A breathtaking and unforgettable masterpiece!
If you have never experienced the most visceral emotions and cried at a series, you will here at this masterfully executed bomb! Because this is a breathtaking and unforgettable masterpiece that will blow you away!I will spare no superlatives.
The outstanding and quite extraordinary filmmaking - costumes, set design, script, cinematography, direction, original music, the choice of actors (both in the main and episodic roles) and their fantastic performances belong to the golden fund! Anyone who had any part in the making of this series must have known they were taking part in something truly special and gave it their all.
The main actors Neo Hou (Great Demon Zhan Yuan Zhou), Chen Du Ling (Goddess Baize Wen Xiao), Tia Jia Rui (Zhuo Yi Chen), Cheng Xiao (Pei Si Jing), Lester Lin (Teenage Doctor Bai Jiu) and Xu Zhen Xuan (Young Mountain God Ying Lei) have all played and created the roles of their lives in this series. If you see them playing other characters anytime, anywhere, you'll remember that they played here, and they'll never get rid of it!
Of special mention is the truly wonderful music, the original songs corresponding with the storyline and the whole sound work in general. It's an aspect that can either ruin the whole piece or, on the contrary, raise it up a level. Here the whole work has been elevated to the very top! Simply beautiful!
It is not enough to see this series once, because it is only on repeated viewings that one can see, recognize and enjoy its amazing interconnectedness, many parallels, hints, fantastic atmosphere and perfect balance of the whole work! It really does contain everything - from serious and often wise and enlightening passages, to overwhelming emotions, love, compassion, sadness, hopelessness, self-sacrifice, to simple joie de vivre, humour, sparks between characters and various light-hearted passages.
And finally, I will mention one more thing, and that is the ending of this series. Series in general have quite a lot of trouble with endings, and you're left with a kind of aftertaste, either from its open-endedness (actually, non-endingness) or its confusion. Nothing to worry about here - a masterpiece has been ended in a truly masterful way!
As a completed whole, it is a work that belongs to the imaginary Golden Fund of all dopbas, and any possible one-off award (e.g. Series of the Year 2024) cannot even come close to expressing its timeless significance.
As a thank you for a truly extraordinary experience, I can think of an award expressed in two simple words - a standing ovation!
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Obrovské zklamání!
Je mně líto, ale všechno je tady špatně!Mizerné a přehrávané herecké výkony (mimochodem - po vynikajícím Princes Agents jde doslova o totální ztrátu prestiže hlavních aktérů), nehodící se zvuková stránka, scénář naprosto amatérský, příběh tuctový, grafika na dnešní dobu a špičkové standardy velmi slabá ...
Očekávání bylo obrovské a bohužel výsledek je doslova tristní.
Jde podle mě o naprostý propadák, jehož sledování je v současné obrovské konkurenci jiných skutečně vynikajících čínských dramat naprostou ztrátou času.
Za mě musím bohužel říct, že jde o obrovské zklamání!
Natočení tohoto seriálu jsou vyhozené peníze a jeho výsledek je opravdu smutný!
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Perla patřící do zlatého fondu
Tady není o čem pochybovat - jde o úžasné dílo, u kterého se při jeho natáčení evidentně museli bavit jak jeho herci, tak i celý realizační tým a které musí potěšit tisíce a tisíce nadšených diváků!Herecké obsazení je naprosto jedinečné a u hlavních aktérů jde bez nadsázky o nezapomenutelné a fantasticky ztvárněné jejich zatím nepochybně životní role.
Vynikající výprava, scénář, kamera, střih, režie ..., a to vše završené a podtržené nádhernou zvukovou stopou, soudtrekem a zvukovými efekty, jsou ukázkou toho nejlepšího profesionálního filmařského řemesla odvedeného na 110%!
Seriál a jeho příběh si na nic nehraje a je od první do poslední minuty tím, čím je - tedy nádhernou dospělou fantazy wuxií s jejími na jedné straně vážnými až tragickými prvky a ději a na straně druhé s dávkou přiměřené nadsázky a humoru pro odlehčení..
Výsledkem je skutečně nezapomenutelná krása!
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Wow!
I've seen a lot of TV shows and few can get me excited. This series, however, really literally blew me away!It has everything - excellent direction, design, perfect script, editing, cinematography, sounds and music, a great and engaging story, suspense, joy, sadness, love, intrigue, humorous and light comedy elements and quite serious and enlightening passages to think about.
And all of this is, as the icing on the cake, combined with truly breathtaking and unforgettable performances by all the actors of the individual characters.
The second series has not lagged behind the first in anything - and that in itself is exceptional!
Am I as sentimental as Fan Xian?! I guess so - "I know it and I won't do it again". So the last thing I can add to this is - thanks and a standing ovation to everyone who made this series!
Hopefully they'll all stay together and actually film the announced third season!
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