Princesa Changge (2021)

Best Chinese Historical Drama

Beautiful story, powerful portrayal of characters, amazing chemistry between leads and soothing music. Rewatched several times and fell in love with it. I really loved everything about this drama.
If you like powerful female protagonists, this is a must watch for you. Dilraba rocked with her portrayal of the FL. Also ML and all other characters have their one of a kind stories. The story flows like river so you won't realize before its over. Also the drama highlighted different aspects of good and bad for peace which was really mature. Surrendering in a war does not mean defeat as long as prosperity and peace can be achieved. This type of people-centric leaders are rare in these type of chinese historical drama. This drama carries a very powerful message. So, I will give it a perfect 10!

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Da vedere e rivedere molte volte

Un'ottima produzione, con una magnifica coppia di interpreti e dei comprimari eccezionalmente bravi. Ma prima di qualsiasi altra cosa vorrei spendere qualche parola per la magnifica colonna sonora. Se Cocoon di Zhou Shen è alle solite vette dell'interprete che ormai tutti conosciamo e amiamo, e altre canzoni tolgono parimenti il fiato, è nelle musiche strumentali che questo drama eccelle. Una OST indimenticabile, con alcuni brani che si potrebbero solo definire geniali e che contribuiscono non poco alla riuscita del titolo. Sono diventati la colonna sonora che mi accompagna al lavoro.

Togliamoci subito il sassolino dalla scarpa: ci sono alcune scene, soprattutto di battaglia, che ci vengono mostrate a disegni (il drama è tratto da un manhua). Che sia stato fatto per risparmiare o per problemi tecnici in tempi di Covid, a me non ha disturbato. Preferisco un bel duello coreografato ad una scena di battaglia d'insieme. Se puoi tirare una tenda su due che vanno a letto, puoi anche disegnare una battaglia. Non disturba la storia, non mi ha dato fastidio, anzi. Si potrebbe dire che la scelta abbia aggiunto carattere e originalità al titolo.

La storia in sé è di ampio respiro, se pure a tratti soffra delle solite esagerazioni e ingenuità che servono a mandare avanti la trama della maggior parte dei drama in costume. E' inutile lamentarsene, quando sappiamo benissimo che fa parte del genere. Prendere o lasciare. Il finale ci lascia fortunatamente un buon sapore in bocca, e anche questo è importante.

Molti si sono lamentati della differenza di età tra Dilraba e Leo. Leo Wu, che avevo conosciuto ragazzino in Nirvana on fire, una manciata di anni dopo si è rivelato un giovanissimo adulto di talento e di bellezza meno convenzionale di tanti altri, ma non per questo meno affascinante. Sinceramente, l'ho trovato il candidato ideale per vestire i panni del principe di una tribù "barbara", che ha interpretato in modo molto convincente. Della bravura di Dilraba non c'è nulla da dire: un nome, una garanzia. Anche la chimica fra i due non era certo così carente come ho visto in molti commenti, probabilmente di persone che non erano in grado di dimenticare la differenza di età fra i due. Differenza che non era affatto visibile. Se non ci sono stati baci fra di loro a causa dei limiti nel contratto di Leo, non posso dire di averne patito una gran mancanza. Tanto, diciamocelo, considerato che i baci che ci fanno vedere di solito (salvo lodevoli eccezioni, per esempio Mark Chao in Eternal love) sembrano quelli delle penitenze fra i bambini dell'asilo, non è che ci abbiamo perso molto.

Quella che invece si è rivelata molto soddisfacente è la crescita dei personaggi, a partire dalla protagonista femminile che passa dall’essere una ragazzina assetata di vendetta ad una adulta consapevole delle proprie responsabilità è di ciò che è importante per il paese che ama. Il protagonista maschile è stato magistralmente reso in tutto il suo carisma, onore, rispetto, intelligenza e nobiltà, a maggior ragione perché spicca in mezzo ad altri personaggi che di queste qualità umane sono carenti. Che un personaggio così complesso sia stato così ben interpretato da un ragazzo di vent'anni non può che fargli onore e far ben sperare per la sua futura carriera.

I personaggi di spalla sono stati ampiamente sviscerati, e magistralmente interpretati. Non sono mancati diversi colpi di scena ben condotti. Là dove ‘cattivi’ si sono rivelati essere ‘buoni’ e viceversa, non si è mancato comunque di offrire, per ognuno, solide motivazioni per il loro modo di essere e diventare. Tutto sommato, non si può fare a meno di commiserare il great boss di turno, specie se si pensa alla sua controparte storica realmente esistita, che deve aver avuto una vita infernale. Le interazioni familiari sono molto ben descritte, sia tra le tribù che nel regno.

Aggiungiamo a tutto questo un’ottima cinematografia, splendidi costumi e scenari e ambientazioni, e abbiamo un titolo a mio parere imperdibile, che non raggiunge la perfezione solo per alcune ingenuità e forzature, come detto sopra. Ma sono peccati veniali. Vorrei dimenticare di averlo visto per poterlo riguardare con gli stessi occhi.

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Need to WATCH THE LONG BALLAD!

The story Was really great! I love all the CHARACTERS, the OSTS, Especially the STORY itself.
In the First Episode, we could see that LI CHANG GE ( Princess Yong Ning) ( DILREBA), LI LE YAN (Princess Yong Gan)
( ZHAO LUSI) , ASHILEI SUN (LEO WU), HAO DU ( LIU YU NING), WEI SHU YU (FANG YI LUN). This story is well-known as CHANG GE XING it talks about the life of LI CHANG GE. In the first episode was the soccer fight but in the first round of the game, Wei Shu Yu ( Shu Yu Ge Ge) got injured so in the second round of the game Li Changge become the substitute for Wei Shu Yu. After Winning the game Chang ge go to her second uncle's house and give him the precious dagger. And she returned home to the EAST Palace and meet her mom and dad but her dad got angry because Chang Ge Gave the dagger to the second uncle but not to him. Li Change should be the real crown princess but her family was murdered by her Second Uncle ( Ep 2-3) and she was removed to be the crown princess. Her Cousin LI LE YAN got the title of Crown Princess. In order to know who murdered her family, she will have revenge. She stoled the Crown Prince Stamp. But she didn't know that she would meet Ashilei Sun. Their feeling for each other got deep and deeper.

JUST GO AND WATCH IT TO KNOW THE STORY!!

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Swords and Promises

**INITIAL THOUGHTS OF THIS DRAMA, REVIEW/RATING SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS DRAMA PROGRESSES*
This drama is off to a great start. There's a strong plot desperately attracting you into the story. The first drama I've watched in 2021 and one of the first historical dramas I've watched that held my attention. I'm really a goer for historical dramas with political struggles.

**All of these are listed in my opinion**
This drama includes a strong + smart male and female lead. However, I'm not feeling the chemistry between the two main leads. It isn't a big problem in the drama though because both are visually appealing. At least the second leads have good chemistry (Hao Du and Leyan) imo.
Battles and some other parts are illustrated as cartoons. I'm not liking this fact because it is live-action after all, not donghua. This catches me away from the plot, it's quite disturbing imo. At least it's better than a war scene with horrible CGI and little effort.
Also, it's sort of hard to figure out who is who (Li Shimin's officials (there are 3 I keep mixing up)).

The music is this drama is superb. I'm really enjoying the sound effects in the drama. The opening and ending OSTs are so heartwarming. That's what I love most about historical dramas, the OSTs are amazing!!!

**I will most likely add more to this review**
**Also note that my ratings for rewatch values are always lower because I'm not a fan of rewatching dramas, even if they're good. It ruins the drama if you ever rewatch it despite knowing the entire plot. I might watch snips and clips but definitely not the whole drama**

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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair

This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.

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This whole time I want to cut the FL’s fringe hair - It’s too long, needs to be at the chin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adding a lot of pointless exclamations and words because you need a minimum of 500 chars to post. But I only have comments about her hair and it irks me sorry.

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The Ultimate Mary Sue

According to my dictionary, a "Mary Sue" is a female character who is unrealistically lacking in flaws or weaknesses. There's little else to add to this when using it to describe Changge. I don't mind (and rather like) a hero who does less than acceptable things and even terrible things, and then slowly grows and evolves. I'm not sure how many episodes I made it through, ten or so. Changge most emphatically had no weaknesses. What was so much worse, however, was that her many (many) flaws were depicted as not her fault. Within those episodes that I watched, she did so many truly selfish, selfish things and every time she, and other characters, shrugged it off as somehow her right given her situation. And again and again she was treated like a godlike entity of ultimate, singular, isolated perfection. I felt like I was reading a Nancy Drew book.

I simply couldn't tolerate her. Enormously unlikable character completely wrapped in Mary Sue-level armor to a point that created a plot comprised exclusively of deus ex machinas. Her storyline is predictable, flat and made dull by her general unlikability. I have no interest in her sorrows or sufferings given her scoldy moralizing and petty, immature self-righteousness. Her anger and pain are robbed of their weight by her need to place herself – as victim – in a place of greater importance than anyone else in existence. I can't abide a hero who uses their own pain to justify causing pain to others. Nor can I abide a story that refuses to acknowledge such behavior as selfish to the point of iniquity, but rather portrays it as if it's some vindicable complexity. And I can't tolerate a character who is treated like a hero despite the fact that they do not behave like one. If she's meant to grow, perhaps that will make up for this, but from what I can glean from the reviews, what growth occurs doesn't happen till late. I'm uninterested in sitting through dozens more episodes of her current behavior when there are too many other things on my list.

I would consider watching only the parts with Hao Du, as he is arguably the most interesting character, but I'm not sure it's worth it. And as it stands right now, the thought of watching one more frame of Changge makes me want to chew glass.

If the story had been worthwhile I might not have even minded those truly, truly dreadful cuts to animation at the moments of big action scenes. But that was really the horrible icing on the pain cake. What a terrible decision.

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Its overrated...!!

Story :: the story is typical princess revenge type story...there is nothing so new about the story...i have seen so many dramas in that story..that's why story is quite good for me...
The direction was good.. Production seems to be okay for me...
Cast:: this drama casted so many popular and great actor/actress i think... Zhao lusi :: le yan... I think It's absent in main manhua...nothing significant about her role..this kids badly need some improvement in her dialogue delivery, and expressing emotions..its really long way to go..
Dilreba:: Li changge...because she is the main female lead i think she really should do much hard work than any other actors in this drama..Her acting is not that convincing...Previously its happened to me that i liked her appearance,and look but i had to dropped that drama for her awful acting.. I know she has a huge fan following but i spent my time and money not only for her face..come on..! In this drama she needs to potray as a man. What is most hilarious about that is she wears lipstick and eyeshades even nail pain in portraying the 'male look''.. I mean seriously?? Her crying scene not that convincing also..u have a great potential girl why Don't u just learn some acting?? I m sorry i must say she is fit for the 'Li changge' character... There are so many dramas she fitted perfectly..
Leo wu::..Ashile sun.. I know him since my whirlwind girl..he had a great chemistry with seven tan..he has grown up but besides dilreba he looks like her little brother (i had no doubt about that).. I think dilreba put some wt, thats why she looks really aged, thats not the prblm but with imagining her with leo wu its really uncomfortable.. I Couldn't enjoyed them together..they can choose another actor rather than leo wu..but his acting skills is good..
Hao du...:: this is the only character that convinced me to watch the series...but less screen time..this is my first time to watch of his.. He did really well..


Overall :: i couldn’t made myself attracted to this drama.. May b later i will try to watch this once Again... ((Possibility 10%)) if in the beginning of the drama i found myself not convinced with the character that palyed by the actors,i dropped that drama..that goes same to this drama...

Don't take it as a offensive way...i m not a great cdrama fan though... But i have watched countless cdrama(specially costume drama))...so i wrote this review according to my experience... Thank u..

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Yönetmenden mi mütevellit?

Uygur etniğine mensup oyuncular oynadığı ve senaryo içerisinde gerçekten de Türkler olduğu için başlamıştım ama hikâye beni hiç çekmedi ve ne kadar devam ederim bilmiyorum. Bazı sahnelerde, yönetmenin marifeti de olabilir, Hint dizi sahnelerini aratmayacak şekilde bir sahneleme vardı. Bu sahnelemeyi beğenmedim. Keza, başrol olmasına rağmen Dilraba güzel oynayamıyor, karşısındaki oğlan iyi. Neden bilmiyorum, Dilraba'nın oyunculuğu bana hiç geçmedi. Milliyetçilik duyguları da bir yere kadar taşıyor. Konu için şimdilik bir şey söyleyemeyeceğim çünkü henüz 2 bölüm izledim. Başka zamana sakladım izlemeyi. Ama hâli hazırda gördüklerimden izlenimim; anayla konuşma sahneleri, ayrılık sahneleri vesaire olsun, abartıdan ve sahtelikten izleyemeceğim gibi. Çünkü gerçekten bir sözü bile öyle abartıyorlar, küçücük şeyleri büyütüyorlar, mantık dışı hareketler sergileyip tesadüfü sık kullanıyorlar ki, bana rahatsız edici gelmeye başlıyor.

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