I liked the acting of of WWX and some other characters.
It was incomprehensible to me how a brilliant free spirit like WWX suddenly joined the immature brother's, in my opinion, simplistic and illogical narrative that he was ultimately responsible for pretty much everything that went wrong. When a story/character becomes too unbelievable that you can no longer identify with it, it becomes boring.
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Am I watching a totally different drama?
I tried watching this drama 3 times because of the ratings and reviews, but I didn't make it to episode 4 because overall, I didn't think it was a good drama. I wonder if it received such a high rating because of the popularity of the actors? I even wondered if I was watching the same drama or a different one.Btw, I am not into mystical types of dramas but I've watched them in the past. If this drama had a good storyline within the first 3 episodes I would have continued on despite the screen resolution and it appearing to be a low budgeted drama.
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A Flute, A Zombie, An Apple, and An Ass
I don't want to stir the pot on this drama, since it's considered by many to be the best drama ever made. However, I do want to talk about a few things that I liked, and a few things that bothered me.Firstly, I only needed to watch the first two episodes to know exactly what this drama was going to be about, that's why I had to drop it. The very first scene has the most outrageously bad CGI, and I could have told you the entire plot of the drama from the first scene alone, which is something that really bothers me, but I'll go further into that shortly.
So, now that the characters have revealed their roles in the story, and we know the main protagonist was wronged and this whole scene was him seeking revenge through the crappiest CGI ever, then the story begins from the end, and suddenly, we are shown some of the best and most artistic "big-budget" cinematography I've seen in a Chinese drama. The unevenness of these two factors kind of threw me off.
In the span of the first two episodes, we learn exactly what happened to the main character 16 years ago. Firstly, the main character is presented to us as an eccentric genius with sociopathic tendencies. Right away, we can tell that he has been wrongly accused of harming a female character that he knew 16 years ago. The other characters literally feed us every bit of information we might need in order to piece together what has already transpired. My issue is, why the heck do I want to invest my time in watching so many episodes to get the details of what happened, and how he was obviously framed for a crime he didn't commit 16 years earlier? I don't care how things really happened, since I already know how they will end.
I had the same issue with Ancient Detective, as right in the middle of the drama, they go back in time to reveal how it all began. I don't really care how things began if I already know so much about the end result. Maybe that's my own personal failing. I don't mind a subtle hint (not like the very first scene) at the very beginning, but not a full expose within the first two episodes, followed by an entire series of episodes on how everything started. I also dislike prequels for this same reason.
Anyway, this is my issue with watching this drama. The main character is interesting and all, but I don't find watching a cackling, effeminate man who has clearly lost his mind a huge draw, personally.
I think that a lot of the hype behind this drama has to do with the gay and effeminate aspect of it. BL is kind of gay exploitation, and I'm not really into making homosexuality into an entertainment gimmick.
5.5 zombie flutes out of 10.
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Bizarro
Eu realmente não faço ideia do porquê esse drama estar no top 1. É tudo tão horrível que dá agonia de ver, me senti assistindo algo da década de 90. É um drama de fantasia em que os efeitos, que deveriam ser uma parte super importante, são completamente amadores, me lembrei dos primeiros Power Rangers. A maquiagem é horrível, qualquer peruca que você compra pelo e-bay fica melhor do que a utilizada. A direção também é péssima. Com tantas falhas, como a atuação salvaria? Me pareceu um drama fadado ao fracasso desde a abertura, eu só peguei pra ver porque estava no top 1 do MyDramaList, e tive que assistir 2 episódios pra ter certeza. Olha, não vou criticar quem achou bom por gostos pessoais, mas dar 9 é sacanagem, eu precisava escrever um review.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
