Princesa Changge (2021)

100% worth watching story. dont think more just watch it

Short review .I was expecting very high with this drama...and it didnot disappoint me.the storyline is very good with full of emotion the acting done by everyone is perfect ...its just so good one and music every song of this drama is so so so good i listen to it every day and it gives me goosebumps of all those emotional scenes...their is some twist and turns so you will definetly not get bored and the chemistry betn leads is very good ...i would say just watch it ....it is a worth watching drama it gives u some deep message at the end so i find it a bit inspiring to .

Leia Mais

A great epic journey

Watching this show felt like you've lived through a lifetime... in a good way. A lot of things happened, the characters all went through hardships, they've been through one heck of a journey. It's really a fantastic show.

STORY
A lot of things happened and the progression of the story was good. I felt the pacing was just right, it wasn't too rushed or too dragging. Though there were times when I predicted what would happen with the leads (ex. will they survive, etc.) but there were times when I was on the edge of my seat. It was intense and I liked that you can understand the characters' motives. It wasn't all black and white, with the villains being bad for no reason. You can still sympathize with them.
It was smartly written, though I understand that the story came from a manhua, still, the way it was written as a TV show, they kept things interesting.

CINEMATOGRAPHY & EDITING
It really made you feel how big and how epic the scale of the production was. It was impressive how they captured the intensity of the war scenes, of the fight scenes and the emotions the characters were experiencing.
There were a couple of awkward shots though especially during the shift to the animated scenes. I don't know if it was purely for artistic choices or because the budget for shooting those war scenes would have been large but putting the actors in front of the animated backgrounds were awkward. They could've just left the animated scenes as is and not mix it with the live action ones.

ACTING/STUNTS
The actors were amazing, Dilraba was so bad-ass and believable as a great fighter and a smart princess. Though I felt the chemistry with her and Leo Wu was a bit lacking. But they were great when fighting and working together.
I've watched Zhao Lusi before as a strong character and seeing her as meek, I saw her differently. She's so effective and really great at crying scenes that she makes you want to cry with her.
Liu Yuning was also amazing. Even just a small change in his eyes, or a quirk of his lips, you can tell what he's feeling even without saying anything. Because of his acting, I was immediately hooked with his storyline and pay close attention whenever he's in a scene even if he's not the focus.

MUSIC
The soundtrack was epic that I never skipped an opening or closing. It really helped to hype me up with the scenes. And made me sad when Hao Du's theme song plays during his scenes.

OVERALL
Highly recommended! It's a great watch and a great journey to take with the characters. Though for people who's looking for romance, this show doesn't prioritize romantic scenes as much but it's okay because the story itself is interesting. You also have to be patient though and keep watching even with the awkward shifts to the animated scenes.
For me, I don't really see it as rewatchable except for certain scenes (like Hao Du's because he's my favorite haha) because there are too many things that happened and part of why the show is great is because you can't really predict the ending.
GREAT SHOW!

Leia Mais

This was a well made drama.

Dilraba shines again! As she shows her acting range as our heroine lead as Li Chang Ge.

She goes through loss, grief, growth and love through the story, making friends along the way.
They evolve her character as a immature tomboy who eventually grows to be a wise strong woman.

As she goes on a quest of revenge, and finding her purpose, she eventually learns the secret about her mother and her father+ uncle. She does everything for her country, even though they've gone after her life, persecuted her, out casted her. Eventually she's able to let go of the hate near the end, and is able to find peace & happiness with her life moving forward which was what her mother wished for early on.

It was confusing at first how they started the familial conflict leading to bloodshed, maybe it could've been explained better other than hinting that bad omen was coming.
Personally I've had some gripes initially of how they wrote Mimi's character, which was frustrating at first because of her actions/behavior but the writes in turn use that as a moment to evolve and build Chang Ge by using the situations as tactics and showing her resiliency.

Even Minister Du finds light, even though he was hell bent on getting rid of Chang Ge, even though some of the minsters probably knew what happened between Lady Jin & Li Simin's history. Not sure what his motivation was or how the point of going after Chang Ge with Hao Du (the adoptive son) drove the storyline other than the fact Chang Ge needed to keep moving from one place to another.

Wei Shu character is probably the only one that missed out, on one hand he was being crushed on by Princess Le Yan but only viewed her as a sister, on the other side he probably had feelings for Chang Ge but could not be honest with himself, and also leaned towards sense of duty than his own feelings.

They do payoff most of the storylines that were created, which gives the audience a sense of closure as well as peace.

If theres something to be learned is not to act rashly, not to let your ego get the best of you as it go to Chang Ge early on, and eventually led to Khatun's own downfall, as there is a much bigger picture that you probably can't grasp.

Leia Mais

Plot
Early stage this drama show Li changge as a independent and have good/decent martial art but along the drama its seem like she loose her martial art and doesnt know to defend herself. eventhough the characters said she so clever and women with tactics but in my opinion main leads always cover her reckless .

This drama dont have heavy revenge plot, I have seen other drama that have heavy plot of revenge. Li changge seems lost at the middle of the story and need Sun to give her direction.

This drama doest show how desperate/independent Li changge is because plot highlight more journey of Li Changge to find revenge or injustice for her family but its seems like she more closed with her cousin rather than her sibs . Its a bit confused.

Casting :
Ashile sun - that carry all the character and closed the weakness of li changge.
li changge - early story seems strong but kind loose along the story and depend more on her friend to protect her. What the used of her martial art ? Its a bit confusing when they have scene in war but Li changge face dont have any dust on her clean. She want to portray boyish chracter but zhou liying or yang mi have been better portray that.
Mimi Guli - she seems from noble family when look at her tantrum (at the market) Like WTF woman just let go . But she only a maid even zhou lusi is a princess know how to be humble.
Leyan - character like stupid and have nice heart . Doesnt know how to fight and so on but at some scene like when she got kidnapped and follow group of beggars she portray her character well .

Leia Mais

Team HouYan

I am proudly call myself as Team HouYan because of these two I stay this far for this drama. Hao Du and Le Yan had remarkable a love story, growing characters, ups and downs that life experiences thrown at them and made them more incline and devoted to each other. LeYan character grew wiser, smarter, stronger, bolder, kinder and humbler...just the opposite of Hou Du's personality. Hou Du learn a lot from Le Yan most of her kindness and simplicity - I think he has loved her longer than we anticipated...it's like instinct to protect the weaker female from the cruel world. Who knew, he had such romantic passionate on cold-exterior-reserved man. Hou Du became happier, smiles more, chatty, soft glances towards LeYan and she reproached it with her loving smiles too...they had the simplest wedding for royal princess but their happiness shines thru we all could see... I love Emperor Li ShiMin gave them blessing, I think that's remarkable that a Great Tang Royal Princess could marry down to a personal guard like Hou Du.

I also love Wei ShuYu I think his concern to his family and loyalty to the country say it all about his dedication and contribution. Alan Fang was most handsome man in this drama...soft spoken and always think the best from everyone. His character wasn't strong like the other 2 ML but his part was definitely not bad at all. Leo Wu Lei was good; Asheli Sun was an up-right, good and strong man, loyal, faithful, handsome, great leader. His love story as not as passionate as Hou Du but he had devotion that willing to follow the girl he love to the burning building. If there wasn't love story like Hou Du and LeYan, I didn't think I would watch this drama for 49 episodes.

Seriously, I skipped a lot where Li ChangGe appear because she didn't impress me, her character was conceited and bravely naive, she got lucky in so many instances - not because she's smart intelligent princes but people like her, the weak and timid LeYan went out to protect and save her - not to mention Asheli who loved her would do anything to take care and gave her protection, even the Emperor didn't want to hurt her but loved her as his niece as her own father didn't care for her even slightly. Li ChangGe's ambition all failed, she gave up everything finally as she realized that avenge intention was to the wrong man. I would give all 10 if I can just rate it for Liu YuNing, Zhao LuSi, Leo Wu Lei, Alan Fang Yi Lun.

Leia Mais

Dilraba Dilmurat, Leo Wu, these two talented Chinese celebrities, grabbed at my heart in this drama. Another strong woman Chinese drama role for Dilraba Dilmurat. Amazingly well done! Leo Wu, OMG, so skilled at his job. I love both!
Liu Yu Ning who played Hao Du had me scared and I wasn't even in this drama. He was so convincing but he turned out awesome. Rosy Zhao Le Yan did great, she was perky but knew how to change from being perky to very serious. I applaud her. I was amazed at the actor who Mu Jin. I will be looking for dramas with the above cast. The rest of the cast made the storyline happened, I have to thank them. Everything else, the sound, the fantasy, the visuals, costume, set design.... just perfection.

I understand why they put in the cartoon (comic book). I am pretty sure this was a high-budget drama and I blame it all on the Pandemic. Sometimes you gotta do with what you have to make it work. I applaud the whole team!

Leia Mais

Just finished last month but I wanna rewatch!!

I was actually hesitant at first because it was too long, but my cousin strongly recommended it to me so I thought it wouldn't be that bad. Good thing I gave it a go.

It was my first time watching Reba's so I don't really have any data to compare with. As for Lusi, I've watched almost all her shows (I'm a huge fan) and I wholeheartedly believe that this is (by far) her most praiseworthy work. Though she might not be the first FL in this series, it showed her full acting potential (the anticipation for her upcoming works is killing me!; especially waiting for WRTW and Hu Tong). Also, her (Leyan) short yet sweet interactions with (Hao Du) Yuning are just wow! I once thought that I wouldn't be able to ship Lusi with anyone else other than Ryan (Han Shuo) but guess I was wrong (NingLu's way too cute).

As for the story, all I can say is that it was really good. You can see the growth of each character as episodes passed. Hence, it wouldn't be an overstatement to say that this is the best historical drama I've ever watched!

Leia Mais

Good cast but not good production

Story: When I saw the synopsis, I thought this will be heavy political war badass drama. But it turned out more like another fantasy idol drama. The setting of this drama actually could be made a grandeur historical one, yet the production team only put half-hearted effort to create an impressive drama. I really dislike the comical editing, make this drama looks like low budget product. The plot is average, has some interesting point but it's easy to forget.

Acting: This drama is one of Tencent big production, recently there were many critics about Tencent drama which are mostly rely on popular actor but taking cheap script and low budget production. Almost all the actors in this drama have done well in presenting their characters, specially the two lead actors. I always thought that Dilraba has a good acting skill, but she always ended taking an unimpressive drama. Leo Wu is not much different, his only big drama was Nirvana in Fire. The one I thought was not good enough is Liu Yu Ning who played as Hao Du. However he still have a room to improve his acting skill, since this drama is his first acting experience.

Music: I have no complain about the soundtrack and music in this drama, it's suitable and the ending theme which is sung by Zhou Shen is beautiful.

Overall: I wish this drama could focus more on one point, either the political, war-action or romance, thus make this drama has unforgettable point. For me, the plus points of this drama are Dilraba, Leo Wu and Rosy Zhao, they all delivered their acting skill very well.

Leia Mais

It’s really a long ballad (just not a good ballad)

TLDR: like most ballads, it’s long and its attempt to tug your heartstrings but most of the time, it fell short, boring and bland.

Watch for your favourite actor and actress, and once you pass Leo’s best part in the middle, you can just drop it really.

Story: started ok, best part was the middle where major events happened to Leo’s character, and then it’s flat line :/

Acting: award acting to the king uncle to Chang Ge when he received the knife again, and Leo in his lost scenes. Everyone else is meh. No offend but I felt asleep with the SL CP, their story is pretty stock standard, and while their acting is suited for the characters, it’s pretty meh. The SML is the usual cold and turn super puppy once he’s in love >_> DD’s acting is ok, but her character is just so boring >_< she’s pretty but yup, they managed to make her not pretty, boring, tired and pretty meh lol. I do get her character but uh, just relax? She always so serious, it’s tiresome after 30eps lol. Also while I love Leo, he’s a bit stiff/overact in the pouting department 🤣

Music: it’s great, but just watch the MV, it saves you time and make you actually like the series more than watching it, watching it might just make you hate it lawl.

Leia Mais

best costume drama of 2021 so far

story - 10/10

the story is not based on the love story of the leads and was super interesting itself. i liked how almost every character was explained well, so there was not anything unreasonable in the series and you can not directly tell who is black and who is white. another thing to mention is that the drama was not dragged, which is an uncommon thing for chinese costume dramas.

acting/cast - 10/10

overall acting was amazing, and i'm gonna say a few words about the main characters:

changge - i was not a big fan of dilraba, but i really loved her there.
a'sun - it is my first drama of wu lei, and he did so good (i mean, who didn't cry on alir's death scene?). from cold and introverted general to an actually caring and sentimental person, his character development is underrated.
le yan - the biggest character development there. from a shy and timid girl to a matured and caring princess. also, the most kind-hearted person out there: even when she faced all that hardship, she never let hatred to take over her mind and remembered only good in people. even if she is not physically strong, i think she has a strong personality. as always, the role suited zhao lusi so well and she had a great chemistry with hao du.
hao du - as a person who initially started watching because of lyn, i totally fell in love with hao du there. hao du was a person who hides his feeling deep inside himself and i find him really selfless (not only his love for leyan, but also the fact that he placed his adoptive father's orders above his values), and liu yuning did really AMAZING, i mean, all these microexpressions---
and as for wei shuyu, one of the few characters that i didn't like. he is indeed spineless, but i can understand him, as it was quite a common thing for the member of a political family at that time tho.
i also liked the side characters as well, my favs were li shimin, du ruhui, a'dou :_), gongsun heng, mu jin, xu feng, etc etc etc (even she'er). it is the first time for me when i liked almost all characters sm, feels like i can write mini essay about each of them, lol.

music - 10/10

osts for this show were extremely good, i mean we had zhou shen, sa dingding and liu yuning for this. i especially loved "cocoon", "a love like before" and "falling sand", they suited the drama so well and helped to understand the characters. personally, i liked all ost's of the drama, and all six of them are in my playist now.

rewatch value: 10/10

it is the best costume drama of 2021 for me so far and i'm surely gonna rewatch it number of times for sure (been doing it whike waiting for new series to air). mb one thing which was quite annoying was cartoon scenes lol.

Leia Mais

Good story and perfect actor

Story is female lead story that is very empower women !

Story
The story is a good consistent of situations. The circumstances happen with female in this story is very pity but as a result is very powerful. I think this drama show the real human are, what will they do if they face some situation. It made me feel reflect to myself as well. Every characters are growing not flat. Especially two female lead characters.

Actor/ actress
I like Delileba and Zhao Lusi from many drama and this drama they show perfectly improvement. Lusi from previous drama is lively and funny but this drama she can change the characters of herself completely. For male lead is good, handsome and clever. However, I don’t think that main couple have good chemistry but another couple is good chemistry. Overall of actors of his drama is good everyone can show the mood and expression well.

I minus one point because some scene should using people not cartoon.

Last, this drama is good, exciting every ep and all actor are perfect including you will learn many thing from it !! Don’t miss this it.

Leia Mais

Chang Ge Xing

Tsuyu-SEI's Review !
I MADE AN ACCOUNT TO WRITE THIS TODAY !
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As a manhua-reader :
I actually cannot believe I've finished watching this. I still remember first reading the manhua and being absolutely stunned but the art and interesting storyline. I was so saddened by the fact that there was a complication and the manhua had to dropped. Then fast forward a few years later, this actually became a live-action. I've never been so happy to be able to see one of my most most favorite manhua get made into a drama TwT////
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Storyline Pacing :
Overall great pacing and each episode seemed well planned and didn't play on too much cliffhanger feel, it was rather straightforward and the way the war strategies were explained were also easy to understand.
For the first part of the plot, it was slightly weird to see them play kind of football/soccer ? I do wish they hadn't tried pushing the main leads to meet so early as it was much more interesting in the manhua where Changge is able to show her intelligence to Sun and they became "brothers". It was much more realistic build-up to their relationship for me.

They would have met after the war in "Shouzhou" and it would have showed how Changge was able to handle and take care of herself in tough situations even without Sun's help but I guess they wanted to put the main leads together early or it may have been the author's input or so.
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Character:
The changes in the characters as the story progresses is great ! I loved the selection of cast, each handled their role well !The way the main couple respects each other is so lovely !
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Plot : As there was never a conclusion in manhua, the way they wrapped it up and the ending of the drama is really perfect for me. They showed with the "Khatun" of a side that Changge could've have become had she kept going for revenge, but they also added in how she didn't just give up her revenge, but she was able to find out the truth and learn from it.
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Bad Scene : The " parrots " scene was reaalllyyy weird ! I think a fade out would have been better than watching that.....
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Good Scene / Favorites : The scene where changge says " uncle " is the best for me, they really did it so so perfectly ! I loved the tension of the scene !
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Ost : Godbless the songs, they're sooooo gooooood !!! really wonderful and the added sounds for all the scenes were so well done !
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Extras : I actually really liked how it wasn't too in your face, lovey-dovey for changge and sun but it was sprinkled here and there ! Though there was a bit much on the side couples ? I did feel it dragged a bit to add so many scenes for these, I wished the budget could have went to the fight scenes and costumes because I did feel they cut costs on that.
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