Since the hit drama "Flowers" officially ended at the end of 2023, at the beginning of this year, no other drama has been able to successfully take over and become a hit drama at the beginning of the year.
The first was the historical war TV series "Reconnaissance Heroes" with the theme of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. Because the plots in the later episodes were unreasonable, many viewers collectively complained; then came "Four of Sword" starring Ju Jingyi and others, because the actors' acting skills were not perfect for the characters. It was not in line with the audience's aesthetics and attracted a lot of bad reviews. Nowadays, "Long Time Love", which has just been aired for one day, has received a lot of negative reviews. After the review, it is likely to become a bad drama that fails to pass the test.
"Long Time Love", which just started airing on January 20 this year, is an urban youth love drama starring Yang Zi and Fan Chengcheng. It mainly tells the story of several childhood sweethearts who accompany each other to grow up and experience each other. A story about regaining your original intention after separation and reunion.
I remember that the famous Chinese actress Hao Lei once said: "An actress should play what role she plays at the age she reaches." Her implication is that when an actress gets older, she should stop pretending to be young and play the same role as herself in film and television dramas. Characters whose ages are seriously inconsistent.
In fact, in our domestic market, there are not many actors who often "play young" in movies and TV dramas. For example, Liu Tao's "Da Song Gong Ci", Zhang Ziyi's "Shangyang Fu", and Li Chen, who is over 40 years old, even played a high school student in the movie "Beyond".
Audiences generally don't buy it when actors play young in film and television dramas, because the actor's image does not seem to match the age of the character, which can easily make people feel uncomfortable. If the other actor he is co-starring with is very young, there will naturally be no cp feeling.
It is precisely because of this that "Long Time Love" has attracted unanimous negative reviews from most viewers.
Actor Yang Zi was born in 1992, and his current age is 32 years old. Fan Chengcheng, who plays the role in the play, was born in 2000 and is only 24 years old now. The two of them are eight years apart, but they have to play the role of high school students in the same TV series, and they also have to fall in love. This will inevitably lack a sense of cliché, making the audience feel very embarrassed after watching it.
The sense of inconsistency is often the biggest shortcoming that leads to the failure of a drama, especially in youth romance dramas like "Long Time Love", where the mismatch between the male and female protagonists can easily cause drama.
But the shortcoming of the drama "Long Time Love" is not just that there is no sense of camaraderie between the male and female protagonists. In addition, as the first heroine, Yang Zi's acting skills are as poor as ever. Her actions, movements, and expressions in the play are all exaggerated, and she looks crazy, giving people a buzzing feeling.
No matter how attractive the plot of a drama is, as long as there is an obvious shortcoming that is caught by the audience, it will be difficult to stand a chance to turn around. Just like the hit drama "Hurry Up" at the beginning of 2023, the quality and reputation of the entire drama was lowered simply because of a second-generation star with no acting skills in the drama. What's more, Yang Zi is also the first heroine of the drama "Love Forever", so the backlash will inevitably be more obvious.
