Up Media reported that the fantasy historical drama "Bach Nhat De Dang" starring Dich Le Nhiet Ba and Tran Phi Vu has surpassed 100 million views, and is currently airing to episode 21.
The film still maintains advertising sponsorship, showing a certain commercial attraction. However, contrary to achievements, the level of discussion and feedback from audiences is not very positive.
The rare highlight of the film lies in the visuals and special effects.
Performed by a team that participated in Trieu Kim Mach's "Lưu lãng địa cầu", the special effects alone cost 30 million CNY (about 114 billion VND).
Thanks to that, many scenes such as the 5-sensory exchange between Ha Tu Mo and Doan Tu appearing with yellow lotus flowers under their seats, become vivid and receive many compliments.
However, the biggest controversial factor comes from the male lead's acting.
Many opinions believe that Tran Phi Vu has not shown the aura of a general when he often keeps an emotionless gaze and acts stiffly.
Even in scenes that should need climax, such as when the character expresses the desire for world peace, the way of expression is still commented on as lacking highlights, reducing the weight of the details.
Besides, the chemical reaction between the main couple was also not expected. While Dilraba Dilmurat once scored points when co-starring with Yang Yang or Huang Jingyu, in "The White Sunday", the connection between her and Chen Feiyu was assessed as bland.
Many viewers commented that Tran Phi Vu always shows emotionless eyes, even a bit awkward, making the love scene unconvincing, and the film's emotional flow interrupted.
For example, the scene where Doan Tu is hit by a cold spell, forcing Ha Tu Mo to create a boundary to keep warm. This detail opens up many close interactions between the two characters. However, many viewers commented that even when saying sweet words, Tran Phi Vu is still stiff.
Faced with those weaknesses, many people dropped out of movies or switched to watching "Nguyet Lan Y Ky" starring Cuc Tinh Y and Tran Do Linh, making "Bach Nhat De Dang" quite precarious, making it difficult to improve its reputation.
Regarding "Nguyet Lan Y Ky", the movie is causing a fever as all the characters in the movie are highly popular. Among them, Lo Vu Y played by Cuc Tinh Y and Vu Vong Ngon played by Tran Do Linh both reached an attention milestone of over 100 million, contributing to helping the 2 actresses attract a large number of fans.
The film scores points thanks to costumes, makeup and sophisticatedly invested scenery, all of which have an Asian ancient style, creating a mãn nhãn feeling. The film's content has a fast, attractive rhythm, continuously appearing detective details, unexpected reversals, easily making viewers immersed.
The acting of the two female leads is assessed as stable, the characters are clearly built, and have depth. Notably, the film does not exploit the motif of female infighting but focuses on depicting the attachment between the two female characters, creating sympathy with the audience.
