Chinese
drama
My Amazing Boyfriend (2016)
Grade:
C+
28 episodes, 40-45 minutes each
Tian Jing Zhi is a second female lead
actress, vain about her beauty yet perfectly willing to lead a
slightly less than luxurious lifestyle. Some of her money goes toward
digging wells in Africa so villagers can have clean water to drink.
After her latest boyfriend breaks up with her, Jing Zhi is in a
terrible car accident, with the driver and passenger in the truck
involved dying at the scene – a truck transporting a mysterious
dormant body from a local museum. What happens when Jing Zhi shows up
unscathed in the hospital with the museum piece missing from the
scene of the accident? And what is going on with the mysterious man
who followed her home and her heart racing at the sight of him? Will
Jing Zhi discover the truth behind her latest boyfriend dumping her?
*While
this drama had a great start, with plenty of lighthearted cartoon
drawings added to better illustrate a character's mood and decent
background music, it kept a dark feel throughout and had a terrible,
vague ending. The first couple episodes had so many similarities with
the kdrama “My Love From Another Star” I thought it was going to
be a total rip off, but eventually this drama did distinguish itself
from the kdrama. There was a lot of violence and murder, plus it's
hard to get over the scenes where we have to watch the characters
drinking the immortal man's blood. (I also hated his haircut and did
not find him attractive or charming). The girl's character was kind
of annoying, including her voice, and I ESPECIALLY disliked how the
actors were often dubbed over, with the new audio not quite syncing
up with the movement of the actors' lips. It wasn't terrible, but I wouldn't watch this
again.*
