Beautiful philosophical drama, with deep emotional content. I love it.
Dama Feud is the most unique and interesting cinematic content I have seen. It is beautifully written and equally so delivered, which keeps me coming to it again and again. I watched it four times already, discovering new beauty and depth each time. The drama is not for casual viewing or for those who do not or cannot appreciate detail and depth.
Through the mouths of Bai lu and others, the drama delivered many powerful and positive messages to the audience (see some of the ones I recorded below). The discord between the two leading characters, Hua Ruyue and Bai Jiusi, played by Bai Lu and Zeng Shunxi respectively, was philosophical in nature. While Bai Jiusi saw only immortals as relevant beings, Hua Ruyue saw and felt the power and beauty in the human race. She views humans as worthy, demanding they get equal treatment as devine ones. With the backdrop of Taoist spiritualism, Feud philosophy is inherently agnostic in the sense that revering god or gods or praying to them have no effect on human lives. Only determination, hard work, perseverance and endurance can change human lives for better. Devine beings, in Hua Ruyue words, do not "hold dominion over all under heaven". Everybody should be deciding for himself, not for others.
The emotional twists and turns through which the drama leads us, are so deep and monumental, keeping us guessing what will happen next until the very end. The end was actually a great relief. After each side learned full story, their love in the prevailed. It is impossible not cry on deeply emotional moments of the story, such as when Hua Ruyue's son dies, which Bai Lu delivered in a powerful way. Her entire portrayal of motherhood was beautiful. In a relative short sequence, she captured struggles, happiness, and sorrows of motherhood. The drama kept me crying and emotionally on the edge, especially in the last 11 episodes.
Bailu was masterful once again, affirming her status as the leading actress in China and, possibly, in the world. Acting was great throughout. This was a complex endeavor form start to finish. I congratulate everyone involved in the project on the job well done.
Here are some beautiful messages of the drama I recorded:
- Humanity is not insignificant. Nor the devine beings hold dominion over all under heaven.
- In a world like this, if nobody stands up to fight for justice how messed up would it be.
- There is no such thing as love without reason, nor hatred without cause.
- Follow your hart and have no regrets.
- Heaven may be ruthless, but humans are different: Love, family affection, and fellowship all mater.
- Everybody's life should be theirs to decide, not yours.
- For tents of thousands of years, whether there were floods or famines, plagues or insect infestations, mortals who were in the thick of it always felt hopeless about the future and struggled to make a living. But every time, as long they gritted their teeth and persevered, they could always get through it. All this did not come from praying to gods or Buddha, but from their own persistence and endurance.
- Hatred is but love taken to extreme.
Through the mouths of Bai lu and others, the drama delivered many powerful and positive messages to the audience (see some of the ones I recorded below). The discord between the two leading characters, Hua Ruyue and Bai Jiusi, played by Bai Lu and Zeng Shunxi respectively, was philosophical in nature. While Bai Jiusi saw only immortals as relevant beings, Hua Ruyue saw and felt the power and beauty in the human race. She views humans as worthy, demanding they get equal treatment as devine ones. With the backdrop of Taoist spiritualism, Feud philosophy is inherently agnostic in the sense that revering god or gods or praying to them have no effect on human lives. Only determination, hard work, perseverance and endurance can change human lives for better. Devine beings, in Hua Ruyue words, do not "hold dominion over all under heaven". Everybody should be deciding for himself, not for others.
The emotional twists and turns through which the drama leads us, are so deep and monumental, keeping us guessing what will happen next until the very end. The end was actually a great relief. After each side learned full story, their love in the prevailed. It is impossible not cry on deeply emotional moments of the story, such as when Hua Ruyue's son dies, which Bai Lu delivered in a powerful way. Her entire portrayal of motherhood was beautiful. In a relative short sequence, she captured struggles, happiness, and sorrows of motherhood. The drama kept me crying and emotionally on the edge, especially in the last 11 episodes.
Bailu was masterful once again, affirming her status as the leading actress in China and, possibly, in the world. Acting was great throughout. This was a complex endeavor form start to finish. I congratulate everyone involved in the project on the job well done.
Here are some beautiful messages of the drama I recorded:
- Humanity is not insignificant. Nor the devine beings hold dominion over all under heaven.
- In a world like this, if nobody stands up to fight for justice how messed up would it be.
- There is no such thing as love without reason, nor hatred without cause.
- Follow your hart and have no regrets.
- Heaven may be ruthless, but humans are different: Love, family affection, and fellowship all mater.
- Everybody's life should be theirs to decide, not yours.
- For tents of thousands of years, whether there were floods or famines, plagues or insect infestations, mortals who were in the thick of it always felt hopeless about the future and struggled to make a living. But every time, as long they gritted their teeth and persevered, they could always get through it. All this did not come from praying to gods or Buddha, but from their own persistence and endurance.
- Hatred is but love taken to extreme.
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