In terms of the story, honestly ... this drama is only good at the beginning of the story and starts boring after turning to the eastern palace (tong gong) with a simple story with 50 episodes as if it has been stretched out with problems of memory ... confusing costumes between Japan and China made me judge badly the unclear costume order for this drama ...
In terms of acting, there are only a few who might have pretty good acting skills like main casts maybe...
In terms of music, maybe nothing special for me ...
Overall I gave a rating of 5 for this drama ...
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Is it really considered a love story?!
I have to say that I did not complete this show and don't know if I ever will.I feel really torn about this show. It is my second time trying to watch it. The first time I spoiled myself with the ending. Since the comments said the show had a tragic ending, at the time I only wanted to watch shows with a good ending so I decided to drop it. When I decided to go back to the show, fully knowing how it would end, I was prepared and ok with it. But watching the episodes and seeing how the ML abuse the FL, I can't take it.
The first line of the show's description literally says: ''A love story revolves around the 9th Princess of Western Liang as she journeys to the Central Plains to fulfill a marriage alliance with the Crown Prince.'' How are you going to call this a love story and have him abuse her every episode to "protect" her. Plus I've read that he actually rapes her. I'm sorry but I really can't do with any of that, and that she still falls in love with him despite all that he does to her.
Also, so many of the choices the other characters take really doesn't make sense and are more frustrating than enjoyable.
Sucks because I did quite like the plot about both of them losing their memories and the setting of the show.
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This is still worth watching but I am looking for the warfare to begin. Xxxxxxxxxcxxccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccccc ccccccccccccccccccxxxxxcccccccccccccccccccccccccccvcvvvvvvvvv
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Heartbreaking Story
This drama been in watch list for some time, but as chinese drama usually come with many episodes, I just need time to prepare, because I don't like being disturbed when watching. From the first episode really capture my heart, beautiful scenery also the story somehow promising. Yet I find myself deeply intach with this drama for few days, apart from clichè scenes, the rest are good although there're a lot of politic conflict story more than the love relation story. Slowly I just mesmerized with the actor and actress acting, they're so good to potrait the emotion especially couple last episodes, thats just heart breaking, I cry a lot and can't move on from this drama, no wonder this was recommended drama back on 2019. Not missing the ost too, only 3 songs but deep meaning and complete this drama. Maybe I'll rewatch it again for the director's cut, dunno when but will.Was this review helpful to you?
Excellent Heartbreaking Drama
I just watched this goodbye my princess drama (2019) in 2024. This is very late.Because I mostly watched happy ending romance drama and crime thriller drama series.
The story, plots, acting are excellent.
The story is itself strong, solid and deep!!
I still can’t move on from this drama.
Both main lead actor and actress are really deep and excellent in acting.
I prefer actor’s acting skills. He can show detail acting with eyes , control facial expressions, changing his acting within seconds when plot of drama was needed.
This is really really heartbreaking, heart wrenching, heartfelt.
Although actor character is red flag, he has own reason to do those cruel things.
I feel sorry for both actor and actress characters.
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Best Heartbreaking Drama
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My Roman Empire.
Li Chengyin and Xiaofeng’s love story was doomed since the beginning. Every happy moment was followed by slaughter and despair. They kept falling in love with each other despite everything till hating themselves. Their story is truly the most painful.Both actors did great in their roles, especially the FL: i felt every emotion she wanted to convey. It must have been so difficult for them to shoot some scenes and they truly did great.
It’s the most angsty drama I’ve ever watched because there was no salvation for their love story. It’s powerful because it moves you and it’ll keep lingering in your mind for days.. They made it impossible to forget.
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Started out good, then dragged
The storyline is a good foundation for a great drama/tragedy. The first half was good, then it just dragged on repetitively for the remaining half. The series would've been great if they just ended it sooner. Midway thru the series, the scenes just kept repeating over and over. How many times can a Crown Princess Consort sneak out of the Imperial palace, get into mischief and get saved by her creepy stalker. This type of tragic love story should leave you with lingering emotions after watching it. That did not happen for me.Acting/Cast:
- ML was just ok, nothing great, nothing terrible. One weird thing that I couldn't get past was his hands...his fingers are freakishly long and bony. Every time I saw his hands I was distracted in a bad way.
- FL was good. She was adorable. But the character was a bit cliche.
- 2nd ML (Gu Jiao) - the FL's teacher/first love - he was probably one of the most annoying characters. He came across as a creepy stalker. And how unrealistic that he stood in the tree overlooking her room in the palace every night. If she can see him...can't the palace guards?! He's always wearing white clothing...standing straight upright on a tree branch in a tree w/ barely any leaves/foliage.
- Prime Minister/Imperial Material Uncle - my god he was annoying, I skipped every scene that he was in. Not sure if it was the dubbing of the voice, but it was like being put to sleep when he was on screen
- Support characters, and the ONLY likeable characters were A Du and Pei Zhao. Loyal and conflicted conscience. But it also irked me that they did not speak up to reveal the injustices, atrocities, misunderstandings.
Pros:
- Cinematography and production quality were great
- Music was beautiful
- Good storyline potential
Cons:
- Dragged on way too long, many repetitive scenes/topics
- No real likeable characters other than the Xiao Feng, A Du and Pei Zhao
- The main couple lacked chemistry. Their intense love when they were in Dachi, just didn't make sense to me. And I still don't understand how they fell in love again in the palace after losing their memories. He was so cruel to her, constantly humiliating & degrading her in front of others - so how could she fall in love with him?
Overall it had potential, but fell flat. Won't be re-watching it.
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As heart-breaking as it can get...I still cry
After a long time now, I am able to write a rational review on this epic drama. No wait... it still gets me... it is the most-heart breaking drama I have watched so far and that still makes me tear up.Let us start by the beautiful cinematography and production. The landscapes are really amazing and shots really create and enhance the mood of the scenes...
The story is gripping in all its sense, the politics parts relating to the Gao Family, the connivence of the Prince and the Emperor, the journey of the FL...
The OST is just amazingly good... I still listen to it. They really elevate the scenes.
Finally, there is stellar performance of the entire cast, especially of Peng Xiao Ran. She was really good at portraying this young teenage girl who is free-spirited, naughty, naive and sincere in her relationships with her parents, teacher, friend and love of her life. Then, when she goes to Beijing, she slowly transforms into this sad, homesick, crown princess who refuses to be calculating or to play politics. As she starts to mature, she slowly realises that she needs to take a day at a time and seeks distraction in the only bar, a refuge from her dailylife burden. She feels that something is amiss and that that sense of loving or of being loved constantly eludes her. Then, when she discovers the truth, she realises that after all the love, betrayals, politics, she must really rise up to being the princess to her beloved Si Zhou.
IT IS THE MOST HEART-BREAKING DRAMA.
This serial will forever remain very special to me because even now, I feel like crying when I watch any scene. Despite a lot of editing of the serial and quite bad subtitles, the rendition of the cast, especially that of the FL just wrung my heart and my eyes. The FL's performance was exceptional in exploring a naive girl's heart and hope, her discovery of betrayal and the immense pain it brought to her, her sense of doubt and hope for the crown prince's love and rather numb emotions after her friends were killed, when she understood and gave up on her love and finally, when she dedicated herself and her life to her beloved Sizhou. The ML rational mind and steady efforts towards power is also amazing. The SML's regret and melancholy when he realised that he had forever lost her love due to his betrayal, his attempt to redeem himself, his hope that maybe she will start to love him again. The other negative characters' parts in drawing emotions and in elevating the whole story all contributed to making this series painfully addictive. The director's role in staying true to the mood of each part of the serial is just mind-blowing. Honestly, I will forever love this Tv serial.
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东宫 - Good Bye, My Princess
A well written drama and well performed by all the actors and actresses, especially the main characters, but also the others have made this drama a complete success.The director and the screenwriters should be proud for having be able to create such story, in fact the story is so realistic and beautiful. The dialogues are refined and everything is done with passion, love and dedication. The watchers cannot make any expectations about what will happen.
The composer has written instrumental musics and songs that are the best that i ever heard. It seems that they have done this romatic drama series beginning from the songs.
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Drama worth a rewatch
This drama has a lot of depth to it and good flashbacks. Although the story did not end on a good note, if that's the way the story was written they had to follow the author's work. The acting of the main leads was phenomenal. They had good chemistry together. They displayed in-depth emotions and made you feel the anguish, pain, and suffering they were experiencing. Their delivery of the humourous parts was also good. I liked the wardrobes especially the collars of the wardrobes. It looks like a lot of money was spent on building the sets and on locations. Peng Xiaoran is one of my two favorite actresses. She's very pretty and makes her ML look good. She tends to favor costume dramas and I hope to see her in a modern drama.Was this review helpful to you?
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this drama should be imagine however it turn out to be boring from first episode. if you like to invest the time to watch. you should skip episode 1-9 and 49 to 52. so you will get good result. this is boring indeed. if it compare to other drama. it's really less action scenes. less thought. less romance. less meaning. it's just a triple love. the teacher become behind door lover and that's all for this drama. nothing more. if you expect wonderful from this drama. you should be.everyone has different ideal. this food. it's quite good taste for me. unlike the first start ever night. i was freak out how wonderful it is. imaging from the start.
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A series that failed to convince despite the buzz surrounding it.
This is probably the second series I've ever rated so low.I have to say the first thing that caught my eye was the poster. I think it's a gorgeous poster for a romantic series, and honestly it's very engaging for new viewers.
Now, reading the premise, I thought it was going to be a great series battling a love relationship with diplomatic wrangling on the court. The rating is really misleading because it's above 8.
I don't know if it's because of the romance that people have rated it so high, but I've seen largely better Chinese series rated far lower.
Now let's go straight to my reason for the rating.
The costumes are just barely decent, the sets look cheap, the makeup is bad if you can believe it, but if that was all I could have skipped it, unfortunately it's not. The acting is very bad, from the capricious princess, her enamored master, the prince or the rest of the cast. The moment the prince out of nowhere learns how his mother died — the very moment leading up to this scene was so random and bad — really told me "yeah, I'm gonna stop here, it's gonna get worse". The dialogues are poor, the characters superficial and caricatured.
The production too, I don't know what the film director did, but for a series show in 2019, looks like it was show in the early years 2000, and the worst of it.
I wish I could say something positive about it, because it was really promising, the only thing I liked was probably the places in nature where they filmed like the desert but honestly I can't give this a better review, I can't even finish the series past episode 5, it's that bad — for me.
So probably those who greatly enjoy romance to overlook the rest might enjoy it.
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