so the story was brilliant but the problem came with the execution. i only watched it because of all the buzz but also coz i love kim soo hyun, he stole my heart from dream high. this show could have been shrunk to 16 episodes. the first 5 episodes were dragging and a lil boring for me i was clenching my teeth tryin to get thru to the end, i dozed a couple of times mostly because of the clan and elders talkin too much. it got better and interesting when the grown up generation came to screen around ep 7. the child actors were great esp little minhwa. the younger queens brother was soo hot and i dint like the old bro, he just dint have the same aura. i loved the scenes with the shaman and their visions. jung il did a good job and woon with his long hair and fighting scenes. young king (yeo jin goo)did a good job creating that character but older king was just the best for me. the kings eunuch was so freakn funny coz he would always tell him to stop looking at him and face the wall. the king also in the moments with han ga in was cute and romantic esp the very last section, episode 20 was seriously unnecessary felt like deleted scenes and alternate endings were added to fill up but we were satisfied with it coz the king got alil freaky. i couldnt give it a 10 or 9 coz of all the tech issues but kim soo hyun made it worth while.