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the Xu Kai movie I cried the most is Ancient Love Poetry. In an interview, Xu Kai was asked if he liked happy endings or sad endings, and he said sad endings because they are more memorable. I'm not saying either way how this movie will end but I I just though his perspective made a lot of sense. When a movie had immense sadness, tragedy, loss, etc. you will not forget.

If Li Ni does become emperor, for him to be a great emperor, all these sad things must happen to him and change him. He has to go through a journey of self-discovery.

thanks for this bts. In the Tencent interview, Xu Kai describes it so clearly and vividly about how he had do all these scenes. He said they are laying on wet and puddled ground and the horse were still peeing so it is mess.. yikes!

funny. Xu Kai said he cried an entire week outside of the set too until his eyes were swollen

I only just finished episode 14 and waiting for 15 tomorrow but I happened to watched teaser video #36 on Tencent WeTV and if you are a Xu Kai or Jing Tian fan and a romantic at heart, you will enjoy it. The love-hate relationship between the two is finally consummated and has hint of The Taming of the Shrewd kind of feeling. The romantic scene is done tastefully. and amusing to watch. Steamy romance done innocently. Reminds me of American movies in the old days (1950's?) where sex scenes are respectfully and tastefully done, always implied and the only thing you see is kissing and hugging, and they will use techniques to heighten the audience senses without resorting to nakedness.

My sense of the movie so far is that it may not be thrilling, suspenseful, mystery, or leave you on the edge of your seat but I find it very entertaining, and every scene is lovely. In his Tencent interview, Xu Kai says the movie will leave you feeling sentimental (if I understood him right). This movie needs to be watched in its entirety from beginning to end, uninterrupted on a big screen with good audio because it flows seamlessly from episode to episode, then I am emotionally drawn into the movie; otherwise, because I can only watch an episode a day or two days, I lose touch with it and so it can seem slow, boring or not exciting, but actually, it's fast paced, intriguing, and fun to watch. Maybe, I find it predictable. because I watch all the spoilers and teasers and read spoiler comments, so I already have an idea of what is going to happen next, but I simply cannot wait.

People posting on this board are intelligent, insightful, passionate, and considerate.

Li Ni said the only person who cared about him was his brother's mother. Perhaps Li Ni does not want to hurt his brother as a repayment to their mother for having cared for him when no one else did. Li Ni is a threat to his brothers. Either they will get rid of him, and he will be confronted with the reality that he has to retaliate. But what do I know, I only just finish episode 13. For a great war strategist as Li Ni, he should know that. Ying did tell him that in an episode.

Ying could be a female emperor like the well-educated, ambitious, and ruthless Wu Zetian (only female emperor of China) who like Ying was also encouraged by her father.

Li Ni is a threat to his brothers due to his military ties

When a guy is serious about you, they start to invite you to meet his family. Laolan is were Li Ni left his heart. He invites her to Laolan is same as inviting her into his heart, into his family so to speak. Laolan is Li Ni place of refuge.

go rewatch it and you'll get it.. Chang'er has superhuman hearing. In the very first episode, when an army was marching toward the first Laolan Pass (Silver Pines), they all rush to readiness and Chang'er climbs down outside the gate and puts his ears to the ground to listen for the approaching horses. The camera closes in on his twitching ears. I think he is like Li Ni right hand guy who gathers intelligence for him with his super hearing abilities. .

I just want to share a tidbit I found from an interview if it means anything to anyone. Jing Tian said the reason her character uses needles and other tricks is that as a girl, she wouldn't be able to physically beat a guy such as Li Ni. She has to be more clever and resorts to needles and other tricks to knock out her opponents.

Li Ni left his heart in Laolan Pass.

did you miss the beautiful date they had lying on teh grass and then it rained, then they went to the hut to cook, eat, and chat. When she left, he chased after her on his horse and shouted, "In my 20 years, I 've never had such a peaceful and good time, when the war is over, come with me to Laolan" and she promised she would.

did you catch the cute scene where Chang'er gives her a bowl of noodles and she didn't seem to like it all that much so Chang;er asks don't you like it and she says it's not as good as pig ears (a Chinese delicacy) Chang'er has superhuman hearing and nickname is Ears so he pulls his ears and smiles at the thought of her nibbling on his ears. She sees him smiling and asks why are you laughing? He doesn't tell her.

Xu Kai says it is sweet and bitter but has happy ending and leaves you feeling very sentimental.

why do you think Sun Jing was able to wipe out the royal family and Commandant Ho said the Li family are very mediore people with not much talent. How can Li Ni be so different?

I've watched enough Xu Kai movies to trust Xu Kai when he tries to interpret his character and portray it. I'm still on episode 13 so I'll have to wait a long time to figure out Li Ni eventually. I think Li Ni is a different person when he is around Ying. Didn't Pei Yuan say to Li Ni "Love makes you dumb". But Li Ni responded something like "You don't understand". Li Ni relies on Ying for his emotional needs. He cannot live without her. Early on, the scene he had a date with her, and it rained so they went to the small hut, cooked, eat and chatted. He found his soul mate and said in my 20 years, I have never felt such peace. When fighting over, come with me to Laolan.

I came here to find out spoilers because I am still on episode 13. I appreciate sincere comments they help people like me who are trying to understand the plot and the characters and I'm okay with different opinions. Some are not liking the development of the leads but that's okay. I can make up my mind later on. It's good to hear different opinions whether I agree or not, it has value as long as it is sincere and not personal or biased against the actor and is backed by reasoning. Also, I just want to support WoL since I read that it is not getting much attention.

why would one drop a drama when the angst and misery will start

I know ALP really well and loved that movie despite all the negativity about it and that the female lead is ugly, I found the actress is great and bring out inner beauty of Shanggu. I cried in ALP but haven't cried at all in WoL (i'm on on episode 13 but not expecting to cry, we'll see if it moves me to cry in later scenes. I think I saw a teaser scene that might may me cry and I won't say who died). Once you invest the time to understand ALP plot and characters, after you watch it, it will create all sorts of emotions and makes your heart ache. Some say Xu Kai was bland but I thought he was really good portraying the three characters in ALP. He was able to exhibit both coldness, sterness and yet a lining of warm and charm wrapped into Bai Jue. The entire cast had chemistry and great supporting actors helped to make ALP superb for me anyway.