Worth watching but not amazing
Positives:
1. It's an expensive production. Quality sets, costumes, accessories.
2. ML - Liu Yu Ning, he's improving little by little with every role. I continue to be a fan of his efforts and his OSTs
3. FL - Cute capable actress but I have never seen her look so beautiful in costume dramas. She is so stunning in this drama.
4. Supporting cast - Many veteran actors and all solid choices for their roles.
It was an enjoyable watch where the plot is simple without many twists. Focus was more on the love story with a side of politics.
Where the story could've been better:
1. The push pull between leads needed to create that constant tension was not as good as let's say "Blossom" I mean.... it took 31 ep for ML to figure out how great FL is. It was good enough but not amazing.
2. Supporting cast storylines: Not as good as "A Journey to Love" (1st half). Other than the comedic relief from the chubby guard the other supporting guards hardly had any screen time to develop.
3. Broken flow: some parts of the drama felt choppy.
4. One dimensional bad characters pushing the story along feels like lazy writing.
Ending: some characters ending felt unnecessary for an otherwise less serious drama.
1. It's an expensive production. Quality sets, costumes, accessories.
2. ML - Liu Yu Ning, he's improving little by little with every role. I continue to be a fan of his efforts and his OSTs
3. FL - Cute capable actress but I have never seen her look so beautiful in costume dramas. She is so stunning in this drama.
4. Supporting cast - Many veteran actors and all solid choices for their roles.
It was an enjoyable watch where the plot is simple without many twists. Focus was more on the love story with a side of politics.
Where the story could've been better:
1. The push pull between leads needed to create that constant tension was not as good as let's say "Blossom" I mean.... it took 31 ep for ML to figure out how great FL is. It was good enough but not amazing.
2. Supporting cast storylines: Not as good as "A Journey to Love" (1st half). Other than the comedic relief from the chubby guard the other supporting guards hardly had any screen time to develop.
3. Broken flow: some parts of the drama felt choppy.
4. One dimensional bad characters pushing the story along feels like lazy writing.
Ending: some characters ending felt unnecessary for an otherwise less serious drama.
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