Well Dominated Love (2020)

Am I the only one that actually liked it? For those who can understand mandarin can go on langlangbay.com to watch. I wouldn't recommend youtube because some times its missing audio, and sometimes it zooms in and out randomly...

Story: I actually like the story lol, i never thought the storyline was cliche until reading the two reviews lol. I mean who does love a cute love story, with basically no annoying characters. The female lead lands a job as the male lead's secretary. ( male lead is a ceo ) He is extremely obsessive compulsive, liking everything neat and in order. The female lead is a superior secretary to the male lead, that is because she use to be lovers with him. It turns out the male lead lost his memory five years ago and is trying to retrace his memory. The female lead's attentiveness to details/ how she knows the routine of the ceo attracts the male lead. As you know they start to fall in love and that is when its revealed that they use to be together. SPOILER COMING UP....... I felt it was breathable/ fresh when he lost his memory the second time again. He lost his memory because they got intimate. ( at the point of the story its like a restart which made it more interesting ( to me) Its later revealed why he lost his memory ( don't want to spoil the rest). its a nice drama and at the same time I bawled cried) at some parts, like when she left him because she didn't want to risk him forgetting her again. ( it was heart wrenching to watch)

Romance/ Chemistry: if you are a romantic, you love this drama. It had many sweet scenes between the female lead and male lead. It flashed back to 5 years ago and those scenes were full of chemistry too. The female /male lead pairing worked for me and I believe their chemistry. Many dramas now just do like a peck on the lips and zoom in ... lol it doesnt feel real.. also it doesn't always have to be the male lead initiating it... I liked how the female lead was not shy about expressing her love .
Also the second female/ male characters also got romantic development which was nice. also they had happy endings ( i mean its pretty cliche but cute to watch)

Overall, I really enjoyed it and didn't have to skip too much of it. Its only 24 episodes which i find nowadays is the perfect amount of episodes. I recommend. But of course my favorite romantic drama is my love enlighten me :) whoo you made it to the end of my long review :)

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Like one of the other reviews, I personally think this drama was good too.
Like the other review said, no annoying characters, and not cliche at all.

The number of times he loses memory is perfect, not too much rather not too few and the good part is that it came as a shock, which was really good.
I like the FL's personality, she's super chill and not annoying or naive at all. She wants a simple wedding and wedding ring, it feels like she's very down to earth.
I also like the relation between the FL and the second ML, really close but only as friends.
The second FL, the actress, was also super cool and chill, she gave up really quickly as she realized that the ML only loves the FL.
There's a lot of comedy happening in the office and all the coworkers are really funny.
The ending was nice, I looks a lot like every character ends up finding someone, which is a very happy ending.
I recommend it.

And regarding the sound, then is most likely because you are watching it on youtube. Youtube is not the best place to watch dramas, i recommend IFVOD. tv, but it's only for Chinese speaking people, sry.

If you're looking for more dramas I recommend:
- Love Designer
- My Love, Enlighten Me
- Girlfriend
- Well Intented Love
- My Dear Lady
- Sweet Dreams
- Because of Meeting You
- Moonshine and Valentine
- Luckys First Love
- A Little Reunion
- Put Your Head on My Shoulder
- My True Friend

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Personally i like this ceo-secretary kind of story
I thought my terrible taste and me binge watching it on 1am would make me liking it. But this one just can't do it me.

From the beginning, i already annoyed by how dominating ML was and the way FL got terribly written, she appeared strong and confident, but when she's with ML she becomes weak. Also that whole amnesia thing was dragged out for too long and overdramatic. I started to skip a lot of scenes.

Side couples wasn't that interesting either.
What makes me able to finish are the funny co-workers. They're silly, but that's their charm.

My biggest turn offs are the backsound
Sometimes it's normal, sometimes there's no sound, sometimes the music's too loud that i can't even hear what the characters are saying.
I didn't pay much attention to the ost, but the intro song was quite okay.
This could've been so much better if it was much more elaborate and if the production wasn't lazy.

Overall this is an okay drama, the kisses and comedy was good.
If you have a lot of extra time or if you like the actors, go ahead and watch it! Just be prepared to throw away your logic and accept everything as they are.

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basic ceo secretary romanced based drama

i honestly dont know how i managed to watch this drama. i skipped a lot of scenes cause they were just that boring. the story itself is common and i'm guessing many people have watched these types of dramas before. it's about the most cliche drama plot ever, ceo secretary romance in the office along with amnesia where the ML loses his memory. the drama started off fairly nice, i had high hopes for FL since she was in the untamed. but about midway through, the story just got so confusing and unwatchable especially when the ML lost his memory over and over again. i can say that there are numerous intimate scenes too but which were executed awkwardly ngl. i only fully watched the last 5 ep cause i wanted to see how it ended and it was happy ending so thats good at least. the cast is pretty solid, i found the second lead couple chemistry and bickering more interesting and wanted more scenes with them. also the third lead couple was so so boring and it felt their relationship was forced. music wise, i saw a lot of people complaining about the background music but i personally didn't have this issue maybe its cause i didn't watch the ep on youtube cause ik youtube sometimes has copyright. overall, if you are wanting to watch no brainer kinda drama with cute funny scenes, give this a try.

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It's ok...a decent-ish rom-com

It's a decent drama overall. This reminds me of What's Wrong with Secretary Kim except not as good, both in terms of story and the main couple. They're not as likeable as the kdrama. They sorta flipped it in which the boss is the one with the memory loss and the secretary is that one the knows about their past relationship. The main problem with this drama is the use of so many recycled plot points especially related to memory loss. It sorta gets tiring when they do that whole memory thing loss a second time. So the ML has an amnesia condition in which he will forgot the woman he loves completely when he falls completely in love. He had it after witness his mother attempting suicide after his parent relationship ends in divorce. This is such a bizarre and ridiculous memory loss trigger. They tried to present this as an emotional and tragic twist but it just comes off as kinda funny and hilarious to me. When something is too over the top, it simply takes away from any dramatic impact the writer wants to achieve.

Tons of overused themes:
-amnesia main lead, ML in this case
-incompatible social status: rich vs poor. rich male lead dad disapprove of female lead social status. poor female lead's dad this male lead rich social status will not bring his daughter happiness/stability. both side mother approves...lol....
-dominating rich boss vs poor workers: the boss being a dick in the beginning for the sake of being a dick. like for example in What's Wrong with Secretary Kim, even though the ML there are being ridiculous at time...I never felt like he intentionally go out of his way to be an ass to the female lead like what I see here in the drama. especially the beginning...he make her run difficult errands for no other reason beside being he's the boss and he can order her around....also (very funny when I saw it) he made her planned romantic set-up misleading her to think it's for someone else only to tell her it's for her at the end....what? did he just made a girl plan and prepare her own romantic date? lol
-foolish self sacrifice: female lead running away from the relationship despite fighting back against ML's dad in the beginning but left after his memory because...she thinks this is the best for them. then once ML know of his amnesia trigger after they got back together after the 2nd memory loss, he decided to push her away in the same manner because he realized this constant situation of him treating her as a stranger is unfair to her. you know the usual "let's not come together to make a decision as a couple because my decision is the best decision even though it's selfish to exclude your partner from the decision making process" standard romance drama lead's behavior...which in and by itself is not a necessary bad thing but i prefer writer approach it a different angle

Couples (since it's a romance drama, I guess this is what's important to people)
-main leads - i'm not too familiar with either actor and actress but i thought for most part their acting is ok. most of my complaint with them is how their characters are written. as for chemistry between them...it's ok. they're pleasing and good looking couple but it's nothing spectacular
- the idol-chasing secretary with the ML's psychiatrist doctor - yea not feeling this couple. as mentioned by other...the idea that girl chase a guy around like a girl chasing idol...is weird. How they try to present this as cute instead of creepy....is creepy...imo.
- the female star and the FL's old boss. i actually quite enjoy this couple. they both started off chasing the ML and FL respectively...but both walked away from that situation respectfully (the guy much earlier than the girl) and decided to hook up later in the story. i find their love-hate dynamic with each other cuter compare to the other two couples


Final Thought
I gave it a 6.5 but it's not decent drama but nothing really stands out...not the story, not the cp, not the comedy.
Catch it if you have time but it's skippable.

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Cliche but strong characters and a satisfying conclusion

TBH I almost dropped this in the middle because it was full of pure cliches & the ML was a complete jerk. But, I'm glad I stuck with it because the last 7 episodes or so make up for the fails in this drama.

One thing that did bother me a lot was the constant use of the background music in every scene, most of the time it was way too loud and contrasted with the tone of the scenes. it's like the sound editors said "hey! lets put in this funny music in this scene. I bet it will make the audience laugh out loud LOL" Uh Nope! It was annoying and frustrating when it was hard to hear what the actors were saying RME. It's obvious that the music was added way after the drama was filmed. Another thing that was annoying was how many times the sound went in an episode, I think i counted 5 times in one. Can't believe a production company would sent out a finished project that way but oh well.

Aside from that I think the number of times the ML lost his memory was stupid. The reason given at first to why he loses his memory is kinda dumb but when the writers go into the gist of his trauma, it makes sense. Wish his Mental Trauma would have been explained in earlier episodes because it would have saved me the feeling of wanting to throw things at my computer screen.

That being said though, I thought both the ML & the FL were pretty strong characters they're not stupid and hold their own with the people who try to manipulate them. That made me like them although I was pulling my hair out with the ML in the middle phase XD.

Like I mentioned, the last 7 episodes are strong and are worth sticking with the drama all the way thru. The leads stick together and don't let anything come between them anymore. That was refreshing. I also liked that this is one o the only dramas that goes deep into their relationship with lots of affection and even gives us a glimpse into their happy married life in the finale. I also enjoyed that the supprting couples got their HEA too and we also got to see a glimpse into their lives too.

All of the cast was good, and the protagonists had good chemistry together. As for the soundtrack it's 50-50 I did enjoy some of the songs although the background instrumentals were mostly annoying af.

As for rewatch value I think I'll mostly rewatch the cuteness of the last two episodes and maybe go back to the previous 5 eps too.

Overall I give this an 8.0. It is enjoyable if some of the major faults can be overlooked.

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Dropped it :(

I started this drama with a lot of hope..first of all the main lead, I liked him a lot in "le coup de foudre " and was happy when i found that he is the main lead in this drama..Along with that, I love binging dramas where the ML is a domineering BOSS and FL is his colleague/ secretary..This drama was good at the beginning but it was turning worse as episodes goes by..Frequent memory loss was irritating..Along with that, the voices of ML and FL was not at all pleasing (i guess its dubbed voices)..But i must say the chemistry between them were good and there are some cute scenes..so don't go with high hopes if you are watching this drama...

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I'm glad I gave it a try.

I almost skipped this drama because it had a 7.9 rating at the time. I saw many 8+ rating drama and gave up on many. But this one is surprising up to my liking. For starters, I did read some review before I started the drama. The memory loss story line is fine by me, and I don't remember being irritated by any bg music, am I watching the same version? I do know MGTV shows tend to have sound issues when watched via youtube version. Something they controlled and only the correct sounds will be from the mgtv app/site streaming. I think it deserves a higher rating, therefore I am put in a good review. ML and FL roles and acting are great. None of those typical irritating / over-domineering / pathetic roles. FL is a strong headed lady, ML is reasonably relatable, not too macho or egoistic type. An overall pleasant drama that kept me watching till the end (although I did skipped some support role parts).

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typical, but entertaining

I watched this drama because I came across Mango's channel after watching another drama, and thought that I had nothing better to do during this quarantine anyway.

The story was typical, honestly. It's totally not something I've seen done over and over again. I think the story was great, but not very memorable, since I could easily mistake it for the many other dramas that I've watched with the same plot. The only thing that I haven't seen done ten thousand times, was the previous relationship that the ML couldn't remember. I'm not saying this is revolutionary, but it's probably the only thing about this drama that wasn't basic. But since I enjoy these types of plots, I didn't give it much thought.

I think the chemistry was okay, as good as a stone cold CEO and vibrant, perfect secretary can get. I thought the ML was a little stiff, but I could just push that under the rug, and convince myself that it's the cold CEO persona he was trying to push. The FL impressed me. She acted very well, and I would say she's one of the more convincing actresses. Doesn't cry very artificially, which I see is a trend with many Chinese actresses.

Onto music. I HATED IT. Not only did the BG music completely ruin scenes at times, there are occasions where I would be holding onto my headphones, trying to hear over the music, like that would even help. They also used popular meme music as BG music during humorous scenes, and I've never seen any other drama do that before. The soundtrack was EHHHHH, nothing memorable.

Whether I would rewatch it? No. I could just watch any other office drama, and still get the same result. The drama isn't that deep, and doesn't hold much emotional value to me. But if you're just watching as a beginner, I can definitely see you picking it up for the second time.

Overall, this wasn't my favorite drama of all time, but I definitely don't think I wasted my time watching it. This brightened up my quarantine, and gave me a few laughs and pushed me to the brink of tears at times too. If you're bored, I 100% recommend :)

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What is with the music!?!?!

The biggest problem with this drama was the overbearing music, dubbing, and English translation.

Music - it started out when they were playing a Christmas song and the scenes had nothing to do with Christmas. The music didn't fit the story at all and there were so many times that the music was so loud you couldn't hear the people talking. The loud music that they kept playing reminded me of circus music, it was very jarring. I don't care for the voices that they use when they dub Chinese dramas, and this had the added problem of the words not synching with the speaking. This wasn't in all the episodes, but did happen during a few episodes in the middle. Then the English translation had issues, some of the translated words didn't make any sense at all, added to the multiple times that "him" should have been "her".

The story had potential as far as I was concerned. I love me a good destiny story. I couldn't quite decide if I liked his memory loss story line, maybe it just went on too long.

This drama had a very sweet and detailed ending. I appreciated that the story lines were wrapped up nicely and not rushed.

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A very enjoyable watch

When I started watching the drama I was not expecting much just a usual Chinese contemporary romance with comedy elements. The first like 6 episodes were a bit messy and even cringe-worthy in parts to be honest. However as soon as the ML learned the FL’s identity and they became a couple I got hooked and enjoyed it a lot to the very end.
The main reason is that I liked the FL a lot. I think the choice of the actress is perfect. She is very believable as a competent and highly professional assistant. The character herself is such a smart girl, very confident and brave, but not bitchy, not naïve. I like the way she stoically fought for her love without being clingy or humiliating herself.
I was not a big fan of the ML. He was irritating sometimes. However I liked their couple a lot. They seemed like a real one and had sincere deep feelings for each other. They looked comfortable in each other’s arms. And the kisses were very steamy.
I also liked the amount of screentime the main couple had together. I hate when the couple spends 2/3 of the drama separated and gets together in the last episode. Here it was certainly not so. They spent much time with each other and communicated a lot. And their happy times made me happy while their separation was really painful to watch.
The other two couples were not that interesting, the doctor and the FL’s colleague were adorable but never developed enough. The SML and SFL together felt like an afterthought though at least the SML who was such a nice guy got a love interest of his own and not just suffered a heartbreak because of the FL.
The comedy elements were done nicely too. The ML and the SML were both hilarious. The wedding episode is such a gem.
I did not even mind the excessive use of amnesia here. It was somewhat justified.
The OST was pleasant though nothing special; maybe one song caught my attention.
I rarely rewatch dramas even the favorite ones but I think I may rewatch some episodes of the Well dominated love some day.

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