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Painstakingly slow then kaboom! Then ??!
The title of this review is the arc of the whole show.
Let me start with the good:
Amazing cast, music and costumes. The story is great too but I'll explain later why I docked points. Everybody plays their roles perfectly and believeably. It was my first time seeing Luyu Xiao in a semi-villainous role and wow, she killed it! I loved the intricate and complicated structure of the Gong family (back and front hill). Super cool and unique.
The bad:
So, the story itself is a 9. However, for some reason they paced it so slowly, which is why I rated it 7.5. Despite being only 24 episodes long, it really feels like a lifetime because a) the pacing and b) for some reason the director made all the characters talk.......like........this...... It's already a dark and moody show, there's really no need for the characters to speak at snail speed.
The story then picks up in the last 4-5 episodes leaving the viewer on the edge, only to end with great part of the storyline unresolved. It feels like you get tricked out of a reward for getting to the end and now I hear it doesn’t look like a sequel will happen. I wish more shows would end more cleanly without betting on whether or not they'll get a sequel.
Let me start with the good:
Amazing cast, music and costumes. The story is great too but I'll explain later why I docked points. Everybody plays their roles perfectly and believeably. It was my first time seeing Luyu Xiao in a semi-villainous role and wow, she killed it! I loved the intricate and complicated structure of the Gong family (back and front hill). Super cool and unique.
The bad:
So, the story itself is a 9. However, for some reason they paced it so slowly, which is why I rated it 7.5. Despite being only 24 episodes long, it really feels like a lifetime because a) the pacing and b) for some reason the director made all the characters talk.......like........this...... It's already a dark and moody show, there's really no need for the characters to speak at snail speed.
The story then picks up in the last 4-5 episodes leaving the viewer on the edge, only to end with great part of the storyline unresolved. It feels like you get tricked out of a reward for getting to the end and now I hear it doesn’t look like a sequel will happen. I wish more shows would end more cleanly without betting on whether or not they'll get a sequel.
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