Fangs of Fortune Premieres to the Same Complaints on Director Guo Jing Ming Doing Style Over Substance

So Fangs of Fortune is here and the reviews and commentary on the premiere episodes are per usual quite on point depending on whether director Guo Jing Ming‘s visual style is your jam or not. The criticism is that it’s very posed, the video filter and makeup is excessive and distracting, flowing hair but empty eyes, gorgeous side profiles but posed movements, in shot it’s got all the looks but little story substance. Both male leads Hou Min Hao and Tian Jia Rui are getting mostly mid reviews but surprisingly female lead Chen Du Ling is getting some of the best feedback on her performance in her career. It appears she’s playing an interesting character and pulling out a more captivating performance than her usual flower vase. This is of course just initial reviews so let’s see how it goes as the story progresses, I’m still planning to check it out when I’m done with work travel.

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Xianxia C-drama Fangs of Fortune Scheduled for End of October Premiere While Fans Upset with the Huge Discrepancy of Second Male Lead Scenes in the Trailer Alone

The schedule is set for Fangs of Fortune to arrive end of this month October on iQiyi. There is already so much promo for it for months so it’s definitely director Guo Jing Ming‘s fave child for sure, with an … Continue reading

Xianxia C-drama Fangs of Fortune with Hou Min Hao and Chen Du Ling Release First Batch of Official Character Posters

So this drama got on my radar not because of the cast but because it was filming at the time another drama I was super into was filming, and it’s from the same director Guo Jing Ming. It was initially … Continue reading

C-drama The Story of Mystics Kicks Off Filming with Hou Ming Hao, Chen Du Ling, Cheng Xiao, and Tian Jia Rui

Filming has kicked off for period C-drama The Story of Mystics, which Chinese title went from Bai Zhe Ling 白泽令 to Da Meng Gui Li 大梦归离. The producer and director remains Guo Jing Ming following up from My Journey to … Continue reading