Close to perfection
A drama that will make your heart race for sure. A thrilling rollercoaster that it's about a second chance romance of the highest degree, interwoven with a twisted villainous plot. The villains in this show are simply put, deranged. The script is very good and the acting even better. I enjoyed the comedy in it as much as the complexity of the script. The story is predictable and yet it catches you off guard at times. Good chemistry between the couple. Overall a drama very close to perfection and YET, it feels like I am not completely satisfied as a viewer. Worth the hype nevertheless.Was this review helpful to you?
It started with sarcasm ...
...and jokes that keep me interested and watched till ep. 8, where there is a plot twist, which is the peak of the drama.Afterwards, it goes downhill esp. ep 13 onwards where there are too many flashbacks and romantic conversations btw the main leads, which bores me and reluctant to continue watching.
However, there are still many meaningful and funny portions, e.g. the aunt and her bf made up the most hilarious parts.
Eun Seong, a cool psychopath from the 'Psychopath Diary' plays a cold-hearted person too in this drama; except that, he falls in love with FL, which made him vulnerable and looked unconvincing, which is a pity.
Hence, I rated it 8/10. Overall, it is still a good watch and writing.
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Not as sad as I expected it to be
LIKEWhat Soo Cheol did for Da Hye - really touching
The exaggerating Beon Ja when she caused a scene - hilarious
When Soo Cheol spoke in Mandarin - OMG I laughed until I cried and re-played that scene just to laugh again
When Hae In overheard Hyun Woo and Yang Gi - I teared a litle
DISLIKE
Surprisingly, I did not cry as much which made me questioned myself if I had lost the ability to cry
Everyone was telling me they cried till they died but I just teared a little
I did not really feel the chemistry between Soo Hyun and Ji Won - they are both awesome artists so I'm not sure what's wrong here
One of the root causes of Hyun Woo and Hae In's relationship - it was briefly mentioned though I thought that was quite an important part. Not impactful enough for me
MUSIC - personal fav
The Reasons of My Smiles - BSS
Tell Me It's Not a Dream - 10CM
Hold Me Back - Heiza
Love You With All My Heart - Crush
Fallin' - Hong Issac
Can't Get Over You - Paul Kim
From Bottom of My Heart - Kim Na Young
Last Chance - So Soo Bin
REWATCH VALUE
Probably someday will re-watch if I have time
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What happened??!
It was an interesting drama but i think it could have been better. The SUSPENSE was surely there...i kept wondering whats gonna happen next and everytime i thought like THIS IS IT now their difficulties are over......another shock just then. Though the second lead was just irritating. He got on my nerves sooo much and his mother but then THATS THE DRAMA.Was this review helpful to you?
Good but not quite great
I thought the acting was pretty good especially by the leads. I really enjoyed the chemistry between the 2 leads and their interactions throughout the show. The female lead was outstanding and truly carried the show.The story was enjoyable for the most part, however like many k dramas the last stretch of episodes the quality decreased. Too many fantastical occurrences and somehow the male lead survives them all. Besides the ending, i couldn't stand how often the male lead cries in every episode.
For me it was a tier below secretary Kim, Mr queen etc etc as the writing wasn't as good.
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Queen of Tears Review - ZyKuu
"A marital crisis that rekindles love" - The story does start off slow, so you will need to be patient. The show also contains many plot twists that are unpredictable but there are moments where the plot seems overplayed. Luckily, both leads Hae-in and Hyun-woo demonstrated stellar chemistry and their acting ability carried the show at times. There were many scenes where the two were emotional towards each other and you could feel the intensity as a viewer. Their acting was so powerful that I became teary eyed at times. Eun-seong was one of the greatest villains I ever witnessed in my short watch of K-dramas as I genuinely hated his character throughout the series. The side cast was amazing and the OST was perfectly selected to fit the mood and genre of this series. The romance was executed perfectly and the scenes in Germany were beautifully captured. This show makes me look forward to getting married one day!Was this review helpful to you?
If you’ve been there
I think one thing a lot of reviews are missing is life experiences. Does this title contain tropes? Yes, but not as many as most. Do those tropes overpower the story? Not at all; in fact, they usually feel like an afterthought.Either way, as an older person who has experienced some of these things (directly or indirectly, I don’t find the writing to be all that lacking. But an entire 16-episode series with just the mains rebuilding a relationship is a hard task. Might work for a movie, but it would get old quick if it were that times sixteen!
Also, I appreciate the ending— as much as it made me cry— because that’s how life feels. Ten, twenty, fifty years go by in a flash. The entire premise of this series is to emphasize that memories make us who we are, even the smallest ones. It also reminds us to cherish it, because we don’t know what’s coming next. We learn forgiveness for others, and for ourselves, when someone feels wronged. And we learn that love looks different for everyone, and none are your average Hollywood ending
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Its a beautiful kdrama, the end of the serie is absolutely heartbreaking
Produção: foi extremamente bem feita, as ambientacões eram modernas, elegantes, transparecendo o que significa ser rico.História; Ela te capta desde o inicio, com um roteiro totalmente diferente de um dorama genérico de romance. o desenrolar da história é muito dramático, tendo seus momentos ruins e seus momentos bons. O que pegou um pouco foi nas cenas finais com mortes e tals, foi um pouco decepcionante nesse ponto, poderiam ter trabalhado um pouco mais nesse quesito ao invés de tentar fazer acontecer tudo em 50 min.
Filmografia: Excelente, apenas elogios à equipe que fez a filmagem e edição. Ficou fantástico.
Osts: Não são do meu estilo, mas são boas.
Com toda certeza irei assistir novamente
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First Half was good then a sudden downturn on the second half
Another series, that got us hook on the first half of the series, I don't know what happened but during the last stretch of the show except the last 15 mins of the series, is a repeat of the other series.A good story on the first half even brought in a strong cameo roles, but after the cameo role and after the surgery, the series sudden downturn in story is not what seems to be planned, if you remember an angry jealous suitor trying to get your wife then suddenly plotted a car accident, no context, the last 2 episode seems rushed, they could have extended it to 20 episode to give context on the accident, but it is what it is, series is over moving on
Cast is power house, can't say anything on the cast
Music, not so much, this is where i think the missing part of the series, a well composed OST that will ride the context of the story. even BGM is just ok.
Rewatch, May be episode 8 will be a rewatch that 10 min scene alone can be a rewatch value
another rewatch scene is the wife suddenly goes back to his husband and scolded by the parents,
this one scene just gets you.
Overall, its a good series, if you like the cast, but that's it.
story wise, it should have ended in 12 episodes instead of 16, or it should have been extended to 20.
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Decent drama with good cast
"Queen of Tears" is a great show that mixes drama, love, and mystery really well. The actors are good, and the story keeps you interested. Sometimes you can predict what will happen, but it's still exciting. The sets and filming look really nice. The music could be better, but it's okay. Overall, "Queen of Tears" is a really enjoyable show. If you like drama and romance, you'll probably like it a lot.Was this review helpful to you?
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Queen of Fillers
I had high hopes for this drama after watching the first 7/8 episodes. I was hoping it would be almost as good as Crash Landing on You but unfortunately it didn’t deliver.I’ll give it credit for the good things first: the acting was top notch across the board. Some of the emotional scenes did make me cry. The storyline in the first half of the show was really engaging and they set up a great premise.
But a few things made it fall short:
- I think the story about the MLs marriage could have been handled better but it was done in a superficial way, mostly through flashbacks. They focused mainly on the romance, in both the past and present. But this was not enough to really tell the story about how and why their marriage fell apart, and really flesh out the main characters. They should have used episodes 1-4 for this purpose but they didn’t.
- there were a few too many filler scenes/episodes in the second half of the show, up until the last 2 episodes where they quickly wrapped all the storyline’s up in a convenient way. There were a few things that didn’t make logical sense especially around the FL’s memory loss (it was very inconsistent). This made it hard to suspend disbelief. It would have been much better if they used more time in the final episodes to develop the plot, rather than for filler. There were too many romantic scenes that seemed almost repetitive in the second half.
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Old School Makjang Kdrama Feels
"Queen of Tears" is the kind of classic Kdrama I used to watch when I first started watching Kdramas. It is packed with old-school melodrama and insane plot twists, and the only difference is the role of stereotypical self-centered and cold-hearted Chaeobol CEO is the female lead, and the warm-hearted love interest who takes the abuse with empathy, patience, and unconditional love is the male lead. Of course, an old-school Kdrama wouldn't be complete without greedy and conniving family members and a fight to take control over the entire company by any means necessary. I don't like greedy, power-hungry, family plots unless they are done extremely well or are very campy and this one is neither, but it's entertaining enough mainly because of the actors. This drama's biggest strength is its cast, including many great surprise cameos, which kept me watching.Kim Soo Hyun plays Baek Hyun Woo, a man who couldn't be more perfect. He is good at everything, looks good doing everything, and is super humble, with the caring of a saint. If you loved him in "It's Okay to Not Be Okay" like I did you will see a lot of similarities in Hyun Woo. Just like in that drama, he is matched with a commanding egocentric woman with no filter or sympathy for others. Kim Ji Won plays Hong Hae In, who is more likable than her character in "Lovestruck in the City", but once again I was left wondering why the main character would go above and beyond for a woman who was so difficult to be with. This drama does try to show the realistic side of relationships where we see their honeymoon phase vs what it's like when their relationship is at its worst. I won't speak too much about the details but I will say I questioned whether I could even root for them as a couple many times, but that's where the classic kdrama tropes come in. I'll just say the plot takes the wedding vows "...For richer or poorer. In sickness and in health." literally, and it helps that these two have amazing chemistry together. They are the type of couple that are enjoyable to watch whether they are fighting or in complete love, which helped when the story started to get too repetitive, too unbelievable, or dragged a little too much.
The rest of the cast is just as great. I genuinely started to like a lot of the supporting characters or despised them the way I was meant to, even if I didn't care about their specific storylines. Park Sung Hoon as Yoon Eun Seong is not a 2nd lead but the worst 3rd wheel ever. Lee Mi Sook is awesome and reminded me of how much I loved her craziness in "Money Flower". Kim Joo Ryoung plays a character with a similar two-faced personality to her role in "Squid Game". In a lot of ways, this drama is a cast full of MVP actors who are doing exactly what they have done so well in other dramas. They also all have great chemistry with each other, so I bought into how their relationships evolved even as the plot got more and more over the top.
Would I watch this again? Maybe. As much as I liked the chemistry and the cast I can't say the story as a whole was that rewatchable. I thought based on the title and the premise that this would be a much sadder drama, especially since I've dealt with a lot of grief recently, but besides a few tearful moments for me, it felt more like a typical rich family saga that may have too many frustrating moments to make me excited to watch this ever again. The story jumps from comedy to action to romance to suspense to tragedy and back to comedy. The ending also felt more obligatory than emotionally impactful. I did like the final scene but once I realized this drama wouldn't get too dark or serious I just felt like I was waiting to get to the predictable ending, filled with cliché and last-minute conflicts to stretch the last of the episodes out.
I will say the direction was beautiful. How they portrayed Hae In's perspective especially really drew me in, along with some gorgeous shots in even mundane scenes. I just hate that the acting and direction have such high scores from me but the script just felt so paint by numbers at times it turned the potential for a great drama into a messy mediocre makjang. I'm not mad that I watched it but it reminded me of other dramas that I saw these actors in that I liked so much more. It also gave me a flashback to some extra crazy old kdramas that I may want to finally revisit like "Shining Inheritance", "Baker King, Kim Tak Goo", "Hotel King", and of course "Money Flower".
Overall, "Queen of Tears" is a drama that's great if you are nostalgic for melodramas about elite families fighting for power while a couple from two different worlds who are destined to be together try to stay together despite every possible thing trying to keep them apart. Whatever trope you are thinking would be in a drama like that, yup, it's in this one. All of them... well, no fake marriage contract, but every other one.
Are you in the mood for good chemistry and some tried and true tropes, then this drama delivers! If you are looking for a reminder of what is really important in life, this drama has that too. If you want characters that make you angry enough to yell at your screen, this drama has plenty. I think the plot tried to do too much and please too many viewers to be original or touching, but it still has its moments that made me smile and tear up a little. I know I was able to like this drama more once I recognized what it was and what it wasn't. Maybe if it was called "Queen of Makjang" some viewers would be less disappointed,
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