the acting was exceptional

I miss liu Shi Shi in costume drama, so naturally I was anticipating this, but I forgot how good she was, the casting was perfect I liked the minute emotions passing through every characters eyes, it was perfection. when I started I was like they would all die anyway, who goes on a deadly mission and expect to come back alive, but few episode into the series I started to have hope, the characters grew on me, yuan lu, yu shisan, Qian, sun Lang, and A'ying. no character was unnecessary, every one played an important part in driving the plot, the story and the romance worked hand in hand neither bringing the other down, I also loved the consistency of the characters though the actress who played chu yue was a bit lacking at her representation of the character, her acting took a turn for the better eventually. you get to understand their thought process and even Jiu obsession for Ruyi though annoying was nonetheless heart wrenching and somewhat understandable for me. It's human nature to hope even while knowing the truth, I saw their demise, but I loves the characters so much I was in denial and when they started to leave one by one it made it all the more heartbreaking, even though I balled my eyes for the last few episodes, I'll still stand by the fact that this was a masterpiece, a journey, a romance and a relationship worth journeying with them for. the ending were chu your sees them all galloping through the meadow was soo beautiful and though she met a young boy named Ning Shisan who through his words we realized was Yangzhou and Ruyi's son and even had a little sister named Ren Lu who their father loves more, I realised that's the ending I wanted but it's all in chu yue's head, it's all in my head. War hurts, it's not necessarily about who won or lost it's about those who fought, about those who remain and try to move on, about those who are left and can't go on, even the emperor of wu learnt what sincerity and gratitude was. I totally recommend this, badass females, friendship, brotherhood, realistic death of main leads, and beautiful cinematography.

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It's thrilling and digs at what is considered ideal

For me the story was a beautiful tragedy with comedy here and there, i loved the plot and its progression although i admit at some point i began to question certain character prejudice.

The acting of ji sung has got to be the major reason i picked this drama but the other actors pulled their roles well too. The character Kang Yo Han has depth if you get to understand his way of thinking and method of doing things i would have loved if the plot as a whole dived a bit deeper into unraveling who this character was and less of what he stands for, he has a tragic past and suffering most "evil" character would, but he was much more than that, he never tried to justify his actions neither did he cloak it under "fighting for the greater good" shit. For me he was more human than a devil as he said "monsters aren't made, the monster inside is awoken" he strikes me in so many ways because he reminds me of a part of myself i kill to be able to associate freely, since most of my ideas and principle are considered under the minority.
The character Jung Sun Ah is a bit more cynical and unreasonable, a typical example of what an obsession can do, a strong woman fiercely guarding a set of ideas she has no opinions on, she emotional and impulsive without a care, she had no knowledge of what love and loving should be or feel like, she was well written with so much flaw that just makes sense.

Kim Ga On is a character without depth and reason, he judges and concludes whatever he can of Yo Han yet he's bent on giving infinite chances to evil and cynical people because that's he's belief, this point contradicts the principles he stands for. he's the only flaw of Kang yo Han but finding out why and how makes you realise that even if Yo Han is the devil himself he's still very much made of flesh and bones, for a judge he's more ideal than practical, a saint that's blind to all that's evil. Ga On love story is quite pathetic and slightly understandable one wouldn't trade friendship for love carelessly. Soo hyun as a character is quite weak and badly written for me she's a goody two shoes cop that has this belief of protecting Ga On innocence, diving into crisis without proper thinking i hated her at some point but later all I felt was pity she deserved more screen time for a main character.
The dialogue are quite meaningful and inspiring I like myself a real good conversation and this drama delivered steadily. The serenading classical and OST was nice.

Over all i really liked the drama with a goverment like mine the method of Yo Han would be ideal.

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The acting skill was legit

This is a romantic commedy that isn't too sappy nor fluffy it's worth the watch all through.
Kim hye sun acting was authentic and so real it makes you cry, L as the ML is no different he was able to give so much life to his character Dan and the chemistry between them was great you could feel all they felt in the way they portrayed it, lets not forget the main villain she did a great job in loving abd hating at thr dame time.
The only thing i didn't really get though was the character Guem ni na her jelousy for lee yeon seo was scary and her personality was unclear but latee on you ll get to understand why though.
The second ML did a great job as well his acting was flawleess in the way he gave his character life, he kept you guessing what he is after and what he wants. Though i didn't get the use of the lady who use to teach lee yeon seo and Guem Ni na, her part was not needed as well as the death of sunbae.

The music was so great that i downloaded the whole ost on my phone LOL
The whole story was not dragged on but i admit there was a time when i got tired and wanted a break but it was still worth the watch though ????
Sorry for the long review though.

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the subtility of the story

I really loved this masterpiece, from the story line to the setting and unraveling of the plot was epic and wonderful.
I came here for the Ye ji who played lee lael, she's good at delivering emotions. but the character Kang Yoo kyum captured my soul, he's story unraveled through his eyes and little gestures the actor is definitely my new favourite he delivered the character exceptionally well.

the tango theme though I'm currently new to but they sparked my interest with it, is it something you need or want? can it heal you? do you use it to hide your pain? those are the questions when you see how the theme works well with the story.

I recommend watching it because it's beautiful and to a large extent logical since most movies nowadays like making plots that just don't add up, I wouldn't really rewatch because I tend to hate movies after watching them again and damn the drama's pretty heavy not too dark but really not light either. great watch.

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The story telling was wonderful

A really beautiful and wonderful plot of romance with reason and agst, still this formes a beautiful story all together. The side character were very intruging and reasonable, but not all was as interesting as the other. The drama will have you questioning principles that was suppose to be generally held. For me the scorpion leader was a wonderfully sculpted and written villain, he might be unreasonable as most villanous character but he's complex, diverse and has multiple dimension, that get's you stuck in a love hate relationship.

For me the cast were wonderful and amazingly picked because they brought every character to life, the acting is top tier and their expressions says more than thousands of words, especially Zhang Zihan' character as well as Gong Jun their eyes speaks a volumes. My favourite character has to be Zhou Zishu, he's character may appear cold and self destructing but he's more complex yet simple, understandable yet complicated. He was really mesmerizing. Then there's Wen Kengxin who was brutal and often cold blooded but he was also lonely and softhearted in ways you'd learn as the show progress his character for me was really close to my being.

I appreciated that every single character added to the making and continuation of the plot as well as the climax, my only issue was the death and killing off of so many. The CGI was also wonderful not flamboyant but definitely pleasing. I'll recommend watching this series really. Did i forget to mention the suspence and the second couple will have you loving the watch even more, the character A'xian gives you a glance at reality' harshness, more so than ideal and contrary to that of Cao Weining gives you the ideal that can be acheives if we could listen and sense rather than judge and the combination of the rwo as a couple made me bloom and bleed.

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The character had so much dept my God!!

So when i saw the title i was skeptical and the synopsis didn't work out for me, but i'm so glad i tried it out.
This is my first Bai Yu movie and so far he did so much with his character Zhang Yulan i was so impressed he had so much expression and his eyes were so filled with emotion it was stunning, oh and Zhu Yilong nailed another role once again he did so well as Ye Zun and Shen Wei the acting was sooo great. The story made so much sense and as the tag says lots of character death but still worth it all the same.
The other cast did well too, though i would have wanted for the story to develope Ye Zun, i really think the character has a lot of depth and it wasn't portrayed totally.
The movie is something special and worth the watch if you are into a little bit of a heavy drama and also not a compulsive Romance shipper. Try it and you won't regret it. The ending was not what i wanted but i still got the satisfaction of finishing a movie with all the tears and emotions lol

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