Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact (2024)

Just So Boring!!

Dropping this was not an easy decision to make for this drama had been one I was really looking forward to. I just found the story to be so boring and nothing interesting happening. Also I don't think Yang Mi and Gong Jun have any chemistry what so ever. I usually really like Yang Mi but she did not blow me away in this she just seems to have the same expression on her face no matter what happens through the episodes I did watch. If you can make it through the story Gong Jun is definitely worth watching. The one thing I did like in this was the costumes for the cast the were beautiful but that was about it.

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A passable fox romance.

- starting quarter: good interesting
-middle quarter: meh and meh only visuals and rendom fluff.
- later middle quarter : built some what of a momentum the twisted ark begins
- final quarter : peaked with the twist but fell short for an impactful ending.

the main plot of giving a tangible value or place holders to feelings felt really cringing at times
what do you mean the love seed?? what the heck it grows with what tears??? like what, they could have at least come up with analogies for those feelings.

besicly large tree powered by love balancing the relmns. And human × spirit war stuff = bad!
All of the CPs are mirrors of the main leads story just with lil tweaks.

the cgi was one of the hopes of this drama and it kinda was inconsistent through out the run
they keep switching from high to low.

the cast? Are almost all leading actors and actresses they. their characters were bland and fixed to box little growth was seen and that did happen felt rushed.

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Did not disappoint

First time leaving a review here. Maybe I had really low expectations since everyone was bashing it but I actually enjoyed watching this drama.
There was always something happening, in an unpredictable way that keeps you wanting to watch some more. It’s a slow burn. It’s not addictive like you have to binge watch it in 3 days (compared to eternal love for eg.) but it did keep me interested until the very end.
Some parts I got a bit lost/confused but it wasn’t as bad as I thought.

Pros; stunning casts, especially Yang Mi. She’s still pretty as ever.
Dongfang yue chu is also very cute and good looking. Upbeat personality.
Their dialogues/interactions are so sweet to watch.
The minimal intimacy/love scenes were appropriate.
It’s definitely more interesting than Legend of Shen Li (I’m a big fan of princess agents and wanting to see the main OTP tgt so bad so I watched LOSL but it’s just not the same)
I liked that there’s so many different characters hence keeps the story interesting.

Cons: there were some confusing parts maybe I wasn’t paying attention.
Dramas these days aren’t the same as what it use to be. Even in Eternal Love there’s actual fighting scenes. It’s still in the setting of the magical realm.
The fighting scenes here are all CGI. Lucky there’s even fighting scenes. Some dramas don’t even show fighting scenes anymore. I watched one with Dilraba and all the fighting scenes were in cartoon…

Should definitely give this a try if you’re on the fence!

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Could have been better

So I watched this drama solely for Gong Jun. I also like Yang Mi. This drama has spectacular visuals no doubt, beautiful costumes and really good CGI effects. However it all comes down to the story and the plotline which could have been better. The story according to my point of view was haphazard. Everything is happening and none of the matters are getting sorted out even though Honghong keeps on sacrificing her love seed and what not. After a point of time it got really tiresome as the villain was not dying. The villain plot got so annoying that I started to wonder if there was any point in sacrificing so much to stop Shi Ji from doing anything. The love stories were good but I didn't understand what happened at the end. Were all of them alive or not. I especially liked the story of bull spirit and constable Lyu. The plot twists a lot of them were so stupid and at the end I felt that things were kinda rushed. However I am rating this 7 cause of the actors and their acting. They were really nice.

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where was the good drama I anticipated all this time?

this was one was the worst good dramas I've ever seen. the good part goes to the actors and all the work the team put into making this drama and the worst part goes to the really weak story line and the almost none existence romance between the mains. I was not searching for hot blooded passionate love but come on at least a few deep emotional scenes would do but to my outer most disappointment all the romantic scenes between the mains was so lurk warm. For whatever reason in the sacrificial scene in the last episode the emotions the female lead pulled were so weak I just could not watch till the end and just skipped that part. All in all a failure of good actors, huge budget and well gathered team.

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kinda disappointing (and i have a lot to say about this show)

honestly had no expectations for this show and i'm a huge fan of yangmi so naturally i was looking forward to this show. i read reviews once the first few episodes were released and thought everyone was being a little bit too harsh like y'all were saying the age gap was weird and whatever and how she 'practically raised' him and stuff like that but i honestly thought the first few episodes were pretty solid and interesting enough to keep me wanting to watch the show. whoever is complaining about the age gap stuff are the same people who will giggle and support the couple if the man was the significantly older one while the female was the younger one so i'm not gonna talk about that. y'all just don't like older woman-younger man dramas LOL.

then in the middle of the show it started getting repetitive and it was like the same storyline was repeating over and over again, he saves her, she saves him etc etc. it was VERY boring and much different from how i expected the storyline to play itself out. the cgi, the fight scenes and the progression also started getting sloppy, then i found another show to watch and lost interest by the time tushan hong hong lost her memory so i just ended up skipping to scenes with yangmi only. didn't even watch the last 2 eps because i saw the ending on weibo anyway LOL

another thing is none of the characters were very engaging, probably because i didn't know much about them at all. the plots were very there and then based and none of them were given any character development. that being said, i dare say none of the love lines in this show had chemistry with each other except butai and that guard but well that didn't end well. the love lines weren't developed properly which is so unfortunate bc in the first few eps i thought yangmi and gongjun actually had chemistry, like the TENSION WAS THERE but it fizzled out so fast due to the lack of development in their love line (at some point they HAD to let tushan hong hong and dongfang yuechu have some moments but all of which i can't seem to remember except when he made the fake snow and the fireworks thing but that was in the earlier episodes if i remember properly. other than that they gave us crumbs, making it extremely hard for me to even see that they were even the main couple LOL.)

i do like the soundtrack and the costumes but other than that i find it hard to say anything positive about the show. they had an amazing cast but they wasted it with a horrible screenplay and i definitely feel like they could've done so much better. maybe i'm being too generous with the score but yeah!

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Slow start to a promising drama that I was looking forward to.

Ep 1 to Ep 8: The problem with the drama is Yang Mi's character Tushan Hong Hong's lack of facial expressions. It seems like her face is made of stone and doesn't move at all. In contrast, Gong Jun's Dongfang Yue Chu is quite expressive and fun to watch. I guess that they are trying to make her seem unattainable but it doesn't come across as that. Cheng Yi's Lord Ying Yuan did it better and still expressed emotions. Apart from that, the story is so slow and draggy. I hope it picks up pace soon. I'm watching the drama when I'm sick and it is already making me more sleepy. The chemistry is there between the two, I hope we can see it shine soon. It was good to see Wei Zhe Ming's character, I like him dressed like that. I hope the show gets better.

Ep 8 & Ep 10: The story is so boring, Hong Hong's and Yue Chu's story is the only thing I'm interested in. They have such a beautiful and talented cast, but it fails to create engagement. I really want to like this drama, everything including the graphics are so beautiful, hope it gets better!

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A very exciting drama for adventure lovers

Okay first Tama I don't know many people say they don't like the chemistry between tushan honghong and yuechu. Many people also say that this drama is too far-right. Come on, adventure dramas won't be fun without humor, just like western travel. Full of humor and adventure!

Basically this drama follows the animated series, in my opinion it has exceeded what I thought, more like a western film adventure that is light and not heavy.

As for romance, it looks like we'll see that in a bit. I like Gong Jun's acting, here he shows another thing, namely his active nature.

For Yangmi he looks Badas as a fox leader, and I really like his cool style.

Cinematography, oh, there's no doubt that Chinese dramas are already at Marvel level.

I think the OST would be more indulgent if there were elements of magic and fantasy in it.

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