The final kiss during the Lantern Festival felt real in a way that all the tense interactions previously didnt. Over 34 episodes Li PeiYi singlemindedly pursued bloody-minded revenge without caring who she hurt in the process. Only HuaiJin would have had the fortitude to suffer being deceived, insulted and used in return for being accepted as her partner for life. Talk about lying down with the knife blade. It takes all sorts. Watching them ride off into the green mountains in their red gowns, I wished them well in the Wild West of Ancient China.
Wow. That little hidden scene at the very end.....A set-up for a showdown--- in the Wild West of Ancient China. Please say yes. This series could actually carry forward because of the restraint it has held to for all these 34 eps. That wild horseback ride promises more passion but equally controlled?
To My Beloved Thief was a wonderful show, worth watching. Nam Ji Hyun was perfect. This article reminds me of the final absolutely stunning shot, set in the modern day where the characters reincarnate. They meet in a museum, in a gold and black setting -- Nam Ji Hyun's beauty takes your breath away. Moon Sang Min is gorgeous too but we already knew that.
It's a good and great drama. But it will be so so much better if they make Jaeyi & Haerim together as second…
I thought it was fresh to leave both of their lives open but very sharply individual and adorable (HaeRim) or real ML material (JaeYi). I am so looking forward to seeing both actors again, too!
In addition, HuaiJin has rejoined her for investigation with no reaction shots. Of her, of him? What is going on? It isnt an acting problem. If we have learned nothing from kdrama it is that technical means can compensate for weak actors in a thousand ways. And neither BaiLu nor WXY are poor actors. What is going on?
Ep31 I found the scene of Li PeiYi's revelations unconvincing. Maybe I am so used to kdrama, where the scenography would have been dramatic and emotional, whether sad or sweet, the music would have created an emotional arc to the scene as well as the framing.
Perhaps the intention was to create intimacy and comfort, as PeiYi intweracts with the traumatized child.
She apparently sees him attacking an unexplained straw man in the courtyard and sees herself in him. She realizes a thousand things in that instant, which she calmly, without guilt or sadness, explains to him. She realizes she had ruined her life? I didnt feel it at all.
With all the smart talented technicians at hand this was the best the director and his team could do?
Final thought. I like that this is very close to an independent movie. At least the vibe -- Kentucky hope, dance and music, snowstorms...
When I first started watching kdrama on netflix years ago they seemed to pick up on interesting shows from Korea. Not the blockbusters they have favored lately.
It would be good if they went back to that -- it is probably due to the committee/or person rec-ing shows. So thanks to them for this movie. It was cool. It made me think, smile and cry. I liked it a lot.
ep30. If this is a simple role reversal then PeiYi should rescue HuaiJin from his depression and tell him that she really does love him. But she does not because she seems not to understand how she hurt him where he is most vulnerable. "I ruined your revenge, you ruined my marriage" Her version most vicious of noble idiocy -- I cannot be with you because I am cursed to bring bad luck to those I love -- so let me really make you miserable just in case you might run into some bad luck worse than having your heart broken into little pieces. URGH.
YoHan was protecting the lovers (or maybe in particular Mi Jeong) from the creeps' cruelty in the office lunchroom, by pretending that he, YoHan, was Gyeong Rok's lover instead of MiJeong -- YH had already insisted the two were just cousins.
That would keep the girls away from GR, which was the main reason for their animosity towards MiJeong at that point.
YoHan feels some guilt over having paid MiJeong to pretend to be his fiance at some point. He may also be attracted to GyeongRok which maybe complicates the nuances of the kiss. GR doesnt seem too freaked out by it, but GR is a very cool guy.
ep29 epic. PeiYi poisons all the court officials. It was an odd banquet though, no women family members. No dancers, not a lot of music. Nice touch, as the attendants announce the autumnal flavor of 'gentleman's wine' (poisoned), we see HuaiJin and Mr.Gu walking cautiously in the autumns woods and fog trying to catch Lu Chongsan. Diverted away on purpose.
A great battle in the garden of PofD's mansion. BaiLu looked amazing in white fighting robes with a twisty black design. WXY also looks amazing in black, confronting the swords of both PeiYi and Uncle Luo.
Great stand-off. Uncle Luo and PekiYi shaking with bloodlust, without a thought in their heads. HuaiJin did his best to reason them out of it but he wasnt terribly convincing, thank goodness the Imperial Guards finally arrived and hauled the Right Chancellor off.
So now what will happen? PeiYi was raised with love by the sister of the man who slaughtered her (PeiYi's) whole family. What is the best way for PeiYi to be sure the Right Chancellor is punished? Will HuaiJin and PeiYi finally be able to work together? More to the point is she going to be able to acknowledge him as her husband? Is it too hard for her to stop fighting for her own independence?
PeiYi seems to have spent a lot of time trying to manipulate the Emperor into helping her. Can she release herself from that dependence? I do not think she has room in her heart for HuaiJin; her father and the Emperor have owned her heart for so long.
beginning ep29 Oh No HuaiJin! Do not go behind Peiyi's back to finish her business for her!~ Has he really learned so little about her from watching over her for all this time?
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Talk about lying down with the knife blade.
It takes all sorts.
Watching them ride off into the green mountains in their red gowns, I wished them well in the Wild West of Ancient China.
Please say yes.
This series could actually carry forward because of the restraint it has held to for all these 34 eps.
That wild horseback ride promises more passion but equally controlled?
I am so looking forward to seeing both actors again, too!
I found the scene of Li PeiYi's revelations unconvincing. Maybe I am so used to kdrama, where the scenography would have been dramatic and emotional, whether sad or sweet, the music would have created an emotional arc to the scene as well as the framing.
Perhaps the intention was to create intimacy and comfort, as PeiYi intweracts with the traumatized child.
She apparently sees him attacking an unexplained straw man in the courtyard and sees herself in him. She realizes a thousand things in that instant, which she calmly, without guilt or sadness, explains to him.
She realizes she had ruined her life? I didnt feel it at all.
With all the smart talented technicians at hand this was the best the director and his team could do?
When I first started watching kdrama on netflix years ago they seemed to pick up on interesting shows from Korea. Not the blockbusters they have favored lately.
It would be good if they went back to that -- it is probably due to the committee/or person rec-ing shows. So thanks to them for this movie. It was cool. It made me think, smile and cry. I liked it a lot.
If this is a simple role reversal then PeiYi should rescue HuaiJin from his depression and tell him that she really does love him.
But she does not because she seems not to understand how she hurt him where he is most vulnerable.
"I ruined your revenge, you ruined my marriage"
Her version most vicious of noble idiocy -- I cannot be with you because I am cursed to bring bad luck to those I love -- so let me really make you miserable just in case you might run into some bad luck worse than having your heart broken into little pieces.
URGH.
and we only get one episode of this a day.
That would keep the girls away from GR, which was the main reason for their animosity towards MiJeong at that point.
YoHan feels some guilt over having paid MiJeong to pretend to be his fiance at some point. He may also be attracted to GyeongRok which maybe complicates the nuances of the kiss. GR doesnt seem too freaked out by it, but GR is a very cool guy.
epic.
PeiYi poisons all the court officials. It was an odd banquet though, no women family members. No dancers, not a lot of music.
Nice touch, as the attendants announce the autumnal flavor of 'gentleman's wine' (poisoned), we see HuaiJin and Mr.Gu walking cautiously in the autumns woods and fog trying to catch Lu Chongsan. Diverted away on purpose.
A great battle in the garden of PofD's mansion. BaiLu looked amazing in white fighting robes with a twisty black design.
WXY also looks amazing in black, confronting the swords of both PeiYi and Uncle Luo.
Great stand-off. Uncle Luo and PekiYi shaking with bloodlust, without a thought in their heads. HuaiJin did his best to reason them out of it but he wasnt terribly convincing, thank goodness the Imperial Guards finally arrived and hauled the Right Chancellor off.
So now what will happen?
PeiYi was raised with love by the sister of the man who slaughtered her (PeiYi's) whole family. What is the best way for PeiYi to be sure the Right Chancellor is punished?
Will HuaiJin and PeiYi finally be able to work together?
More to the point is she going to be able to acknowledge him as her husband?
Is it too hard for her to stop fighting for her own independence?
PeiYi seems to have spent a lot of time trying to manipulate the Emperor into helping her. Can she release herself from that dependence?
I do not think she has room in her heart for HuaiJin; her father and the Emperor have owned her heart for so long.
Oh No HuaiJin! Do not go behind Peiyi's back to finish her business for her!~
Has he really learned so little about her from watching over her for all this time?