Curse of the Royal Harem TVB 2011Producer: Chong Wai Kin
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Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of episodes: 27 in Hong Kong (29 Overseas)Rating: 
Cast of CharactersJessica Hsuan as “Yee Lan”Myolie Wu as “Yuen Yuen”Nancy Wu as “Choi Lam”Sunny Chan as “Emperor vì Kwong”Joel Chan as “Min Yan”Gigi Wong as “Empress Dowager”Cheung Kwok Keung as “Wai Fuk On”Synopsis: Curse of the Royal Harem is set in the Qing Dynasty under the rule of the bởi vì Kwong Emperor (Sunny Chan). Yee Lan (Jessica Hsuan), the Consort of Emperor bởi vì Kwong’s elder brother, who was missing in battle, is grieving over the loss of her husband. The Empress Dowager (Gigi Wong) instructs that Yee Lan be buried alive in the Emperor’s tomb. However, the current vày Kwong Emperor saves her because he had feelings for her from a long time ago. The Emperor makes her one of his Consorts and the Empress (Myolie Wu), becomes jealous & plots Yee Lan’s demise. Along the way, Yee Lan uncovers a treacherous plot that could potentially endanger the Emperor! Will she be able to lớn stop it in time? First Impression: YES! I love these types of dramas! The theme tuy vậy is really good too! 
I was extremely excited for this drama because ancient ones lượt thích these interest me a lot. To be honest, I didn’t even see one trailer for this drama and just decided I was going lớn watch it, regardless of the cast & plot. It was a disappointment in the first 10 episodes, but it picked up afterwards. The overall drama was slightly draggy though. Let’s go over the main points:Plot: Running Out of Ideas?I watched another Qing Dynasty drama, The Life and Times of A Sentinel, in the summer & I couldn’t help but think that Curse of the Royal Harem was copying off some ideas from the first drama. First of all, in Curse of the Royal Harem, Joel Chan, the Prince Sui, is revealed to lớn have a past secret relationship with Myolie, the Empress. Similarly, in The Life and Times of a Sentinel, Kenneth Ma (who was also the Emperor’s brother) had a secret relationship with Elaine Yiu (the Imperial Noble Consort.) And the thing is, both females of the story want to lớn forget the past and continue being the present Emperor’s wives whereas the men can never forget about his true love. Another thing is, why is the Grand Empress Dowager/ Empress Dowager always the main villain? I’m tired of seeing an elderly woman plotting everyone’s demise. I know it’s true that they are treacherous and “evil” but maybe someone else? Maybe an eunuch or a palace maid? Enough of that though. So let’s skip over the first half of the drama now since nothing much happens anyway. As we get near episode 20, things pick up và there are dramatic changes lớn the characters. The action is significantly increases in pace and the drama is preparing itself for the climax (after pregnancies, giving birth, death, sacrifice, unveiled plots, secret relationships, etc.).After the climax, you would think that the drama would end there. But no, it keeps going. Then you realize that the climax you thought WAS the climax was in fact NOT the climax. & then you wonder, “Is there really a true climax in this drama?” There were a lot of unnecessary scenes. Characters và Acting: The acting was mediocre. I was watching this drama with my mom and I agreed with her about some things: a) Myolie’s acting was not very outstanding (at least in the beginning). She doesn’t fit the role of an Empress. But it looks like she tried really hard to deliver this performance.b) Jessica didn’t really deliver a mind-blowing act. But rather it was the same, plain & nothing really new. The last few episodes allowed us lớn see an evil, wicked side to lớn her and that was what stood out for her. c) Sunny Chan was a terrible Emperor. His acting convinced us. d) Joel Chan did a wonderful job. He should have deserved more recognition. Actually, he should deserve more recognition on all the dramas he acts in. e) Gigi Wong did have the looks of a convincing Empress Dowager. f) Nancy Wu is always a villain. A well-portrayed villain though. Why can’t she get some protagonist roles và how in the world does her character in this drama survive so long? Basically those six points sum up the main cast & their acting. Everything Else: Compared khổng lồ some other dramas where the plot is rushed, this drama, although draggy, gave a more “artistic” feel. It felt lượt thích a slow roller coaster, with ups and downs và some really dull moments. Another point is that I thought that Jessica had way too much make-up on. Also, the music was repeated WAY too often và some parts of the drama gave me a “deja-vu” feeling, lượt thích I’ve watched it in another drama before. OH, I have another example of that.
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I remember in the Beyond the Realm of Conscience,” when Tavia got slapped in the face by another Consort & her response was that she would one day “return that slap.” & just so happens, in Curse of the Royal Harem, when Myolie slaps Jessica in the face, she said, “One day, I will return that slap.” Coincidence? (OKAY. MAYBE I’M OVER ANALYZING.) Overall: I hope I’m not biased but I enjoyed the drama