Perfect visual but not so perfect acting
Story:
For me, it is just another typical costume idol drama. The point that makes it a little different with other idol drama is the palace politic. In this one, the politic is clearly written with much thoughts, not that kind of shallow filler-only plot. However, there are many plot-holes which gave me questioning incongruent character development. Like the FL's background, the 2nd ML's adoptive parents and some of the older generations conflict sources. As on the psychological side of every character, I admit there are many facets of every characters hence make this drama more intriguing.
Acting:
Ranking from the best to the worst: Peter Ho, Neo Hou, Riley Wang, Ai Mi (the others I don't mention are not impressed me enough). Peter Ho as the villain is giving me goosebumps. I hate his character because of his expressions, he really takes his acting to another level. Neo Hou, as I've watched some of his dramas, he is very emotional actor. He can bring emotions pretty much in all his character in dramas. But I'd prefer watch him in melodramatic/serious drama than comedic ones. Riley Wang, at first I was not convinced since his face is mostly flat, but in the last 5 eps, I can feel that he is actually can act as multi-faceted character. Ai Mi on the other hand not impressed me, though I can see her potential since this is her 1st drama as FL. She has a sunshine smiley face which is very suitable as her character is a teenage girl. However, as FL who is fall deeply in love with the ML, she doesn't show much of emotion of affection, passion and yearning. But she shows deep emotions when act as a child to her parents.
Overall: Good for beating drama slump, but at first the emotional development is pretty slow for only 28 eps drama. Visual though is very pleasing. If change the FL to another more mature actress and the drama get more angst, I think this drama could attract more audiences
For me, it is just another typical costume idol drama. The point that makes it a little different with other idol drama is the palace politic. In this one, the politic is clearly written with much thoughts, not that kind of shallow filler-only plot. However, there are many plot-holes which gave me questioning incongruent character development. Like the FL's background, the 2nd ML's adoptive parents and some of the older generations conflict sources. As on the psychological side of every character, I admit there are many facets of every characters hence make this drama more intriguing.
Acting:
Ranking from the best to the worst: Peter Ho, Neo Hou, Riley Wang, Ai Mi (the others I don't mention are not impressed me enough). Peter Ho as the villain is giving me goosebumps. I hate his character because of his expressions, he really takes his acting to another level. Neo Hou, as I've watched some of his dramas, he is very emotional actor. He can bring emotions pretty much in all his character in dramas. But I'd prefer watch him in melodramatic/serious drama than comedic ones. Riley Wang, at first I was not convinced since his face is mostly flat, but in the last 5 eps, I can feel that he is actually can act as multi-faceted character. Ai Mi on the other hand not impressed me, though I can see her potential since this is her 1st drama as FL. She has a sunshine smiley face which is very suitable as her character is a teenage girl. However, as FL who is fall deeply in love with the ML, she doesn't show much of emotion of affection, passion and yearning. But she shows deep emotions when act as a child to her parents.
Overall: Good for beating drama slump, but at first the emotional development is pretty slow for only 28 eps drama. Visual though is very pleasing. If change the FL to another more mature actress and the drama get more angst, I think this drama could attract more audiences
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