Stand by Me

Intense.

I was fairly intrigued by the premise of this drama and I decided to watch it because I like the female lead. She’s pretty and kind of cute.

What I liked:
- intense drama with a lot, a lot of things happening
- plenty of unexpected twists and turns
- it’s a long-drawn chess game which lasts 49 episodes
- never know what will happen so you have to go episode after episode
- the male lead is handsome (it’s my first time ‘meeting’ him and he’s quite fine
- the female lead is pretty and quite fine too

What I didn’t like:
- crazy eunuch - he’s nuts and hateful
- too many twists and turns - I was quite confused and puzzled (but things do get solved and explained which is good)
- quite bloody with plenty of deaths

A drama worth an 8/10 is a drama worth watching in my opinion. If you are thinking of whether to watch or not, I’d say watch if you have time for 49 episodes.

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I Must Win!

This is the drama that made me love Cheng Yi's acting talent.

Firstly, I'm afraid of being disappointed and unsatisfied with the acting and the story. But fortunately, this drama is one of my favorite dramas!

Story,
I enjoyed the unpredictable and complicated plot, but it's hard to find a drama that suits my taste. I like the story that is not easy to predict and it made you give attention to detail, so you don't miss out on any clues for the ending. This is one of the best of the best based on my liking. Even though there are some points that not really clear, but I'm satisfied enough.

Acting,
Cheng Yi and Zhang Yu Xi really have a great job of portraying each of their characters. They have good chemistry and succeed to make me sucked into this drama. And also standing applause for Micky He, Han Dong, and the other artists. All of them really bring the character alive.

Music,
There is nothing that makes me unsatisfied. Thank you to the music department staff that prepared all of the beautiful songs. Without you guys, this drama wouldn't end as beautiful as this.

Overall I really enjoyed each of the episodes. This is the second time I watched this, now I'm confident enough to give full point for the drama. If you enjoy the complicated yet beautiful story. I really recommend you to watch this.

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Lengthy but not boring

I just waiting for love story to start because male lead actor is so amazing to express all type of emotions . So patiently I waited for it and I had watched 30 episodes but still love story not started so I decided to drop it but I watched one more episode then I realised actually drama was not boring and continued to watched it but now I was waiting to know that what would happened at the last, did love story will start or not ,if not then I would not happy with story . Yes Love story started but very few romantic scene and not happy with the end but ending scene arose so many questions. So, Is there second season?
If it real life based story so story end with assumption. Male lead actors is the best .

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Full of intrigue and court politics

This drama is full of intrigue and court politics. While watching it, I had to adjust my expectations a bit. Firstly, it is a slow-paced story, with very little romance, and it has a narrow focus on court politics. As a result, characters spend most of their time dialoguing, developing all kinds of complicated schemes, and fighting to seize or shift power. The story is solid, but there are a few inconsistencies along the way that defy logic and make the viewing experience frustrating at times. This type of drama cannot be watched mindlessly, as you have to pay attention to every detail, which is a plus, in my view.

Regarding the actors, Cheng Yi's acting is subtle but still very good and nuanced, although his character is quite static and emotionally flat. Xuan Lu's multifaceted performance as Yanzhi and Mickey He's quirky interpretation of the villainous, power-hungry eunuch (Qiu Ziliang) were both impressive. Zhang Yuxi has a nice presence overall and is quite expressive, but her character is a bit difficult to like, reinforcing a long-standing tradition in Chinese dramas to portray the female lead as unintelligent and naive.

While I generally prefer the Xianxia genre, I do enjoy a good, intriguing political drama from time to time, especially one that doesn't simplify the plot for the viewers. Overall, I would recommend this drama to anyone who enjoys a complex, thought-provoking storyline.

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Controversial opinions..

I have some controversial views for this cdrama. First, i love the ML , is a good actor, knew him from love and redemption. I dont find him sexy but i cannot deny he can take your breath away with his mysterious aura.... the FL ..well.. i love and hate her at the same time, sometimes she plays clever, she surprises everybody because she seems to know it all... but at times she is like an adult with childish traits... far too naive for my taste. And her childish voice at times could have been avoided to add on credibility for the type of role she is covering, an imperial guard, the sword bearer. This cdrama is about how to take a slow... very slow... revenge. I am at ep 43... 1 to go...and it seems the bad guys cannot be punished , it gets to my nerves to see how the evil eunuch seems to have more power than the emperor, i would slap his face hard! How dare you!! Please silence this super human evildoers!

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This is a good fictional historical drama that, according to some viewers, was based on actual events and characters of the late Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Wuzong. The actors did a great job bringing their characters to life and, although the drama is about 10-13 episodes too long and there are plenty of unnecessary events, the drama is quite entertaining. The drama progresses too slowly, the leading actress is too impulsive and unreasonable trying to protect people that were obviously hurting her and the emperor which made her character quite frustrating. The Emperor (Cheng Yi) and Mike He (as eunuch Qiu Zi Liang) were a force to be reckon with portraying their characters. SPOILER ALERT: The drama would have been much better if they would have ended it after the Emperor wins over the bad guys but, at the end, the Emperor dies. (And who was the person that the leading lady was looking at so lovingly at the end?).

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STAND BY IT… YOU WON’T BE DISAPPOINTED!

If you liked The Long Ballad or The Sword and the Brocade, and the costumed piece shows, then you’ll like this one too. TBH, I’m hesitant when there are like 25+ episodes in a C-Drama because I feel sometimes it gets dragged out. But this show had a story that peaked my interest and I couldn’t wait to see the new episode the next day. Member WandeR had a lengthy review that hit a lot of good points that I agree on. The only actor I recognized in this was Han Dong who played Prince Guang, but now I am definitely a new fan of both M F leads, Cheng Yi and Zhang Yu Xi. The entire cast did a great job but I’m a sucker for romance so I favored the Emperor and his Sword Bearer more, ha! The political plots may sometimes feel the same in these shows but this one had a pretty good storyline I had not yet watched before. When I catch myself replaying a scene or going back to watch an episode, I know I’ve enjoyed it. Not to mention, when I start to sing or whistle the soundtracks when I’m not watching the show, it pretty much justifies my rating of 10. Hope you too can enjoy it… Happy viewing!

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All the actresses and actors in this drama can act their roles very well. Yuxi is such a talented actress. She can draw all the attentions of the viewers. She can act like a female warrior and her acting is so cute when she acts as a young immature girl and who is lack in martial art. Her actings are so lovely.
The romantic scenes are so sweet and lively and my heart beats so fast whenever I watch that scenes. Although she did not specialize in acting at universities, her acting is much much much improved compared to in my little princess(it's just my opinion). Chengyi is also a talented actor. Most of the scenes he acts makes me feel sorry in this.

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the ml & 2 fl’s acting were great. The ml had great facial expressions and fl did a great job of crying and showing that love in her eyes. The side characters acting were great as well and everyone did a good job with their roles. {The first five episodes were boring and kinda confusing. The plot was unique and good though. Although, The fl was loyal but very dumb sometimes. The second fl was very cunning and smart which I liked. I also liked the second fl main buddy. He was great and loyal as well. I liked this drama but it started to feel like they were dragging the episodes out when I was getting closer to the end. I stopped watched until I got to episode 31, so I technically didn’t finish it fully. I don’t wanna waste my time so I’ll say the drama ended at episode 31 to keep good thoughts of it. My favorite episodes was episode 20

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Historical person

Qi Yan was really emperor, of Tang dinasty. born in 814. He had a love story, with a singer dancer that he brought in palace. He did dies at 31 and his uncle, lord of Guang did inheritet his trone. Emperor Yan had 5 sons and all of term disapeard from history records. His love woman commited suicide when he died.

in this drama i dont think that writer meant that emperor faked death. emperor said in next life will live ordinary life with her.

Although the TV series "Dream Awakening Chang'an" is adapted from Feihua's novella "Swordsmanship", the original novel only has 70,000 words and focuses on emotional description.
Screenwriter Shi Si Que spent six years adapting the novel and researching history, bringing it closer to history. Even the protagonist was changed. So, the adapted "Dream Awakening Chang'an" is completely different from the original, fairy-like martial arts novel "Swordsman"!

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Acting notbad ,but story messy

Very pity, even though the acting of the actors and actresses is quite good, but the story is really very bad, very messy, and the timing of the story is not right

Even though from the beginning of the story, the "3rd person" mastermind is the topic, but the story doesn't seem to be structured from the start, like they changes the script in the middle of the drama

Indeed, they deliberately made a plot twist, but in this way, it really very annoying, especially since they always delay the two sisters for recognize each other

From the beginning of the story, FULL OF TACTIC AND PLAN, but they never explained what the plan was going to be, but changed it to another scene, so we didn't know which one was their plan.


Some of the dialogues that the cast said were wrong, and I realized that, like Empress Dowoger mentioned Li Yan, Lichen, the actual name in the drama is Qiyan Qi Chen, when Guang Prince talked about the person who was harmed by Yanzhi also said wrong "左车 "，which is actually "左马"



1. Who is the real chess piece for 8 years that guang prince said? Ep 32 minutes ±29 ,,


From the very beginning chengruoyu made a deal with qiuyanzhi and promised to do 3 things after it was over, but that scene seemed to be just a pointless scene at all

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