Brogana Sunfrog

a calm, non stressful visual feast . Male lead shines. Romance lacks payout

I watched this expecting it to be a visual feast & a mostly calm drama that wouldn't be stressful & it was just that. The female lead played the same sort of ditzy character that she does so well. Her childishness can be irritating, but thankfully they also make her brave & endearing-(though often nonsensical.) The male lead, ( also playing a character type he's played in other dramas), really impresses with his range of expressions. As an actor He really is evolving well .
I enjoyed the soundtrack as it went well with the genre. This is a leisurely drama & they used alot of piano & traditional instruments which enhanced the atmosphere.
Side characters are boring. There are dull/boring/useless episodes & the way the drama ended was lacking. While there were many touching moments throughout the drama between the couples, the resolution/reuniting of the main couple is only ok as it had no embraces or kisses.(if you have ever seen the American movie musical My Fair lady-Audrey Hepburn version- this drama ending is reminiscent of that one).
You will need to watch through the credits to get the warm fuzzies you have been anticipating & it's barely enough payout for our investment in their relationship ,though The main couple Does show thier strong bond through out the drama, But I require a satisfying traditional happy ending .

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Skip this & watch The King Eternal Monarch instead

Lead male & female ruined this series. I got to episode 7 & found little incentive to continue. If you haven't started this then I urge you to skip it and watch King eternal Monarch (2020)instead because it is a time travel romance with the same male lead;Lee Min Ho. What pushed me over the edge to drop this ? Lee Min Ho's wooden acting. His acting is just so poor in contrast to the others actors. Where other actors around him wear thier armor well, ( "owning it"), he just looks awkward .Having seen Boys over flowers (&hating it) and watching him in 7 episodes of this, I was completely stunned when I saw The King Eternal Monarch because his acting was SO much better than I expected (I watched King Eternal Monarch about a year before watching this) In this drama, I found Lee Min ho unappealing. I actually found the King (Ryu Deok Hwan more attractive & interesting. Some of the production was not well done. The bad guy Yoo Oh Sung had very short hair-while 99% of other males had very long hair. Lee Min Ho's short pony tail was somebody's bad idea as well (more cute than suitable for a general)! Kim Hee Sun's character was intolerably annoying. She endlessly ranted like a angsty 12 year old & seemed like an older Noona rather than a love interest for the male lead. Romance? Leads had NO chemistry. Ending: was not my definition of happy. There is a 5 year time skip and the leads are reunited and they are so happy that they stand 15+ feet away from each other, just looking at each other until the camera fades out. Tedious & underwhelming waste of time sums up this series.

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Cast is wasted on this unsettling woke agenda made in 2014

for as old as this is, it has a surprising amount of Woke social awareness issues as well as alot of unsettling shock & awe .
Both lead characters were totally unappealing. I got 44 minutes into the 1st episode & found it disgusting.
Initially, I was very interested to see D.O. in an early drama role, BUT, I did not need to see him in a men's room peeing & checking out another guy that stood next to him.
I was completely taken off guard & confused that the female lead constantly (so far) defended people with deviant behavior-even as they assaulted her (& she wanted & needed help), she was still on the side of the mentally disturbed person (to the point of physically defending him against the person actually trying to help her. It was meant to be funny (why?). They discussed gender dysphoria ....so however you feel about that, there it is. The male lead was a sexual predator- a "player" who seemed to just like conquests. There was bloody knife Violence (well, it was a fork used as a weapon ) but all that I just mentioned was in the first 44 minutes.. and it was enough for me to drop it as the leads, as they presented them, are not people I can care about & want to see together.

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