A gripping story
This is a gripping story told at a good pace. The twists and turns of the plot and the action have a good flow. One can see that great attention was paid to the period costumes and sets, the palaces are beautiful and the houses are genuine rather than computer generated.It is not just a love story, it's mostly a political story which encompasses vicious struggle for power, misplaced loyalties and fatalistic acceptances, but there it has humour too.
Handsome Ning Yi is an almost neurotic prince with lofty ideals and clever scheming with the collusion of the superb Head of Qingming Academy, Xin Zi Yan. One particular highlight is his return from Minhai to the capital as he rushes to and enters the palace to save the woman he loves, Zhi Wei. She's an interesting character, strong and independent, at times irritating, ugly when impersonating a man and yet beautiful when she is herself. The tormented Gu Yan is a quiet but powerful character and Zhi Wei's bodyguard, Gu Nan Yi, is very huggable. The not so likeable Emperor character is excellently played by Ni Da Hong.
I have not read the book, but I understand this ending is not the same as in the book. In my humble opinion the chosen ending is hurried and it feels like a let down.
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My lowest review ever, unfortunately.
So, where should i begin. I was minding my own business enjoying this 70 episode Cdrama, and then the final episode came, and the last 5 mins of the show, and that ruined everything for me.This could has easily become one if the great historical drama out there, the acting was phenomenal, i loved the ML and i loved the FL, i loved the story, i loved the chemistry and relationship between the leads as well. i loved the costumes and all the political stuff too, and I don't usually like those, but it was great.
But.... like are you kidding me, after everything that happened, the way it ended was sooo sad and disappointing. I kinda understand that there was too much animosity between the fallen kingdom and the current one, but to end like that, after all the ML did to save and protect her, after so many people died for her, I couldn't think anything else but that I ⁷wasted 70 hours of my life for such a sad and depressing ending. Maybe if it had been done a different way, but the way it was done, it wasnt worth it for me. That last scene with FL it ruined all for me and i felt like i wasted my time. They went through way too much and too many people died for her to end that way.
We all have our own preference, so the ending isn't a happy one, not only that its just tragic so watch on your own accord.
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First of all, it was different from any other Chinese drama ive watched so far. It was kind of Hollywood way, great photography, no fake CGIs, great montage, minimal clothing, hair and scenery, but yet impressive!
As for the male lead, Chen Kun he rocked! I mean, he gave the character its full lenght, and even more! Charming, expressive, handsome in every way. He is also very interesting as a person as ive seen in some interviews.
I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone who wants to see quality drama and i ll definitely rewatch!
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PSA on the Dangers of Method Acting
The plot of this show seems complex and intriguing. I love dramas with politics, intrigue, and schemes galore. But this drama showed me I have a firm line on crazy. ***SPOILER**** I get acting like you've lost it when playing the long game. hell yeah. do you scheme it up. but my dude - it's too far. THOSE CRAZY EYES HAUNT ME. He didn't just dip his toe in crazy he did a full belly flop in the deep end of lunatic. There's absolutely no subltety or nuance to the performance. Just absolutely insane, creepy eyes. His unhinged acting takes me out of the story. I'm so distracted from the overacting I can't enjoy or focus on anything else than his one-dimensional portrayal. It's painful to watch.I don't know if this was method acting gone wrong (the actor or the character) but fam this is not it.
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História desnecessariamente longa, que a torna maçante e as vezes sem nexo, pq ela é focada muito no lado político e em conspirações pelo poder. Atuação do atores é muito boa, o ator principal da show. ---------------- Alerta de Spoiler --------------
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Final sem graça e infeliz. Não recomendo, não vale a pena o tempo perdido para ver estes 70 episódios, se ele fosse resumido, todo enredo caberia em 10 eps ou menos (copiando o estilo japonês de quantidade de episódios/drama), pelo menos a trama teria mais ritmo, seria empolgante, e com certeza seria menos cansativo e sem o efeito sonífero.
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Me gusto que fuera un drama con casi nula fantasía ( inmortales , poderes , etc) ya que lo único fuera de la realidad era el vinculo padre - hijo .
El elenco muy bien elegido , los actores principales tenían mucha química y al no ser un drama de romance esta química hacia creíble la relación entre estos 2 .Es decir si estas buscando escenas románticas este no es tu drama .
La música ambiental esta justo para cada escena , pero a mi que me gustan los OST me falto una con letra llamativa para recordar el drama .
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El final no es el mejor de el mundo pero bueno masomenos es lo que se espera ya en determinado momento del drama.
Pd: ame la sonrisa de la protagonista, es hermosa , una excelente actuación de su parte igualmente del protagonista masculino, una excelente actuación.
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I expected a lot but i'm so disappointed
I finished watching the first 8 episodes. Still I can't really love this drama as much as the previous 5 cdramas i watched before. I cant get excited each episodes unlike other cdramas i have watched. The episodes are full of conversations. Like the fighting is once in a blue moon. I think I may stop watching at episode 8. I downloaded the eps via netflix up to episode 10. It is such a waste to delete the remaining episodes. But i really expected a lot from it, since i have seen lot of good reviews here on mydramalist and comments on youtube but I just don't like the plot. I also read, this drama has lot of restrictions from the government? Such a waste.Was this review helpful to you?
