Ancient Love Poetry

DON'T BE FOOLED BY HATE COMMENTS AND THE FIRST FEW EPS

Months of wait came to a bear a fruitful end. The story was heart touching, with great cast, good production. Everything about it was pure perfection. Haven't really seen any cdrama that resolved everything this well.

Characters: Be it supporting characters or mains, there was a lot of character development. My most favourite characters were Baijue, Tianqi and Yuemi. Baijue, oh what do i even say about him? He looked cold but was soft inside, and his love was purer than water. As much as i loved him, Qingmu was more lovable. He and Qingmu were total opposites. He did so much for Shanggu in silence that it hurt me. Tianqi was hands down the best character. He was the most precious little bean, just like Yuemi. They looked like Shanggu's parents lol. I loved the two of them very much. But such a pity that she died so early, and i teared up when in that ep her statue called to Houchi... so many of the dead characters came back to life why not her? Then even my Tianqi would've gotten his well deserved happy ending. I feel so bad for them. Gujun.. i loved him as Houchi's dad and tbh he suited the heaven king position more than that stupid Muguang. Hongri (matchmaker), Fengran, Zihan and Jingjian (how could he be Wuhuan's son? He was adopted i bet!) were some other good characters that i liked. Fengran and Jingjian's love was sad like Yuemi's. Thankfully Jingjian was reborn, so one day they'd be together again. Xuanyi was a complex villain, it took me a long time to figure him out. Xueying was straight up annoying and i felt like she set fire to the wick of vileness in Wuhuan. Wuhuan was a f-ing disgusting and horribly evil bitch, like i can't even explain in words how much exactly i hated her, to think i pitied and liked her when she first appeared. In the first few eps of Wuhuan i couldnt understand why she'd turn that horrible but then i did. She was too greedy and jealous and didn't know her place. Jingzhao was better than her, but i hated her. But she wasn't as vicious as Wuhuan. She was a spoiled and bratty princess used to having things her way and blindly loving her mother. Sometimes I'd just feel like getting inside the screen and kill wuhuan. Ugh.

Acting: I think Liu Xueyi outdid all his previous performances. Never watched Zhou Dongyu before but her portrayal of Shanggu and houchi was perfect. Xu kai.. his Baijue was different from all his previous roles that I've seen, and i loved him as a serious, calm and mature character. It's just that he looked too young as Baijue, but perfect for Qingmu, and his acting was on point. Although the two roles here were opposite to each other, he nailed them both. They had a cute chemistry, not a burning one. Lai yi was as always great. Jenny Zhang had that blood boiling thing about her acting as Wuhuan and she looked really good. Zhang Yaqin is a really good actor and she did a good job here too as Fengran. Everyone's performance actually felt really good and convincing.

Story: The story was beautifully written and well executed. It had 3 arcs:
1. the falling in love phase where the FL also attains her full power,
2. the reincarnation of the leads post destruction of god realm and their love in full bloom with the villains running rampant,
3. the god realm is back and the main leads are back in power, but trouble in love and the final sacrifice.
It never bored me for even a minute. It kept me interested and wanting more throughout. I cried buckets while watching it lol. Shanggu and Baijue's love was really touching. Starting from their falling for each other to him protecting her with his life, it was wonderful. Their love bloomed beautifully as Houchi and Qingmu. As Qingmu, he did everything that he couldn't as Baijue, and they could resolve a lot of their old regrets. True that it started off really slow in the first 15 eps but that was necessary as it was setting the plot. But it was beautiful too, i personally loved their falling in love phase. Oh and how the tables turned when they incarnated lol. It explained most of the important things in the later eps. Tianqi finally moved on from Shanggu but kept being the best to her. It was soooo satisfying to see Wuhuan punished like that, better than death. The ending was beautiful. All loose ends tied up, and everything explained.
Something that I didn't like is that he kept hurting her after getting back his memories, to be a sacrificial lamb to save her, unlike Qingmu and Houchi who were a really well coordinated couple. Why was Jingzhao kept alive? I wished Yuemi came back but she didn't didn't appear as such. Apparently she was reborn as a mortal (bai shuo) and her story is in progress ;).

Production: The production was extremely well done. The backgrounds, cgi, sets everything was absolutely breathtaking and magical. The osts were so soothing and the timing when they were played made it even more emotional. The lyrics synced perfectly with the story and were very meaningful and touching. This album was also one of the best that I've heard in the cdramas. The costumes were wonderful and grand, not dramatic. And why is nobody saying anything about the opening theme visuals? THEY WERE MESMERISING.

I'd definitely come back to rewatch it. I just finished it and my emotions are still raw. I laughed and cried with the characters, it was that emotion invoking. And i highly recommend it.

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One of my fav!!!! watch it!!!

ANCIENT LOVE POETRY

PLOT:
The story of this series has a flavor of Ten Miles Of Peach Blossom type of series but a short version of it. I know the plot is not that unique but then again I find it really good on how they did the scripting and how they tell the story with no difficulty. It was easy to digest and there's was a heart breaking scenes but then again it is a mellow/mild type of drama. I don't have any complain about the story all in all it was good.

CHARACTER:
Hands up to both lead character for giving us a solid interpretation of their role. One of the reason why I invest my time finishing this one it is because of Xu Kai. I first saw him in one of his project Arsenal Military Academy and I was addicted after that I binged watch his other drama like Story of Yanxi Palace. Hands up to all staff and crew for making this drama!!!!

OST:
NO WORD TO SAY I SAVE THE SONGS TO MY CELLPHONE!!
AND IT'S ON REPEAT.

RE-WATCH VALUE:
I will watch it again

thank you and have a great day!!!!

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Fantasy but addictable heart touching..

No words to explain how much this story is heart touching.I would like to thank the author for such a limitless affectionate ,soulful, unique love story.if it is a fantasy but I insanely love with this story. best of luck to the author..and thank u soooo much to the all staff and cast for bringing us such a drama..
-from Sri Lanka-

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Wow! 2021 Has fed us a rare genre!?? The xianxia of the year is!

I'm not a person of too much word so I'll keep it short.
This is simply wonderful.
Love the story line....the twists is beyond my expectations!! Wonderful
The fighting scenes and magic scenes are Great and the acting is superb.
If I wasn't strong, this drama would have stolen tears from me!😭😭

I mean what I love most about this drama is the plot, storyline and OST. Simply unavoidable!

The characters did a wonderful job that I even commended the villain. She was so good in it!

Overall I love this and can't express how much I love this...
It's just.....just....

What are you waiting to? Yes you reading this!

Quit scrolling and go experience this wonderful rollercoaster of fun
The best xianxia of 2021 I'm proud to say!

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One of the best wuxia since  Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms.

Really good story, good acting, good soundtrack... one of the best wuxia movie. I like xu kai since The Legend, but in this movie, his acting has improve to another level. And plus super handsome.. the FL also has a very good acting. They portrait a perfect shangguan/ baijue, houche/qingmu. All the suporting actor/actress also did a very good job. The saddest characters in this movie are houche and qingmu. Especially seeing the ending of houche. Till the end she doesnt know the reason why baijue was very cruel to her and did get to say goodbye to qingmu. But everyone got their happy ending except tianqi. So sad that yuemi did not come back. But overall worth to watch 2nd time

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Ancient Cure For Insomnia

A snoozefest that is sure to put you to sleep. Don't bother looking for a plot, there isn't one.

The FL was considerably less annoying than I am used to in these Chinese costume dramas. I would even say I would like to have the opportunity to see her again in a well-written drama sometime in the future. I couldn't help but like her, even though, well, it's not nice to say, but her appearance isn't one I will easily remember. Not her fault, but I did have to mention that even though I genuinely thought she did a good job, and she is good-looking. I'm not sure I'd recognize her if I saw her again in anything else.

Xu Kai's character was written as an emotionless icicle, so I can't really blame him for portraying exactly that.

It's a melodrama, so sometimes the characters get hurt, and then they recover, only to yet again get hurt by the antagonists. That's a recipe for complete boredom.

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Gods as stupid as commoners, ridiculous storyline

I've tried my best to watch this drama but I really can't go on ! Those Gods who are supposed to be GODS are just stupid or childish, what a nonsense ! Sorry, I can't take it. Characters are just cliché and I can't see any interest in the story which seems very stereotypal to me.
Further more, I had great expectations with the lead actors but there is no chemistry between Xu Kai and Zhou Dong Yu whose characters are meant to be in love.
Xu Kai's acting is terrible in here, no great acting at all ! Being handsome isn't enough.... Storyline and characters are just ridiculous. Zhou Dong Yu is doing a good job though, how can we explain this ?!
Settings and outfits are rather nice, the OST is not bad : those are the onlly positive points I can see.
This drama is really overrated !
Forget about it !

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WTF, Why Tianqi and Yuemi ???

My girlfriend literally forced me to watch this.
ML and FL annoyed hell out of me, specially FL, Her behavior is like a bully, not with power you can bully people, but using her intelligence to bully others, even though repeatedly claimed she was bullied. can't sympathize with her at all.

From the first scene, i liked the "Yuemi" character, even thought she was the FL because how bright and easy going she was..then She dies at the beginning of the story along with her lover. story is just ended right there for me.
I stopped watching and my girl understood...

then my girlfriend told me my couple is back... just the guy for now... I told her to tell me when she comes back which is never. I watch the last episodes. "Wu Huan" actress is very impressive...

Tianqi character is very good even in the point of a man... He basically became the father for the child of the woman he loved...
gave up all the power until his hair turned white even when he didn't get the girl TWICE no matter what he did, he didn't get corrupted and held on to love until the end and Gave it up cleanly... he impressed me more than the ML and FL combined.

Why the hell writers didn't bring back "Yuemi" it's so unfair and ridiculous at this point...
even if they bring her back it would not be enough time because of the drama between ML and FL.

According to my view, Tianqi and Yuemi fully deserve their own full on story-line ...
this is very disappointing for me..

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Ancient Love Poetry.

I have compared this drama with my religious beliefs. In Christianity, there is GOOD and EVIL. We also believe there is a GOD, His Son and His Holy Spirit. He created the universe we live in and all the inhabitants. From the tiniest atom to the human beings that live on the earth. He also created a very handsome angel that had the highest role in heaven over all the angels. This angel became proud and jealous. He made war against God and the heavenly Kingdom. God threw him and his followers, 1/3 of the heavenly angels, out of heaven.Their destination was the perfect world God created. Since then this world became chaotic. But God still loved the people He created. The three Dieties met and God sent His son down to this world. Born as a human baby to parents who serve God and love Him. He was named Jesus. Jesus lived among men. He suffered the same temptations we have. He was falsely accused and finally He was crucified on the cross. He died to save us from sin and to give us eternal life. Only if we accept Him. There is always a war going on between that angel Lucifer (Satan) and the people who worship Jesus Christ. Very similar to this drama.

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Is it worth watching ?

Well start is not very good as storyline was very predictable but drama gets better and better as story moves forward. I think story best starts from Episode 16 after shanggu scarifice herself and then came back or probably reincarnated. Now story is worth watching as its not very much predictable as a good drama should be. i watched trailer of episode 23 its looks brilliant. Its a 50 episode drama and drama goes at its peak at episode 23 also our main villan is still alive so its gonna be a amazing fight between damons and gods while sanggu is back and so baiju but from episode 16 some things have changed. Now shanggu is not the most powerfull one but she has not magic which makes the drama exciting. Note: there is no spoiler is this review all these content are availiable in preview and trailers.

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I tried but couldn't

I started watching this to get ready for The Last Immortal. I am also a big fan of Wuxia/Xuanhuan/Xianxia. I read good reviews for this series in here too. Plus add Xu Kai in this series, I got ready for binge watching this series.

I am in episode 8 and I am dropping this.

The production, wardrobe, acting and plot is good. I read somewhere that the Female Lead is a multi awardee actress and excellent in emotional roles however, she seemed awkward here in my perspective. It may also be the character role itself but Xu Kai's character seems to have limited range of expression. The story for me lacks luster. It wasn't able to keep my interest.

Preference is subjective. If you have this in your queue to watch, please do give it a try because my perspective is limited to episode 8. I just couldn't continue; I couldn't finish a single episode without dozing off. Take my review with a grain of salt and do give it a try.

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