Gong Yoo , portraying as Goblin (Kim Shin) couldn't have been better. I don't know how they chose cast but No one could have been better than Gong Yoo as the Goblin. The lines were way too emotional and his acting was too perfect. Every moment he was in the drama shined. His story of so many years and his previous tragedy will shake you to the peak of excitement. Vastly experienced Gong Yoo hits the hot spot again. One of the highest paid actors of Korea of all time and most popular actors of all time.
Kim Go Eun , Ji Eun Tak , a girl with the ability to see ghosts meaning to be Goblin's Wife, played charming and amazing part. Everybody , literally every body said so many bad things about her and the drama for choosing her and making her so young. But truly , she has proved everyone wrong in the best possible way. The way she acted , felt like one of the greatest actresses of all time.
Lee Dong Wook, The Greatest Interest of the show , combining with Gong Yoo by creating mesmerising Bromance , played the most difficult role of Grim Reaper and OMG , he was so great as Grim Reaper. The walking scenes of him and Gong Yoo literally made everyone's heart flutter. Though he played supporting actor but he is not a supporting actor rather one of the highest paid actors of all time in Korea.
Yoo In Na , playing Kim Sun, came as a supporting actress in the drama. Same goes for her , always selected as a main lead. This is a big reason the drama was hit . Four of the best cast was massive to see at a time.
Yoo In Na's acting was up to the mark and she portrayed her character so well . It was really great to see.
Yeah, that sums up the review. Watch this amazing k-drama. Even if you create a vote poll for the best drama ever comparing with Dots, My love from the star , you will still see Goblin beating everyone. That shows how maximum people appreciated it. Don't just see the hate comments otherwise it wouldn't get 9.0 rating in total. Give it a go. Thank you so much for reading.
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First of all, I would like to give credits to the writers for such an incredible storyline. I'm not really into watching stuff about supernatural creatures, but this drama made me very intrigued about the supernatural beings and it was for sure interesting to learn about Goblins and Grim Reapers. The writers did a splendid job with connecting the stories of the characters with their past lifetimes and their strategic plans of piecing everything together. From my perspective, it is a very original storyline.
Gong Yoo playing as Kim Shin/Goblin was mesmerising. Since watching this drama, I have developed a crush on him. He's got such a tender smile that could light up the entire universe. Every scene was such a treat. Every piece of happiness he got, the sadness and the laughs, all of those were portrayed so well for his character. So sweet, loveable, yet a past that was so unfortunate. It's also worth mentioning that I also fell in love with him because of his boyfriend/husband material: classy in style, funny, cute and a bit of a goofball.
Kim Go Eun as Ji Eun Tak was super cute and adorable. A lot of people found her annoying, but I found her behavior justifiable, but it really depends on how you look from it. Her character didn't really bother me at all, I loved her character and her development.
Lee Dong Wook as Grim Reaper/Wang Yeo was a bit frightening due to his lack of expression haha, but I was really drawn into his character. I have never sympathise with a character just as much as him. Such a huge puppy in this drama and the best 'crier' I have seen yet.
I loved all the cast, they portrayed their characters really well, amazing acting and I never wished for anyone different.
The story is amazing. The love stories were phenomenal and story. Not only that, but the bromance between the Goblin and Grim Reaper was epic, I found myself shipping them more than the real lovers at times aha. The story will definitely leave you drowning in your own tears, but will certainly make your heart flutter and internally scream. It's funny, sad, beautiful, romantic, tragic, heartbreaking...
The music for this drama was good, some of the songs were not really my cup of tea, but all of them were perfect for this drama. I'm glad that they used Round and Round for the intro, dramatic, yet so mysterious. Beautiful by Crush, Stay with Me and Round and Round are my main favourites.
I find myself pondering on if I should rewatch this series again even though I just finished watching it. This is the first KDrama where I had thoughts on rewatching every single episode again from the very beginning. I am going to hold back for now, but I will certainly rewatch this again to relive those moments and find the time frames at where certain scenes happened.
Definitely recommend this drama, it is worth watching. You know when a drama is good when you feel every emotion that the characters are feeling.
It will certainly take me a long while to move on from this drama, if not I don't think I ever will
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I love the story line of this show. It was very unique and captivating to get any person to love this show. The chemistry with all of the characters/actors was just one of a kind. From main lead to second lead, both actors was able to have a chemistry that was sweet and respectful. Although, the main lead love interest started as a 19 year old. There was no appropriateness with it. The only complaint is that there were no true villain. Soundtrack was sweet and easy listening, although it was very repetitive. It was still catchy. I would recommend this series to anyone that is new to watching k dramas.
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-I don't like Kim Go Eun that much...but her role was not bad..neh..
-I fell in love with Lee Dong Wook, he's amazing and put the drama something not "boring"
-The bromance! >.< so cute. Made the drama even better and their relationship was beautiful.
-Sungjae!!!!!! I love him, but i never saw a drama with him, however he was perfect here.
-I actually loved more the second couple (Grim Reaper and Sunny) then the main, just because was so funny and sweet. Seeing the Grim Reaper confused with love relationships is the best xD
- "Sunny not Sun Hee" this will be in my mind
-The OST...INCREDIBLE, so soft and sweet in the right moments.
-The Director and Writer are like legends I really like both of them
-The ending was so realistic and made me cry >///<
Anyway it was a good Fantasy/Romance drama, with very good comedy and relationships.
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More than just a romance, the story also focuses on the importance of family, the one that you have through blood and birth, but also the one that you make for yourself. Perhaps my favourite parts of the drama were outside of the amazingly written romance portions, fantasy segments and action parts, but the small in-betweens where a family that consisted of a lonely Goblin, his greedy nephew, a Grim Reaper, and a teenage girl got to behave as a family, and eat meals together, tease each other and share advice.
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First, let me start by giving a little background of my experience with Goblin BEFORE watching it: when it came out, everyone was freaking out about it. I remember it all too well… the youtube videos, fan arts, twitter discussions… I don’t know why but I initially thought I would never, in this life, watch it and love it as much as them. Maybe because I was fairly new to this world and was scared of dramas with historical references? Or did I think it was too complicated for me to understand what was going on? Was I scared because the actors were a bit older than what I was used to? I don’t know, but I simply decided that it was not for me. Years went by. One day, a few weeks ago, I was scrolling down a thread on twitter about funny drama moments and they included a scene from Goblin and I thought “Maybe I should give it a try.” But ended up brushing it off. But a few days later after that, I was on dramatist reading the articles and casually read the “most popular” list. Goblin was (is) there. And SUDDENLY I GOT THIS URGE TO WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! And so I did. The destin is a real thing, guys.
ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE REVIEW
Usually, I review each part of the drama, starting with the plot, but for some reason I’m not strong enough to write a full review today. Maybe after I rewatch it (because that will certainly happen). There’s plenty to talk about: the engaging and beautiful- even if painful- plot, the splendid acting and cast who portrayed unforgettable characters, the best OST of all time, the relieving feeling it leaves behind when it’s over. I feel like everyone went through so much that I just wanted them to have an ending- at some points I thought a happy ending was impossible for them. The dialogue is absolutely incredible. You cry and laugh like crazy in less than 5 minutes. The friendships in these are- oh my god. The first episode is the best episode of a drama I’ve ever watched. Like, honestly, the first 20 minutes of the first episode made me cry because of how good those scenes were. And I felt the need to write a live commentary of me watching the rest of the episode, which was a first for me. So here it is, my reaction to the first episode, written by me on Sunday, March 10th 2019:
//COMMENTARY
EPISODE 1
-So… I just watched the first 20 minutes. Literally the best twenty minutes of any drama I’ve ever watched. The war was… mind-blowing, I can’t describe what I felt. The acting is INSANE. No words. Simply no words.
And now I want to learn all about Korean history (even more than before). Great.
-27 minutes in and this little boy made me laugh soooo hard. “Why are you speaking informally to my grandpa? Do you want to die?” HAHAHA so cute
-48:00 … my heart is broken. Will I be able to deal with this drama? I don’t think so.
I am dead. I’m literally dead. This is my ghost writing this.
-This is going to make my Top 5 list, isn’t it?//
Yes, yes it is.
This show will stay very high on my list for a long time, I can feel it.
So refreshing. I knew what would happen to Goblin because I had seen many references to it on social media and basically everywhere? But NOTHING could have prepared me for that scene. It was my first time watching the whole scene and I SOBBED. And then I was happy. I was so happy by the last episode. And then- Oh well, we suffered along with the characters, didn’t we? But I wouldn’t change a thing. By the way, now that I’m thinking about that, a sequel wouldn’t hurt anyone, would it? It would make perfect sense if it was well written… but the perfection that is Goblin shouldn’t be changed. It should just stay as it is and nothing more than that.
I’m so thankful for this drama because I was able to finally get over my prejudice of historical dramas (only if we only got a glimpse of it, I’m more confident and comfortable to watch one of those because I found out I can really love the story even if I’m scared of the genre) and of dramas I thought I would never watch if my life. What an irony. And maybe I'll give Descendants of the Sun a try too! I’m happy that (at last) I know why so many people adored this drama back then and wouldn’t shut up about it and why it remains among so many people’s favorites. I got it. The actors are amazing (both male and female actors!!!) and we will all love them eternally. I got it.
And I had decided to write only a short review with an impactful (and very pretentious) statement but I ended up ranting about it. Oh well, I regret nothing.
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Many would say this is a masterpiece and I agree with that. I had always for some reason found reasons to not watch this cause even without reading the description of the drama I had a feeling it would be a tragedy I had a feeling I would cry many buckets of tears, but after let’s say 2 months I finally got the courage to watch it.... and as soon as I started I was ADDICTED the start was just amazing the story straightaway started with something that captivates the viewers completely I won’t say what happened since this isn’t one of those reviews that contain spoilers.
Although this drama uses CGI it wasn’t exaggerated or maybe it was just really well done I mean that ship scenes damn.... usually some fantasy dramas use CGI so much that the whole drama looks fake and I mean it’s fantasy obviously it will be fake but it gets to a certain point where it’s almost cringey but this drama was not like that.
The actors did an amazing job they conveyed the characters so well and they had so much chemistry in the drama and in the BTS, I think we really have to give the actors an applause for their crying scenes cause honestly every time they cried I felt it, I remember there was a part that Kim Go Eun cried (she played Ji Eun Tak) and her cries sounded to melancholy and so real the way she gasping for air I myself just couldn’t stop crying with her. There were also many times the actors improvised themselves trying to make the scene funnier or more correspondent to their character they just did an amazing job!
The Director, the film crew, the scriptwriters, the CGI group and oh my god the makeup crew that deserve a huge applause the way they made a young person look old with makeup was just amazing, they did 5 hours of make up on just one person I feel bad for the actress that had to come 5 hours early just to get her makeup done.
The music was also very well chosen they made some scenes so much more emotional or some so much more romantic it was just amazing.
Overall I give the drama a 10/10 they did fantastic with practically everything I hope my review persuades you to watch this drama and let me warn you about the tears that will just flow out of your eyes, I hope your ready! And if your wondering about the ending.... it was bitter sweet.
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not thrilled with this one
I actually had started this drama once and could not finish it because I did not like the plot, but after a year or so I decided it was time for me to finally watch it. I liked it but I found myself cringing everytime she called him ajhussi. I loved the side couple.I did not like the way the whole story ended, but the acting was amazing and the OST was so touching, I could listen to it all day. there was great action and suspense, but overall it was not my cup of tea.
I would recommend it so someone who is looking for a nice fantasy action romance and someone who does not care at alla about the enormous age gap and the cringey scenes.
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everything is great: acting, music, script,... except for the story. i think there are some plot holes but cant tell clearly bcs they will be spoilers. some scenes are too cheesey :( final episodes moving really fast i got a little bit tired.
however, love all the cast!!! theres nothing to say about gong yoo, lee dongwook, yoo inna. they are excellent already. but i am so so surprised by yook sungjae and kim goeun. looking forward to their next films!!
now im going to continue 'touch your heart', watched it last year but dropped at the 10th episode bcs of losing interest. really excited!
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Story: All over the place. Too many interweaving character storylines and relationships fighting for center stage, too many repeating scenes, and truly atrocious pacing. I couldn't stand how slowly this moved, honestly. It felt like it started out strongly, but then characters would spend episodes doing nothing. They would talk, they would be cute, they would be unsure, but nothing really happened for so. Many. Episodes. And then when something finally did happen that brought the characters into conflict, it was too quick to feel at all developed. In particular, an antagonist popped up later in the series and when they dealt with them, I was left thinking, "...that's it? That's how they're gonna do this?"
The characters were okay, but Eun Tak was just... not very well-developed, in my opinion. She's a bubbly, optimistic girl who can see ghosts and wants to help people. Okay, why? Why does she cling to Shin strongly at the beginning, and am I supposed to be charmed by the fact that an immature teenager is flirting with a 1,000 year old man? There wasn't much depth to her or their romance, and I felt disconnected from her character as a whole. Which further made the romance less engaging to me. Furthermore, so many of these characters had the potential to be amazing, with just a little more focus and development, which I think was sacrificed in order to fit so many of the other elements into the show.
Acting: I do like the cast, especially Gong Yoo. I was also incredibly impressed with Lee Dong Wook as I've thought he was a bad actor in the past, yet his work here definitely made me second guess my opinion of him. Kim Go Eun is a really good actress, yet seeing her play an immature teenager for so much of the show really grated on my nerves. But, boy, can she cry. Both she and Gong Yoo can make your heart ache, I'll give them that. Never been a huge fan of Yoo In Na, but she did well here, so I didn't mind her.
Music: Cute, fitting. I don't remember most of it, but I'm going to attribute that to the fact that I was consistently frustrated with the show. I can tell you that this is an OST that will definitely stay with the people who loved the show, though.
TL;DR: I'm glad that this show has brought such joy to so many people, but it disappointed me. I should have known better considering how I've fared with Kim Eun Sook's other dramas, but I was hoping this one was different. However, if you like her other dramas and are a fan of fantasy, fated lovers, a little bit of sadness, a little bit of comedy, and a whole lot of romance, then definitely give this one a shot.
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Bewitching & Bittersweet Romance
If someone were to ask me to describe this series, I’m not sure I could do it justice. It’s about life and loss; joy and grief; hope and despair. It’s about letting go of the past to embrace the present and future; building a friendship with a rival; falling in love for the first time. It is, as Eun-tak says, a “sad love” story. Yet despite this show being an absolutely bewitching and bittersweet story, it didn’t quite work for me.❤ This show works best when it focuses on the four main leads - Kim Shin, Grim Reaper, Ji Eun-tak, and Sunny. Kim Shin and the Grim Reaper shine whether they are bickering or bantering.
❤ It took me some time to get invested in the love story considering an immortal is attempting to romance a high school senior. I embraced their romance eventually, but it took me some time to get past the circumstances. Eun-tak’s sunny personality mixed with Kim Shin’s awakening emotions were the perfect mixture between silly and sweet.
❤ It’s too long for such a short story. Whole scenes from previous episodes we’re inserted into later episodes to pad it out to sixteen episodes, but it dragged down the pacing dramatically. I think it could have been well executed with half the run time.
❤ The person training to be the next assistant to Kim Shin, Yoo Duk-hwa, was only used as a plot device or the comic relief. The CGI was also pretty terrible, particularly in the earlier episodes.
❤ Be prepared for a bittersweet ending. This is a show that talks a lot about depression, loss, and grief. If you’re looking for a fun and feel good show, you might not enjoy this experience right now.
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Do not get hung up on the age gap, love is love is love
I Finished this masterpiece a couple of weeks ago, and I can’t stop thinking about it. The romance, the bromance, the comedy, the costumes, the jackets, the magic, the chemistry between the entire cast, the plot, the history, The memorable scenes, the beautiful kisses, And an ending that had me thinking about it for weeks. This is 100% worth the watch. Honestly if the music has been a bit better, this would’ve replaced my number one favorite. This is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen, no matter the language and no matter the country. I can’t say enough good things about it. I know a lot of people get hung up on the age gap between the main female lead and main male lead, but She starts off the show as a naive, awkward 19 year old and ends the show as a strong, fierce 29-year-old woman....how can you not love a young woman coming into her own strength?! meanwhile he’s supposed to be 900 years mentally, 32 physically, but 18 romance wise. It evens out in my eyes. I say just Indulge in it and let yourself fall in love with them too. And don’t even Get me started on the secondary romance and how precious it is. But let’s be honest the real star of the show is the romance between the goblin and grim reaper. I hope these to do another show together someday.Was this review helpful to you?
