I was already expecting it to probably be unable to best the 2017 adaptation, but I didn't expect it would be such an awkwardly garbled mess. Is it really that hard to find a good director nowadays?
I just can't bring myself to finish this. I appreciate that they put some effort in the fighting scenes and the actors for MRF and Feng Tiannan are really good, but the main trio of actors doesn't have enough charisma to hold main roles. I find it really boring and the filler script that they shoehorned in is pretty bad, especially the whitewashing of MRF wife. Overall I find it worse than 2006 which I also didn't like but at least had really good main actors. I still hope to see a better adaptation of this series in the future.
While I don't particularly like Zhiruo, I didn't find her behavior so strange in that instance. She harmed him…
Hmm, from the impression I got, she was overly concerned with presenting a perfect image of herself, but wasn't actually kind. She is concerned about bringing glory to her sect rather than fighting to protect the country. Because in this version she was shown to be so considerate as a child, it feels jarring to see her grow up like that. She is just straight up evil and two-faced in this version, while 1986 was more like someone who snapped under all the pression.
I am confused with the writing of this. The Legend of Condors was a good show overall but had lazy writing on…
While I don't particularly like Zhiruo, I didn't find her behavior so strange in that instance. She harmed him enough to not disappoint her teacher, but she didn't fatally injure him. You have to consider her teacher has been the most important person in her life that has always influenced her. I think Jin Yong always intended for Zhao Min to be the heroine. Notice how early on Wuji's mother warns him about being deceived by women. Zhiruo is the one who deceives him against everyone's expectations, while the enemy Zhao Min turns out to help him and give him good advice. There are other works of Jin Yong where the heroine is introduced much later in the story, like Smiling Proud Wanderer and The Book and the Sword. The romance isn't the main point, though I usually like the romances in JY stories much better than actual romance dramas.
You as viewers can ALL blame yourselves for the ending of Fox Volant. You were the ones who rooted for The Untamed.Let…
Sorry, but I think you need some reality check. This story was written way before a niche drama that most people who aren't into certain kind of stuff would never consider watching.
Horrible. They made Ruolan as annoying and idiotic as possible and wasted so much time on her that could have been better spent. The director should also keep his cuckold fetish to himself instead of trashing up someone else's story.
Jin Yong was obsessed with dumb men that are loved by smart women and unfortunately it had lasting impact on how…
Sis, your Wei Xiao Bao and Linghu Chong? I think Wuji is more naive and too trusting rather than dumb while Guo Jing might be slightly dumb but it seems to me that he's really just at the same level of an average person. It's just that their women mog them in terms of brain.
The best Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji. The secondary cast is also pretty much perfect. Only thing I didn't like much was the writing of Zhiruo's character (and the awful cantonese dub, try to find mandarin audio if you can), but I can ignore it on light of how good this adaptation was. My favorite Jin Yong adaptation together with Laughing in the Wind 2001.
This is embarrassing for a 2021 production. They put in so little effort, scenes that are supposed to be memorable have barely any impact here. The martial arts scenes are a joke and the sound effects belong to a comedy. Duan Yu and Xu Zhu come off as extremely dumb and unlikable and their ending is unsatisfying in Duan Yu's case and WTF WHY? in Xu Zhu's case. I only liked Qiao Feng's actor and A'Zi's actress, but they can't save how utterly mediocre the presentation of the story is in this version. I very much recommend watching the 2003 adaptation.
Overall I find it worse than 2006 which I also didn't like but at least had really good main actors. I still hope to see a better adaptation of this series in the future.
Because in this version she was shown to be so considerate as a child, it feels jarring to see her grow up like that. She is just straight up evil and two-faced in this version, while 1986 was more like someone who snapped under all the pression.
I think Jin Yong always intended for Zhao Min to be the heroine. Notice how early on Wuji's mother warns him about being deceived by women. Zhiruo is the one who deceives him against everyone's expectations, while the enemy Zhao Min turns out to help him and give him good advice.
There are other works of Jin Yong where the heroine is introduced much later in the story, like Smiling Proud Wanderer and The Book and the Sword. The romance isn't the main point, though I usually like the romances in JY stories much better than actual romance dramas.
I think Wuji is more naive and too trusting rather than dumb while Guo Jing might be slightly dumb but it seems to me that he's really just at the same level of an average person. It's just that their women mog them in terms of brain.
The secondary cast is also pretty much perfect.
Only thing I didn't like much was the writing of Zhiruo's character (and the awful cantonese dub, try to find mandarin audio if you can), but I can ignore it on light of how good this adaptation was. My favorite Jin Yong adaptation together with Laughing in the Wind 2001.
I only liked Qiao Feng's actor and A'Zi's actress, but they can't save how utterly mediocre the presentation of the story is in this version.
I very much recommend watching the 2003 adaptation.