Legend of Snake (2021)

Nice movie infairness

Umm speaking of chinese period movies, I rarely find nice ones so I can say this movie is top notch. Not toof fast and too slow. Not the usual legend of white snake story . In this case, its the guy who is the snake ?. I don't really understand 100% what was going on because You Tube has no English sub but I am somewhat confident that I know what's happening. I don't understand why did the guy fall for her. Anyways i dont care because the guy is so sweet and protective. The female lead is annoying at first. Childish and weak but there is development I think? But still weak. Ugh. ?
Anyways I thought it was nice bec of the male lead. Not bad trying since you only need more than an hour .

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No Impact

I came across this movie in my recommendations on Youtube and decided to give it a try.

Let's start with the story. It's interesting enough, as there seem to be some layers to be uncovered, but the editing is all over the place and all the scenes lose any impact. They fall in love supposedly deeply, but you can't feel any of it. The emotional scenes lack any impact, because once again the editing make them seem out of the blue. Even the fight scenes, while pretty, eventually end up lacking any excitement.

Most of that is due to editing, but I must also mention the acting. Unfortunately, not that great. Also unfortunately, it goes for the whole cast. Whether it was the directing or the acting ability, none of the actors had any presence on screen. The ML is expressionless. Even if the character is written as a cold snake demon, you would at least expect him to show some expressions once he warms up and falls in love, but his face literally didn't move. At all. Throughout the whole movie. It was like looking at a picture. The female lead, while a bit better, didn't really do that great either. Their chemistry was also non-existent, so with the two of them in the most scenes, you end up watching a very boring couple. The SML is just there. No real impact. Very bland.

The music didn't really help either and seemed out of place sometimes. It didn't always match with the scene you were watching.

All in all, none of the aspects of the story had any impact. The story had potential and with better editing and a more charismatic cast might have been much better, but it ended up being on the boring side.

This story may actually work better as a drama. Giving the characters more time to develop and adding a bit more background. As a movie, it's a bit lacking.

There's also a part two, but I'm not sure if I'll be watching that.

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