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A VERY LOVELY DRAMA!! MUST WATCH...
What is Love? What is its value and the sacrifices u have to make for the one u love is all depicted in this drama very beautifully..
It is one of those dramas which will be in my heart and memories forever as we all can relate what is shown in it whether it is heartbreak or unconditionally loving someone.
The story is about two young high schoolers one an art student coping up with life and has loving family not economically stable and a Crown prince who was rich but was deprived of all the love. The story is about their unconditional love for each other which develops in them unknowingly. Their love-hate relation adds humor and spice to the drama.
A real heart touching story and cried a lot watching this but I am very happy that I could watch this masterpiece...
I recommend this drama to every Kdrama watcher and let me tell u its really worth watching. It is not some rich boy poor girl drama, this can teach u a lot about life...
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I liked the fictional historical environment of the events. The fictional monarchy still available made me thinking about how the Korean culture and population thought about the monarchy.
The development of the characters from their different ideas and perceptions of the monarchy was interesting to see and to understand how different people have different opinions on something that bring them together.
If you want to start to know about the interesting Korean dramas and the various successful project I would suggest everyone to start from this drama.
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Painful experience
No drama ever stressed me out as much as this one. Not because it was so beautifully written or the characters who I liked were going through hardships - no. The exact opposite. It started out okay, with the FL being your typical 2010ish lead (bubbly, oblivious and dumb - bordering on mental retardation) and ML being this ice-cold guy. And although ML was extremely unlikeable in the beginning, he got better. But every other character - oh god, I find no words. Literally every character made me mad because they were so stupid, hypocritical, greedy and unlikeable. By the way, I have no idea how people developed second lead syndrome here, his whole nice guy attitude made my blood boil so much. If you intent to watch it and not almost cry out of disbelief at the stupidity and out of frustration, I recommend to completely skip episode 22. By the way, whoever decided to make this show 24 episodes long needs to go to prison.Actually, the show was quite okay and in my opinion a much better show than Boys over Flowers (they kind of have a similar vibe) until the last few episodes when they, for whatever reason, decided to torture the watcher. When ML didn't even become king in the end, I almost threw something at my laptop. Like man - what did I even watch this whole fight for the crown bs for? The romance of the main couple was very cute and the only thing that kept me watching.
Overall, this review mainly serves the selfish attempt at self-therapy after this stressful experience I went through.
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nostalgic, my go to drama
i am and will always be biased towards ‘Goong’ because i watched it when i was still in elementary school (i’m 27 now), so watching this brings back a lot of good memories. i remember almost every girls at school were talking about Lee Shin xDand don’t forget about the OSTs. i was listening to them all the time, using my walkman (i feel ancient lol)
while the acting was pretty much trash, the story really fit every young girls’ dream at that time. and because the story is super duper light, this drama becomes my go to if i feel like watching something but have no particular interest in ongoing dramas.
‘Goong’ is fun and simple—you don’t have to use your brain to digest the story.
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My favorite kdrama
I was on Youtube and I saw this drama and I was it doesn't look that good but then I kept seeing it and I was like let's give it a try and I am so happy I watched this drama is was so good I think it's one of my FAVORITE kdrama ever to watch the story line was good and the acting was good. I really never watch old kdramas but this one was really good and I enjoyed .It if you are looking for a kdrama to watch I definitely recommend you watch this one Ik it's like 15 years old but I promise it is really good and it has 24 episodes for you to watch.Was this review helpful to you?
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The Writer Of This Drama Is Something?♀️?♂️
Shin is a complete jerk. Throughout the show, he disrespected his wife in so many ways that it was difficult to watch. When his wife is present, he answers the phone to speak to his mistress (they got married so that girl is now a mistress). He often refers to his wife as a gold digger and talks down on her. He always allows his friend to insult his wife, and he never introduces her to his friend, only allowing her to watch him flirt and laugh with his friend and mistress from the sidelines. I'm re-watching to see why I stopped, and I think I've figured it out. I'm still enraged by the fact that he cheats on her later in the series. The fact that she got back with him is embarrassing after he would do the bare minimum and the female lead would go back to Shin (male lead). Yul is deserving of her because he has admired her since the first time they met. She was, after all, supposed to be his wife. I might finish it if there is any character development or mostly to see Yul.?Was this review helpful to you?
I don't know if its a cultural difference or simply masochism, but some korean drama girls just like the suffering, like the pain, just like that song S&M Rihana's.
I mean, the main guy, the guy was just a pain, from beginning to end . Meanwhile he was enjoying himself the pathetic girl was dying because of him. The guy even betrayed her, yet she seems to have no pride at all. He treats her just a lil better than before, she falls all in his graces all over again. I just can't watch those kind of things. Meanwhile, these dramas always have a second sweet prettier guy who, from my point of view seems a lot, but a lot but a lot better than the main guy, which is disposed to make more, to love more and yet, that guy doesn't get the girl because she just likes the suffering. Always. I, the dumb one as always end up shipping the sweet guy. Why? Because I'm not a masochist. The acting. What can I say about that girls acting. It was just fucking horrible. The character was supposed to be childish cute, ended up looking like a retard with those high pitched voices and weird faces. I know I know is a old drama but being old doesn't erase its down-points. The main guy was expressionless. I actually can't say when he was angry, happy, crying. God i might cry how bad this drama were.
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Let me start this review by saying that this is my favorite Korean Drama of all time. This also marked the beginning of my never ending love of kdramas. Story wise, this is the first one (for me) that ever tackled a fictional Korean monarchy that is situated in the present time. I love the premise and the idea of an ordinary high school girl, due to some difficult circumstances, be involved in an arrange marriage to the crown prince of Korea. I first watched this drama when I was a teenager and was just starting high school, so I just love the idea of a cinderella-type story. However, this drama does not only focus on how Cinderella became a princess and fell in love with the prince. It also depicts the negative aspect of being a monarch. The sacrifices that Shin Chae-kyung have to make being the crown princess of her country; the difficulties of Lee Shin being raised inside the Palace; and the palace life of the other characters.
Characters. The characters of this drama was perfectly written by the writers. There is character development for all of them. I remember when I first watch this drama, I fell in love with Lee Yul first before Lee Shin. The typical premise in which the 2nd male lead is the one nicer to the female lead and not the male lead. However, as the story evolves, the love story of the two main characters was so perfect. The two characters grew to love each other. The main actors portrayed their characters so well. The energetic and bubbly Shin Chae-kyung and the cold, stoic Lee Shin.
The music in this drama is also so perfect. Whenever I hear them, nostalgia comes with it. Sometimes, I still catch myself humming the main theme of goong.
Overall, this is still the best drama of all time for me (again.) It is still the most re-watchable. I still rewatch some scenes or sometimes the whole drama whenever I miss this. I also think that any remake of this drama will be a failure. Haha. Sorry, I just watched some episodes of the Thai remake and it was awful. It's just not the same.
I recommend this drama. I'm sure your not gonna regret this one. :)
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An oldie but a goodie!
Watched this because of Yoon Eun Hye, whom I first saw and really liked earlier in Coffee Prince. It's her usual dorky character, she's simply superb at both comic and emotive scenes, though the clumsiness and stupidity character, you'd feel like bashing her, but it's redeemed by her feistiness and good heart. It's my first time to see Yoo Ji Hoon whom I later found out is the lead in Hyena (he's hot here- and started to follow him), at first hated his aloof and seemingly don't-care-for-the-world attitude, but deep inside, little by little, feeling empathy and eventually falling in love with the female lead. Good ensemble of support cast, too, while enlightening to see a bit of Korean history and culture in this series, as it shows the typical school and family life as well.Was this review helpful to you?
There were some parts where the plot got a bit strange, but overall, it was really good, and you ended up sympathizing with the "bad guys" rather than hating them.
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