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Great potential but poorly executed
I’m usually super generous with my ratings but 7.5 seems about right. I was so excited to watch this cause the teasers and the plot line seemed super interesting - it had so much potential but the execution really lacked.I think it’s mostly the writings fault. Honestly had no idea what was going on most of the time, all the scenes just came out of nowhere somehow and it literally just doesn’t make sense.
As for the acting I think Cheng Cheng and the girl who played Lu Li actually did quite well even when the dialogue just didn’t make sense - they were the most natural. But seriously the guy who played Na Duo he just seemed to overact the entire time. And I say that as an actor myself lmao to be fair it could have been the directing too cause in general most of the acting in this show just felt like it was ‘acted out’.
I really wanted to like it but to be honest I only kept watching for Cheng Cheng as towards the end of it I just couldn’t be bothered for the plot anymore.
To say something positive though I think the cinematography is absolutely amazing as well as the top notch special effects, visual effects etc. Lyuteng city looks beautiful!
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Left my heart torn apart
Super high stakes, unpredictable, outstanding cinematography, beautiful OST, amazing directing and screenplay, incredible acting performances - a masterpiece!I was hesitant to watch this since I’m usually not a fan of historical dramas but I was blown away.
I just finished the show and after bawling my eyes out for hours, this has left a permanent void in my heart that I’ll never forget.
The beginning and first half was sometimes a little slow paced for me to be honest but it builds up for the later half so that at that point you’re so attached to the characters it’ll crush you.
There’s a lot of like political stuff you might not understand unless you really pay attention to what’s going on all the time and every little scene is important. Even when it was slower it still had me glued to the screen and kept me interested which really surprised me.
And the second half I literally couldn’t take my eyes off.
(Not that I could see a lot through my waterfall of tears lmao)
The only thing that bothered me a little sometimes was the acting skills of the foreign actors on the show. As an actor myself I just wish they could find some foreigners that are actually actors. The Korean actors though just WOW! Incredible. Especially the 3 second leads too I am in love with their characters.
Also it got me really interested into researching more about the actual history of that era.
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