A one in a lifetime experience
TRS has it all; amazing chemistry, a sensible and lovely female lead, a hot and possessive junho, an amazing soundtrack, and the angst I live for *inserts heart eye emoji*I remember watching this drama while it was airing and absolutely losing it every week while waiting for the next episode.
From the historical background threads on twitter to the comment section in MDL I used to camp in, I had so much fun while watching it, truly a one in a lifetime experience.
It has become a Jade classic, I still listen to its soundtrack and rewatch it every now and then. Despite knowing all the lines, I never seem to get sick of it :)
I got into a 2 year kdrama slump after it ended lol
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this nearly destroyed my mental health ?
In Korea during the second half of the 1700s, Yi San is an aloof and perfection-loving young prince. His father’s killing haunts him, although it leaves him in the position to take the throne once his grandfather – the cruel and ruthless current king responsible for Yi San’s father’s death – dies. He has resolved to become a benevolent monarch who will reform the law when he eventually takes the throne, but the way his father was killed has scarred him emotionally.
At court, he meets a young woman named Sung Deok Im. Yi San falls in love with her and tries to convince her to become his official concubine. But Sung Deok Im is strong-willed and free-spirited. She is also intelligent enough to understand that becoming a royal consort to the future king is a prestigious role, but one that would restrict her freedom and likely bring her little in the way of joy. But Yi San’s love for Sung Deok Im is true, and she starts to understand that forming a union with him could ultimately benefit his troubled realm.
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My Biggest Heartbreaking ?
Sebelum gue bisa move on, gue akan ngomongin drama ini keseluruh penjuru dunia ??? Coz i do really LOVE this drama, the acting and chemistry is amazing, and each episodes always keeps you anticipating karena dari posternya udah keliatan cuy mc nya kaga tatap-tatapan???? LIKE CMON, btw I love how they focused on the patriarchal society that existed in the time rather than focusing solely in the romance aspect. The characters are so well written ❣️this is my biggest heartbreaking kdrama setelah Moon Lover 💔 The soundtracks are beautiful to hear, salah satu favku Duk-im Bubbly Girl and im still listening to it now ☺️🤍 i hate to say it but i dont recommend to rewatch this bcause, THIS IS HURTING ME A LOTWas this review helpful to you?
I'm not a fan of historical dramas and I watch this just because of Junho BUT...
Yeah... I'm a Hottest (a fan of 2PM) and I started watching this just because of Junho without expecting much. I know it's too early to write a review when just 2 episodes were aired but I want to express that those 2 episodes preceeded my expectations. Firstly, I was amazed by the cinematography in episode 1 where the two child actors walking through a stream and a road lit by a series of laterns on the way to the house of the noble court lady. Those two child actors did great jobs. I'm glad that their childhood scenes are shown at a fast pace without much complications and cruelty. The acting of Lee Junho and Lee Se Young and their chemistry is great. I definitely didn't expect comedy in this drama but the two leads are effortlessly funny and adorable. I feel episode 2 is at a little bit slow pace but still I enjoyed it. The storyline itself is interesting so I hope more interesting plots in coming episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
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The first 9 episodes are worthy of a 10!
The first 9 episodes are worthy of a 10! However, starting with episode 10, the story becomes unrealistic and starts to drag.What I do like, is the first 9 episodes of this drama; the female lead is not a damsel in distress, but is rather quick-witted, outgoing, and smart. I like the chemistry between the male lead and female lead characters. I also, think the supporting actors and actresses did an outstanding job acting.
I'm currently watching episode 11 (the 50 minute mark), and I'm debating whether or not, I want to continue to watch this drama. What were the writers thinking, when they wrote episode 11?
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Emotions: Anger
I was going to give this a low rating when I became angry with the writers in the last two episodes. I mean crap, you have me focused for 16 episodes with everything that was good, loving, fighting, protection of others... and you do a left turn into traffic run a red light hit pedestrians. The Pedestrians would be those who are watching this KDrama. I mean WHYYYY??? WRITERS... why did you have to go there? I'm in tears not because of the Drama... I'm crying because you left me out in the rain with no jacket on and it's freezing. The two main leads who played the palace maid and the Crown Prince... Lee Jun Ho OMG, he is fine as he wanna be... them muscles, those abs... He was so convincing in this drama, a very skilled actor. Lee Se Young who played Sung Deok Im was also convincing when she was in her role. Right now, I am mad at the writers because I was going to give this a 10 just for keeping my focus, and you kicked my focused self to the curb.Was this review helpful to you?
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Don’t Expect Historical Romance
Want to preface and say this was my first historical drama, so maybe it’s on me for expecting satisfying romance. I knew they have a tendency to be tragic, but I wasn’t ready.I came into this for Lee Junho because I watched King the Land and he’s a cutie patootie.
Notes:
PREPARE FOR THE SLOWEST, MOST FRUSTRATING BURN OF YOUR LIFE, WITH NOT EVEN SATISFYING PAYOFF.
The good:
- Acting: the characters didn’t feel shallow, and the villains made me want to strangle them, so I know they did their job. As I said, the ML carried the relationship with his acting
The wack:
- The FL’s pride: she had me yelling at my screen I was so frustrated by her. JUST SAY YOU LOVE HIM & STOP PUSHING HIM AWAY. I get her inner struggle, but literally (spoiler) on her DEATH BED she STILL couldn’t say “I love you.”
- The ending: save yourself the trauma and live in blissful ignorance by ending it on episode 16. I was in physical pain watching the last episode. Their child dies, she dies, he’s miserable, etc.
I still get pissed off when I think about what this show did to me.
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Good as a political drama but subpar in terms of romance genre!
After seeing the ratings, I had high expectations for it and to a certain extent it had paid off just not in the way and in the genre it had promised to deliver. I am happy there were other reviews that had pointed out exactly what I had wanted to say. Still, I will try to express in my own words how I felt about this drama. I had dropped it in the beginning of Episode 15. And whatever plot spoilers I had gotten from the reviews here, it seems dropping it was a good decision.I must admit I am not a huge fan of historical dramas,especially those centred on romance. I had chosen to watch this because I had been truly impressed by Lee Junho's acting and also the dramas that I had seen previously, which he had chosen to work in.
And I must say, it had a promising start and build-up. I was truly absorbed in the past world of the royal household that they had showcased. I appreciate the production value for succeeding in creating the perfect ambience for this heavy tale. I must mention here the first episode itself. It was the perfect exposition for me. And the acting by the younger versions of the leads(especially the female lead) was impressive and set the perfect tone for an epic tale of romance.
But, it was the romantic genre that this drama failed in despiteit being promoted as so. What it succeeded in was in political drama. I am quite impressed by how well the writer tried to write the intrigues within the royal palace, especially the very essential role the women of the household(including court ladies/palace maids play in it) and how they had been a silent force behind crucial royal orders and kingmaking. The moment the plot around politics ended, the plot lost its track completely. Romance was almost a side plot and it should have been so till the end because it was the least compelling portion of it. And by the end, it seemed to almost hinder the story ultimately crushing it with its weight. I certainly wouldn't have rated it this low had not the romance plot involving the same two people become the focus in the last few episodes. Now, don't get me wrong. For the first few episodes, both aspects of the drama had worked wonderfully in tandem with each other. But then the love story started to drag out which made it stale like an over-chewed chewing gum. And it became the most dull element to watch in the episodes.
Another aspect that the plot and the writing succeeded in after three episodes or so was building the character and story of the male lead. It was his journey to ascension of the throne that kept us captivated as the story moved on keeping in with his relationship with his grandfather. Till then, the female lead's choices made sense as well because she had reasoned out that there was a lot to be done in order to help him ascend the throne to care for other sentimentalities. In fact, the male lead's strengths and vulnerabilities were wonderfully fleshed out. And obviously Junho's acting fully delivered it with a very humane touch. His scenes with his grandfather and the scenes with Deok Im in the first few episodes were touching. He acted well till the last episode I watched. Its just that the writing fell off. The writings after he became the king was very weak and very convoluted and confusing. Its as if the writers had many plots in their head but they were not given the desired number of episodes to work with so they decided to break up the plots into pieces and made a mush out of it. That's the problem with KDramas. But that's not for here and now to discuss.
Its the same thing with the characters, moreso with the female lead. They started off pretty impressive. As somebody else had pointed out, the female lead's background was hardly explored. But that can be justified given this story dealt with the royal palace. And her life in it was pretty well explored I believe. But a truly wasted potential for who could have been a really strong female lead as it grew annoying towards the end. Like her actions were at times ridiculous. Emotions and motives behind them elusive to me at least. The male lead took some time to bloom as a character. Not too long. Just first few episodes. But again, towards the end, I felt he became a little too desperate to the neglect of other duties he had. He's sometimes contradictory but given the situation and his own position, it might make sense. To be honest, I had wanted better for him. Like by the middle of it, I just wanted a different female lead who would have similar virtues to Deok Im but would perhaps be committed in love for him. Like an all-consuming love. Unconditional one. That's the kind of love he deserved after everything he went through. The chemistry fell off unfortunately. I couldn't see any spark between them or even any comfort or warmth between them. I think at one point he might have had more chemistry Hong Deok Reo(another wasted potential character) and even the Captain of the guards.
Why I dropped it? I could see the direction it was going for. And its one which is unnecessarily angsty and just not my type of plot.
Its a shame. Because this could have been a good political drama with many emotional layers to it. If you want me rate it as a political drama till the episode of the old King's death, I would give it a 9 or 9.5 probably. To me, it was very impressive. Obviously, as I had said my experience with historical dramas is limited to 100 Days My Prince. So it might not be the most reliable rating. But as a romance drama alone, I might rate it lower than I am currently rating it. I didn't want to give a low rating for a Lee Junho drama. But given the somewhat misleading rating this drama had gotten compelled me to write this in a way!
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TASTELESS
Everything that I will write here is only based on my personal and unpopular Opinion. I have no time to argue with you on comment section as I will not change my opinion about this Tedious Drama.The Red Sleeve is your typical Historical K-drama about FL who doesn't know that ML is the Crown Prince. Damn I'm just so done with this. Writer, Can you give me something new?!
It's not that because of the Story I can honestly watch those stuff but God! It was so boring. I can't watch it in Normal Speed and I can't watch it without skipping.
Overall This Drama is tasteless The Poster, The Environment, The Editing and Everything. 3 Episodes is enough to drop this as I found it so boring. And also I think I'm just wasting my precious time and it's not worth it. Drop it like it's hot
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Desempenho impressionante de Lee Jun Ho como o Príncipe Herdeiro Yi San
Como pode essa história mexer tanto com meu pobre coração!? Os dois últimos episódios são teste para cardíaco, me levaram a uma montanha-russa de emoções. Ri, chorei, senti frio na barriga, foi como se realmente eu sentisse todas as emoções do personagem. Até precisei assistir uma comédia em seguida para aliviar meu coraçãozinho que está descompensado até agora. Mas vamos ao que interessa...Se você é fã de dramas de época que exploram as complexidades das relações humanas em um cenário histórico, essa série certamente merece atenção. A atuação talentosa do elenco, aliada à rica ambientação e à narrativa envolvente, torna esta trama uma escolha perfeita e ainda traz uma performance memorável de Lee Jun Ho. O desempenho impressionante dele como o príncipe herdeiro Yi San e, posteriormente como um imperador compassivo, é verdadeiramente envolvente. Sua interpretação magistral captura a angústia, o amor e o desamparo de seu personagem. Sério, deu vontade de colocar esse menino no colo de tanto sofrimento que seu personagem passou através de sua interpretação.
O drama foca no romance real entre Yi San (Lee Jun Ho), um príncipe herdeiro que se esforça constantemente para se tornar um rei benevolente que sempre coloca o dever acima do amor e que vive a sombra da morte de seu pai e da personagem Seong Deok Im (Lee SeYoung), uma jovem dama da corte que quer viver a vida de sua escolha, ao invés de uma das numerosas damas da corte chamadas apenas de mulheres do rei. Acho que um dos destaques desta série é ver o quanto Yi San está apaixonado por Deok Im. É historicamente conhecido que ele não amava nenhuma outra mulher tanto quanto a amava, e Lee Jun Ho foi capaz de transmitir perfeitamente essas fortes emoções.
A trama traz muitos detalhes e como que precisam ser vivenciados no drama já que não tenho intenção de spoilers. Com o passar dos episódios é perceptível que esta série tem muito a ensinar quando nos diz em voz alta que a felicidade está nas nossas próprias decisões, mesmo quando estas parecem ser feitas sobre coisas triviais. A trama traz muitos detalhes que precisam ser assistidos e sentidos já que não tenho intenção de spoiler. Apenas vejam e se deliciem com a perfeição deste drama e não esqueçam o lencinho.
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Prince et esclave
En regardant the red sleeve, cela me rappelle à quel point j'aime les dramas coréens : la beauté des plans, les jeux de regards, la profondeur dans les relations et effectivement ce drama touche toutes les cases, avec deux leads exceptionnels ainsi que de très bons seconds rôles (J'ai aimé l'humour de la dame de Cour Jo, la reine douairière, manipulatrice certes, mais entrée au palais à l'âge de 15 ans et mariée au grand père du héros, qui doit gérer tout ce petit monde).L'idée est originale aussi : contrairement aux romances, elle n'attend pas que son prince vienne le chercher, elle préfère rester libre même si elle aime son prince.
C'est l'histoire d'une servante du palais, donc enfermée à vie à servir, rien moins que des esclaves qui n'ont pas le droit de se marier, s'oublier pour servir les monarques du palais. Curieusement, notre héroîne, Deok Im est heureuse de son sort. Elle a des amies, des dons littéraires appréciés et grandit joyeusement dans ce milieu oppressant. C'est que ce petit monde féminin s'entraide et se montre loyal. Les scènes avec ses trois amies sont superbes, on découvre grâce à elles, les coulisses du palais. J'ai adoré la sismance. Notre héroïne se trouve à sauver, à plusieurs reprises, ce prince héritier. C'est une esclave qui marche comme un prince.
Et ce prince, futur roi Yeongjo, qui apparemment a tout ce que l'on peut souhaiter dans le monde, craint constamment pour sa vie (tant qu'il n'est pas roi, on ne cherchera qu'à le nuire), jouet psychologique de son grand-père et outil d'ascenseur social pour son ami d'enfance. Un prince qui finalement vit comme un esclave.
C'est en faisant d'elle sa "reine" qu'elle devient finalement une esclave.
C'est vraiment cette dynamique que je retiendrais, car selon moi, ce n'est pas ici une romance. La réalité prendra le pas sur le couple et ils se perdront en cours de route. Dans l'Histoire de la Corée, Deok Im qui deviendra la concubine Ui, est reconnue pour avoir refusé à deux reprises de se marier au roi. Le drama, adapté d'un roman, explique les raisons de ce refus, avec une lecture d'aujourd'hui. En devenant sa concubine, le roi peut gouverner et avoir l'objet de son affection. En revanche, Deok-Im ne peut plus vivre comme avant, condamnée à attendre l'affection ponctuelle de son monarque pour enfanter. Elle est féministe avant l'heure : elle préfère l'accomplissement personnel au bonheur conjugal. Donc lui, fou amoureux, le déclare à plusieurs reprises et elle, qui choisit de se taire.
L'actrice est convaincante dans la première partie de l'histoire, avec sa joie de vivre, ses talents de conteuse, ses moments de bonheurs avec ses amies. Et ce prince, puis roi, partagé entre l'envie de forcer les choses et le désir de la respecter. L'acteur a été aussi très bon pour montrer ces deux facettes.
Si tous les épisodes étaient comme les 9 premiers, ce serait un coup de cœur pour moi, la complicité des deux leads, le lien qui les unit, les intrigues palpitantes à dénouer, les scènes d'une poésie rare. Mais, après cela, nous avons une histoire d'organisation secrète, des discussions entre ministres et intrigues de Cour qui m'ont profondément ennuyée. On se place davantage dans le point de vue du roi dans la seconde partie et effectivement, Deok-Im sera de plus en plus silencieuse pour disparaître à petits feux... (Notez que dans la fin "ouverte" de cette histoire, elle ne répond toujours pas en paroles à l'amour du roi. Son point de vue disparait aussi).
Aussi, je déplore qu'on ait pas fait mention des talents littéraires de la mère biologique du roi Jeongjo (elle a écrit des mémoires très détaillé de son temps). Peut-être dû à des priorités budgétaires, les dernières scènes manquaient d'ampleur (par ex, la concubine qui Ui qui n'a pas beaucoup de suivantes dans son cortège alors qu'elle est tout de même concubine de 1er rang).
Cela dit, tout est filmé avec beaucoup d'intelligence, le script est globalement bien mené et cette histoire, bien que triste, vaut la peine d'être racontée. Bravo à la réalisation : la musique, les décors... sont pertinents et soignés. Rien que le fait que dire que non, tout ne tourne pas autour de l'être aimé, et de le dire avec autant d'esprit, ce drama vaut la peine d'être regardé.
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