ZZ Block: Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao Review

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao Review

YES!

Finally finished watching the 17 episodes long drama. This show has one of the best opening I've seen. I like this scene a lot, both at the opening and when it actually occurs in the story. I think it's largely due to this scene that I love "最近还好吗" so much. I always recall this scene when I listen to the song.

"对我来说，原来爱情与斗牛精神，是一样的。

不论你的防守有多严密，只要我喜欢你

就一定会找出你的破绽，突破你
抄截你，穿越你，然后得分。

如果你也好奇，这个关于斗牛跟爱情的故事
就跟我看场真心相对的爱情赛事吧。"

Overall a very nice drama even though there were some ridiculous side story.

Here's a quick summary (spoilers):

Beginning:
The story starts with the 10th annual bullfighting competition...It's the event that is most important in Sheng Xue's life. However, Ruo He lost the match, which causes much enmity between the two of them. She eventually transfers to his school to "confront" him. Later on, it was reveal that Sheng Xue's family indirectly caused Ruo He to lose the match.

The Problem Arises:
Ruo He needed to get the title deed of the "13 street" in order to keep the family business alive. Pressured by his father, he starts using all sort of "ruthless" methods on Sheng Xue to force her to sign the contract. It's here they started to develop feelings for each other when Ruo He opposes his father for the first time.

The Main Problem:
They did their first ever date together and really fall in love with each other. However, Ruo He is forced by his father to date the daughter of the bank. So begins a long journey where Ruo He rejects Sheng Xue while she keep persisting... She tried all sort of methods to get him to admit he likes her...

Resolution:
At the very end, the "snow basketball scene" occurs where Sheng Xue uses some trickery to win the bullfight (awesome moment). It's the turning point of the story, and they decide that they'll never leave each other again. However, Sheng Xue "betrays" Ruo He in the end and gave him back to his father...

Finale:
They got the understanding from both the parents, now all is left is that stupid bank. So Sheng Xue's dad uses the deed "13th Street" as a mortgage. Everyone got together again... but not before they do "one last bullfight" to determine if they'll get married...

Ridiculous Portions:

- The only "villain" school girl that opposes Sheng Xue, turns good for absolutely NO REASON. It's like, one episode she's evil and the next moment she starts helping her. It is not shown how she change her decision or whatsoever...

- I don't understand how all the evil characters suddenly "realize what they did were wrong", and repent at the end. It's... too sudden and abrupt. All the enemies became one big family... duh?

- Most no link portion...when they had to collect the snow feathers. Sheng Xue has to go to a place call "Snow forest" where someone called "Dugu Qiubai" stays. No one ever returns from the forest in one piece... WTH? Is this a Jinyong Wuxia story?

- Many little scenes in the story makes no sense, or is simply unnecessary. My biggest complain is the one after the "basketball snow scene". Why do they have to include that... it sorts of ruin the greatness of the snow scene. -_-

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Some of my favorite scenes...

Episode 2: At sickbay... behind the partition... (01:30 to 03:20)