Some of them weren’t even introduced until the last third of the movie, where they were only given a few minutes of screen time. I was also happy to see that the story has several female characters, but all of the side characters feel very underdeveloped. Instead things juste sort of happens to him and he never really questions it. The main character never seems to really DO anything. However, as the story went on I started getting increasingly more and more frustrated with how passive he is. He is very charming, which might in part be because Xiao Zhan could make a rock seem charming, and with the introduction he was given its hard not to immediately start rooting for him. I also instantly fell for the main character. The cinematography, set design, special effects, and styling works really well together to bring this univers to life and I instantly fell in love with it. The visuals are absolutely *chef’s kiss*.
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Great visuals but no plot? I don’t usually write reviews but I felt like I needed to do it for this one, since I really don’t know how to feel about it.Īfter watching the trailer I was really excited to watch This movie and in the beginning I did also really like it. But if you want to enjoy a good movie that does not have a proper ending (that has a pretty weird cliffhanger) that’s probably not one you should go for. Overall, I think you should watch the movie to see Xiao Zhan’s great acting (and to see some of the other female leads) cinematography, beautiful costumes and CGI. And what about this sudden lower voice at the end of the movie? Did they switch the voice actor? For me, voices are one major part of a good movie and the acting itself and that was a huge disappointment. The voice does not match his mouth movement so many times. The voices do not look like they are coming out of their mouth and is esp.
However in order to show these beautiful choreographies (e.g from the female leads) one left out a quiet bit of zoom-ins to characters' faces which are a bit of shame given they are so good and beautiful actors.Ī major turn off is the dubbing of the voices. I think that it is the major watching point of this movie. I have seen many low-quality CGIs in Chinese dramas that this one really comes refreshing. The cinematography and the CGI are really nicely done. The fighting choreography is really beautiful and one of the best I have seen in Chinese movies.
But overall I have no complains about the acting. Li Qin? She has as many screen time or even more than Li Qin. I mean why is Tina Tian a supporting role vs. The other problem I had was that all of them are so major that you do not know who is lead vs. But I guess because it's difficult to understand characters’ motivation I also cannot appreciate their acting this much. Xiao Zhan once again topped himself by successfully portraying the clumsy, unskilled but kind-hearted Xiao Fan. The acting is pretty flawless most of the time. The sudden emotional changes in the main characters are just a key gap of the movie adaption (and all happened towards the end) which left a bad taste and many question marks for me. The final scenes supposed to evoke a lot of sadness with the audience but failed to do so. the two main leads - you don’t really comprehend why they suddenly started loving each other. There was just not enough time to develop any attachment to the characters and comprehend why they did the things they did or felt the emotions they try to display. However, all these were rather difficult or impossible to pack into a 90min movie.
However, I believe the book or novel has a pretty complicated story and interesting character development. We have seen these types of stories and they are nothing new. A clumsy but kind-hearted boy who turned into a demon but still got the likings of all the pretty girls around him. I don’t know the movie or the novel so I don’t have any prejudices. But honestly, you can just pass it and watch something else instead.Ī bit above average movie, with really disappointing ending. I would recommend it if you are looking for a movie to pass time.
But it has everything else - interesting characters and relationships between them, great performances, breath-taking cinematography. I mean, the only thing that I didn't like about this movie is the story and the way it was presented. What I loved the most about Jade Dynasty is definitely the cinematography and the CGI was actually kind of good? Well, some fights were a bit too ridiculous, but overall, I was very impressed. The characters, I must say, were very cool, especially the main lead Xiao Fan. The first half was very exciting, but the second was meh. It is kind of entertaining, but that's not because of the plot, but because of the great actors who delivered amazing performances and the pretty scenery which blessed my eyes. Rewatch Value 1.0 Jade Dynasty is a mediocre movie.
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