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Swords of Legends chinese drama review
Ongoing 50/52
Swords of Legends
1 people found this review helpful
by Drama Addict
Oct 27, 2020
50 of 52 episodes seen
Ongoing
Overall 8.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0
An entertaining drama which you may enjoy. There were lots of the usual hygiene factors - good looking actors and actresses, lovely costume, good acting, dramatic special effects, unexpected twists in story, adventures etc. This drama had a strong cast - Dilraba, Yang Mi, Gao Wei Guang, William Chan, Li Yi Feng, Ma Tian Yu - the first three hailed from Ten Mile Peach Blossom, and the rest are well-known names today.

The story stemmed from a boy who acquired a murderous aura because of a sword his tribe was entrusted to guard, and the heavenly Crown Prince who was trying to unite his soul which was split into two. Both had to suffer immense pain.

The drama is good but not among the top league. The story was much ado about nothing. For example, why had the Crown Prince sought such a big detour to re-unite his soul? It had already been a thousand years. He could have approached the guarding tribe and told them who he was, and what he needed and found a more direct way to re-unite his soul without such a huge upheaval.

Also, episode 48 was a big yawn. The group was supposed to be preparing for a battle. Tusu had only three days to sustain his power, yet they were indulging in leisurely mushy conversations and enjoying romantic moments under the starlight. I must have been hardened by watching too much drama - I find them neither touching nor romantic. The romance between Li Yi Feng and Yang Mi were not well played up - failed to stir up any emotion in me.

There were these persistent attempts by people around trying to dissuade the key people from certain course of action - don't do this, don't do that - after a while it became really annoying - perhaps this is the Chinese culture.

The audio on YouTube videos was muted in a number of spots - and one of the theme music sounded very familiar - I suspect there was copyright issues which did not allow it to be broadcast outside of China.

However, if you are locked down in this pandemic and running out of entertainment, this could still be worth watching.
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