of them being an actual couple but the build up is beautiful. Significant growth and development for the ML.

The last few eps were confusing and had too much unnecessary stuff going in then the last ep seemed rushed. Other than that, it's a happy ending story with minimal annoying side people.

Exceptionally good visual production. Beautiful people, backgrounds, sets and costumes.

Acting is excellent with the exception of the 2nd ML. Riley is cute and fun but seems overly dramatic with some of his facial expressions. Loved the child actors interacting with Neo.

Lastly, no real kisses just a couple scenes with their lips touching. I guess I need to see more romantic dramas with Neo and see if he's like this all the time or maybe it was just poor direction. Despite this, this show is a dreamy fantasy love story that's a feast for the eyes.

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un drama con una premisa buena, pero que al final no fue lo que esperaba.

story / characters:
⸻ la historia tenía mucho potencial, pero, a mí parecer, no fue realizado de una manera buena. desde el trailer parecía que tendría una buena trama, con escenas de acción y ese toque de romance fantasioso, pero al final, nos encontramos con una historia que a la cuarta parte se volvió aburrida, una historia que no supo manejar las situaciones que presentó de una manera interesante, lo cual es una pena, porque como dije, tenía el potencial de convertirse en un éxito, pero lamentablemente, muchos aspectos fueron llevados de manera un poco frustrante; sin embargo, aquí también entran los gustos propios de cada persona, no me gustan los triángulos amorosos y que esta historia los desarrollara a la mitad, solo disminuyó la calificación que al final le di. no diría que fue malísima, porque es mentira, me gustaron muchos aspectos, sin embargo, otros no me gustaron nada, después del episodio 15, me perdió un poco, considero que es el único arco que vale la pena al 100%, no me molesta el hecho que metieran ese toque de venganza y drama, sino el hecho de que el desarrollo de los personajes fue un poco extraño y la principal premisa de la historia, buscar las partes perdidas del cuerpo de tian yao, se convirtiera en un aspecto secundario o hasta terciario en la historia. con tian yao y yan hui como personajes principales, podías sacarles un montón de provecho, puedes hacerlos los personajes más redondos y darles un buen desarrollo, porque aunque considero que sí vimos un avance en sus personalidades e historia, al final se volvió un poco frustrante y diría que hasta aburrido, entre en conflicto muchas veces, me frustraron, quise dejar de verlo, hubieron momentos donde valían completamente las horas y otros donde no, pero definitivamente sí hubo escenas que me gustaron que me emocionaron, con las que llore, pero en general, tuve que poner velocidad 1.5x para verlo, porque aunque se estaba volviendo un poco aburrido, no quería abandonarlo (SPOILER ALERT: cuando se casan sí sentí emoción, cuando resolvieron sus problemas y yan hui volvió a confiar me puse feliz, cuando llegan a la ciudad donde se encuentran con xian ge lo disfrute bastante, todas esas escenas me emocionaron y me hicieron sentir mariposas, el beso bajo el agua fue bonito también, los momentos de tian yao como ‘bebé’ fueron divertidos, etc.); hay otros personajes que me fueron indiferentes, por ejemplo, la historia de huan xiaoyan y zhu li no me pareció interesante y mayormente salte sus escenas, por otro lado, todas los momentos de xian ge y feng qianshou me gustaron un montón, pero la historia de bai xiaosheng no me atrapó y fue un personaje un tanto difícil después de que se convirtió en el triangulo amoroso; considero que los villanos son buenos, aunque en gran parte no entendí el arco final, así que no tengo una opinión bastante solida respecto a eso.

acting / cast:
⸻ fue mi primera vez viendo actuar a neo hou y a zhou ye, así que fue una grata sorpresa, tienen química juntos, pero por alguna razón sentí que les faltaba un poco, por ejemplo, hay otros actores que logran cautivarte desde el primer momento y que su actuación parece natural, como crystal liu y chen xiao de a dream of splendor, que la simple imagen de verlos juntos te transmite algo, sin embargo, con neo hou y con zhou ye, no sentí esa chispa, lo hicieron bien, por supuesto que sí, pero me hubiera gustado que sus interacciones se hubieran visto más naturales y no tan forzadas, detrás de escena se ven cómodos, así que me pregunto que fue lo que les impidió mostrar esa quimica desbordante que tienen fuera de cámara mientras estaban grabando. de los otros actores no tengo mucho que decir, todos lo hicieron bien y considero que interpretaron de la mejor manera a sus personajes, me interesa ver más a chen xinyu, la actriz que interpreto a xian ge, quien fue mi personaje favorito.

ost:
⸻ el ost me pareció bueno en general, tiene canciones como free-floating de zhou shen, uno de los cantantes chinos que más me gustan, también tiene otras canciones buenas como the passing wind de liu yuning y qing ming xing del mismo neo hou, etc., me parecieron canciones buenas y que le daban el plus a cada escena, me transmitieron también todas las emociones que es lo que yo busco en un ost.

rewatch value:
⸻ volvería a ver muy pocas escenas, solo esas que significaron algo para mí o con las que sentí emociones fuertes, o algún tipo de resumen o compilación de tian yao y yan hui, pero definitivamente no volvería a ver todo el drama completo, no siento que disfrutaría verlo de nuevo, fue una experiencia agradable pero a la vez frustrante, sé que si lo veo de nuevo, tal vez me concentraré solo en las partes que no me gustaron y lo poquito que saque de bueno desaparecerá.

overall:
⸻ en general fue un drama bueno, con calificación media, me gustó pero le cambiaría algunas cosas y definitivamente quitaría el triángulo amoroso entre yan hui, tian yao y bai xiaosheng, dejaría todo el drama que se formó a la mitad, pero trataría de enfocarme en recuperar las partes perdidas del cuerpo de tian yao y no dejaría eso fuera de la línea principal. me llevó el recuerdo de un tian yao y una yan hui felices y que se reencontraron, al igual que una xian ge tan bonita como siempre.

Lire davantage

Back From The Brink is a very well done drama in matters of cinematography, stage combat, character development, camaraderie, nice OST and, although not perfect, it has a good storyline. The problem with the drama is that halfway it drags and the main couple loses momentum to introduce clichés and unnecessary difficulties. The leading couple has good, playful, and cute chemistry; their dramatic moments really give a tug in the heart but, for been so much in love as to sacrifice for each other, their romantic chemistry seems forced and not well performed. Having said that, if the viewer comes into the drama not expecting an earth shattering romantic chemistry, I must say that the cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and, even though the male lead could’ve been more expressive, he did quite well and the female lead was extraordinarily adorable and beautifully sentimental with very believable expressions. Overall, apart from the intimate scenes in the romance storyline, the drama is entertaining for the most part.

Lire davantage

What i liked and disliked, and what kind of ending it is.

Back from the brink is a story about Yan Hui ( the female lead ) potrayed as a taoist discipline who's supposted to protect people from demons, the male lead, Tian Yao, however is an ancient demon dragon.
It is a romance between two different worlds, which makes it really complicated but also adds great depth to their relationship.

What i liked:
- Story/Plot overall, bit different from all the xianxias which is what i liked.
- Cgi/ special effects, im very picky when it comes to special effects, and most of the time i hate it, but here i found them great.
- Actors, great choice, in my opinion they fit their roles perfectly, Neo is amazing playing a demon.
- costumes/sets, costume change later on was a great visual cue, reflecting the inner transformation, noticed nd loved it.
- character development and side characters

What i disliked:
- Pacing, heavy on pacing, it couldve been less episodes in my opinion.
- How complicated it became sometimes. I guess story becoming complicated adds depth but it also makes u really confused. Random filler episodes and breaks from the main plot, as well as main plot totally shifting to a different one..... not my cup of tea personally.

Neutral:
- Mood changes, from really sad and tragic to comedy to yet sad again to happy, a bit of a rollercoaster tbh but I am okay with that
- ending, personally it was an okay ending for this type of story. (happy one if u are wondering)

Overall rating: 9.0

Lire davantage

Love the visuals of the main leads!!

Before I start my review, allow me to show my biggest admiration for all the great music themes of 'Back From The Brink' has. The opening song of this series is one of the reasons I like watching the series from the beginning till the end, and knowing that the male main lead, Hou Ming Hao/Neo Hou also sings one of the tracks from the ost gives me more excitement to watch it and let me tell you, his song really fits the moments between the two main characters (Tian Yao and Yan Hui). Every time his song is played during their moments I cannot help myself from not falling for his soothing voice.

Honestly, I have never seen the works of these two main leads (Hou Ming Hao and Zhou Ye) before and I must say that pairing them up together in this series is an undeniably great choice. They look cute as well as sweet together and both obviously have amazing visuals. They are still young and I believe with their hard work they will become megastars in the future.

I hope people will stop comparing 'Back From The Brink' to other series as we all know each series has their own plus and minus. For me, personally, there are some scenes or moments I think that's really unnecessary in 'Back From The Brink', but they don't stop me from watching this series, and for the record, I just finished watching it last night. I think the ending is a bit satisfying although I hope there's more explanation to some things that I find them odd to figure. In spite of that, I'm quite contented with the whole thing.

Lire davantage

alurnya ngeselin dikit

Pas nonton, aku nggak berekspetasi banyak. Muncul di home Viu waktu itu, karena penasaran jadi coba nonton trailer dulu baru ke youtube buat cari-cari lagi. Setelah akhirnya aku memutuskan untuk nonton, nggak nyesel sama sekali. Alurnya seru, comedynya dapet. Walaupun agak ngeselin karena banyak banget salah paham disini. tapi nggak papa. Yang penting semuanya terjelaskan dan salah paham nya hilang.

Soal acting, aku awalnya agak kagok ya lihat acting mereka, cuman lama-lama jadi biasa aja dan suka. Paling suka di scene pas Tianyao hilang, rasa frustasi Yanhui dapet banget disini. Hampir nangis untung enggak 😅 Overall, recomended. Seru, menghibur, cuman agak ngeselin dikit alurnya hehe

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