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YOUKU has been exceeding my expectations
I have been in a cdrama and kdrama slump since the start of the year and when I tell you every single episode was breath taking the cast the plot itself every time duke su and xu fangfei came on the screen I screamed and gushed over them I loveee this and I will rewatch forever.even the emperor and duke su relationship the brotherhood the them always trusting each other the emperor always saying come back alive.masterpiece and I probably won’t ever find a cdrama like this again .Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Female lead centric story
The plot is interesting and the music makes the action intense.As the story unfolds we get to see why each character is the way that it is.The cast is perfect, and as I saw familiar faces it made my experience all the more better. Ye Zhenzhen , Jiang Li , Tong er, Xiao Heng , Jiang Ruoyao were familiar faces for me.
Every bit of it is satisfying , however I feel the ending was a bit rushed. Overall it was fun to watch it.
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Goosebumps
A good actor bring goosebumps. But she cant do it alone. it need director and male lead and screen writers etc. But FEMALE LEAD DELIVERS on crunch time make this drama successful. for me its draggy in many many parts.Male lead got style issue covered. Also like that princess girl scenes.
Even though success depends in many factor , i think director of this drama played key role.
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Que C-drama incrível! Com certeza é um dos melhores deste ano. A história de vingança dos personagens é indescritível. Em meio à vingança e aos jogos de poder, o amor dos personagens vai surgindo gradativamente. Apesar de sentir que houve poucas cenas de romance, especialmente no início, onde o duque não apareceu muito, a partir da metade ele começou a ter mais destaque, o que, na minha opinião, tornou a história mais emocionante. Fiquei muito comovido pela atuação do elenco, que foi realmente excelente. O estilo de luta dos personagens era muito bom, tornando tudo ainda mais emocionante. O final quase me deu um susto; fiquei muito triste pela morte dos dois companheiros do duque que morreram em batalha. O episódio especial foi ótimo, mostrando que, no meio de tanto conflito, eles terminaram felizes juntos. Eu não sei vocês, mas sempre gosto quando os protagonistas têm um filho no final da história, mostrando que o amor deles perdurará. Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Excellent but some confusing parts
Overall the acting and story line was very well done. The story concerns a wife who was supposedly murdered by her husband, and buried alive, but lived and was found by a noble woman, who was sent to a religious institute, and her maid. The noble had been beaten and was treated badly and succumbed to her injuries. The wife assumed her other woman's identity and along with the maid vowed to avenge herself as well as the woman who's identity she assumed.It was confusing in that the two didn't look anything alike, but since the noble was sent away when she was 10, they dismissed it as she changed while away. When the husband and family met the returned 'noble', they all almost fainted as she was a twin of the wife he supposedly murdered.
Of course, the wife/noble avenged everything, but now the confusion. The noble and her sister were both in love with the same guy, even tho one was 10 when sent away the other was when her sister was sent away. We're suppose to believe that everyone was still having the same feelings? The fake was saved by an investigator, Duke, and he was the Emperor's right hand man, even thou the two met 8 years ago,, when bother were about 8 or 9 years old. Every one are adults but the time lines don't match.
Lastly, at the end, the Emperor sends Duke to the north flank to save that border, but it looks as if he failed, but the closing credits we see a horseman (legs only no face) riding towards his wife (the fake one), but not sure if he was still alive or it was his wife's dream/vision?
If you can get by the timeline of the different characters, it's well worth watching as there are some awesome plot twits that you don't see coming.
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Worthy of a rewatch.
This film has all of the elements of a good movie. The opening was suspenseful, and had high energy, with a little bit of a thriller. The main leads and some of the supporting cast portrayed their characters very well. The story has a nice flow without overshowing the backstories. The ending was unexpected but it put your heart to rest. I plan to rewatch this drama in the near future to pick up on what I missed the first time.I think there is some resemblance in the features and mannerisms of Wang Xing Yue and Zhao YingBo. Both of them portray their characters well. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do in their future roles.
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Secara keseluruhan :
Story : 7,0 (terlalu banyak adegan yang tidak penting yang seharusnya bisa di maksimalkan dengan menambah adegan peperangan di akhir cerita.lebih banyak interaksi antara karakter SML (Shen yurong) dan FL ( Xue fangfei),kurang nya atau sedikit. interaksi antara ML (xiao heng) dan FL ( Xue fangfei).
Acting: 10
Untuk semua akting aktris atau actor yang ada di drama the double sangat bagus.mantapp!!
Tontonan ulang:6.0
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Cunning vs Crazy and Cruel
I am adding my thoughts to compare to other recent dramas.With high melodramatics and several overtly theatrical visually cinematic moments, despite plot weaknesses, this drama works. Her cleverness, his cunning-- are a match of witty and eye-candy moment that are 'steamy' due to acting and visuals--for a censored C-Drama. This drama made me think of The Ingenious One with Chen Xiao but I thought it failed because he was too self aware of his intellect (which despite being a genius would fail time and again), whereas here, you get wrapped up in the attacks and counters from the lead pair against crazy evil injustice. This was more enjoyable despite the tragedy and cruel events that occur than Lost You Forever 2 which left one drained over the selfish melancholy.
That said, the apparently deep affection between the Emperor and the prior generation Consort was not explained (perhaps because in history there really was an Emperor who love a woman old enough to be his mother--but in that case she had raised him!--featured in Sleuth of Tang Dynasty, and an episode in Hi Producer with Joseph Zheng), which might have been more believable/palatable had we understood their backstory since the backstory for Emperor and ML, and all others were adequate (not necessarily justifiable) to explain their motives and actions.
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loved the leads loved the plot
I was shocked by how hooked I was while watching this drama. Binge watching it will be the best option cause the plot is not difficult to follow so it wont be very confusing. It was a generally very well written drama.plot: it was a revenge plot but not like a blind revenge. The female lead's plans involved more than just taking revenge on the people who harmed her but she also focused on clearing the names of people who were wrongly accused using the power of her current title. The female lead was extremely smart and independent she was definitely not a damsel in distress but really thought through all her plans before executing them. This was exactly why many times the male lead would just sit from far and watch her do her thing knowing she can resolve it herself.
characters: i did hope for more romance cause sadly there was barely any BUT the couple still liked each other for very long so everytime they met and had a conversation their chemistry was insane so you dont feel like you are missing out. Don't stop yourself from watching the show knowing the romance is a slow burn because the plot is really worth ur time. The ML was so good he was equally as smart and of power so even their chemistry in resolving the issues was so satisfying to watch. That one scene in the rain ahhhhhh (watch it to find out).
the villains on the other hand were so annoying means they really acted well. Princess wanning's character really made sense for the way she was treated and the actress did such a great job. SYR on the other hand was a coward till the end.
Now there is one thing which I am very disappointed with....the ending. Dont get me wrong, it is a happy ending but just not in the satisfying way. They rushed alot of things in the last 2 episodes and there were a few really redundant scenes.
Other than that I felt like this drama was really good and I would recommend it!
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exhausting after episode 24
No doubt the main couple is very well chosen, and are very good and nice actors. And the series was quite enjoyable until the beginning of episode 24. After that it becomes really heavy, as if the writter had pulled all the string of its imagination downwards to prolong the show to some 40 episodes. The series then plunges into the madness of some of the most wicked characters, masochist or serial killer, so vicious it becomes simply sordid to depict as well as to watch them, a kind of unhealthy voyeurism into the disturbed physche of some dangerous psychopath, definitely not my cup of Chinese tea/series. I am quite sad that because of the leading pretty faces, most viewers did not discern some things were going too far, but it is their problem after all.Having jumped prematurely to the end of the series to check it would not be an irreparable disapointment, I found out the torture did not stop there, and I decided to resume the flow only up to the last happy images of the last episode for the main couple. For after that we are left on this kind of very 'refined' double interpretation enigma, typicall of those 'lofty' series which refuses to give a frank happy ending because it is so called artistically cheap, even if the viewer/client loves it but will anyway be left frustrated.
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Surprising Gem
StoryI have seen a number of ‘rebirth’ stories but this one is the most compelling and realistic of this genre IMO. In addition to the effort to inject realism the story creates a surprisingly human and well acted female lead. Although she does fall into the ‘bodhisattva’ category in her determination to seek justice for others she is not insufferable nor is she overly calculating to the point that one thinks ‘well of course she is going to win’. Her enemies are for the most part fair matches but for different reasons: some are physically strong, some are greedy, others are extremely selfish and bitter.
The male lead is well acted and supports the female lead, respecting her intelligence as their love blossoms slowly.
The story itself is not super unique but its execution is what I think makes it a great show: the good acting, attention to detail, effects, and chemistry with characters.
What I liked the most:
While some of the villains were a little flat I extremely liked the effort put into creating some of the more realistic villains for a costume drama. Princes Wanning especially had a very interesting backstory that is slowly revealed over the course of the show. Several characters are foils for other characters and showcase one of the major themes of the drama which is we are all responsible for our choices in spite of the hardships faced. Sometimes people are strong enough to make better choices and sometimes others are so scarred by what happened to them that they become terrible people and can never get away from the trauma.
Final thoughts:
Any person who researches China will understand that their media industry places several requirements on content creators that emphasizes morality, serving the nation, and evil doers never winning. That being said, I think the creators of this show did a great job of working around these rules. I have no clue if the version I watched in America is the same version that aired in China but the version I saw in America was pretty solid.
I did not give the show a perfect 10 because it isn’t the kind of show I would likely rewatch.
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A Captivating Drama
It's a suspenseful drama, all over. Wang XingYue did a great job, so did Wu Jin Yan. The ending could have been better. Also, the deaths and punishment of bad people weren't satisfactory. It's almost like watching Game of Thrones' ending ?. Didn't like when Wen Ji and Lin Ji died, the director could have spared them, if he wanted. One of the few things I liked here is the costume of Duke Su. Red proved to be WXY's color. Nonetheless, I have enjoyed the drama, but I doubt that I'll rewatch it, because of the heavy suspense and all.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
