The ethical drama "Dragon City" starring Ma Yili and Bai Yu premiered, and the ratings were not very good.
When it first started broadcasting, the ratings were fifth, slowly reached the third, and then ended to the fourth, and was almost caught up by Hunan Satellite TV. This drama mainly shows family affection, a bit similar to the style of "Children of the Qiao Family", but the plot is slightly flat, the rhythm is also average, and the actor's performance problem is not very serious, but casting is a problem.
The actresses are older
The difference between Zheng Dongni (played by Ma Yili) and Zheng Xidu (played by Bai Yu) should be about five or six years old at most, but the age difference between the actors is a bit big, Ma Yili is the seventies, Bai Yu is the nineties, the difference is 14 years. Although the actress is well maintained, she can obviously feel that Zheng Dongni is a little too big, Zheng Dongni should be less than 30 years old when she goes abroad, but her skin looks loose and not firm at all. And Ma Yili's pretending to be tender performance also looks a little awkward, she plays very easily, but the audience looks awkward.
Because Zheng Xidu's girlfriend Chen Yan and Zheng Dongni are high school classmates, this role is also about the same age as Ma Liyi, and he looks a little old, at least similar to Ma Yili. Because Bai Yu looks young, playing with these sisters always looks uncomfortable and a little diaphragmatic.
The subject matter is old
I haven't read the original work, but I just watched the TV series and felt it, and there is a very bloody plot in this drama, that is, Zheng Xizhi's girlfriend Chen Yan, who used to be Xiao Shu's gossip girlfriend.
I was really dumbfounded when I saw this plot, and I didn't expect the screenwriter to make it up like this. From Chen Yan's look at Xiao Shu's eyes, it proves that she still loves him, although they didn't break the window paper back then, it may just be wishful thinking on the part of a girl, but Xiao Shu no longer marries a wife after divorce, and still retains Chen Yan's essay when she was a student, and now it's embarrassing, Xiao Shu knows that he once became a nephew's girlfriend because of the girl she was punished.
In fact, Zheng Dongni already knew that Chen Yan was Tang Ruolin, a classmate of the year, and it was she and her uncle who had a scandal. Why didn't Zheng Dongni tell Zheng Xizhi that they should not be together, and they probably didn't want to hurt their families, so Zheng Dongni didn't say?
This kind of theme is actually not new, it is nothing more than a wrong relationship that tests the ethics and morality of a family.
Blessings from powerful actors
The famous actor Shi Ke who plays Zheng Dongni's mother in the play is Liu Lin, the difference in actor roles is not big, Shi Ke is 12 years older than Ma Yili, and the third aunt Liu Lin is only 2 years older than Ma Yili, maybe Liu Lin is old, so it doesn't look particularly contradictory, and the violation is Ma Yili and Bai Yu.
Zheng Dongni's parents' domestic violence is simply a disaster, old and keep fighting, this is also unreasonable, the average person can not endure suspicious and domestic violence men, I can't imagine that Zheng Dongni's parents have never left each other, the two often fight, endlessly.
The protagonist of this drama is actually Zheng Xidu, because his parents died early, and it was the third aunt and third uncle who raised him to grow up, so he took good care of the family with a grateful heart and shouldered the heavy responsibility of safeguarding the honor of the family, so he did not go abroad, he just wanted to live with his family, but he may be constantly hurt by his family, but he is still full of love for them, this is a warm story, Bai Yu played by Zheng Xizhi is the same as the eldest brother in "Children of the Qiao Family", a responsible man.
This kind of family ethics drama, you have to watch it slowly, although the plot is a bit of a sign of blood, but it seems understandable, the premiere ratings are not very powerful, and you have to continue to watch.