Ancient Love Poetry (2021)

Endure the Hardship

Zhou Dongyu and Xu Kai's acting skills are really awesome. They portray their roles very well. At first, I thought that Shanggu is still a teenager because she looks so young but then again her acting skills is very very very good. I like her personality most specially her eyes and the way she smile. For me, she is one of the best goddess I'd ever seen; she's so gorgeous. On the other hand, I also love the character of Bai Jue his so pretty. I like Bai Jue but I love Tianqi the most he is so handsome; I wish in his next drama he'll be the main lead. Overall, I don't care about the bashers, for me this historical drama is the best and must watch. I'm hoping for its season 2. ??

Lire davantage

What a beautiful love story

My 2nd rewatch because I love this show and its cast so much especially the leads. This show has many of my favorite stars. (XuKai, Liu xueyi, Leo lai, Jenny zhang, just to name a few). I’ve been a fan of XuKai since The Story of Yanxi Palace and watched all shows and movies. This was my first with DongYu and I really, really adore her! She has a delicate and so beautiful face and to me, she fits the character very well. I love the chemistry between her and XuKai and the chemistry with the other leads and supporting cast is great too. No one seemed “out of place” and their acting is so good that I even love the bad guys! ? Definitely need lots of tissues! Even though I watched it 2x before, my heart still broke in pieces and I cried my eyes out again and again. The soundtrack is one of the best in c-dramas. This is a must watch!!

Lire davantage

Beautiful storyline and character

This drama has a beautiful storyline, costume also character and also soundtrack. Really happy because one of the soundtrack is singing by Liu Yuning. Okay, so for the first time watch it, it has so manyy characters! And the problem is they showing all the characters really too fast (?) I don't even really remember who is who. But then, while I keep on watching, I can feel all the characters so I can remember every character.

The storyline is just so amazing. There's a lot of happiness, sadness and mad. It's just like a roller coaster. I like the Shang Gu character development. It shows how she's grow up, not let all the mock block her and can prove herself ability. Bai Jue has done so many things for Shang Gu from the beginning until the end, they are just a perfect match I think. Tian Qi and Yue Mi it's one of my favorite after the ML and FL. I like how they not trying to force the storyline so they can be together like the other drama. They're just so supportive even the one they love actually love their friends! Feng Ran and Jing Jian characters too it's very strong! They can do whatever they want and not let anything stop them. The antagonist character it feels annoying and make mad! She's doing a great job of acting!

Lire davantage

It a 10/10 for me!

I love this show.
I’ll be rewatching it after some time.
If you are a fan of fantasy genre, give this a go.
Got to warn you though, if you are a crybaby like me, you need to have tissue box ready. Lolz.
Plot : it has it all. Sweet, bitter, humour, etc …
Cast : visual wise, ml wins. Fl’s physique is not much, but when she smiles, it melts you plus her acting will give you the feel. Ml acting is very good too. And they look sweet together, at least to me.
CGI : cgi wise, it’s one of the good ones, imo. Some part looks a bit fake but it’s already better than most out there.

Lire davantage

Love transcends time and death

Dropped this drama after 2 episodes, and then picked it up after months cuz I wanted to know the prequel story to the last immortal drama. I'm so glad that I gave this drama a second chance. This drama had a cast of complex characters with their own sub plotline, but it was intricately woven with the main story line without any lags.

I was so in love with the acting of the FL and ML, their genuine reactions and portrayal of various emotions. The FL has a contagious smile and carries a femininely bold aura throughout the story. A fan of how Xu Kai acts through his eyes, I understand why he has a huge fandom (I'm a part of that now). Tianqi deserves to start acting as a ML in upcoming dramas, hope he gets that.

Everyone in this drama had done justice to their roles. And I like the villain origin stories which were relatable unlike most trauma induced villains.

This is one of the best xianxia drama with stunning cinematography, visuals. and ost. Would highly recommend watching it.

Lire davantage

It's actually my first time I am leaving my review on some drama.

And frankly speaking I really don't know how to review. But still this drama made me do so. I came across so many negative reviews of this drama in yt and fb I seriously thought I am not gonna like it but I was wrong completely wrong. I liked AOL so much but I liked this drama as much as I liked ashes of love ..but I did skipped so much while watching AOL but for this drama I seriously loved every episode. I have seen so many good reviews about Love and redemption..but for some reason I just didn't like it and wasn't able to complete it ..I just want to say don't judge this drama from others reviews ..give it a chance ..I seriously think this drama deserve higher rating than this and it is very underrated too.. I have seen so many comments complaining about female lead's acting and that she isn't suitable for this role but I seriously fell for her ..she was perfect for this role in my opinion and for Xu kai .. honestly speaking I was not a big fan of him but I think after this drama he is in the list of my top favourite actors .. overall this drama is not bad at all ..I have never watched any drama with this speed I always end up watching most of dramas half way and then get bored but this time I was so into this drama ..

Lire davantage

The best xianxia drama I have ever seen

If you are looking for xianxia, historical and romantic drama, this is it. Some people may disagree but this is one of the best dramas about xianxia I have ever seen. The acting, the story, the music. It's just a masterpiece. It was worth my time. I rewatched it for over 4 times and I never get bored. Yes, there are scenes where I cried my heart out because of all the deaths but I still love it. I often get goosebumps at some scenes when the ML and FL are holding so much power. But the main reason I watched this drama is because of Xu Kai. I am a huge fan of him and his dramas.

Lire davantage

About the love

The story line and the action scenes, acting, everything is perfect. I like the fighting scene more than emotional scenes. The enotion of characters are expressed throughout the story. I like the character Bai jue, His acting and expression are really Excellent. The characters are well played. The story have a good ending. Throughout the story th love feelings are well described to the the audience. The story starts with cold face Bai jue, his cold face attitude is perfectly played by the actor Xu kai, the protagonist Shang gu her childish character well played by Zhou Dongyu. The sacrifice for love, sacrifice for the peace of people ( the chief god Shang gu sacrificed herself for saving the people and to bring peace) .

Lire davantage

Good production and nice CG

Having read the original novel, I found the story in the drama more completed and filled the gaps that were in the novel, so I preferred the drama from the novel. The production is good I can see they did a good job on editing, the CG are brilliant with good effort on the costume too. As it's a big production drama and they had a big budget.
The story maybe a bit complicated if this is the first out of this type of drama you see around all the fictional gods. But it remains logical in the story outline
All the actors did a good job, including the bad characters which makes the drama alive.
A good watch if you like pretty graphic and story around the gods etc. And a good looking ML ?

Lire davantage

Two lying gods and a clueless goddess

ShangGu, the supreme Goddess, sacrificed herself to save the Gods' realm from a catastrophe and her soul was shattered, much to the heartbreak of Bai Jue, her lover and a very powerful god. After the sacrifice and a war against the demons, Bai Jue was injured and disappeared.

Thousand of years later, a daughter, Houchi, was born to ShangGu's only disciple Gu Jun. She had very low spiritual powers and was often looked upon by the deities as undeserving of the high rank that was secured for her by her father. The young girl lived segregated in her father's palace at the command of her father, while trying very hard to improve her powers.

One day, HouChi appeared on the birthday of the high deity Dong Hua to save her friend. Unexpected by all, she demonstrated great powers and had an uncanny resemblance to ShangGu. Appearing on the scene was a young uprising star and a stranger to HouChi, QingMu who helped to resolved the conflict. QingMu strongly resembled Bai Jue who was ShangGu's lover. This left the older deities who had lived from the time of ShangGu very puzzled. Who were these two individuals? Meantime, secret evil forces were building up - so how were this pair of unsuspecting youngsters going to handle what was in store for them?

Overall, this drama was very entertaining. The cast was excellent; special effects was superb; costume was beautiful. There were a few dull moments but did not last long. Zhou Dong Yu did a great job as the mischievous young supreme goddess training to weld the great powers she possessed and as the helpless HouChi. But when it came to acting as the Supreme Goddess who was commanding the deities, she lacked the poise and majesty. And she was acting alongside tall and handsome actors like Xu Kai and Liu Xue Yi - she looked more like a little girl rather than a powerful goddess. I would think that Tiffany Tang would be more suitable for the job but the rest of the cast were too young for her.

As usual in most long dramas, the story was quite silly in parts. TianQi who was also in love with ShangGu had to embark on acquiring the power of chaos to sacrifice in place of ShangGu, nearly destroyed the three realms and was 'killed' by Bai Jue. Later, Bai Jue lied to keep HouChi away and was hated. These gods were certainly not honest, not team players and rather stupid. All these, of course, were ruse to make us felt sorry for them as the wrongfully accused. If I was to give this drama another title, it could have been called 'Two lying gods and a clueless goddess'.

I watched this drama twice. During the first round, I stopped at episode 15 and went on to watch Pearl Eclipse which was very good, as there was nothing exciting except for an obsessive jealous goddess. The first 10 episodes of Ancient Love Poetry felt like a comedy but the drama took on a more serious tone as it proceeded. Also, during the first round, the story felt haphazard and all over the place. But on the second round, the story got clearer.

Lire davantage

Is this drama worth watching?

This drama takes place in a fantasy world where there are gods, devils, demons, humans and immortals.

The drama has a naughty sweet chief of Chaos and a coldly reserved God of Fire as the main CP.

Storyline: The plot is tragically abusive and amazingly beautiful. The couple faced setbacks and inner conflict with their goals. It can be described as, you are the only one who cannot die. The plot was stretched a lot near the ending and some scenes were not really necessary. There were many loopholes and there were few logical points. Shanggu, as the chief of chaos, was to shoulder the three realms and be responsible for the peace. Shanggu is upright and sympathetic to the lives in the three realms.

Music: Honestly, the music is amazing and brings emotions to life. The lyrics are not bad and the timing that the music is inserted into the drama is lowkey. Not much to say because I'm not an expert in the music area.

Acting: Zhou Dong Yu (Shanggu) portrays Shanggu as a childlike god who was naughty growing up with Yuemi (Luo Qiu Yun) and Tian Qi (Liu Xue Yi). She shows how Shanggu changes throughout the story and how she deals with incoming obstacles. Xu Kai (Bai Jue) plays Bai Jue, one of the four true gods who is coldly reserve. During the beginning, his acting was stiff but as the drama continues, his acting felt normal and even a bit endearing. His character had noticably changed as the episodes go by. His eyes were the key part in every emotional scenes. The two actor's chemistry was respectfully amazing with the drama casts.

One thing I liked about this drama was the tragic scenes of the tribulation of chaos. The emotion of sadness and heartache was terribly bad but their acting was very convincing and well portrayed. The long lasting effect of the tribulation of chaos made me feel like there was nothing that could've changed the outcome. This felt like a huge weight was pressing down on my heart as I watch Zhou Dong Yu continue acting in the drama.

One thing I disliked was the ending. (Not gonna spoil it but I felt that the protagonist halo was so annoying and the ending wasn't really happy or satisfying.)

Honestly, this review was a bit critical because I just finished episode 49 and the ending has influenced me to write some disturbing loopholes/negative side of the drama.

I do love their storyline and character development. I still do recommend this drama if you enjoy watching Xianxia dramas and Ten Miles of Peach blossoms. This is like a shared universe of Ten Miles of Peach blossoms which was a nice to reminisce and remember some familiar names.

Lire davantage

Interconnected Characters

This drama is boring at first but mind you this is one of the best drama of all time in par with Ten Miles peach blossom and Ashes of love.

Actually This story revolves on the much higher realm. Higher than Dong Hua and other Characters and Ten miles peach blossom. I am having goosebumps here because I saw dong hua again in an unexpected way. If your a fan of ten Miles peach blossom and eternal love of dream they are connected. Its just that Bai Jue and Shangu are higher deities. Worth to watch and your time . Kudos to the directors.

I am a freaking guy but I cried from episode 39-43 damn

Lire davantage