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This drama deals with the normal kdrama cliches of lost children, parents being killed and then sons taking revenge, but for some reason I found it interesting and addicting.
There is a love story but it starts off in the begining and everyone stays firm with their emotions, the love triangle (yes ofcourse there is one here too) is there but its not too dominating and annoying.
The acting is very good, especially UTW is simply great as always. The leading lady was good too, but for some reason the sad watery eyed look doesnt appeal to me too much, so I found her miserable state a bit annoying (although it was appropriate according to the script, so I guess its not her fault) I would have been happier if she was shown a bit happy at times too, she had the same look through out. I like the second lead girl much better.
Now the negative point was that the drama was really really slow moving. I dont know why they have 24 episodes of a good drama, when it can be a great drama at 16.
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this is truly a beautiful drama, full of emotions (sad, happy, playful, hurtful) the acting was great and story very realistic and addictive.
the chemistry between all the characters is very intense, you really enjoy and get involved with all of their emotions.
For someone looking for a light comedy, this one is not for you. On the other hand, if you want to watch a lovely romantic melodramatic story, you will really enjoy it.
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I watched because I like the actors in this drama, but surprisingly it wasnt a bad on.Both the leads are good and very likable charactors. I like the character of the lead actress, shes gutsy cute clever and loyal (I like these traits in a girl, dont like stupid and helpless kinds)
The main story is flanked by side stories of different cases which are interesting and the court cases which are quite good and pull you in.
There is a nice chemistry between the leads although there is not too much romance, (I would have been happier if there was more)
I had a bit of an issue with the second pair romance.***Spoiler***ahead
I was not at all comfortable with their adultry. Whatever the reason adultry is not the right thing for married people. Either end your marriage and have affairs and if you dont want to or cant then control yourself and dont have them. Its not right to hang on to both. That was the only dirty thing about the drama and made me dislike the second leads.
Well over all it was a good drama and I enjoyed watching it, although I dont think ill rewatch it.
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Well it did start off interestingly, the story developed when the characters were young. The child actors did a wonderful job and as they grew up the story started dragging, and getting from bad to worse, finally they ddnt have anything else to say so they kept repeating flashbacks to flashbacks.... so annoying.
Like previaouly stated by other viewers, the crying was a major part of this drama. By that I mean all the actors were made to cry and cry for no valid reason, any random diagloge and the tears were flowing...what was worse absollutely nothing made you feel emotional enough to cry and seeing the actors be cry babies was really not a pleaent sight. I guess they were just testing the limits of their crying abilities.
All rants aside, I did watch the whole drama (just skipped 18 n 19 ep and ff the last one and some of the previous ones, although I didnt miss much) I guess I started it so I wanted to finish it like a loyal fan of all the actors. The best part were the three main actors who are amongst my fav ones. Crying apart it was nice to watch them even with this boring story.
Verdict: Very mediocre drama, I would only recommend to ppl who are fans of the actors, have high tolarence for pointless crying and dont mind the endle ss flashbacks, but if you skip it, you wont miss much.
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Browsing what to watch, I came across this movie, the synopsis didnt seem anything new, but it sounded like a fun movie, do I started watching and im glad I spent a fun couple of hours before going to bed.
The movie has everything, happy, sad funny and serious moments. There are times it really moves you to tears. Others you find really hilarious.
There is not much romance and quite a clean movie to watch with family, it mostly deals with family relationships and friendship.
The acting is really good and so is the music and songs.
Overall: a fun movie to watch with family. You will enjoy it if you are a romantic and a dreamer!
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During the middle the story kind of became stagnant and nothing much was happening, but even then it was not a bad watch, and was addictive enough to carry on.
During the end it again started to pick up and had a nice complete ending.
The second lead couple was really cute and I liked their story a lot.
Now the thing I didnt like....Many might think me wrong but the choice of the female lead was totally a disaster. I think she did not suit Joo Won at all, even though they make her out to be younger and him older, it just did not look convincing. Even though both acted well in their own rights, their chemistry looked quite forced. Although I liked Gil Ro's parents parts, Kyung Ja's parents scenes were quite boring and mostly I ff those parts.
As for the rewatch value, probably not as nothing was that good that I would want to watch it again.
Overall, it was an entertaining drama with some cute moments especially Joo Wons parts. The story was mildly addicting but not that you would want to drop it.
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But as I did I got more and more involved in the plot. It revloves around a normal family, when one of the sons realizes hes gay, it shows us his prospective of how painful and frustrating it is for him to deal with it living in this society, how his family deal with it and finally how he accepts it.
the guys playing gay have done a wonderful job, although it must be difficult to play their part especially if they are straight.
the side stories are quite interesting too. well if you have liberal views and dont mind a gay romance, give it a try, it actually is really good. Im glad I did.
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then I said let me try one more time, the more I watched the more I liked PK, the more BJ annoyed me and Illiam was more and more pathetic.
Anyway I finished it finally after fforwarding all of williams parts, I tolerated BJ because of PK, because his parts were really nice. In the end I gave this drama 6 as the story wasnt bad. The actors did a good job except of Pierre (william) maybe if it was a better actor he might not have been so pathetic. BJ even though annoying acted well.
This is just my opinion, hope I dont offend anyone as there ara a lot of Tamra Lovers out there, its just that I wasnt one of them.
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What a deep and beautiful Drama. It is deeply emotional, and hits right at your heart.
Gives you an understanding about the insecurities and stress people face, and how you overcome them.
The romance is very sweet and chemistry between the leads sharp and heartwarming.
Acting of all the cast is really good. Also the side stories are very cute.
More of a mature drama, with heartwarming moments, sad and happy, although you cant call it a romantic comedy.
It needs to be seen to be appreciated.
Dont miss it. Thumbs up.
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It started out really good. The story might be cliche, as so many fantasy type time travel dramas happening now, but it was good (for this genre you have to forgo many unnatural things and just go with the fantasy flow) The cinematography was beautiful, the music was good, the actors did a good job.
Even though I loved all the charactors, from the cool and aloof general to the bubbly and vivacious doctor and their loyal and lovable comrades, I really got bored with the repetition of the story during the latter half of the show. This would have been a better 16 episode drama, actually I would have given it an 8 or 9 certainly then, but they dragged their issues endlessly (I dont want to mention which issues as I dont want to spoil whoever is watching, but youll get my meaning after you watch it) till it gets quite annoying and you say "on with it now and lets end it now".
The story and romance of the king and queen was quite cute, wish they had more romantic scenes together.
Even though we get our happy ending, it was not really satisfying and quite confusing. I was like 'Huh? what happened here' and took me a while to figure it out.
As for rewatching value, I usually like to rewatch romantic touching type drama, so maybe I might not rewatch it.
Well I do recommend to watch it first time, especially all the Lee Min Ho fans, he has done a good job here.
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This is a melodrama which has great depth. All the characters are brilliantly potrayed and played. The actors have delivered excellently as you love the main leads and hate all the characters to be hated.
The writing and direction is brilliant, the dialogues so intense they give you shivers at times and butterflies at others. There are times you are frustrated at the hero for being so helpless in his love, and times when the romance is so touching you get a lump in your throat, and times when you burn with hatred at the vamp, how low and disgusting you can get to attain your obsession.(sometimes it got too much and I would just ff her scenes, i cant stand too much heartburn)
The stories about the side characters was really good and well played. They provided the needed lightness to the otherwise heavy drama.
The songs are really well suited to scenes, and very touching. the background music is also really wonderful.
Now why I gave it a 9 instead of a 10: the ending was a bit rushed, I would have preferred if they had reduced some of the flash backs and given more time to the story at the end of the drama. Although all resolved, there were many questions how things were resolved. It was a happy ending (thank god, I would not have had it any other way) although lots of melo lovers would have loved a tragic one.
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After watching the whole drama, I still feel I had very high expectations for this drama, especially everyone was raving about it and it was the no. 1 drama everywhere, for me it was a good but not a great drama. I thought it had too many flaws along with it being good in some parts.Don't get me wrong, this is definitely worth the watch and it addicting and instesting even if it does get repitative at times. The ending was OK, I felt it should have had a more definative ending but it sort of held it in for the veiwers to assume the rest.
Story:
The story was good and new, because of the time frame and a different kind of struggle, but it had some major flaws (my opinion so it might differ from others)
*****Beware of SPOILERS, so dont read if you havent watched it yet*****
The major one was about Sunji, he is shown as a principled, mild, pleasent and non political man. He thinks his father is wrong in doing what he does, and doesnt get along with his brother (he even says so in the end) also thinks bro is his father puppet hense he has chosen to be a teacher and live a peaceful life. Now suddenly when he see his brothers death...he swithes to this evil conniving and murdering person. He doesnt feel bad about killing innocent women or children or anyone in the path to get his revenge. Now what is this..How can one change ones personality in a sec...no matter what you do, you do have a consience and cant do things you have always felt were wrong, or only do them to the parties concerned.
The other matter was about the hair styles and clothing...I dont feel they was for the time frame being filmed. Although sometimes they were, sometime not.
Acting
All of the actors did a fantastic job and really made each of their characters shine. Especially Gang To and Sunji. They were brilliant. You really get attached to all of them and felt their joys and pain. Bun was ok but the other girl did a fantastic job. Bravo everyone.
Music:
The music was good, and different themes for different scenes. Overall the soundtract was quite good.
Summary:
Overall I was a little disappointed but it definately was not a bad drama, mostly because I was expecting too much. You know when you hear something is ssooooo great, and when you watch it, it seems ok, on the other hand if someone says it was ok and you seem to find that really great, My opinion about this drama is like that.
I would definately recommend it to watch it but dont know if I will REwatch it. Inany case there are few I rewatch anyway.
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When I started watching I was so happy to find an interesting and captivating drama.
It started out very well, and keeps you interested and wanting more.
Then half way through......kept going downhill to the point I started skipping episodes and putting one finger on the ff button.
The story which started out so interesting, developed into a predictable and boring mess.
Finally I completed it although nothing was novel and surprising...just knew how it would end.
The cast is quite good, although there seemed no chemistry between the couples...maybe the second couple was better than the main...so sad.
Anyway..if you watch this enjoy the first half, then skip skip skip to the end..you wont miss much.
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I basically wanted to watch because of J Hoon, who I really liked in Goong, and also I wanted to support him as he went thru a tough time with his scandal and all (after all everyone makes mistakes when young) Well he did a brilliant job in potraying his character, along with the second lead. The bromance (or brohate) is quite good between them.
The story is quite interesting as I like revenge type melos, although not one of the best. It mostly deals with emotions between parent and child and siblings. Sometimes its quite painful to watch but at the same time quite addicting that you cant stop.
Its a little long and tends to have repititions and my opinions is that it could have been a wonderful drama if it was 16 or 20 episodes max. The latter part of the drama is much more interesting than the first as there are lots of twists to keep you engrossed.
The romance is absolutely cold...not even luke warm, with no chemistry between the leads. Im sorry to say but the girl cant act.
The mother is played amazingly and definatly steels the show even though she is an evil character.
the ending.....well I didnt like it. I think they could have thought out a better end for that family, it felt a bit unsatisfactory.
All in all not bad, but not great either..watch if you like revenge melos, but there are much better ones out there.
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I like romantic comedies as opposed to sad and miserable melos, (dont get me wrong I like melos too but just not deperessing and painful ones and I definately like happy endings)
The show started out really nice, actually the acting of the younger guy was cute and adorable, just could not make out why he falls for such an older woman.
The doctor guy was really cute too and so suited to the heroine, but well.
It does get a bit draggy in the middle but then finishes off nicely.
I cant say "You must watch it, but I will say it is one of the nice dramas during this season" so if you have the time give it a go and enjoy!!
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