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this took me by surprise
I have just finished this, I was so behind, this drama took me totally by surprise.
I had been eagerly awaiting it, but mainly to see Zuo Ye most recent appearance and honestly had I not had him to see I might not have finished this. The first three episodes for me felt lack lustre, the moon lord had no lord to him and it felt like Bai Lu was propping him up, the drama set itself felt a bit clunky, despite its beauty, felt like I was watching a b movie, but then the story began to take me somewhere and somehow all of that became secondary. The moon lord seemed to find himself and his gentler characterisation seemed to grow in strength, Bai Lu didn’t disappoint as she just got stronger and they totally complemented each other as a couple. I liked the pace of their love story no messing about but at the same time it felt natural.
The second couple also were surprisingly strong and at one point I felt the second male lead could have easily played the main lead. The sisters story took me totally by surprise at the end being the bow, yet it was perfect in concept.
The story was mesmerising and the pace was near perfect.
My only slight niggles were the ending, I didn’t need the moon lord to come back but if he had I wanted something more creative than just reappearing, I felt that let the story down which had been so good all the way through and the extra bit again a bit cheesy for the drama imo.
The eternals felt nothingy as a clan, I found myself wanting to fast forward every time they came on screen, just felt no substance to them especially as they didn’t seem to do any protecting which their whole role was supposed to be, in fact they seemed weak.
The clunky fight scenes, I often felt like I could see the equipment used to make it, it was so not natural. It reminded me a lot of Back from the brink, great story, great acting, but just clunky.
Overall though, it surpassed all my expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed this. A hard one to rate, if I used my logic it wouldn’t be that high of a score, but the story and the feels would make me score it high. So for me a solid 8.5 out of 10 ❤️
I had been eagerly awaiting it, but mainly to see Zuo Ye most recent appearance and honestly had I not had him to see I might not have finished this. The first three episodes for me felt lack lustre, the moon lord had no lord to him and it felt like Bai Lu was propping him up, the drama set itself felt a bit clunky, despite its beauty, felt like I was watching a b movie, but then the story began to take me somewhere and somehow all of that became secondary. The moon lord seemed to find himself and his gentler characterisation seemed to grow in strength, Bai Lu didn’t disappoint as she just got stronger and they totally complemented each other as a couple. I liked the pace of their love story no messing about but at the same time it felt natural.
The second couple also were surprisingly strong and at one point I felt the second male lead could have easily played the main lead. The sisters story took me totally by surprise at the end being the bow, yet it was perfect in concept.
The story was mesmerising and the pace was near perfect.
My only slight niggles were the ending, I didn’t need the moon lord to come back but if he had I wanted something more creative than just reappearing, I felt that let the story down which had been so good all the way through and the extra bit again a bit cheesy for the drama imo.
The eternals felt nothingy as a clan, I found myself wanting to fast forward every time they came on screen, just felt no substance to them especially as they didn’t seem to do any protecting which their whole role was supposed to be, in fact they seemed weak.
The clunky fight scenes, I often felt like I could see the equipment used to make it, it was so not natural. It reminded me a lot of Back from the brink, great story, great acting, but just clunky.
Overall though, it surpassed all my expectations and I thoroughly enjoyed this. A hard one to rate, if I used my logic it wouldn’t be that high of a score, but the story and the feels would make me score it high. So for me a solid 8.5 out of 10 ❤️
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