Akage Girl
Northern New England
Watch it for the female characters or Xiao Zhan - either way you won't be disappointed
In case anyone is wondering, I picked this movie to see if Xiao Zhan is fun to watch without Wang Yi Bo. I am happy to report……the answer is YES. And if any of you reading this review haven’t watched The Untamed….For Heaven’s Sake! Stop reading and start the drama!
Story: Jade Dynasty is the story of Zhang Xiao Fan who is orphaned (or at least it looks like it) and apprentices with a sect and is a hopeless bumbling practitioner of martial arts. Everyone in the sect loves him like a brother and he appears to have a strange but loving place to live. There’s a big contest amongst all the secs and he gets to go….kinda like Cinderella because he’s not remotely qualified. Somehow, he has a special rock that merges with a stick and it becomes a weapon…..then all hell breaks loose.
Characters: I didn’t like the character of Zhang Xiao Fan at first. He was just too nice and too perfect. I did love all the female characters. Man oh man were there some fun female characters from his adopted older sister to an enemy or girlfriend (I’m still not sure) and then a kick-butt swords woman from another sect. The male characters were almost as interesting.
The problem with this show is it should have been a drama instead of movie. There is so much back story that could have made this more interesting. I almost felt like I was left hanging. How did he get the rock? What about these fun female characters? Can we see more of them? Who killed his parents? What the heck with that demon guy? Which female does Zhang Xiao Fan actually like? Can we see more of Zhang Xiao Fan now that his voice has changed and he looks a little demonic?
Did I love this movie? YOU BETCHA!!! XIAO ZHAN WAS THAT GOOD! Man oh man. From naïve boy to a kind of demon (and a sexy one at that) he was so so so so. I don’t know but whatever it is, Xiao Zhan has it. Yes, the female characters were wonderful even with the short story (especially Lu Xue Qi with her conflicted self – I could have watched a whole movie about her story.)
The music was cool and yes…..I’m going to watch this again to see if I can see who killed his parents. Just saying……This should have been a 30 episode drama, not a movie. So watch it for the story or the strong female representation or just for Xiao Zhan. Don’t expect him to play another Wei Wuxian. His performance as Zhang Xiao Fan was just different enough that I enjoyed it and didn’t wonder where Lan Zhan was.
Story: Jade Dynasty is the story of Zhang Xiao Fan who is orphaned (or at least it looks like it) and apprentices with a sect and is a hopeless bumbling practitioner of martial arts. Everyone in the sect loves him like a brother and he appears to have a strange but loving place to live. There’s a big contest amongst all the secs and he gets to go….kinda like Cinderella because he’s not remotely qualified. Somehow, he has a special rock that merges with a stick and it becomes a weapon…..then all hell breaks loose.
Characters: I didn’t like the character of Zhang Xiao Fan at first. He was just too nice and too perfect. I did love all the female characters. Man oh man were there some fun female characters from his adopted older sister to an enemy or girlfriend (I’m still not sure) and then a kick-butt swords woman from another sect. The male characters were almost as interesting.
The problem with this show is it should have been a drama instead of movie. There is so much back story that could have made this more interesting. I almost felt like I was left hanging. How did he get the rock? What about these fun female characters? Can we see more of them? Who killed his parents? What the heck with that demon guy? Which female does Zhang Xiao Fan actually like? Can we see more of Zhang Xiao Fan now that his voice has changed and he looks a little demonic?
Did I love this movie? YOU BETCHA!!! XIAO ZHAN WAS THAT GOOD! Man oh man. From naïve boy to a kind of demon (and a sexy one at that) he was so so so so. I don’t know but whatever it is, Xiao Zhan has it. Yes, the female characters were wonderful even with the short story (especially Lu Xue Qi with her conflicted self – I could have watched a whole movie about her story.)
The music was cool and yes…..I’m going to watch this again to see if I can see who killed his parents. Just saying……This should have been a 30 episode drama, not a movie. So watch it for the story or the strong female representation or just for Xiao Zhan. Don’t expect him to play another Wei Wuxian. His performance as Zhang Xiao Fan was just different enough that I enjoyed it and didn’t wonder where Lan Zhan was.
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