BEYOND WORDS!
Will definitely not write long review for this one as this one is beyond my imagination, word and any thinking capabilities...Mr. Director... please accept my salute!! This is the 3rd drama I am watching which is named under his direction and I can surely say he eats and leaves no crumbs! everything he touches turns to gold! I mean Woww!!! First Skate in to love, then 'Blossoms in to adversity' and then this.. None of these disappointed or felt boring for even a single moment. I first felt he is biased towards particular actors because most of the faces in Starry Love were seen in Skate in to Love but now I understand why they were the perfect choice for their respective roles and this team is my new favourite.
The ML is soooooo good in his craft OMG firstky, I felt he is just another actor with poker face and no expressions but just good looks but when the drama came to a certain point, he proved he is different and I have found my new favourite!
The actor playing Chaofeng is sooo damn Handsome. I would be lying if I say I didn't crushed on him at first sight. and what an amazing actor he is!
Landy Li... Take a bow lady! You are the best ❤️?
EVERYTHING about the drama was on point... OSTs, cast, story, character development, comedy, love story.
Would love to see it's sequel as it was an open ending for me....
BYE going to watch the next name under director's list! coz HE NEVER DISAPPOINTS!
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good story but with a disappointing ending...
I started watching this drama without reading the reviews about the ending. If I had known it was going to end up disappointingly like this, I probably would have stopped somewhere in the good times for major leads in the middle of...In general, what I liked was a nice idea for the plot, I especially liked the idea of the main lead Empyrean Xuan Shang, who played a total of 4 different characters in this drama.
Chen Xing Xu played it very well and I have to say that I really liked each of these character shards...especially I am impressed by the actor's warm-toned low bass voice, which also gave emotions to the characters played by him :)
Second lead character Chao Feng [ Third Prince] had a nice beginning and middle, but then the authors of the script probably ran out of ideas to develop it to the end, it's a pity, because this character and the actor's abilities could have been used more. As for the two twin flower sisters, both actresses played their roles well. I really liked both couples, they were very cute and sweet and I liked a lot of fun elements in between. Supporting characters like the Empyrean siblings, or Prince Di Lan Jue or Man Man also added a lot to the drama. The negative characters are really villains full of revenge, hatred and obsession to rule the world...there were moments when I got too much of this cold-blooded killing and scheming.
It's nice that the director gave a lot of nice light, comedic moments, it softened these drastic scenes a bit...
OST - when it comes to the music, I must say that it is very good and complements the drama scenes beautifully. For me, one of my favorites is Flawles World performed by Mao Bu Yi, where the instrumental version of the flute and guitar sank into my heart, and Sa Ding Ding with a beautiful flute motif and a female voice in the style of traditional Chinese opera, which was also an interesting solution. Funny and cute is the theme of the song Double flowers :)
The ending - the most disappointing moment of the drama ... for me it was not an open ending, but in my opinion both sisters ended sadly, that's how I perceive it, they were reborn, but only to the original form of a flower of a tree vein, which means for me, the form that they had in the beginning before the destruction of the tree in which both abided as twin flowers. Which means they won't be reborn as human beings, so that made me extremely upset and that's why I didn't give 10 points in the total score and also deducted points for the plot due to this ending. I think it's a big mistake of the writers of the script that they left the ending that way. After all the sacrifices, both couples should have a happy It would be good if the director thought about recording an additional episode with the rebirth of the sisters to human characters :)
Overall, I would say that this drama is worth watching, despite the unfortunate ending... :)
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The legend of twin flowers
Qingkui and Yetan are twins born to human queen and king.While Qingkui is respected by their clan,Yetan is ignored by her own people.In a twist of fate,both the sisters are married to wrong husbands,not to the original betrothed husbands.
Yetan enters heavenly realm as the the heavenly prince consort.She is spontaneous,cunning,smart yet has a kind nature.She wins the heart of Empyrean Shaodian Youqin,her husband, but soon loses him after he sacrifices himself to the chaos.
Shaodian Youqin is introverted,respectful,duty oriented and is the highly respected Empyrean in heavenly realm.
Both the actors Chen Xingxu and Li Landi are good in their roles.
On the other hand,Qingkui,enters the demon realm.At first she is scared,but soon the third prince,Chaofeng,steps in to help her,at first for his own reasons,but slowly falls for her.
I specially liked their romantic track and also his mother and elder brother parts were also good.
Qingkui,is very smart,kind,helping,caring, loving and soon wins the hearts of the demon tribe using her medical skills.
Both Luke Chen and He Xuan Lin were good in their roles.
I liked the first 2 characters of the 3 shrads of Shaodian Youqin,which come to earth,and how Yetan deals with them is also funny.I quite liked the whole part.
All the other cast were good too.
As always,in Xianxia dramas,where the Immortals play the main role,there is a twist of fate,which links up the present people to the tribes and concepts of the past,that happened thousands of years ago,both the twin sisters are revealed to be key people associated with the chaos.
How the team of 4 solve the problems and struggles that come in their way is portrayed with a good pace.
As a whole,it is an entertaining drama.It brings few smiles,has good twists,and definitely does not bore you except for few scenes.Go for it!!
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Good one time watch ♡
The Starry Love ?:Viki & YouTubePG13
40ep
PROS:
◇The acting every actor brought the emotions & chemistry.
◇The sisters and their beautiful realtionship. The way they supported each other.
◇The side characters & couples ♡
◇The OST (orginal soundtrack)
◇The couples after they were together.
◇Unpopular opinion, but the ending it was great & lovely
CONS:
◇The revenge could have been justice and
would have been better in my personal opinion.
◇The plot dragged at times ?
◇Could have been 30 episodes instead of 40.
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magnifique ?❤️
Une des plus belle histoire que j'ai regardé avec beaucoup d'humour et surtout beaucoup de larmes ????. Un gros coup de cœur pour les acteurs, ils étaient tous trop adorables ? surtout @hexuanlin.official qui joue QingKui ❤️❤️❤️ J'espère qu'il y aura plus de séries avec elle en tant que FL à l'avenir. Les effets laissaient à désirer mais bon, tout le reste compensait largement. Sinon vraiment magnifique
Notation personnelle ?:
Note Globale 9 / 10
Scénario 10 / 10
Écriture 9 / 10
Suspense 7 / 10
Originalité 9 / 10
Addictivité 9 / 10
Pédagogie 5 / 10
Créativité 7 / 10
Personnages 9 / 10
Humour 7 / 10
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Annnddd Shaodian Youqin and Chaofeng Tianxia lives happily ever after! LoL
Ok. Done marathoning this in basically 3days with panda eyes and a building migraine from lack of sleep. LolPlot was catching with enough ‘cold hearted leads with shuai faces’ and comedy weaved throughout. I have problem sometimes deciding where to stop for the day and keep on clicking next episode, so guess the plot was catchy.
Nice to see CXX again after the complete tragedy that was Goodbye my princess. Lol. Still remember that tragic ending until now. Lol. Not sure if he used his own voice, but it sounds different than usual male lead’s voice. His acting sometimes seems off, but surprisingly all together came across as appealing to me. Dunno why. Lol. One thing for sure though, he’s still crying with all his heart (complete with the ugly crying face) lol but you cant blame the guy, you ask him to cry and he delivers! Lol.
This is my first drama of the FL and i was genuinely surprised by how much I like her acting. She doesnt come across as annoying (some FL does when acting as a carefree mischievous girl) and she cries beautifully. I was initially hoping for not typical plot where siblings backstabbing each other due to being pampered/ignored from childhood and thank god the drama made them such a close sisters. Qingkui’s actress do a good job in bringing forth such a soft spoken well mannered pampered character, but still not coming out as a helpless character waiting to be rescued.
2nd male lead also did a good job. Even though at first i was annoyed with him with all his scheming, he was able to mellow me down after few episodes when he starts falling for qingkui. I was laughing like crazy when he was berated by Qingkui’s father from get go. Hahaha
Of course the ending has left much to be desired. It would be nice to see the happy ever after with the 2 couples rather than only the bromance between SDYQ and CF only, though it makes the ending hilarious in a way.
Theres probably few plotholes here and there (or rather few nitpickings) -how the hell SDYQ is supposed to be all powerful being with high cultivation and almost always end up need to be rescued by FL or lost his memories time and time again! Lol, but i enjoyed watching this so much. Totally looking forward to more works by them in the future
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Quite annoying dubbing
Chen Xing Xu & Landy Li of course I have to watch this... Haha.... Not expect much, but turn out I quite enjoy the drama.Usual story where the switched bride happen, the 'naughty' girl go to heaven realm & the 'good' girl go to evil realm. but of course turn out they both find the perfect match in each realm. The story gonna be bored with good girl go to heaven realm, but with the naughty one, the story become quite interesting....
As usual, our girl (Ye Tan (YT)) make a lot of trouble in heaven realm. But with that way, she seems to make her footprint & impression to our ML. And the same also happen with Qing Kui (QK) in the evil realm, where she also attract Chao Feng (CF) & Wu Dai (WD) with her charm & gentleness. As we usually said, opposite attract. Xuan Shang (XS) in heaven never really see such capriciousness like YT do, while CF & WD never really get such gentleness in evil realm.
The story become really interested after XS back to heaven realm. YT & XS become close & very romantic. In the same time I still grind my teeth to see the behavior of heaven emperor. Why he seems so bothered to see how close YT & XS are...? Sometimes with XIan XIa drama like this I have this big question: Why they really like to picture heaven as hypocrite, where they seem to do the right thing, but turn out they actually is so messed up & hiding something that dark even make the evil proud...?
From all that happen in this drama one thing that really bothered me is.... How fake & so dubbed Xuan Shang voice. It's like they cover the mike with sock or cloth and then start speaking. Haha....
Overall this drama actually nothing new, but still really enjoyable to watch.
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Ending
Love the show it is really good i feel like it kinda dragged out the ending a little long mid way but the ending was the saddest one ive watched like both of the main characters die just hanging their husbands alone thats the only reason reqarch value is so low its because i dont want to live through the trauma again the actors were really good it wasnt a huge plot twist after the first couple of episodes but it was still fun to watch how it all played out i shouldve stopped at episode thirty something where they live a good life and called it quits i knew bad things were going to happen but i didnt think that it was this badWas this review helpful to you?
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A great take on old tropes
The drama takes a stab at the rehashed switcheroo brides trope but still manages to give a refreshing take on xianxia. One sister, born under a lucky sign, gets to marry a heavenly prince, another one born under an unlucky sign gets to marry a demon prince. On the day of their wedding, they get switched and hilarity ensues as the drama develops two parallel love stories.One thing that I really liked was a focus on sisterhood, family, and women working to uplift each other, instead of sisters and friends competing for men, money, and power. Although, the drama also rehashes a jealous side chick trope, it's very minor and pretty forgettable. I really liked the chemistry between each couple, as they got to know each other, develop bonds which led to love. I liked that the story blurred some lines between good and evil and allowed some characters with a questionable moral compass a chance to grow and make good choices. Chaofeng started out an an anti-hero, not entirely bad but someone with questionable morality. Through his growing love for Qingkui and exposure to her purity and goodness, he developed a conscience. Youqin gaining back his feelings allowed him to realize that protecting the heavenly realm wasn't just an arbitrary duty but a desire to protect family.
The plot was mostly interesting, but some arcs were better than others. I thought the shards arc was too long and kind of boring. My biggest criticism, after the shards arc both Youqin and Chaofeng were reduced to house husbands. Youqin spent most of his time waiting for Yetan to come home from school. It seemed like attaining the perfect celestial body was the pinnacle of his development and he had nothing else to do, although he was the most powerful being in all the realms. Chaofeng was told to look for work now that he had a wife. Twirling store signs pretty much undermined his position as a badass prince from the void. The writers could've come up with something better for immortal beings with ultimate cosmic power than this.
The acting was very good. Chen Xingxu showed his versatility where he didn't just portray a stony faced Empyrean Xuanshang, but a lover, a materialist, a pyromaniac, and a romantic. The character came to life as soon as he gained his feelings. Everyone else was just as good.
Some people were not happy with the ending, but I thought it was fitting for the xianxia genre leaving off the story on a positive and hopeful note. To me, that was a good ending.
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don’t know what went wrong
dropped this after ep17.a show with very good start. the sisters arc, I wish they delve more on the ML arc too and him sending her to school, writer, you can expand all this, make her grow in terms of gaining manners and powers.
while the sister flourishes as a physician, the other one have to endure the loss of her future husband and go and find his shards when they arent yet showing affection towards each other? bridge of fate? yeah, whatever. or chemistry issue btw both leads? I don’t know.
the shards arc was where I decided to drop the show entirely because this arc is too early and I’m not feeling the FL. does she have feelings for him? the stares ain’t making it up.
I appreciate the humor the show portrayed. but as each episode passed, the story flow got worst.
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This drama Will be the next big thing.
Love everything about this series. Especially love Li Landi and Chen Xingxu. They have great chemistry and are both underrated. So fun to watch. I hope they get the recognition they deserve after the airing of this drama. Cgi is spectacular and obviously not cheaply made. Story is engaging and not boring at all. Each episode will leave you wanting for more episodes. Hope the drama ends on a happy note though. Fingers crossed. Highly recommended watching. 1000x better than the other xanxia drama currently airing at tencent.Was this review helpful to you?
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I'm trying to hang on to my last shred of nerves cos this is so boring
A weak Xianxia made even more lackluster by the apparent lack of chemistry between the main leads. If you've seen one Xianxia then you've seen them all and IMO, it's the dynamics between the various characters that elevate one above the other. The problem with TSL is that the characters don't look like distinct individuals who are unique or peculiar but as extensions of each other where they're rendered useful or useless depending on the current status or experiences of the leads. I could probably overlook this had there been raised stakes where we didn't know who or what would pose a threat to our leads. Except we knew from the outset who the villains were and we understood their simplistic thoughts which is what almost all XX characters want. Power. Or specifically becoming the Crown Prince (for the Void dwellers) and becoming the Powerful Overlord (for the Heavenly Prince).Even more spirit-dampening was the '3 shards' arc, where all the interesting things about the preceding episodes went to die. I legit yawned and FF'ed my way through it.
Look, I've been upfront about my lack of love for this genre because if not done properly, it tends to veer toward the "doom to mankind and only our hero can possibly save the world" kind of drama.
Which is what this was.
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