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Fairly Flawed But Enjoyable Series
There is some deception involved in the poster of this series. You may think that it's almost entirely about a young man, who adopts a second identity, in order to win the heart of the young woman he loves. This is only the case for about half of the series.Fall in Love With Me tells the story of a advertising industry mastermind, who feels that he has lost his vision and creativity. Lu Tian-Hsing inadvertently meets Tao Le-Si on his way to a presentation. After the presentation, rather than be bombarded by the press, he slips out in a makeshift disguise and comes across Tao Le-Si's own small team in the middle of shooting a commercial. Tao Le-Si's team believes that he's the actor who is sent over to help. Lu Tian-Hsing not only finds himself enamored with the creative process of the company, but also with Tao Le-Si herself, who is the CEO of OZ Advertising, a small company originally founded by her deceased older brother.
Lu Tian-Hsing takes time off from his own company, SkyRider Advertising, in order to work for OZ and help the nearly-failed company, re-establish itself. He does this by transforming himself and creating the false identity of Xiao-Zu. Of course, OZ's staff is quickly impressed by Xiao-Zu's ideas which immediately lead to successes for the fledgling company. No one, however, is more impressed than Tao Le-Si who sees the same vision in Xiao-Zu that her brother had.
Lu Tian-Hsing not only transforms his physical appearance, but his personality as well. AS Lu Tian-Hsing, he is gruff, rude, and condescending. However, he is also extremely confident, and teaches others through empowerment, even if his methods are a bit questionable. As Xiao-Zu, he is kind, shy, compassionate, and supportive. Of course, Tao Le-Si falls in love with Xiao-Zu, not knowing that he's really Lu Tian-Hsing, the arrogant CEO of Skyrider whom she despises.
Anyone who has ever watched this type of formula (because there have been quite a few) will easily see the pitfalls and even the outcome of what will take place between these two characters. This only covers the first half of the series as Lu Tian-Hsing realizes that his disguise is too good, and he needs Tao Le-Si to fall in love with Lu Tian-Hsing, and not Xiao-Zu.
The second half has to do with the vicious and depraved family circle of Lu Tian-Hsing's adoptive family.
Step-brother Lance is the COO of Skyrider, and he only has dreams of destroying OZ Advertising (a company he views as a threat) and helping his sister, Huan Huan marry the only man she's ever loved: Lu Tian- Hsing. This the plot behind the second half of the series. How is Lu Tian-Hsing supposed to win the love of Tao Le-Si and keep OZ Advertising intact with his rich and powerful family doing everything that they can to destroy OZ as well as the love between Lu Tian-Hsing and Tao Le-Si.
The second act of the series is far darker and more intense than the first half, which is mostly light, fun, and very sweet.
The acting in this series is pretty much first rate. My only issue was with Beatrice Fang (Huan Huan) who sounds like an 8-year-old girl when she speaks. After a time, the whiny, pouting, screaming personality becomes grating and very one-dimensional.
Virtually all of the characters have flaws. However, the rock of the series is Tao Le-Si, whose power it is to believe in people and have faith, even with those who abuse her. Over time, we see her grow in strength and confidence. Much of this is due to Lu Tian-Hsing's help. He doesn't pity her. Instead, he urges her to be strong. In the end, we even wonder if Lu Tian-Hsing is worthy of her love.
My biggest issue with this series was the end. I'm all for happy endings where everything works out. I'm not for contrived endings where the depraved characters are suddenly and miraculously transformed with little-no explanation for the resurrection. In this way, the ending feels rushed and barely plausible. Additional scenes between Huan Huan and Lu Xian-Hsing as well as between Lu Xian-Hsing and Auntie Li should have been utilized to help make the viewer believe that the ending, not only worked, but was very much plausible. Unfortunately, we don't get that.
The dual-identity also didn't work entirely well for me either. You'll wonder why Xiao-Zu can be so sweet and loving to Tao Le-Si, but Lu Xian-Hsing lacks that ability initially. Granted, he's "acting" as Xiao-Zu, but his feelings aren't fake. So, why is it that Lu Xian- Hsing is unable to tap those feelings? It makes no sense. Instead, we see Lu Xian-Hsing constantly grabbing Tao Le-Si by the arm and hauling her off while he loses his temper soon after because she's not complying with his wishes.
Overall, the series is enjoyable despite the flaws. You'll have to get used to some very immature and unloving characters along the way in Huan Huan, Lance, and Auntie Li. Ultimately, I found myself rooting for Tao Le-Si more than anyone else, including Lu Xian-Hsing. Tao Le-Si proves that love does, indeed, conquer all.
Please note that this series can be watched on Netflix and it is spread out over 32 episodes.
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Well, well, I gave this drama a shot since I liked the OST when researching for something. And I have to say I just endure whatever ugly stuff the writers have thrown just to finish drama just because I am already past the halfway mark.The drama started with a good story until the middle, many romantic cliches were thrown at the first but became less as the story progresses. Then suddenly it took a U-turn from an exciting romance drama into a Chaebol-themed forbidden love soap opera when the Auntie appeared and the story became draggy with everyone became so unwilling and stupid before abruptly ended it with every single antagonists repent, thus paving the happy ending to Lu Tian Xing and Tao Le Si. Although there are small twists from my plot prediction near the end, they didn't continue from there but became instead even more predictable than ever. I also found it funny how Tao Le Si started with SMS and suddenly changed into Line to make it possible for dramatic effect (looks like they got the sponsorship in the middle? lol). Also comic relief from Jia Gai Xian in the middle to ending is also unnecessary since it wasn't funny nor useful. Uncle Fu as the cheat engine also had his role vanished when I thought he's going to help. Also what happened to Mr. Long ? Lol.
As I am familiar with the OSTs first, I am slightly biased to the music. The instrumental versions of the songs are very good. I expected they will play the songs whenever they feel like it, including when it shouldn't be there and ended up ruining the atmosphere.
In conclusion, this drama would be better if it ended after Tao Le Si knows the truth of Xiao Lu and gave a moral lesson not to prank others - and that's pretty much the parts I would rewatch if I wanted to.
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TL;DR watch it for Aaron Yan and his voice then just shut off your brain and enjoy the crazies.
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After this I fell in love again with my neurons
What can I say, am I a masochist? I think I am to endure all the long 20 episodesSTORY
This started interesting to pass the time but went really bad when all Li family went psycho. Maybe their home was bates hotel...
Huan Huan was the first, a spoiled girl with an obsession for Lu Tian Xing. Then, her mother and brother who wanted her to marry a guy that didn't love her and will never do. Then Lance went crazy and...
ACTING - I think an ameba could have more chemistry than ML and FL.
MUSIC - for me it was bad, didn't like any song at all
REWATCH VALUE - only with a gun pointed at me, but first I would check if there were any bullets...
ENDING - too long and stupid for me
OVERALL - very bad drama. All the aspects of a drama were badly done...
If you like to kill lots of neurons this is a good show!
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I would have liked it more if I stopped watching halfway through
I enjoyed the first half, somewhat. I liked watching Aaron Yan play alter egos. That was fun. But by the time the second half came, Aaron's character became weak and allowed everyone to steam roll over him. The terrible family that is forcing him to marry - each one is worse than the other. I'm sorry, he's totally in love with one woman but he's going to let them bully him into marrying a girl that's like a sister to him? And then to act like he's fine with it, and perfectly happy to marry someone he doesn't love while the woman he loves watches. There was so much angst in the second half, I just wanted it to be over. There was a happy ending, but by that time I didn't care.Cet avis était-il utile?
At first i dont want to watch this drama because of the bad reviews but when i searched the most good drama in taiwan in youtube, this FALL IN LOVE WITH ME is on the list so i tried to wached this drama and worth to watch for me.
Aaron yan is a great actor he made my tears falling down..i loved the way he acted in this drama ,both diff. personality he really a great actor. ❤❤❤
cute Aaron Yan ❤❤❤
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Congrats to the creators of Fall in Love with Me for making the surrounding characters playing opposite Lu Tian Xing/ Xiao Lu look stupid and causing them to lose all credibility throughout the rest of the series.
This show never gained any traction from the unimpressive meet/cute to a very much expected, unsatisfying conclusion.
I never thought I would grow to hate the lead characters so much.
This is by far the worst T-drama I have ever binged.
Aaron Yan's character never seemed to be held truly accountable for any of his actions.
The damage to Lu Tian Xing's watch was caused by Lu Tian Xing acting aggressively. Li Huan Huan ending up in a wheel chair, again, was caused by Lu Tian Xing acting aggressively. Watching the aggressive behavior of Yan's character in his treatment of Tao Le Si (who btw is the clumsiest third-degree black belt I've ever seen) was not consistent with her character letting him treat her that way.
Tao Le Si's love for Lu Tian Xing was unearned and should've never been given to him. Her love for him seemed to happen overnight.
This show was really just a 20 episode promo for Samsung products.
Lu Tian Xing's Samsung presentation was extremely lame and unconvincing as the CEO of Sky Rider.
It is these types of shows that inspire me to write fanfiction.
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Started strong but ended poorly
I absolutely adored this drama up until about 10 episodes from the end.The show really excelled in the soft romantic moments between Tao Le Si and Lu Tian Xing/Xiao Lu, especially during that one episode where he gets sick, and she comes to take care of him on her birthday. He surprises her with a birthday cake and they celebrate together, and it's legitimately one of my favorite moments in any drama I've ever watched. I could've watched 50 episodes of just Lu Tian Xing/Xiao Lu and Tao Le Si being cute. But then, the reveal that Xiao Lu was Lu Tian Xing happened.
Obviously, at some point, the fact that he was pretending to be Xiao Lu had to come out, and I'm not frustrated that Tao Le Si found out, it's the way the show's story completely shift after the fact. What started as a comedic show, with really soft, romantic moments, as mentioned prior, became a melodrama, to the point where it felt like I was watching an entirely different show. The whole plotline with Huan Huan at the end ruined the show for me. I feel like the writers didn't know what to do with the characters once the reveal happened, so they just stuck them into this weird scenario. The company burning down? Lu Tian Xing being manipulated into marrying Huan Huan? The fact that Huan Huan had to use a wheelchair after falling off a hill (that incline was legitimately a hill it was not a cliff like they said it was)?
The actors were fine. I especially loved Aaron Yan, who plays Lu Tian Xing. I thought he did well playing two contrasting characters.
The only rewatch value this drama has is for the first half, prior to the reveal that Lu Tian Xing was Xiao Lu. I've honestly gone back and watched some of my favorite moments. Anything after the reveal I've completely ignored.
Overall, I'd give this drama a 5.5/10. It gets 5 points off for the poor writing after the reveal, but half a point back for the cute moments in the first half I loved.
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Anyway, things I liked: Aaron Yan's incredible acting (let's be real: he's nice enough to look at that I wouldn't mind if he couldn't act. But he was AMAZING. I occasionally forgot his characters were the same person), Huan Huan's actress (her character arc was incredibly well done. She was exceptional). I liked the wild and escalating drama... Right up to the infamous wedding scene. I loved the accessory romances, especially Miao Miao's. The camping scene? Perfection. The music was fantastic, too.
Things I didn't like: LAO TI SE. I just couldn't make myself like her! Real talk: If you can't make chemistry happen with Aaron Freaking Yan, maybe romance isn't your genre. I think the actress would be great in a sitcom! I actually would have loved if the actresses playing Lao Ti Se and Miao Miao had switched roles. I also wasn't a huge fan of the ending. It either needed fewer episodes and for a resolution during the wedding scene, or to be longer to fully resolve everything. The entire HEA gets crammed into 8 minutes at the end of the last episode and it leaves you feeling a little unfulfilled.
Overall definitely worth watching! I'm looking forward to watching again.
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It was the good drama. It was my good experience to watch it . good movie Aaron yan acting was good . love to watch it .
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Não precisava de 20 episódios
Depois que a Tia chega a história fica arrastadíssima desnecessariamente. Poderiam ter desenvolvido melhor os casais secundários ou a trama da segunda metade de alguma forma melhor.Muitas pontas ficaram soltas sem explicação nenhuma, ou não fizeram sentido mesmo, como se só tivessem inventado um motivo qualquer pra ação dos personagens.
Mas no geral o romance é gostosinho, é bom, mas, pela trama não voltarei a rever.
Se você não tem nenhum problema com esses inconvenientes que informei, vale a pena assistir.
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But that being said, it isn't bad. There's better things to watch out there and it was a slog to finish this. Watch other things, but come to this if you're really bored.
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