The Story of Ming Lan - Review

The Story of Ming Lan - one of ZLY's best dramas. The story is smart, has a great message, and great script. Some of the lines, especially Ming Lan's are really wise, and like quotes. about life about everything. It's a long series, with 73 episodes, but i didnt get bored of it. I'ev watched it 3 times and still find it so wise and interesting. the proper male lead doesnt properly come in until nearly halfway through the series, and they dont actually have any intimacy until the last 20ish episodes, but there is so much going on at the same time, but i can still easily understand it. I dont know how the director did it.

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One and Only - Review

I personally dont like BE (bad endings) but i liked this drama series. personally i think thats quite an achievement in itself. usually, as long as the series has a BE, i stop liking it. cuz whats the point when pretty much every character in the series are probably better off if the series never existed? why does the director have to be so cruel as that everytime i think about the series i feel a strong wave of sad sympathy towards the people in it? i would have probably given this series a 10 for everything, had it not been so sad. It's such sad love. the 2 leads were never truly happy. ShiYi's dad left her when she was little, her marriage was arranged before she was even born, she fell in love with a man that couldnt marry, she was forced to marry a man she barely knew. and Zhou Shen Cheng was sent to the outskirts when he was barely a teenager, he was forced to take a vow and never marry or have children, he couldnt be with ShiYi even tho they loved each other and knew it. He ends up dying becuz he is too powerful for the Emperors liking, and She ends up commiting suicide by jumping off the palace wall cuz hes dead. Quite sad, really.

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Ashes of Love - Review

Ashes of Love was a nice, cute, but sad drama. The start was kinda funny, with Jing Mi being so cute and the scene where she calls the male lead, which is a pheonix, but she calls him a raven, was hilarious. I like the heaven realm. Its really pretty and magical and the costumes were all pretty - no strange hairstyles or garments. I think they ceretainly put some effort into the costumes. The part when they go to the human realm was sortta romantic, i guess. and i liked that the other character that liked Jing Mi wasnt there most of the time, so he couldnt reallly interfere. The scenes after were all sad though. So much plotting, Jing Mi's dad dying, Jing Mi not being the cute adorable girl she was at the start after seeing all the death and stuff, Jing Mi killing the male lead, her trying to save the lead but always getting hurt, everything. really depressing. but good series overall and i can see why its so popular.

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Forever and Ever - Review

This sequel to One and Only certaiinly managed to satisfy me. It's got a lovely happy ending, with Shiyi and Zhou Shencheng married. One thing about this series though, is that Zhou Shencheng proposes to Shiyi in Ep 4, when they've barely just met! It's got a concerningly fast pace at the start, with them only meeting the other half a year ago, and only seen each other a few times, and they decide to get engaged. Of course, I wouldnt be complaining. There are some awkward moments that are really quite cute, and i love how the first time they kiss was so awkward. Bai Lu is an amazing actress (and SOOOO pretty) and the series was just really nice, and only one person dies and yea.

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Legend of Fei - Review

Legend of Fei is a cool series with a lot of martial arts, which is satisfying to watch. They say ZLY looks old in this drama, but i think she looks fine. Wang Yibo's acting wasnt that good, so thats why the acting is a nine. I really like the scene when the leads kiss for the first time and they look soooo embarrased. I didnt like how the male lead was apparently sick for most of the series though. And I really wish they put a wedding scene in, cuz the leads get married, but we only see them a few years later. In fact, maybe the leads could have a baby - that would be a perfect happy ending! But overall, quite nice

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King Is Not Easy - Review

Well, Im not even exactly sure how to start. This is a funny show. I have read a number of reviews, and have found that they are all about how bad the plot twist and the ending is, and i have to say: i agree. It's like, everything makes perfect sense, and im somewhat enjoying the drama series, and then suddenly the director's mind just gets fucked up, and he decides to pretend the last 17 and a half episodes were all just a dream. Like, if it really was a dream, then what was the point of all those episodes? To show how crazy and imaginative Da Xi's mind is? To make it seem to have depth, when its actully just a whole lotta shit? I really dont know. I think the series would be so much better off just ending when they change back. It would've made it the shortest - not that it isnt either way - series I've ever watched, but it would've had so much potential. Like, the acting was really good. I sincerely think it might've even been really popular and stuff, had it not been for the last 5 episodes. It's probably the reason its THE least well-known drama series Bai Lu has ever acted in.

The little funny comedy bits at the end with Bai Lu and Zhang Yi Jie as a modern day couple was really funny sometimes. It was a tiny bit strange, as it had NOTHING to do with the series itself, apart from having the same lead actors, but it was entertaining, and comedic.

Fun Tip: If it were me, and I'd known that it what such a load of shit, I wouldnt have watched it. Watch 'Till the End of the Moon' intsead. It's Bai Lu's new film, just finished streaming. It's quite a little longer - 40 episodes, i think, but its really good - SOOOOO much better than this one.

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