Painting Heart Expert (2017)

This (web)drama gets to the point really quick from the first episode. It has a ton of actions, so if you love fighting scenes or wuxia/xianxia like myself then I recommend this. The fighting style is really fast, which is what I LOVE about this show so much. The CGI is average - I love Huan's visual effects of her powers - it's very pretty especially with her pen. The only thing that ticks me off is the CGI of the arms, but shouldn't be a surprised when it comes to CGI effects. haha The storyline is interesting  there is a plot twist towards the middle or end. To put it simply, Huan is a Soul Stitcher who help heal those that are filled with bad souls (anger, sadness, resentment, etc.). So basically they seem to be possessed when they have too much of these bad souls, and the only way to be cleaned of it is by Huan's usage of the Soul Stitching pen. Of course any of her clan mates are able to clean them up as well. There's a new patient everyday so it doesn't get boring at all. Problem is the one who plays Ning Wei Yue, Dylan, acting is a bit off and stiff for my liking. His awkward acting was fine in another drama I watched but I don't think it works well in this one. It made me wished they could have cast a different male actor instead of him. The editing of the scenes were quite obvious - it's not smooth.  But you can't expect greatness from a web drama. There's more to the plot than just soul stitching so I suggest watching it if you want to know the plot twist. hehe Overall, it was a nice drama, I would definitely re-watch it if I had the time someday.

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The story caught me from the beginning- it is good and the subject is interesting.
I liked that the female lead was really cool; she was the one fighting the bad guys during the whole drama. She is strong, smart and really cute.
The other characters were good as well and the story was made so that you find out what's the role of each character really late in the series and that is one of the reasons why I kept wanting to watch it until the end.

I just finished the series and I decided to write a review because I really enjoyed it. I finished the series in one day and I can say that it has been long since I remained with such a good vibe after finishing a drama.

The romance is light, soft and by that I mean that there aren't really romantic scenes in this drama but you can clearly see the sentimental development of the characters. The chemistry is good even if there isn't much romance and I really enjoyed this approach. I usually like dramas to have romance as a main genre and this doesn't, buuuuuut this drama was really enjoyable even without that obvious romance! Also, there aren't love triangles or jealous dumb second leads which was a blessing for me.

There is a lot of action is this drama, a lot of good quality fighting (mostly). I really enjoyed how the female lead was strong enough to fight most evildoers alone. To be honest, in this drama, girls are the fighters.

The actors are good. Even if sometimes the acting felt a bit off, it wasn't bad enough to even consider dropping the drama.
The music was okay I guess.. there is one song that usually plays on romantic occasions that is kind of catchy and is stuck in my head right now.

This is the kind of drama that can be rewatched because it doesn't have just the main plot line. The story follows side stories more than the main story but those side stories lead to the main. I guess I don't really know how to explain this but trust me.. it's good.

I definitely recommend this drama for those who want some light story and romance.

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Great lead, terrible show

This show was very disappointing, especially since the female lead just outclasses everything about this production. Her performance is excellent, but everything else about this show ruined any attempt to push through just for her.

The direction and the writing are both so flawed that it really became unwatchable. It was actually very odd that every episode begins with a recap "last time on this show" and ends with "next time on this show" (which would spoil the whole next episode), both of which are a level of handholding that I have never seen used since like shows from the 80s or something.

But despite the choice to coddle the viewer with these episode framings; the actual scenes just start abruptly with no explanation of what happened since the previous scene. Many times the show just starts a fight scene and we don't know how the people fighting encountered each other or why they are fighting or where the other people that were present just seconds ago went. The continuity feels completely slapped together.

Along the lines of the jarringly poor continuity, the character motivations are also handled with similar lack of care. Characters take inexplicable actions that make no sense for their character for seemingly no reason other than the writers need to move the story to some specific plot beat, usually with some contrived conflict. To some degree, many shows do this, but this show does it to a degree that feels like it has no respect for the audience's intelligence.

Ultimately, I keep wanting to push through because the main character is such a pleasure to watch, and the core concept of good and bad "heart" cultivators is really interesting, but in the end the quality level was just too low.

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