Jamaal
Thrive Alone, Flourish Together, Blossom Forever
#Blossom is a historical drama that focus on rebirth plot. The story navigates through the female lead's independence and self-reliance, along with a mutually supportive and healing relationship between her and the male lead. All other elements, such as court politics, and the male protagonist's quest to seek revenge serve the main storyline without deviating from it. Is it different from bunch of rebirth Chinese drama like SOKP, or TPR? yes. it is very different in the point where our FL and ML didn’t have a converged story line in there first life like in most of rebirth. Their faith intertwined on a fateful snowy night at last moment of that life. They both ended of dead and the FL experience her first life as a dream. What so good about this drama?
#Rebirth sequence. I could say that it is the best rebirth sequence I've ever watched. She didn’t died and relive again like in a time loop or time reversal. The scene was spectacular and uniquely portrayed, also visually pleasing and emotionally captured. Watched it and you’ll believed me.
Character development. After Dou Zhao's rebirth, her goal in life isn't revenge or tormenting scumbags. Instead, it's about getting over the misfortune of her previous life and living well in the current one. She took all the measures necessary to change her first life. She tried to prevented her mother's death but she changed nothing. In her previous life, she was slowly poisoned which caused her chronic lung disease. But this time around she took the poison herself when she heard them talking about poisoning her. That led to her paternal grandmother taking her out of the family manor and and raised her in countryside. She engaged herself in a business, train her maids and got a knowledgeable man as her tutor. Smart indeed. For the male lead his life childhood exactly go as his previous life since he doesn’t have the knowledge of what happened.
Script was good though I was reluctant to continue through episode 2 as it felt like a short drama, since I'm not fan of that so called short drama. Every episodes felt like a single movie while some having a cliffhanger that you immediately clicked the next episode, pretty interesting.
Directing and cinematography. Not a single issue in that department, well done. All the shots are very exhilarating especially that episode 1, was perfect. I've watched some Ming dynasty dramas but I've never been a fan of their costume til now. LLTG and TSOM made me liked Han dynasty Song dynasty respectively. I like Ming dynasty because of Blossom. The decency, style, fashion of the costume made more ancient and that got me really into world setting. The themes and background tracks are really a fit for this type of setting, it was relaxing and mind refreshing.
Casting and acting. Meng ziyi is no newcomer in a Chinese drama, even if you didn’t ever watch her in a drama where she was the female lead you might came across her in a big budget drama as a second lead or a support. I've always been a fan of her since Ever Night. I clicked blossom only because of her. She portrayed Dou Zhao perfectly, I couldn’t asked for more. She embodied spirited, resilient, and self dependent Dou Zhao that you wouldn’t said that she doesn’t fit in that period but rather 21st century girl. You remember that look during competition when they tried to made her falk but she made one falled! I love it. Those her big eyes made me wonder is she really of Han descent? Li Yunrui, saw him first in LLTG, he was good there. But here, he totally shined as rebellious Yan tang and chivalrous general Song Mo, I want to see him more in that grey hair, but seeing him in that indicates that he is already poisoned! The chemistry is giving. I don’t mind them just showing them looking at each other for good 10 minutes. That scene in the ship when she recognized him as the masked man is the proof. What are you still waiting? Start blossom now, you won't regret it.
If the story didn't crashed, I would definitely give it 10/10. But hey! Its a Chinese drama, anything could happen. I have a good hunch it would definitely maintain its flow!
“Nine-layered wild flower can thrive on its own. But I believe with a little support, it can grow even more stronger”, she thrives alone and now they're flourishing together, I do hope their lives would #blossom forever!
#Rebirth sequence. I could say that it is the best rebirth sequence I've ever watched. She didn’t died and relive again like in a time loop or time reversal. The scene was spectacular and uniquely portrayed, also visually pleasing and emotionally captured. Watched it and you’ll believed me.
Character development. After Dou Zhao's rebirth, her goal in life isn't revenge or tormenting scumbags. Instead, it's about getting over the misfortune of her previous life and living well in the current one. She took all the measures necessary to change her first life. She tried to prevented her mother's death but she changed nothing. In her previous life, she was slowly poisoned which caused her chronic lung disease. But this time around she took the poison herself when she heard them talking about poisoning her. That led to her paternal grandmother taking her out of the family manor and and raised her in countryside. She engaged herself in a business, train her maids and got a knowledgeable man as her tutor. Smart indeed. For the male lead his life childhood exactly go as his previous life since he doesn’t have the knowledge of what happened.
Script was good though I was reluctant to continue through episode 2 as it felt like a short drama, since I'm not fan of that so called short drama. Every episodes felt like a single movie while some having a cliffhanger that you immediately clicked the next episode, pretty interesting.
Directing and cinematography. Not a single issue in that department, well done. All the shots are very exhilarating especially that episode 1, was perfect. I've watched some Ming dynasty dramas but I've never been a fan of their costume til now. LLTG and TSOM made me liked Han dynasty Song dynasty respectively. I like Ming dynasty because of Blossom. The decency, style, fashion of the costume made more ancient and that got me really into world setting. The themes and background tracks are really a fit for this type of setting, it was relaxing and mind refreshing.
Casting and acting. Meng ziyi is no newcomer in a Chinese drama, even if you didn’t ever watch her in a drama where she was the female lead you might came across her in a big budget drama as a second lead or a support. I've always been a fan of her since Ever Night. I clicked blossom only because of her. She portrayed Dou Zhao perfectly, I couldn’t asked for more. She embodied spirited, resilient, and self dependent Dou Zhao that you wouldn’t said that she doesn’t fit in that period but rather 21st century girl. You remember that look during competition when they tried to made her falk but she made one falled! I love it. Those her big eyes made me wonder is she really of Han descent? Li Yunrui, saw him first in LLTG, he was good there. But here, he totally shined as rebellious Yan tang and chivalrous general Song Mo, I want to see him more in that grey hair, but seeing him in that indicates that he is already poisoned! The chemistry is giving. I don’t mind them just showing them looking at each other for good 10 minutes. That scene in the ship when she recognized him as the masked man is the proof. What are you still waiting? Start blossom now, you won't regret it.
If the story didn't crashed, I would definitely give it 10/10. But hey! Its a Chinese drama, anything could happen. I have a good hunch it would definitely maintain its flow!
“Nine-layered wild flower can thrive on its own. But I believe with a little support, it can grow even more stronger”, she thrives alone and now they're flourishing together, I do hope their lives would #blossom forever!
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