Finished Northward and I've a few things to say regarding The Glory:
1. Northward:
a slice of life drama packed with some narcissistic dialogues and i was baffled. I loved the initials and the episodes after epi 28 (so basically 1-6 and then 28-38). I do NOT believe in redemption arcs if they don't last for at least 15-20 episodes. WDYM the ML was an ...hole until he gets to know about her feelings for him and suddenly he's a lover boy? bakwas! I didn't expect much from romance. Heck i didn't even expect the amt of screen space they gave to the 'couple' scenes. Xia Fenghua's character was a bit inconsistent. While she's all trying to survive through the ups and downs of business, she's also smiling and giggling over dialogues like "i want a woman who's less ambitious" (these were the ML's words btw)
. Ma Siyi is all about that one depressed kid and she's neglected throughout the second half. Like you'll only see that extremely likeable character only for some 13-14 episodes in the whole drama. The other family scenes were better, the acting is a huge 100000/10. The way they tried to capture and make everything 'realistic' deserves an applause. Cinematography is also cool. The biggest disappointment is the fact that they ruined (for me at least) Xie Wang He's ckt a bit too much to be likeable and then suddenly they tried to turn the tables within 12 episodes.
2. The Glory:
This is becoming a torture with each successive episode. Whoever decided to put this under the romance category needs to be sued. There's absolutely 0 scope for romance but ofc, kise pata 7 episodes man badal ke kuch bhi khichdi paka dale yeh log, just like the trash from a little similar genre Kunning Palace
Edited by Moonstique - 4 months ago
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