My Dearest

Gone with the wind

About half way through I realized this was a Korean version of Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind". (American book and movie). I liked Gil Chae better than Scarlet O'Hara, but Rett Butler better than Jang Hyun. Eun Jin and Yeon Jun were exactly as incipit as Melanie and Ashley.
Even the title, "My Dearest" relates to Rett's famous last words. "Frankly, my dear, I don't give damn".
Very good show, but is this plagerism?
The ending was different. In the American version Scarlet marries Rett and has a child. They are happy until the child dies accidentlly. Will this be a second season?

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My Dearest? More like My Detachment.

I gave this drama a solid shot — halfway through of part one, even. The emotional core never quite clicked for me, and the female lead didn’t help matters. She was written in that frustrating mix of arrogance and self-righteousness that makes empathy hard work. I could see what the show wanted me to feel, but I just couldn’t get there.

Visually, yes — it’s stunning. The production is polished, the cinematography is rich, and the atmosphere is undeniably crafted with care. But I’m not someone who gets swept up by aesthetics alone. Then I heard about the double amnesia arc in part two and immediately checked out. Once is lazy; twice is punishment.

I get why others might call this a masterpiece — but I don’t use that word lightly. Personally, I wouldn’t even call my top-rated dramas that — feels like artistic blasphemy to Michelangelo and Da Vinci. Let’s just say this drama might be great for others, but for me? It was a gorgeous miss.

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Good stakes but tonal whiplash

I know this entire series is highly regarded and there are moments where I can completely see why — it’s probably one of the most high-stakes historical dramas I’ve ever seen, and the acting and production value are all great. In this first batch of 10 episodes though, I found the tonal inconsistencies to be really difficult to keep up with.

The first episodes are really light-hearted, and we have a really spoiled main female character; this definitely makes for good character development later on as layers get peeled back and we start seeing that there’s much more to her, but those first few episodes were really hard to sit through. That combined with a similar obnoxious personality for our male lead meant that I didn’t really root for our leads to be together — not until later. It doesn’t help that the show uses a lot of tropes that I don’t really buy into or that I find frustrating, like dream symbolism or miscommunications.

About halfway, the heavy stuff starts, and that’s when I start to care about it. The political strategy stuff is not always the most interesting to watch, but seeing the FL become stronger and try to protect her friends was great, and probably the highlight of the season. Which is why it kind of jarring weird when the tone suddenly reverted back to being bright again when the previous conflict was resolved. And then it went back to being dark again when another conflict was introduced. I’m not against moments of humor in shows with life-or-death stakes, but I think it wasn’t balanced very well between scenes or episodes.

I’m a little sad that I didn’t like this as much as the rest, but I still have high hopes for Part 2.

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HATED IT

I went into this not knowing that there were 2 seasons actually, so I thought there were just 10 episodes. The female lead held on to her pride and ego and was cold towards the male lead the entire time until about 15 minutes before the very last episode ended and then she ran away with him from her engagement to another dude.So she decided that she wanted to be with the male lead only to literally leave him waiting for her at a port that she had promised to meet him at after she said a final goodbye to her dad. I've never hated a female lead as much as this .... She was so infuriating! No matter how many times he told her how much he loved her and literally, he said, "I'll be your servant, you have my heart and soul etc", that still wasn't enough to convince her that he really loved her, she literally had no reason to believe that he was fooling around with her, he was always so sincere anyway. It's not even worth watching the second season because of how infuriating she is, and I just am so heartbroken for the male lead like he thought he was finally going to have a future with her, but she turned around and went back to the other guy, I understand that she didn't want to leave her, dad behind but she could've sent for her dad later. It's not like she would've never seen her dad again. That was not a valid enough reason. shes literally such a horrible character, and whoever the writer is honestly the worst writer I've ever seen, and I've watched hundreds of K-dramas, and hundreds of Chinese dramas, I've never seen anything like this show. I don't understand why everybody loved it. Also its freaking sad because their servants were in love too and now they just dont get to be together because of her idiocy??!! And whats with his singer friend who freaking never wanted them to be together since the beginning? Is he freaking secretly in love with the ML or what cuz he was jealous ever since the FIRST time he saw her with the ML and he even gave the ML a dagger that said my beloved or something,that was the dagger he later gave to FL am i right? What a creep...being in love with your super good friend??!! The the FL was in love with her BEST FRIENDS MAN for pretty much all 10 epiosdes!!! Are you kidding me??!! To be honest idk why ML would want her when he knew she was a skank,he saw her trying to steal her best friends dude and just kept chasing her anyway.... Dude if youre in love with your best friends dude and actively try to trick him into kissing you and falling for him etc then you are a horrible human being. Why is no one writing about this in the reviews??!! She had been dreaming about ML for so long but his face was always blurry so she didnt know who it was and when she found out it was ML you would think it would be the turning point like youre litterally dreaming of your soulmate and you found out its the guy chasing you but yet you still dont forget about your BFFs dude??!! WHO WROTE THISSSSS...if you hate misunderstandings,pride,ego,never saying what you really feel,pushing people away even though you are falling for them etc FOR HEAVENS SAKE AVOID THIS SHOW AT ALL COSTS!! Who would want to watch a second season of this chick??!!! Ive never written such a bad review on here you can literally go and check but this was a complete dumpster fire i only kept watching cuz google said it was a happy ending but i didnt know that was at the end of season 2 😭😭 the only reason i dodnt rate it even lower is because of the cinematography,the voice of the singer and the MLs lovely smile

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cette série est magique

Les bonnes choses :
1/ Le casting est exceptionnel, les acteurs y compris les secondaires jouent tous très bien, Namkoong Min est dans son meilleur rôle, Ahn Eun Jin et le jeune Kim Yoon Woo sont superbes également.
2/ Le développement des personnages, notament de l'actrice principale est très bien fait
3/ la réalisation est sublime, il y a des scènes magiques/intimistes très souvent
4/ les décors, costumes, bijoux, souci des détails, sont parfaits
5/ c'est basé sur l'histoire de la Corée et pour l'instant c'est crédible
Les mauvaises choses :
je n'en ai pas vues !

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Um Drama Completo

Sim! Eu confesso que só quis assistir esse drama por causa do Namkoong Min, MAS eu devo admitir que esse drama é muito mais do que um drama de um ator que eu gosto. My Dearest é um drama com conteúdo vamos dizer assim. Brincadeiras à parte, esse K-drama conquistou meu coração. Eu não conseguia parar de assistir, os episódios tem um magnetismo incrível, é um daqueles dramas que você precisa devorar logo.

O enredo é muito bem escrito, os protagonistas são ótimos e cada interação entre eles nos faz ficar vidrado na tela. Aqui você encontrará um pouco de tudo: um certo ar de comédia com uma protagonista doida e irreverente, situações bem dramáticas, cenas de ação e uma pitada de romance que paira no ar o tempo todo te contagiando com o desejo de vê-los juntos para sempre e ainda é um drama histórico. É realmente um drama completo.

Ainda bem que estamos próximos da segunda temporada.

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Quando le aspettative non sono state appagate

Adoro gli storici, ma sinceramente questo non mi è piaciuto molto, è stato carino fino a un certo punto, poi mi ha annoiato. 21 episodi sono troppi per il nulla cosmico.La storia d'amore è finita per essere sdolcinata e ripetitiva. La trama della corte noiosa e confusa. Potevano risparmiare l'episodio 21, non ha aggiunto nulla in più, stesso cliché ( amnesia) del episodio precedente, la dinastia Quing liquidata frettolosamente, il rapporto con il padre-figlio buttato li senza un approfondimento, il prigioniero matto del primo episodio non si è capito come è capitato lì. Nota di merito, la ottima recitazione e le bellissime ost. Archiviato, non farei un rewatch.

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Captivant mais pas totalement bouleversant...

"My Dearest" est un drama qui a su captiver mon attention dès les premiers épisodes, notamment grâce à son univers historique richement travaillé. Le soin apporté à la reconstitution de l’époque, les enjeux politiques bien posés, les tensions sociales et les dilemmes moraux des personnages rendent l’intrigue profonde et vraiment prenante 👌🏻✨

J’ai beaucoup aimé suivre l’évolution individuelle des protagonistes : chacun est confronté à ses propres défis, ses choix déchirants, et on sent une vraie progression dans leur parcours. Ces arcs narratifs bien construits m'ont permis de rester accrochée à l’histoire, même dans les moments où la romance me parlait un peu moins.

C’est justement sur ce point que j’ai un peu décroché... 😕 La dynamique amoureuse entre les deux leads principaux, avec ce fameux jeu du « suis-moi je te fuis », m’a parfois lassée. La FL a des réactions difficiles à suivre, ce qui m’a freinée dans mon attachement au couple. Et même si leur histoire a de très beaux moments, parfois bouleversants même, j’ai eu du mal à vraiment vibrer pour eux comme je l’aurais souhaité ❤️‍🩹

Cela dit, je comprends parfaitement que ce genre de construction romantique puisse séduire, surtout avec le contexte historique qui intensifie chaque scène. Les fans de dramas historiques bien écrits, avec des personnages forts et des dilemmes poignants, y trouveront certainement leur bonheur 😌

En résumé, "My Dearest" est un drama soigné, parfois bouleversant, souvent intense… mais qui n’a pas totalement conquis mon cœur côté romance. Une belle œuvre malgré tout, à voir pour son ambiance unique et ses personnages marquants 🫰🏻

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Ce drama est simplement sublime

Mon plus grand coup de cœur.. Entre la beauté des images, de la musique, des personnages, de l’histoire. Tout est sublime !

Mention spécial pour la personnalité de Lee Jang-hyun et le jeu d’acteur parfait. Qui plus est lorsqu’on sait que certaines scènes ont été tournées dans des conditions extrêmes (froid/chaleur ++) afin de transmettre au mieux les conditions réelles.

La qualité des images, les jeux de couleur et de lumières sont tout simplement splendides. Ce k-drama dégage une certaine poésie que l’on ne retrouve pas ailleurs.

Quand je repense à My Dearest je ressens de la nostalgie, tant j’ai été imprégnée par les personnages et leurs histoires.

À voir absolument ✨

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Cativante

Esse dorama confesso que demorei para começar, mas depois, não quis parar mais. Te prende do início ao fim, a atuação de TODOS os personagens não tenho o que reclamar, principalmente dos protagonistas, a química entre os dois é absurdo, e o que colaborou foi o jeito que construíram a história deles, um enemies to lovers(com uns altos e baixos) de respeito.
Confesso que fico meio confusa quando falam muito sobre o que estava acontecendo na época, e abordam bastante sobre isso aqui, mas eles conseguiram equilibrar bem cada parte, sem ser algo maçante.
Apenas deem uma chance a esse dorama de época deslumbrante que é de tirar o fôlego.

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