One of the most wholesome shows ever made
The show gives you everything and makes you feel many emotions from laughing to crying, happiness to sadness, adoring to hating.......Both the lead couples nailed it with their chemistry and story arcs. Till the last moment everyone prayed and hopes that none of them end up separated as they have already gone through so much and the ending surely didn't disappoint.
For me Kim Go Eun as Eun Tak was the soul of the show, she nailed being a teenager and the grown up stage. No wonder she is by far one of the best actresses in the South Korea. Gong Yoo as always needs no introduction on how good he is and has been in every genre.
Lee Dong Wook's and Yoo Inna's suited so well with each other. Him being a cold grim reaper and her being a extroverted and fiesty chick nailed it. LDW's character growth and his newborn friendship with Euntak was too wholesome.
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disapointed
Goblin is one of the top show on many lists. I also heard that many people liked it. But the premise of the drama is kinda weird.The age gap between Eun Tak and Goblin is the first thing that I notice first. Eun Tak was 19 years old, and Goblin was 939 years old. Second, when Eun Tak first met Goblin, how did she know she was the bride, yeah, she can see ghosts but that doesn't mean that she is the bride of Goblin. They fought the villain in ep 13 ,14 which was kinda rushed
I was more interested in the relationship between Sunny and Reaper
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Admirable
I started watching Korean three years ago and one of my favorite series so far is goblin It was a new kind of series which was amazing and the song was like taking you to heaven So far the actors are the right choice for the role and their acting was very goodWhen I watched This Is I couldn't control my emotions and criedStrength of the series is the concept screenplay and the most importantly music ??
If you're a Korean series fan you should watch Goblin ............
weakness are in my point of view there is no
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Goblin got heart touch story for grimreaper fault in his life and his life time separation from his love.
His love sunny was innocent but bread between brother and husband. Her life got spoil but still love grim reapper that was the reason I fall for this show. And Lee dong wook and yooinna stole my heart by their natural chemistry and ofcaz goblin and grimreaper ( brother in law and goblin) bro romance the best part of show ....
I hate how they story developee. They could kill the main violent by grim reapper because he actually killed the king both life ...noting lose of goblin. Because he was born to be general of country. In any war he would die and called hero .he had no love affection. It was ok but after that what could with the connection of goblin bride why ....he and grimreaper could hold the sword ..that goblin bride part was most illogical unnecessary part and yes their romance like old man romancing with his students their had noting good word for goblin and his bride romance was seriously valueless where story begin from grimreaper sunny goblin and ender too with this 3 Charecter clear up the mristry. The most annoying part was goblin and bride romance ????????
And most touchy part was grimreaper sunny true love story and best chemistry was Lee dong wook and yooinna togather are best always
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Bromance takes it all
I wholeheartedly understand why people love this drama so much. It has many flaws, but it's still a ton of fun. In particular, the music of the main theme stays with you forever and adds a special element to the show that I haven't noticed in any show since.Everyone has written about the unstoppable bromance between Gong Yoo's Kim Shin, the tormented god, and Lee Dong Wook's Grim Reaper. And if you watch any behind the scenes footage of the show, you can see why. They were just having the time of their lives working together.
Unfortunately, there are a couple big flaws that prevent this show from being close to perfect. For one thing, we learn very little about our brave heroine Eun Tak, which diminishes our stake in her story. We don't get to see much of her past or her thoughts about the state of her life or the relationships she has with friends or family. And now that I think about it, I can't name any character that we get to truly know in depth. A few well placed monologues would have been useful to this end. I wanted to know about each character's history and past struggles, and how they feel now. Second, the main villain in the show is pretty absent until the very end. There was so much potential around exploring the heart of the issues faced by Eun Tak and Kim Shin and how they are trying to protect each other and deal with their own issues, but it wasn't harnessed.
One last thing I enjoyed was the filming in Quebec. I'm a Canadian and that was quite a surprising treat to behold!
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Is it just me
I really can't understand why Goblin is number one The stand out was the grim reaper and his friendship with the main lead I also loved his character and his romance I thought the female was too young and it put put me of the Drama The ending didn't make sense and was a disappointment The OST was great but overall not one of my favourites Dramas I just don't understand the hype I hope it's not just me that thinks this I liked the performance of Yook Sung jae as well The Grim Reaper was the stand out for meWas this review helpful to you?
You are not a Professional Kdrama watcher if you didn't watch this drama YET...
Yeah! that's right, this is one of the most popular as well as one of the bust kdrama out there. Almost every kdrama watcher watch this drama cause this is a master piece.All the things , story, ost, acting are the best, I don't want to tell much more about this drama cause there isn't any kdrama fan who didn't watch this drama.
However, little brief about this drama.
ACTING, CAST. ...( 1000/10 )
ML, FL, SML, SFL acting as well as their roles far more better than any drama that I've seen so far, Now I've watched almost 150+ kdramas
But still this drama is on the top of my list, I didn't see any drama that can beat this drama yet because of that combination of their roles as well as acting. And those four actors still on the top of their acting carrier , none of them failed their life as a actor.
so you can understand what I'm plotting here.
And the chemistry between SML & SFL,
After this drama they got their own drama named " Touch Your Heart" as FL & ML.
it's a one hell of a proof
STORY (10/10)
For the story and the End...
Bit sad at the end but nope, it won't that sad cause they found their happiness again. And how the story begins and till the very End of the Drama I can't actually remember any Boring scene at all, Story Perfect.
As for all,
If you are not watch this drama yet, Go on, start watching RIGHT NOW...
HOPE YOU WILL WATCH THIS GREAT DRAMA...
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There's a reason this one is everybody's favorite
First, the script. The script and story are brilliant. ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. There are a few people who point out the age difference between the main characters. This didn't bother me for a few reasons:1) There's no romantic chemistry between them until she's older, but I loved the bickering friendship chemistry between them in the early episodes. And her young age at the beginning contributes to the absurdity and therefore comedy. You're not supposed to see adult love between the characters (at the beginning). You see a bickering, frustration, growing respect, empathy, eventual admiration and like between two humans, which is appropriate.
2) The main premise of the story is he's a hundreds-year-old Goblin; you're going to have to be willing to suspend disbelief, people! If the part of the story you're hung up on is the "age difference" between a 200+ year old Goblin and the "bride," then that's odd.
3) His character, honestly, wasn't very mature. LOL! I mean, he was old, but his maturity level wasn't commensurate with his age. He seemed petty and kinda tired of life when the show started. He continued to be petty (but less tired) as the show went on. The character was stuck (mentally and emotionally) at the age of his "death," likely 30 or so. That was made very clear. Thus, she grew up and so did he, eventually coming together when they were similar in mental and emotional age.
Second, third, fourth . . . one hundredth, the cast. Holy moly, there has never been a more perfect cast. My Drama List should allow users to apply a "11 star" option once. If they did, this show would've received it from me for its casting. Obviously, all the main leads were incredible. This was my first introduction to both Kim Go Eun and Gong Yoo, and I have become a big fan of both. Their chemistry with each other was incredible. Their chemistry with other characters was also incredible. The way they look at each other in later episodes (just look) will give you butterflies. AAAHHH!!
The music must be mentioned. This is the first (and only) drama where I still listen to the entire soundtrack. Each song is worth listening to on its own. 10+++ stars for the music. It has become the drama against which all other OSTs are judged.
I want to go back to the script for a second. I can't say enough about how great the dialogue was. Obviously, the actors' delivery was essential to bringing it all to life, but some lines / interactions were so brilliant. Funny, poignant, witty, engaging. So good.
Direction was good. Art direction, cinematography, and production values were also good.
Overall brilliant. Loved it. Have watched it 2x so far. I'll probably watch it 10 more times at least.
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Was it good?
Okay so Goblin has been sitting on my to watch list for a long time. I just, I dunno. It never grabbed me.I finally took the plunge to watch it. I loved the acting and humor they had in the series.
But to me, this wasn't the best KDrama I've seen. Story was good, but the first half was kinda boring minus all the funny bits of the Goblin, Reaper and "Nephew".
I would recommend to watch, but I doubt it will be a KDrama I'll ever watch again.
Good cast, great songs and good story line. But yet like i said, the first half was boring. I dunno why, but it was.
Comment on this if you watch it from my review :)
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The show that started it all
I highly recommend this show.This was one of the first shows I watched when I started watching Kdramas. This was the first supernatural/fantasy genre Kdrama I saw so I was very sceptical but I LOVED it.
The story was so captivating. The casting was perfection and all the cast members knew what they were doing.
The back and forth between the modern timeline and ancient timeline was so well done.
The highlight of the show for me was the bromance between the goblin and the grim reaper.
The love story was between the goblin and the main FL was fine (once you get past the creepy age difference). I preferred the love story of the second ML and FL more.
A good story makes or breaks the show for me but OST makes it unforgettable. This show has arguably one of the best OSTs. It still gives me goosebumps.
Definitely a MUST-WATCH!!!!
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Not worth watching
I'll admit that I watched it recently, 5 years after it aired and I may have enjoyed it more had I watched it then, the beautiful scenery and production would've blinded me. But since it's not the case and kdrama since then have a better production so it's not the only high budget drama anymore, I'll say it really wasn't worth watching.The story didn't move at all, they spent so many episodes going back and forth, and they would go as much as 5 episodes without nothing substantial happening. The story could be condensed in a 1h30 movie, I'm not sure there was even a story worth telling to begin with.
The second leads helped me get through the show, their storyline was a little more interesting, but the second part of their story was a little boring to.
The bromance was on point though.
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Actingwise TOP, but storywise.... meh
I understand why there are so many people who really love the goblin. The reason are the really awesome looking actors and their great performance! You cannot help to fall for them, I fully understand that!If you only want to swoon for the actors, just go on, they are great! But honestly, the ending isn't satisfying at all. It just feels as if the sad ending is only delayed for an unknown amount of time. And the religious beliefs in this story are a great mess. A very strange mix of catholic and buddhistic elements called fantasy. Come on, there are reincarnations AND heaven and hell at the same time, to mention just one example... There were many funny moments, it is really moving because of the good acting, but the wishy-washy ending killed it for me.Was this review helpful to you?
