Wasn't going to review this but doing it in response to some other reviews that I totally disagree with.
1) Agree this is not a rom com. But it is not a tragedy either (for those of you who hate crying bitterly at the end, like me, don't worry, you won't.)
2) I didn't watch the Manga beforehand, and so I will take others' word for it that f you read it you'll be disappointed in this version.
3) saw that a reviewer wrote that Shin se kyung can't act. This floors me. I think she's one of the most amazing Korean actors I've ever seen. (See Run On.) The woman kills it in every roll! Her silliness is beautiful. But more importantly, she can express raw heartbreak better than almost anyone I've seen. as well as holding emotion in and it dripping off her eyelashes.
4) agree the ost is gorgeous.
5) Had no problem with ML coming off as arrogant and narcissistic. He's a god.
6) Agree that it's slow. But I've seen far worse.
7) 2ML actor is wonderful.
8) no opinion as to whether ML actor would have been better played by someone else. I think they had chemistry. He acts cold and distant, and at first acts like the FL/"god servant" is beneath him, and falls despite his will power.
9) Agree that some aspects were slow to take shape, and agree wholeheartedly that they should have had more scenes of the god world. That was a disappointment.
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Awesome but couldve been better
This was one good drama. I tried watching it once but couldnt finish 10 minutes of it, but now that ive finished it im kind of confused as to why i didnt watch it.I loved everyones acting in this although often times it got a bit too much and the acting wasnt good enough.
Tbh, this was very cringey at times but thats to be expected while watching romance dramas. I honestly loved the side couples, i wish buryeom and mura got more romantic scenes together though. I was also shipping ja ya with mr.min A LOT. It would be real cute if they got together and tbh the side couples had more chemistry than the main couple at times.
I wish the budget was higher because this couldve been much better. I really loved hotel del luna and if the budget on this one was higher and the drama was slightly longer, this couldve been much better.
Some scenes got a bit too much for me so i had to skip them a lot. I usually keep skipping through series if i dont like them enough or if they get boring, and this is one example. Still, it was an awesome series.
It was really sad. There were a few plotholes or stuff i didnt quiet understand, what did yeom mis dream mean? (I dont remember her name smh)
The music was pretty good!
I think this is on the list of dramas i can rewatch some day tbh.
If this was a bit longer and had a bigger budget this would be fantastic.
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this was the most touching drama ever
i don't know why all people wrote bad reviews for this drama but despite that i decided to watch it . it was such a touching drama. This is my first time writing a review as i couldn't stand the bad comments and i wont go to any specifics all i want to say is that it has a happy ending and you should definitely watch it ,ignoring all bad reviews. The lighting, the music, the acting, logic everything is justified. Well we cant go into much logic as this is a fantasy drama . If you want a cool or down to earth drama this is not it. The main characters are funny or you can one is cute and other one is crazy?Was this review helpful to you?
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What a Draaaggg!!! (SPOILER ALERT!!!)
The plot of this drama had the potential to be great, but the progress was so slow. It took me about four days to watch this drama when I'd usually binge a sixteen episode K-drama in a day or a day and a half at most.There really wasn't any spark that had me binging this drama. It was good but not enough to have me being frantic about the next episode.
And I really hated the ending. He's gonna stay with her until she dies???!!! Seriously??? They only have a happy ending for like 40...maybe 50 years?? And is he gonna want to stay with her knowing that he's gonna have to watch her die in the end? I thought for sure that they'd figure out a way to be together for the rest of their lives. Either the god became human and lived with her as a mortal or she'd get immortality and live with him forever. Like I said before, crappy ending.
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If you're looking for something pointless tbh.
Let me start by saying I am not a professional critic or anything I'm just a random girl saying what's on my mind so do with that what you will.Now let's begin.
How the whole show gonna be them falling in love(and obviously side conflicts) but scared because of the limited time they have together before he has to leave ONLY FOR THE PROBLEM TO BE RESOLVED IN THE LAST 2 MINUTES OF THE SHOW. They were really crying and throwing up about being separated just for that one guy to come and be like, "Oh Nah never mind it's fine you can stay" Like dude what was the point. WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT????? The only reason I kept watching was for the side character love story I stan them.
Each to their own though I suppose, watch it or don't.
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This got me out of a drama watching slump. It wasn't perfect but I'm just gonna list my initial thoughts after finishing it and then come back and edit it later.
Warning it's just a jumble of my thoughts right now:
Did not like the end. Thought it fell short!
I wish we had seen more of the Gods world, and like their powers. We saw a small glimpse but not enough.
I loved the FL and ML
I know people hated on the FL and sometimes I get she was far from perfect (e.g. she was terrible to those orphans her dad looked after when she was younger, and was a bad friend to that nurse guy who worked for her), but she was realistic and she did show character development. I think they portrayed their characters really well. They do grow on you as the drama goes on. But I do get why some people think the ML should have maybe been played by an older actor. He didn't really give off powerful mythical God vibes right? And I think part of that may be because we didn't really get to see much of his power that was spoken about so much. And he looks young. But I loved his acting still! I've seen some really bad male actors who have the visuals but don't have the acting talent, but not this guy, you could really see the emotions in his eyes! I loved seeing their connection grow. And I loved how much they both grew as the drama went on, and like what he was willing to sacrifice for her at the end, that was beautiful and sad.
I actually enjoyed the plot, I mean it was lacking a bit but I do have to add I love this genre, and I've read loads of books and seen dramas of a similar nature. So for me, I really enjoyed it even though the ending fell short, along with a few other moments.
I hated Mura! She was so annoying!
At first I hated Biryeom too but he really grew on me, especially as time went on, and we realised his anger was justified in a sense because his close friend died and he had only gone to do the ML a favour probably also related to his love of Mura and her love of Habaek, but then it also wasn't because the guy who killed him was a child at the time, and had been locked up and thought he was protecting his only "friend". And I loved how much he loved Mura, but I hate how he didn't call her out on her serious character flaws. I loved her loyalty to Habaek and was rooting for her a bit, but then she just became petty and selfish, and she was so happy to see FL and ML relationship have problems, she became kind of toxic. I do get how she didn't want him to get hurt again and was jealous because she loved him, but he never led her on, and FL proved how she wasn't like Nakbin and she was still horrible to her. Not to mention Biryeom loved her and treated her way better than Habaek did, and was there for her so long and I don't get how she just didn't see it.
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Terrible plot line, it starts off good but falls through in the end. There are a bunch of plot holes that are just ignored. honestly this show just gets more boring as you watch so I had to drop it.
Acting/Cast:
I know the actors are good actors just the way they were written was terrible. There is no character development for any of the characters except Sin Hoo Ye
Music:
It is only rated like that becasue the show was terrible , but korean OSTs are always great
Overall:
Don't watch this show
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A missed oppurtunity
It has some promise but failed to live up to it. The ML has no real difficulty in life. His trial is fairly simple and mostly resolved itself by others and yet he gets the girl. A "hero" that you can't root for because it's unsympathetic. On the other hand, the demigod character is a good person, with actual pain and issue to overcome and mysterious past. If he were the lead instead, it would have made more sense. Pacing is pretty slow and story doesn't actually warrant 16 episodes. Could be compress into 9 or 10 episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
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First I have read the manhwa, just not all of it. It did not effect the viewing. What effected me the most would be past dramas of people from another world coming to the modern day. This one is just not as good as those. I had a really hard time watching Yoon So Ah. Nothing about the actress but I just hate the role. I found her over acting taking everything away from the show. Its fine in the middle but the start and the end is just bad. I had I hard time understanding her actions.
I had a hard time with him coming back- We all know it is going to hurt them more as he has to go back. I just did not feel their love at all until the last few ep. I needed to see more of them loving each other first and more of him in his world without her.
The plot would be good but they added horrible ideas to fluff it up. Weird aggressive kiss to give "grace" or something- i don't see the point as nothing horrible happend to him so why give it so hard lol The part with her dad- we all know how that is going to end. So why put it like that lol
Product placement was horrible- so distracting.
Also- I loved his first look with that hair and then after that I missed it, It went so well with his vib and they throw it away. Personaly I think they used his body to try to get viewers- They show all of it right away...and then the bath bits... AND then she starts fantasizing about his sweaty shirt. Tell me girls if you'v seen his whole body why would him in a shirt be special now lol I would only recommend this for someone that needs a body show LOL
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