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LCF is a sad character. His life growing up is anything but normal. Cui Lin was literally his life. Without her, he feels he will stop living. She is his "breath of life", his lifeline.

How many episodes would you like to explore all the characters dimensions? Each character serves a purpose. We don't need to know everything about every character. Then the complaint will be the movie has too many episodes and drags. However, you might be right that LCF is too one dimensional, marked only by his weakness and madness and not another trait to make him more interesting, but that was intended, he is not the main focus of the movie; but you want a different kind of story involving LCF.

LCF did not manipulate the two princes. It was mutual. The second brother wanted to eliminate Li Ni too. It wasn't' like he outsmarted anyone. He dangled a carrot in front of them and the brother foolishly took it due to his greedy ambition.

Don't make fun of the lovable bandits just because they are poor, lowly people with no education. The movie portrayed them as kindhearted, fierce, loyal, and brave fighters who are homeless, victims of war.

I don't know what you mean by LCF can take over armies? He is the commander of the Cui army, of course, his army would obey his orders, and Sun Jing would collaborate with him to defeat Li Ni's army.

Li Ni father and sons were portrayed as mediocre, foolish, and incompetent, that fits the narrative of the story about the Li royal family, but Li Ni is exceptional.

Most of the other main villains were scheming and clever and play the long game, even mysterious., kind of like in real life, you never know who your real enemy is. You think the person is nice to you, but they have hidden agendas.

The movie is mainly focused on ml and fl conflicts. LCF character purpose was to create conflict and chaos for twists and turns in the story. Even though he is a key character, somehow, I never focused on him much. I never felt the movie was about him anyway.

Does anyone understand the psyche of a madman?

LCF was an orphan. The movie showed him as a young boy 8 yrs.? running scared for his life and ran into Cui Lin same age, also running scared for her life. He saves her life that night. General Cui adopts him out of kindness, as a friend for his daughter, and also, he serves an important purpose that I don't want to spoil. LCF and Cui Lin grew up and did everything together. They were inseparable. He fell in love with her. He had no identify of his own (literally). Cui Lin was his "breath of life". Even Cui Lin father thought LCF might make a good husband for her someday. So LCF has these emotions for Cui Lin bottled up forever. Cui Lin loves him so much as a brother. He is unable to distinguish and thinks Cui Lin loves him the same way he loves her. He always believed that one day he and Cui Lin would marry and be together forever. Then one day, LI Ni shows up and his world is turned upside down. He has always been sicklying and weak, both mentally and physically. He panics at the thought of losing Cui Lin and becomes desperate to get rid of Li Ni. Without Cui Lin, he has no identify of his own, no purpose in life anymore.

Is that not motivation enough? There are real life stories of love triangles that ends up tragic.

I need to rewatch the movie again since it took me over 7 weeks to watch. But I thought that Jeshio enemies gave him a drug to make him strong. Thats why he went from weak to strong. Why is that not believable? Every other Chinese drama has God like or miraculous powerful drugs and poison to use.

there are plenty of dumb, stupid, incompetent rulers in history. they just don't make movies about them nor talk about them. The actor portrayed Li Ni father really well, brought to life a bumbling, simple-minded, foolish, cowardly, pathetic man whose insignificant existence is meaningless, yet he had such a huge impact on an exceptional son he can never understand, and who would make the greatest contribution to the empire.

The purpose of Li Ni's father and two brothers' characters showcased how mediocre and incompetent the Li family was and became the crux of the movie or the conflict to find a competent ruler; hence, they all got wiped out by rebellion, also used to highlight the exceptionalism of Li Ni.

I'm really looking forward to this drama more than Best Choice because of the tension between Han Ting and Ji Xing. Xu Kai had nothing in common with Yang Hua; yet he did a great job with it. He also has nothing in common with Han Ting, I can't wait to see how he portrays him. XK soft, gentle voice fit Yang Hua perfectly; so, it will be interesting how he uses his voice for Han Ting. This is only his second time using his own voice. Also, will be watching for XK mannerisms portraying Han Ting. Xu Kai is meticulous when it comes to imitating this character's manners. All the best to Xu Kai. Don't give AX the opportunity to pick on you.

in the old days before CGI existed, Hollywood had massive budgets and could hire thousands and thousands of extras. But I doubt WOL has that kind of budget and time. The film usually has to finish shooting 40 episodes in 3 to 4 months.

I think Jing Tian did an excellent job portraying Cui Lin’s diverse personality. She brought out the character’s multifaceted nature with great skill and nuance.

Xu kai and Jing Tian are experienced at riding horses. Xu Kai loves to ride horses. In Court Lady, he rode horses. In interviews, he always says he loves horse riding, archery, fighting, sword, spears, and anything physical. The horses for the main leads in WOL were imported, tall, and fierce horses that were hard even for the staff to control them. The scene where Li Ni is on his horse and says he will marry Cui Lin, he rides off fast and the camera clearly shows Xu Kai riding it because so often in editing, audience never know who is doing the actions.

Tell that to every other drama that has its own flaws. There was big fighting scene in a movie using heavy CGI to depict thousands of bodies fighting and none of the swords were stained with blood, and the bodies were blurred and looked so fake . I prefer if they can be creative and use 20 people and show some realistic fighting that is beautifully done. I prefer artistic work to computer generated fake stuff unless it can look realistic and not fake. If they could have found a beautiful location to film Wonderland, it would have really enhanced the movie but it's okay. it does not prevent me from enjoying the essence of the movie.

CGI when not done right looks fake. The story, plot, characters, and the acting are more important to me; the chemistry of the entire cast is the most critical to success of the movie. Chemistry can make or break a movie. Every movie has flaws. You can have perfect fake riding and perfect CGI but lack of chemistry, the movie will bomb.

How can you make an assertion that the actors cannot ride a horse, or is that your opinion?

so it is true then

it's a good thing you are not the majority view

perhaps these sensitive dysfunctional fans took it to heart that he's insulting Yang Zi when he's actually talking about the character, and not the actress.

maybe it means best decision the fl made in life?

isn't the storyline about the ml goes from a cold person who focus on making money to finding that happiness of family life is more valuable than making money? and the fl breaks from family, goes on a journey of self-discovery from to become more matured and independent after she works alongside the ml business? Judging from the trailer, her family is silly and will be entertaining to watch.

it is so disheartening to me to see these kinds of discussions about Xu Kai and everywhere I go on internet, I find haters here and there.

I have watched enough Xu Kai interviews to know that Xu Kai has a deep understanding of the characters in his movies.