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Overall a good and fun show
Handsome Siblings is overall a really entertaining show, with several fun characters and performances . It has a very impressive production quality and is highly engaging. I did like it a lot for most part, but decided to break down what I thought was good and what wasn't so good. There are minor spoilers ahead, so read at your own risk.THE GOOD
I actually enjoyed about 90 percent of the show immensely. The story was intriguing and I couldn't stop watching. It was hilarious at points. The acting was pretty spot-on overall. Honestly, after seeing Hu Yitian in A Love So Beautiful, it was great to see him here. He acted the two characters he played rather well. However, I think it was Chen Zheyuan who managed to steal the show in almost every scene (especially the funny ones). The acting from other side characters was also pretty good overall.
By the looks of the show, it seems that the production budget was pretty high. I could see great sets and costumes and plenty of outdoor shots and the show was a visual feast.
I know many people complain that the show drags at points, but I thought the pacing of the show was good and let you take in the journey of the characters. Some of the parts where Xiaoyu'er has his own little side stories with the villains were actually very interesting to me. There were great character moments and I don't think those parts dragged at all.
There are several interesting characters here - especially the Ten Villains and Little Fairy. Even Jiang Yulang managed to be hilarious when he was stuck with Xiao Mimi and Xiaoyu'er. I think the many interesting side characters on this show actually made it even better.
NOT SO GOOD
I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed most of the episodes, probably until the last 4 or so episodes. At this point, the show had started to drag a bit. I also thought the last few episodes were a bit inconsistent. This was mainly due to the fact that Xiaoyu'er felt a bit too cocky (not in a fun way anymore, but in a smug way). He kept saying some pretty misogynistic stuff. I wasn't so bothered about it initially because he was a character who had never been around girls (apart from one of the Ten Villains), so it was funny when he would comment like he knew how girls were. But as the show went on and his comments just got worse, it became sort of annoying.
That brings me to the female characters. Tie Xinlan started off as a really cool female character who knew how to fight and stand on her own, but she became rather useless by the time she fell in love. Every time there was a fight or something, I expected her to show off her skills, but she just stood there and got saved by the heroes. She was a weeping mess at other times (nothing wrong with crying, but she literally did nothing else). It was an absolute waste of her character and her potential. Generally, I didn't see very strong or well-fleshed out female characters on the show. They were either far too evil (the Hua sisters - although I know LianXing was never evil to begin with, but I thought she needed more character development), or needed to be stripped of their memories to become less evil (as in the case of Murong Jiu). Su Ying is pretty strong and independent but I wasn't fond of her overly jealous nature either. I think the female characters could have been improved upon especially when the material for it already exists. They were very one dimensional in most cases. I mean, why not make Tie Xinlan as cool as she was when we saw her initially? I liked seeing Little Fairy most, even though she was supposed to be quite a brat. I disliked Tie Pinggu the most, out of all the female characters. It is like she had no brain to think of anything after she and Yulang became an item.
I know the story called for the Hua sisters to orchestrate this long-winded plan to get rid of the siblings, but I thought if they were going to show Yaoyue become so single-minded in her quest for revenge, they needed to build a more convincing reason for it rather than her being scorned in love. I mean they could have shown why she was this selfish and heartless. They needed to show her more examples of her arrogance (and not only when it came to being scorned in love).
I didn't like that Hua Wuque just disbanded the Yihua Palace at the end of the show. I mean, the Yihua palace may have been coldhearted in many ways, but he could have ushered in a new era. What about all the disciples of the Yihua Palace - what a shame for them. Oh well...
I thought the ending was not the best. The brothers seemed to have more chemistry together before the found out that they were brothers. Could've done without the ending where they both rush to their respective partners. Wasn't a big fan of the romances anyway, so ending with the brothers would have been better. But that's just my issue with the show.
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many scenes are not displayed but occur, and are explained later,some cast meet suddenly just explain by word ,like xuanyuan and hei zhizhu,,,
It was too late to recognize each other,, i hoping for S2 with the same cast ,, the cast act not bad ,,,but in the novel just a "stand alone novel" and the author already passed away
The ending was too hasty
but not bad to watch ,,, i dont like jumping and happen suddenly scene ,,,but i still can accept if explaining later ,,,not bad not bad
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Worth Watching Series
At first, I don't really expect much from this series. I thought it will be a typical teen romance drama. I came to this serial because I just finished watching Heroes (Fearless/ 2020). Considering some actors and actresses from Heroes also involved in this series (especially Nikita Mao Lin Lin and Ping Hui Tay) , I continued to watch. I'm glad the plot is not bad at all. I enjoyed where the story goes. Too bad there is no happy ending for all. Unfortunately some good guys had to die. The casts portrayed their role excellently. But I still rank Heroes (Fearless/ 2020) on the top.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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If it wasn't for Tie Xin Lan, I would've given it a much higher score
So, overall I really did enjoy watching this show. There were so many times I laughed out loud and the action scenes were great! If you like dramas that are mostly about family issues and conspiracies, you will love this.Jiang Xiao Yu was such a likable character and the actor who played him was cast perfectly! The dynamics between the two brothers made me love this show and the intense reveals towards the end really got me in my emotions.
And I LOVED the female characters in this show! They were so cool, funny, fierce, and gorgeous!
That being said, I legit took off 2 points just because of one character: Tie Xin Lan.
Omg yall, I could not stand her character!!!! I liked her at first but then as the show went on, it just went downhill.
She was the most useless person on the show and I could not understand her role in this drama. I was constantly annoyed at how she literally had zero ability to do anything except stand around. There was no character development at all and I also felt like she had no personality tbh. Yea... I just could not vibe with her character in this show.
But anyway, if I were to take her out, then YES this show was great! The story/plot was good and overall acting was good too.
And I really appreciated the comedy that Jiang Xiao Yu's character brought to the show. It made it so much fun to watch!
That's all :))
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Probably worth it if you like wuxia and have the time.
edit: I saw this pointed out in another review and remembered I also wanted to say this.This series treats almost all female characters pretty badly. Either they're portrayed as awful people (cold, hateful, bitter and bitchy), or they're "the few good ones" and their cool fighting abilities suddenly vanish. (of course, how else could they be saved by the male protagonists?)
The "awful" women also tend to change their personality entirely once they fall for a man.
And listen, I do enjoy a tsundere who will punish the protagonist for being a snarky little shit. So there were a few characters that did this kind of thing and I liked that.
But overall the women in this show are not handled well.
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As many other cdramas this is way, way too long for its own good.
The show has issues with pacing at the beginning and towards the end.
The overarching story is stretched too thin and it just doesn't support itself over 44 episodes.
You very quickly realize what has to happen at the end and then you're just expecting it to happen. Everything in the middle is supposed to be character development and a few training arcs.
But there's not that much development and not that much training. Some of the smaller story arcs are fun, but aren't amazing on their own and do little for the overall plot.
There is some nice foreshadowing, establishing of characters and setting them up for future events.
The fights are not as common as you might think and they vary in coolness.
Having only seen one other adaptation of Handsome Siblings (the 90s HK movie which is wildly different), I can't say if the issues I see lie with the material being adapted, or the adaptation.
There are a few uncomfortable plots and characters, but nothing too terrible.
I have to say one of the most villainous things one of the main characters ever does is chew with his mouth open. All the time.
Truly, the evilest man alive.
It's not awful, but I expected something better from a classic of the genre.
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Chen Zhe Yuan who is a young actor of 23 just starting in his acting career is amazing. I loved how he brought this character to life with humor and seriousness in his acting, he has so much energy and enthusiasm. Hu Yi Tian 26 another young actor did amazingly well too. His character is the very opposite of his co-star CZY. I'm impressed with both. I noticed there were a lot of actors who were over the age of 49 and was very happy to see that they are some of the best in the Chinese art of acting. The two main female stars Vicky Liang and Liang Jie also both young 23 and 25 portrayed their character as they should and did great.
The Visual, Fantasy, music, suspense, costumes, hairstyles, the set design was beautifully done. The Martial Art scenes were pretty awesome. The romance chemistry was not there but I thought Vicky Liang was the only one with good chemistry towards CZY but one-sided. I did not like the RAT! This was great all around... um... the ending though...
I really don't understand those who gave a low rating.
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I gave up after 30 episodes, despite the fact that I love Hu YiTian's face. I started watching this drama because I like Hu Yi Tian but the rhythm in is drama is just too slow. Too many unnecessary conversations and scenes. It's a pleasant surprise for someone of my age to see Gallen Lo Kar Leung again on TV. Reminds me of the good old times of HK TVB series. Vicky Liang is very pretty. She carried the character well.
Costumes and scenes were decent. Story plot was ok.
I don't think I will continue or rewatch and it's a shame.
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This drama is a remake and another adaption of a novel. Although I never read the novel, I did watch a previous adaption. There were definitely some scenes I love here and scenes that I wish they added.What I like about the drama is the cinematography, the scenery and different palaces and underground caves, etc. Its a huge upgrade from the last 2005 adaption of course. Yi Hua Gong actually looks like a gong for sure - it's so pretty! The two Yi Hua Masters are the same as the 2005 adaption but too bad we don't see much of the The 2nd Master's kindness in action here.
Xiao Yuer is a self-proclaimed no.1 smartest man in Jianghu. His personality is quite fun to watch, he's cunning and is a sweet talker. He's able to get what he wants, although sometimes he makes it a little too dramatic. I initially thought the actor playing Xiao Yuer seemed good but I soon realize there were a bit of over-reacting in some areas. However, he's still young so there is room for improvement.
Hua Wu Que is your typical handsome man in every drama. A powerful one I might add. His mission was to kill his own brother unknowingly. When the two became friends is the start of Wu Que becoming a normal human with feelings - although he likes to hide it a lot. We see Wuque and Xiao Er bond as friends, but we barely seem them bond as brothers. I did not see a connection there. Not even after it was confirmed they were brothers, they didn't even call each other "哥" or "弟" :( There was even one scene I was looking forward to that was in the previous adaption, I was hoping it would be in here as it happens after they found out they were brothers. It would have showcased how much they love being brothers and how heartbroken if one had died. But it didn't happen because in this version, one of them died differently.
Speaking of Hua Wu Que, the actor Hu Yi Tian needs to work hard on his acting. He lacks expressions, and even if he expressed something it always come off as unconvincing aside from his smiles. I don't feel any connection with him and Tie Xin Lan. I always felt like Tie XIn lan loved Xiao Yuer from beginning til the near end of the drama.
Overall, the acting is not amazing, but tolerable.
As for the romance in this drama, there's barely any between the main leads unless you wanna watch angst until the last episode or so. That's when each brother accepted their love for their woman respectively. The supporting characters like Hei Zhizhu and Meng jiu had better love story than the main leads. haha
The way Xiao Yuer and Hua Wu Que found out they were brothers was a bit anticlimactic for me. What if she was lying? You never know from someone who wants all of her former one-sided love's family dead. :/
I would recommend this drama if you haven't watched the previous adaptions, although be warned it can get draggy.
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Disclaimer: I didn't watch the original versionSo I recently binged the entire series on Netflix (whoops lol) and I have a few things to say about it.
1) There was definitely a lull in the story
So after the first few episodes of introductions, there was a large amount of time being dedicated to a plethora of extra storylines and adventures. Although they were (kinda) justified and tied up in the end, I got bored super quickly and ended up skipping a lot of the scenes.
2) Characters?
When Hua Wuque was first introduced, he was NOT what I was expecting. His character just did not fit the situations and made no sense. He was extremely kind and gentlemanly, BUT he kept on interfering with other people's lives *facepalms aggressively. I mean I get that these plots are meant to make him more aware of the life outside of Yihua Palace but ughhh....
Tie Xinlan.
DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON HER!!!!
I was planning on liking her original character (the type who could fight for herself and still have femininity without excessive girly-ness), but suddenly her fighting skills VANISHED,
THEY VANISHED INTO THIN AIR!!!
I was so confused that even Jiang Yulang could fight her (and beat her!). I clearly remember at the beginning of the show that Xiao Yuer couldn't beat her...
Su Ying: She just loved Xiao Yuer too much too quickly- it just didn't make sense.
3) The "ending"
It was very ungratifying. The screen legit zoomed out after the two couples went on their way and that was it.
No afterscnes.
Nothing.
Just the same ending song as the past 50 episodes.
I was pretty disappointed with the ending... but that's just my personal preferences.
4) Everything else was pretty good
ESPECIALLY the music :)
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Xiao Yu’er
I had low expectations given the reviews, but I was pleasantly surprised. The cast and the “handsome siblings” won me over, even if the storyline wasn’t that stellar.I’d have to say that this drama made me a fan of Chen Zhe Yuan. I saw him in Hidden Love and was shocked he was the same actor portraying Xiao Yu’er, which he nailed. Depending on the situation, his facial expressions were expressively spot on, especially towards the latter episodes.
The story could have been stronger and the drama shorter to make this story more fast paced, but regardless, I enjoyed watching it for the bromance between the two brothers. It started it well, got slow in the middle, and finished strong in the end.
The good
- Chen Zhe Yuan as Xiao Yu’er
- bromance between the brothers
- well choreographed martial arts
- Yan Nan Tian’s comeback
- Su Ying’s smarts that rival Xiao Yu’er’s
The bad
- could have been condensed into 30 more substantial episodes
- storyline could have been stronger
- Tie Xin Lan’s character started off tough and capable but somehow just became weak and helpless
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