Beauty Strategy (2024)

It will occupy your attention... but it probably won't leave much of an impression.

I liked this one for the easy, mildly interesting plot, and the way the pacing flows so nicely through the beginning and middle.. I also liked the actors. The leads had some chemistry, the kiss scenes were decent. FL was wisely cast -- she was the only thing elevating the show into something that could almost be taken seriously. ML did his best and it wasn't bad at all, he just needs some more acting experience under his belt and he will improve.

The problems: The way the story unwinds towards the end starts to get laggy and a little bit boring. The storyline, plot devices, dialogue.... all of it is really tired and cliche. The main couple kind of loses a little fizz in the final few episodes. Some of the soundtrack was slightly overdone to try to boost the dramatic or emotional content of the scenes.

I thought it was a little bit refreshing and ambitious for them to try to miniaturize an epic wuxia into something compact like this, and they didn't do too bad of a job. They just didn't do too good of a job either. This is a good between-shows watch with some decent kiss scenes, but definitely not of rewatch caliber.

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super good chinese drama

I started watching this drama because I saw a video on YouTube and it seemed like a nice Chinese drama. Normally I'm not a fan of Chinese dramas, but this time I am! I liked this drama because of its easy and interesting plot. I also like the actors. The leads had some chemistry, the kissing scenes were decent. Ling Shi doesn't really want him at first even though he really wanted to. He did his best to convince her, but after a while he really succeeded.

The backgrounds were always super beautiful and professionally made. Each episode doesn't last that long, about 15 minutes, which I think is great. If I wanted to take a little break, I could just watch 1 episode. The OST was also super good, normally I'm not really a fan of the OST, but this time I really am.

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