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I have not read the novel, so my reveiw is purely based on show itself.
I came across this drama while trying to find a drama with similar bromance (read: BL) feel as The Untamed. First of all, this is very different to The Untamed; the only similarity I found in them is the chemistry between the main leads and the censored romance aspect. The prodution quality of The Guardian is also no where near TU level so if you are looking for a beautifully shot bromance drama with fantastic CGI and iconic OST, you will be dissapointed.
The best part of this series is the chemistry between the main leads. Zhu Yi Long and Jhonny Bai are phenomenal in their roles; they will make you laugh, gasp and cry. Special kudos to Zhu Yi long for his double acting as 2 completely different characters. I also enjoyed Ocean Jiang's portrayal of the Chu shu Zi. My score of 9 for acting was purely because of these 3 actors.
The OST, was another highlight of the show for me. Opening OST was approriately epic, and the ending theme was used well in cut scenes.
Now for the not so great parts, which unfortunately there was quite a bit of.
The supporting casts' acting ranged from decent but not very memorable to downright cringe inducing at times. Main supporting cast was not too bad, overall they did a decent job (except Ocean Jiang who was fantastic), but ultimately their performance was not very memorable. Majority of minor characters and Dixiang of the week charcters on the other hand was memorable only basue of the cringe induced headaches I got watching them :/
The story itself was nothing special, but it held my interest long enough to finish the series. It had a quite a few plot holes unfortunately, especially towards the end. Again, I haven't read the novel so I don't know if the original story was the same or better.
It is very obvious these guys worked on the tight budget. the most glaring evidence of this was the pretty terrible CGI. To be fair, they made a good call in the begining by minimising their use of CGI and sticking with props, and the Dixiang world looked decent overall. But they really dropped the ball with the weird rainbow time dimension which was just ugh...
Overall, it was a good time. I did lose my interest in the middle, but I am still glad I stuck through to finish it. The show has a lot of shortcomings, but the acting and chemistry of the leads made watchign it worthwhile.
I came across this drama while trying to find a drama with similar bromance (read: BL) feel as The Untamed. First of all, this is very different to The Untamed; the only similarity I found in them is the chemistry between the main leads and the censored romance aspect. The prodution quality of The Guardian is also no where near TU level so if you are looking for a beautifully shot bromance drama with fantastic CGI and iconic OST, you will be dissapointed.
The best part of this series is the chemistry between the main leads. Zhu Yi Long and Jhonny Bai are phenomenal in their roles; they will make you laugh, gasp and cry. Special kudos to Zhu Yi long for his double acting as 2 completely different characters. I also enjoyed Ocean Jiang's portrayal of the Chu shu Zi. My score of 9 for acting was purely because of these 3 actors.
The OST, was another highlight of the show for me. Opening OST was approriately epic, and the ending theme was used well in cut scenes.
Now for the not so great parts, which unfortunately there was quite a bit of.
The supporting casts' acting ranged from decent but not very memorable to downright cringe inducing at times. Main supporting cast was not too bad, overall they did a decent job (except Ocean Jiang who was fantastic), but ultimately their performance was not very memorable. Majority of minor characters and Dixiang of the week charcters on the other hand was memorable only basue of the cringe induced headaches I got watching them :/
The story itself was nothing special, but it held my interest long enough to finish the series. It had a quite a few plot holes unfortunately, especially towards the end. Again, I haven't read the novel so I don't know if the original story was the same or better.
It is very obvious these guys worked on the tight budget. the most glaring evidence of this was the pretty terrible CGI. To be fair, they made a good call in the begining by minimising their use of CGI and sticking with props, and the Dixiang world looked decent overall. But they really dropped the ball with the weird rainbow time dimension which was just ugh...
Overall, it was a good time. I did lose my interest in the middle, but I am still glad I stuck through to finish it. The show has a lot of shortcomings, but the acting and chemistry of the leads made watchign it worthwhile.
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