Gong Yoo , portraying as Goblin (Kim Shin) couldn't have been better. I don't know how they chose cast but No one could have been better than Gong Yoo as the Goblin. The lines were way too emotional and his acting was too perfect. Every moment he was in the drama shined. His story of so many years and his previous tragedy will shake you to the peak of excitement. Vastly experienced Gong Yoo hits the hot spot again. One of the highest paid actors of Korea of all time and most popular actors of all time.
Kim Go Eun , Ji Eun Tak , a girl with the ability to see ghosts meaning to be Goblin's Wife, played charming and amazing part. Everybody , literally every body said so many bad things about her and the drama for choosing her and making her so young. But truly , she has proved everyone wrong in the best possible way. The way she acted , felt like one of the greatest actresses of all time.
Lee Dong Wook, The Greatest Interest of the show , combining with Gong Yoo by creating mesmerising Bromance , played the most difficult role of Grim Reaper and OMG , he was so great as Grim Reaper. The walking scenes of him and Gong Yoo literally made everyone's heart flutter. Though he played supporting actor but he is not a supporting actor rather one of the highest paid actors of all time in Korea.
Yoo In Na , playing Kim Sun, came as a supporting actress in the drama. Same goes for her , always selected as a main lead. This is a big reason the drama was hit . Four of the best cast was massive to see at a time.
Yoo In Na's acting was up to the mark and she portrayed her character so well . It was really great to see.
Yeah, that sums up the review. Watch this amazing k-drama. Even if you create a vote poll for the best drama ever comparing with Dots, My love from the star , you will still see Goblin beating everyone. That shows how maximum people appreciated it. Don't just see the hate comments otherwise it wouldn't get 9.0 rating in total. Give it a go. Thank you so much for reading.
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First of all, I would like to give credits to the writers for such an incredible storyline. I'm not really into watching stuff about supernatural creatures, but this drama made me very intrigued about the supernatural beings and it was for sure interesting to learn about Goblins and Grim Reapers. The writers did a splendid job with connecting the stories of the characters with their past lifetimes and their strategic plans of piecing everything together. From my perspective, it is a very original storyline.
Gong Yoo playing as Kim Shin/Goblin was mesmerising. Since watching this drama, I have developed a crush on him. He's got such a tender smile that could light up the entire universe. Every scene was such a treat. Every piece of happiness he got, the sadness and the laughs, all of those were portrayed so well for his character. So sweet, loveable, yet a past that was so unfortunate. It's also worth mentioning that I also fell in love with him because of his boyfriend/husband material: classy in style, funny, cute and a bit of a goofball.
Kim Go Eun as Ji Eun Tak was super cute and adorable. A lot of people found her annoying, but I found her behavior justifiable, but it really depends on how you look from it. Her character didn't really bother me at all, I loved her character and her development.
Lee Dong Wook as Grim Reaper/Wang Yeo was a bit frightening due to his lack of expression haha, but I was really drawn into his character. I have never sympathise with a character just as much as him. Such a huge puppy in this drama and the best 'crier' I have seen yet.
I loved all the cast, they portrayed their characters really well, amazing acting and I never wished for anyone different.
The story is amazing. The love stories were phenomenal and story. Not only that, but the bromance between the Goblin and Grim Reaper was epic, I found myself shipping them more than the real lovers at times aha. The story will definitely leave you drowning in your own tears, but will certainly make your heart flutter and internally scream. It's funny, sad, beautiful, romantic, tragic, heartbreaking...
The music for this drama was good, some of the songs were not really my cup of tea, but all of them were perfect for this drama. I'm glad that they used Round and Round for the intro, dramatic, yet so mysterious. Beautiful by Crush, Stay with Me and Round and Round are my main favourites.
I find myself pondering on if I should rewatch this series again even though I just finished watching it. This is the first KDrama where I had thoughts on rewatching every single episode again from the very beginning. I am going to hold back for now, but I will certainly rewatch this again to relive those moments and find the time frames at where certain scenes happened.
Definitely recommend this drama, it is worth watching. You know when a drama is good when you feel every emotion that the characters are feeling.
It will certainly take me a long while to move on from this drama, if not I don't think I ever will
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I love the story line of this show. It was very unique and captivating to get any person to love this show. The chemistry with all of the characters/actors was just one of a kind. From main lead to second lead, both actors was able to have a chemistry that was sweet and respectful. Although, the main lead love interest started as a 19 year old. There was no appropriateness with it. The only complaint is that there were no true villain. Soundtrack was sweet and easy listening, although it was very repetitive. It was still catchy. I would recommend this series to anyone that is new to watching k dramas.
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-I don't like Kim Go Eun that much...but her role was not bad..neh..
-I fell in love with Lee Dong Wook, he's amazing and put the drama something not "boring"
-The bromance! >.< so cute. Made the drama even better and their relationship was beautiful.
-Sungjae!!!!!! I love him, but i never saw a drama with him, however he was perfect here.
-I actually loved more the second couple (Grim Reaper and Sunny) then the main, just because was so funny and sweet. Seeing the Grim Reaper confused with love relationships is the best xD
- "Sunny not Sun Hee" this will be in my mind
-The OST...INCREDIBLE, so soft and sweet in the right moments.
-The Director and Writer are like legends I really like both of them
-The ending was so realistic and made me cry >///<
Anyway it was a good Fantasy/Romance drama, with very good comedy and relationships.
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More than just a romance, the story also focuses on the importance of family, the one that you have through blood and birth, but also the one that you make for yourself. Perhaps my favourite parts of the drama were outside of the amazingly written romance portions, fantasy segments and action parts, but the small in-betweens where a family that consisted of a lonely Goblin, his greedy nephew, a Grim Reaper, and a teenage girl got to behave as a family, and eat meals together, tease each other and share advice.
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First, let me start by giving a little background of my experience with Goblin BEFORE watching it: when it came out, everyone was freaking out about it. I remember it all too well… the youtube videos, fan arts, twitter discussions… I don’t know why but I initially thought I would never, in this life, watch it and love it as much as them. Maybe because I was fairly new to this world and was scared of dramas with historical references? Or did I think it was too complicated for me to understand what was going on? Was I scared because the actors were a bit older than what I was used to? I don’t know, but I simply decided that it was not for me. Years went by. One day, a few weeks ago, I was scrolling down a thread on twitter about funny drama moments and they included a scene from Goblin and I thought “Maybe I should give it a try.” But ended up brushing it off. But a few days later after that, I was on dramatist reading the articles and casually read the “most popular” list. Goblin was (is) there. And SUDDENLY I GOT THIS URGE TO WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! And so I did. The destin is a real thing, guys.
ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE REVIEW
Usually, I review each part of the drama, starting with the plot, but for some reason I’m not strong enough to write a full review today. Maybe after I rewatch it (because that will certainly happen). There’s plenty to talk about: the engaging and beautiful- even if painful- plot, the splendid acting and cast who portrayed unforgettable characters, the best OST of all time, the relieving feeling it leaves behind when it’s over. I feel like everyone went through so much that I just wanted them to have an ending- at some points I thought a happy ending was impossible for them. The dialogue is absolutely incredible. You cry and laugh like crazy in less than 5 minutes. The friendships in these are- oh my god. The first episode is the best episode of a drama I’ve ever watched. Like, honestly, the first 20 minutes of the first episode made me cry because of how good those scenes were. And I felt the need to write a live commentary of me watching the rest of the episode, which was a first for me. So here it is, my reaction to the first episode, written by me on Sunday, March 10th 2019:
//COMMENTARY
EPISODE 1
-So… I just watched the first 20 minutes. Literally the best twenty minutes of any drama I’ve ever watched. The war was… mind-blowing, I can’t describe what I felt. The acting is INSANE. No words. Simply no words.
And now I want to learn all about Korean history (even more than before). Great.
-27 minutes in and this little boy made me laugh soooo hard. “Why are you speaking informally to my grandpa? Do you want to die?” HAHAHA so cute
-48:00 … my heart is broken. Will I be able to deal with this drama? I don’t think so.
I am dead. I’m literally dead. This is my ghost writing this.
-This is going to make my Top 5 list, isn’t it?//
Yes, yes it is.
This show will stay very high on my list for a long time, I can feel it.
So refreshing. I knew what would happen to Goblin because I had seen many references to it on social media and basically everywhere? But NOTHING could have prepared me for that scene. It was my first time watching the whole scene and I SOBBED. And then I was happy. I was so happy by the last episode. And then- Oh well, we suffered along with the characters, didn’t we? But I wouldn’t change a thing. By the way, now that I’m thinking about that, a sequel wouldn’t hurt anyone, would it? It would make perfect sense if it was well written… but the perfection that is Goblin shouldn’t be changed. It should just stay as it is and nothing more than that.
I’m so thankful for this drama because I was able to finally get over my prejudice of historical dramas (only if we only got a glimpse of it, I’m more confident and comfortable to watch one of those because I found out I can really love the story even if I’m scared of the genre) and of dramas I thought I would never watch if my life. What an irony. And maybe I'll give Descendants of the Sun a try too! I’m happy that (at last) I know why so many people adored this drama back then and wouldn’t shut up about it and why it remains among so many people’s favorites. I got it. The actors are amazing (both male and female actors!!!) and we will all love them eternally. I got it.
And I had decided to write only a short review with an impactful (and very pretentious) statement but I ended up ranting about it. Oh well, I regret nothing.
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Many would say this is a masterpiece and I agree with that. I had always for some reason found reasons to not watch this cause even without reading the description of the drama I had a feeling it would be a tragedy I had a feeling I would cry many buckets of tears, but after let’s say 2 months I finally got the courage to watch it.... and as soon as I started I was ADDICTED the start was just amazing the story straightaway started with something that captivates the viewers completely I won’t say what happened since this isn’t one of those reviews that contain spoilers.
Although this drama uses CGI it wasn’t exaggerated or maybe it was just really well done I mean that ship scenes damn.... usually some fantasy dramas use CGI so much that the whole drama looks fake and I mean it’s fantasy obviously it will be fake but it gets to a certain point where it’s almost cringey but this drama was not like that.
The actors did an amazing job they conveyed the characters so well and they had so much chemistry in the drama and in the BTS, I think we really have to give the actors an applause for their crying scenes cause honestly every time they cried I felt it, I remember there was a part that Kim Go Eun cried (she played Ji Eun Tak) and her cries sounded to melancholy and so real the way she gasping for air I myself just couldn’t stop crying with her. There were also many times the actors improvised themselves trying to make the scene funnier or more correspondent to their character they just did an amazing job!
The Director, the film crew, the scriptwriters, the CGI group and oh my god the makeup crew that deserve a huge applause the way they made a young person look old with makeup was just amazing, they did 5 hours of make up on just one person I feel bad for the actress that had to come 5 hours early just to get her makeup done.
The music was also very well chosen they made some scenes so much more emotional or some so much more romantic it was just amazing.
Overall I give the drama a 10/10 they did fantastic with practically everything I hope my review persuades you to watch this drama and let me warn you about the tears that will just flow out of your eyes, I hope your ready! And if your wondering about the ending.... it was bitter sweet.
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Must watch??
Athis one is my most fav drama... i love Gong yoo and lee dong wook's acting... its truly amazing even yoo in haa and kim go eun are one of the best actresses... the storyline is good and the music is truly mesmerizing... i am totally innlove of theis drama... its a must watch if you are a drama lover..😍🥰🤩 it has comedy, tragedy, romance, terror and all kinds of emotions... you will fall in love with Kim shin... you will feel pity.. you will feel happy.. you will feel content by the end of the drama.. so go for it..Was this review helpful to you?
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I gave this drama another chance, and I still think it's overrated
I originally dropped this drama because the plot started to get slow and repetitive, but I decided to give it another try.The premise about the curse and immortality was interesting. Unfortunately, the first half up to about episode seven didn't have much of a plot. The Goblin was an ancient being with centuries of life experience, but he acted pretty silly quite a lot. The Grim Reaper wasn't much better with his obsession over business cards. These characters should've been portrayed as more mysterious and dangerous. Instead, they often acted like dorks.
The pacing was kind of inconsistent. The plot tended to drag with prolonged angsty moments of reminiscing, crying, and filler scenes. Then, the story would suddenly pick up. The show should've been done in 12 episodes if all the filler was taken out. The last few episodes after he came back were unnecessary. Since the villain was already defeated and the sword taken out, there was no longer a plot that needed to be resolved. What could've been concluded in one episode unnecessarily stretched into multiple episodes.
The romance was also kind of underwhelming. ML and FL acted more like a niece and an uncle, than a couple. This was probably because the girl was barely an adult and still in high school. Only after the story went forward nine years did we see adult romantic chemistry with kissing, hugging, and acting like a couple.
The villain and the final resolution was a bit anti-climactic. The flashbacks made him look more dangerous than he actually was, even though he looked pretty darn creepy. He appeared in the present timeline for just a few episodes with nefarious intentions to kill everyone, but didn't do much except threaten some people. Then FL pulled the sword out of ML, ML killed the villain and disappeared. The end. I really expected there to either be a plot twist, a battle, tension, more struggle to defeat the final boss.
The one thing the show excelled at was acting. Gong Yoo, Kim Go Eun and everyone else delivered really good performances. No complaints there.
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This drama was amazing!!!!! I first hoped that there would be more romance but later on understood that this drama couldn't get more perfect even if it tried. It made me laugh, cry, think, relate, clap my hands and so much more.
Goblin is rlly the definition of lonely and Eun Tak is rlly the best thing that happened to him.
Sunny and Reaper were also rlly amazing. Sunny was an amazing friend and sister and Reaper had the best character arc.
I loved the bromance and all the side stories!
I also rlly liked the friendship Eun Tak had later on with the class rep!! relly cute.
Deok Hwa, his grandpa, and assistant Kim were also a bonus <3
This drama is a classic even tho it came out a few years ago. I loved the so unpredictable ending even tho it left me with questions. (How many lives do they have, why did he come back for a long period even tho the contract said "every first snow/rain etc", will he always look young while she ages and dies and then gets reborn again? hmmmmm).
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everything is great: acting, music, script,... except for the story. i think there are some plot holes but cant tell clearly bcs they will be spoilers. some scenes are too cheesey :( final episodes moving really fast i got a little bit tired.
however, love all the cast!!! theres nothing to say about gong yoo, lee dongwook, yoo inna. they are excellent already. but i am so so surprised by yook sungjae and kim goeun. looking forward to their next films!!
now im going to continue 'touch your heart', watched it last year but dropped at the 10th episode bcs of losing interest. really excited!
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