The music, modeling and Jianghu settings of this play are not bad. I think there are two things that are most commendable. The first is the face value. Li Xunhuan played by Vincent Chiao is immortal. His melancholy and affectionate eyes, pale face, unrestrained movements, elegant posture, looking back and smiling, are really dreamlike, just like the childhood male god in the eyes of a generation. Facts have proved that it is entirely possible that a high face value can not only make a meal, but also make people forget it for 20 years. From this role, instant noodles became an instant hit, and he appeared in many martial arts dramas, but none of them could surpass him.
A group of female characters are more beautiful and have their own advantages. Lin Shiyin, played by Xiao Qiang, the first beauty in Taiwan Province, is as tender as water, and I still feel pity; Faye Yu's Jing Hong fairy is not only full of fairy spirit, but also beautiful and elegant. Alyssa Chia, the goddess of childhood, didn't play the unruly and ruddy Zhao Min. At this time, she is more playful and lively; Fan Bingbing has not become Ye Fan at this time. She is still a smart, alert and brave Meidochan here.
Secondly, the director of this drama is Yuan Heping, and the film directed by Yuan Heping has similar characteristics, and the martial arts movements are particularly beautiful. For example, Jason Wu, who plays A Fei in the play, once appeared in his other play "Tai Chi Master". The movements are very real, professional and beautiful. In this play, because the setting is more ethereal, the movements are more natural and unrestrained. The part where Li Xunhuan and teddy boy compete under the tree is very classic. This is also an important reason why this drama has a good sense of martial arts.
It is true that this play has so many advantages, but it has one of the biggest shortcomings, the plot and the characters. Especially for male characters, the protagonist is unpleasant and the villain is disgusting. The whole drama has been completely divorced from the setting of Gu Long's chic Jianghu and Li Xunhuan himself. In the book, the chivalrous man who flew down without a wig and the romantic talented man who explored flowers are all gone, and he has become a person who is emotionally fragile and does not know how to make friends. After Lin Shiyin, he was not only weak, but even a bit of a loser. In the face of all the women who have loved him, he is basically not worthy. Needless to say, the villain Long Xiaoyun is a disgusting hypocrite. Wang Lianhua, the villain, is also a hypocrite, but his disgust is even worse.
This is no longer a martial arts film. There are no real rivers and lakes here, but a Qiong Yao-style "rivers and lakes" where talented people and beautiful women who are seeking marriage gather. There are no handsome heroes and outlaws in this Jianghu, no chivalrous women who don't want men's wives, and no killers who "dress well". There are men and women everywhere who want to live for love. The martial arts sense of this drama is mainly reflected in the supporting roles, such as A Fei, especially Shangguan Jinhong, who not only keeps close to the original work, but also performs martial arts dutifully. Although the story itself is reasonable and the script can be done, it may be better to change the name, forget Gu Long and forget the original work as a new story.