A beautifully woven tapestry
This drama was just fantastic with multiple layers, great cast, great costumes, great plot, great cinematography, great music - at 40 episodes it didn't drag either.
I started watching this because I'm a big fan of Tan Song Yun and she delivers another excellent performance here. I also think it's kind of neat that she's in both dramas on Viki with 'brocade' in the title.
I didn't think I'd seen the ML, Zheng Ye Cheng, before - until I discovered he was one of the bros in Love O2O. I think it's testament to his acting skills that I had no idea and I was genuinely impressed with his performance. He handled the serious, romantic and comedic scenes with equal aplomb. At one point where another actor might have gone over the top he played a scene so believably with his controlled performance that it made it all the more powerful.
I think the writing must be good because there were points where the subs conveyed the tremendous affection and noble character of the ML superbly. That said, there were a couple of mistakes in the subs where they refer to the second ML instead of the ML lead or the wrong city so watch out for that.
Beautifully shot and some fantastic action scenes, some of the best I've seen. I also liked that the second FL got to show her fighting skills too. Overall the staging was excellent.
Costumes - I'm sure my fellow crafters will appreciate that a drama where fabrics play such an important role, the quality of the costumes added to the atmosphere. I also noted several costumes with patterned fabric where they'd taken the trouble to pattern match across different parts of the garment, love the attention to detail.
Music - I realised at one point that Tan Song Yun was singing one of the songs and honestly it just added to the scene and made it all the more touching. Soundtrack is good all round.
Set / production design - the main city is painted in mid and light blue with red and it's so pretty. Really well done and scenes felt as though they had depth, which added to the realism.
I also liked how there were some characters who were clearly good or bad but others who were more complex. I'm not sure you can say they redeemed themselves but more a case of making good decisions in the end. Definitely made it more interesting to watch. We got a good supply of villains, both male and female, and as different ones took the stage at different points it never got boring or felt drawn out.
Lovely supporting cast and some nice bromances going on. A few side romances although they aren't major plot points.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend this drama. It's got it all!
I started watching this because I'm a big fan of Tan Song Yun and she delivers another excellent performance here. I also think it's kind of neat that she's in both dramas on Viki with 'brocade' in the title.
I didn't think I'd seen the ML, Zheng Ye Cheng, before - until I discovered he was one of the bros in Love O2O. I think it's testament to his acting skills that I had no idea and I was genuinely impressed with his performance. He handled the serious, romantic and comedic scenes with equal aplomb. At one point where another actor might have gone over the top he played a scene so believably with his controlled performance that it made it all the more powerful.
I think the writing must be good because there were points where the subs conveyed the tremendous affection and noble character of the ML superbly. That said, there were a couple of mistakes in the subs where they refer to the second ML instead of the ML lead or the wrong city so watch out for that.
Beautifully shot and some fantastic action scenes, some of the best I've seen. I also liked that the second FL got to show her fighting skills too. Overall the staging was excellent.
Costumes - I'm sure my fellow crafters will appreciate that a drama where fabrics play such an important role, the quality of the costumes added to the atmosphere. I also noted several costumes with patterned fabric where they'd taken the trouble to pattern match across different parts of the garment, love the attention to detail.
Music - I realised at one point that Tan Song Yun was singing one of the songs and honestly it just added to the scene and made it all the more touching. Soundtrack is good all round.
Set / production design - the main city is painted in mid and light blue with red and it's so pretty. Really well done and scenes felt as though they had depth, which added to the realism.
I also liked how there were some characters who were clearly good or bad but others who were more complex. I'm not sure you can say they redeemed themselves but more a case of making good decisions in the end. Definitely made it more interesting to watch. We got a good supply of villains, both male and female, and as different ones took the stage at different points it never got boring or felt drawn out.
Lovely supporting cast and some nice bromances going on. A few side romances although they aren't major plot points.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend this drama. It's got it all!
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