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'' There is no wall in this world that can stop the sun from rising. ''
After more than a month I could not finish few dramas that I started (which I had alot of interest in them at the beginning but all of that wane away when I reach middle 2/3rd of the story) , finally kudos to myself for being able to finish this one successfully. The fact that this drama only has 24 episodes does help I think.My thoughts:
✅️ Cinematography & fighting scenes : 10/10. I loved the extravagant setting and how each scene were artfully filmed . Even if the story's bit lacking I was busy eye feasting with the beautifulness present in every scene.
✅️ OST: 10/10 . It was the best! While I usually enjoyed only one or two songs from a drama , I enjoyed all the songs here. Probably this become my favorite cdrama OST of the year. That song that has 'ge' in it was often played in Gong Shang Jue and Gong Yuan Zhi scenes really suited these two brothers relationship. Both since young have lost people dearest to them but later find solace and support in each other's arms. It does have a beautiful lyric.
✅️ Costume , hairstyles and visual : 10/10 . Everything is beautiful except I noticed one flaw that disturbed me for awhile while watching . They blurred hairline for all male here probably don't want us to notice how unnatural it look like lol .
☑️ Plot : 8/10 . Interesting beginning, a bit dragging in the middle but exciting ending. This drama surely have a lot of talking ,scheming scenes with non ending poetic languange in it script which definitely make you feel bored if you like more action in your drama. I remember being mildly bored and became instantly elated when a fighting scene is about to start lol. I think you need to be patience while watching all the talking scenes in order to understand the story better. About that ending scene. I am not even surprised anymore . Cdrama just love to have such an ending huh. Actually it was kinda expected because when we reach the last episode, Gong's mission to eliminate Wufeng still not achieve yet. Thus, 24 episodes is not enough to do it all. However I would not hold my breath waiting for season 2. Read somewhere that it is probably not going to happen.
✅️ Acting : 9/10. I think my most favorite character in this drama is Gong Zi Shang. I was never bored watching her dramatic antic. She was adorable to the max . While everything else in the story is dark and bleak she brings the sunshine into the story. I enjoyed all her scenes with Jin Fan. I'm happy she got her HEA. I think the main leads down to supporting characters did great in their given roles. While I did think that something is lacking in FL's character. I feel that her background story was not shown better . Other than her connection with Yun Que and Han Ya Si we know nothing else about her . Yes she talked about it with Gong Zi Yu but I prefer telling with showing rather than just telling only. Thus we inevitably feel detached with her character. Heck even Yun Que and Lady Wu Ji 's background stories was shown better than our FL. While everyone in the page comment section praises SFL for her performance here I have a different opinion . Something in the way she talks irritating me . It was the way she articulates each word looked and sounded greasy to me lol.
✅️ My Overall rating : 8.5/10
MJTY to me is like a beautifully wrapped -limited edition- candy with chocolate filling. You will feel good while eating it but after that it will leave you yearning for more .
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The story was not as romantic as the title.
I start with what I liked from this drama :-1) While the story got draggy in the middle of the drama when they were investigating worm case but the story in the second half about the secret of Ancient Shu Town and Wei Du's backstory were pretty interesting.
2) The acting of the female lead, Li Qin . It was my first time watching her acting and she was good .I started this because of Allen Ren but I was mesmerized by her acting instead. Her acting was more heartfelt and genuine than the male lead. The acting of other supporting characters also good.
3) The humor in this drama was totally my type! People in Qingquan Stronghold provide good comic relief. I laughed alot while watching synergy between Dengdeng and her favourite side kicks, Dahai and her uncle. They were my favourite side characters.
4) ML & FL had exquisite change of costumes that further enhanced their looks. Allen Ren looks dashing in those dark color suits + those chains on his front. Same goes with Li Qin, she looks beautiful here.
5) Great and addictive OST. I loved the opening song , I by Allen Ren and the ending song You're My Only One by Lu Hu the most.
What I did'nt like about this drama :-
1) It really hurts me to say this . My biggest problem with this drama is Allen Ren's acting. I have so much to say about this. His perfomance in this drama was a total let down. I felt like he did not go all out with Lu Yan not like he did as Chang Yi , Zhousheng Chen. To me, he looked uncomfortable everytime he was required to be in scene together with FL ,that made me felt uncomfortable while watching them too. Its like there's this invisible barrier he placed between him and Li Qin whenever they were together. Like he do not like her as a person and can't wait for their scene to be over. Previously, I love Allen because of his excellent facial expressions in acting. He had good chemistry with his co-stars in his previous drama . He is one of the actor who has a beautiful smile to me, a reason why I was smitten with him in the first place. I love his sultry calm voice when he was delivering his lines. Even when he rarely kiss in his drama ,all the other qualities I mentioned compensated what he lacked in romance department. I saw those qualities in TBW, O&O and FAE but here not so much....
2) For a drama with romance as its driven factor, the romance in this surely was disappointing. TYFY had little to non-existent chemistry between main leads. Only in the second half I see an improvement but only slightly. Tbh, Li Qin had better chemistry with 2nd ML, her uncle, Dahai and with the whole Qingquan Stronghold's subordinate than with the ML but I know it was not her fault because I can see her trying but it won't work if only one party was trying hard while the other, not doing so much. I felt like the ML was not into FL like she was to ML. When FL tried flirting and teasing him enthusiastically, either he brushed it off like it did not happened or responded to her half-heartedly. Poor Dengdeng... I felt like the ML only took her in as a responsibility not as a lover. I really don't know what to blame here, the shallow script or the poor characterization or the weak direction.. maybe all three ?
3) It was annoying to see the ML always keeping his hands in the pockets . He always did that whether he was standing still or walking . You rarely seen his hands out except when he's doing magic things with his hands because he need them out to do that lol . Maybe the purpose was to make him look cool but it was just too much .
Overall, although the romance lacked so much but the other good aspects of this drama made me stayed. I'm not sure if I want to recommend this to someone maybe watch this if you like the leads.
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Story : The main story is nothing new even most of time was full of cliche but I loved the way it's being directed and how both the main plot and the subplot complement each other. It was perfectly balanced and there's nothing to complain about. I never get bored while watching it. This drama also has subtleness in every scene thus make the story has more depth despite having a light theme. Furthermore, I also loved the fact that each of the character has it own importance in the story as none of the side character get left behind. About the ghost,some of them were really scary combined with the CGI and sound effect.
Acting/ Cast : As I mention above, I'm not into the main cast. I found Taekyeon's acting to be average at best in Who Are You. Here, I can see there's a lot of improvement in his performance especially in later episodes. Maybe because he's paired up with Kim So Hyun who's acting is a lot better than him . Together they help each other thus resulting in believable acting and top-notch chemistry despite the age difference. I also enjoyed and had a good laugh while watching our comedy duo which provide comic relief in this drama.
Music : It flows well with the story. The sound was pleasant to my ear. Maybe I'll download them later and add them into my KDrama OST folder.
Rewatch value : Don't bother with this rating as I rarely rewatch a drama even my favourite one.
Overally, I rated this drama 8/10. I recommend you to watch this drama if you get tired of melodrama at the moment and want a lighter one, if you're a sucker for horromance as me or if you want to watch something to pass out time. Give it a go as you might like it like me.
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