Amitto_iter
Poland
What did it cost? Everything
Gangnam in 1990s in neo-noir story about love, power and struggle with our own demons."Exceptional drama" - there are words that come to my mind, when I think about this series. Interesting idea for plot with many plot twists, hints and slowly developing story. You can fell aura of the last decade of 20th century in Korean criminal underworld.
Brilliant acting... Ji Chang Wook in action drama again is so satisfying. Fighting scenes are well-played and you can't take eyes on him in them. You can see emotions in his eyes, how he struggle and trying to keep his sanity. Complex character and I think one of the best in last years. Wi Ha Joon didn't disappoint as well, I could see that he shown something different in this role. I could understand his reasons and emotions, everything was perfect... and heartbreaking. Im Se Mi meets my expectations with her character and her struggles, her little facial expressions were brilliant. I can't niggle over supporting characters acting. they all do well. Also I was suprised by BIBI, I didn't know that she can act and be an eyecatcher in the screen.
I truly like music in this drama , it makes matching vibes with the story. Especially in the ending... it made me so emotional.
Filmmakers did amazing job with making characters. They are sophisticated, not obvious, not bad, not good. All I see is grey. Viewers may see that circumstances can made us do many things, terrible things. Things we do for love. Things we do for power. Things we do, because of our ambitious. Things we do, because of our greed. What make us going crazy, even if we try keep our beliefs. What we have to sacrifice for our work. And lasty if it is worthy to do it all...
In the end we all can see broken people, who lost everything. Whose world view was shattered . They know nothing. They don't believe in anything... they are shadows of who they were before
Highly recommended drama for neo-noir fans and ganster drama watchers. Great position for everyone interested in: morally-grey characters, undercover cop, difficult circumstances and what they can make us, psychological struggle and heartbeaking plot. I will come back in future to see one more time bromance and romance, action sequences and difficulties to stay true to yourself beliefs . Moreover I will think if it was worthy... after all it cost everything
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Mature love story with big-city ambitions
"Fake It Till You Make It" is series about corporate people, who try to find balance between work and personal life. Realistic work backround make me feel like I was watching normal people in their daily life.Main thread is romance between main leads, who are ambitious and hard-working, but lonely people. Their story is slow and uncontrived (it could happen in real life). They are resonable and don't act like children. They know their values and don't manipulate each other. Tang Ying is strong and independent woman, she wouldn't drop out her real-life accomplishements for a man. It'so cool, I hope in the future we would see more FL like her.
It is mature story with slow pace, it's stable and doesn't jump to conclusions. Every character have backstory and reasons for their bahaviour and action. This procedure shows viewesr that we don't know what other person is going throw and our judgement may be wrong.
Great script and directing. Good acting from whole cast. Enjoyable music. On point number of episodes, they don't drag out or rush too fast. Story not for everyone (slow and mature romance, lack of childish behaviour). I like this drama and recommend it, if you're looking for plot like this.
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Original idea for story, but superficially made
Idea of love story includes father-in-law and his daughter-in-law sounds intriguing. Action takes place in Tang dynasty and it's based on true events in history. However story is loosely made on facts and it is mostly fiction.Creation of Yang Gui Fei is little riduculous for me. She is young and stupid girl, who doesn't know how to behave. Her actions look randomly and often don't make any sense. It looks like she has only one purpose - looks beutiful on screen.
Other characters don't have any depth. We can't understand their decisions, because we don't know what their thinking. Their psychological portrait shouls be elaborate, which would make their motives more clear.
Concept of Byzantine envoy narration is fascinating, but I'm not sure if it suits this story.
Ending is messy and little strange. I understand that authors wanted show us characters great love, but I don't think it was good way to do it.
The best aspects of this film are for sure visuals. They look brilliant and far-fetched. Every footage is piece of art. They are breathtaking and make this film worth watching. Costumes and hairstyle are also mesmerizing.
Music is also very good. I think it suits scene well. It makes them more intense.
Overall "Lady of the Dynasty" is so so movie. Idea is fascinating, but unconvincingly made. Script doesn't give justice to story. On a good note visuals are compellig and look expensive. Moreover Fan Bing Bing is definitively beautiful and pleasing to the eyes.
Authors could offer audience much more. Historically Yang Gui Fei is shown as vicious and powerful woman not as lost girl. I would love to see interpretation like this in future.
However I have to give props to scriptwriter for knowledge that lychee was Yang Gui Fei favourite fruit.
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