Hao Lan zhuan

I was reluctant to let go of the characters from Story of Yanxi Palace and was hoping The Legend of Haolan would sate said longing. WRONG!

I understand this was an adaptation of true events which meant the writers and creators were restricted in what could be changed, however, the plot was needlessly dragged out with each episode seemingly a reoccurrence of the previous one. Li Hao Lan, the titular character, was played by one of the best Chinese actresses yet even she couldn't breathe life into such a mundane character who was 1-D and completely inept at palace schemes. Time and time again, she's framed for some crime and is saved by either of the two male leads and obviously, this got old very quickly. The actors were hampered by the bad script and nothing could save the series from being just slightly above average.

Some were saying that this movie was boring it did take a bit longer than what I thought it would cuz most of them move pretty fast but it was kind of like a Chinese, "Game Thrones", I didn't understand why someone would want to be a queen of a place that her family despise and was it war with all the time That's the only part I didn't understand but I don't understand all the culture either and I'm getting to know the culture sometimes by watching these historical period pieces.

I love the actors and actresses I have my favorites and I've seen them in other things and that's the one big reason why I watch a lot of culture movies because of the actresses and actors in them so that's why I gave a 9 out of 10 on this score.

Yes it could have moved a little faster but I still liked it because it's done in episodes and I started watching on YouTube so it was hard to find when I wanted to watch the whole thing and not have the episodes scattered. Now it's on a whole different platform so I can't watch it anyway but I've already seen it, No spoilers.

Soooo boring and it's worse than Yanxi Palace, the storyline was all about some boring war, failed attempts to escape for several time. So boring hrmm

Jinyan Wu is the Kristen Stewart of China, dull, expressionless, and for some reason all the men in the series are madly in love with her. The script is terrible, full of conveniences and characters taking meaningless actions.

The series is supported by the magnificent costumes and excellent actors (except the protagonist).

Yuan Nie in many moments maintains the series with his charisma and Jing Ning created a very interesting character who is cruel and wonderful at the same time.

It had everything to be a memorable series, but the terrible script and dull protagonist ruined the series.

But in the last episodes the series becomes terrible, boring, almost unwatchable.

It is very Good drama to watch if You love politics And hard damn drama this is for You it also shows reality about surviving in palace I reccomend it for people who like more serious Dramas