I am a fan of the Jade Dynasty novel. I remember that i was instantly hooked to the story when i read it on my phone in high school. As the day goes by, i often come back to read it again and again. It brought me new feelings very single time. I feel i understand the characters better as im growing older. This story carries so much childhood memories that i cherish dearly.
I went into the cinema with high expectations, because the trailer was good. However the movie itself is a absolutely disaster.The actors clearly lack of proper acting skills. I am pretty sure they are picked for the job just by the looks. Its full of meaningless and fake emotions. Certain information of the story was squeezed in inappropriately. The story editor did a horrifying job putting the pieces together. It just feels like a mess. I am fairly certain that if someone has not read or heard about the story would not understand what the heck is going on in the movie.
I love chinese movies. I watch them while i grew up. But now it is going the in the direction that i truely despise. Every movie seems like to one-time money grab from a famous IP and move on. Nobody cares about the quality and viewer experience. But everyone has to pretent that everyone is doing great job moving the chinese movie industry forward in the yearly ceremonies. STOP lying to yourselves.
Please dont make such movies anymore, stop ruining my childhood memories.
Review of Jade Dynasty
