made it to ep25 before putting on hold a long time back. restarted it at ep1 and made it to ep40 before dropping this time... honestly, besides a severe lack of chemistry (and not just the romantic kind) between the leads... the plot is just really not interesting/engaging enough to keep me watching for 51 episodes. Not even 30, tbh. Sad because I'm a huge fan of ZLY's other dramas!!
also the "romance" was not a good look in this drama and I would have been OK with that if the drama was cut in half and they didn't push the romance so hard when the drama clearly is NOT romantic at all. HOWEVER... I'd KILL to see the ML & FL in a historical romance together! A serious one. With a huge budget hehehe
I have just discovered Chen Kun.Watching The Rise of the Phoenixes.Will mark this too.
so.. I usually only love LOTS of romance.. this one, there is "some" romance but not a lot.. and it's more about their relationships than a "love story".. not to mention he plays TWO roles (as twins) in this one (light spoiler below). It's subtle but decent imho. If you just watch this for Chen Kun's acting ALONE.. you won't be disappointed! I've watched it twice now!
I have just discovered Chen Kun.Watching The Rise of the Phoenixes.Will mark this too.
I mean.. he's obviously amazing in Rise of the Phoenixes.. but his range of acting in this one... truly prob one of the best Chinese actors ever imho!!
halfway through and REALLY want to love it... I kind of only love the IDEA of it, mainly because the FL is just not doing it for me :-( The chemistry between ML/FL is missing for me too!