Bridal Mask: Not Another Overrated Drama

A new era has begun! Bridal Mask (aka Gaksital) became MDL’s Top Rated drama finally putting an end to 1 Litre of Tears’ reign. Who else, besides me, thought that day would never come? I suppose a few people think "Gaksital" is just a hyped up drama which doesn't really deserve the #1 spot. If you think about it, that might have also been the case with the previous #1. As always, it’s just a matter of tastes. But that is really not the case with "Gaksital". The drama really deserves all the attention it’s been getting.

If you still haven’t watched it and are undecided whether you should give it a try or not, I’ll point out some reasons why you definitely should.

1. The Acting. The drama has a pretty strong cast and almost all of them were great in their roles. It’s easy to get immersed in the story because of their emotional and heartfelt acting. The “baddies” will make sure you hate them and you’ll cheer on the “goodies”. There are even some characters on the grey area which will make you waver between hate and pity a few times and there’s even one you’ll end up loving and admiring. Well, if she becomes one of your favorites that is.

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2. The Story, it’s simply amazing. It's truly well written, solid, action packed, and riveting. You might also shed a tear, or ten, while watching it since it has some very emotional and drama filled scenes. I miss the rush of anxiously awaiting for new episodes. 

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3. Joo Won.  Yes, I know I’m totally biased and I have a HUGE noona crush on him. I’ve also been driving oorie unnie PinkDiamond crazy on PM with my random comments; some brought on from watching 1N2D and others which just seem to pop up out of nowhere.  Unnie, you’ve had a hard time, right? BUT! He is truly an amazing  actor and his acting is always spot on.

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4. A really epic, chill inducing, hair raising, heart swelling ending. That’s what I experienced  while watching it.

I think those four reasons are enough to give you the motivation to, at least, give the drama a try. But I feel it’s only fair to give a warning, or two, about thethings I didn't like about it.

 1. Mok Dan, the “main” female character, she sucks. She's utterly useless and only had the one expression. And if you end up hating her as much as I did then here comes the second warning...

 2. Don’t expect a great love story to happen because it won’t. 

Here's one of the awesome teasers.


So as oorie maknae beca256 said:
 
“Watch it and you'll understand why it's so good! It has nothing to do with the hype!”

Go watch it! Ka! Go! What are you waiting for?

Editors Note: If you've watched Bridal Mask already, what other reasons are there for someone who hasn't seen it, to watch it? Write them in the comments below, and please don't post any spoilers. Thanks <3 

Comments (101)

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  • adrasteia Sep 28, 2012
    I agree with shadowdancer. This drama is great, but not number 1. It's really hard to place a drama as no.1, because different moods, genres and tastes affect our opinion.
  • Malfire Sep 26, 2012
    I'm currently watching and I'm at ep.7 so far it's awesome and my eyeballs are sore! Btw I'm not reading this article in case there's some serious spoiler in it but so far so many things have already happened and are revealed in the first 6 eps. I just have no idea how they can fill up 22 episodes after those awesome 6. Shin Hyun Joon is amazing and Joo Won might be my new sweetheart he's so cute even though yer so dang 3vil. omgee he is in King of baking I must see *0*..(edit: I stopped watching this one now I don't know at which ep. I was =_=.. I really needed a website like this hehe :))
  • shadowdancer Sep 26, 2012
    It is weird, I agree with subjects in the article, but I still think it does not deserve 1. place. Pity, this drama had really very good potential, but I think the producers messed it.
  • mdemOiselleC Sep 26, 2012
    hi guys!..haven't i seen this drama,one of these days am going to watch it thanks for the review :) ,even my former comArts teacher watched this,one of the best drama she said...
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  • adrasteia Sep 25, 2012
    This is one of the best drama I've seen this year. The writing/script is good, the setting and costume is great without being too overwhelming, the directing and editing is solid, and you can tell the actors/actresses were giving their best. Some are not so good, like Mok Dan's character, but nothing is perfect. I cried a lot during some of the scenes anyway.
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  • Ohayou Sep 25, 2012
    JUST THE BEST ! GOD Joo won is great ! I was just dying to see the next episode ! & the ending was awesome too ! Well I just LOVED this drama TOO MUCH !!
    2 ❤
  • marken143 Sep 24, 2012
    one of the best.. very nice..
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  • NESMA Sep 24, 2012
    joo won acting was amaising breathtaking tchummal I loooooooooved this drama <3 <3 <3
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  • Panda6 Sep 23, 2012
    I agree that one of the weakest points in this drama was the character Mok Dan. Maybe if her character had a bit more depth... or maybe it was just the actress?

    Also, I think some parts in the drama became a bit too repetitive. Aside from that, I absolutely loved the drama and highly recommend it. I'm still going through Bridal Mask withdrawals...

    And I personally thought the ending was amazing.
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  • vulescala Sep 23, 2012
    [unbrokenwords]this guy did more drama than this drama it self.
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  • unbrokenwords Sep 22, 2012
    Geez attacking people who don't like the drama? Why can't we say our opinions just as much as you can? I didn't care for the drama and I don't get the hype for it aside from the actors in it. I mean yes I love certain actors and stalk their dramas but I've seen them in some bad ones. Some of us don't care for this drama and we deserve to say so just as much as the rest of you say yes. ugh this is why I was hesitant joining this place. If you don't like the drama that's been hyped up in popularity people shun you if you try to explain yourself and shun you more in reasons for why. We all like different things. So please. Don't flame people who didn't like the drama. That'd be like us flaming you for a drama that we liked and you didn't. It wouldn't feel nice. So while it's okay to argue about things it's not okay to hurt others feelings for something they feel in. Adios MDL.
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    • Rourou Sep 22, 2012
      Oy Oy, calm down ^^
      It's a matter of taste and i believe that everyone here accept other people's likings and dislikings and from my experience here, i've never seen a huge argument about a drama; you say your openion and other express theirs plus, I don't think that expressing oneself's feelings about a drama is "attacking", you may feel that a drama is underrated while others feel it's overrated. As a conclusion, everyone have their own tastes and maybe you should find friends that share yours :)
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    • Skye-N-Rain Sep 23, 2012
      Um, where did anyone attack you? The article is just about the author expressing HER opinion. It's normal for some people to not like a drama (irregardless of what the drama is). But as far as I can tell, NO ONE is attacking you. Am I wrong?
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  • Rourou Sep 22, 2012
    Yes it's not another overrated drama, it's one of the fewest dramas that made me go obsessed over it. The only negative point was Mok Dan , maybe it would have been better if they replaced her with a mature actress, it would have been much better.
    I am one of those evil people who were really happy when she died at the end, i only felt sorry for Kang To.
    Oh, Joo Won was amazing in this drama specially when he was evil and let's not forget the bromance which was breathtaking.
    7 ❤
  • palak Sep 22, 2012
    I think I really to need to check out this drama. People have been talking about it so much! x)
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  • anna-ka Sep 22, 2012
    i loved almost every character in the drama beside MokDan.. yes, acting was awesome and Bridal Mask is the best drama in my list!!
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  • Raventhedark Sep 21, 2012
    Good drama until the end. The ending sucked... It was built up to be climatic and then it turned out to be anti climatic... They could have just condensed the series. It didn't need to be 28 episodes long...
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    • fuyushita_risou Sep 22, 2012
      I believe the problem with the end lies in the timline. The japanese reigned over korea till 1945 and the story plays around the 1930. The only reason, why korea was freed was because of japan losing the war because of the US. So what should they have done with the endig. They portrayed the rebels that tried to break away from japan. But history says they weren't the mainpoint. I had imagined an end after 1945 while watching, but this also wouldn't felt satisfaying. So the camee up with the other idea portrayed and I think it suits the drama
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