Novoland: Pearl Eclipse (2021)

Fantastic - Heartrending

LOVED IT! The cast is superb - everyone did a fantastic job, especially the leads Yang Mi, William Chan and Xu Kai Cheng. The costumes, hair, storyline and the fighting scenes are just Great....my favorite fighting scene is when Haishi is on horseback at the border displaying her superb archery skills - EPIC scene. The romance is great too - slow buildup - a constant yearning of two soul that fate will just not give a break. Their love kept me glued to the series. I only wished that they showed a little bit more of their time together at the end. The Bro-Romance was good too - showed both male leads love, respect and good wishes towards each other - Always wanting the best for each others lives and livelihoods. A 10/10 rating, worth the watch and recommendation from me. With regards to the ending I personally wish that: A little girl caught that feather and called shifu - "daddy"- that would have smoothed my aching heart a little and also giving the series a possibility of a 2nd season. As this would have tied in with Haishi's wish to have Fang Zhu's children and continued his special bloodline too. -just saying. So don't delay, go ahead and watch for the magnificent plots, fighting scenes and the emotional roller-coaster that you experience in this drama. Officially the best Cdrama in 2021 for me. Side note: This is my first WC drama and I was totally mesmerised by him- loved how his character was portrayed.

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Slowburn.. But good

The first question came to me. After watching the drama is that the ML was serious the whole time. I mean come one look at him he's hot.. But he smiled like for 2 or 3 times in the entire drama. This is my first chen weiting drama... And i want more ?

The leads lack chemistry i mean seriously... Yang mi you, had amazing chemistry with all your previous male leads how come you lack with this one?

Second lead couple.

The 2nd leads the emperor and his consort were... Extreme, either too kind or too annoying. Not. My cup of tea.

On the other hand, the story of the blind girl and the general was great... Too bad they didnt give enough screen time.

Slow burn romance.

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Slow paced

I like the story but it's so slow paced, like it was being intentionally dragged to make it to how many episodes. I wanted soo much to slap the male lead. He's the most slow in this story. Though I understand that's his character but his reaction to all especially regarding the female lead is just soo irritating. The love story between the emperor and her consort would've been more interesting than the ml and fl. I am more drawn to them their story has more development. Even the supporting couple was far more interesting than the leads.

They could've made this more fast paced or thrilling if they focus on the issue which is the war or the love story of the ml and fl. The story is again good but how it was delivered is sooo slow

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I almost never leave a bad review…but this time I will

Hi there!
If you have seen some of my other reviews, you know that I almost never left a bad review. I enjoy C drama very much, and I can say that I watched almost all historical/ fantasy chinese dramas out there.

I don’t know why people here seem so thrilled about this drama, it may be that they haven’t seen others and don’t have a comparison or otherwise I really don’t know.

I love Yang Mi, she is a great actress and I believe her poor acting here was not her fault, but the script itself. I felt she couldn’t act like herself…everything was dull…

William Chan, I am sorry to disappoint many of you out there that like him, but he made me so bored, no expression on his face at all. Like he can play a dramatic scene, sad scene, fighting, romantic and still have the same face that doesn’t say anything at all.

I decided to drop this drama since I couldn’t watch it, really boring…
It started pretty well in the first episode, but after that it went down hill.

And what’s up with Xu Kai Cheng? Mama mia, I think his character didn’t have any base at all. I understand that he is mean for a certain reason, but his actions don’t lead anywhere.

Also, too much Bl drama. Don’t get me wrong, I loved the untamed because at least it had a consistency, but this one doesn’t. I feel that there’s no need for any female lead since the BL that doesn’t make any sense take up all action.

Overall, even the costumes are average, I also don’t get why people say that the costumes look amazing…even in Legend of fuyao, that was filmed in 2018, they had better costumes.

The music also very average….

I am really disappointed about this drama.

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Now this is what I'm talking about.

Yang Mi, these are the dramas I love you in, the historical dramas. No words can explain it to me just know that I see your acting skills clearer and more precise in these types of Dramas. You had me thinking that you were born in this era of life. This is why you are one of my top 5 Chinese Actresses. William Chan, I will always support you in historical Cdramas, you are also in my top 10 Chinese actors. My top two, together, in a drama... I couldn't be happier. The storyline is beautiful to see how it unfolded. I was worried about the ending which had me in tears. All those supporting actors and actresses, wow, you contributed your skills to this storyline. I am very impressed with this drama. The visuals, the martial arts, the costumes... all of it! Thank you!

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HIGH EXPECTATION WITH LOW OUTCOME

Alright, I haven't watch much of episodes so there isn't much of impression I get from only watching 5 episodes. But so far, fighting/action is pretty good - the story though kind of choppy - don't know the background story/character of Fang Zhu (William Chan), the Emperor (Xu KaiCheng) who madly/obsessively in love with the wife, Fang HaiShi (Yang Mi) a girl that pretended to be a boy to have better opportunity and became a student of Fang Zhu. Alright these are our main character; Fang Zhe is so blah expressionless like an empty shell, the Emperor ballistic over the death of beloved queen - his favorite word choice is 'boring' KaiCheng is like forcing his face to appear angry, So far, the relationship between the Emperor and everyone else is nothing but aggravation, that's what I don't understand. Yang Mi acts the same as she was Bai Qian/Fu Yao - her mesmerism is not far from her last dramas - nothing is new about her. Ep 4, Fang Zhu fainted in Hai Shi annd they sit still all night long under the rain, ok under circumstances she can actually move him to warmer & dryer place to get him safe (not getting infected for his back injuries) but no she stupidly stay that way hold him. The next morning, Fang Zhu fall into the ground and she scream for help and people run toward them to help. Where those people the night before? Can she yell for help the night before? No...no...doesn't make sense. Ep 5 she said she's going to kill Emperor to help her teacher? Lol..wasn't she the one who start it all to get her brother and teacher punish??

Typical C-drama, a girl who pretended to be a boy is usually appear more girly; shorter than average men height that she surrounded herself with, delicate posture and has lovely face, soft feminine voice, and likes girls stuff. I don't know why all the men around so gullible to accept this feminine boy is genuinely a man (soldier on top of that!) even MuLan has to change her behavior and voice to be accepted to the Army. Another Typical is a reserved man Fang Zhu as appear to be an emotionless man where there isn't emotion in his eyes like giving up on life, Mark Chao/Wang Duo/Shaw Qu has way better acting skill in word 'Reserved' because they could convincingly deliver their character. Haiyo, tired with Angry Emperor, madness that I believe such annoyance just because of a woman? Move on already, man.

All in all it isn't good. The theme of love relation between teacher-student is on the range and kind of tiring; One and Only (Allen Ren/Bai Lu), Female Student at the Imperial Collage (Zhao LuSi/Xu KaiCheng), The Longest Promise (Xiao Zhan/Ren Min), 10 miles of Peach Blossom (Yang Mi/Mark Chao). As many say to hold on till ep 10-12 to watch improve scenes, do I have patient to wait that far? Finally decided to drop it....story is choppy, William Chan wooden, Yang Mi unimproved, characters are lame, Xu KaiCheng 'boring', OST so so, rewatch value 2-3, nothing to hold me here.

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