I liked LOVE IN THE CLOUDS, but I didn’t.
One of my main issues with the show was the script. I started noticing how very repetitive some dialogues were. Like, specially with the villains. Lord Hanfeng and Situ Ling said the same stuff over and over again, to themselves, to their sidekicks and to the characters. I GET IT, I GOT IT THE FIRST TIME. You don’t need to tell me your master plan or your feelings every time you are on screen. Also, this is very stupid but the amount of times all the characters said the name JI BOZAI, DEAR LORD, it was so annoying after I started paying attention.
Other issue was the storylines of certain characters and the connections to the bigger plot. I don’t think it was well executed, but because they were fun and charismatic, you stop paying attention to it.
The dynamics between Ji Bozai and Ming Yi were…I don’t know man. You know when you can see the potential of depths and intrigues and completions in two characters and the potential of their dynamics to be more violent and cunning, and embrace the lying and the betrayal? Like, they are both such a tragic characters, they are hurt, and they hurt others. The drama was so light and soft and understanding to them being point at, accused, violated, abused and more. Maybe I am much more resentful, but the story going from a revenge theme to a salvation plot because big bad villain/prophecy was a little to simple.
And I don’t know exactly why I feel this way. Maybe is the lack of world building and geopolitics that could have made the characters resentment more powerful, or the cut and editing that made things go more quickly and changing. I think this drama had so many interesting themes, specially about society, low and high classes, truth and delusion, and power connected to blood/family and pain. But too many characters started to drag the drama to the same discussions and never going more in depth to any of them.
Of the likes, I think the characters are great. Everyone is good at portray what they need to portray. They also are great at crying (ugly cry, desperate cry, happy cry, painful cry) and have good body chemistry. The fighting scenes are one of my favorites of all dramas, and the costumes and cgi effects were very pretty.
This is my very first finished Hou Minghao drama, finally. I started FOUR OF THIS WORKS, AND ABANDONED EVERY ONE OF THEM for issues like him not having enough screen time, nonsense storytelling, bad chemistry and overall, directors relying too much on his beautiful and intimidating face and aura instead of giving him things to work like his facial expressions, his comedic timing and his line delivery. I just don’t get why he isn't better used.
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