Wow, this drama is very unusual. They even give side characters their stories (the magistrate and the page boy). Very touching! And the antagonists are very interenting. They all look formidable.
The current 8.0 rating score (it can even go lower as time passes) further proves my suspicions that the lower…
The verified star rating for this drama is only 6.5. Generally, people gave this drama an average rating of 8.0-8.2. This drama has issues. You love it, you don't see it. But other people see it.
This review has some profound misunderstandings about the story's goals which are more spiritual in nature and…
Do you know, Mysterious Lotus Casebook is a Buddhist story, and it is so successful? Till the End of the Moon is somehow Daoist, and it is successful. Some other drama is a bit Confucian, like Nirvana in Fire, and they are successful. Personally, I love stories that have root in culture and society's philosophy, IF they are told well. Even I enjoy series "as boring as" Shaolin Wendao, because it is CLEAR. The message is delivered so well because the story is told effectively.
You read, my review is not about the story itself, but how it is told. This drama is really a waste of resource. You have very good actors, a unique story, wardrobe, and technology to support this and that... yet the story structuring, telling technique, plotline, character writing, and other things are REALLY messed. Where is the enlightment when the main character is never showed reflecting about this himself?
Compare TLC with Li Lianhua in MLC. LLH inner world is rich with emotions and thoughts, and crystal clear to read, so we understand his spiritual journey and his decision in the end. Both characters started similarly (from downfall and saved by a monk) and choose similarly in the end (to sacrifice themselves), but we are touched by LLH, while disappointed by TLC. Even when TLC finally learns about his mother, no enough room for reflection and realization, to experience the flow of natural emotion. This scene is treated just like other informative scene. This overall drama doesn't connect with audience's psychology.
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You read, my review is not about the story itself, but how it is told. This drama is really a waste of resource. You have very good actors, a unique story, wardrobe, and technology to support this and that... yet the story structuring, telling technique, plotline, character writing, and other things are REALLY messed. Where is the enlightment when the main character is never showed reflecting about this himself?
Compare TLC with Li Lianhua in MLC. LLH inner world is rich with emotions and thoughts, and crystal clear to read, so we understand his spiritual journey and his decision in the end. Both characters started similarly (from downfall and saved by a monk) and choose similarly in the end (to sacrifice themselves), but we are touched by LLH, while disappointed by TLC. Even when TLC finally learns about his mother, no enough room for reflection and realization, to experience the flow of natural emotion. This scene is treated just like other informative scene. This overall drama doesn't connect with audience's psychology.