jekyll
one of the best xianxia dramas out there
just rewatched the entire series again and the iconic parts still hit so hard. i grew up watching many dramas with a similar concept but ashes of love really is unique and worth watching compared to all other xianxia dramas. i think back to this drama a lot, even in day to day life.although lowkey basic, the storyline is still very good. there are parts that may seem pointless to you at the start but they all seem to have a purpose as you continue to watch it. e.g the character that jinmi helped to translate for xufeng who appeared again later on and the words of that woman who helped to revive jin mi's friend (those of you who watched will know the significance). i have not given the story a higher rating than 9 due to the clearly boring and useless story between that princess and the guy who keeps making arrows. they add nothing to the story and their acting very much sucks.
yang zi, deng lun and luo yunxi are overall almost perfect for their roles. to me, yang zi is one of the few actresses who don't make innocent characters seem like utter idiots and cowards. i do find her character cute. however, i do want to be picky as deng lun is a little emotionless at points but it doesn't affect his overall performance too much. as i said before, the princess mu ci aren't good at acting (in my opinion) so the score of 9 mainly is given because of them.
the music is very almost spot on. the way it comes in at just the right parts - they have done an amazing job with the production ! taken off 0.5 points because the outro may be a little scary and weird to listen to at first. however, i think most people get used to it and start to appreciate it after watching the drama.
as i said before, i have decided to write this review because i just rewatched it. it is definitely worth watching AND rewatching. the cgi, production and acting easily makes this one of my all time favourite dramas. i really do think it was the best drama of 2018.
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i really wanted to like this
despite the ML and FL's great acting and the excellently crafted trailers, i do not see anything good about this drama. i watched the trailers and the official mv straight after they were released and was extremely excited initially and having waited more than a year for the drama, i think it's highly disappointing.i am a big fan of yang zi and a general drama fan of cheng yi and let me make this clear THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ACTING AT ALL - i thought the acting was great. hence why they cut some good scenes for the trailers, which attracted a lot of anticipation from viewers - i was attracted too to the trailers.
but the outcome of the drama is really quite boring to me. i did not have the feeling of wanting to watch one episode after another and basically tried to force myself to keep going because i really did like the cast and trailers. but after 10 episodes, i really don't think i can force myself any longer into this.
the story is more than generic for a xianxia drama, i see so many aspects from several dramas. i just hate how i know exactly what will happen each time because everything is so generic. the character of the FL is also so annoying to me - it's like xianxia dramas cannot have a FL with a brain (i feel very sorry that yang zi has to act like someone like that every time). and the fact that the sister HAD to turn bad like that was so expected and it's like this happens in every drama? i really hoped that they would've done something different with zixi's character but unfortunately not.
i also found the "not being able to fall in love" part very confusing? how come there is this strict rule but 1) girls publicly talk about how they lowkey have a crush on yingyuan to each other 2) they even write it on the wish sticks (lol idk what they're called sorry) and 3) that library dude keeps joking about finding love and even seducing yingyuan? like? it just confuses me.
the music was alright but nothing special + i felt nothing listening to it because of how dry the story was. even the actors' great acting seemed to be dim under the basic plot.
i really hoped that i would eventually like this but i simply don't have the energy to watch on anymore. in conclusion, i did not like this and i felt no emotions watching this.
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