Movie King and His Princess (2022)

I started watching with some expectations. I decided to watch it because of The Autumn Ballad, I really have a crush on the protagonist.
I haven't liked it much since episode 1, but I had some hope that I would like it. I was expecting ML to lose his memory, but when he did it was even weirder. Clearly he was having psychological problems, and no one bothered to really treat him. And to worsen, FL got involved in it, and in the end already wished that ML would never recover its memory. This is strange to say the least. She even agreed to marry him without thinking about the consequences. It was actually a pretty weird drama to watch.

I didn't like the backstory either, it was too tragic, I wouldn't watch a drama like that.

Anyway, I preferred him as Mu Ting Zhou. A story of them from the beginning would have been better. But if so, it would be another story.

The ending was beautiful, their wedding, touched me a little. And I feel a little nostalgia. It really could have ended in episode 28.

OST: I really like the music at the beginning.

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It's alright

I was curious about this series because of Jeremy Tsui. It is a short series ( not exploding with extremely loads of episodes) but I would say the series is not that bad and not fantastic either. It is somewhat neutral for me. There are alot of cute and funny moments in this series but I would have to say that everyone of the casts did an extremely good job, especially Jeremy Tsui with all the many variety of personalities etc. They all really did a great job. Theoretically, the series actually ends by Episode 28, the last 2 is not really altogether related to the series but just the insight of the individual Jeremy Tsui became after he lost his memories.

The songs, in my opinion, are averagely paired. There are some nice songs inside but not all of them.

It is good for a first watch if you are interested in the series after reading the synopsis. The rewatch depends on how you feel about the entire series after completing it.

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Uma serie maravilhosa e altamente recomendada a amantes do romance.

Amei essa série e as atuações desde o primeiro minuto.
A cada momento esperava ansiosamente o desenrolar da trama, e inclusive os protagonistas me roubaram o coração durante as cenas que apresentaram o drama historico.
Essa série ganhou o primeiro lugar no meu top seja para series coreanas ou chinesas,

Assim que recomendo seja pelas atuacoes, pela ost, pela historia e pelos bons momentos de doçura e comedia.. E não sentirão falta de romantismo e uma ou outra lágrima e de forem fans de romance como eu.
Até esse momento se emitiram 28 cap e cada um ja revi mais de três vezes, e voltarei uma e outra vez até poder despedir me desses atores e personagens inesquecíveis.

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Unique and heartwarming story!

LOVE IT from the beginning to the end! What an interesting story, I have never watched something like that before !

This is very unique and heartwarming story, can't let go if it yet. It's so hard to let go of some dramas, especially if the acting is outstanding- the ML stole the show as always! He needs more recognitation and more main roles! I watched everything in two days, could't stop it, skipped less interesting scenes with SMLs;)
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My Thoughts

Here's my thoughts on this drama, both the good and bad. I will say that I stopped watching at episode 13, but then went and watched episodes 25 & 26.

I originally started watching this because Jeremy was amazing in The Autumn Ballad, where his own beautifully deep voice was displayed. I'd never seen any of his other work so wanted to give this a shot. My first impression of this drama was slight disappointment because his voice was overdubbed.

However I kept watching.

He did his part well and so did Hu Yun Hao. The acting was fairly good, from the actors standpoint. I will say that I wasn't impressed by any of the actresses in this drama. Overall, I found them to be on the low side of average.

Moving on,

The story had potential. I liked where they did a bit of historical in the beginning and then switched to modern for the remainder. It's something I haven't seen before. However, the plot became repetitive and from the spoilers i read about the episodes I skipped, it continued to get repetitive.

This show could've been shortened to about 24 episodes and it would've paced better, because even in the parts I watched, it was dragged out a bit more than necessary.

Essentially, this show had potential and if you like this kind of stuff, watch it and make up your own mind, but for me, I just couldn't finish it. Sadly.

Would I recommend this? Not really.

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Be My Big Mess

I am still a bit shocked at how badly this came together. It's a bit amazing just all the things that went horribly wrong here.

If I hadn't seen the actress playing the FL in "Miss Truth", and if I hadn't seen the actor playing the ML in "Autumn Ballad" previously, I would have said neither of them could actually act!

OMG, don't even get me started on the sound mixing. Dear lord!!!! Never, never have I watched a drama where the FL and ML were heard walking, when they in fact had stopped moving their damn legs!! Can you imagine how frustrating that is??! The FL walks up some stairs and, not only do the sound effects not sink up with her walking, but they don't even stop after she stops walking! And this happened so many times in so many scenes!!

The performances of the leads, and even some of the secondary characters were so terrible, that I can only fault the director for that one, as I have seen these actors do quite well in other productions. The guy playing the.... not really SML (ML's best friend).... more like TML role, outshone everyone else, which was hilarious to watch.

This whole show is like a bad satire of a C drama. Unintentionally hilarious in parts, embarrassingly vacuous at others, and boring throughout.

The screenwriters had to throw in some embarrassing melodrama near the end, because they came to realize that there was no longer any plot, and they were desperate to keep the conflicts going right through to the end of the episodes. They probably didn't even know they were going to have to keep the drama going for so many episodes.

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Rewriting amnesia genre but the male lead carries the whole show

I was first interested because I saw Kyulkung in it. And because I had so much free time, I gave this drama a try because why not, right? And the first ep totally caught me off guard! I mean, I don’t feel like there are many dramas (that I have watched) gave me the same euphoric feeling right off the first bat. It can sometimes took awhile to build off impression on the characters and the plot line but this drama really sets off with a great start with a simple but comprehensive character’s introduction.

Right off the bat, we see the ML, Mu Tingzhou is introduced as the Best Actor that has many awards. And his first impression is that he is cold and unapproachable. His first encounter with the female lead is very awkward due to his imposing gaze and manner as a famous person even though he actually has a good impression of her. Along the way, the viewer can actually see that he is very diligent, studying a lot for his upcoming drama up to the point that he is dreaming about it and even ‘create’ another persona from it. He is also warm on the inside as he takes care of Ming Wei in his own way. From the smallest matter such as teaching her during filming to changing his dubbing schedule impulsively because he wants to spend his time with her is very adorable. He is also kind of weird and sassy in a good way in front of his close people and it make him very much human. I mean, he looks cool on the outside with all the photoshoot and stuff. But he also likes to sit cross-legged while eating at the table like some uncle playing mahjong. And what makes him sassy is his expression! I am very satisfied with his expressive face and body language because come on guys, Cdramas usually like to have cold and 1 dimensional ML. But he is very much a 4D character and the actor basically carries the whole show in my opinion.

And because this drama is all centred around his amnesia and he appears as another ‘him’ for half the show, I would write another paragraph for it. So, when Mu Tingzhou ’change’ into Grand Tutor Mu Yun, he appears much more strict and stubborn, a product of his extensive research and practice for the play. His old fashioned manner and curiosity is hilariously good especially during the first time he wakes up as Mu Yun — epic. It is very nice to see him treats Ming Wei like a princess and stubbonly chases after her. Even when he is Mu Yun, we can see his unconscious behaviour that resembles Mu Tingzhou like the stubbornness and even his acting skill that he purposely uses to trick Ming Wei’s father and tick off the second ML.

So, enter the female lead, Ming Wei. She is very pretty and diligent. She works part time a lot like modelling and be an Italian interpreter. Unexpectedly, she got casted as a female lead for the drama that Mu Tingzhou acts in. As a total rookie, she is very diligent and honest. I think that’s why the ML likes her a lot. He first is interested in her due to their characters in the drama, but we can see that he eventually falls for her deeper as time passes by. She also has the same feeling for him and that’s probably why she accepts to accommodate him during his amnesiac period. But she is not expecting to fall in love with him during that time. We can see her struggles to differentiate both characters and keep the distance between them so she will not be hurt if ML does not remember her later on but eventually just let him do whatever he wants. To be honest, Ming Wei is not a very complex character and it did not give the same explosive impression as the ML did. But she is still fine. Her expression is also on point and I felt like crying with her when she is crying over Mu Yun.

And the side characters! Xiao Zhao, Mu Tingzhou’s entertainment agent and Ming Qiao, Ming Wei’s sister are solid! They are both very adorable as a couple with cute dynamics. Xiao Zhao is the gentle ones with playboy behaviour and Ming Qiao is the no-nonsense and straightforward type. They are a very strong support for the main characters and had a lot of comic relief together. Especially Xiao Zhao because he has a lot of bickering scenes with Mu Tingzhou/Mu Yun that gives out laugh every time. The second ML, Chen Zhang is pretty much a second lead type. He is kind and helpful until the end even though Ming Wei rejects him several times. The parents are okay, but Xu Lin? Fuh. I don’t consider her as the second female lead because she only appears like more than halfway through the drama but causes a lot of havoc later on. She is quite childish with all the jealousy outbursts because she thought ML and her family ignores her because of Ming Wei. I mean, I can understand her frustration but this is already 2022. We had enough of this kind of troupe already and it’s time to grow the hell up, young lady (sorry it came out of nowhere lol).

The OSTs deserve a spot in my heart. I truly and genuinely like them a lot. This drama does not have a bunch of OSTs like kdramas usually have but boy the impact they have! I like that they use different songs during the sad scene where ML and FL was acting in and the sad scene in the actual drama. Personally, I like the ending song the most just because. I also like that they include the entire play that Mu Tingzhou and Ming Wei acted in at the end. It feels like a different drama but with only 2 episodes and it perfectly tie up the entire series.

Other things that I was a little bummed about is that ML wakes up from the amnesia pretty late. I want to see him chases her more as Mu Tingzhou. I am also quite sad that the voice of ML is dubbed! When I heard the Jeremy Tsui’s real voice, I was like O_O so deep and manly! But I kind of understand why they dubbed his voice. The character is prince like and delicate while his voice is rough and VERY manly that I’m genuinely afraid it can affect me in the long run if I listen to it more lol so yeah. Thanks for saving my ovaries, dear producers.

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Better to watch discovery or animal planet

Till the sixth episode I was confused why for such a good drama has this low rating but after I realized that this drama doesn’t deserve even 5 also. What I felt is before and after the ML’s head injury his character didn’t changed at all only difference is the memory loss. It is shown after the accident he becomes or remember only the character(grand tutor) he acted in his last drama but in that drama he (grand tutor)was a noble gentleman, descent and matured person but after the accident his attitude is exactly opposite to that grant tutor, he becomes mentally unstable person like jumping on the bed after seeing his mom or any strangers, I don’t whether the director wants to portray him like a child character but I felt like mentally unstable type. I really don’t know what’s there in the Chinese director’s head, when he saw his mom he starts to jumping in bed may be some excess current pass to his brain but for his mom it is an unbearable pain but here they given a funny background music like something fun is happening.
How come a selective amnesia patient acts like a mentally retard person, not only during recovering from memory loss but also before the accident and after his recovery also.

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Undecided after 5 episodes.

So far it's slow to start and I can't decide if I like the ML character or not. He can be cute, but mostly it seems like he has no idea what he's doing except to act. Everything is is completely foreign. Answer a question? Foreign. Talk to a coworker? Foreign. It just seems very odd and I haven't connected with him as a character yet.

I do like the FL already though, even though she's oblivious to when men come on to her. She's just like "Oh. Well. That's nice. Hope we meet again someday! Bye!"

Now that I'm utterly confused, we'll see how the next 5 episodes go. I'm hoping for a bit more progression in the story.

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Nice one

A good story , actually it has happened when we impress by some character and we all the time think about them and when the character has full contol over our brain so sometime we think ourself as that character or we dream all the time about that character. This thing had been shown in the drama.
Male lead in the drama was an actor who played the role of a teacher and his student was a princess . So female lead in the drama was an actress who played the role of that student , this student loved his teacher but due to differences in status they can't be together this was sad so when the male lead had an accident he assumed himself as teacher and treat female lead as his student . He got his memory back when they about to marry that was the teacher wanted a happy ending . So when he regain his memory he forgot the female lead and then what would happened how they again met this had been shown further .
I like second lead chemistry more than the first lead .their chemistry was good .
I wish second leads do drama together as main leads.

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