Gory, bloody, no character evolution

I am not a fan of gory films but I gave this a watch hoping it has a good story that can balance out the gory scenes.
What's common in this movie is "no explanation" leaving viewers questioning why:
●C. Ping is the way he is
●100 coins no more no less to kill
●the science project on the women
●What's with the flag marker
●Relevance of the cockfight
●And so many, many more

Production such as scene set, costume and props were aptly mastered here.

Acting was convincing.
Characters written are chaotic.

I can't recommend this movie unless you love gore movies that makes no sense.

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Strong Female Lead Movie

Story of two young ladies who want to get back their family blade that their father, a Chief Commander, used while valiantly fighting against the Liao during war. The Liao took the blade as a trophy winning against the brave Chief Commander.

The story entirety revolved within 2 days; from the time the blade was taken back by the 2 sisters then fighting the Liao soldiers who went after them.

The fight choreographies were good and theres a lot of them. Set scenes were done convincingly. Costumes matches the story told. There was just a quirky scene wherein the fight was turned into a staged production complete with spotlight so it threw me off. A serious story that has this made me scratch my head.
No beautiful costumes, emperor's, or palace shown in this story so don't expect them.
Overall, I can recommend it for viewing if you are into period action movies that has a good plot a strong female lead.

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Amazingly Entertaining

I regret ignoring all seasons and series of Ossan's Love. I have never laughed this much watching a series. Episode 5 hot spring scenes was the most hilarious of all for me.
Some viewers will find some characters irritating. However, I find the writer a genius for meshing a hotpodge of characters together and making them work harmoniously, producing a very entertaining series. This has a little bit of everything and nothing excessive except for Chief's screaming and Haruta's reactions but I think they were necessary to complete the comedic aspect of the series.
I truly hope they do another sequel.

I enjoyed all Ossan's Love sequels but this is my most favorite one.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED VIEWING

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More than a BL Fantasy series

Honestly, I dropped this series after 2 episodes 2 years ago. I felt exhausted with Adachi character. Rewatching it this time taught me a huge lesson: It will not always be fireworks at first but given the opportunity and time, it may not just be fireworks but dancing beautiful colors along with it.
Best part I love about this series is how it didn't end in just their romance story but it included dealing with their filial responsibilities. I love the bravenes of Adachi of wanting their parents' blessings and fighting for it.
The animation for this is slightly different in few areas but I like it the same. Still turned out satisfying to watch. I did flinch a bit couple of times for the overreaction in some scenes that is typical of Japanese series.
Overall, I will recommend this series and don't stop there. Watch the movie because it has a lot more to offer.

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Simple and Edible

A simple story portraying life of 2 friends starting their college life together. No heavy drama to be seen but lots of simple recipes that viewers will be able to try. I am a foodie so I love this aspect of the movie.
There is underdeveloped relationship between the 2 friends. They are very close but no clear statement of anything beyond special friendship. Viewers can decipher the emotions of the characters for each other based on their actions, words, and gazes for each other. However, the movie will end with no clear statement other than strong and special friendship.
Production did well with scene set up and props. I am big on recycled/reused wardrobes so I am a bit disappointed with scenes having used wardrobes for characters. (I am aware diff scenes were shot on same day explaining the wardrobes but good director and production will know that this impact the storytelling).
There is a season 2 slotted for July per MDL which may show evolvement of their relationship. There is also a cute short segment after the credit so don't be quick to end watching when end credits comes on.
Saw someone sharing a link for Season 2 trailer which I will definitely watch after submitting this review.

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Awesome Fight Choreography

This is one of the best martial arts movie I have watched. The plot is simple and direct but the way it was directed kept me glued at my seat. It is fast pace, shot in beautiful locations, wonderful sceneries, costumes and wardrobe fit perfectly with the scenes, all artists were convincing in their portrayal of their characters.
One of the best movies in this genre that I have seen.
of there is one thing negative to say, it will be somebofnthe brutal scenes but then again, it's my personal disposition. My brutal may not be anything remotely close to others' meaning of brutal.

Highly recommended watch. I will now watch the season 2. Hopefully, it will also keep me glued.

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Unique Plot

Story is unique involving mental health issue. Learned that in Japan, there is a label for this. Love a series that teaches me new things.

As I mentioned, the plot got me interested. It is refreshing to watch a story different from the typical plot. There's a little of mystery, comedy, & romance for this short series.

Casting: I am not well versed with Japanese artists since I can hardly access J-Drama from platforms I subscribe in. I don't feel the artist playing the FL fits the character well. It just felt like there's something missing or not fitting. I don't even think that those are the right words for it.
The rest of the artists did well in portraying their characters.
My favorite is the relationship between father and daughter. It is adorable.
YU is the only artist I am familiar with in this series and I think he is improving really well with his acting skills.

Actor Junhai (I hope I spelled it right), is quite interesting in the way he portrayed his role as a famous writer with his own mental issues.

Wardrobe: It's great to see an entire series with no recycled/repeat wardrobe. Well chosen sets for each character.

Sets and Props: Nothing out of the ordinary nor out of place. Very well suited for each scenes.

Overall, I was surprised that it kept me glued and checking how many more episodes left each time I finish an episode. I embarrassingly hoped for a magical transformation on the amount of episodes because I wanted the story to evolve more. Maybe expand the romance part.

It is hard to find this with English sub just like most Japanese drama. I wish more diverse Japanese series will be easily accessible and available for international viewers with Eng sub even with subscriptions. We are missing out on a lot of great Japanese series and movies.

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Could have been be great

Concept is good until story got twisted starting at 9:30 teenager Alice story got introduced.
FL Saya is an interesting character but ruined by poor dubbing. I think the artist they chose for the role did the character well. The rest mostly exaggerated their acting that can be irritating sometimes
Love the inclusion of WAR music and other 70's sounds.
It started gory and has some gory scenes. Overall, it can be good enough to watch when needing something to kill time. ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♥︎♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♥︎♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

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Vampire/Human Romance Story with a speck of mystery

Although this has same title as the new BL series out right now from Result Entertainment, and this series has Machida Keita (who looks so handsome here), the story revolves around the relationship between female lead as a vampire living like a typical human, and a human policeman.
It has a quirky atmosphere, light effort on comedy, and mystery. The romance that is the main focus is full of little hurdles from start. Great part for me is the Mom boasting to be an ARMY & feeling lonely that BTS are now doing individual work.
I recommend this series but don't expect too much. It starts really slow but hopefully Machida can keep you watching til end.

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Fun!!!

I didn't have high expectations for this series because of my own pre-judgment of few episodes with multi-couple but this turned out to be a fun watch. I bursted out laughing at scenes I didn't expect to be funny at all. Jung Lee Won (JLW) and Kim Ji Oh (KJO) truly delivered their roles quite good. I didn't see the chemistry at first but my mid series, I realized I was looking forward to more scenes of them.

Woo Soon Woo and Ko Yoo Kyeom is the cute couple doing a more serious tone in characters. Although KYK made my head spin with his relationship with his GF and then his response when WSW confessed to him, I stuck with it to get a better understanding of his character. (You gotta watch to see why it confused me. You will see it clearly). I hope it wasn't lost in the translation.

The production did pretty good with wardrobe and sets considering this to be a low budget series. Unlike other series, you wouldn't see same wardrobe for different scenes.

I would recommend this for any BL series lover. Fujoshis will have a fun time watching this series. This Korean version is my most favorite one.

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If you are considering to watch...

it is not a spoiler to say that this has zombies/undead in it.
I like Liu Yi Tong and he did a different character here that he portrayed well. Yuan Zhao didn't disappoint either although there's some scenes that her facial expression were a bit exaggerated. If a good artist role portrayal, wardrobe and sets are enough for you, this can be a possible watch.
The story and how it was relayed or directed got me bored. This is where it failed drastically. Those undead could have been directed better. The fight choreographies are borderline good. The comical scenes weren't funny at all.
The costumes were great as well as the sets for all scenes.
I don't recommend this movie personally but if you are out of selection, it may work to get you through.

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a nice picture puzzle w/missing pieces

If I am correct, this might be before Go Jun completed Word of Honor. His Censorship. portrayed the character well. The
entire cast, from lead to support did an excellent job. Production might be lacking a little in wardrobe; viewers can actually tell which scenes were filmed at the same day due to wardrobes. Props integration need a Lil work (mannequin in the well).
I feel it could have been directed better because the sequencing seems off a couple of times although it didn't really ruin the story.
Last but not least, I read that there was originally an uncut version of this series that made it more fulfilling to watch. Sadly, that may be buried since this was released 6 years ago. For a Chinese bromance series, don't expect what you normally see in a typical Korean, Japanese and Thai BL works. The closest this will get is a brotherhood relationship that hints that there could be more but then suddenly a scene or line is inserted that would tell pull you back that it's nothing more. There was a scene where the second leading man while in bed with Go Jun told Go Jun he isn't only being nice to him because of his sister and that will tell him in the future. the entire series ended without any scene revealing that reason.

I recommend this to any Go Jun followers because this shows his early talent that can be compared to his recent ones.
Kudos to the producer for bravely producing this series and doing their best to meet the strict censorship.

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First movie in a planned trilogy

The news that this series was a hut in China came on my feed a week before my Netflix notification of this movie's availability for viewing. Being that, I completed this first movie investment out of 3 planned to be released.

I like that China is sticking to it's own mythological background than merging or using western entities for their international releases. I noticed during opening credit that screenwriting guru James Schamus was the consultant for this film. That tells me the goal of Chinese producers to give it a way to be also adaptable to westerner viewers.

The CGI is comparable to any popular and blockbuster western films. The story was told in a good phase tho there was a point early in the movie that I was puzzled as to how that demon fox came about. Did I miss it during the beginning narration?

The variety of characters keeps viewers away from being bored. There's ghastly warlock, tyranical ruler, slapstick comedy, humor, action, fantasmic/sexy demon fox, witty and comedic gods, ugly but adorable demon, and so much more. Viewers will be slammed by the grandeur of production here.
The god squad that includes boy tyrant, Ne Zha (Yafan Wu) is enjoyable to watch and reminds me so much of the Monkey King character.

This has savagery, violence, slapstick humor, and fantasy.

Being partly exposed to Asian culture, I enjoyed this first movie investment. For anyone else with no concept of Asian mythology and culture, this may leave you scratching your head though there's a good chance you may be entertained.
The end credit allows a good peek at what is coming for the second investment of this trilogy. Giants are coming and surprisingly, the tyranical emperor brought back to life by the seductive demon fox.

I am looking forward to the second film.

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