In my honest experience, this show feels like the kind where you can't help but bemoan all of its fallacies without…
'bitching about her taking his kingdom' LMAO you're right. I was thinking the same thing every time he acted like he hated her. I mean, he does have assassins after his life, and he can't wield a sword effectively, so what's the rush to show himself? What will he do if confronted with 5 assassins, will he throw his one and only bodyguard at them and hope for the best? Also, WHAT kingdom??? No one knows of his face, and if the Queen 'hates' him, then no one will believe it even if he does show himself. His character was needlessly weak, and PSJ's character was needlessly 'heroic', to the point where I couldn't stop rolling my eyes in a bad way whenever he got on screen. This is my first drama with the lead actress, and I cannot believe the director was able to finish and move on from any scene when she was done 'acting' smh. I think the only other drama where I will have to tolerate her is Do Do Sol Sol, and I will be watching it only because of the cutie Lee Jae Wook. Also, anytime, elaborating on my criticisms is so fun lol
The balance of light hearted cute fun to serious revenge fuelled palace plotting in this drama is completely off,…
In my honest experience, this show feels like the kind where you can't help but bemoan all of its fallacies without even finishing it, because it's easy to see that the show won't actually go anywhere. The actress is horrible, PSJ is over acting in almost every scene, and what is PHS's role exactly? He's the king, but he never actually does anything! All this talk of him wanting to take revenge on his mother, and for what? She hasn't actually done anything, and she never really does! Ban Ryu had the best story, the best rivalry, the best romance, and the best bromance, HE should've been the lead of the show imo. Also, what a waste of Seo Ye Ji.
Ban Ryu and Sooyeon’s romance is more interesting than the main couple. I only enjoyed it because of them and…
I SWEARR I loved Ban Ryu and Soo Yeon's interactions, actually ANY other character had a better story and chemistry with each other than the weird leads did.
I wouldn’t say that this show did One Very Bad Thing, which caused me to drop it like a hot potato. Rather,…
Agree with every single word you said! Nothing actually happened in the show till the end, there were entertaining moments between the Hwarang gang sometimes, but that's about it. The hope for bromance made me watch this show till the end, but it was hardly fulfilled. The female lead was one of the most annoying ones I've seen, and she deserved the guy she got, they are both bad characters lol
The Hwarang boys' interactions were really cute in this, and my boi Ban Ryu not only had the best bromance but also the best romance as well, he was the cutest for sure! But what a weird show otherwise. The incestuous romantic themes are really-off putting, not just with the main couple but with the second female lead as well! The female lead was truly terrible though, her bad expressions and character and acting, all so cringeworthy. Made this show about a thousand times worse than it would've maybe been otherwise. I've also never been a huge fan of Park Seo Joon, his peak was at What's Wrong With Secretary Kim I think. He was perfect in that role, and in any other drama of his I haven't enjoyed his weird over-the-top expressions and acting lol. Over-hyped and over-rated.
and Jun Suk Ho as well, lol. He was so funny as Beom Pal, in Kingdom.
Also, WHAT kingdom??? No one knows of his face, and if the Queen 'hates' him, then no one will believe it even if he does show himself. His character was needlessly weak, and PSJ's character was needlessly 'heroic', to the point where I couldn't stop rolling my eyes in a bad way whenever he got on screen.
This is my first drama with the lead actress, and I cannot believe the director was able to finish and move on from any scene when she was done 'acting' smh. I think the only other drama where I will have to tolerate her is Do Do Sol Sol, and I will be watching it only because of the cutie Lee Jae Wook.
Also, anytime, elaborating on my criticisms is so fun lol
The female lead was one of the most annoying ones I've seen, and she deserved the guy she got, they are both bad characters lol
The female lead was truly terrible though, her bad expressions and character and acting, all so cringeworthy. Made this show about a thousand times worse than it would've maybe been otherwise.
I've also never been a huge fan of Park Seo Joon, his peak was at What's Wrong With Secretary Kim I think. He was perfect in that role, and in any other drama of his I haven't enjoyed his weird over-the-top expressions and acting lol. Over-hyped and over-rated.