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sunako_yue) wrote2021-03-23 09:46 am
sunako_yue) wrote2021-03-23 09:46 am
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The Untamed
Two talented disciples of respectable magical clans unit during the cultivation training and through many hardships they are together. (IMDB-2019)
I wonder when I will be able to get our of this rabbit hole that is Chen Qing Ling. Currently on my nth rewatch, and I'll probably rewatch some scenes multiple times. I fell in love with the story, setting, actors, characters, music, bts clips... everything. Objectively it may not be perfect, but in my eyes it is.
Starting with the "not perfect" part first: the cast is like 80% men and 20% of women, if we are lucky, and it still managed to kill all of the female characters :( And they were so good! Madame Yu, in spite of being a terrible stepmother (I hate how cruel she was with WWX), she was a badass. Shijie :( one of the 3 favorite people of WWX (maybe his nr 1) and Wen Qing... the injustice of her death! We do not even see it, there is no proper goodbye :(
There are many errors in sequences, like when WWX and LWJ reunited after 16 years, one cut LWJ is holding WWX's arm, the next one he isn't and the last one he is again. Wang YiBo's hands are so pretty without being too pretty but still manage to make me squeal, so of course I noticed right away when they were a double's hands. In Phoenix Mountain when they are watching Jin SiXuan doing the archery, at the back is not Wang YiBo but his double again :S TBH, I noticed every time LWJ was not played by WYB, it was too notorious. Or stuff like, when WWX uses Jin Ling's sword.. that is not possible, is it? to use it with powers I mean, not like he did with Lan JingYi.
Besides these 2 negative points, which didn't bother me too much and as a whole, were unimportant, I love, LOVE this show. I don't remember a fantasy story where I adore both main heroes. True, my favorite is and will always be Lan WanJi/Wang YiBo (is someone out there who hasn't fall in love with this man??) but Wei WuXian comes very close by and he is totally deserving of Lan WanJi's devotion and loyalty. I love smiley and naughty Wei WuXian, but I also adore dark Wei WuXian (except when he breaks LWJ's heart... TWICE). And most of that adoration comes also from Xiao Zhan's interpretation.. I loved his maniacal laughs while crying, he was superb.
Sometimes I think the first arc, when they are young and studying in Cloud Recesses, is my favorite arc because it is light, you get to know everyone and love them, and see how LWJ falls for WWX in spite of them being somewhat different and in spite of LWJ losing his composure when they are together. But I also love post-Burial Mounds (in spite of WWX telling LJW TWICE that awful "who do you think you are"... my poor LWJ) and Dark-WWX, and how both of them stood for each other in that reunion (testosterone loaded with 99% men except for awesome MianMian in reunion #1) where WWX goes against everyone to save the Wen Clan and drinks for LWJ. And it goes without saying that I ADORE the 16-years-after arc, because everything is lighter, WWX and LWJ together is **chef's kiss** and LWJ drunk + the golden core revelation are just two of my favorites scenes.
I am listening to Wu Ji while writing this review... gawd this song is so precious. I love it so much, makes me cry a bit remembering all the pain and little happy moments LWJ and WWX have. WWX is of course the hero that goes through the most painful things, but LWJ also... to be rejected by WWX so rudely after the Burial Mounds (after LWJ has been searching for him like crazy), to witness his soulmate go crazy and then to his death, and to wait 16-years to be reunited... D: just thinking about it makes me cry.
I am forever rewatching scenes and clips and interviews and bts clips and listening to the songs and following the actors through their awful times in crazy China (if only they were in J...). Will be forever a fan, I wonder when will this fever go a little bit down.
I wonder when I will be able to get our of this rabbit hole that is Chen Qing Ling. Currently on my nth rewatch, and I'll probably rewatch some scenes multiple times. I fell in love with the story, setting, actors, characters, music, bts clips... everything. Objectively it may not be perfect, but in my eyes it is.
Starting with the "not perfect" part first: the cast is like 80% men and 20% of women, if we are lucky, and it still managed to kill all of the female characters :( And they were so good! Madame Yu, in spite of being a terrible stepmother (I hate how cruel she was with WWX), she was a badass. Shijie :( one of the 3 favorite people of WWX (maybe his nr 1) and Wen Qing... the injustice of her death! We do not even see it, there is no proper goodbye :(
There are many errors in sequences, like when WWX and LWJ reunited after 16 years, one cut LWJ is holding WWX's arm, the next one he isn't and the last one he is again. Wang YiBo's hands are so pretty without being too pretty but still manage to make me squeal, so of course I noticed right away when they were a double's hands. In Phoenix Mountain when they are watching Jin SiXuan doing the archery, at the back is not Wang YiBo but his double again :S TBH, I noticed every time LWJ was not played by WYB, it was too notorious. Or stuff like, when WWX uses Jin Ling's sword.. that is not possible, is it? to use it with powers I mean, not like he did with Lan JingYi.
Besides these 2 negative points, which didn't bother me too much and as a whole, were unimportant, I love, LOVE this show. I don't remember a fantasy story where I adore both main heroes. True, my favorite is and will always be Lan WanJi/Wang YiBo (is someone out there who hasn't fall in love with this man??) but Wei WuXian comes very close by and he is totally deserving of Lan WanJi's devotion and loyalty. I love smiley and naughty Wei WuXian, but I also adore dark Wei WuXian (except when he breaks LWJ's heart... TWICE). And most of that adoration comes also from Xiao Zhan's interpretation.. I loved his maniacal laughs while crying, he was superb.
Sometimes I think the first arc, when they are young and studying in Cloud Recesses, is my favorite arc because it is light, you get to know everyone and love them, and see how LWJ falls for WWX in spite of them being somewhat different and in spite of LWJ losing his composure when they are together. But I also love post-Burial Mounds (in spite of WWX telling LJW TWICE that awful "who do you think you are"... my poor LWJ) and Dark-WWX, and how both of them stood for each other in that reunion (testosterone loaded with 99% men except for awesome MianMian in reunion #1) where WWX goes against everyone to save the Wen Clan and drinks for LWJ. And it goes without saying that I ADORE the 16-years-after arc, because everything is lighter, WWX and LWJ together is **chef's kiss** and LWJ drunk + the golden core revelation are just two of my favorites scenes.
I am listening to Wu Ji while writing this review... gawd this song is so precious. I love it so much, makes me cry a bit remembering all the pain and little happy moments LWJ and WWX have. WWX is of course the hero that goes through the most painful things, but LWJ also... to be rejected by WWX so rudely after the Burial Mounds (after LWJ has been searching for him like crazy), to witness his soulmate go crazy and then to his death, and to wait 16-years to be reunited... D: just thinking about it makes me cry.
I am forever rewatching scenes and clips and interviews and bts clips and listening to the songs and following the actors through their awful times in crazy China (if only they were in J...). Will be forever a fan, I wonder when will this fever go a little bit down.
**My rating: 100/10**