just amazing!!
memory loss. miscommunication. childhood fate. a lot of flashback scene.they really manage to put all the tropes I dislike in drama and make me not just like it but obsessed with this couple. it's not finished yet but I already know it gonna be one of my drama this year
I think the actors play really big role here like every week they give us award worthy performance. they really raise the bar high for other dramas after this. they make me replay their scene just to watch the micro expressions. Kim soohyun and Kim jiwon the actor you are???
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Please don't curse using "Jesus" name! pls
Please do not curse using "Jesus" name (~ beginning of Chapter 5) .. please - it's very sinful. I am not sure whether it's just subtitle or the Actor really curse in Korean. As a Christian, is very painful to watch. I will drop dramas like this, even if it is very interesting. Please respect our God, don’t curse with “Jesus”, “God”, “Holy”, “Christ”, etc. In fact, don’t curse at all. Scriptwriters, SubTitle Writers, Directors, Producers - You have the power to make a difference. You can change the society for the better.Was this review helpful to you?
Blend of Cheesy Cliches
Another cheesy drama. I couldn’t even get through 4 episodes. Not sure why people still fall for the same plot time and time again. SO OVERHYPED AND OVERRATED.Combining makjang, chaebol, and romance resulted in an even cheesier mix that fell flat. Despite the hype, there was no redeeming quality. The male lead was dull, and his constant crying was unbearable. His portrayal was weak and pathetic. The plot is cliché, the story unrealistic, the acting overly dramatic, and the entire show lacked depth and substance.
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I don't get the hype
I started this thinking it would be a gem after hearing all the reviews and after seeing who wrote this. Sadly it was an unpleasant surprise. The writing is pretty bad, they just talk way too much to the point i space out and when i come back to my senses they are still talking. There are way too many overused tropes.Overall I found it lazy and boring, I really wasn't looking forward to watching it.
The cast is it's only saving grace in my opinion.
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Actually best kdrama
Queen of tears has got to be the best kdrama ive ever watched. None have had me as emotional and hooked as this. The characters are flawed which makes them realistic and human. The attention to detail in the relationship and the progress of it is amazing. I love the epilouges at the end of each episode that give more lore and world building. Id say this is a kdrama everyone should watch.Was this review helpful to you?
Fabulous casting, but the storyline fell short.
I was captivated at the beginning. Then, like a lot of other K-dramas — it became too makjang-y and fell flat towards the end. I would say the acting carried such flawed storytelling all the way to the finish line. Kim Ji Won and Kim Soo Hyun are fantastic actors. The supporting cast does not disappoint as well. I'm still miffed at the wasted potential of the story, though. I think I felt totally disconnected from it by episode 13 and only continued watching because well, I was just 3 episodes away from the end. OST is great and hits you at the right moments. No rewatch value for me as I found the storyline too frustrating with a lot of elements that it could really have done without, especially in the last few episodes.Was this review helpful to you?
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Queen of the Tears of Baek Hyunwoo, The Family and then the Audience
Progressing into love? Nope, put it in reverse. Queen of Tears starts with the intention of filling us into a swirl of being a third person in the middle of broken married relationship (marriage! right away! phew, I am not even started dating yet!) How to make a painful marriage ends? How to successfully cut ties with the family of your toxic wife as a lucky middle-class guy coming from the rural area? Surely, there is not many romance drama that started with falling out so quickly like this one.With the thought of freedom is the only thing you want, I think Hyunwoo just put us being so empathetic with him so quick. Surely, shoved with how unlikeable Haein's family is and how they are so so so rich draws this huge gap that we are on his side quickly. That until we started to see that both of the characters sharing the same quality, also until we shared the common enemies.
I root for the main characters as time grows because the direction of the drama is really good. We are given the reasons to approve Hyunwoo idea's of divorce but then also realize that the key is only to revive the communication and terms between them. Anyway, isn't it natural to losing 'sparks' after all that love is not exercised? What starts to begin as enduring divorce as Haein heals has become how to revive both Haein's health and as well as the romance. One strong point this drama has is also how the side characters are charming and we all can see the growth of them making the happy ending are relieving news broadcasted through TV (literally.) At some points, it gives me as the audience that I am following a big gossip through infotainment (with the spices and hint from people inside.)
My friend told me that the making of Queen of Tears has exceeded many years that some of parts are not relevant to the present. I can see the similarity Queen of Tears shared with the common soap operas in my country that 1.) The family is really rich, it quite gives the boring idea that they do not have any struggles until they are being tricked into crime and lose all of their assets, 2.) The erasure of villains as conclusions and how black and white the characters seems. And so it has become my disturbance that Hyunwoo is so clean at the end. He has been abused, overworked (but I don't think he's underpaid), restricted from his rights, put in jail, almost get in attempted murder and HIT BY A FREAKING CAR yet his only concern is to live with the love of his life. I think it is given that way to par with Haein's incurable tumor, being lied to and tricked to lose everything he has worked hard for, wait also being kidnapped by a sicko obsessed guy...probably it was necessary to ripped all over their walls like that to see that they only need more time to be together to understand their love and fix how being a family was...but still I think it is not fair compared to Eunsong who we only known his motive was growing from being a traumatized child and ended up being so evil (alongside with his mother who we know so little the background of.) The weight of black and white this story has somehow leads to happy ending we expected but we need to get through to sooo many circling ways. The focus change in the drama is good as it expands to discovering many conflicts for character buildings but I think this drama could have less episode while making use of the characters background a little more.
Despite knowing how hyperbolic sometimes the plot is, Queen of Tears has offered something so good to experience, and that is to love and being loved is trully the most important thing in life.
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Definitetly a K-drama to watch.
What a beautiful story full of twist and turns (and yes cliches, it's a k-drama after all) but ultimately it's talking about life and family. Harsh realities of marriage and difficulties of preserving family ties. I wish it was longer at the end to truly give us a complete closure but the ending as it is, is perfect, and also because I was a bit disappointed in some of the story points.The story itself is not out of the ordinary, on the contrary, you'll find many other kdramas or dramas with similar storylines and plots. I did find myself skipping some parts about the Queen's company's legal problems. I feel like this kdrama had sooo much more potential to truly elevate it beyond what we have already seen. The main villains are very one-dimensional and you just hate and despise them to your core. I was expecting more from their stories and to truly understand why they behaved like that, but ultimately they were basic power-thirty and money-hunger villains. The best stories are the ones where the villains' actions may make sense. In the case of Queen of Tears, the villains are just placed there to be obstacles to the main lead and the family and a way for them to grow closer. I would have enjoyed more substance to those characters. Some also complained about the insane amount of plot twists and cliffhangers, while it is true ( being a consequence of the weak storyline about the queen's company), it does help to keep us captivated and invested until the very end. It's hard to find in kdrama nowadays with so many people dropping shows due to boredom at the end or lack of depth. Something good that comes out of an evil.
Nonetheless, What makes this drama truly special is the characters and the chemistry between them. You find yourself truly rooting and caring for them. The main cast for the couple is just perfect, couldn't think of a better match than Kim soo-hyun and Kim Ji-won. This drama is LITERALLY what some people mean when they say that it's the characters that makes or break a tv show.
This drama contains it all: comedy, action, drama, mystery, cliches. But everything is well executed.
Yes, it could be too much at times but everything comes together ultimately.
Honestly, one of the best parts of this drama was the weekly wait. I've never been more invested in a community than in this drama. Everyone had their theories and speculations. It was just overall a fun experience.
The Episodes are long but they go by fast. I would suggest you give it a go because I understand it could be a hit or miss for some.
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I loved! But the question is: Queen of tears overwall crashing landing on you?
Absolutamente tudo nesse dorama foi perfeito, nao foi uma história massante nem triste. O título condiz com todo o drama porque é lágrima do início ao fim, esse final me quebrou muito mostrar até 2074 nao aguentei, fiquei muito triste. Contudo eu amei demais, foi uma lição de vida, sobre amor, amadurecer, reconhecer, lealdade. É o tipo de drama que fica um vazio quando acaba e um gostinho de quero mais. Esses atores deram o nome, foram perfeitos e o roteiro foi incrível. Eu quero mais,que droga terem mostrado (não vou dar spoiler) aquele final dele na Alemanha, meu coraçãoWas this review helpful to you?
The Most Beautiful Love story I have Ever Scene! BEST 2024 KDRAMA!
This drama has my heart, honestly. Perfect cast, perfect crew, perfect cinematography, and overall a very beautiful story. It had all. At some points, the writing seemed rushed, some things didn't make sense, but tbh, the lead pairing, and other cast members saved such moments beautifully. KSH and KJW are the real King and Queen, phenomenal performances!!To some, this story might seem something not new, or maybe the plot wasn't on point, but for sure, there isn't any other kdrama that has portrayed the complications, problems, and love, happiness, warmth of a married couple so beautifully.
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A very entertaining watch
Queen of Tears is the story of Hae In, a chaebol heiress looking to get into the Billion Club. She is someone who is unable to express her feelings properly and is not very aware of the feelings of others. Someone like this would be a nightmare to deal with in real life, albeit this is a drama, and we have the advantage of seeing her side of things too. She is an excellent character, overall one of the most iconic FLs in Korean dramas. Her improvement over time is for me one of the best things about QOT. Kim Ji Won does a great job of portraying her.The ML is a stereotypical cardboard romance ML, a perfect man who is good at everything and loves the FL because of reasons. He has zero goals and dreams except loving and helping the FL. Like the FL, he doesn't cover himself in glory in the beginning but he quickly gets his head straight and becomes the FLs anchor. Those who are concerned about my description, don't be, Kim Soo Hyun's magnificent performance elevates this character at the same heights as the FL easily.
The cinematography is top-notch, OSTs are memorable and well-chosen. The acting here is second to none.
The only bad thing about this is the writing. The author is very talented in writing emotional scenes, but horrible in developing a decent plot.
I already rewatched a lot of scenes and I click on the videos from QOT more often than not when they pop on my youtube feed, so I would say that this drama has a high rewatch value overall.
And one more thing I would like to add, the ending scenes were some of my favorites from all the dramas I've ever watched.
9/10 from me. Everyone should watch this!
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Amnesia trope but actually done well
To be honest I wasn’t expecting much from this K-Drama when I first started it. I don’t think I was planning on watching this when it started promoting, but I was looking for something new since I was bored, and this just happened to be there at the exact time I needed it.I have no complaints about this K-Drama really. I’m not a big crier when I watch media, but this K-Drama tugged on my heartstrings so much. My biggest enemy is the death trope and this whole show made me get thousands of heart attacks by making me think one of them is going to die.
The love story between the main characters was so beautifully done. From the beginning on how they fell in love, to how they fell out of love and then doing it all again, fighting through their rough patches. It was genuinely so well done.
Granted it was a little frustrating because the couple kept misunderstanding each other and the entire time i would scream “just say it!!!”. Some of those scenes were a little too frustrating to watch, but it was worth it in the end.
I’m not the biggest fan of amnesia plots but this one was a little different since it wasn’t only centred around her losing memories but more so of the process of her losing them until ultimately doing so.
The actors had such an amazing chemistry between each other, I honestly loved them as a couple and I rooted for them throughout the show! Since I’m usually a huge second lead lover, this time the second lead had zerooo chances against the ML. The ML and FL were truly made for each other.
And also, I kinda dislike the constant “they met each other before when they were kids” storylines, almost every K-Drama has this nowadays, c’mon now!! Let’s be original and leave this trope alone!! And not only did the ML meet her when he was a kid but so did the second lead LOL its just stupid really. Second lead made sense but the ML meeting her two times in the past? Yeah alright…
And another thing I wanted to comment on is how well they hid the advertisement in their show. Usually they’re super noticeable in K-Dramas. When they whip out Kopiko and eat it with the dialogue following it like “Hm I definitely woke up from this!”, In queen of tears the way they implemented ads in there was barely noticeable which is why I got so immersed into the story. Although I did notice the blatant Subway advertising LOL.
All in all, this K-Drama had a lot of twist and turns, its a lot- and I probably missed out on a lot what I wanted to say because there’s just so many storylines and plots going on in there, but it keeps you entertained and engaged. Sometimes it would have boring scenes but they pass by fast and are followed up with interesting ones right after. Its well done, I loved it.
Keep in mind its a very heavy K-Drama, and if you’re very sensitive, this K-Drama will definitely make you cry!!
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