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Cliche story lines/plots---Short Falls on Everything!
I was so looking forward to Cheng Yi and Yang Zi drama...both leads' acting is great and there's enough chemistry between them...However....it just can't make this a good drama, let alone a great one...Story lines: 2/10
It reminded me so much of TMOPB and Ashes of Love and a little bit of Goodbye my Princess...when the FL jumps or take meds to forget about her love...just backlashes from her own twin sister and another crazy fairy that caused heartache and misunderstanding...How could a heaven realm have such dark and evil fairies that can get away with their bad deeds!
Acting: 8/10
The score is for the male and female leads as I really liked both of them. I was not impressed with other cast members...
However, the two leads just can't carry the drama or make it a good one when everything else fails
Music: 4/10
Nothing to write home about..
Cinematography: -10/10 and yes that's a negative score!!!
The scripting, plotting, casting, directing is not up to par at all...
Rewatch Value: -10/10
I had to drop after only 8 episodes so the rewatch value would definitely be in the negative as well.
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The Gods Must Be Bored
Xanxia is that genre where we get to see how very dull life is for the Chinese gods. Their lives are lived at Tai Chi speed, and there doesn't seem to be a brain-cell in sight, generally.Yes, I heard that 500 years is like one human year, etc.... and therefore, many gods are still immature. Yet, how come the most childish god is always female? Why do we need another series of Yang Zi cheesing it up for laughs? Playing the same saccharine cutesy character, and somehow, we know the ML will fall for the cutesy behaviour, as he always does, despite him being a mature and wise god.
***BTW, having "romantic feelings" for a much younger woman, whether she is immortal or not, whom you literally saw created, and brought up yourself from a child in your own home, is incredibly creepy and gross, and nothing anyone says can convince me otherwise! The antithesis of romantic.***
The script dialogue here is quite well written though, I will say that. But another endless and slow immortal story that will feel like 500 years by the time it is finished? No thanks. I like the Elmo (LOL) Yumo dragon character so far (ooops, turns out he's a black fish, but why does he have horns then???? Bet he has some secret dragon magic) Good addition to the cast of characters. The stoic guy always gets the girl in C-dramas, but they are definitely the most boring. The demon world is always depicted as being more colourful, and bewitching, and I can't imagine anyone in their right minds would rather hang out with the heavenly immortals, if given a choice.
I'm going to have to pass on this one, watching yet another painfully slow love story about some stoic guy and his annoying and childish lady-love is more than I have the patience for. I liked what I read about a part-demon character, but I can see he is going to be steadfastly boring and stoic throughout, so I'm dropping this one.
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Xianxia of the year
One of the most highly anticipated dramas on my list this year.Both actors did not disappoint with their acting that brings their characters to life.
Story starts off a little bit slow, but really picks up after the first few episodes.
CGI is very good and pretty.
There are lots of scenes where you will see this.
Be prepared for lots of heart aches and tears.
Yet, lots of comedy here and there. The ost/music could be better, but it still gives the Xianxia sad song vibe. Rewatch value is high, so many scenes are so funny that you will want to rewatch over and over again.
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It was all because of a promise to adhere
LIKEThe happier days where Yan Dan and Ying Yuan spent in the Heaven Realm
What Yu Mo did to search for Yan Dan
DISLIKE
The evil Ying Deng
The selfish Zhi Xi
What Ying Yuan did to protect Yan Dan but hurt her instead
MUSIC - personal fav
无忘 Wu Wang - 张磊 Zhang Lei
沉香 Chen Xiang - 张杰 Zhang Jie, 张靓颖 Zhang Liang Ying
偏星 Pian Xing - 张靓颖 Zhang Liang Ying
红尘录 Hong Chen Lu - 张杰 Zhang Jie
REWATCH VALUE
Yes and I had re-watched twice
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“And further longing offered no respite…”
With these words uttered during the opening scene of the first episode, the wuxia seemed set to weave a heart wrenching tale. After the various twists and turns, the last episode ended with the same melancholic tone pulling me towards Part 2 in hopes of finding a happily every after ending.After having been blown away by Ten Miles of Peach Blossom, I can’t help but compare and wonder if I was overly generous with that drama’s rating because I was a newbie to wuxia back then.
Although this story had the usual jealousy and misunderstandings, it also had some unique elements and this drama was pretty decent overall. I loved the imagination of how the different realms looked along with the gorgeous costumes and headpieces. What it fell short of was logic (when someone is falling down, the clothes should flow upwards) and some messy wire work with landings and lift offs of the respective characters.
Kudos to the actress who played one of the villains. It is to her credit that I despised her and constantly wished she would get killed off. While the FL’s chirpy character reminded me of her other work in Ashes of Love, I am glad she showed better depth of love and sadness here. The ML as a deity was very similar to his other cool and serious self in Love and Redemption so it was good to see him be more expressive when he was a human in the Mortal Realm.
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Heroic resistance
Very excited about the ratings/ ranking, I have stubbornly clinged on until ep 6, hoping it will get better ..It happened that in some cases, like Faith, for instance - where it took the FL 4 eps to adjust , but after that it was a rush !!!Here however the cringe was too much, with the screeching and jumping of " young" character clever child-like playfullness..Sirry, not enough "."
Make a mash of Love and redemption and add a bit of Ashes of Love , let it slowly slowly cook until you are bored, and call it Immortal .
After all the wait and hype , such a bitter dissapointment !
Watch it for visuals of the actors, if you wish - or better rewatch one of their earlier, better dramas.
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almost a replica of AOL
As a person watched and enjoyed Ashes of Love, Immortal Samsara was a complete let down... It felt like AOL but very very uninteresting... I felt like why am i watching it if can rewatch AOL.. the plot is so similar. And I felt most scenes were cliche and cringe. And the same immature female lead and mature older male lead.. I love the female lead but I think it is time for her to choose her roles carefully.. Most of her roles are being repetitive. Psychologist was a very good attempt. saw a different side of her. But she shiuld stop playing 13 year olds now.. i know it is just the first part of the story, still i am not sold...Was this review helpful to you?
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FANTASTIC!!!
Now I know this review is a bit rushed but hear me out. It's my first time reviewing a c-drama and I have definetlty watched several; from Eternal love to Love and Destiny, Ancient love poetry e.t.c I kinds specialise in fanatsy dramas, cultivation, realm stuff and so on to be precise. This drama is a good one to watch, personally, it's marvelous but considering the larger picture and judging from the few episodes I've watched so far, it's still behind on the C-drama scale putting into consideration that it cannot reach the high cielings set by it's predecessors like Eternal love (Three live three worlds: Ten miles of peach blossoms), Love and redemption and Ancient love poetry which with not doubt were pure masterclasses.I'm taking nothing away from this drama, as I said; Absolutely love it, love the casting as some time was inserted into the cast selection unlike the storyline that was a bit rushed: Like how did all those Gods die so suddenly, the Demon war in the start was wierd as well and had a larger impact that it seems to have meant to. All I mean is that part is a bit rushed.
Graphics, acting, cast, LOVE IT!! Nice drama to watch if interested in heavenly, mortal, immortal and demonic stuff and if you're a fan of Cheng Yi plus that white haired guy (He Zhong Hua) who seemed to have mastered the techninque of producing masterclasses whenever he acts.
Yeah Try it out.....Definetly recommend it.
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Average
Negative vs positive➤N➤➤
I Think story was not strong. Makers enlarges the story unnecessarily. It's not worth to-be 59 episodes. Cheng yi's character can be more strong like " love & redemption " series. I saw "Love & redemption " 4/5 times. But immortal samsara is not worth of rewatching.
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I fall in love with role of cheng yi as asura Leader xuan ye,8( father role of yuan) . The costume, makeup, dialogue everything is perfect. Specially the hair style. It would be better if makers create another sequel series of cheng yi as a role of asura leader.
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Unbearable!
I’m normally a very tolerant and patient person. I can tolerate and follow through many crappy dramas just because maybe I like the story, or the acting, or the characters. But Immortal Samsara is such a pain to watch – the characters, especially Yan Dan, are so unlikable, and the storyline is stale; there’s nothing compelling about this drama. It is very rare for me to give up a drama, but I cannot even push through the third episode here, not that I have anything else to watch. I had thought I liked Yang Zi, but for some reasons, I have disliked her since The Oath of Love (crappy, dropped), and her portrayal of the Yan Dan character here is a total turn-off. Even so, I cannot bring myself to rate this drama below a 7.0/10 though my suggested rating is a 5.5.Drop after 2.5 episodes!
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Overused Genre of Xianxia gone wrong.
I'll be brief.Don't waste your time on this drama if you're a sensitive and judgemental critic viwer like me. because stupid shows like this pulls my trigger and I was provoked.
Acting, too dramatic
plot, Stupid repetitions of everything cliche about xianxia and made it to it's worse bake up. Like, why did they fall in love again??? I don't think I know ?
The writer just wants it like that, so okey. they're pushed together to fall in love...and die and die and die again for so called dramatic love. eww.
The only reason this drama was popular was because of leads and it's already Obvious so rest my case.
I wouldn't recommend this drama to sensible Drama viewers who wants quality over famous pretty leads.. Because this is a Xianxia trash at it's best
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Immortal samsara the besr drama
the story is very good, the ost is good, the scenery is good, the performances of yangzi, chengyi, zhang rui, and many more are all great, i really like the drama immortal samsara, very unique, funny, good...specially yangzi's play is very funny and entertaining, and i really like yangzi yandan clothes especially when disguised as a man, yangzi yandan is very beautiful even though she wears men's clothes, I hope there will be a good drama like this again...thank you for immortal samsara, the story is very good, the ost is good, the scenery is good, the performances of yangzi, chengyi, zhang rui, and many more are all great, i really like the drama immortal samsara, very unique, funny, good...specially yangzi's play is very funny and entertaining, and i really like yangzi yandan clothes especially when disguised as a man, yangzi yandan is very beautiful even though she wears men's clothes, I hope there will be a good drama like this again...thank you for immortal samsaraWas this review helpful to you?
