This is a short review. Simply because there is nothing to review. Luo Jin's one dimensional acting makes him so pathetic from beginning to end. And He is the lead? Claudia Wang at least gave us 2 dimensional acting but for her to be the most beautiful woman in the world. what a typecast. Dont get me started on Yu Hei Wei. I know Jiang Jiya was slow but the one who played him tried hard to act slow. The CMG was inconsistent most of the time and even with the lavish costumes and props, all the extras look like market vendors. Cant they find taller and more fit men to be soldiers?
Direction was pretty bad. Lu Xing was better (just slightly) as an actor. He played around with the original story now im all confused and disgusted. There is a big big difference between being contemporary and staying true to the storyline.
OMG the music should have just taken over all the speaking parts. It was loud most of the times that it made the whole scene look like MTV.
Investiture has always been hard to figure out but this version just made it to Guinness for being the biggest and largest pile of blob ever. Avoid pls.