Wish it could be more romance
Loved the acting, the music and how was filmed. The story is nice, nothing new, but dragging at some points. I wish it could be more story to the characters love. It was developed slowly, but not to much time to it. The writer wanted to show that they fall naturally, but it could be more romance involved and show less of political fights over and over again. Beautiful osts, beautiful graphics. I do love Zhao Lu Si, she is growing with every drama, which is good thing. Yang Yang - i saw him here more natural, than his usual. I really believed the tears of both of them in the last episodes, naturally heartmelting.Was this review helpful to you?
LanXiyun / Hei-Feng-Bai-Xi
- Mature relationship comes unquestionable;- Priority the peace and innocent lives over the war that just for one’s self-desire;
- When you know that your days are numbered; you start to realize what it means the most to you. Living and dying with no guilt, everything is impermanent anyway.
The only drama that I come across that the characteristics of both leads are unparalleled which sets out a new standard for future lead-characters.
The key to this drama is much realized on each individual character, they did a great job in every aspects. Plus custom, decoration and cgi are all great.
Story was great but it was wrapped up in rush for the last 10 episodes. Even with these little flaws, this drama is great to spend time for and worth every minutes.
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Aside from the MC's visuals and flirting though, what makes this drama so good is the wealth of multi-dimensional characters, dramatic intrigue, political twists and turns that kept me on my toes. The cinematography is also something to be admired, especially the seamless battle scenes. What I also liked about this drama is that there are no overtly annoying secondary characters that I want to wring their necks or slap them across the face. Yes, there are pretentious villains, there are ambitious eggheads, and murderous mistresses but what historical Chinese drama does not? At least, in this drama, they were more than just stick-figures. I also liked how compact this drama is, that they managed to condense this story in 40 episodes with hardly any fillers.
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Prime example of a chinese historical drama
I loved the drama, i felt it was exactly what I was looking for after many years of watching Chinese Historical dramas, it had martial arts and politics mixed into it, it didn't have an unnecessary death involved with one of the MC's dying or one of the MC's turning power hungry etc. It had a good ending. I liked the build up towards the end, I felt that they rushed the ending just a bit, I think another 5 episodes would of helped to not interrupt the flow of the drama. Loved the drama and it definitely fulfilled my expectations too.Was this review helpful to you?
The Love Story of Hei Feng Xi and Bai Feng Xi
Although Who Rules the World is not based on historical dynasties, nevertheless I found game of court, the thrilling martial arts fighting scenes, as well as the sweet emotional scenes, very exciting and I believe it gave us the audience ability to realise the plot easily.
I loved all the character developments, starting with the dual identity of the male and female Leads (Yang Yang & Zhao Lu Si) which becomes the highlighted. From Hei Feng Xi and Bai Feng Xi in the martial arts world to the royal son Feng Lan Xi and princess Feng Xi Yun in the court, the unique setting of the two Lead and all the other character determined the level of conflict and emotional tension in the story which I thing was done perfectly.
In terms of production, I don’t know much about it but I believe, Who Rules the World achieved a balanced play from cinematography, art, makeup to action, and special effects with pure elegance.
Lastly but not the least, the chemistry between Yang Yang and Zhao Lu Si and the way they each portrayed their characters was just impeccable .
Already set on my netflix for a rewatch.
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I think all the cast were chosen correctly and the acting is fine. Everyone were good.
The leads had great chemistry. I kept wanting to see them together even more!
Here are some things I liked about the romance in this drama:
-First, it is how aware both leads are about their own feelings and the fact that they care about each other early on. This saved me from the torture of 'when will they figure they love each other?'... even when they haven't yet openly expressed it, the subtle actions were enough for me.
-Another one is that both leads have their strong and weak moments and they help one another when needed without over doing it.
-The leads COMMUNICATE!!! They actually talk and try to understand each other. that's quite rare in dramas!
I like many of the support characters such as LanXi's elder brother, HuangChao, Feng Qiwu, LanXi's gaurds, ... the list would be too long if I write all the names!
There were also characters that made me want to slap them! such as the spoiled daughter of Tianshuang sect leader and Guyu.
The pacing was great for me. There were few parts that were a bit boring but most of it was enjoyable and interesting enough for me to keep watching with minimum skips.
The ost and the costumes were also good.
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Finished it... sacrifice type movie - plots are a bit infuriating
The fighting scenes are good. No slow motion torture like Sword Snow Stride. Fighting is pretty good for the most part. A lot of wuxia chi power and flying swords, and flying, etc.The weakness are weak character development and plot. It does progress nicely though. You dont get torturous ending like end of each Sword Snow Stride episode. Pacing moves quickly but the thing that bugs me is the ML and his PERFECT personality and morals. It's just infuriating. His dad treats him like crap and he would never defend himself. Everything is about sacrificing yourself for the state. It's almost like propaganda and written by someone who works in the government and created this story to brainwash people to sacrifice their lives for the State.
The pureness of the ML and constant sacrifices makes me puke at times. If you like characters that's constantly sacrificing themselves for the good of the state or the people.. you will love this drama.
I love Zhao Lusi and it's not her best work. She's so much better in Love like the Galaxy. That type of role fits her so much better than playing the heroic wuxia hero.
I still got addicted and finished it all in 3 days. So it definitely drew me in and entertained me and got me addicted to finish each episode.
Ending was OK...
There was some stupidity by characters. Like obvious things such as knowing the identity of the main villain but not telling anyone and resulting in their own death as well as people around them. Yeah that kind of stupidity.
Still... it was filmed pretty well.
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Lots of fun! Done well and the story ended properly too
So i started off watching this while being a little wary that they'd mess it up (again) by the end of the story. Been having bad luck with chinese series ending in a really incomplete and haphazard way lately, but they didnt have a weak ending so i was pleasantly surprised about that. I enjoyed the plot quite a bit and the characters were played well but there were some parts i skipped through a bit with the villains constantly lying to people (and cmon. it is 40 eps long).overall:The production, martial arts, and acting were done well. The imagery was nice and the romance was at a realistic level that was cute and not annoying. i.e. They'd flirt and spend time and all that but they wouldnt pretend like they dont have their own desires and responsibilities that must be taken care of as well.
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Worth The Watch...
Without revealing too much about the plot/ending, I thoroughly enjoyed this drama. I would say that the first half is better than the second half (all that drama with the director/production team is definitely noticeable), but Zhao Lusi and Yang Yang's acting (as well as all the other actors) performance was superb throughout. Their chemistry was amazing.Typical political feuds and scheming but nothing too frustrating, did feel a bit dragged out at some points. No script/plot is perfect and while there are moments where you think "How could they not know?!", a story is a story. Loved all the fighting/battle scenes, even though I wouldn't classify this as a full Wuxia. Love story was a bit of a slow burn, but the leads portrayed the feelings well.
My fav drama of 2022 so far.
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PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST WUXIA DRAMA
I'm not really a fan of Wuxia Dramas, its not because of the old stories or whatsoever, but mainly because i'm not familiar with the Chinese old settings. Reading about WRTW before it was released, I was actually interested to watch it. Yang Yang and Zhao Lusi both are good actors, not to mention the other casts. The storyline, for me, is incomplete. Probably these drama deserves a part 2, but because of the controversies, I hope other production would take it. For the summary, it's both a happy and a sad ending, but its definitely worth a smile and a tear.Was this review helpful to you?
Power Couple
Really enjoyed this. It had capable main leads and a lot of political intrigue.The chemistry was pretty good (it could've been better, hence the minus 0.5), both are excellent actors, Yang Yang and Zhao Lusi.
This was the first Cdrama I ever watched. Not too romantic, but still puts a smile on your face,
I found this quite entertaining.
Also, the OST was awesome.
Hope you enjoy!
Update:
This is me a year later (a much more seasoned watcher as you can see from my other reviews). This drama, compared to the many other dramas I've watched, is extraordinary. Also, we don't have a stereotypical damsel in distress who needs a strong man to save her; we have the definition of a power couple, both are rivals (but then work together), so they both have brains and martial arts skills.
Pacing got weird a bit
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Who Rules the World Indeed...
WHO RULES THE WORLD was a top notch, high quality, super fun C-Drama, one I watched with family over the course of a few weeks. It was pretty entertaining, filled with drama, adventure, intrigue, action, mystery, romance and a little comedy. And of course, some outlandishly fantastical wuxia fight scenes as well, because what would a fantasy martial arts drama be without some good wuxia mixed in?Who Rules the World is the story of two highly cultivated master martial artists, known as Feng Lan Xi and Feng Xi Yun, who join hands together to travel the world and fight off an evil clan that seeks to dominate the world. They are opposites of one another in many ways but work well as a team.
Although this series was a bit slow at times, overall the story was interesting and the cast really likeable. Everything was quality, to the complex plot to the breathtaking background scenery to the intricate indoor settings. Very beautiful and visually stunning. The music was pretty good too. I enjoyed the two main characters and how they interacted with one another. I do feel like more time could have been spent truly developing the characters deeper instead of flirtily eying one another endlessly, but even still, it was a great show and the family enjoyed it. I'm glad we gave it a try. Would probably rewatch down the road.
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