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A subjective review on this popular drama...
After watching 8 episodes, I’ve done my research because usually when watching costume dramas, I should have grasped the happenings and all —the gist of the drama plot but, none. Nada. I’m a bit confused but realized it’s a 40-episode drama that’s why it’s still like on the introductory stages, confusion is still on and will probably clear it on the 20-25th episode and despite all that, I’m still seated 🙂↕️
The story is about the FL who lost her parents from presumably bandits but there's a behind story about that as well and accidentally found our ML buried in snow, taking pity like it's her mom's sign, saved him not knowing he was the Marquis of Wu'an that everyone knew about. As I've read the book because I was confused in the drama, it gave me a little bit of understanding and watched it comfortably. The flow of the drama was alright, not too slow for a 40-episode, it still keeps your interest in the longer you're watching it. I was just a bit disappointed towards the end, the FL, considering that she is a General only appeared when saving her friend? Like what was that? She is considered one of the strongest, who fought her way to the top but didn't show any action towards the end? When the coup happened, where was the FL? Additionally, there are little details that they didn't elaborate. Why did they not include the reason why the Uncle of the ML took the blame of the sins that the late emperor did?
I watched dramas for the actors, yes. But I also watch with reason. I always, always try to understand the plot not just admiring the faces of the actors (but it really is a plus tho). The casts and their acting? Amazing. I love how they portrayed their character especially the child actors they're so great! The characters have their own canvases with different kinds of abstract paintings on them, deep and meaningful.
There’s still like things to note (that my sensitive ahh noticed) —the way the sound effects are there and sometimes it's not clearly needed in the scene. I don’t know what to call those but the cuts on certain scenes and moving on to the next? The element of confusion, I understand but the way the scenes are combined aren’t blended (idk if someone will understand me, ik it’s normal to cut scenes one after another ahhh i hope someone understands me on this) and lastly, I don’t have anything or something with the grand princess character but I was like literally confused on why is she here now? I know she was supposed to be the wife of the Marquis but why was the back story of her and the Grandmaster showing at the early episodes? 😭 Lastly, the falcon... the messenger bird needs the exposure with the FL's sister, but they didn't show it :(( There's so much more to note but that's okay, dramas are all like that, it's up to us on how we’ll digest and interpret dramas and this is how I perceived it. That’s all ~
The official soundtracks are okay, but I think expecting that this drama will top the viewer ratings, they should have chosen better fitting in the narrative, the intro, and I think it got better blending in the latter episodes especially that guasha scene and when the ML is like making his grand entrance 😂
Will probably watch some tt edits but not rewatch since there’s so many minor details to focus on 🥹
PS. Ngl I think the actors saved this drama 🥲🥲🥲
The story is about the FL who lost her parents from presumably bandits but there's a behind story about that as well and accidentally found our ML buried in snow, taking pity like it's her mom's sign, saved him not knowing he was the Marquis of Wu'an that everyone knew about. As I've read the book because I was confused in the drama, it gave me a little bit of understanding and watched it comfortably. The flow of the drama was alright, not too slow for a 40-episode, it still keeps your interest in the longer you're watching it. I was just a bit disappointed towards the end, the FL, considering that she is a General only appeared when saving her friend? Like what was that? She is considered one of the strongest, who fought her way to the top but didn't show any action towards the end? When the coup happened, where was the FL? Additionally, there are little details that they didn't elaborate. Why did they not include the reason why the Uncle of the ML took the blame of the sins that the late emperor did?
I watched dramas for the actors, yes. But I also watch with reason. I always, always try to understand the plot not just admiring the faces of the actors (but it really is a plus tho). The casts and their acting? Amazing. I love how they portrayed their character especially the child actors they're so great! The characters have their own canvases with different kinds of abstract paintings on them, deep and meaningful.
There’s still like things to note (that my sensitive ahh noticed) —the way the sound effects are there and sometimes it's not clearly needed in the scene. I don’t know what to call those but the cuts on certain scenes and moving on to the next? The element of confusion, I understand but the way the scenes are combined aren’t blended (idk if someone will understand me, ik it’s normal to cut scenes one after another ahhh i hope someone understands me on this) and lastly, I don’t have anything or something with the grand princess character but I was like literally confused on why is she here now? I know she was supposed to be the wife of the Marquis but why was the back story of her and the Grandmaster showing at the early episodes? 😭 Lastly, the falcon... the messenger bird needs the exposure with the FL's sister, but they didn't show it :(( There's so much more to note but that's okay, dramas are all like that, it's up to us on how we’ll digest and interpret dramas and this is how I perceived it. That’s all ~
The official soundtracks are okay, but I think expecting that this drama will top the viewer ratings, they should have chosen better fitting in the narrative, the intro, and I think it got better blending in the latter episodes especially that guasha scene and when the ML is like making his grand entrance 😂
Will probably watch some tt edits but not rewatch since there’s so many minor details to focus on 🥹
PS. Ngl I think the actors saved this drama 🥲🥲🥲
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