equanimity
A journey of miscommunication, wrong trust and…..lots of frustrations as a result
What I liked:
1. The story. I would not say I loved it but I liked the angst that came with such a xianxia, so I was filled with anticipation when it first aired since I had enjoyed the Journey of Flower. The storyline is similar to the latter but this definitely had less angst.
2. The first 20 episodes were light and easy to watch.
3. OST were melodious and very fitting for a xianxia.
4. CGI is acceptable, not the best, but nothing to fault.
What I didn’t like:
1. Scenes were abruptly cut so much that I even wondered whether there were some issues with the online platform I was watching from.
2. Lots of random scenes where a character or characters out of nowhere suddenly appeared and seemed as though they were there all along but I was there scratching my head, asking myself whether I had missed something.
3. Acting overall from the entire cast was mediocre. Jeremy Tsui, the male lead, had the same expression. When he was happy, he looked that way. When he was sad and devastated, I could predict he would look that way. And Yang Chao Yue, I am sorry, I already did not like her from episode 1 but since the initial episodes were easy to watch, I could just continue with her, but 40 episodes on, after the entire drama, I still did not like her acting and her expressions, ah, yes, someone said pouting female lead.
And the rest of the cast, some were acceptable, but most looked like they were just ‘acting’. Yes, I know everyone is acting, but I have seen my share of good dramas where I totally forgot that they were actors/actresses because everything was so natural and convincing.
4. There were many scenes that were ‘made to happen’ (do we call such scenes cliched?) and that caused lots of frustrations like I would wonder why the male lead could not save the female lead when she needed him the most at that time, while he was somewhere doing some other stuff which could have been done by other people who were actually doing absolutely nothing at that time.
All in all, I would not recommend this xianxia because the negatives for me outweighed the positives. There was not much angst to me and I did not feel touched by the undying love between the main leads. Maybe there were not enough sacrifices? After giving some thought, I believe the most likely reason is the lack of a strong chemistry between the main leads and this is so important here – or in any xianxia – where 99% of the story is about the love between these two people.
1. The story. I would not say I loved it but I liked the angst that came with such a xianxia, so I was filled with anticipation when it first aired since I had enjoyed the Journey of Flower. The storyline is similar to the latter but this definitely had less angst.
2. The first 20 episodes were light and easy to watch.
3. OST were melodious and very fitting for a xianxia.
4. CGI is acceptable, not the best, but nothing to fault.
What I didn’t like:
1. Scenes were abruptly cut so much that I even wondered whether there were some issues with the online platform I was watching from.
2. Lots of random scenes where a character or characters out of nowhere suddenly appeared and seemed as though they were there all along but I was there scratching my head, asking myself whether I had missed something.
3. Acting overall from the entire cast was mediocre. Jeremy Tsui, the male lead, had the same expression. When he was happy, he looked that way. When he was sad and devastated, I could predict he would look that way. And Yang Chao Yue, I am sorry, I already did not like her from episode 1 but since the initial episodes were easy to watch, I could just continue with her, but 40 episodes on, after the entire drama, I still did not like her acting and her expressions, ah, yes, someone said pouting female lead.
And the rest of the cast, some were acceptable, but most looked like they were just ‘acting’. Yes, I know everyone is acting, but I have seen my share of good dramas where I totally forgot that they were actors/actresses because everything was so natural and convincing.
4. There were many scenes that were ‘made to happen’ (do we call such scenes cliched?) and that caused lots of frustrations like I would wonder why the male lead could not save the female lead when she needed him the most at that time, while he was somewhere doing some other stuff which could have been done by other people who were actually doing absolutely nothing at that time.
All in all, I would not recommend this xianxia because the negatives for me outweighed the positives. There was not much angst to me and I did not feel touched by the undying love between the main leads. Maybe there were not enough sacrifices? After giving some thought, I believe the most likely reason is the lack of a strong chemistry between the main leads and this is so important here – or in any xianxia – where 99% of the story is about the love between these two people.
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