FanofMinMin
Too melodramatic with too much crying....
I am a huge fan of Edward Guo's works and Fangs of Fortune (FOF) did not disappoint. The props, styling, costume, fighting cinematography, music, lighting, choices of actors, etc were excellent and probably a bit better than his last work with "My Journey to You". I thoroughly enjoyed the first 15 episodes of FOF, and could not wait for iQIYI to release latest episodes, but then it was downhill from there. The theme got darker; the storylines got more ridiculous and I felt that the director was trying very hard to get every actor to cry unnecessarily. The last 5 episodes were especially tough to digest - all actors cried almost every alternate scene. The crying scenes were definitely overdone and there were times when I was praying for Tian Jiarui's character (Zhou Yichen (ZYC)) not to cry.
I could not accept the storyline that a demon who has lived for well over 30,000 years, and supposed to be a strong bad-ass demon could turn out to be such a weakling at the end of this drama. Similarly, how could a Goddess be so useless, and in reality a supporting cast in FOF when she is billed as the lead female of FOF. The real protagonist here is Tian Jiarui and not Neo Hou. I thought Neo Hou was much better here than he was in his last drama "Dashing Youth" as the young Liquor Deity, but was not really given the chance to shine. Zhao Yuanzhou (ZYZ) character early on was strong, witty and charasmatic. Unfortunately by the end of the drama, ZYZ was just a side character to ZYC.
Edward Guo's penchant for sad ending was evident in FOF. Some characters are bound to die, just like most characters have their own sad background stories. ZYZ had a miserable life and could not die; Chen DuLing's master and ZYC's brother/father died at the hand of ZYZ; Pei Sijing had to kill her own brother; Bai Jiu lost her mother when he was young; etc. In My Journey to You, Ai Mi's character met an untimely death. Ai Mi was a side character in FOF, and her storyline would bring tears to your eyes, and you could have guessed what ultimately happened to her character in FOF. That is just typical Edward Guo.
Cut down on crying, and this c-drama is definitely worth watching. Will be waiting for the next installment of Edward Guo's work.
I could not accept the storyline that a demon who has lived for well over 30,000 years, and supposed to be a strong bad-ass demon could turn out to be such a weakling at the end of this drama. Similarly, how could a Goddess be so useless, and in reality a supporting cast in FOF when she is billed as the lead female of FOF. The real protagonist here is Tian Jiarui and not Neo Hou. I thought Neo Hou was much better here than he was in his last drama "Dashing Youth" as the young Liquor Deity, but was not really given the chance to shine. Zhao Yuanzhou (ZYZ) character early on was strong, witty and charasmatic. Unfortunately by the end of the drama, ZYZ was just a side character to ZYC.
Edward Guo's penchant for sad ending was evident in FOF. Some characters are bound to die, just like most characters have their own sad background stories. ZYZ had a miserable life and could not die; Chen DuLing's master and ZYC's brother/father died at the hand of ZYZ; Pei Sijing had to kill her own brother; Bai Jiu lost her mother when he was young; etc. In My Journey to You, Ai Mi's character met an untimely death. Ai Mi was a side character in FOF, and her storyline would bring tears to your eyes, and you could have guessed what ultimately happened to her character in FOF. That is just typical Edward Guo.
Cut down on crying, and this c-drama is definitely worth watching. Will be waiting for the next installment of Edward Guo's work.
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