Watchable, Memorable, but Not Exactly a Masterpiece.
I loved W as soon as I started it; charming lead actors and performances by the supporting cast carry the show and tightly woven storyline. Unfortunately I can't say that the storyline, as fully written-out that it is, is paced well. I felt like the story, which sweeps from intense event to intense event with uneven gaps in-between, is unique but tiresome.W is a memorable story, exciting because of its new concepts with surprisingly fun action. I re-watched the series because the story stuck in my mind; or so I thought. The concept and settings of the story make it memorable, not the carry-out.
I recommend this drama as a classic action-fantasy day to day drama. It's not too emotionally deep which makes it a light watch. If you are a casual watcher of K-dramas, I bet that you'll enjoy it just as much or more as myself.
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So yeah Set in a comic x real cross world , this was very very very written if not taken :3 I admit it was executed good but there are some parts of the drama which just didn't work for me .
Lee Jong Suk's character in the drama is everything you should watch the drama for , No , Literally he's perfect ! Exceptional performance and utmost pleasing visuals , what-else can you ask for .. he's such a bias wrecker ! yeah so , his character goes through a lot and every bit , you'll feel it . but for the female lead , Han Hyo Joo is undoubtedly and exceptional actress , it would be very idiotic to say other wise but it didn't hit me for her in this drama , at least not until i went halfway through , she felt like a sister to him , if anything else ..
The romance is just there but like it's just sitting there , because it has to . The chemistry didn't really work out well.
The drama's strong point is suspense and it does justice to that untill .. 10th ? episode >.< it felt like a drag from there but until up 10th the cliff hangers are a thing and they'll literally make you eat off your fingers along with your nails lol In the end , wanna see Lee jong suk in a really really good role ? go for it ! even if not you can still watch this a time or two .
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MUITO COMPLICADO E TEDIOSO
Muito dificil de entender a historia.Trilha sonora achei fraca..
Eu dei uma chance pra esse dorama por ler muita gente falando que ele era maravilhoso, e eu nao queria dropar pq o prota é o meu favorito.. Nao dropei mas nao gostei.
Eu nunca havia assistindo um dorama com essa atriz e me surpreendi, ela é linda.
e fora a quimica perfeita que eles tiveram desde o inicio, o sukinho sabe como derreter coracoes.
O song bong carregou a comedia nas costas, ele é muito medroso e da muitos gritos estericos
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I like the story. I like the casting. I like everything about the story except with the music. Most korean music doesn't really catch my attention, although, some of them did.
This is a fantasy drama. I love how this drama made me feel thrilled and intrigued every episode and then but I just noticed along while watching, the drama is a bit confusing.
There's a lot of plot twist but for me, it's worth it. I love this drama since this was the first drama I've watched.
I'll recommend you to watch this and find it with yourself if you'll gonna like it or not.
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For the first time in a while i found something unusually good.
Usually while watching dramas i don't find something that is out of the ordinary. This did not contain the usual cliches.the acting was very good but i didn't find the villain so evil. This was one of the stories where you end up wondering how this one will end and the ending was very good. The romance between the main characters was not so much. they didn't seem so close. The story was not so serious or thrilling . The one thing that made me continue till the end was the question what actually happened.
The story was good but the execution, not so much. The stage and the background art was very good too. There were some unneeded characters like the male friend(Doctor) of the Oh Young Ju and the two other female artists .
Some characters were left alone with no ending at all like Soo bong and Soo hee. they were left as it is.
At the end i will say it was very good but could've been better.
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So i would recommend you all to watch this masterpiece
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A fairly good attempt on a creative concept.
This is my first review !!I had a very high expectation for 'W' , but soon it faded away when I began watching the episodes. The Drama do keeps you hooked on because it is unpredictable in most cases, but I wanted this drama to end soon cuz I felt like the story kept repeating again and again but each time with an other event.
Story & Concept - I think the concept of two parallel universe is a really brilliant idea. And the fact that the other world is a comic world makes things a little complicated. Special mentions to the writer who chose this concept, but choosing a complicated concept has its own demerits. So this is were the writer/director loses the track. I guess the screenplay could have been a little more neater and sorted out.
Production- The Production is good and casting is perfect but the characterization is weak. The visuals are great.
Acting -
~ Male lead - Lee Jong-suk was actually perfectly suited for the role of Kang Cheol. He seemed cool and classy. I particularly liked his character.
~ Female Lead - Han Hyo-joo as Oh Yeon Joo too played the role well but it could have been improved as far as the emotional scenes were concerned. I guess that's how the characterization was. The romantic plot is a little weak. Except for the fact that she saves his life, there was no reason for the male lead to fall in love with FL. The characters lacked depth, and the writer must have worked on the characterization. They lacked chemistry and their romantic parts seemed too rushed(and short ).
Supporting roles - The supporting roles really had very less role other that helping the plot move. They had no role except that they played the roles of story players. The cartoonist's acting is really appreciable. because he could differentiate both the roles really well and it had its own impact. The assemblyman's acting too is kinda noticeable. The professor's had his own role and he rightly depicted his role . Lee Si-eon as Park Soo-bong had very little role cuz it was limited just to panicking and being shocked. I felt Lee Tae-hwan as Seo Do-yoon really suited the character and the prosecuter too perfectly suited.
In conclusion, the supporting actors did their role really well, but their roles were too limited.
I felt like in some scenes, the number of dialogues were unnecessarily more. It could have been neat and crisp. And when I first read reviews on this drama, many mentioned it as romantic comedy, but I couldn't find any comedy elements. I liked the part that the writers tried to explore every merits and demerits of a comic world. ( like disappearance of a comic character).
~Fav scene - Her first slap and the ice cream eating scene.
~OST- Not too good, Not too bad. No particular song could grab my attention.
~Rewatch value - I would rewatch only certain favourite scenes.
CONCLUSION - One can give a go to this drama, its an innovative attempt but a little messed. Recommended if you really want to get hooked on for a while.
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Cool Hero!!!
I like the premise of webtoon characters coming to life and moving between the real and webtoon worlds, and liked the animation technique used for the webtoon characters and webtoon world.The opening scene in Ep1 was excellent and immediately established Kang Chul’s character: good-looking, charismatic, intelligent, driven and resourceful. Lee Jong Suk was well cast in the role and does a good job in conveying these traits. I also liked how Kang Chul changes after he learns the truth about himself and evolves from the 2-dimensional webtoon hero to a real flesh and blood person.
In terms of love interest, Oh Yeon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) and Kang Chul look good together. However, if the writer wanted Yeon Joo to be a wide-eyed and helpless maiden, they should've given her a different profession. Although Yeon Joo is not an accomplished surgeon in the story, her tendency to put her hands to her face while mouthing nonsense at the first sign of a problem are not traits associated with being a doctor, let alone a cardio-thoracic surgeon. I found this really annoying but I would’ve forgiven her if she had been given a different profession.
I also found the character Park Soo Bong (Lee Si Eon) really annoying, he panicked even more than Yeon Joo and all the screeching and wailing is very unattractive in a man in his thirties. Since Yeon Joo and Soo Bong shared so many scenes, it would’ve been more interesting for viewers if the two of them had different character traits; and I would’ve liked to have seen more of Soon Bong’s colleagues, Sun Mi (Ryu Hye Rin) and Yoon Hee (Yang Hye Ji).
Overall, the plot was good and the action well-paced although I got a bit confused with all the coming and going between the two worlds and the twists in Eps15&16. Nothing the rewind button couldn’t fix. The music was fair and not too heavy handed, although the romance theme reminded me of a something from Coldplay.
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While I dont want to rewatch this one, I vividly remember loving a lot of things about it, and think it was one of the best shows to come out the year it was released. Maybe if I could have wrapped my head around the multiverse idea, I would have enjoyed it even more.
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OST-
It wasn't much, I guess I got too into goblin and dots ost that all other fall short. But it has some gems.
ACTING-
It's not that I adore Jong Suk, but he was awesome! His crying, confusion, realization, happiness and cockiness were great. Main actress was great too, but in my opinion falls a bit short in comparison to Jong Suk.
PLOT-
I liked the plot, the whole comic/real life crossover. It's original, and cool how story is alive. I like also how Male lead is smart enough to have realized that by now something was fishy with his world. It made me sad how either he was to be erased or his world, and also how main character replaced the main girl in the comic. The romance was nor slow nor fast. The romantic moments had me curl up in a ball everytime! Although I was a bit overwhelmed at times, I liked it very much!
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Could be better
Well for one, the plot overall intrigued me. It was a good plot but lot of the times i got bored watching it. It would build up tension and action and then all of it would flop down and then you're sat there watching corny romance between the characters thats not even that interesting. I think the actresses acting was a little bit annoying but everything overall was okay. Its not one of the best kdramas I watched but its watchable. Maybe if you're multitasking and you let this play in the background it would be good.Was this review helpful to you?
