Zhu xian I

Wonderful production design - really beautiful! Plus Xiao Zhan is incomparably compelling (catch him in "The Untamed too). This film is a super fun world to spend a couple of hours. If you appreciate Chinese fantasy drama, you'll enjoy this delightful little romp among the "gods"... (and the glorious water monster! And the trained monkey!)

I loved the special effects of the film.

The performances, especially of Xiao Zhan, were in place and presented the character Zhang Xiaofan as a naïve man who gradually gets to know the world from his innocent point of view.

Then the character evolves to the point of becoming a being full of resentment and pain. This makes him an enemy of those who once saw him grow up.

The plot is like an irony of life, where a person is innocent until circumstances corrupt him. As the Swiss-French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau said: "Man is born good and society corrupts him"

Circumstances, deception, and malicious people harm a being who is clean, who has not hurt anyone, and who only wants to move on.

This part I must say is very emotional and manages to transmit that feeling to the audience to tears.

The settings are beautiful and all the characters interact harmoniously.

It's an excellent movie to watch.

The story line of this movie based novel "Zhu Xian". I have read and watched drama that based from this novel too. This movie production is good. The director made so much effort to put some of comedy. I was watching this movie after busy work. Glad that I watch this movie that contain comedy. I have great laugh. Finally I can release of my stress.

I watched this movie because I loved Xiao Zhan in The Untamed, and he was one of the lead actors in this film. I haven't read the novel that it's based on. However, I heard that the novel spans 8 volumes! So, I didn't know what to expect plot-wise (I mean, how do you fit that much plot into less than two hours?).

The beginning of the film was pretty hilarious, but the plot/direction kind of disintegrated from there. Some of the transitions, character introductions, and plot points were confusing. Honestly, the "twist/emotional scene" near the end lacked power not particularly because of any acting issues, but that I didn't feel enough build up in the characters' relationship to be invested in the story.

Honestly, I feel like this was a situation where the entire production was disconnected from each other. The script was weak, the film wasn't long enough to fully develop the large cast of characters, they tried to include too many elements that weren't done well, and they probably tried to cut corners on production costs (that CGI, anyone?). Speaking to some of the other reviews: People need to produce better movies and not expect actors to carry the full weight of a bad script. With that being said, if all the cogs were at their best, this would be a completely different movie.

As mindless entertainment though, the acting was decent, there was a lot of situational humor, some fighting and explosions and love triangles and drama. It's worth a watch, but I probably wouldn't watch again.

After I watched Chen Qing Ling (The Untamed), I found that Xiao Zhan was also in this film, so, I've been waiting a long time for this one to come out. And now, I could finally watch it. Before I watched, I didn't have that much high hope. I only watched it because it has Xiao Zhan. But when the film reached the middle, I found out that it wasn't that bad. The story is quite good and the special effects are good too. That being said, there is something not smooth that can be seen in the special effects. But I'd say it's still doing good.

The only thing I don't understand is the English title. "Jade Dynasty" doesn't have anything to do with the word "Zhu Xian". In the other words, those two titles are completely opposite. I wonder how and why did they give such an English title?

Talking about title, the title says Zhu Xian 1. So, I guess there's going to be sequel. And also, when the film's finished, I found some of the facts are missing and I feel like it's not complete one. Furthermore, they didn't explain who killed Zhang Xiaofan's the whole villagers. If they explained it, it'd be better.

I thought the film was going to be serious. But it turned out it wasn't that much. Still, it's good too. Some scenes are quite funny. I even laughed out loud. But as for the one who loves to watch more serious films, I'd say this one is not that much serious. That being said, comedy is sometimes necessary. So, even it's not that serious, but it's still watchable and I enjoyed it a lot.

All in all, I rarely watch around 2 hours run-time Chinese films. So, I can't write review that much. But what I can tell you is that the plot of this film is not that bad, the acting is quite good and the special effects used are fine. Hence, it makes quite a good film. Even if it isn't your taste, I think at least, it's going to be worth a watch. I don't know about others, as for me, I'm going to be looking forward for the second part if they are planning to make it.