I am currently up to episode 22 at watch TVB's Captain of Destiny and I am truly impressed. I have quite a long list on some scenes that should become a classic. How should I start?
Firstly, if you have read my review for Ghosts of Relativity you would of known I was dreading to see the horrible CGI from Captain of Destiny, but this time the CGI was very decent. Yes if this was in Hollywood it would still probably have been laughed at but for TVB's standard it is excellent. You could tell that a lot of effort was made to make it look realistic and I admire the fact that they made a lot of scenes that used CGI, unlike Three Kingdoms RPG that tried to avoid it most of the time.
Another wow factor of this series is Ruco Chan. He never fails as an actor but I think it is this role as the 11th prince that will be his defining role. In this series he was quite temperamental, stubborn and overeager but he is at the same time nice-hearted, filial and quite caring.
The highlight of this series thus far was in episode 18, where Ruco destroyed Tony's pirate gang. It was action-packed to say the least.
Hurts to say, but Grace Chan was unremarkable. Most of the time she went over the top whether it was body movements, expressions or tone, it was as if she pressed the button too hard than she should have. I do point the finger at the producer for not going 'cut! stop acting OTT' and etc but really it was her responsibility to execute this role.
One major thing to note, the plot is very messy. Some episodes will focus on the pirates' side, one about palace drama or the 11th Prince's time in the naval base camp. The producers juggled the different aspects at the time that made it quite inconsistent. However, I won't be complaining. This is because for each aspect such as the pirates side was enjoyable to watch, so as the palace drama side and etc. Seems like they want this to be a fusion series and I am not too bothered by it even though I can understand by others will be.
Grace Chan, some messy plot and inconsistency may drag this series down but it cannot deny some great moments that I was truly impressed with.
