The Longest Promise

The longest Promise is a great story.

The Longest Promise is a great story. It has it all, romance, comedy, tragedy. Beautiful shots that take your breath away, some in natural settings. Great acting. The main actors are great, Xiao Zhan, Ren Min and others. The haters as I see them try to provoke and lower the recommendation. It will be of no use. The drama has already exploded, it has won the first place in the ratings. Let your star work just as hard, instead of reaching for such methods.
The scenes of confusion played by Xiao Zhan are outstanding, he is brilliant. Shi Ying's character is wonderfully rendered. Red Min delights in this film, she is a very good actress. The story is great, very romantic, it is not simple.

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First Impressions

I highly recommend this drama because it has amazing cast and good story pacing.
Please see below my first impressions about this drama after watching 6 episodes

CGI: Based on the 6 episodes, I can say that the CGI for this drama is better compared to other xianxia dramas. The world building and the sceneries are all visually pleasing to the eye. The CGI for the sand dragon was my fave and Chong Ming as bird is my least fave because I feel that it could be better.

Story: The pacing of the story is just right imo and it was able to introduced the characters well without overwhelming the audience (especially those who did not read the novel or follow the series) with TMI.

Cast:

XZ as Shi Ying looking ethereal in those flowy almost white robes. This man is just so consistent in honing his acting skills and making everyone impressed with his improvements. I am particularly awed with his acting during crying scenes or when he is showing complicated emotions, he is really good at it. He has the ability to engulf audience to his emotions. As audience you can see and feel his character emotions and inner turmoil just by watching him.

RM as Zhu Yan. I am liking her acting and looks in this drama. I checked with my friends that read the novels and according to them, RM is doing a good job in making ZY character cute and adorable instead of being annoying clueless brat like how was she in the novel.

Li Ming De as Chong Ming. His comedic timing is good and can make you laugh in the middle of heavy scene because of his antics.

Other casts are visually pleasing as well and with decent acting skills.

Customes:

From the trailers, the robes and other customes for SY are gorgeous af! Elegant and flowy with intricate designs.

Makeup

Perfect. I like that the makeup for each character is just appropriate and not too much.

Filter

The filter applied on this drama is very light almost not noticeable unlike those heavily filtered xianxia dramas that whitewash the face of the characters.

Disclaimer: I did not read the novel or any of the novels in this series. I have zero idea about what will I expect. Although, I did watch too many xianxia dramas through the years but I mostly dropped them midway or just force myself to watch until the end because the story bored me, the CGI was bad and the main cast acting was too poor. Therefore, I am excited to see watch The Longest Promise.

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So much beauty

I am in love with this drama, the story is soul wrenching and the acting is so good , it looks like they descending from the novel
It is like a fairy tale , music and lanscape are so beautiful that they touch your soul
Xiao zhan is out of this world and ren min is just like in the novel and the rest of the crew is very talented
Don’t believe the antis, recent development of xiao zhan just made them deadly jealous
I am really happy if i will be able to see it on netflix because Vip policy of wetv is just annoying , as an international user you can not buy it or at least i didn’t manage

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amazing story pace and visuals

*the music, won't say much very beautiful .the artists dropped 👑👑👑👑
*story well written, nice pace , feel like there are some easter eggs tobe found once you re-watch
actors ... great!!!
Xiao Zhan, Wang Churang stunning and charismatic as usual, Limingde...the best , Renmin very good for her first major work👏....
*the angst😭, not unnecessary for the story at all, everything is tied in ......one of the dramas where I genuinely teared up when the ML started weeping.
*Visuals and colour palette on point, not overly done , suits the story and plot.......after all it's not aupposed to be a high fantasy work.
*by the way Shi Ying's mother is the bosss🌸

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Off to a good start

Let me say right off the bat that it's been awhile since I've watched an asian drama, but this one looked so visually appealing that I thought I'd give it a chance.

So far visually for cinematography it's good. It has some good long shots, panorama, and a good sense of space. The filters I usually saw in these shows where there were so much blurring of details and making things just shiny is absent here. There is texture which makes it more comfortable to watch.

The CG starts off with a bang with a sand monster. Comparative wise with most cdrama CGs I've seen of these things, this should be at the top. I guess cdramas have progressed a lot in that field.

So far we're at the stage of the FL and ML getting to know each other and I look forward to how this relationship with end up. I feel the beginning episodes have laid a good groundwork for the logic and reason for why they like each other.

I don't know the replay value since it's just starting but there is a good dose of humor and some scenes with the character interactions are charming enough.

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Xiao Zhan is the only saving - production crew is delusional when they chose the heroine

Xiao Zhan - Why did he agree to act in this show with a crap heroine who looks nothing like even the maids in this show…
I’m sure the whole crew were mumbling on how she could be heorine…
Can’t watch her at all….

Liked the story but all was lost as I had no patience to see this girl anymore

Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time
Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time
Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time
Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time
Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time
Don’t want to write anymore …don’t waste time

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Colourful Costumes

Rewatching for the second time, now I know why I didn’t get past five episodes! Well four and a half actually!
The first three episodes were good - interesting, captivating and then it went Psst fizzle stop,
By episode five I had to find reasons to keep watching, the storyline was weak without much pizzaz and the acting - well I’ve seen better in school plays.
The ML was wooden, no emotion he looked like he was bored out of his skull which is what I was!
My advice? Choose something else.
…I have watched many CDramas and enjoyed them all, but not this one.

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The Longest promise

My favorite Chinese actor Xiao zhan, His acting skills of higher level,And he is pretty good looking actor in The world, And all of characters acting performance is good of this drama. And also BGM , visual, over All good, I like graphics of this drama, So you can watch this drama, Have many people can avoid this drama
But you can't avoid most handsome popular actor Xiao zhan. After next drama of Xiao zhan, we want to see Dilaraba dilmurat ,

Thank you for This drama,
Etc........................................................... Love From Bangladesh

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Long awaited drama ended up being a disappointment

I had high expectations for this drama unfortunately it didn’t match my hopes. This review contains spoilers.
At first, I was very excited by the 1st episode, then I thought it was a slow burn story and quickly I got bored with the dragged story. It took 20 episodes so half of the drama to tell the story of the princess being a student and that happened in the past of the current events. Then, suddenly the plot with the ice clan is debunked in 2min out of nowhere and we don’t even understand why & how this very short scene & absurd explanation could end an entire plot. Very disappointing.
The second plot with the supreme majesty is all over the place, doesn’t make sense. The 1st intrigue that started the whole drama is still not triggered after 30 episodes so I can expect that this would happen in the end only.

Long story short, the story isn’t very well written and goes in all directions without credible root! Xiao Zhan does a good job but the FL voice & character acting like a child is pretty annoying and its hard to over look as the drama plot isn’t solid enough!

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Las tortugas caminan más rápido

Todo lo que quería era volver a ver a Xiao Zhan en un drama de traje. Cumplí mi propósito? Sí. Estoy completamente satisfecha con la serie? No.

Para resaltar los puntos buenos primero debo decir que el guión en sí no es malo. Tiene coherencia, los personajes evolucionan a través de los 40 episodios y cierra el 99% de las cosas que abre. Los efectos especiales se mantuvieron en la misma línea de excelencia desde el principio hasta el fin, con una calidad superior en las peleas finales de los últimos 8 capítulos. Me parece importante recalcar esto porque suele suceder que los efectos especiales decaen a medida que avanzan los episodios, o son malos todo el tiempo con 1 momento de belleza a lo largo de la serie. Un punto a destacar muchísimo son las actuaciónes. Xiao Zhan, Ren Min y Alen Fan se lucieron con particularidad en los capitulos finales.

Ahora lo no tan bueno, y que tiene que ver con el potencial de los actores, fue que todo avanzó muy lentamente y se perdió la oportunidad de explorar más allá las consecuencias de las acciones de los personajes. En este sentido siento que le faltó profundidad.

*SPOILERS* Cuando Shi Yu se escapa con Xueying no hay ninguna escena donde la Consorte se enoje, donde el Emperador los mande a buscar o lo desherede. Se van y ya está. En ningún momento se ve en juego su posición de Príncipe Heredero o como cabeza de la milicia. Otra cosa es que cuando recibe la carta de su madre diciendo que no deje ir a los Merfolks, él desobedece: no tenemos ninguna escena de la Consorte quejándose porque desobedeció sus ordenes. Y de este tipo de escenas siento que hay un montón a lo largo de toda la serie. Tiene 40 capítulos donde los primeros 30 son pura preparación para los últimos 10, cuando siento que lo que pasa del 30 al 40 podría haberse desarrollado a partir del episodio 15 y así haber explorado mucho más cosas como la guerra con los Merfolks, los desacuerdos dentro de ese mismo clan por el poder, el reconocimiento del Rey del Mar y su dicotomía entre odiar tanto a la gente de Kongsang como a los de su misma especie junto con la resolución del conflicto interno y cómo los adultos en su entorno lo podrían haber guiado para el buen camino. El hecho de que Shi Ying nunca se enteró que Zhu Yan pensaba que se iba a casar con XueLu y el no descubrimiento del Highest Priest de Jiuyi y todas las tramoyas que hizo para que Shi Ying hiciera lo que él quisiese.

Hubo muchos capítulos que de no haber estado, no hubiesen afectado a la trama en absoluto. Tiraron toda la carne al asador en los últimos 4/5 capítulos y se sintió muy apresurado. La serie arranca con el casamiento de Zhu Yan pero también lo siento innecesario, podrían haber usado ese tiempo para desarrollar un poco más el momento en el que se conocieron. Quedó suelto también que pasa con las almas de los Merfolks que regresan al mar: la esposa del Emperador que pertenecía a este clan junto con su hijo no nacido: ¿revivió? ¿murió definitivamente? ¿mató a su propio hijo? Me parece algo muy cruel como para que sea tomado así no más.

Comentarios generales respecto a los personajes:

-Shi Ying es muy poderoso pero bastante bastante gil. Está bien todo lo de la reclusión y demás cosas, pero no puede ser que el tipo nunca le haya dicho a Zhu Yan que la amaba, que no le haya entregado el pendiente de jade en el mismo momento en el que se lo compró y DEJÓ QUE SE FUERA MEDIO LLORANDO DESPUÉS DE HABER VISTO QUE LA MINA ACTUABA RARO TODO EL DÍA. Flaco sos el rey de dormirse sobre los laureles. Amén de que siempre la trataba con indiferencia "para que no quedara implicada en sus asuntos" pero después le tiraba rosas: hermano decidite estas confundiendo a todo el mundo.

-Zhu Yan: medio insoportable pero la verdad es que la banco. La mina arrancó desafiando a su viejo que no la dejaba cultivar (aprender magia y esas cosas) porque era mujer, se coló en la residencia del príncipe para agarrar una flor y se lo terminó encontrando (medio que todo provocó la caída de Shi Ying como príncipe heredero pero le vamos a echar la culpa a la persona que la tiene: el Emperador, por ser un idiota), después se recorrió cada secta de su país buscando alguien que pudiese enseñarle un hechizo para devolverle la vida al Príncipe Heredero y al final finalito SI LO HIZO después de que le dijeran que ese hechizo no existía. Su personalidad era re infumable y si decía "Shizun" una vez más iba a reventar pero alto personaje. La queremos.

-Zhi Yuan: MI HOMBRE. Íntegro de principio a fin, no tiene una sola falencia. Mi merfolk precioso. Ojalá hubiese tenido más capítulos para desarrollar su personaje, pero Alen Fang se lució en los últimos capítulos interpretandolo a él y a XuYang. Él solo quería recuperar su amor pasado. Dios como lo amo.

En fin, la serie cumple porque es entretenida y tiene desarrollo, pero podría haber dado mucho más.

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