The Great Doctor

Loved it the whole way through

This is a 2012 South Korean Historical Medical Fantasy Romance television drama with 24, 1 hr episodes. It is also known under the title “Faith.”

When the queen is mortally injured General Choi Young (Lee Min-ho) is sent through Heaven’s door to the land of the Gods to find a doctor to heal her. First doctor he encounters is a plastic surgeon, Yoo Eun-soo (Kim Hee-sun) but there is no such distinction 700 years in the past so he abducts her to take her back to save the queen, Queen Noguk (Park Se-young). Seeing her skill and the medical tools she brought with her, the people believe she was trained by no other than the legendary Chinese surgeon Doctor Hwata. Soon all those currently battling for rights to the throne believe that having her as their royal doctor will tip the scales in their favor. As love grows between the doctor and the captain of the royal guard, he must battle not only for the young king he has come to respect but also for the woman doctor he has grown to love. He also must keep a promise to her, on his honor, to return her to her world.

I was afraid this would be just another historical drama. Should have known better with Lee Min-Ho involved it has both fantasy and sci-fi time travel mixed in. His role is so dynamic. Not only is he a intelligent military strategist and strong warrior but his ethics and moral code are truly impressive. It is the first time I have seen this female lead and I just loved the role she played. She was smart and forceful yet completely feminine. Very pretty both in her behavior and appearance. I thought Lee Min-Ho was a great couple with Park Shin-Hye and he was but I thought these two were even more perfect together. Looked up to see if they dated and seems she was married. That is how great their chemistry was. There was good and evil a bit of a mystery and lots of suspense. Lee Min-Ho shines in action scenes. He puts so much emotion into his acting I suspect he is an empath and probably deeply feels his roles I would imagine he is exhausted when he finishes a drama. I greatly admire his talent and knowing he is in something greatly influences whether or not I watch it. spoiler alert** I was a bit worried at the ending as it seemed they might not wind up together. Things ended well I just wish there had been a bit more screen time when things wrapped up happy. Still very good and a must see if you like the genre or either of these very talented actors.

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I remember this was one of my first kdramas. I was introduced to lee min ho so I tried this n I tried to like him but he's not so likable for me. Don't hate me plz!!
I did find him hot in this one w his sexy armor costume. Of course Kim hee sun is amazing. She jst doesn't look like her age, she looks so young. I never rly like noona romances but j actually ship them in this one cuz they had no barriers between them. It jst flowed smoothly.
I barely remember the plot or story but it was interesting n draggy at some parts. I always love historical dramas w martial arts so I like this one.
Kdrama ost are the best so I don't need to explain more...
Personally, it was one of my first kdrama so I didn't rly know how I felt except it's a great drama.
I don't plan on rewatching this cuz I'm kinda sick of lee min ho. He's jst too overrated.
It's watchable if anyone wants some love, fighting, healing...

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I might consider finishing this at some point..

this was one of the first kdramas I've started and I'll just list some things I liked and maybe didn't like (in the first 5 eps)

liked:
- i liked seeing lee min ho in a saeguk (this was before i watched legend of the blue sea)
- I think the female lead actress suits her role and also acted like anyone would when going back in time
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disliked/meh:
- idk why but the bad guy reminds me of a star wars character. like he'd fit right in 😅
- cringey side bad guys
- the fantasy elements

i haven't seen enough to give a proper review. if i do continue it one day I hope the couples gets together cause I've seen spoilers.

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Primeiramente, devo dizer que não sou fã de Dramas do gênero: histórico/de época, já que histórias trágicas de amor, guerras e de lutas intermináveis pelo poder não fazem o meu estilo. Além disso, embora eu ame o figurino vintage de filmes e séries britânicas de época, que retratam aquele período aristocrático em que algumas famílias tinham títulos de nobreza, as mulheres vestiam aqueles vestidos armados maravilhosos com espartilho, faziam penteados deslumbrantes, e moravam em castelos imensos com filas de empregados... Quando cheguei no universo doramático, achei todas aquelas roupas de época coreanas e chinesas muito bizarras e sinceramente não curti o visual delas.

Apesar de tudo isso, resolvi assisti Faith logo no início da minha carreira doramática, como estava totalmente apaixonada pelo ator Lee Min Ho e queria ver mais dramas com ele após ter assistido: The Heirs e Boys Over Flowers.

Devo dizer que superada a minha resistência inicial e embora meu motivo inicial tenha sido o elenco desse Kdrama, confesso que o enredo, inesperadamente, conquistou meu coração, não faltou química entre o casal, a história conseguiu manter um bom ritmo até os últimos episódios, o figurino não me incomodou tanto e até mesmo os personagens secundários me agradaram.

Simplesmente amei a personalidade divertida da protagonista, e o casal secundário foi tão bom que conseguia me encantar cada vez em que eles apareciam juntos.

Outro ponto que me agradou aqui foi como os roteiristas conseguiram resolver o problema gerado por aquele romance misturado com viagem no tempo satisfatoriamente sem me fazer decepcionar com o final.

Sobre os efeitos especiais que esse drama tem, eu me fingi de sonsa e fiz de conta que eles não existiam, porquê tinham tantos pontos que me agradavam aqui que fizeram com que esse aspecto em particular, não atrapalhasse em nada a minha experiência, muito menos diminuiu o meu amor por ele.

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Para empezar tengo que hablar de mi cruzada buscando una buena actuación de Min Ho.
Llevo poco tiempo viendo serie coreanas, la primera serie que vi con este lindo chico fue The King, y como todavía estaba en transmisión tenia que espera para terminar de verla. Me dio mucha curiosidad de saber de él y comencé a ver otras, para entender porque era tan cotizado y querido en Corea, ya que yo no lo veía como un buen actor. Entonces empecé con mi cruzada, vi: The King, después: Boys Over Flowers, The Heirs, The Legend of the Blue Sea. Hasta ahí seguía desconcertada, todo me parecía igual de actuado, personajes parecidos. Luego vi City Hunter, ahí me gusto mucho mas, su actuación estaba bien. Luego vi Personal Taste, Aquí quede totalmente sorprendida de su actuación, sentí al personaje mas real, había escenas embarazosas, que en las otras no había, en general, subió mi valoración hacia él, pero igual no estaba convencida. En este punto ya había asumido que había caído antes sus encantos, y entendí el porque en The King (ya finalizada) había sido un personaje tan perfecto para él, le quedó genial. Entonces, comencé a ver Faith sin ninguna expectativa de su actuación. Y como en el capitulo 4 me di cuenta que no estaba viendo a Min Ho, estaba totalmente metida en la historia de este General Choi Yeong, fue entonces que entendí que realmente él puede actuar muy bien, si le dan la oportunidad. Para mi es su mejor actuación. Ahora lo respeto muchísimo más. Feliz de haber llegado a esta serie.

Ahora les hablare de la serie, para que se hagan una idea:
La historía suena interesante de primara mano, Una cirujana plástica, con estilo muy superficial que secuestran para ir al pasado a ayudar con una emergencia muy serie y complicada. Uno ve eso, y lo primero que imagine que es una comedia, ella al principio era super insoportable, ya que para nada se adaptaba y no entendía ni siquiera donde estaba. Él en su rol magnánimo como líder del ejercito, mostrando todo su encanto e inteligencia estratégica.
La verdad para mi lo mas lindo de esta historia es el romance (de la pareja principal y la de los reyes), para mi fue tan verdaderamente real, muy lento, tan lento como profundo. Claro al principio desespera un poco, pero cuando continuas viendo, entiendes tan bien las personalidades de cada uno, que es totalmente lógico toda la trama. Los malos, muy malos, tan malos que hasta tenían poderes fantásticos, yo los veía y parecían totalmente sacados de comic. Haciendo de todo para no dejar ser feliz a los buenos. Muchos temas políticos enredados y complicados. Traiciones, miedos, etc. Todo un real drama. Jajaja. En general disfrute la historia, me encantó el final. A la mitad de la serie me di cuenta que no podía parar de ver. Sufría con las maldades, lloraba con tantas muertes, en general, logre meterme en la historia disfrutándola de principio a fin.
Seguro en un tiempo la voy a volver a ver.
La recomiendo en especial para los fans de Min Ho. Y para los que no están buscando los errores en cada detalle. Y tienen el tiempo de disfrutar un romance a fuego lento.
Gracias por leerme

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