I started watching this series after Love Like The Galaxy. I became a fan of Wu Lei after watching him in Love Like The Galaxy. He is such a mature actor & good at expressing every kind of emotion at such a young age. It's astonishing.
Why were people so disappointed with the parrot scene? I mean not every C-Drama has a proper kissing scene. You can literally count C-Drama, which as a proper kissing scene. If you are so disappointed about not getting a proper kissing scene, then better watch Hollywood, they won't disappoint you, I promise.
Liked the idea of showing the comic illustration in between scenes. A unique & different screenplay. I like the cinematography.
Hated that they used voice over. Why in every Wuxia & Xianxia series has to use voice over. It's irritating.
Loved Li Chang Ge & Ashile Sun first met. It was so simple & casual. No dramatic eye contact, falling & catching nothing, just a simple look at each other. They have such a mature & understanding relationship. They didn't need to express their love for one another, they knew their love for each other. Love that Ashile Sun asked permission for Li Chang Ge's mother to marry her. Loved the scene where Li Chang Ge gets to know that A'Zhun is Tegin. Fall in love with the way Ashile Sun removed his mask with a style. Love their football game.
It was funny to see the scene where Ashile Sun holds Li Le Yan by the knife in her neck, where in Love Like The Galaxy, he is desperate to save her.
Li Le Yan is the opposite of Cheng Shaoshang. She is naive, doesn't know anything, can easily be fooled. But she changed a lot after being missing for a long time. She understood people's suffering & started on a journey to help people. Li Le Yan crying for Xiao Wu & Hao Du, becoming emotional. He fell in love with her after seeing the change in her.
A'Dor & Li Chang Ge's last scene was so emotional. Scene of Ashile Sun's mother dying was very heartbreaking, it was more heartbreaking after seeing Wu Lei's acting. He is phenomenal with his acting skills, he nailed it. The fighting scene he did after his mother's death was nicely choreographed.
Liked the fighting sequence between Li Chang Ge & Situ Lang Lang. It was funny to see Sun & Xu Feng fighting & Qin Lao eating without care & Luo Shi Ba is totally confused.
Surprised to see Du Ru Hui taking Hao Du feeling for Li Le Yan so easily. I thought he would be angry & oppose Hao Du's feelings for her, but he was rather supportive about it, even encouraging Hao Du to pursue her. The scene where Du Ru Hui included Hao Du in his family tree was so touching & moving. unexpected moment.
The look Sun gave to Chan Ge when she looked at him after finding out about the dancers.
The slap that Le Yan gave to Hao Du was unexpected & shocking. But her words were a true slap to him.
Li Chang Ge & Le Yan punishing the crown prince was a treat to watch.
Sun being jealous of Wei Shu Yu & ashamed of losing to him in front of Li Chan Ge is cute.
Sun & She Er have a complex relationship. They were close with each other & were each other's support system, but Ashile Chuobi ruined that relationship & turned it into a rivalry. But they also had love for each other deep down. Their last scene was so touching they come a long way. Their fighting sequence for Le Chang Ge was good.
On the other hand, Le Chang Ge & Le Yan have an awesome relationship. They were always there for each other. Even after Le Chang Ge's parents' death, she never blamed Le Yan nor hated her but always tried to help her.
Sun & Ashile Chuobi have a love-hate relationship. There is a lack of trust between them, but they have love for each other. Ashile Chuobi missed Sun a lot after he left & wanted to see him one last time & make amends with him. Sun also loved & respected him & saved him despite knowing he would be risking his own life.
The back story of Le Chang Ge's mother was heartbreaking.
The way Eagle Division came for Sun rescue & Situ Lang Lang, Xu Feng, Luo Shi Ba, Wei Shu Yu came to help Le Chang Ge shows true friendship.
Mimi Guli 's death was heartbreaking. Till the end she remained a loyal friend of Le Chang Ge & supported her
Love the songs, especially the tune that is played in suspicious or in fighting scenes.
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Riveting, interesting and well executed!
This has blown me away! I really loved the story and I enjoyed the the way they had blended the manhua in. I felt that it dragged a bit towards the end, but that was mostly because Changge seemed to lose her smarts. Her quick wit was a large part of why the show worked. But I think that it is something that unfortunately often happens in dramas, once the FL and ML are established they tend to lean into being taken care of and apparently can’t remember their ingenuity that kept them alive till now 😅 Be prepared to have your heart broken, but also healed again. 2ML and FL are forever faveszWas this review helpful to you?
Recommended
What can I say. Excellent story line, directing, casting. The characters development are well-done.None of the 40 episodes is boring. Which is quite an achievement by itself.
No excessive romantic scenes.
Great acting from Dilraba, Leo Wu, Yuning & Zhao Lusi. Even the supporting roles are doing great acting.
Dilraba is so cool as Li Changge.
But the charm of this drama is Leo Wu’s acting. He delivered that maturity aura despite his young age during filming. If I didn’t know his real age, I would have thought that he actually few years older from Dilraba.
The actor who played Khan is exceptional - I pity him, his character is not easy 😅. The actress who played Khatun is also excellent.
Worth my time. Recommended.
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Best Chinese Historical Drama
Beautiful story, powerful portrayal of characters, amazing chemistry between leads and soothing music. Rewatched several times and fell in love with it. I really loved everything about this drama.If you like powerful female protagonists, this is a must watch for you. Dilraba rocked with her portrayal of the FL. Also ML and all other characters have their one of a kind stories. The story flows like river so you won't realize before its over. Also the drama highlighted different aspects of good and bad for peace which was really mature. Surrendering in a war does not mean defeat as long as prosperity and peace can be achieved. This type of people-centric leaders are rare in these type of chinese historical drama. This drama carries a very powerful message. So, I will give it a perfect 10!
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Need to WATCH THE LONG BALLAD!
The story Was really great! I love all the CHARACTERS, the OSTS, Especially the STORY itself.In the First Episode, we could see that LI CHANG GE ( Princess Yong Ning) ( DILREBA), LI LE YAN (Princess Yong Gan)
( ZHAO LUSI) , ASHILEI SUN (LEO WU), HAO DU ( LIU YU NING), WEI SHU YU (FANG YI LUN). This story is well-known as CHANG GE XING it talks about the life of LI CHANG GE. In the first episode was the soccer fight but in the first round of the game, Wei Shu Yu ( Shu Yu Ge Ge) got injured so in the second round of the game Li Changge become the substitute for Wei Shu Yu. After Winning the game Chang ge go to her second uncle's house and give him the precious dagger. And she returned home to the EAST Palace and meet her mom and dad but her dad got angry because Chang Ge Gave the dagger to the second uncle but not to him. Li Change should be the real crown princess but her family was murdered by her Second Uncle ( Ep 2-3) and she was removed to be the crown princess. Her Cousin LI LE YAN got the title of Crown Princess. In order to know who murdered her family, she will have revenge. She stoled the Crown Prince Stamp. But she didn't know that she would meet Ashilei Sun. Their feeling for each other got deep and deeper.
JUST GO AND WATCH IT TO KNOW THE STORY!!
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Swords and Promises
**INITIAL THOUGHTS OF THIS DRAMA, REVIEW/RATING SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS DRAMA PROGRESSES*This drama is off to a great start. There's a strong plot desperately attracting you into the story. The first drama I've watched in 2021 and one of the first historical dramas I've watched that held my attention. I'm really a goer for historical dramas with political struggles.
**All of these are listed in my opinion**
This drama includes a strong + smart male and female lead. However, I'm not feeling the chemistry between the two main leads. It isn't a big problem in the drama though because both are visually appealing. At least the second leads have good chemistry (Hao Du and Leyan) imo.
Battles and some other parts are illustrated as cartoons. I'm not liking this fact because it is live-action after all, not donghua. This catches me away from the plot, it's quite disturbing imo. At least it's better than a war scene with horrible CGI and little effort.
Also, it's sort of hard to figure out who is who (Li Shimin's officials (there are 3 I keep mixing up)).
The music is this drama is superb. I'm really enjoying the sound effects in the drama. The opening and ending OSTs are so heartwarming. That's what I love most about historical dramas, the OSTs are amazing!!!
**I will most likely add more to this review**
**Also note that my ratings for rewatch values are always lower because I'm not a fan of rewatching dramas, even if they're good. It ruins the drama if you ever rewatch it despite knowing the entire plot. I might watch snips and clips but definitely not the whole drama**
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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair
This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.
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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.
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The Ultimate Mary Sue
According to my dictionary, a "Mary Sue" is a female character who is unrealistically lacking in flaws or weaknesses. There's little else to add to this when using it to describe Changge. I don't mind (and rather like) a hero who does less than acceptable things and even terrible things, and then slowly grows and evolves. I'm not sure how many episodes I made it through, ten or so. Changge most emphatically had no weaknesses. What was so much worse, however, was that her many (many) flaws were depicted as not her fault. Within those episodes that I watched, she did so many truly selfish, selfish things and every time she, and other characters, shrugged it off as somehow her right given her situation. And again and again she was treated like a godlike entity of ultimate, singular, isolated perfection. I felt like I was reading a Nancy Drew book.I simply couldn't tolerate her. Enormously unlikable character completely wrapped in Mary Sue-level armor to a point that created a plot comprised exclusively of deus ex machinas. Her storyline is predictable, flat and made dull by her general unlikability. I have no interest in her sorrows or sufferings given her scoldy moralizing and petty, immature self-righteousness. Her anger and pain are robbed of their weight by her need to place herself – as victim – in a place of greater importance than anyone else in existence. I can't abide a hero who uses their own pain to justify causing pain to others. Nor can I abide a story that refuses to acknowledge such behavior as selfish to the point of iniquity, but rather portrays it as if it's some vindicable complexity. And I can't tolerate a character who is treated like a hero despite the fact that they do not behave like one. If she's meant to grow, perhaps that will make up for this, but from what I can glean from the reviews, what growth occurs doesn't happen till late. I'm uninterested in sitting through dozens more episodes of her current behavior when there are too many other things on my list.
I would consider watching only the parts with Hao Du, as he is arguably the most interesting character, but I'm not sure it's worth it. And as it stands right now, the thought of watching one more frame of Changge makes me want to chew glass.
If the story had been worthwhile I might not have even minded those truly, truly dreadful cuts to animation at the moments of big action scenes. But that was really the horrible icing on the pain cake. What a terrible decision.
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Its overrated...!!
Story :: the story is typical princess revenge type story...there is nothing so new about the story...i have seen so many dramas in that story..that's why story is quite good for me...The direction was good.. Production seems to be okay for me...
Cast:: this drama casted so many popular and great actor/actress i think... Zhao lusi :: le yan... I think It's absent in main manhua...nothing significant about her role..this kids badly need some improvement in her dialogue delivery, and expressing emotions..its really long way to go..
Dilreba:: Li changge...because she is the main female lead i think she really should do much hard work than any other actors in this drama..Her acting is not that convincing...Previously its happened to me that i liked her appearance,and look but i had to dropped that drama for her awful acting.. I know she has a huge fan following but i spent my time and money not only for her face..come on..! In this drama she needs to potray as a man. What is most hilarious about that is she wears lipstick and eyeshades even nail pain in portraying the 'male look''.. I mean seriously?? Her crying scene not that convincing also..u have a great potential girl why Don't u just learn some acting?? I m sorry i must say she is fit for the 'Li changge' character... There are so many dramas she fitted perfectly..
Leo wu::..Ashile sun.. I know him since my whirlwind girl..he had a great chemistry with seven tan..he has grown up but besides dilreba he looks like her little brother (i had no doubt about that).. I think dilreba put some wt, thats why she looks really aged, thats not the prblm but with imagining her with leo wu its really uncomfortable.. I Couldn't enjoyed them together..they can choose another actor rather than leo wu..but his acting skills is good..
Hao du...:: this is the only character that convinced me to watch the series...but less screen time..this is my first time to watch of his.. He did really well..
Overall :: i couldn’t made myself attracted to this drama.. May b later i will try to watch this once Again... ((Possibility 10%)) if in the beginning of the drama i found myself not convinced with the character that palyed by the actors,i dropped that drama..that goes same to this drama...
Don't take it as a offensive way...i m not a great cdrama fan though... But i have watched countless cdrama(specially costume drama))...so i wrote this review according to my experience... Thank u..
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Something is missing
This should be amazing, but something is missing, and I don't know what it is. The first episode was so interesting it was on track to be one of the best shows ever, but what happened?Very attractive cast, and the cinematography is good. I think the fight scenes are lacking. There is a lack of emotion. At times I was not sure I understood what was happening. The little cartoon effect are cute but sometimes take away from the battle and makes it feel like it never happens hence you don't feel their emotions.
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Un gros coup de cœur pour cette ballade épique
Certains ont déjà posté de très bons avis sur la série que je vous conseille de lire. J'ai écrit cet avis pour partager avec d'autres fans de dramas sur un forum et je voudrais l'avoir dans un endroit plus accessible pour pouvoir partager mon coup de cœur pour cette série.L'histoire est remplie de combats (les chorégraphies des combats sont vraiment très bien faites et comme ce n'est pas de la wuxia, on est vraiment ancré dans le réel) et de batailles (présentées de manière très originale et qui m'ont beaucoup plu sous la forme d'images animées, bien mieux que des effets spéciaux tous nuls), de stratégies militaires, mais également d'une vraiment discussion sur les conséquences de la guerre sur les populations civiles (et notamment sur les enfants et les femmes (pas que, mais il y a plusieurs arcs narratifs centrés sur elleux et notamment un très, très bien centré sur la vie d'un groupe de femmes dans un atelier de fabrication de textile)). Il y a une vraie discussion sur le rôle et les responsabilités des gouvernants qui n'auraient pas détonné avec certains romans historiques et épiques de par chez nous. Il y a une vraie attention portée au détail pour rendre le tout réaliste (des conséquences de la guerre et des famines donc, mais aussi dans les discussions des personnages (les personnages passent beaucoup de temps à cheval et c'est l'une des premières séries où j'ai vu une constante préoccupation en ce qui concerne les limites physiques des chevaux, plusieurs personnages féminins mentionnent leurs règles (oui, pas pour rien et ça va avec l'histoire et oui, la série est écrite par deux femmes)).
Tous les personnages sont complexes et vraiment développés. Les personnages principaux, d'abord : Li Changge, jouée par Dilraba Dilmurat et qui est vraiment un très bon personnage principal qui a une vraiment évolution au cours de la série et qu'on suivrait aussi jusqu'au bout du monde, Ashile Sun joué par Wu Lei, le général de la Division des Aigles des tribus de la prairie (car oui, la série inclut autant les territoires de la dynastie Tang que les prairies de Mongolie (et même le désert voisin avec ses tribus)), Li Leyan, jouée par Zhao Lusi, la meilleure amie de Li Changge et l'autre personnage avec une vraie évolution du personnage que l'on voit grandir et devenir plus indépendante et comme disent les anglais a force to be reckoned with. Pas que les autres personnages n'évoluent pas, au contraire, mais vraiment ces deux-là et Hao Du qui vient ensuite ont l'évolution qui m'a le plus marqué (et aussi les autres personnes avec qui j'ai parlé et qui ont vu la série). Tous trois acteurs ont d'ailleurs obtenu des prix pour leur talent d'acteurices par le passé ! Enfin les deux autres personnages principaux, Hao Du, le garde et soldat stoïque, fils adoptif d'un des ministres, que je ne portais pas dans mon cœur au début et qui a su devenir l'un de mes personnages préférés (lorsqu'il commence à sourire après pas mal d'épisodes, rhalalala, son visage s'illumine !) et Wei Shuyu, le rival et meilleur ami d'enfance de de Changge et Leyan, personnage envers lequel je suis ambivalente, mais c'est totalement voulu par rapport au personnage.
Il y a toute une galerie de personnages secondaires tous aussi complexes et intéressants les uns que les autres. On se prend à aimer des personnages qu'on ne pouvait pas voir en peinture au début (certains des ministres notamment) et même les antagonistes (dont je ne révèlerai pas qui iels sont parce que l'antagoniste principal m'a vraiment pris par surprise dans la dernière moitié de l'histoire) ont des personnalités et des histoires développées pour en faire de vraies personnes avec des buts, des sentiments (et des ressentiments) et même sans être d'accord avec leurs buts ou leurs manières de faire, on comprend d'où iels viennent et on en vient même à se sentir désolé.e pour elleux et ce qui a fait qu'iels en sont arrivés là. Il y a de nombreux parallèles entre les différents personnages et comment présenter avec des situations similaires, il y a toujours plusieurs chemins (parfois aussi bons/mauvais l'un que l'autre, parfois l'un plus au-dessus de l'autre). J'étais un peu perdue entre tous les personnages (j'ai mis plusieurs épisodes à réussir à différencier certains des personnages (et l'on m'a dit que je n'étais pas la seule et que de nombreuses personnes ont galéré)), cela dit on finit assez rapidement par reconnaître tout le monde et ensuite de nombreux personnages secondaires sont présentés pour les différents arcs de la série, certains que l'on ne voit que pour quelques épisodes et d'autres que l'on revoit par la suite. Il y a un vrai sentiment que ce qui se passe et les personnages que l'on rencontre ont un importance. Ce ne sont pas juste des pions pour faire avancer l'intrigue, mais de vrais personnes avec leurs buts propres et des vraies relations d'amitié qui se créent et tiennent. Il y a tellement de personnages que je voudrais mentionner et qui méritent qu'on parle d'eux, mais il y en a tellement et on ne rencontre certains que plus tard dans le récit et je ne veux pas spoiler, mais j'aurais quelque chose à dire sur tellement d'entre elleux (Mimi, Mu Jin, Zhenzhu (13 ans la gamine et pourtant déjà !), She'er, A'Dou, Gongsun Heng, Li Jing, Li Shimin bien entendu ! et tant d'autres (la liste sur MyDramaList donne 91 acteurices et je pense pouvoir dire un mot sur au moins 50-60 d'entre elleux). Toujours est-il qu'il y a non seulement une galerie de personnages, mais également une galerie de personnages féminins complexes et avec tous types de caractères et de capacités, certaines qui se battent, d'autres qui travaillent et essaient de survivre, des plus douces, des jeunes, des plus âgées, etc. Il y a une scène avec 5 personnages qui s'avancent dans une rue avec une musique épique et normalement on a 4 gars et une fille, mais ici, il y avait 3 filles et 2 gars, et c'est vraiment un bon exemple pour toute la série sur l'importance constante donnée aux personnages féminins.
C'est une histoire épique, digne des grandes ballades (ça ne s'appelle pas The Long Ballad pour rien) et les romances ne sont pas en reste que l'on parle du couple principal (que j'ai shippé dès le début, iels vont Très, Très bien ensemble et c'est quasi instantanément à la vie, à la mort, d'une manière qui fait complètement sens), du couple secondaire (dès qu'iels étaient à l'écran, je ne pouvais pas m'empêcher de remarquer à quel point iels étaient mignons), ou d'autres couples qui se développent dans les personnages secondaires et qui ont tous une place (comme j'en ai rarement vu parce qu'en général, ce n'est pas autant développé pour les personnages secondaires). Et puis comment ne pas mentionner les amitiés, très nombreuses dans le drama : Celles qui se forment au cours de l'histoire, mais également celles qui la précède (Li Changge et Li Leyan, mais aussi Sun et les autres hommes de la Division de l'Aigle qui forment assurément mon groupe préféré dans la série, j'ai beaucoup aimé tout l'arc narratif qui se passait dans la prairie parce que leur amitié et leur engagement à la vie, à la mort crée une vraie cohésion du groupe, malgré le nombre important de personnages).
L'histoire est vraiment solide, c'est rempli de rebondissements et je ne savais pas où l'intrigue allait aller à chaque instant. Plusieurs fois dans la série on voit les personnages jouer au jeu de go et cette série, c'est vraiment la même chose. On est surpris, mais jamais parce que les retournements de situation ne font pas sens, au contraire ! Les personnages ont des réactions sensées et sont tous suffisamment intelligents pour qu'on comprendre comment iels sont arrivés là où iels sont. Il se passe tellement de choses en 49 épisodes qu'il est impossible de faire un résumé succinct, mais je peux simplement dire que l'on ne s'ennuie jamais ! L'intrigue est rapide, mais pas trop, ça va à la vitesse qu'il faut avec certains arcs plus courts que d'autres, mais encore une fois, cela fonctionne. Ce qui a besoin de plus de temps en reçoit plus et ce qui a besoin de moins en reçoit moins. (Attention comme tout drama chinois et encore plus pour un drama historique, il y a des morts, certains auxquels on s'attend (mais ça ne m'a pas empêcher de pleurer, notamment vers la fin de la série où j'ai pleuré à grosses larmes) et d'autres qui nous surprennent (dont une à laquelle je ne m'attendais tellement pas que j'ai arrêté l'épisode pendant 30 min parce que je n'arrivais pas à me remettre du choc).)
D'un point de vue technique, la cinématographie est très belle et bien faite et c'est un plaisir à regarder. Je mentionnais les combats bien faits et l'utilisation astucieuse de dessins pour les batailles et autres moments qui nécessiteraient des effets spéciaux plus tôt, mais je les rementionne ici parce que c'est pour moi un gros point fort de la série, non seulement par son originalité, mais aussi parce que le résultat n'aurait sûrement pas été aussi bon si ça n'avait été qu'effets spéciaux. Mention spéciale pour les costumes et notamment les costumes de la tribu Ashile que j'ai personnellement beaucoup aimé ! Et puis la musique !!! La BO instrumentale qui accompagne la série fonctionne très, très bien et les quelques chansons de la BO sont aussi extrêmement bien faites (et les avis sur la question semble unanime). J'ai quelque fois sauté le générique de début et de fin (environ 2 min chacun) pour aller plus vite, mais sur la deuxième moitié de la série notamment, j'aimais tellement les deux chansons que je laissais les génériques défiler juste pour les entendre.
Sinon en moment ???, il y a une scène de danse folklorique dans un des royaumes du désert avec une musique moderne et une choré reprenant les gestes barrières contre le covid (distanciation sociale, lavage de main, se moucher et jeter le mouchoir) qui m'a fait réagir en mode ??? tellement c'était incongru et je me suis mise à rire pendant 5 min.
Rhalala, j'aurais tellement à dire sur ce drama (notamment en allant plus en détail dans les spoilers), il s'y passe tellement de choses, il y a tellement de personnages intéressants, j'ai passé un si bon moment, mais j'ai déjà écrit 1800 mots et il faut savoir s'arrêter. C'est un vrai, vrai coup de cœur que je ne peux que conseiller à tout le monde. Vraiment ne vous laisser pas effrayer par le nombre d'épisodes, ça vaut vraiment le coup. Je sais que je la reregarderai assurément (et je suis déjà en train de la reregarder) et en attendant je vais aller écouter la BO en boucle !
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