Les Belles (2025)

Who gives up marriage to a king

Initially I enjoyed the show especially the FL younger sister who can melt butter with her smile. The ML to me was just too much over the top. I had a hard time warming up to him that I wanted the 2nd ML to win. The story fails because it’s totally unbelievable the a commoner who struggled her whole life would give up marriage to a crown prince for a ML who initially made her life miserable.

Marrying a future King would create unbound opportunities for the sister she claims she loves. I’m sorry but not everyone marry’s for love, some marry for a better future. I stop watching this show and I have no regrets moving on to real fantasy with flying warriors with swords. It would be more believable than what I just watched.

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Push and pull

I can't say the series is bad. Because I watched it. There were many parts I didn't like, but since I watched it until the end, I gave points for the effort.
I liked the cast. I liked the shooting. I liked the image. I liked the costumes.
As for what I didn't like; First of all, I didn't like that the story wasn't deep. Maybe the script and the director were lame. I don't know about that, but there was no strong story and no plot based on it. As far as I understand, it's the story of a daughter whose parents died taking shelter with a relative and from there being given to a nobleman in return for money, so to speak, our daughter's objection to this, and since there was no result, she goes to her family homeland, or rather escapes there and obtains the family property. It's a bit complicated, but they try to tell it, but it's very superficial. On top of that, there's the mystery of the country's border struggles with another country and the involvement of the person to whom our daughter was sold in marriage in this struggle. But none of these are told in depth. There are superficial glosses. For example; Our daughter escapes very easily from where she was married off. No subject is mentioned about the family that married her off there for money. It is glossed over. She has nothing to do with it, only her aunt being in that family, her standing out in the family she joined with a huff, her being granted rights not granted to any other family member, her being given a special place. I had previously written this as a separate criticism, but in response to the claim that our daughter performed the best dance in an area where the king was also present, the dance had no characteristics, beauty or aesthetics, the director could not see this, and the actor did not attach importance to this, in other words, he did not work. While the dancer on the other side worked harder and performed a harmonious dance, the lead actor could not give a good image even with shows where he was suspended from a rope and dragged on the ground because his dance had no aesthetics. The director is at fault here. Since you say the dance is very good, you should have prepared the actor for this role. I have nothing against the actor. Because the actor played his game well. But the dance was not for me. Afterwards, the prince's man, who is shown as an enemy country agent, and a minister are caught very easily. It remains superficial. The person who is wanted to marry our daughter, who was thought to be dead but received many stab wounds in the show, escapes from there, and then he escapes, and becomes the minister, even the commander-in-chief of the enemy country by giving gunpowder to it. I found it very exaggerated. Are you making everyone who delivers you a material a minister, a commander-in-chief? Irrelevant. This personality also fights against his own country, gets the title of general. He is an obsessive personality and as a result, he explodes the gunpowder. It harms the leading male and female actors. The male lead is left alone because he died as a result of this gunpowder explosion. I don't know when he is found, and he steps into marriage with our daughter unharmed. It is again very superficial. However, it is not known what happened to the other obsessive lover, the enemy general, in the same explosion. It is not told. It is not shown. At the same time, no clue is given as to how this person is obsessed with this girl. The subject is glossed over. In other words, our series is very superficial, glossed over, and was edited and shot without much attention to the issues or details. That's why it's a snack-sized series that you can watch with great gusto. Because I liked the actors, and there wasn't anyone who showed a very sharp performance from the group of actors. Everyone gave a flat performance. The ones that caught my eye were Charles Lin in the role of the Prince, Jerome Deng in the role of Fan Chen, who was very successful in the obsessive role. I say well done. The man's obsession passed on to me. Li Jia Xin in the role of Chen Xiu. I also appreciated this actor for his hard work. Even though he had a small role and scene. Even though he was in the second or even third role, he worked on his scenes, came prepared, and I liked his dancing. I say well done for working. This girl made her role stand out, which was small. Bravo.
There were a couple of love and affection events in our series. The director gave them as push and pull. The last episode was specifically dedicated to these, so I didn't watch a love story from beginning to end, it was just an image of two lovers who had this kind of push-pull attitude towards each other from beginning to end.

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Un c-drama historique simple aux romances dynamiques...

Il s'agit d'un drame historique classique avec des personnages attachants et des antagonistes caricaturaux et aux intrigues simples et efficaces. Pour moi, c'est le drama de transition idéal parce qu'il n'est pas compliqué. La simplicité est restée attractive, malgré quelques épisodes inutiles sur la fin.

L'ensemble du casting est bon. Jelly Lin (Luo Ling Yu) refuse l'idée d'un mariage arrangé. C'est une femme intelligente et posée, ne serait-ce que pour sa débrouillardise. Elle croise le chemin de Lu Yun et d'une manière ou d'une autre, ils finissent par se rapprocher. Lu Yun est attachant et honnêtement doux (ses petites touches de jalousie sont craquantes). C'est un couple mignon avec une dynamique légère, mais c'est aussi un couple qui compte sur l'autre.

Cependant, le couple secondaire vole la vedette pour moi. Zhou Yang Ling (Zhao Qing) et Aman (Guo Jia Nam) m'ont fait sourire, rire et couiner. Zhou Yang Ling est une femme intelligente et indépendante. Aman est un homme qui ne cherche pas à l'enfermer, au contraire. Leur relation se construit gentiment de façon amusante et change lentement lorsque la vérité éclate. J'ai adoré ce couple qui possède une dynamique amusante et délicate.

J'ai adoré le soin apporté au personnage de Heng Yang (Charles Lin) qui n'est pas qu'un rival romantique de seconde zone. Au contraire, il fait progresser l'histoire et surtout devient une personne sur laquelle on peut compter. Enfin, si les motivations de Fan Qing Chen (Jerome Deng) sont nazes, l'acteur a donné une bonne performance, créant un contraste intéressant entre ses pensées rudes et sa gestuelle élégante.

Comme dit plus haut, l'histoire n'est pas très compliquée. Elle est bien amenée et reste entraînante. Cependant, les derniers épisodes sont redondants dans les c-dramas historiques. Ils n'ont pour intérêt que de créer un nouvel élan dramatique. Pour finir, sur le titre, pour moi, il n'a pas été choisi avec soin. Sans donner un cours de français, l'adjectif "belle" convient d'être lié à un nom : les belles demoiselles, les belles fleurs, etc.

En bref, Les Belles est un c-drama historique de transition sympathique. Avec deux couples entraînants (dont un syndrome du couple secondaire), il est agréable de les voir tomber amoureux et évoluer, le tout avec une jolie photographie et une bande originale discrète.

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