A mini-push for Easy Fortune Happy Life
May. 18th, 2010 03:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dangermousie(Yes, I know, I am horribly behind on comment response. I promise to get to them today).
But for now - I've seen this topic come up on my friendslist so I am making a little push for last year's Easy Fortune Happy Life starring Chen Qiao En and Blue Lan.
EFHL was a controversial twdrama - some people didn't care for the hero and wanted him eaten by piranhas and others (like me) really enjoyed the drama. I think the set-up explains the controversy quite well - Blue Lan plays Da Feng, an arrogant scion of a greedy, soulless family. Upon finding out that his inheriting a fortune depends on marrying some random girl he's never met, he decides to do the only logical thing - hire a hitman to take out his unseen fiancee. But because this is a twdrama, little does he know that his fiancee is the quirky, adorable Fu An (Chen Qiao En), the girl he's been fighting and slowly falling in love with.
You can see why many people had a problem with him as the lead :) But I did not at all and, shockingly, it wasn't because he was played by the mega-hot Blue Lan. The reason I did not mind was twofold: (1) The drama itself made no bones Da Feng is an utter bastard (until his inevitable reformation). Seeing his upbringing, it was not particularly surprising either. My big problem with drama characters arises when my perception of them differs from the makers' and here it was not the case. (2) Fu An is hardly a wilting weeping flower. She can stand up to anything (this being a twdrama, actions are of course exaggerated - he gets a hitman but she tries to get him drowned in quicksand :P They are made for each other :P).
Anyway, it's not the best drama ever made, but I enjoyed it. Count me in on the "yay" side of the debate.
And even if you don't watch it, at least check out this very very adorable MV with a LOT of kissing.
But for now - I've seen this topic come up on my friendslist so I am making a little push for last year's Easy Fortune Happy Life starring Chen Qiao En and Blue Lan.
EFHL was a controversial twdrama - some people didn't care for the hero and wanted him eaten by piranhas and others (like me) really enjoyed the drama. I think the set-up explains the controversy quite well - Blue Lan plays Da Feng, an arrogant scion of a greedy, soulless family. Upon finding out that his inheriting a fortune depends on marrying some random girl he's never met, he decides to do the only logical thing - hire a hitman to take out his unseen fiancee. But because this is a twdrama, little does he know that his fiancee is the quirky, adorable Fu An (Chen Qiao En), the girl he's been fighting and slowly falling in love with.
You can see why many people had a problem with him as the lead :) But I did not at all and, shockingly, it wasn't because he was played by the mega-hot Blue Lan. The reason I did not mind was twofold: (1) The drama itself made no bones Da Feng is an utter bastard (until his inevitable reformation). Seeing his upbringing, it was not particularly surprising either. My big problem with drama characters arises when my perception of them differs from the makers' and here it was not the case. (2) Fu An is hardly a wilting weeping flower. She can stand up to anything (this being a twdrama, actions are of course exaggerated - he gets a hitman but she tries to get him drowned in quicksand :P They are made for each other :P).
Anyway, it's not the best drama ever made, but I enjoyed it. Count me in on the "yay" side of the debate.
And even if you don't watch it, at least check out this very very adorable MV with a LOT of kissing.
