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30
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Poia
Italy
POSITIVE:
Jang Hyuk's role and acting performance.
His character was one of the few based on true history. Very well written, a strong, smart and sneaky prince who is after the throne and want to be recognized by his father, the first king of Joseon. Overall the acting of all the main cast was good, from Kim Yeong Cheol to Jang Young Nam, closing with Ahn Nae Sang, he did a great job as villian, unfortunately his role also suffers the draggy plot, making his actions very repetitive, together with the two main leads.
The bromance between the two protagonist, and the acting skills of Yang Se Jong & Woo Do Hwan, both actors did a great job despite their roles being very repetitive. The drama is full of actions with many battles and spilled blood, the revenge and tragedy gave a strong and dark vibe to the plot. The part of the plot based on true history was more interesting than the ficional one. The OST was great despite sometimes being too modern for a historical.
NEGATIVE:
The plot was extremely fictional, repetitive, and draggy due to unnecessary long episodes. To fill such amount of hours they had to add fillers, which came in the form of ripetitive situations, like endless political scheming between factions that keep switching side every 15 minutes. In addition it didn't matter who won the current battle, cause in the next episode everything will start all over again for the sake to drag the story till the end.
Some roles were really weak and added only for the sake of the plot and for the sake of justify the main leads' decisions. Such as the sister of Seo Hwi and the girl Han Hee Jae. Both actress weren't that great in the acting department, specially the sister.
The romance, I didn't feel any chemistry between the cast involved in a romance situation, considering what was happening the romance part was weak and unnecessary. The two male main lead, with the bromance they have showed, they had more potential as a couple than not the one they proposed.
Endless bromance, despite their bond being quite facinating, on the long run it became very annoying to see the same things happen all the time. They keep switching from friend to enemies from start to end.
Immortal characters, despite all the sword and arch injuries they had received, characters always survived and recover, ready to fight again a few episodes later if not the next one. In addition to being extremely unrealistic, it denotes once again that it is all due to the need to fill the episodes and drag the story.
Waste of talent not putting the focus on Jang Hyuk's role, specially toward the end. He was put a bit aside to let the two main lead shine in their ending.
MY FINAL OPINION:
Overall My Country focused too much on the fiction, ruining a great potential historical drama, to feed us with the same repetitive and draggy situations. The acting, specially Jang Hyuk performance, some well written roles, the action battles and the ost saved the drama from a flop.
Jang Hyuk's role and acting performance.
His character was one of the few based on true history. Very well written, a strong, smart and sneaky prince who is after the throne and want to be recognized by his father, the first king of Joseon. Overall the acting of all the main cast was good, from Kim Yeong Cheol to Jang Young Nam, closing with Ahn Nae Sang, he did a great job as villian, unfortunately his role also suffers the draggy plot, making his actions very repetitive, together with the two main leads.
The bromance between the two protagonist, and the acting skills of Yang Se Jong & Woo Do Hwan, both actors did a great job despite their roles being very repetitive. The drama is full of actions with many battles and spilled blood, the revenge and tragedy gave a strong and dark vibe to the plot. The part of the plot based on true history was more interesting than the ficional one. The OST was great despite sometimes being too modern for a historical.
NEGATIVE:
The plot was extremely fictional, repetitive, and draggy due to unnecessary long episodes. To fill such amount of hours they had to add fillers, which came in the form of ripetitive situations, like endless political scheming between factions that keep switching side every 15 minutes. In addition it didn't matter who won the current battle, cause in the next episode everything will start all over again for the sake to drag the story till the end.
Some roles were really weak and added only for the sake of the plot and for the sake of justify the main leads' decisions. Such as the sister of Seo Hwi and the girl Han Hee Jae. Both actress weren't that great in the acting department, specially the sister.
The romance, I didn't feel any chemistry between the cast involved in a romance situation, considering what was happening the romance part was weak and unnecessary. The two male main lead, with the bromance they have showed, they had more potential as a couple than not the one they proposed.
Endless bromance, despite their bond being quite facinating, on the long run it became very annoying to see the same things happen all the time. They keep switching from friend to enemies from start to end.
Immortal characters, despite all the sword and arch injuries they had received, characters always survived and recover, ready to fight again a few episodes later if not the next one. In addition to being extremely unrealistic, it denotes once again that it is all due to the need to fill the episodes and drag the story.
Waste of talent not putting the focus on Jang Hyuk's role, specially toward the end. He was put a bit aside to let the two main lead shine in their ending.
MY FINAL OPINION:
Overall My Country focused too much on the fiction, ruining a great potential historical drama, to feed us with the same repetitive and draggy situations. The acting, specially Jang Hyuk performance, some well written roles, the action battles and the ost saved the drama from a flop.
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