La dynastie Ming (2019)

Wasted potential

At the beginning the drama seen promising bc the MCs were enemies and the love hate relationship they have was fun and entertaining. Another thing that I like was how the heroes and enemies interactions were portrayed in a fun way instead of using a serios and murderous aura like in most historical drama. But everything changed from episode 20 and up. Suddenly it became a men drama; first they make the FL into a mute and boring character, second they literally made a war that lasted more than 6 episodes and last we barely so the FL, even the supporting cast got more screen time than her

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Kind of good, but kind of bad!

This historical drama had the potential to be really good based upon the storyline in the first 2 episodes, and the male lead character and acting. However, I decided to drop the drama after watching the first 6 episodes, and here's why:

#1. The acting is bad. The only 3 actors that I like is the male lead, the female lead prisoner friend, and the female lead father. Respectfully, I did not like the female lead acting.
#2. The crowned prince character (not the actor) is horrible. He mumbles, and is basically an illiterate prince. After he suffers to save his two brothers in episode 6, who btw, tried to overthrow his kingdom, would have killed him and his family, I knew that this drama just wasn't for me.
#3. The sword used by the 2nd and 3rd princes are made of wood. We can see the wood chipped from the wooden sword in episodes 5 and 6. I am sure that dramas are expensive to make. However, swords are one of the most important props in historical/war dramas. Perhaps, they could have used a dull silver plastic sword instead.

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