Was this review helpful to you?
easy watch, keeps you hooked
The best is the ending! Unlike most of the kdrama where the ending is rushed and you feel like missing something, this one was wrapped up so nicely that satisfies all sort of expectations.Beautifully executed action scenes!
So many twists that keep you hooked to the end.
Multiple couples, so you can choose your favourite one :) if the mains are not your best.
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
beautiful
I really recommend watching this it was so heartwarming and heart wrenching. 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 historical Korean dramas really do hit it so well. also love how he ends up with her and doesn’t choose to become king like this time he travels with the girl instead. which is so adorable BYE. also so glad the side man who liked her didn’t end up being a mf and became the king hehehehehehe so in love with this show. the watchman>>> and even the soldier guy who ends up on their side LOVE IT. everything in here was just so beautiful. I wouldn’t rewatch bcs it’s too long but i watched it and don’t regretWas this review helpful to you?
Adaptation from a webnovel
I watched this drama because there was Ryeoun and Kanghoon. I was interested because the plot of the episode was pretty good and realized that this drama is an adaptation of a webnovel and all the actors chemistry are great. Then I read the webnovel as well because I was curious about the character Lee Seol was looking for. I realized that the drama writer tried to avoid plot holes and tried to explain everything. But the storyline become slow. The webnovel version focuses more on the gradual love story between FL and ML. There are several moments where the drama writer fails to convey the intent of the webdrama writer. There are some good scenes in the webnovel but the execution in the drama is not good.Suprisingly, The male actors played very well. Cool action scenes and very good humor. Unfortunately nothing memorable from the female actress even though she got first credit.
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
Korean drama at its best
I am so enthralled with how beautifully written this drama is. All of the ML are amazing in their own ways. The quiet hopeless romantic, the playboy who is actually the WATCHMAN, and the moody prince with revenge brewing everyday in his heart. The FL is beautiful and so is her sister. Many times the female actresses at least one annoys me, but not this drama. They have wonderful chemistry with the male actors. I will definitely keep watching to see where this all ends up. Fingers crossed Lee seol becomes king, makes his brother a prince, and Dan oh is his queen.Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
Meh
The show started out pretty good. I liked the different dynamics between FL and all three males staying at the inn. Each of the three men was different and brought something unique to the story. I also liked that the show did not fixate on angsty and long-winded love triangles. It was evident from the 1st episode with whom she will end up with and she had all the romantic scenes with him. However, even with all the tropey moments, their chemistry was still lacking and they spent most of the time just talking and hanging out. I wanted to see more.Unfortunately, the story fizzled out pretty quickly. Each episode became a chore to watch. Nothing was really happening and the mystery was gone. I am less than half-way done and the show is already pretty boring with not enough story to keep me entertained.
Was this review helpful to you?
Nothing ever happened?
Gave it a fair shake, but honestly, this drama is just too long. Every episode felt like it was a rehash of the previous one because of how glacially slow the plot moved along. Everyone was constantly scheming and it felt like all of them were playing double agents in one way or another. The issue was, with all of this going on behind the scenes, in reality, there was way more talking than there were actions taken. Everyone spent too much time planning, and too little time executing those plans.There was some solid acting (some were better, others worse), and as is to be expected with sageuks, the set design and costumes were beautiful.
I hung in there until the first kissing scene, hoping that maybe the romance aspect would save the show, but there was not even a hint of a spark to be found between the leads. And I just can't justify it anymore to keep wasting my time with a bland plot and chemistry-less couple.
Was this review helpful to you?
It's got a nice wind in its Sails
I love a good Joseon drama/love story! Took a chance on this one based on title only and after only 4 episodes, this has not disappointed me. The characters are excellent with some great seasoned veterans mixed in. The cinematography is first class and the backdrops are gorgeous and very much put you into that 1600-1700's feel. The main characters each have very definitive personalities and there are some special support roles that make this even more interesting.Bad Guys have not disappointed! Can't wait for the following episodes as this, along with that quirky Divorce Lawyer, have become my two favorites thus far...and there's no April's Fool to that!
Was this review helpful to you?
With Ryeoun, what’s not to love?
Ryeoun is one of the best actors out there. He can do comedy and drama flawlessly. He puts everything into his roles like play the guitar and sword fighting. Everything just seems so natural with him. Plus he’s gorgeous.This was a great story with a mystery and several twists and turns. You just had to fall in love with all the main characters. But, for me, Kang Hoon was the unexpected star of the show. He was superb with all of the emotions he had to portray in this role. He made me laugh and cry.
Watch this! It may start a little slow but it will be worth it for the second half. So good!
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
WHICH ONE IS THE REAL PRINCE?
The star of this drama is Kang Hoon, he's cute and adorable. 3 guys with hidden identity renting rooms for their national exam in town hosted by Yoon Dan-Oh, one of the guy was the run-away crown prince's son whose gone missing many years before with the help of watchman. The Crown Prince's son Lee Seol was survived from the coup, his parent killed by his brother taking away his seat as the heir of kingdom. Lee Seol was helped by a watchman, a mysterious man who'd protect the king, since young he went hiding and lived surround people under different identity.3 handsome men; Kang San, Kim Shi Yeol, Jeong Yu Ha were room mates, although they're not getting on well, they're pretty civil to each other. Kang San was good with his martial art and very tart, Shi Yeol is an easy going, gambler, playboy, Yu Ha was a serious scholar and like Dan-Oh but who actually were they? When the chief of Palace guard were looking for the 'golden dust (Lee Seol) his intention was to find the watchman because he believed if he find the runaway prince he certainly would find the watchman who killed his beloved son during the coup. He suspected Dan-Oh would know who it was among the 3 guys and struck a deal with house as collateral.
I guessed it wrong, I thought it wrong, which one was the real prince amongst 3 men. Eventually the King was determined not by the real blood but by conveniences. Good ending..all had their happy ending.
Was this review helpful to you?
Happy ending
Very first drama is good . Really it is very good . Every actors and actresses had done a great work . Though it had happy ending but still I wanted to see Kim Shi Yeol and and Hong joo's happy married life . I also wanted to see main lead's marriage and one more person marriage that Jung Yoo Ha's marriage. I think then it would be a perfect ending .In the middle of the drama I had always been concerned about the character,Kim Shi Yeol . I worried what would happened with the character at the end and when only 2 episodes were to go ,I had started worrying about other two characters one is main male lead's character friend who became soldier along with main male lead to guard the king and another is Jung Yoo Ha . Would both of them had bad ending or not . So nicely the character did their acting that I was so much emotionally connected with them.
The one who played the role of cruel king ,his acting was also good though he didn't get much screen .
With one more character ,I connected emotionally was the fiance of Hong Joo ,his character was kind ,he was just doing his duty. What he had been told that was he doing, to protect his king . But he was protecting the wrong one ,as a consequences he lost his life.
About Kang san his acting had always been good . But when the watchman'secret was disclosed this character who played the watchman role started gaining equal attention from viewers .In order to admit in king's military ,inorder to win king's confidence kang Dan's character did lots of hardwork ,he cleared the military exam but still in sword fighting he always lacked behind from the watch man ,without watchman it had become difficult for him to fight . So this character become equally important.
Starting to end I enjoyed watching drama
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
A very familiar plot but FL is severely lacking charisma and moral fortitude.
I mostly watch historical these days, usually Chinese. There are a lot of them so I feel like I'm spoiled of choices. In comparison sageuks are hard to come by so I try to watch the first few episodes of majority of them and find a gem that's worth watching through the end. Let's just say that in terms of passing my standard, I only end up watching completely at most two or rarely three in a year.I really thought this was worth my time and fill my sageuk quota until I saw the FL's action in the second episode. I like ambiguous leads but I expect them to have at least have a proper reasoning for their actions. I though it was not enough for me to see FL suddenly taking the decision to join with the antagonists just so she saves her inheritance from debt. I know she look like she is not fully aware of the magnitude and criticality of the situation but she should at least have an inkling of the behind the scenes conspiracy of the royal court. Watching herself sell her services out to help the bad actors search the prince left a bad taste in my mouth and her flimsy excuse and reason for doing this isn't good enough for me. Drop at episode 2, I may pick up this later depending on my mood and how the story goes.
Was this review helpful to you?
