The Legends (2019)

Watch only for the Xu Kai Bai Lu chemistry, wishing your real life has a love story like that. Cannot wait to see these two in another drama as leads again.
Xu Kai is so hot, his eyes and smile is to die for. Bai Lu is very pretty, she is a strong character.
I love the romance between the leads, everytime they are on screen together, its captivating and you just want to keep watching. Wish those scenes were extended. Felt like in every period Cdrama these days, leads don’t seem to get as much screen time as the other characters, even when the audience only wants to watch them.
Drama has too many filler scenes which I did not watch and just fast forwarded. The ending also has messy editing which made the drama confusing. Should have just halved the content and watch the leads on screen. Rewatching the lead scenes and listen to OST. Totally addicted to them.

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Love pasangan Bai Lu dan Xu Kai. Chemistry mereka berdua uda top habis deh, dirating angka 10. Sampe para fans rekuest, mereka lebih baik jadi kekasih didunia nyata aja. Sutradara uda tepat banget,.pasangin mereka berdua di c-drama ini. Romance tergolong dewasa, soalnya ada adegan yang lumayan vulgar. Film genre fantasi kolosal. Alur ceritanya bagus, ga mudah ditebak, enjoy banget. Kostum para cast bagus. Music mendukung alur cerita. Segala aspek mendukung banget, jadi ga heran klo dapat rating tinggi. Kemungkinan ditonton ulang, pasti saya akan tonton ulang lagi terutama kalo lagi kangen sama acting pasangan ini. Good job all

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Biased review

Loved it, just simply loved and have watched 4 times already (they wont be the last) . Ive spent the best part of 18 months trawling through kdramas/films, chinese dramas/films for characters and a story like this (i found this gem about 8 months ago). A powerful female not turned into a mans puppett and a demoness (or called that at least). Yeah the body double part does kinda make this show a bit hard to take but she remains at least a bit evil through that. Demons win and the so called rightous side finally bloody lose, whats not to love about this. Lead actress is stunning when dressed up as well.

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The first half of this show was really good and quite addictive. I loved to see how Zhao Yao and Chen Lan met each other and became really close and how Zhao Yao went from a naive little girl to a powerful feared woman. It was such an interesting journey to follow!

After she woke up again, it was even more interesting to watch. Though I hate any kind of misunderstandings, this one wasn't unbearable to watch, even after a few episodes. The way she wanted to kill Chen Lan but wasn't able to was honestly cute. Those moments when Zhao Yao was invisible and had no idea Chen Lan knew about her were so sweet and melted my heart. I couldn't wait until they met each other for real.

But after Zhao Yao was able to get her face back, it wasn't that captivating anymore. Both Zhao Yao and Chen Lan only cared about each other and all their actions were for one another, even when their own sect was having so many problems. And to be honest, I hate those kind of relationships. It feels like they don't think anything else matters and it starts being repetitive.

After the 50th episode, nothing made sense. The last battle was awesome to watch and I thought about raising a bit my rating because of it, but it got balanced for those flashbacks or whatever those scenes were. It's not even possible to understand what was happening without having so many doubts.

Finally, props to Jiang Wu, Gu Han Guang and Tang Yun 'cause they were the best characters here and no one can convince me otherwise.

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This is definitely worth the watch. It’s just sad how the editing and transition of music was poorly done but thanks to the storyline and its actors, you’ll still be able to give it a pass. I didn’t know any of the actors but 1.) decided to give it a watch when I saw Xu Kai being so handsome with his scar on. 2.) Stayed and endured the frustrations I have with the antagonists because of my faith and love for Li Chen Lan. 3.) Lu Zhao Yao is one of the best strong-female character I’ve watched. But I agree that both LZY & LCL’s character weakened near the end, they were both invincible — so to witness them becoming weak is saddening (but then again, it’s understandable). 4.) Li Chen Lan will probably be one of my most favorite male character of all time. His growth, kindness, faith, and love for Zhao Yao is just so amazing. Words aren’t enough to describe him. *sigh

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Good start

It was difficult to finish:
The Legends started out really well up until about episode 30. Up until episode 30, the drama had a really good synopsis, it was interesting, unique and had great potential. However, from episode 30 onwards it was a let down. I found it really hard to not skip sections within each episode and found it difficult to finish in general. In saying that, it was not that bad, just not what i expected to happen.
In my opinion, the drama became a drag because various ideas in the drama were reused (can't explain in detail otherwise the drama will be spoiled) or the flow was just really slow with no action happening in certain episodes.

Confusing scenes:
Towards the end of the drama it was quite confusing. I believe it was due to how the parts in the episodes got put together. Even after finishing the drama I have no idea what some of the certain scenes meant.

Ending:
The ending of the drama, I did not enjoy at all. It felt really rushed but at the same time dragged out. I think they could have just stuck to one impactful ending scene. The part with the kids was really confusing and weird too.

Nonetheless, the casts acted really well and really portrayed their characters and emotions really well and the actors had great chemistry. I would recommend this drama for the acting and if you just want to watch something on the side but don't hold great expectations.

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This is a really good fantasy period drama. The drama has a good story line and the cast did a great job delivering their characters. The leading couple has great chemistry and their romantic scenes are very nice. Having said that, this drama had too many fatalistic ending to the supporting cast and, although there’s a seemingly and rushed happy ending for the lead couple, it is a bit confusing at the end. There’s also an overuse of flashbacks and the main couple didn’t displayed the strength of character that developed through the first half of the drama. Despite these shortcomings, the drama is entertaining. Enjoy it!

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I could really feel the love from Xu Kai towards Bai lu. He did really good on his acting for this drama. There were so many annoying characters in the drama like Liu Su Ruo who was obsessed with Luo Ming Xuan (Who was also so annoying) and there was Lin Zi Yu who was obsessed with Mo Qing and so she did the stupidest/ unnecessary things to get his attention. Which he never cared for. She was honestly so weak in terms of power/fighting.

Qin Qian Xian was such a lovely character in the drama. I'm glad this character existed in the drama. The mild love line he had with Lu Shi Qi was a nice touch.

There were many draggy parts of the drama that I can't point out when. I came to this drama after Arsenal Military Academy and probably hoped for too much. All in all I finished it! (:

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Now I'm Xu Kai and Bai Lu shipper ????

Story.

The storyline is great. One of a few best chi-drama that I watched without skip. There's a small flaw of this story, I got confused with the ending.

Acting/Cast

What's keeping me from no skipping any minutes of the drama, is the acting of each cast. Especially, male lead and female lead. Their acting is so great. And the most important is, their chemistry is very natural. Its very pleasant to watch any of their moment.

Music

I did enjoy the music/ost.

Rewatch Value

I've been watching this about 6 times already. The main leads and their amazing chemistry that keep me to rewatch it again and again, without get bored.

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Cant get enuf even after watching 4 times

Phenomenal show. Bai Lu's acting is amazing and Xu Kai really pulls on your heartstrings when he smiles slightly from Bai Lu's antics. The chemistry is top notch like the CP is one of my top favourites in any xianxia I've watched. OSTs were superb my favourite was 宿命 I've been listening to it non-stop even till now. The only problems I had was the lack of depth in the characters in the 宗门 sect (supposed good guys) I feel like they were just bad for little reason that didn't rly persuade me that they really felt genuinely that way. Wan Lu Sect chracters on the other hand had wonderful chracter developments and interactions with each other throughout the show was meaningful and true to their character. Another was that as the story progresses, all the characters on zhao yao's side seemed to be continually played down in terms of their powers and skills which the producers lost the opportunity to kind of "give a slap in the face" to the bad guys. Lastly the ending was unimpactful ahd more cringey when the kids tried to act like the CP in the past. Especially considering how they r supposed to be siblings. the actress who played Qin Zhiyan really kudos to you for being able to show such clarity in the 2 contrasting characters protrayed with the same face. All in all, execution of the show was ver professional, y'all shouldn't miss out on this show otherwise because it's literally a legend.
You can have a look at my other ratings of other shows to have a rough gauge of how highly I think of this drama. The fact that I watched this so many months ago and came back again to write a review should speak volumes.

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Great story and chemistry

I'm writing this review after re-watching, I first watched the drama while it was airing, but never wrote a review. I just re-watched it and decided to write my review now.

This was the third xianxia drama I've seen, and its the first drama i watched while airing, i just happened to see it on Viki and thought it looked great so I watched it, waited every week for the episodes and subs, it was also my first drama with Xu Kai and Bai Lu who are now two of my favorite Chinese actors.

This drama was pretty good, the chemistry between the leads were great. the only issue is that it did get a little bit draggy closer to the end, and there were some bad editing, which is no fault to the story and actors, so i stuck with my 9/10 because well i watched it twice so i really enjoyed it.

You'll love the story for this drama, you'll maybe cry for some of the deaths, and you'll be very angry and furious with the villains, trust me if i could have gone into the screen i would have, that's how furious i was with the villains, they played the role too good, i hated them soo much loool.

Give this drama a chance, lots of beautiful faces, great storyline, a great message as well "We're not always right", and "We should always check ourselves first before pointing a finger at someone else, because we might end up being the worse one" soo many things you can take away from this, and the best enjoyment you can have.

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