Ben Yue (2022)

This Drama is good :)

So i see this drama get a lot of bad review. First of all, i watch a lot of K-Drama, C-Drama and fantasy is one of my favourite genre. I'm picky and dropped dramas before.
BUT this drama is good. To be honest, after watching like a hundred C-drama, if i see its gonna be long, i know exactly what to expect. Evil side leads, a love what can not come true, and hopefully a partially happy ending. I'm ready for all this, and i don't mind. Of course it would be better with 25-30 episode, but we all know that this is how c-dramas are. They are long. To be fair im so happy to see this 38-40 episode dramas, compare to the normal 56-60.
I think this years best was Love between Fairy and Devil, and its hard to do better, but i think they don't need to. :)

I think the first 15-20 episode is really strong, we have romance and fight, some conflict what actually compare to other dramas are solved pretty quick ( this was a good surprise), but then from 20-30 we have some boring parts what are obviously for more screen time, and maybe because this is also a drama thing :D
i enjoyed the last 10 episode, and cried a lot near to the end. This is a must by these dramas i guess.

There are characters who i loved like He Na, who was truly amazing, as a true friend, who is not selfish and always put the persons he love in front of him. It was heartbreaking and lovely to watch him . I also liked Liu Ning, and i think her story is really sad, but a must and adds a lot to the main storyline.

The 2 main leads are totally fine. I'm not amazed but i do think the way how they portrayed the characters, was loveable. I didn't read the original novel, but i do think they where a good choice to this.

I think the costumes where good, and so the CGI.
I think this drama is worth watching, but i will not rewatch it again. I think this a strong one to watch one time.
The music is heart catching and the songs went strait to my Spotify list.

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Deep calling into the deep: Powerful production with strongly influential effect

This work will meet you at the level of your knowledge and understanding of creation, kingdoms, both visible and invisible realms and may (if you allow) bring a deep message.

This is my first review - watched this one month ago - around New Year and was absolutely impressed. I started recently watching China drama productions, and watched a lot - day and night, but for the fitst time I encounter something like this.

Song of the Moon is probably the first of the genre Fantasy, but it was made and presented in a highly realistic scope than almost all I watched before -and I watched a lot. This is due to the quality of production, the phenomenal visual effects and picture resolutions, which installs the impression that the invisible realms are, as real as the visible, and more than that.

The story develops with quite a good intensive temps - once you start it, you get fascinated and so captured that you simply cannot stop watching it.

It tackles important issues and may not be equally undersood by all views depending on viewers' views and believes.
Song of the Moon is a non-religios, non denominational, highly beautiful art production that infuses positive emotions and will boost your energy level, yet it may not be everybody's perception.
For example, I come from Christian background and many of the Bible scriptures may not be easy to understand in the nowadays western people. The core of Christanity is a new person, being a 100 % man and a 100 % God, who knew no sin but took the responsibility for all mankinds' transgrassions. Watching this wonderful production, I have been visualising truths and virtues that are rare to see in the "mortal" world.
or visualize verses like - "Deep calling into the deep, with the roar of your thunderstorms'. So real.

Watching it, paramount questions come out of the series like that of love, trust and relationships, as well as the choices we make, and many questions are springing out while watching it but down are some examples:

How can you love, and protect all the mankind, if your heart cannot contain love for a single person? How can you take care of all the Universe, if you cannot take care of one human being, where love is prohibited?

Regarding relationships, interestingly Song of the Moon raises the theme of a lifetime relationship. Now, being immortals, this life-time relationship turns into an ethernal relationship, the relationship a man chooses to enter into with the living God.
The other point regarding relationships - well. I have met certain comments that Song of the Moon did not have a strong romance line. Maybe, because this has not been the producer's focus - I would say it's more the relationship, that the romance.

Regarding the cast - what can I say - this is my fist time watching all of them actors, and if they have succeeded to make a fantacy production look more realistic than non-fantacy productions, then cogratulations - they have all done a very good job.

I have also read a comment that the ML actor is being underestimated. Well, those who humble themselves, will be promoted.

I have been re-watching the episodes following 21 and really very good acting, moreover he is playing several charaters and cases of one interwening into the other.

Actually, a month after watching it, it is exactly Vin Zhangs' moments from this drama that come to my mind, like the the Immortal responding to peoples' prayer with "Granted" "Granted."

Last thing to note is the overall positive message that Song of the Moon brings. This is for me a rear find amongst China TV productions. Out of the many I saw I can say in terms of influence on the viewer, only the Long Ballade can be mentioned, which is an overall fascinating production, as well, with many merits, when Song of the Moon gives even a deeper message, and is a newer production.

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