My Wife is a Thief (2024)

Cliche plot. Amateur flying scene. Bad acting from the cast.

Plot [-]

The whole plot is predictable. At first, I only tuned in for the cast, esp. the FL.

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Character Design [-]

The FL character is getting more annoying as time passes. The character starts off as a professional and capable thief, but then becomes unprofessional and less competent later on. She's supposed to be a thief, but she's easily caught and lacks subtlety. Her actions are too obvious, like turning her body to glance at someone following her when she's trying to be discreet.

Gongyang Maocai (the guy who like the FL's senior sister) is self-contradictory and his temper is irritating. At the beginning, he seems very serious about his job, and his sense of justice is high. But later in the show, when he discovers that the girl he loves and her master are wanted criminals, he simply resigns himself to live with them without maintaining any sense of justice anymore. Throughout most of the series, he competes with the ML in their work, displaying falsely high confidence and refusing to listen to others, which leads him to be unable to judge situations objectively without bias, but he's demonstrated as a highly competent official from Ministry of Justice. He also consistently displays a bad temper, which I find it irrational.

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CG & Flying Scenes of Main Characters [-]

The flying scenes are far from flawless. A particularly cringe scene is the one where the ML and FL, dressed in red wedding attire, fly in the sky while staring directly at the camera (that is supposed to be the other party), which also appears on the opening song of each episode. Their flying gestures are awkward, the choreography is also awkward, and the CG background makes it seem more like a joke than a touching moment. I felt second-handedly embarrassed watching it instead of being touched.

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Performance [-]

It feels like both the cast and director didn't put much effort into their roles. I didn't sense any real commitment from either the ML or FL. They seemed to just recite their lines without much passion. I've seen the FL in "I Don't Want to Be Friends With You," and I thought she did a great job there, but maybe she's more suited to playing a troubled teenager in contemporary setting rather than a young wife in ancient time.

One thing is her pronunciation is that of the modern teenagers who don't voice out the full sound of words but just half of them. And she doesn't seem fully prepared for her role. For example, in scenes where she's supposed to be an expert at running on rooftops, she looks visibly arduous and tired. Plus, her weapon handling looks amateurish, esp. in one scene of the last episode where she's supposed to intimidate her enemy by drawing her sword from its sheath. It just comes off as ridiculous and unconvincing. No one's going to be scared from the way she pull her sword like she doesn't know how to use it. Her interpretation of her role comes across as shallow; I don't sense any immersion. The feeling she conveys seems only surface-level, quite superficial. Overall, I was disappointed by her performance in this series despite liking her in her previous role. I think she has potential, but she has to put more effort into crafting her acting skills.

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Lire davantage

Keren banget dramanya tidak membosankan. Akting kedua pemeran utamanya juga sangat bagus. Saya jarang nonton drama kolosal tapi menurut saya drama ini adalah yang terbaik dari drama-drama kolosal yang saya tonton sebelumnya meskipun ya pasti ada saja kekurangannya seperti teknis saat terbang, latar belakang yang kurang mendukung, dan sebagainya. Namun menurut saya tidak ada masalah yang terlalu besar pada drama inj. Selain itu saya percaya mereka pasti juga menemukan masalah mereka sendiri saat proses produksi namun mereka sudah berusaha memberikan yang terbaik.

Saya menyukai karakter liu rong dan xu muchen yang sangat pemberani. Saya juga menyukai akting zhuang dafei saat menjadi pencuri liuye karena begitu lincah dan energic apalagi saat adegan bela diri karena ini drama kolosal pertama dafei yang dimana dia diharuskan melakukan adegan bela diri. Drama ini sangat direkomendasikan untuk ditonton. Alurnya tidak berbelit-belit sehingga tidak membosankan. Dalam dramanya juga mengandung unsur komedi sehingga kita tidak akan terlalu tegang.

Untuk chemistry kedua peran utama sudah bagus. Walaupun saya yakin mereka pasti merasa canggung saat proses perekaman drama tapi mereka bisa menutupi kecanggungan itu dengan baik dalam memerankan pasangan suami istri. Saya berharap mereka dapat bekerja bersama lagi dalam drama lain dan dapat menunjukkan chemistry yang lebih baik.

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