Candle in the Tomb: Kunlun Shrine (2022)

ANOTHER GOOD TOMB SERIES TO WATCH!

I'm really new to watch this tomb series. Different series with Lost Tomb. So far i'm enjoyed to watched and planning to watch another Candle In The Tomb series.

Let me share Candle In The Tomb [Chinese Drama & Movie] list based on my search :

Volume 1 (2016) CANDLE IN THE TOMB : https://kisskh.at/19236-candle-in-the-tomb

Volume 2 (2020) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - THE LOST CAVERNS : https://kisskh.at/40149-candle-in-the-tomb-the-lost-caverns

Volume 3 (2021) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - THE WORM VALLEY : https://kisskh.at/60175-candle-in-the-tomb-the-worm-valley

Volume 4 (2022) KUNLUN TOMB : https://kisskh.at/64309-candle-in-the-tomb-kunlun-shrine
*) Movie (2020) MOJIN: KUNLUN SHRINE : https://kisskh.at/695029-mojin-kunlun-shrine

Volume 5 (2017) THE WEASEL GRAVE : https://kisskh.at/21630-candle-in-the-tomb-the-weasel-grave
*) Movie (2021) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - THE WEASEL GRAVE : https://kisskh.at/716295-candle-in-the-tomb-the-weasel-grave

Volume 6 : ?

Volume 7 (2019) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - THE WRATH OF TIME : https://kisskh.at/29196-candle-in-the-tomb-the-wrath-of-time
*) Movie (2019) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - THE WRATH OF TIME : https://kisskh.at/52279-candle-in-the-tomb-the-wrath-of-time
*) Movie (2020) MOJIN: MYSTERIOUS TREASURE : https://kisskh.at/681457-mojin-mysterious-treasure

Volume 8 (2017) GHOST BLOWS OUT THE LIGHT - FINDING HU BA YI : https://kisskh.at/24204-candle-in-the-tomb-mu-ye-gui-shi
*) Movie (2019) MOJIN: RAIDERS OF THE WU GORGE : https://kisskh.at/59493-mojin-raiders-of-the-wu-gorge

Add :
*) Movie (2018) MOJIN: THE WORM VALLEY, talked about Volume 4 - Volume 8 :
https://kisskh.at/33360-mojin-the-worm-valley

*) Movie (2022) TOMB ADVENTURER, don't know taken from what volume :
https://kisskh.at/731907-tomb-adventurer

Upcoming :
- Series (probably 2023) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - SOUTH SEA WASTELAND : https://kisskh.at/64311-candle-in-the-tomb-south-sea-wasteland

Upcoming :

- Series (unknown release) CANDLE IN THE TOMB - DISCOVERY OF GOLDEN CITY : https://kisskh.at/60993-candle-in-the-tomb-discovery-of-golden-city

- Series (unknown release) MOJIN: THE ADVENTURE OF DISCOVERY : https://kisskh.at/33709-mo-jin-the-adventure-of-discovery

- Series (unknown release) [Reboot/ Remake?] CANDLE IN THE TOMB : https://kisskh.at/68239-candle-in-the-tomb

Update per 20th Oct 2022

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The First Bad One

On Rewatch I liked this season a bit more. I think at the time it was such a shock, coming from Worm Valley - the downgrade is definitely real. There are some mountain scenes that made me think of a travel agency commercial - so poorly and boringly shot compared to the previous seasons.
Like I said in my original review - there are little sparks of past greatness.
The next season is undeniably worse.
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(OG review)
What a disappointment!
What happened here? Was it covid? The new director? (iirc they changed this time?)

There are still glimpses of the old series - some character moments for both the main trio and the supporting cast. The goons and side characters are unusually well developed, which is what this show does. But they still mostly get killed off. :/
The two biggest problems for me are the story and the visuals.
This series of Candle in the Tomb usually has a pretty tight, well thought out structure. This time it felt like things just sort of happened, never really explained or returned to, plotlines just dropped. This is more like every other tomb robber show, ngl I was thinking a lot of the various daomu series - their stories are equally badly told.
What was the deal with the wolves? I think they were there just so the Tibetan dude's arc could be wrapped up, but it all just fizzled out. Where did the giant monitor lizards come from? We never learn.
For the first time in this series I was seriously disappointed with the visuals - not only does the CGI look abysmal and is all over the place, the creative and tight cinematography is GONE. The Wrath of Time season starts with an awesome dynamic shot, or remember that crazy brawl in Lost Caverns, with the camera flying around and looping up and down?
We get none of this.
The colours are bland and dark, everything looks fake and boring. The Yunnan adventure gave us glorious monsters in rubber suits, here we just get ugly and badly animated CG animals.
And the actors...they don't seem to wanna be there. Did they get covid? Are they just tired of the show? Pan Yueming looks bloated and tired, like he'd break a hip if he tried to do any action.
And they don't (do any fancy stuff), the action's just confused and badly edited.
I'm honestly kind of dreading the next season, if it's more of this or worse.

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