Hit or a miss? Well, to answer your question...it comes down to whether you enjoyed it or not. Personally, I don't know what to say. It's a such a mix bag. The first few episodes sought of made it look like a comedic and corruption fighting story. But then it totally shifted to this Melo kinda, vengeful and depressing drama. Well, it's still at that stage. As a whole I feel like they missed the point. I felt like Han Ye was more at the centre of the plot than Ren Anle ...lol I mean Di Ziyuan. So is that why it's called "legend of Anle" because she never existed to begin with or is it that Ren anle's story is already a part of legend.
To simply put it, I don't like this story. It's not like it's a bad one but a rather a story that I don't really find impressive.
Well,now for the good part of things. Acting is excellent by the cast. Especially the actor who acted as Luo Minxi. At the beginning he made himself look more of a villain than any other villain. But, then again... I was thinking, wouldn't he have been a better villain. Anyways... Oh GOD. I'm starting to criticize it again. Haha 😆.
For now my score will be 7.5
Update: I've scored this a 7.0. overall, a mediocre drama that's somewhat saved some grace due to the cast.
"From commoner to celebrity? How? Well, I just moved on from doing honest days work to doing stuff that'll make me forget my humanity." Well, that's exactly what it was. Beautifully portrayed within the 12 episodes. I'm surprised it didn't get a higher rating from mdl. A solid 9.0.
Well yes the rating is up to your preference but you know that your scoring is subjective right and not objective,…
Well, I try to be as objective as can be and not base it off my preferences. I know ratings have a high level of subjectivity to it but I try to look at the drama as it is and if I can't, I rate it off my benchmarks.
My benchmarks are a mixture of cdramas and kdramas. This allows me to rate dramas on a wide spectrum rather than just looking at a single dimension of a drama.
This is at least on the level of Lovely Us. Actually the cinematography is much prettier than that. The characters…
Well, I guess you're right. I like the plot being good more than the characters themselves.
Also, it's good that you find school 2017 ridiculous cuz that means we agree to disagree. It also means that your focus is more on characters than on a compelling story.
I didn't find this 'meh' tho. Most of my ratings are between 7 to 8 so an 8.0 is a good score from me.
This is at least on the level of Lovely Us. Actually the cinematography is much prettier than that. The characters…
Well, my friend welcome to reality. Not all characters are consistent. Characters that are built with a little bit of chaos in them is more believable.
Also, I didn't mention Go ahead in my list of benchmarks, did I?
Well, that's good if you found what I've considered benchmarks not to your liking cuz that means you simply like a different cup of tea and not the cup of tea I'm having. Simply your tastes are more towards stuff like this while my tastes are totally different.
While I do occasionally like these kinds of dramas, it has to surprise me with something special to make me wanna push that 9 instead of a 8.
Well, are we just gonna ignore the fact that they removed the Crown prince being shot by arrows and doing a leap of faith from the dramas outro in episode 5 onwards. This was there until episode 4 (45:36) but now they've completely removed it.
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To simply put it, I don't like this story. It's not like it's a bad one but a rather a story that I don't really find impressive.
Well,now for the good part of things. Acting is excellent by the cast. Especially the actor who acted as Luo Minxi. At the beginning he made himself look more of a villain than any other villain. But, then again... I was thinking, wouldn't he have been a better villain. Anyways... Oh GOD. I'm starting to criticize it again. Haha 😆.
For now my score will be 7.5
Update: I've scored this a 7.0. overall, a mediocre drama that's somewhat saved some grace due to the cast.
1. Go Ahead
2. Hidden love
3. Reply 1997
4. Weightlifting fairy
5. School 2017
6. Live On
7. Our Secret
8. River runs through it
My benchmarks are a mixture of cdramas and kdramas. This allows me to rate dramas on a wide spectrum rather than just looking at a single dimension of a drama.
Also, it's good that you find school 2017 ridiculous cuz that means we agree to disagree. It also means that your focus is more on characters than on a compelling story.
I didn't find this 'meh' tho. Most of my ratings are between 7 to 8 so an 8.0 is a good score from me.
Also, I didn't mention Go ahead in my list of benchmarks, did I?
Well, that's good if you found what I've considered benchmarks not to your liking cuz that means you simply like a different cup of tea and not the cup of tea I'm having. Simply your tastes are more towards stuff like this while my tastes are totally different.
While I do occasionally like these kinds of dramas, it has to surprise me with something special to make me wanna push that 9 instead of a 8.
Whyyy?? 😮