Amor Como a Galáxia (2022)

Very slow pace

I wanted to try this drama out because of how highly rated it is, but the plot does not interest me at all. The drama is very slow pace. I have not seen much interaction at all between the leads and I'm already at episode 15... The family problems is very overwhelming and seems more like a political/family type of drama than romance. Watched up to so far and I do not see an intense climax as it is mostly just showing family problems which feels really back and forth. I do not feel any suspense or anything to grab onto that makes me curious of what will happen in the next episode. The acting is pretty good, but storyline is really dragged and gets boring.

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Zhao Lusi carries this show

Cdramas always have this problem whereby the ending is such a mess. That aside, Leo Wu and Zhao Lusi (and many other side characters) were very good in this one. I started watching this to fill the huge hole Alchemy of Souls Part 1 left in me (Mu Deok 😭😭😭) and Zhao Lusi's hilarious and lively Shaosheng and Leo Wu's taciturn and competent General Ling Zisheng (he has the most expressive eyes) left me a bit obsessed and I binged it in 3 days.

Part 1 focuses on the troubled mother and daughter relationship between Shaosheng and her badass and tough mother. Part 2 focuses on court intrigue as Shaosheng settles into life in the palace.

As much as Shaosheng and Zisheng's storyline is romantic, sweet, heartbreaking, (frustrating), and poignant, equally as moving and precious to me is Shaosheng's relationships with the mother figures in her life, and the complex and quiet background triad of the Emperor, Consort Yue and Empress Xuan. Empress Xuan's love for Shaosheng and Shaosheng's joy in this newfound nurturing mother-mentor figure is so touching. Shaosheng blossoms in this relationship, learning to understand her complicated relationship with her own prickly and harsh mother a lot more. The complex triad of the Emperor, Empress Xuan and Consort Yue is as fascinating and subtle as any main romance. There is jealousy and resentment, but mainly there is camaraderie, companionship, and love. (Also I love Consort Yue).

I enjoy complex character dramas and I liked that most characters are finely drawn, with complexity and nuance. Shaosheng is her own worst enemy in relationships and constantly acts out; Ling Zisheng is not much better and compartmentalizes the different parts of his personality. Both live under the long-reaching arm of childhood trauma. Somehow two damaged people come together to form a healthy (codependent?) love lol.

Poor scriptwriting is still obvious (and becomes more obvious the closer we get to the finale lol) and characters started acting stupid and the plot starts to flipflop between ridiculous exaggeration or melodrama lol.

Anyway, this was not bad and I'm quite sold on Leo Wu's performance (was kinda meh about his character in The Long Ballad). Zhao Lusi continues to bring that special liveliness to her roles.

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Tout simplement magnifique , j’ai adoré du début à la fin les jeux d’acteurs m’ont tellement transporté et j’ai pleuré toutes les larmes de mo corps. J’ai partagé chaque émotion avec les acteurs pour dire combien ils sont bons.
J’aime le fait que l’amour entre nos deux protas se soit construit petit à petit se basant sur la confiance et l’admiration. Le prota aimait tellement la prota qu’il était prêt à tout pour la voir heureuse .
Les autre personnage n’en reste pas moins attachant aussi . Les moment drôles m’ont tué de rire 😂
J’espère tellement les voir jouer ensemble encore .

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what it means to love and be loved

while watching part 1 I kept thinking how much it reminded me of the story of minglan. lo and behold I come to find the author of the novel this drama is based on is the same as that of the story of minglan. so so if you liked that, you'll like this and vice versa.

that being said, this drama is a slice of life with a government plot line in a romance story. I say slice of life because its a really good view on what it meant to walk through life in the period the story takes place. as such it takes on a thicker overall tone compared to many other Chinese dramas.

this is only the first half of the drama, and it beautifully shows you these characters who - even if they aren't shown frequently - all clearly have a rich history in their life that have contributed to how they become as individuals. the overall theme is essentially love. both having it and the lack thereof; both giving it and withholding it.

the characters develope with every anecdote, every family crisis, and every national event and the changes are subtle but of have weight. what I appreciate is that even though the characters change and grow, they don't feel as though they have become different people - they are still very much themselves.

while our main character is "not like other girls" she is still clearly flawed. and no, not flawed because she's uneducated and basically illiterate. even with an education she would probably still be a trouble maker, as its clear she has a perfect blend of both her parents traits. it's a good contrast to minglan, who was docile and secretly a genius at scheming. niao niao is quite intelligent herself, but extremely outspoken and quite ill mannered.

yall just gotta watch this drama.

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Cerita keren. Akting keren. Chemistry Keren.

Drama yang lengkap. Ceritanya Bagus. ML dan FL ganteng dan cantik banget. Chemistrynya beyond expectation saking kerennya. Bisa ada sparkling2 cinta di mata LBY tiap lihat CSS. Akting semua pemain, mau itu pemain utama dan pemain pendukung bagus banget dan saling melengkapi satu sama lain. Paket lengkap karena adegan serius feat Adegan lawak yang bikin kecanduan untuk nonton terus sampai habis karena memang seseru dan sebagus itu utk drama china kostum sejarah yang panjaaang episodenya. Dari eps 1 udah bikin addict. Kerja yang luar bisa utk tim produksi. Sangat menghibur dan bikin terbuyi buyi ..

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Really good

Season 1 (episodes 1-27) had slow start. It took a whopping six episodes for Shaoshang and Ling Buyi to finally meet face to face. Before that, nothing was happening aside from Shaoshang showing absolute disdain towards everything and acting like a spoiled brat. She was supposed to be a neglected and abused teenager who was left as a baby with her relatives while her parents served in a war. The writers didn't do a really good job flushing her out her character at the beginning. She stumbled between being portrayed as a neglected teen to acting very whiny and entitled. In every scene she would go out of her way to act out and complain about everything, instead of trying to reconnect with her parents. Fortunately, the writers didn't let her fester into an unlikable shrew and her character development picked up nicely. It turned out she loved to learn about how things worked. She was very sympathetic to other people problems. And she was a great problem solver.

Her mother's actions were very confusing. For someone who was a seasoned general, mom showed extreme shortsightedness when it came to parenting. She knew very well about her daughter's accomplishments, but instead of looking at the big picture and appreciating the fact that Shaoshang did not grow up to be shallow and spoiled, mom always fixated on her daughter's smaller problems - a lack of education and etiquette. Mom's inconsistency showed even more during Shaoshang's engagement. She did not want the marriage with Lou Yao because he was unintelligent, weak, and wasn't able to protect Shaoshang. Mom also picked up on the fact that Ling Buyi liked her daughter. However, when Ling Buyi proposed, mom immediately put her daughter down to be some awful and unintelligent simpleton who was unworthy of anything. It was no wonder Shaoshang wanted to get away from that house. The icing on the cake was mom's favoritism towards the cousin, instead of trying to reconnect with her daughter.

I really wanted to see the mom and daughter's relationship grow where Shaoshang realized that her mom wanted to prepare her for the adult life and teach her how to navigate society. In return, mom would realize that Shaoshang was a very special and beautiful person and finally got over her fixation on Shaoshang's upbringing. There were some very good moments where I thought mom and daughter would finally grow close - the one where mom slapped one of the ladies at Lou Yao's house. But then there was the scene with Lin Buyi's proposal where mom was a total let down.

The way the Cheng family was portrayed as a "military" family was odd. General Cheng was a general, just like Ling Buyi. But General Cheng didn't seem to have any kind of influence or power at all. At 21, Ling Buyi had an awful lot of power and influence, and even an army to command. General Cheng was nowhere on that level even thought he spent his entire life fighting and was at least twice as old as Ling Buyi. The only person who seemed to have any kind of military discipline in the Cheng family was mom. The two brothers, who were with the parents when they were away, acted like spoiled and pampered aristocrats, instead of military children. They also looked like they never handled a weapon in their lives.

Some storylines needed serious cropping, like the very long engagement to Lou Yao that wasn't going to work out anyway. Shaoshang and Ling Buyi playing catch up with each other could've been sped up a little bit too. I wanted to see more of them hang off the roof together instead of watching Lou Yao bringing her snacks.

There were also some very great scenes showing the build-up of Shaoshang and Ling Buyi relationship. The scene where she pulled an arrow out of his chest was hot and very intimate.

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WOW! WOW! WOW!

Je suis complètement ébahi. J'avais de hautes attentes et elles ont été dépassés largement! J'ai pu suivre l'histoire de Shaoshang dont je me suis attaché dès le premier instant. On peut dire que cette jeune fille maline et intelligente est si attachante. La première petite interaction entre elle et le général débordait de chemistry. Je me suis si profondément attachés aux personnages que j'ai ri et pleuré tant de fois que je ne peux les compter. J'ai re-joué des scènes, j'ai crié, je me suis énervé... Alalala ce drama m'a vraiment fait passer à travers toutes les émotions possibles. Mais le truc le plus unique à propos de cette série est que nous avons finalement une consort impériale qui n'est pas avide de pouvoir et de contrôle malgré que l'homme avec qui elle était marié en premier a nommé une autre femme comme impératrice... Ah l'impératrice! Quel douceur! Quel gentillesse! Ces deux femmes s'aimaient comme des soeurs. Je n'ai jamais vu un drama sans rivalité dans le harem. C'était si rafraichissant et agréable à voir. Deux femmes qui se soutiennent et se défendent mutuellement sans garder de haine inutile entre elles. Bon, maintenant, parlons de cet empereur! Un véritable "comedic relief" il était superbe dans ce rôle c'était hilarant! Même cette satané grand-mère qu'on a beau détesté nous a fait rire tant de fois! Et puis, WU LEI quel performance!!! Il a été incroyable. J'ai adoré ces deux compagnons qui m'ont bien fait rire et dont je me suis attaché. Les scènes de combat et de cheval de Wu Lei ne me déçoivent jamais et il est si beau!!! Moi, qui n'arrivait même à finir un drama sans skipper la moitié des scènes et mettre le tout en 3x, j'ai tout regardé sans arrêt et j'ai fini ce drama en 5 jours! Ca valait amplement le temps! Une masterclass une masterpiece tout ce que vous voulait, mais certainement un drama mémorable et formidable!

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zhao Lusi slays once again

Came for Zhao Lusi's wonderful acting.
Stayed for the romance.
It's quite a riveting story.


Cons:
The fourth consort's daughter's husband's nephew's wife, prince of X, and cousin on the maternal side, who is the assistant to the Marquis. That's pretty much one character out of the 50 they reference. Could NOT keep them straight. ERgo, couldn't follow the mystery and deep secret part. Like it anyway but it was exhausting trying to pay attention, stop to google the character names only to come up empty handed. Still enjoyed it.

Note;
These are not discreet war scenes. there is quite a bit of gore. Be prepared if you don't like that stuff.

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