One of the reasons I am hooked of this drama was the character and relationship development.
I love how romances was more on the emotions based on how they look in each other and exchanging their dialouges. I am not more into skinship likes lot of kissing.
Especially in Male Lead's character when he Falls in love he became warm but not changing who he is and still be able to express his love thru saving and sacrifing.
And the romance between characters has it's foundation so I love how we see them from the start as nothing-enemies-friends-attraction-lovers.
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needed more in end.
Honestly, for the first time, I liked the villain roles. The bad guy was so bad, I could feel the creeps from the screen. I felt bad for any female near him. I couldn't bring myself to hate him. He was my favourite character out of all.While there was a happy ending. I needed to see more! No wedding or other conclusion. So many things left at the conclusion. So one star out because of semi-happy ending for me. The drama though is pretty awesome. Love the strong female leads who actually know kungfu and how to fight.
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The eye is the window to the soul
I like how the main leads (Allen Ren and Seven Tan) were able to portray their emotions using their eyes. The supporting cast also made some scenes so funny and sad. I finished watching the drama but I can't get it out of my head. From two officials that always butt heads to working together towards a common goal and then helping each other and finally falling for one another, this is the best chinese drama I have seen.I also like the investigative method and reasoning that highlighted the crime solving, the romance that was gradual and touching, the action scene choreography which showed the other actors and actresses face and the properly timed scenes with background song plus the independent women characters and the realization that you can choose how to live your life instead of going with the flow.
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Just Like Sherlock Holmes
I like the story in this drama and especially the female lead. She is strong and what ever happens she keeps her determination on being who she is. You follow the story as a Sherlock Holmes detective movie. The male lead is serious and the female lead is witty and funny but very observant. The female lead breaks away the walls that the male lead has place on himself and she makes him smile, laugh and even fall in love. Each case the leads characters get closer emotionally and the story becomes bigger. Each case is connected in some way. There are many characters, some are easy to follow and some you forget about them. The bad guy is bad but cute. There many couples in the story that you like following just as much as the lead couple. But I felt the drama is to long and I was not happy with the ending when they leave the last 3 minutes to see the Main couple happy. The actors did a great job in their performance. It is a great drama to watch.Was this review helpful to you?
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WHY SO GOOD?!
It took me hours to find this awesome series!If you're looking for a duo WHO WORK SIDE BY SIDE IN CHILL MANNER. Then, try this one.
Prod: eye capture scene were the best! The transition was awesome to!
So, I would like to put some notes whenever I want while watching because I'm afraid that there wholesome characters might change as the the eps progress.
Stopping to ep 8: Ghad! One of the best FL when it comes to diverse temper and personality. Not your damsel in distress, she dresses like a man but never denies that she's a woman. She points out clues and reveals threads (using her beloved tool!) to solve each cases. Indeed, it's wholesome from the start because she was an officer with wit, strength, quirkiness, and temper! She is treated fairly and does not point her gender to her capabilities. LOVE FOOD and money! I love her already!
Unexpectedly, ML is competing with FL's complex personality. With his cruel and cold behavior, you can see how deep his vengeance and thirst for revenge and anger even without emphasizing it. His calm demeanor yet dangerous portrays, tells me that this is a bomb. I'm curious how he will turn out.
For the progress of their rs. I like that ML does not give a f to what FL does. (IN a good way). I mean, he let her do her job. Well, maybe because they are still not that attached to each other and the fondness is just blooming, but I kinda respect and like the ML because of that.
Then the 2nd character. I hoped that her best friend but he was not. Why did I wish that? because this is my 1st series in watching cdrama that 2nd character annoyed me much. I'm always rooting for 2nd character and wishing that the writer would not wreck them as their love story with the FL was ill-fated. This 2nd character was gutless and baka. For the first eps, he takes advantage of attachments and feelings and his reasons for everything are lame and flop. But I'm not angry though. If the 2nd character is nah, then I'm free from having sympathy with them and just focus on the main leads!
EP 9- talking about maggots while eating was the best ahahaha
So... I forgot to continue taking notes HAHAHA BECAUSE I enjoyed it a lot!
AT the end, I did not become annoyed with 2nd character. On the contrary, I fond to like him because he realized his idiocy and I realized it's not his fault that he's a dumbass. I liked his rs towards the lead at the end. Side characters were the best too. I loved how her brother has happy ending with well deserved sister yieee.
OVERALL, I like that the ending was so good! like all was resolved!My annoyance towards the villain was well spent. They end up together without angsty feeling that why if I want to revisit series, I'll put this on my list. FL the best personality ever! Well, because she was consistent! Love money, food, and good at fighting! Well, the ML was consistent too because he never changed his demeanor even after falling in love. That's the reality here! He was nice up to start, he just don't have someone he cares about not until Jun Xia!
Ghad, I really love this series!
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I will start avoiding dramas with Allen Ren
In all, I've watched four dramas with Allen Ren as the male lead, and with each one, I come away with the same impression.1. He's too old to be playing teenage bopper roles with female leads who are sometimes 10 years younger.
2. He's not a versatile actor and has very limited ways of emoting. Also, how many times can he do the stoic, cold hero before we start to subconsciously label him as a one-trick pony?
3. The industry rumors are that he refuses to do intimate scenes like hugging or any type of skinship. It seems the only part of his body that can be touched freely are his lower legs, I mean, why else did Seven Tan keep holding him by the leg? So stupid
The funny thing is he's not even that good-looking with his big head and round face. Someone like Xu Kai (who is another overrated actor) at least has his height, youth, and dreamy looks going for him whereas Allen is going over the hill and unless he starts taking his craft seriously, no one will cast a 35+ yr old actor when there are many idol actors coming over the horizon.
As for this particular series, it packed a lot of irrelevant scenes into an already convoluted premise with zero redeeming factors (like sizzling chemistry) to bear the brunt.
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Un drama historique qui vaut la peine d'être vu.
Avant de commencer ma critique (une fois n’est pas coutume x’D), je dois dire que j’ai commencé ce drama un peu sur un coup de tête… Je n’apprécie pas vraiment les dramas historiques. Pourquoi ? Car il s’agit souvent de guerre, complot, trahison & j’en passe. (Si je veux déprimer, je le fais très bien toute seule ! Je n’ai pas besoin d’aide x’D)Vous me direz, pourquoi l’avoir commencé du coup ? Car il s’agit d’une histoire « policière » et que j’ai pu constater au travers de divers critiques qu’il était bien passé auprès du public. (Après ça ne veut rien dire, puisque souvent les critiques trop positives me donnent plus d’apriori & d’attentes… Je suis donc souvent déçue.) Une fois ceci dit, parlons de l’histoire !
L’histoire est en sommes assez classique pour un drama du genre :
• Des complots politiques qui mène à la destruction de plusieurs clans dont celui de l’héroïne…
• Un empereur qui fait trop confiance à ses ministres, ce qui cause de nombreux désastres pour ses sujets… Ne parlons même pas du fait que l’empereur aie conscience de certaines manigances mais qu’il préfère fermer les yeux pour garder le soutien de certaines familles présentent au pouvoir… (Après on se demande pourquoi je déteste tant la politique x’D !!)
• Des croyances taoïstes fort présentent et qui dirigent une partie de l’histoire… (La croyance étant souvent bien établie dans les dramas historiques chinois)
• Oh ! coïncidence (ou pas) l’héroïne est liée par le sang à un clan qui avait du pouvoir mais qui c’est vu anéanti par le GRAND MÈCHANT de l’histoire ! (Bien sûr, elle ne le découvre que vers la fin du drama !) Et pour compléter le tableau, l’homme qu’elle aime est le fils de celui qui a permis au méchant de réaliser son projet ! (Ba oui, vive les mélodrames… Moi qui déteste ça x’D)
• Un héros des plus antipathique au début mais qui se met à s’ouvrir au contact de l’héroïne. (Plus clichés, tu meurs…) De plus, celui-ci décide (vers l’épisode 48 sur 55) pour ne pas la blesser avec son passé de… (Tenez vous bien !) La quitter ! Ba oui… ça ne la BLESSERA pas du tout d’avoir l’impression d’être prise pour une conne… (Non mais je vous jure…) Bien entendu, je n’oserai signaler qu’en plus d’être une décision des plus stupides, celle-ci fait que l’héroïne devient de plus en plus téméraire et risque plus souvent sa vie… Et finalement, c’est le héros qui s’en mord les doigts x’D !
Malgré ces points assez répétitifs du genre nous pouvons découvrir d’autres facettes :
• Une héroïne loin des clichés de ce qu’on attend d’une femme à l’époque ! Elle a du caractère et refuse de se laisser marcher sur les pieds à cause de son sexe.
• Un univers qui nous donne envie de savoir la suite avec des amitiés et couples secondaires qui donnent une autre dynamique à l’histoire. (Xi Shangguan & Yang Yue ont une romance toute mignonne, par contre, il est vrai que je trouve Yang Yue des plus fades !)
• Des enquêtes policières intéressantes même si elles sont souvent liées au GRAND MÉCHANT.
• Des rebondissements et retournements de situations en continu… (Sauf dans la romance principale où on voit venir les évènements)
Les personnages sont sûrement ce qui m’a le plus convaincu dans ce drama car je voulais savoir ce qu’il allait leur arriver !
• J’avoue avoir un coup de cœur pour Lu Yi joué par Allen Ren (Bien que certaines de ses décisions m’ont laissé pantoise !). Il est le genre de personnage qu’on voit souvent (c’est-à-dire froid avec une personnalité horrible en apparence mais qui possède beaucoup de blessures -> Bienvenue dans le monde des dramas !), cependant, l’acteur a bien retranscrit les émotions ce qui nous donnerais presqu’envie de rentrer dans l’écran pour le consoler x’D ! (Même si vu le caractère du héros, c’est sans doute risqué pour notre pauvre vie x’D)
• Le GRAND MÉCHANT comme j’aime l’appeler en la personne de Yan Shi Fan (Han Dong) est le 2ème personnage qui m’a le plus intéressé ! L’acteur l’a tellement bien interprété qu’on le déteste du début à la fin ! (On en viendra presqu’à regretter que la doctoresse Lin ne lui ait crevé les 2 yeux… Oui, oui, je suis sadique x’D !) Il est vraiment le personnage qui donne le tempo au drama et qui fait que l’histoire avance car sans ses coups fourrés où en serait les héros ? x’D !
En bref, c’est un drama que j’ai apprécié visionner même si j’ai commencé à grincer des dents à l’épisode 48 ! (J’avais d’ailleurs mis mon visionnage en pause tellement ce genre de décision des plus stupides me tape sur le système x’D).
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Storia, attori, costumi: una delizia.
Ottimo drama, supportato da una storia accattivante, una coppia di attori principali veramente validi, ambientazioni e costumi da urlo. Tan Son Yung è una garanzia: la sua bravura è incontestabile sia nelle parti umoristiche che in quelle tragiche. Allen Ren ha dato ottima prova di sé, e non posso farci niente se fra i due è il mio preferito: sono donna, e questo bel pezzo di figliolo, così ben vestito e che recita così bene, non poteva che riscuotere la mia approvazione. Ma anche tutto il resto del cast ha fatto un lavoro egregio: se il cattivo di turno è stato così spregevole è perché è stato così ben interpretato in tutte le sue ignobili sfumature. Anche diversi personaggi secondari sono stati ben sviluppati: nulla da dire.Finiti gli entusiasmi, giustizia vuole che si rilevi come gli ultimi due episodi siano stati un po' affrettati, la sconfitta del cattivo poco catartica, e gli ultimi 5 minuti un po' meh. Ma sono inezie. Tutti i santi finiscono comunque in gloria. Aspettatevi tuttavia la solita dose di fraintendimenti e malintesi, croce e delizia di questo genere. E poi, beh, come sempre in queste opere la CGI lascia parecchio a desiderare, ma è un difetto che si perdona quasi di default. Le scene subacquee diventano quasi umoristiche... diciamo che aggiunge carattere, e poi sono davvero poche. Il difetto è compensato dalle ottime scene di combattimento.
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Inguardabile!
Malgrado le ottime recensioni che ho letto e che mi hanno invogliato a guardare questo drama, anche grazie ad Allen Ren, non riesco ad andare oltre la ottava puntata a causa della stupidità della protagonista, una attrice con la faccia da coniglio che interpreta un personaggio stupido.Al momento lei è inutile a lui, pare essere una grande investigatrice, ma lui arriva sempre prima di lei, quindi non gli è utile, malgrado questo la vuole con sè per seguire un caso da risolvere. Lei è arrogante e superficiale, con espressioni che danno veramente fastidio. Occhi sbarrati, atteggiamenti forzati. veramente insopportabile.
Lui bellissimo, da come viene descritto è crudele e spietato, ma quando combatte perde più tempo a fare piroette che a dare di spada in modo efficace, infatti i suoi avversari scappano!
Non so come possa sopportare l'arroganza di lei che si prende libertà che nessun altro potrebbe! Va bene che si innamoreranno nel tempo ecc ecc.. ma non è veramente credibile.
Per cui ho lasciato questo drama perché se guardo un drama, questo mi deve coinvolgere e far suscitare emozioni piacevoli.
Non so se gli darò altre possibilità, il fastidio che provo è troppo!
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