Predictable and unmemorable
Just wrapped this up and here is my take
Its just mediocre - worth a watch if you like this genre and the ML (although not one of his better performances)
The bigger fault is just a bad script and poor direction - cant really fault any one of the actors as this is what they were told to do - but it's predictable. Nothing new to see here.
ML is handsome, but kind of stiff in this role. Preferred him in Everlasting Longing and looking forward to Seven Relics
FL just did not do it for me. On the one hand - she is playing a character that is no more than 17yrs old - and you feel that (too much). I will say, I did appreciate that she did look like she was a teenager - too often they have actresses who are much older doing this role. Cause, for me - it just highlights how ridiculous it is that we would consider these young women adults. She too often felt like the teenager who thinks they are an adult - but they aren't. This was the whole vibe for me.
She also spends too much of the drama being the damsel in distress, running head first into situations that she is wholly unprepared for (as would a teenager) - has no business being there, expect she is the main lead - these kinds of things just annoy the bejesus out of me - lazy, sloppy writing. At the same time, the writers want us to believe she is calm noble lady who, apparently, is a jewelry designer genius. This character was just so inconsistent throughout, it was hard to get behind her.
She gets slightly better at the end - but by then, I really didnt care.
Chemistry between leads was not that good - they just did not feel like loivers at all (more a sibling vibe) - and this is mostly due to the actress, clearly, not having a ton of experience here - maybe when she gets more mature - it will get better - but it did not work for me at all.
The whole marriage contract thing was just dumb - mostly because she immediately (and I mean immediately) - writes the contract the night before their wedding and then completely forgets about it on their wedding night. She then constantly seems to completely forget about this contract (I blame the writers for this silliness). And then gets mad at the ML for adhering to the contract. It made no sense and was really just a bad plot ploy - luckily it doesnt last long.
Shu and the bodyguard had the best chemistry
Minmim and Zhang were just annoying (as a couple) - not a big fan of the constant bickering
Loved her Dad
Emperor and Dingbie had a great relationships and always happy to see an emperor that isn't a completely, feckless, egomaniacal fool - he was smart, handsome and a good person.
Could have done without the whole, (albeit brief, thank god) Prince Wen silliness - there was just no need for that (and to be honest - she wasn't all that for him to start a war over)
Ending was just 'meh' for me.
Its just mediocre - worth a watch if you like this genre and the ML (although not one of his better performances)
The bigger fault is just a bad script and poor direction - cant really fault any one of the actors as this is what they were told to do - but it's predictable. Nothing new to see here.
ML is handsome, but kind of stiff in this role. Preferred him in Everlasting Longing and looking forward to Seven Relics
FL just did not do it for me. On the one hand - she is playing a character that is no more than 17yrs old - and you feel that (too much). I will say, I did appreciate that she did look like she was a teenager - too often they have actresses who are much older doing this role. Cause, for me - it just highlights how ridiculous it is that we would consider these young women adults. She too often felt like the teenager who thinks they are an adult - but they aren't. This was the whole vibe for me.
She also spends too much of the drama being the damsel in distress, running head first into situations that she is wholly unprepared for (as would a teenager) - has no business being there, expect she is the main lead - these kinds of things just annoy the bejesus out of me - lazy, sloppy writing. At the same time, the writers want us to believe she is calm noble lady who, apparently, is a jewelry designer genius. This character was just so inconsistent throughout, it was hard to get behind her.
She gets slightly better at the end - but by then, I really didnt care.
Chemistry between leads was not that good - they just did not feel like loivers at all (more a sibling vibe) - and this is mostly due to the actress, clearly, not having a ton of experience here - maybe when she gets more mature - it will get better - but it did not work for me at all.
The whole marriage contract thing was just dumb - mostly because she immediately (and I mean immediately) - writes the contract the night before their wedding and then completely forgets about it on their wedding night. She then constantly seems to completely forget about this contract (I blame the writers for this silliness). And then gets mad at the ML for adhering to the contract. It made no sense and was really just a bad plot ploy - luckily it doesnt last long.
Shu and the bodyguard had the best chemistry
Minmim and Zhang were just annoying (as a couple) - not a big fan of the constant bickering
Loved her Dad
Emperor and Dingbie had a great relationships and always happy to see an emperor that isn't a completely, feckless, egomaniacal fool - he was smart, handsome and a good person.
Could have done without the whole, (albeit brief, thank god) Prince Wen silliness - there was just no need for that (and to be honest - she wasn't all that for him to start a war over)
Ending was just 'meh' for me.
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