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LJS's another masterpiece--
●W is a popular comic series in the series and ends up turning into real life when the girl gets sucked into the comic and basically she’s livin a fake life in a comic --●This gets complicated when the plot of the comic happens next to next in real life and there is our villain who is all out to get them ...
●It’s super complicated because this girl is literally falling for a cartoon character who isn’t real
●THIS IS A MUST WACTCH FOR THE MYSTERY GENRE LOVER FANZs
●Rewatch value is more than average because it will have a spell on u after u start binge watchin this
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The last half of the drama lost me. It was confusing and felt unorganized. I felt that the romance lost my interest and that the story just felt flat. The characters never grew on me like I hoped they would. And the final episode was terrible, it left me with more question than answers. I gave this dramas story a 8 because I did really enjoy the first half of the drama.
The acting was good, Lee Jong Suk never disappoints me. Han Hyo Joo did a good job to, this was my first time seeing her on screen. I thought all of the actors and actress did a very good job.
The music was not good in my opinion. I really don't remember any song that stood out to me in the drama.
I have no plan on rewatching this drama.
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Slow in parts but still good
8/10 is my rating. This is a 2016 South Korean action drama with 16, 70 minute episodes.Oh Yeon-Joo (Han hyo-Joo) is a resident physician with a famous cartoonist as her father. Yeon-Joo's father authors a very popular Korean webtoon titled "W". Many women are half in love with the dashing and charismatic lead in the webtoon, Kang Chul (Lee Jong-suk). Oh Yeon-Joo is not immune to the charm of the webtoon character and when she finds herself pulled into the webtoon world as the savior of Kang Chul, her interest in him grows. Kang Chul was an Olympic shooter whose entire family was shot in cold blood and he was the prime suspect and spent years in prison after being falsely accused of the crime by an overzealous prosecutor with political aspirations. He is eventually acquitted on legal technicalities and goes on to become the rich and powerful CEO of a company. He also fights crime through an organization he established during his quest to find the real killer of his family. The two worlds start to collide as the artist's tablet becomes a portal between the two worlds.
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It was frustrating and hard to get through.
It started off pretty decent, got pretty annoying in the middle, and picked back up in the end. The drama was overall frustrating though, especially the female leads character who acted so dumb and clueless through the entire thing. She was always asking how or why and just couldn’t figure things out on her own - very helpless. In the beginning I thought she’d be different but she had no character development whatsoever which was disappointing. They could never make me hate her dad tho! Probably an unpopular opinion but reality check: comic book characters don’t normally come to life so his reaction is very justified considering the situation, although he may have been a little over the top in some things. He always loved his daughter that’s for sure, but he definitely grew in his ability to show it - he just grew overall as a character. And because of how I felt towards him, I hated the ending. I just couldn’t look past what happened to him and be happy with it even though it was technically a “happy ending” for the MCs. It made me feel like I should’ve just stopped at episode 8 when I wanted to 😭 I don’t know, it was a good show and I loved all the twists and mysteries (that’s the only thing that helped me get through since the romance wasn’t that great), but I just can’t fully recommend it without giving those warnings. Obviously that’s just my opinion (which is a very mixed opinion lol), so it just depends on your taste.Was this review helpful to you?
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Watchable, Memorable, but Not Exactly a Masterpiece.
I loved W as soon as I started it; charming lead actors and performances by the supporting cast carry the show and tightly woven storyline. Unfortunately I can't say that the storyline, as fully written-out that it is, is paced well. I felt like the story, which sweeps from intense event to intense event with uneven gaps in-between, is unique but tiresome.W is a memorable story, exciting because of its new concepts with surprisingly fun action. I re-watched the series because the story stuck in my mind; or so I thought. The concept and settings of the story make it memorable, not the carry-out.
I recommend this drama as a classic action-fantasy day to day drama. It's not too emotionally deep which makes it a light watch. If you are a casual watcher of K-dramas, I bet that you'll enjoy it just as much or more as myself.
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So yeah Set in a comic x real cross world , this was very very very written if not taken :3 I admit it was executed good but there are some parts of the drama which just didn't work for me .
Lee Jong Suk's character in the drama is everything you should watch the drama for , No , Literally he's perfect ! Exceptional performance and utmost pleasing visuals , what-else can you ask for .. he's such a bias wrecker ! yeah so , his character goes through a lot and every bit , you'll feel it . but for the female lead , Han Hyo Joo is undoubtedly and exceptional actress , it would be very idiotic to say other wise but it didn't hit me for her in this drama , at least not until i went halfway through , she felt like a sister to him , if anything else ..
The romance is just there but like it's just sitting there , because it has to . The chemistry didn't really work out well.
The drama's strong point is suspense and it does justice to that untill .. 10th ? episode >.< it felt like a drag from there but until up 10th the cliff hangers are a thing and they'll literally make you eat off your fingers along with your nails lol In the end , wanna see Lee jong suk in a really really good role ? go for it ! even if not you can still watch this a time or two .
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MUITO COMPLICADO E TEDIOSO
Muito dificil de entender a historia.Trilha sonora achei fraca..
Eu dei uma chance pra esse dorama por ler muita gente falando que ele era maravilhoso, e eu nao queria dropar pq o prota é o meu favorito.. Nao dropei mas nao gostei.
Eu nunca havia assistindo um dorama com essa atriz e me surpreendi, ela é linda.
e fora a quimica perfeita que eles tiveram desde o inicio, o sukinho sabe como derreter coracoes.
O song bong carregou a comedia nas costas, ele é muito medroso e da muitos gritos estericos
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For the first time in a while i found something unusually good.
Usually while watching dramas i don't find something that is out of the ordinary. This did not contain the usual cliches.the acting was very good but i didn't find the villain so evil. This was one of the stories where you end up wondering how this one will end and the ending was very good. The romance between the main characters was not so much. they didn't seem so close. The story was not so serious or thrilling . The one thing that made me continue till the end was the question what actually happened.
The story was good but the execution, not so much. The stage and the background art was very good too. There were some unneeded characters like the male friend(Doctor) of the Oh Young Ju and the two other female artists .
Some characters were left alone with no ending at all like Soo bong and Soo hee. they were left as it is.
At the end i will say it was very good but could've been better.
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So i would recommend you all to watch this masterpiece
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A fairly good attempt on a creative concept.
This is my first review !!I had a very high expectation for 'W' , but soon it faded away when I began watching the episodes. The Drama do keeps you hooked on because it is unpredictable in most cases, but I wanted this drama to end soon cuz I felt like the story kept repeating again and again but each time with an other event.
Story & Concept - I think the concept of two parallel universe is a really brilliant idea. And the fact that the other world is a comic world makes things a little complicated. Special mentions to the writer who chose this concept, but choosing a complicated concept has its own demerits. So this is were the writer/director loses the track. I guess the screenplay could have been a little more neater and sorted out.
Production- The Production is good and casting is perfect but the characterization is weak. The visuals are great.
Acting -
~ Male lead - Lee Jong-suk was actually perfectly suited for the role of Kang Cheol. He seemed cool and classy. I particularly liked his character.
~ Female Lead - Han Hyo-joo as Oh Yeon Joo too played the role well but it could have been improved as far as the emotional scenes were concerned. I guess that's how the characterization was. The romantic plot is a little weak. Except for the fact that she saves his life, there was no reason for the male lead to fall in love with FL. The characters lacked depth, and the writer must have worked on the characterization. They lacked chemistry and their romantic parts seemed too rushed(and short ).
Supporting roles - The supporting roles really had very less role other that helping the plot move. They had no role except that they played the roles of story players. The cartoonist's acting is really appreciable. because he could differentiate both the roles really well and it had its own impact. The assemblyman's acting too is kinda noticeable. The professor's had his own role and he rightly depicted his role . Lee Si-eon as Park Soo-bong had very little role cuz it was limited just to panicking and being shocked. I felt Lee Tae-hwan as Seo Do-yoon really suited the character and the prosecuter too perfectly suited.
In conclusion, the supporting actors did their role really well, but their roles were too limited.
I felt like in some scenes, the number of dialogues were unnecessarily more. It could have been neat and crisp. And when I first read reviews on this drama, many mentioned it as romantic comedy, but I couldn't find any comedy elements. I liked the part that the writers tried to explore every merits and demerits of a comic world. ( like disappearance of a comic character).
~Fav scene - Her first slap and the ice cream eating scene.
~OST- Not too good, Not too bad. No particular song could grab my attention.
~Rewatch value - I would rewatch only certain favourite scenes.
CONCLUSION - One can give a go to this drama, its an innovative attempt but a little messed. Recommended if you really want to get hooked on for a while.
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