Amazing
Oh my goodness!! I have just finished watching this show took me 3 days I could not stop it was a binge my tears are of both sadness joy and anger.This is a must watch, if you are interested in shows with palace and government politics, love war and the true meaning of living a life that makes you happy.
It’s an epic story of the true meaning of selfless love, greed fight for power and greed. Loved the 2 MLS , FL was amazing. I can Highly recommend you watch this sweet sour bitter story.
The cinematography was great, music on point
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I've seen several of Cecilia Liu's series and I like her acting because she always has depth in her portrayal of the characters. Though as always there's this typical Chinese style of acting - to be childish. But she only does it either on the start of her series or very minimal.
This is the first time I fell in love with Hu Ge. He's so handsome and excellent in his portrayal of the character. And he always look more stunning in historical outfits.
Eddie Peng - well I was surprised! He's incredible in this series and this is the first time I've seen him. I find him charming actually.
Now the female antagonist is so annoying which means she's effective. But I did not like her.
With regards to the background music, most of it were alright. But I detest the piano background because it sounded more westernized. The creators could have chosen the traditional Chinese sound to have more of an exotic appeal since the story is also unique.
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Having the distance from the novel helped me appreciate this more, for sure. It’s been so long that all I can remember are important plot points and not the finer details so I never felt like things were left out or wrong. I did end up enjoying the cast for the most part, although I never felt Hu Ge was a good fit for Mo Xun (Meng jiu).
Eddie Peng did well with the cute, playful side of his character but we didn’t really get to see the portrayal of his colder/intimidating side. Since he did such a good job of showing all the love and affection Wu Ji (Huo Qubing) has for Jin Yu though I was okay with that.
The writing for this story is amazing in how it tied actual historical events and characters together around the fictional story of Jin Yu. Of course, names and such were changed in the drama because of Chinese censoring but if you’ve read the book, you know who they represent. It’s a brilliant tale and it will always hold a special place in my heart.
Plus, CUTEST COUPLE. Ugh. So cute. Love it!
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half way review
I've seen 6/35 epsI'm mainly watching for the romance and cause it's adapted from the novel.
I've shipped her and wu ji (is that his name?) since the beginning.
I'll have to give 8/10 for acting/casting, because of the dubbing, but otherwise I think the casting fits.
how did FL learn how to do all these things in a few months after being raised with wolves?
so far I think it's a bit slow. I'll try to pull through with it for the couple though.
(my other ratings i had to add but will change)
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Keeps you guessing her final choice
The story is intriguing and acting was excellent. Throughout, I was left wondering what would be the heroine's eventual choice.Being a sucker for the underdog, I was rooting for the 9th lord. He was rich and powerful but had obvious inferior complex because of his disability. Hu Ge has this doleful look that melts one's heart - he is an incredibly outstanding actor. Not many actors can match up to that standard.
I did not rewatch this drama like I did for the Nirvana in Fire, Ten Mile Blossom and Fu Yao, but I would certainly recommend watching for the first time.
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Award-winning performances all around....
This was excellently written and directed, superb cast performed by the main and support characters.A lone female and her wolf clan run free in the Gobi Desert...earlier the female has been captured by a human and exposed to human ways and lived briefly with the Tartars, until her "Papa" is killed by a greedy warrior who wants to become king of the desert Tartars, and she returns to her wolf pack.
A chance meeting with Ninth Lord and his caravan while stealing from them, our lone beautiful lady, Jin Yu, and the wolf that follows her, are let go. The Lord gives her a dress and salt, and bids Jin Yu goodbye. The lady changes into the dress and the next day she runs into a group of men, whom she later observes as being trained in martial arts, being attacked by desert pirates...after calling on her wolf pack, the pirates decide to abandon their attack on the foreigners.
The foreigners thank Jin Yu for her help and ask her for guidance through the desert; since her dead "Papa" has planned on taking her back to his home, the city of Jain-an, before being killed she guides them safely through the desert and remains in the city. Amongst the foreigners is the dashing General Wei Wu Ji.
What follows is a rapid advancement, after being drugged at first, of Jin Yu into being the House Manager at a dance theater/house; her wit, intelligence and {sometimes} unseen support from Ninth Lord's Shi Shipping business, lands her into profit and some prestige, yet also unneeded attention from the Palace hierarchy.
The second male lead, General Wei Wu Ji of the Nan Dynasty, saved by the wolf pack and our heroine, tries to find the wolf lady; however, while Wei Wu Ji is looking through the city for Yin Ju, , Ninth Lord has already found the wolf girl and is supporting her as much as possible (even staying with him part-time). Still Wei Wu Ji attempts to woo her, only to find her already in love with Ninth Lord.
A one-sided romance develops between our heroine Jin Yu and Ninth Lord, but as Ninth Lord continues to ignore her advances, Jin Yu is heartbroken, trying to be a 'tree' as Ninth Lord is, and also support him instead.
Jin Yu finally works up the nerve to directly tell Ninth Lord her feelings, but Ninth Lord still rebukes her and her love advances...this causes Jin Yu to abruptly leave Jain-an, leaving letters for her able house assistant, Ms. Hong, and Wei Wu Ji.
General Wei Wu Ji finds Jin Yu at a travel station along her route back to the desert, and abducts her to his military camp. After returning home with Wei Wu Ji, Jin Yu moves back to the dancing house, but later goes to live with Wei Wu Ji...Her emotions are set on a roller-coaster ride as she finds out the trouble that Ninth Lord went to trying to find her but he still rejects her Significant Other advances...and also troubling is the fact that Wei Wu Ji lied to Ninth Lord about knowing her whereabouts earlier...
Political intrigue enters the scene upon the two returning as 1) Wei Wu Ji becomes a pawn in the Court power struggles, especially with his adopted family, the Wan faction, and 2) the concubine, Qin Xiang, that Jin Yu trained so that she would be accepted into the Palace harem, rapidly gains power in the harem but turns on Jin Yu, causing her misadventure in the later episodes.
Although Jin Yu promised not to reveal the real reason for Madame Xiang's presence in the harem (vengeance, although others figured it out by themselves), she becomes the target of the Madame, partly for her being free and able to travel outside the palace and live her own life, a life that Madame Xiang begins to covet!
What started out as to men fighting over Jin Yu becomes a loose partnership between Ninth Lord and
General Wei Wu Ji , both supporting Jin Yu as she is attacked and placed into captivity by forces of the Wan faction, and both Yin Ju and Wei Wu Ji being poisoned. Both Yin Ju and Wei Wu Ji feel trapped by the political warfare in Jain-an City, and seek to stay apart from political intrigue; however, the Wang faction first tricks Wei Wu Ji in killing the head of the Li power faction, General Li ji, who happens to be the only supporter of Madame Xiang in the palace (besides the Emporer) while the Wan family plans a more morbid future for the General.
Thus, a plan is hatched to free them from Jain-an and service to the powerful Emporer; unfortunately, one of them does not know about it.
Al the actors and actresses, both main and support, performed their roles brilliantly...
Main Roles:
Shi Shi Lui, as Ying Ju, portrayed a cornucopia of emotions as she portrayed the female lead...going from chlld-like innocence in one scene to intelligently fending off attackers in the next. Especially dramatic was the two episodes of her childbirth and the following one: even though I know these are scripted series, I momentarily forgot this during the birthing scene and the two episodes after that....fantastic acting from a great actress!
I also especially loved Jin Yu's dance in the palace as the Tartar girls are performing and one is about to steal her man!
Hugh Hu, as Ninth Lord, portrayed a Stoic benefactor to the female lead, time and time sacrificing his money, and later his health, in supporting both Yin Ju and General Li Ji; many comments on the CN Drama (YouTube) site wish that a spinoff movie would be made in the future to have Ninth Lord finally find his love!
Eddie Peng, as General Wei Wu Ji, perfectly portrayed a platonic supporter of Yin Ju until he saw her response after Ninth Lord's last rejection of Yin Ju's love, then he easily portrayed Yin Ju's lover and supporter as well afterward.
Supporting Roles:
Han Dong, as General Li JI, was superb as a cohort of General Wei Wu Ji, and also as someone who tried to talk sense into Madame Xiang and save her from herself and the Palace harem she foolishly sought entry into...performing as well as he did in his roies in 'Love Lost In Time' and 'Scarlet Hearts'.
Fala Chen, as Madame Xiang, went from a level-headed sister to her episode brothers Qin Yong (Qin Yuan Chao) and
Zhang Xiang (Qin Yuan Qi) to a vindicitve but suffering madame in the harem of the Emperor...I personally saw her ending way before the final episode.
I think that she would be more than able to play a lead villianess in a major movie or series if given a chance!
Deng Li Min (Uncle Shi) and Han Zhen Hua (Uncle Chen), among the many other support actors/actresses that I do not have the time to mention here, put on superb roles as supporters of their respective houses in the series.
Superb writing, superb directing, superb acting....the ingredients to a great series!
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One of the worst things in any drama is when the writers purposely use miscommunication as a plot device. As in, a particular character chooses to remain silent instead of clarifying a dire situation. It's frustrating and needlessly angsty. More than this, I absolutely hate when supposedly smart characters act in ways that are contrary to who they are. This drama is littered with plot holes and deus ex machina moments where either leads walk into traps with eyes wide open yet our ML never uses any intelligent counter measures rather he and the FL just keep ploughing forward with no forethought. Then we have this arrogant FL who thinks she's so smart even though we can see that all she does is blow smoke up her own ar@e. I screamed many times at my screen while raining multiple curses on the writers who chose to give us such situations and characters. Did they think we are all idiots? I would have been content had they given us just one smart character but no, from the Emperor to the ministers and even the main leads....all we got was nonsense. Lastly, not even the “love story” could redeem this clusterfuck of a drama and I’m only watching this to the end mainly because of the hours invested. Save yourself and watch Yanxi Palace or Weiyoung.
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Eternal Love, Legend of Fu Yao, Legend of Yun Xi, Ashes of Love, Scarlet heart and The Eternal Love
other is Meteor Garden 2000 and Meteor Garden 2018.
Love all of them.
My favourite Korean drama:
Healer and Strong woman Do Boong Soon
I related to Love story and intense romance. Passionate love. The one that touch your heart and makes you think about it, when you are not watching it and already want to rewatch it when you are watching it.
But Sound of the Desert,
brings to live character that I often find in book love story. General Wei Wu Ji is everything my Alpha hero would be!
He is stubborn, determined, protective, possesive, loving, caring, smart, brave and he loves Xiu Yue to the core!
And all is sealed with passion!
Many episodes make my heart flip, swoon and in Awe!! Romantic scenes is out of the world!
Small things and big things makes me do the, "......whaaaaatttt? " before repeating that many many times.
I feel their love, i envy their love, i cherish their love,
NEVER a boring episode! even if it look steep, they always find their way.
All the cast acted out so perfectly.
Sound of the desert present impossible LoveStory in the most Possible way it is soooooo beautiful!
LOVE iT! It is my whole time favourit as per January 15, 2019, Jakarta Indonesia.
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I loved the music throughout this. I already got the songs on Apple Music! I didn't get tired of the songs. Some moments only needed the soft instrumental instead of the powerful vocals. And other moments worked extremely well with the lyrics. (Some sad and heartbreaking moments were greeted with a smile because I was rocking and humming along haha...) The music was great, as well as the zither and flutes.
The characters were really good. They were actually believable. I could see the bonds forming or the pain ripping them apart. The actors did well with their facial expressions and chemistry. The dub messed up a few serious moments though. But we were able to get so many aesthetically pleasing characters. Everyone looked really good...from the young to the old.
Overall production was pretty good. I've only seen about 7 historical C-dramas so far. I'm still new to them. I loved the outfits, the landscapes, the buildings, the decor, the culture etc. Everything looked really good (especially the food!). The CGI and other SFX were bad, but this is an older show, so....haha yeah......
Story wise,
**Its not a firecracker (big bang) type of show, its more of a sparkler (slow sizzle). There were times where I really didn't know what would happen, so it wasn't a totally predictable story. The twists weren't huge "WTF" moments, so it could seem lackluster to those who enjoy more extreme plots. Especially since its a kingdom show, and those are usually super drama filled and get CRAZY. But this is a pretty relaxing show to watch in between some firecracker shows.
**I originally started this show because I was looking for a strong female lead. I was so tired of the weak, naive, bitter, hopeless females. I was tired of face palming and sucking my teeth every time I started a new series. This FL is witty and can save herself AND save her love interests.
**There were a few times where I was fed up with the love triangle. Its hard when love rivals are both "nice guys". That made the Female Lead sooooo fickle. That was killing me and actually made me vow to quit if it continued.
**The character development was interesting to watch. The changes that occurred just seemed so rightfully done. A few seemed forced, but overall, it was a pretty reasonable development for all the characters.
**I both did and didn't like the ending. I definitely wasn't satisfied with a part of it. I felt like some events were taking the easy way out, but the story has to end somehow. But I, personally, hardly ever like the way shows/movies are ended. But this time there was only ONE thing that stopped me from being content with it, but I don't want to spoil...
Edit: Have to mention my loves. I found a new love in Hong Gu, Wu Ji, and Hei Shi...
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ACTING: The acting in this show was pretty good. It transported me into the world straight away. My only complaint is that some facial expressions were exaggerated in the beginning.
MUSIC: It was not that memorable, though it fit the respective scenes well.
REWATCH VALUE: I think this show is most definitely rewatchable, and never got boring.
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