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GiGi
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Feb 18, 2020
24 of 24 episodes seen
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Overall 10
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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Amazing!

Moving on... This is my 2nd rewatch! I still enjoyed it!

OMGosh I think I have found the actor to add to my top 10 list. Lee Seung Gi beat them out of the 10th spot, moving him into my 2nd spot. This is another actor with those great eyes and lips that are perfect with that dimple underneath to the right side (screen view), also another great kisser. Lee Seung Gi, "standing ovation" on your acting. Bae Suzy, wow, superb acting. I have seen you in other Dramas but the chemistry between you and Lee SeungGi is something else. Lee and Suzy enhanced each other, you make one another shine in your characters. I am impressed by this drama and Vagabond. Choi Jin Hyuk, wow they couldn't do this storyline without him, I just kept staring at the TV at how great looking he is. I mean, that costume he was wearing and the way they did his hair smoothly go over his face. He did an excellent job, he should've been part of the main leads. I love his emotional scene and made me cry. I so felt the characters' pain! I'm sorry but the rest of the cast did fantastic teamwork. The music was spot on. The visual effects were very visual. This KDrama had it all! I loved it! The ending wow 422 years later, what a perfect ending and it is epic! I'm not mad atcha!

I knocked off one point for the suicide scene. Why??? We need to stop adding suicides to the script, the rise of suicides is rising in this world and we surely don't need movies or dramas to amplify suicides. We are losing a lot of actors/actresses and those who follow these stars.

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Fiona Fiona
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Nov 22, 2016
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 9.5
I really did not expected such a plot, it was great. I advice this drama whom who pure senses such as love, friendship and honesty are still valuable.
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Dropped 2/24
Soula
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Sep 15, 2018
2 of 24 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 3.5
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 4.5
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
The first 2 episodes of this drama were so incredibly brutal with killing and rape (or attempted rape) taking up the majority of the plot. For me, I decided to drop this drama because, if the drama was going to be this dark and have such heavy and serious topics addressed in just the first 2 episodes, I decided it wasn't likely going to be a drama I enjoyed as a whole. I personally do not find entertainment in a story that portrays such dark, evil, and cruel topics. I will never deny the fact that history (in any country) is bloody, cruel, messy, and not somewhere we'd realistically like to live in, but that doesn't mean that I want to have all those atrocities on my television screen for me to visualize for entertainment. It's not entertaining to me, and I will admit that I enjoy romanticized historical tales. Sure, romanticized historical tales are not necessarily true to history, but that's the type of historical entertainment I fancy. So while there is nothing really wrong with this drama, *I* couldn't stomach the atrocities displayed on screen and I could not find the plot entertaining for my own personal tastes. People who will probably enjoy this drama, or at least, be drawn into the plot of this drama would be viewers who enjoyed Moon Lovers (which actually started off quite light and ended with similar tones I noticed in this drama).

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clinchamps
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Jan 13, 2022
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 6.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Il faut croire en la réincarnation... ^^

Et la vraie histoire commence 20 ans après…   Les enfants ont grandi, les adultes, étonnamment, n’ont pas pris la moindre ride   mais nous sommes dans un monde merveilleux !  
Pour la suite, c’est mieux de regarder, parce que les enchaînements, les rebondissements les traitrises, les belles amitiés, l’amour aussi bien sûr, le bel amour romantique, vont nous conduire au bout des 24 épisodes.
Il y a tout ce qu’on aime, un héros charismatique, Lee Seung Ki     une héroïne « garçon manqué » pas du tout idiote pour une fois, Bae Suzy   des seconds rôles bien construits : un méchant particulièrement cuisiné aux petits oignons, l’ami fidèle, le frère adoptif trop sympa, la gisaeng (courtisane) un brin espionne, un vieux sage, un moine prophète, une bande de voleurs marrants, des soldats honnêtes et intègres, et d’autres beaucoup moins… bref ! une fourmilière !  
L’histoire est classique, pimentée par le côté mi-homme mi-démon du héros et une terrible prophétie… Donc tout semble parfait pour un excellent drama, sauf…
Sauf que la réalisation est exaspérante !!!   L'action est constamment stoppée par des scènes longues et parfois  parfaitement inutiles par exemple : les amoureux commencent à se regarder dans le blanc des yeux, avec champ, conte-champ pendant de longues secondes pendant que les autres se battent à 2 contre 12, et tout à l’avenant !!
Et alors, le plus casse-pied, les images prises sous différents angles du même geste qui se succèdent à l’infini (la plus longue : 9 fois de suite quand même ! ) du coup ça donne un tel coup de frein à l’action qu’on ne peut jamais y entrer définitivement !  
Pourtant il y a de très belles scènes (comme je l’ai dit Lee Seung Ki a le don des larmes, ses scènes dramatiques sont très très touchantes ) de l’humour aussi, une belle romance et une fin excellente !    
Des trois dramas que j’ai vus avec personnage immortel et héroïne mortelle (Moon Lovers dont je déteste la fin, et Goblin où je la trouve médiocre) c’est Gu family book qui remporte la palme ! Tout le dernier épisode est parfait !!     Dramatique, logique, et réconfortant quand même !  

Pour finir un mot de la musique(belle et assez discrète) et des chansons, (très supportables) et j’en aurai fini !  
En conclusion c’est un drama très honorable qui n’est pas passé loin du "très bon", et qui est parfaitement regardable pour ceux et celles que les longs regard enamourés ne font pas fuir !!

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Lars
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Jan 16, 2022
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.5
Rewatch Value 9.0
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Divertido e emocionante

Acabei de ver este dorama, procura do como sempre uma relação divindade x humano, e não me arrependi em nada. A atuação principalmente dos protagonistas sao bem simpáticos, parece ate que eles se dão muito bem por trás das cameras também, pelo menos é esta a sensação e isso é ótimo. Logo de cara já me aproximei demais dos pais do protagonista, apesar de eu achar que a paixão foi do nada, eu entendo que isso foi o prequel então tinha que ser meio corrido mesmo, mas nao deixei de ser encantador, eles dois juntinhos, e terminando porém em desastre, e confesso que me surpreendeu ve-los vários episódios depois, aparecendo convenientemente no mesmo momento (tevr justificativa mas achei bem vago, mas quem liga, eu gostei) e eles dois juntinhos depois foi emocionante também, queria que eles tivessem um final feliz, mas nem o casal principal teve, apesar do grande timeskip no final, que foi bem legal também. O final foi bem emocionante e o timeskip ainda teve tempo pra ter cenas engraçadas, revendo alguns personagens próximos ao protagonista, neste sec. Mas bem falei demais do inicio e fim, mas pessoalmente, mesmo as vezes o fim sendo obvio, o miolo tem que prender, e esta história me prendeu de um jeito que praticamente engoli os 24 episódios em poucos dias, os altos e baixos eram muito bons, o toques de comédia era no tempo bom também, assim como nos momentos tristes, senti raiva de alguns personagens, porque foi ótimo, pois envolve ainda na trama. E o casalsinho... aah são uns amorzinhos, eu gosto muito de crosdressing pois para mim, deixa a garota com mais atitude, e esta era bem forte de personalidade, ela sabe lutar, não fica dependendo do seu namorado, mesmo ele sendo um ser imortal, eu gosto quando a garota também é independente e pé no chão e eu adoreeeei as cenas de comédia que ela fugia dos afazeres domésticos quando a obrigaram a tomar deveres de mulher. Quando ao meio-divino, o protagonista muito simpático, foi ate uma surpresa para mim pois o único dorama que o vi como protagonista, foi em uma odisseia coreana e vamos dizer que ele me parecia bem... apático (?) Atuando naquilo. Mas aqui, ao contrario, encontrei todo o carisma e espectro de atuação que esse ator possui, totalmente diferente, aqui seu personagem era muitas vezes explosivo, carismático, engraçado, e a evolução do personagem vou visível ao longo dos episódios, ele dominando o seu recém achado, lado místico, o fez amadurecer. Os outros personagens secundários também tem seus momentos, e tem certa relevância na história, u s mais que outros claro. Enfim, é um dorama que provavelmnte irei rever futuramente!
Ps. Para mim o final deu uma sensação de quererem continuação, uma pena que não teve :,)

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