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Li Ni: But why do I feel like a gentle mother and you a strict father?

I sense an unspoken and unbreakable bond between two people who are deeply connected as soul mates forever. This is true love in its best form, where both understand each other's core values, beliefs, and life goals. In the face of internal and external conflicts, misunderstandings and challenges may arise between them. However, they will always find their way back to each other.

When the main leads have serious conversations throughout the movie, the conversations are coherent, intelligent, caring, deep, and even profound.

Li Ni’s motivation for becoming the crown prince stemmed from his regret that he couldn’t save his brothers, Bao and the bandits. Now, he has a chance to save others like them who are still wandering homeless and separated by war. By doing so, he is honoring his brothers’ memory and ensuring that others will not have to suffer the same fate.

In Ep 32, we find that Cui Lin is a romantic heroine willing to give up royal position for love.
"Let me go back to Yingzhou. Since I just want to be your wife, not the crown prince consort, you just come to see me often."

A romantic heroine is a woman willing to give up royal title or position for love, who is selfless, devoted, courageous, determined, willing to stand up for what she believes in and make difficult choices for the sake of her loved ones.

I'm glad Jing tian was paired with Xu Kai in WoL. She seems to be genuinely caring of him as a person in real life. These two are really comfortable with each other. There is kindred spirt between them that is reflected on screen. They helped each other to bring out the best in themselves. Given the amount of screen time together, they had to work well together.

i guess i didn't understand your post. sorry.

Even though sml is too much a clown; after a while, wears on you, love the actor though. Some people actually don't care about flaws and what not, they just want to enjoy a good story/plot, as long as acting is decent. Not everyone nitpicks everything.

so, it's not just me. the background music overpowering the acting especially where they need to make it emotional

I don't like to compare but since it is a topic here. Each movie is unique and has its own merits. Comparing movies can be difficult because they are often created with different goals in mind. Each movie has its own style, tone, and message, and it’s important to appreciate each movie for what it is. If the movies are created with the same goal in mind, then comparison makes sense, but these three movies are uniquely different. Audience’s reaction to a movie is subjective and can vary from person to person. This is because each person has their own unique tastes and preferences when it comes to movies.

In terms of the subjective ratings on MDL, AJTL 8.8 seems to be heading to 8.9, follow by SOKP 8.8, follow by WOL 8.5. I doubt these ratings will change but AJTL rating probably will go up. In terms of watchers on MDL, SOKP is highest and will be hard to beat this year, follow by AJTL, then WoL. At 2.9 weeks of airing, SOKP already had 10,433 watchers on MDL, and AJTL at the same juncture today had 7,232, while WoL had 7,694 despite airing within a day of hugely popular SOKP. but I believe in another 3 weeks, AJTL will exceed WoL but not by a lot, but doubt it can beat SOKP which is currently at 13,086. AJTL is adding about 1,000 a week. If MDL watchers is a good indicator of popularity, then SOKP is most popular of these three this year.

To me, I don't put too much emphasis because I see older movies that in my opinion are even better movies with even higher quality acting than these three and are rated below 8.5 so that got me thinking anything over 8.2 or 8.3 on MDL is indication that is pretty good movie and was well received. I don't mean to put any other actor down in AJTL because they are all good and I have my preference in terms of which actors I like more but I believe LSS should win a best actress award for her performance.

All three movies are to be praised for its own merits; all three have a lot of satisfied fans.
What purpose does it serve to compare movies created with different goals in mind?

Why is this drama so highly anticipated?

gosh I thought it was the name of the award

I found this reviewer perspective fair and balanced. Basically, she's saying Jing Tian portrayed the character well, even though the character may seem a bit cold. In my view, I like the character exactly the way she is. It just fits the story perfectly for me.

"I read some comments saying the female lead appeared cold, and uncaring for the ML, but it could be justified seeing her background. She grew up without a mother, dressed up as a man, and trained as a soldier, trying to always hide her true identity, and was pitched against the ML several times due to his being from a rival camp. Even though I understand the character and that she did complete justice to it, one would have loved to see her warmer towards the ML"

wow you are so knowledgeable. Do you know why the imperial grandson called Li Ni his "brother" in the English translation.

I saw comments that XK won three awards:
1. most popular actor abroad
2. most charming (with Jing Tian)
3. most anticipated drama (with Yang Zi) or Best Choice award -
Yang Zi: "Xu Kai is very humorous in real-life"

I'm not at all surprised he is so popular abroad. He has this universal beauty and charm.

JT and XK at Tencent All Star majestic and regal appearance looked like they stepped out of a fairytale. Reminds me of Disney movie. Prince Charming and his bride.
They exude elegance, style, simplicity, grace, poise, sophistication, innocence, and pure beauty. JT and XK have such graceful walks. JT has a beautiful figure.

No wonder I was impressed by Zhou Dongyu in ALP. I never heard of her before I watched ALP. She is a Four Dan actress and has been nominated 30 times for Best Actress and won 14 of them across 11 films, and she's only 31 yrs. old.

I was moved to tears in ep 31. I did not think that I could be moved to tears since I've seen the trailer so many times before. The image of Li Ni gazing at his brothers is forever etched in my brain. Just thinking of Li Ni talking about Bao is too sad.

LSS was listed as one of the four Dan actresses before 1990. I never heard of her before but was instantly captivated by her in this movie. To me, she is truly exceptional actress of the highest level. She gained fame through the movie Scarlet Heart. I hope she makes more movies because such talent should not be wasted.

Ep 30/31 is the heart of WoL. I could be wrong since I haven't gotten pass it yet. But I am so moved and touched by ep30/31. Wonderland represents the desire for a peaceful, happy life with loved ones.