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The plot is very typical, a girl time travels to the past and gets involved with the kingdom and people over there. Even after being warned, she interferes in their lives and thus causes a chaos. After her death she returns to the present only to know everything she thought of as a dream was actually real.Now coming to our actors, IU is one of those idols who can act and has done a fantastic job here. There were variations to her character, from bubbly to serious to cute. LJG, I guess the name is enough. His acting, dialogue delivery, everything was mesmerizing. I've become a big fan of him after this. All the supporting actors have played their role well.
Music is too good. All the Ost can be played on loop for hours. I wish the makers plan for 2nd season. This season's ending was too sad. I want HS and WS to be together in future.
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OST-
It didn't really strike me, like some, but it wasn't lacking much!
ACTING-
IU's acting is really good especially back when she was only like 21 or 22. She greatly delivered a girl from 21st century discovering the ancient times. The fear she portrayed and cuteness was what struck me the most. The male leads acting was good too, the coldness was really present. I got scared at times, but soft at times when he was cold yet caring towards MC. The other prince's were great as well, and I was proud of Baekhyun for doing a great job!
PLOT-
It's a heartbreaking plot, they deliberately make you love everyone and then strike you with that history lesson. I was heartbroken when someone died, no matter how minor they were. The romance was great, and sad at the same time, especially at the ending. What made me smile through this sad drama, was the MC slipping to her 21st roots, making everyone weirded out. When I finished the drama I clapped, even tho there was no need to.
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This isn't a drama that you need a reason to watch... Just, watch it and feel it....
This drama is actually the top launch..... hats off to the cast and crew who dedicated their hard work to this drama...The screen play was soo amazing. and it never made me , who always forward the scenes to watch it quickly , to fastforward it.This drama made me laugh and cry along with it....It also made me regret for not watching it 1st when it came on my recommendation...>< I just wish for the second part to be released...though I know its not possible....
Yet let me hope it happens some day... and I'm also waiting for Lee Joon Gi's next work...
#waitingffor2ndpart #moonlovers2 #scarletheartryeo2
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Sipnopsis :
When a total eclipse of the sun takes place, a 21st-century woman, Go Ha Jin, is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty of Korea. She wakes up in the body of 16-year-old Hae Soo, an aristocrat living with Lady Hae, her cousin who happens to be married to one of the sons of King Taejo. She soon befriends several of the princes, who find her carefree and exuberant attitude refreshing. Although she knows she should not get involved in palace intrigues over the succession to the throne, she inadvertently becomes a pawn in the struggle, as several of the Princes fall in love with her.
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The story definitely made me feel. I was angry and heartbroken at various stages, particularly the end, I started watching this because of IU but by the end, I was really tired of her character. I was surprised by myself because my I was not th The inking of her as IU any more but Hae Soo, and Hae Soo's misplaced compassion and lack of understanding of So bogged me. I really could not understand how she felt so strongly about the death of her 'sister' when it was a story of utter betrayal. are we to accept that the worst crimes are forgivable because someone was in love? The martial part of me really wanted more use of the sword instead of just accepting the usual needs of politics. In the end, it seemed that even So did not have fierce defiance and will to overcome everything that had been promised at the beginning.
I almost felt like skipping the last two episodes even as they were running because it was so predictably going wrong. The flashbacks did not help. They reinforced the fact that the leads got almost no happiness through it all. It was just fleeting. i don't think the 13th prince's love story's closure was handled properly.
I still give it a high rating because the pain moved me and I could see such a lot of IU. However, I won't be able to rewatch it. I had expected tragedy throughout the time but i felt a lot of it was preventable and the characters just wanted it to be tragic; they were just so stupid at times. That's not like how I like my characters.
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Yeah, the second half of the show, after it’s “dark turn” in it’s storyline, fell into a sinkhole. It felt like The writers didn’t know how to write Hae Soo’s character anymore and she became a dull, flat, boring character. Maybe the second half of the show was written by another team of writers. Her character wasn't appealing to begin with. The ending also sucked.
IU's acting was bland and still the same in other shows I've seen her in.
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Even with the tough reviews online… it is worth watching
I did not check the reviews before starting… trying to avoid being biased and all that.. just read them afterwards… and a lot of what has been said is true.Let me clarify that I have not watch the original Chinese version… only this one.
It is true… I was very frustrated with this “love story” between Hae Soo and Wang So…. It did not happen until mid season. It came to a point that I actually thought I read it wrong..l that she would end up with The brother Wook… but no… finally after more than 10 hrs, it happened.
The best in this drama comes from Wang So… he is amazing.
I was rooting for him since ep1….
But Hae Soo… well… it took me very long to like her. She is supposed to be modern-contemporary woman… and in the beginning she was… but also very naive and clueless to the actions of others. Very self centered.
She meets 7 princes.. and after 3 episodes, almost all of them started to like her. Like she would just smile to them and they would be immediately smitten. For princes that had any woman in the kingdom at their disposal… it was hard to believe.
The actors playing the brothers were also very good. You will immediately like/hate them .
Having said that… this story has the most iconic scene I had scene ever…
Wang So covering Hae Soo from the rain, while she is on her knees in front of the palace.. beginning for the life of her friend.
No words were needed…. His action spoke of his courage and his love for her.
This scene made it worth watching…
I admit, I cried at the end… Wang So’s karma came back to bite him in the ass…
And yes.. the ending could have been different.. it is obvious they made it in mind of a season 2 that will never happen… leaving us with unanswered questions.
Do I recommend it? Yes…. Wang Wook and Wang So make it worth it.
Will I watch it again? No
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Perfection !!
I am usually very careful when it comes to dramas rating , I don't walk around distributing high ratings for every drama I've liked ; it has to be perfect !There are (so far ) only two dramas I rated 10/10 , and moon lovers is one of them . It has been 5 years and it still siting on the top of my K-dramas list. I remember crying my eyes out and getting into depression after finishing it .
This is neither a typical time traveling drama nor a usual historical drama ; it's deeper than that. The leads did a great job presenting us the complex characters of the story ; I must also applaud IU's acting that has improved a lot since her last drama. And the OST is just OMG , amazingly amazing !
The love story is unprecedented , it's not the sweetest one but definitely the deepest one.
It's a drama full of life lessons ; family love , sacrifices , greediness , power struggle ...
To sum up , it's a MUST WATCH !
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Daebak!
First of all let me get this straight that i watched this drama for IU. In episode 1, the whole cast is introduced and I was really happy to see JiSoo and NamJooHyuk there. They are really my fav ones.Story line was epic. The fact that it was all in goryeo with all these cute princes and ofc Hae Soo it became really intresting.
How the story moved on from all the comedy to the actual politics and fight of attaining the throne was at a good pace. REALLY GOOD PACE.
Thing which made me quite sad was that people were judging on the basis of a scar. These things are considered Taboo in today's time and I am really relieved for that.
As we all know their is supposed to be this one bitch whom we all mutually hate and can never like her. That was the princess Yeon Hwa. I just can't stop hating her.
We can justify the greed for throne of others as they wanted to protect something or someone but this girl was just playing to get to the throne which litreally made no sense. She could have married some other king and could have became a queen but idk why she was so obsessed with the throne of goryeo.
After all this time the one person who was trested the most unfairly was Wang So followed by Hae Soo.
Wang So never got the love of his mother. He was hated by her over something for which he was not even at fault. Even though he was not greedy for the throne still she was misunderstood by people for no reason. At the end after becoming the king, he still did not kill his brothers and was a really good king. All efforts he did for the Baekje Slaves are Daebak.
Coming to Hae Soo, she was unexpecteely in goryeo where she was not even supposed to be. Even in modern times, she was sad and cheated by people. See ing how many people were there to save her, she was way less lonely that Wang So. After all this, she was cheated by the girl she trusted the most. It kind of makes her pitiful.
All other characters were there as jewels to decorate this long lasting love which was between ages.
Cinematography was one of a kind.
Points to look forward:
1. That amazing friendship and bond between the princes and Hae Soo.
2. The slow yet amaizng romance in the middle of all the chaos.
3. Lots of cuteness, which was later taken over by maturity.
P.S.
Also, get a handkerchief after episode 8-9 as you will really cry a lot
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Great Drama - Recommending It to History Lovers
This drama is fantastic if you're into historical romances. It isn't 100% accurate to the true story, but how can we blame them? The influence takes place around 925 when Prince So was born up until, I believe, 970-980. Not talking about Hae Soo. Although, making that poor girl relive some crucial moments in history where she would experience so much pain is cruel. Her main goal changes from avoiding the murderous king to wanting to change him.I do HIGHLY recommend watching this series with your brain turned on. All of the character's outcomes and stories are very tragic. But no matter how high their hair goes, don't fall for these types of men in real life. Hae Soo is an example of being in the wrong place at the wrong time in both life times. So, keep an open mind, and do not project for the sake of your own sanity, they will not be the same as these fictional characters.
I will say, when you get to episode 15 or 16, the writing gets a little carried away and reels more into filler. Those have to have been my least favorite episodes out of the two.
The score they set up for the heavy emotional scenes is very well-done. Really good music does set a nice tone for a drama, don't you think?
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