It‘s a republican drama!!
Im pretty disappointed that ppl give this drama soo much hate. It is a republican drama, which means that the story is pretty messy and angsty. It means also that the story is very fast-paced.
But yeah, here I am trying to review objectively.
One pretty negative point is the AI intro, Im not gonna say anything about it, I just hope they change it asap.
But hey, the story itself is pretty nice for the genre-of course, as I said before, messy, but reasonable and doesnt make it difficult to make it enjoyable.
The acting is top-notch, there are the typical angsty scenes which might give short-drama vibe, but they absolutely also pay a lot of attention and add a lot of emotional depth in the character development. Besides, all actors and actresses are absolute eye-catchers!!! And the chemistry between ZLH and WCH is breathtaking, in my humble opinion.
About the hate on directing and so, I don‘t understand anything about it, but in most of the scenes (except the flower burning) I didnt see a big issue. Not at all perfect-Ive seen many dramas better directed for sure, but no absolute disaster either
The OSTs are absolutely beautiful, the sound effects annoying sometimes,but not too bad.
Rewatch value: I just watched till ep 5 yet, but I had to rewatch scenes over and over again because they were soo good (im not spoilering but watch it and youll know what i mean)-absolutely
All in all, I know, in many historical and modern dramas, the romance is more slow paced and the directing better, but THIS IS A REPUBLICAN DRAMA! Please consider this before watching it!!!!! For a republican drama, this is definitely very, very good (I did watch some and dropped even more). Besides, I feel that this genre is not fully developed yet, so please, for the sake of everything that makes you watch this, DONT APPLY THE SAME CRITERIAS AS FOR S TIER HISTORICAL DRAMAS!! Because this simply isnt one.
So if you have an open mind and dont mind fast pace and angst and love ZLH and WCH, I‘d definitely recommend you to check it out :))
But yeah, here I am trying to review objectively.
One pretty negative point is the AI intro, Im not gonna say anything about it, I just hope they change it asap.
But hey, the story itself is pretty nice for the genre-of course, as I said before, messy, but reasonable and doesnt make it difficult to make it enjoyable.
The acting is top-notch, there are the typical angsty scenes which might give short-drama vibe, but they absolutely also pay a lot of attention and add a lot of emotional depth in the character development. Besides, all actors and actresses are absolute eye-catchers!!! And the chemistry between ZLH and WCH is breathtaking, in my humble opinion.
About the hate on directing and so, I don‘t understand anything about it, but in most of the scenes (except the flower burning) I didnt see a big issue. Not at all perfect-Ive seen many dramas better directed for sure, but no absolute disaster either
The OSTs are absolutely beautiful, the sound effects annoying sometimes,but not too bad.
Rewatch value: I just watched till ep 5 yet, but I had to rewatch scenes over and over again because they were soo good (im not spoilering but watch it and youll know what i mean)-absolutely
All in all, I know, in many historical and modern dramas, the romance is more slow paced and the directing better, but THIS IS A REPUBLICAN DRAMA! Please consider this before watching it!!!!! For a republican drama, this is definitely very, very good (I did watch some and dropped even more). Besides, I feel that this genre is not fully developed yet, so please, for the sake of everything that makes you watch this, DONT APPLY THE SAME CRITERIAS AS FOR S TIER HISTORICAL DRAMAS!! Because this simply isnt one.
So if you have an open mind and dont mind fast pace and angst and love ZLH and WCH, I‘d definitely recommend you to check it out :))
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