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the crybaby official
The series started well. It tells the story of the events that happen to the two daughters of a Minister whose name is involved in corruption, in order to prove their father's innocence. It started as such a story. Afterwards, the story turned mysterious and turned into a conspiracy high up in the palace. A number of events took place to reach the conspirators. While this was happening, the Minister's two daughters also established relationships with the leaders of the palace's investigation teams. These relationships turned into love. Now they started to act together. It was a very nice flowing story. It was also decorated with various events. Its mysteriousness lasted until the last two episodes. Also, the action scenes were good. In my opinion, these were well-done and meticulous scenes. We felt the drama as well as a little bit of the love. However, in my opinion, too many coincidences and simplicities in the flow of events overshadowed the beauty of the story. It took some events away from authenticity. The dreams, fires, I know, I don't know scenes piled up in the last chapters were not compatible with the story at all. He diluted it. In my opinion, it spoiled the beautiful series. I was thinking of giving it 9 out of 10, but unfortunately I lowered my rating to 8 due to these negativities. For example, the people they established relationships with and saved from negative events in a border town. After them, they suddenly came to the Capital and took part in the games there. What was the reason? Was this necessary? It is debatable. While watching, I felt as if they were going to help the bad people who were caught. I said what does it matter? One turned out to be a doctor. It was like a concubine. She was a girl who was sold on this. The doctor came out. Others came to help as a team. All the way from there. They joined the game. So credibility is lost. Simplicity has been avoided.Judging by the players, they were good. With his experience, Jeremy Tsui is already a sought-after name in such TV series. It was fine. I watched Ouyang Nana for the first time. She is a Taiwanese actress. Let me say it wasn't bad. It had to be better. His face looks very swollen. He needs to take good care of himself. He is an actor who is very prone to obesity. I say he should improve himself. Xia Nan, on the other hand, is a name I know for her evil female roles. She is an actress who portrays the villain, that is, the person opposite the leading character, in the best way and whose face is more suitable for evil. By the way, his face is completely white. Her skin is beautiful. But he is not an actor of good roles. Although here she plays a despotic sister. It suits the role. The smiling and snippy style of play is not his style of play. It suits being serious. I like. I also liked Sun Jian. Our supporting roles were also very good. Experienced players were very good. I also liked our director and the production. Well done to those who contributed.
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The Rise of the Pearl Diver
The series started off well. It was really appealing. It was the same in terms of plot. It was the same in terms of actors. However, after certain episodes, especially after the ship landed and fell into the desert, there was a decline in the script. The series drifted back and forth. Afterwards, I was not happy with the scriptwriter or writer resorting to simplistic things that would overshadow the credibility of this beautiful series. I objected to this. The idea is good, the plot is good. The story of the rise of a slave Pearl Diver woman. Similarly, the story of a member of the Yan family clearing himself and his family against the injustice done to his family. The intersecting paths of these two, the events that developed in parallel. The revenges taken, the fight against injustice and unfairness. There was friendship, brotherhood, a little romance, and a little sentimentality. The actors were good. Only the scriptwriter was not good. He reduced this beautiful series to simple in my opinion. He was a waste of this group of actors. I reduced the series, which I was going to give 10, to 7.5. Especially our leads Zhao Lu Si and Liu Yu Ning were very good. They were in harmony. They also performed very well. I liked it. Tang Xiao Tian surpassed himself. He was very successful. He suited the role. I liked it. But the one who played the most striking role was Chloe Xie. She was extremely good. She stood out. I liked it very much. I think she will play the leading role now. Similarly, Shan Wan Qing showed herself. She also proved that she deserves better roles. What surprised me was Yu Yong Hai. His image was very good. He played his lame self as if he was really lame. It was perfect. I had watched a few more of his dramas. I think he surpassed himself in this drama. Well done. The child actor was very good. He left the drama early. All the actors were very good. I did some auditions, I drew attention, but the acting was extremely good. The direction was good. The shooting was good. The only thing I wish the writer or the scriptwriter had not resorted to some simplicity. If they had added a little more credibility to the stories, it would have been better. However, if we evaluate this as the writer's dream, we will not criticize it any further. That's how I evaluated it. Because in the darkness of the Middle Ages, it is impossible to even imagine a woman being thought of in this way. They even went so far as to establish a women's solidarity association. So I said no. Of course, I support our author's dream. And his understanding of justice and equality. But these were things beyond impossible at that time. That's why, in my opinion, its credibility could not go beyond a dream. The series also ended uncertainly. I was not very happy with the ending either. My grade is 7.5 out of 10.Was this review helpful to you?
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İmmortals
Let me say this upfront. I really liked the series. I enjoyed watching it. However, there are flaws, errors, contradictions, and a departure from reality, especially in the script, in the flow of the story. Normally, it deserves a 9. But I lowered my score because of these inconsistencies in the story.First of all, it started well. The series captivated me. It drew me in. But when we get to episode 18, especially the character Sui Qin is shot with two arrows, receives three or five knife wounds (not counting the other blows), and falls off a cliff. Normally, it's impossible for her to survive. Let's say she does survive. Bandits find her, bandage her wounds, and treat her. As soon as she wakes up, she doesn't feel any pain, she acts nimbly, and in two minutes she beats up a woman who is the bandit leader and everyone else. No pain. Then, this woman takes the bandit's men and raids the town, killing everyone in sight. It has nothing to do with reality. It's thoughtlessly written, someone who should have died is doing Kung Fu as if nothing happened. It's unbelievable how she looks, as if she hasn't been shot, hasn't had any broken bones, but has instead been injected with strength. There's a lack of care. There's a lot of exaggeration.
In episode 19, the woman who narrowly escaped death wakes up. As soon as she wakes up, she carries a blind woman on her back. She falls down a mountain. Her husband saves her. So, the series should have been called "The Immortals." There are many contradictions. For example, the nanny who raises the children of the treacherous Prince is kind-hearted, loving, brings the little children together and watches them with admiration. She is even killed while rescuing a child from the hands of the traitors. By whom? By the child she raised. Now, shouldn't the children raised by such a nanny be well-intentioned, loving, and helpful? No, quite the opposite, they have become cruel-hearted. The character analysis is wrong. It starts wrong and continues wrong. The screenwriter hasn't cared about the characters at all.
In episode 22, our frail, 40 kg female protagonist, who only knows kung fu, lifts 150 kg and climbs to the top. It's not believable. At least they could have made the female protagonist a big, burly guy to make up these things. They're making a mockery of the audience's intelligence.
In episode 23, the dam bursts. Everything is flooded. People in the flooded area die. Sui Manor is also flooded. The manor is submerged. Everyone dies. Sui's master finds and rescues the woman he loves from those raging waters. The Sui master's soldiers die in these dam waters. He watches them from a height. In the next scene, he rescues the woman he loves from the waters in the manor. How can he be in two places at once? It's unbelievable. In another scene, this master catches and kills the fleeing nanny. So, without any sequence or timing, this person is in different places at the same time. I found it wrong. I couldn't understand what the screenwriter wanted to do. Similarly, this little Sui Prince is cruel and ruthless. He kills everyone he encounters. But he also does good deeds. But he also kills those who do him good. He's a psychopath. Cruel. A maniac who enjoys killing. Can you expect good behavior from him? No. It's a mistake. There's a contradiction. This little Sui prince, despite being stabbed several times, falling off a cliff, and being shot with arrows, just won't die. After these events, repeated not once but several times, he finally dies. It's as if he was going to die the first time he was shot, but they were pleased with the actor and extended his scenes. That's why they killed and resurrected him several times. Something like that.
We could add more to this. I was going to lower my rating even more, but I liked the series. I liked the cinematography, the direction, the costumes. There were only flaws in the script. That's why I gave it an 8.
As for the actors, there was a very good group of actors. The main roles were very, very good and harmonious. Zhang Ling He looks good wherever you put him. He looks very charismatic and very handsome in the costumes. Tian Xi Wei was very beautiful. I liked her. Snow Kong was quite good. Deng Kai was very good. He also looked charismatic in costume. Li Qing was cute. Yu Zhong Li was beautiful. Ren Hao was good, but he had a kind of "what am I doing here?" kind of demeanor. Yan Yi Kuan was very good. He was charismatic. Guan Yun Peng was very good. I liked him. Lin Mu Ran, our hero who just won't die. Evil suits him. I hope these roles don't stick with him. I liked him. There were many young actors. They were all very handsome. I liked them all. I liked the veteran actors. It was a good drama. Despite these criticisms, I recommend it to those who haven't watched it.
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A series that gives the feeling of watching an old series
The series started well. It attracted me. I watched 10 episodes. Then I started to get bored. It gave me the impression that they gave a new presentation to an old series. Because I saw Liu Xue Yi young. I saw her a little stiff. I said I am watching the 2025 series but what happened to this one. It looked very slow. On the contrary, the female actress was very lively. It seemed like there was a mismatch. But what impressed me the most was that it was like a presentation of an old series with a new date. Ao Rui Peng seemed like he had just started acting. Even he was very young and at the beginning of his career. Of course, I am not Chinese. I do not follow from there. I am far from the events. We watch whatever is shown to us. I am only a close follower of Chinese Dramas. I watch it with pleasure. That's all. But especially the names are effective in the series we watch. I started watching the series because Liu Xue Yi and Ao Rui Peng were there. I thought such a series would be great with these actors. However, I was disappointed. Although the actors adapted to their jobs, the plot got heavier and more meaningless. Acting was not enough. Romance started, progressed, went well. As I said, it stopped after the 10th episode. There was no progress. It was like a series going back and forth. They became a fairy, an immortal, a demon, a mortal, and I got confused while watching. There was a coldness in a series that already gave the impression of being old. As a result, I couldn't stand it and stopped watching after 22 episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
If we go back to the beginning, there are many interesting things.
First; Mr. Zhang says he loves his wife very much. However, with the words of a Shaman, he beats her and cripples her. Where is the love here?
Second; He keeps his wife, whom he loves very much, locked up in a separate courtyard. Supposedly, he is the ruler of the mansion, the one who has the authority, but he is in custody or in prison.
Third; Since this woman is the noble wife, she also runs the house and all the servants are under her command. They do whatever she says. In fact, her husband gives orders to the servants and they do not fulfill them. However, when his wife tells him, they all run and do that job. This is shown in the first scenes. However, later on, the woman suddenly becomes passive and everything the man says happens. The concubine, who gets strength from this, also defied the noble wife. She raided his mansion and searched his house. Suddenly, feet became heads and heads became feet. But the style is the same style, my wife is my favorite. She is the crown of my head. You will say, there is insidiousness. The man acts insidiously. He puts his weight behind it when necessary. Shouldn't he always show this insidiousness? It is necessary. Sometimes insidiously is overlooked.
Fourth and in my opinion the most important is this; The girl who is given up for adoption is abused, beaten and oppressed in the place where she is given up for adoption. As a result, just when she is about to be sold, she resists and kills her foster family. She runs away. A friend of hers also helps her and she returns home. After this character returns home, she becomes a lady and defies everyone. She makes plans. She disrupts the plans made for her. She comes up with ideas. She develops tactics. She even plots. She makes instructive statements and actions to the children of noble families who call themselves her own. I wonder if this girl of ours received her university education in a place where she was beaten, crushed, abused and marginalized every day. Did she learn to read and write? Did she go to school? How could she turn into such a character? These things happened in a way that I did. It didn't happen. It damaged the story.
I don't want to write more. It's getting too long. They ruined a good series with such nonsense. It was simply passed over. A series with 9 points dropped to 7 points in my eyes.
As for the actors. There was no harmony between the leading actors. The male actor was younger and acted with one face. He is inexperienced. I think the director told him to do it like this. He was very stiff in some parts. The female actor was more experienced and better. But they did not have scene harmony. They did not make a good couple. They may be compatible outside, but they were not in the series. The star of the series I saw was Wen Zheng Rong. She gave a lesson in acting with the role of the crippled mother. She was great. I hope she gets an award for this performance. I liked the veteran actors. He Hong Shan, Yu En Tai (Although her facial expression did not change at all), Wang Yan, Huang Hai Bing, Jinna Fu were the actors who caught my eye. I think the series would have been dull without them.
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Ye Ping an
It was a nice and engaging series in general. However, it seemed like something was missing. The tempo was slow. Although the cast was very good, it was a series that did not benefit enough from three or four main actors. For example; I did not understand what Zheng Ye Cheng was doing in this series with such a low character. I would not play him if I were him. He gave the impression that he played for his sake. He did not get enough time, could not show his performance. What a shame for the actor. I did not like the other leading actors with their low tempo, colorless and soulless games. Xu Jiao stood out among them. I really liked Xuan Lu and Zhang Yu Xi in the supporting roles. In other words, they were more lively, more determined and more flamboyant than the leading actors. The subject is revenge. I also got the impression that it was difficult to make sense of this and explain it. There were some jumps when we moved from subject to subject. I can say that there was confusion. I said that after all, their wishes came true and they made an effort for this. However, I could not understand what this subject had to do with these people. You are fighting about something, but how much does this fight concern you? It was not a direct, but an indirect concern. It was admirable for a woman to achieve so much. However, it was impossible for her to do these things in this era. If we evaluate it from two perspectives, we reach this conclusion. Here, I think the author said, I wanted it this way, I thought this way, I imagined it this way. It was structured accordingly, of course I watched it with curiosity. I wondered where the result would lead. However, as I said, when the story is told and when you jump from branch to branch and get into things that do not directly concern the people, you get confused. Still, people's ambitions, feelings of revenge, not having what they have, their wishes, desires were beautifully reflected, I felt that. But was there love, for example, I could not feel that. The relationships seemed like a strange set of relationships. Therefore, I watched it even though there were some breaks. Would I watch it again? No.Was this review helpful to you?
Heroes who died on the path of democracy
Overall, I watched a good series. I liked it too. It was a good explanation. There were only disruptions in the last episodes. I think there is a problem with binding the endings. Everyone who participated in the revolution, fought for this cause, and searched for gold died. This was the worst part of the series in my opinion. Was a success story told? Or is it a failure story? Was the revolution successful or not? Did the gold work or not? For example, I didn't understand anything about these. It remained unclear. Most of them ended in betrayal, and the deaths of heroes were truly heartbreaking. It hurt my heart to see lovers parting and saying goodbye together. Especially the incident where Wang Jia Luo killed the woman he loved was very dramatic, perhaps the most crucial part of the series. Others followed him. The events of Bu Fan also dying with the woman he loved and Lin Hao Han being shot were dramatic. Finally, Liu Lin dies while driving. So the last episodes were terrible.Other episodes, mystery, action, espionage, political and military events were handled well. I like. I wish the ending had been tied up nicely. I liked the actors very much. A bald head suits Qin Jun Jie better. The beauty of your face is revealed. I watched a few TV series of this actor in which he played with this outfit and historical clothes. Her baldness really suits her very well. These roles suit him very well. I saw him with his hair in the last scene and I didn't recognize him. To that degree. It doesn't suit. Maggie Huang has a very beautiful face, I call these faces of four seasons. He has a rare face shape in China. A blessing for an actor. But I don't know if he uses it well. I guess he can't use it. That's why he can't get rid of supporting roles. Maybe he's lazy. I do not know. That's why it is not preferred. If I found such a player, I would definitely not leave him. He is a rare face and with this face he can play any role easily. Big eyes and all. Something rare for a Chinese actress. Li Yui Ning was as usual. I liked it but there was no advantage. Pang Hang Chen actually gave a very good performance. This actor has outdone himself. I liked it very much. Well done. Chen Tiang Ming is really lucky with that face of his. She drew a different character with a grin. He did well. I like. I liked Huang Hao Yie. She was very good. She played a pure and clean role. I didn't like Chen Si Che's scenes very much, except for his death scene. He seems like a bit of a slow player. But he still mastered his role. These were the eyesore. Especially CAST is very well chosen. Everyone played well. I like it a lot. The series dragged me. However, the last episodes made me sad. It left it a bit unclear. I liked the series except for the last episodes. I would recommend it to everyone.
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Xue Er's fantasies
Like typical Chinese dramas, it was one of those dramas that started well and then ended badly. I would like to call out to CHINESE screenwriters from here. Please finish as you started. Pay attention to the consistency of the plots. Do not call black in the next scene what you thought was white in the first place. Have consistency.In this series, especially after the scenes where Xue Er was exaggerated, the series fell apart. So it's over. If you ask why, he is the head of everything. In other words, this girl is responsible for killing her father, burning her sister, starting a fire and many other things. At first, the series focused on the mother, and even the mother and her beloved daughter, Shuang. Suddenly, Xue Er also pushed her mother and sister aside, sending one to prison and placing the other under house arrest. But then, after her sister, who was Luo Lian, returned as Dan Qing, she suddenly lost the advantage she had gained. After that, the series completely fell apart. Instead of going to prison, this girl of ours turned into a slave girl who lost everything and was left in the middle. But she, she, she turned, she wants to come back, but our scriptwriter can't make it happen. In this way, he pulls Dan Qing's best friend to his side and makes him attack him. Suddenly, his former employee appears from somewhere. He saves her. He works under him. But he's already poor, supposedly. A fallen one. But he lives well. When he can't get anything from Dan Qing's friend, he goes to the Prince this time. She seduces him. He makes Dan Qing attack him. Someone like this, who has lost everything and has fallen into slavery, can achieve these things. On top of that, he puts Dan Qing, his brother, and the General in prison.
The country's number one general, the person responsible for the security of that province, does not ask where the body is in this case of Xue Er's death. Let an autopsy be done. Was he strangled or did they strangle him and throw him away? It doesn't say to check it out.
This General, who is at the top of everything in the slightest incident, is playing the game. He closes the incident with what is being said left and right, such as "Did you hear him drowned?" Later, he is shocked when he sees it in front of him. They made a plan. He is making such a plan himself. Dying, resurrecting etc. So no matter how I look at it, it's up to me. It's such a bad plot, the story is blown out of control. Come on, you will say, it's fantastic. Did you put it on these? They changed the girl's face, you believed her, but you don't believe them? Yes, I didn't believe that either. I said fantastic. They cannot perform face transplants in the 21st century. What has been done is similar to Frankenstein. But those of us today should learn how well they performed face transplants in ancient times. So it didn't happen. I do not like. It's a shame for the series. The actors were good. I only liked the actors. The directors and producers were especially unfair to Liu Xie Ning. If they are reading; This girl gave a better look than our leading girl. I wished he had continued. Please take care of this girl. I don't want to badmouth Xu Lu, but the sourness of her face makes me nervous. I'm not talking about a good actor. However, I must say that I liked the other actor very much.
I think it looks like there will be a second season. There were so many interesting things that I think that the seriously injured Xue Er, who threw herself off the cliff, will return in the second season as if nothing had happened, and the Prince will return in the same way. What happened to Xue Er's mother in prison? He will come back too. It seems like history will repeat itself. I think such things happen to a series like this. If there is a second season, I won't watch it. From here I send news to the scriptwriter and producer. If you're going to do this, don't do it. It didn't happen.
I wouldn't recommend the series to anyone in its current state.
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Beautiful Drama
It was a very good series. I watched with interest and interest from start to finish. I really like. I also matched the actors. I found them compatible. Activation scenes were also near perfect. Very nice battle scenes, a visual feast, also the double fight scenes were very good.The good hiding of evil in the story, the mystery was very appropriate. Although we knew, but still, we finally said that we did not know. We questioned why. After all, our heroes came to the places they wanted. However, the scenes where they lost their parents and loved ones during their arrival were filled with sadness. There were emotional places where I couldn't hold back my tears. After all, it was beautiful. It was colorful. There was love. There was love. There was sadness. There was mystery. Ambition, intrigue, activation, war, fighting, whatever you call it, it was there. I'm sorry it's over. I recommend it to those who haven't watched it.
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Similarly, a woman is executed by being dragged from all sides by horses and torn apart. I know that such a practice is done to traitors. It's something applied in cases of the most serious crimes. Here, an emperor who kills people for not submitting to him, and a tragic scene involving a woman to catch these people. It's unbelievable. It's filled with every bad example imaginable. It's as if the emperor is the most cruel of the cruel, committing all kinds of atrocities for his own benefit. To portray this by doing things that are inhuman and unspeakable. I condemn it. I condemn the screenwriter. Hiding behind a historical drama and writing such sadistic approaches and showing them to the audience is not rational. It's psychopathy. Even suggesting these things is wrong. It's a bad example. Children watch these dramas too. WRONG. It's a shame for the actors. Ou Hao, Hai Ling, and the other actors gave very good performances. Don't watch it. I don't recommend it.
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How are you? I'm fine, and you?
I was bored when I started watching the series and didn't watch it for a while. Then I started again and watched it with interest and curiosity. It was an interesting series. A different subject was chosen, and the events developed around it. I didn't like some parts. But I liked the idea. Its uniqueness intrigued me.The cinematography was good, the direction was good, the actors were good, the costumes were good, and the makeup was good.
However, when it deviates from reality, the interest in the subject decreases. The fact that the same young actor played the king's son in his childhood created confusion. I had to struggle to understand whether these scenes were from the present or the past. It was confusing. I didn't like it.
Besides, these flashbacks, jumps to clarify certain issues, and long conversations became tiresome. Because there were too many, it reduced the effectiveness of the series. When the possibility of the king and queen dying at the same time came up, the queen said she would trade her life. How is that possible? There are such nonsensical and unrealistic things. Like becoming king with a face mask. Like a face transplant. Impossible things were made to happen. I didn't like it. The scenes of the mute little boy poisoning the queen felt contrived. It didn't work.
The queen finally disbands the harem. That is, she frees the king's concubines, setting them free to remarry and do whatever they want. Has there ever been a monogamous empire in Chinese imperial history that disbanded its harem like this? Or has there ever been one that disbanded its existing harem? I understand some people saying they should reduce the number of wives, or have only one or two wives. But this is the first time I've heard of one disbanding an existing one. It has no basis in reality.
I liked the actors. I especially liked Ryang Chang. She beautifully blended good and evil, sympathy and cruelty, imbuing them with meaning and portraying them successfully. She's a very comedic actress. She should be given more opportunities. Wang Chu Ran was very well-suited as the queen. She played the role well. I don't think Tang Xiao Tian was a suitable actress for this role. But she played it well, gave a different image, I'm not saying anything about her acting, but I didn't like her in this role. I didn't find her suitable for the role. I sensed tension in her scenes with Wang Chu Ran. I might be wrong, but they weren't compatible. They put on a performance with a "let's just get this over with" attitude. Hu Yi Xuan was very good. She was very successful in her role. I liked her. Cui Yi was very successful. I liked her. Louis Fan was also very successful. He was especially good in the action scenes. I also liked the other supporting roles, even the younger actors. They were all very good. I recommend it to anyone who wants to watch it.
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A love without end
I liked it. In a word, it's a great series. Does it have flaws? Of course it does. But it's a very compelling story, and the filming is done to match it. The actors are good, the director is good, the costumes are good, the fight scenes aren't bad, they could have been better. It's a low-budget series, so I don't want to criticize it too much. However, the subject matter and its delivery are well done. I liked it.I don't want to go into details. It tells the story of a girl sold by her father who escapes and joins a group of assassins. It also touches upon the conflicts between the states of the time.
I started watching it wondering if it would be very bloody because of the title, but it wasn't like that. There is blood, of course. But not as much as one might expect, considering the title. There are many fight scenes. There's excitement. There's love. There's interest. There's jealousy. There's enmity. Everything is there.
Some mistakes in the fight scenes were noticeable. Some makeup variations were striking. There were nonsensical things. I don't want to go into those details to avoid making it too long. These negative aspects and the deviation from reality were the main flaws. Yes, this is a film. It's fiction. It's not authentic. However, the viewer shouldn't dismiss something that isn't real. Some effort should be made in that direction. It can't just be a hasty, "I wrote it, and it's done." It's an adaptation of a novel. That's why it's interesting and good. It could have been much better. I liked the actors. I really liked Li Yi Tong, one of the lead actors. I've watched many of his dramas and I like him. I watched Qu Chu Xiao in this drama; I hadn't seen her before. She was quite reasonable and very suitable for this role. I liked her. Wang Duo was better than I expected. He was emotional, angry, and aggressive. He did his role very well. But his ability to act as if he could see while blind is a bonus. I really liked Jill Hsu. I think she gave a fantastic performance; I think she deserved an award. Well done. I also really liked Li Zi Feng. He was very, very good. Well done. Zhou Yu Xi also tried, even surpassing herself in some parts. I really liked Yin Zhu Sheng. I really liked Si Xua Ding. Well done. The acting was good. I liked it. I recommend it to those who enjoy this type of film.
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Life at the foot of the Altai Mountains
It was a beautiful series. I watched it with pleasure and curiosity. It affected me. Because I am Turkish. I live in Türkiye. This series takes place in the foothills of the Altai Mountains, I think in the autonomous Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It's adapted from, or inspired by, the lifestyle of the Uyghur Turks. It depicts snippets from the life of a girl whose mother runs a shop in this rural area. This girl, Wen Xiu, wants to be a writer. She keeps a diary of her days there. She falls in love with Batay, a Kazakh Turk living in the region. That's the story told. The narrative is simple and straightforward. The rural landscape of the region is depicted with poster-like beauty; the cinematography was extraordinary. The lifestyle of the region is also portrayed; I found it similar to our own customs and traditions. We still have some of these customs. I think the families living there are Muslim and they celebrate Eid al-Adha. They go up to the highlands. They have horse races. They have fair-like celebrations. It's considered an old Turkish custom, but the tradition of a brother marrying his sister-in-law when his older brother dies is reflected here. Such customs no longer exist. There are no coercions, but they did until about 80 years ago. I don't know if anyone still practices it, but there's no obligation. The laws don't allow it. It's not a widely accepted practice.Besides depicting environmental factors and the lifestyle there, the scene shows a lonely woman needing a man and perceiving this need as love, resisting her daughter's objections and pointing out her flaws, but siding with her daughter when she's in a difficult situation. Also, the scene of a man forced to shoot his horse because it dragged and injured his beloved daughter was impactful. These were dramatic scenes. However, because they weren't explored in depth or sensationalized, they were handled simply and plainly. I think that was a good thing. Otherwise, the series wouldn't have ended in 8 episodes; it would have been much longer. I understood the aim to show the life and customs there from an outsider's perspective. And that was well done.
A thief, a scoundrel, was portrayed, perhaps even a traitor, because bad things happen there sometimes. It was a good example of how they exploit the good intentions of innocent people by deceiving them, and also their emotions. The actor was portrayed as repulsive because of this. I really saw the repulsiveness, but I didn't understand how a woman could be so desperate to love this man. That's the kind of role Jing Qing Mi played. She did the role well. She was very repulsive. The acting was also simple and understated. No one was overly dramatic; everyone acted comfortably. They didn't struggle with their acting. Ma Yi Li stood out in this simplicity. I liked her unpretentious but heartfelt performance. I think she was the best.
I recommend it to those who like this type of drama.
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The Japanese occupation episode is complete nonsense. It ruined the series. The Japanese thought they could deal with the villagers by giving their own village men the rank of captain. That's the Japanese mentality. It was terrible. This bad boy went everywhere, disguised himself in every way. He did everything wrong. He was finally caught. Yet, so many innocent people died. He should have been the first to be killed. The wrong people suffered in the wrong place.
The actors really did a great job. Yang Mi was very successful at the beginning. Ou Hao was also very good. I liked it. Qin Hai Lu really surpassed himself in this series. Well done. Xing Fei was very good. He portrayed a different character beautifully. I wouldn't have recognized him from his image. He was very different. Zhang Tian Yang was very successful. Chi Peng was like he'd always been like this. He suited his role very well. I liked it. I really liked San Shao Long. Ni Da Hong, Patrick Zhang, Lan Ying Ying, Zhao Da, Pan Zhi Lin, Song Jia Lun, Gao Yu Qing were the standout performers. My rating is 8. I wish I could give it a 10. The screenwriter ruined the series, especially in the later episodes. It's a shame.
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