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Flawless
Absolutely perfect, especially the king’s love for his woman. Despite everything, he protects her at all costs. What I liked most was that he didn’t care about anything else—his priority was always her.In many dramas like this, the king often becomes helpless and lets his woman suffer, but here, that wasn’t the case.
Too good! A must-watch.
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VERY ENTERTAINING
This drama has been out for a while but I just watched it and I was glued to the TV. I fell in love with Kim Min Gue. He did such an exceptional performance. I enjoy watching feel good dramas that are absolutely not tear jerkers. Being the person I am, I did tear up in some of the scenes in which the character couple were met with so many challenges in the relationship. The loving relationship between the two main characters was strongly felt thru their performances. I have to say that the baby in the drama was just absolutely beautiful. The drama gave me such a warm happy feeling with the ending. Great work, thanks to all of the work that went into this entertaining drama. I will definitely watch again.Was this review helpful to you?
Excellent portrayal of politics among romance
I started this one with low expectations as the last two Kdramas had high reviews but just didn't work for me. However, I am blown away by how much I am enjoying this. Clearly, one shouldn't go by ratings alone, since this one is actually a 9 + for me at this point.The pacing is perfect. Here are some of things that have worked well for me -
the actors are amazing, the comic relief is just right - that can really bore me at times in Kdrama as I don't usually find the comedy too funny, the politics is extremely believable, everyone is clear about why they are doing what they are doing (IOW- plausible storyline), the murder mystery is genuinely interesting, the side characters do more than just fill screen space, the funny but actually conniving cold character thrown in, a spunky FL and a strong kind ML. This one did make it to my tiny list of great Kdramas.
The music was in particular fabulous
All the best to those who try it out. I loved this drama and would watch it again.
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I was sorely disappointed with this drama. The story was unfulfilled with weak romance and unexplored character development. The story was lacking because the political intrigue wasn't properly covered, leading to a few plot holes large enough for me to put my foot in. The enemies were your typical 2D villains who practically rubbed their hands together with glee as they once again attempt to separate the main leads for no clear reason. The actors were all attractive, but that was where the enjoyment ends for me. The king was a lovesick puppy with the typical trope of having met the female lead once when they were little and falling in love. He doggedly chases her around during the queen selection and for some reason, she falls in love with him even though he does nothing other than insist she is the dead queen for literally half of the show.
Next, there was no character development. I appreciate getting a smarter than usual female lead but that is where it ends. She grew up on the streets but she acts like a high bred noblewoman from episode one, which made no sense. First, she wanted revenge on the king, and then within the span of 1 or 2 episodes, she is in love with him. The romance was just too forced, I actually shipped her more with the evil second lead.
Carrying on about the second lead, I wasn't expecting anything too spectacular but they really dropped the ball with him. Do Sang Woo did what he could with the mediocre script and instructions he was given. He played the playful yet scheming prince perfectly, and it would have been amazing if he hadn't been so head over heels in love with the female lead just from meeting a few times. If they had built up their relationship more, his complete 180 into a psycho obsessive dude in the last episodes would have made more sense and added extra spice to the show. Instead, we got another random dude in love with the female lead for no reason.
There was a little magic added in for some razzle-dazzle but ultimately doesn't do much for the plot except conveniently help the king save our female lead time and time again.
Music was memorable, but after a while, the opera-like voices began to wear me down because it was dramatic and the show felt like a snoozefest for me. Think Game of Thrones soundtrack used for a run-of-the-mill historical show.
The end was rushed, and I don't want to spoil it but anyone with half a brain cell would understand that the ending was impossible and a plot hole. They just wanted a happy ending so bad they thought no one would remember the previous episode.
Overall, if the writers had fleshed out the relationships in this show as much as they established the sisterhood among the nice girls in the queen selection this would have been a good show. Alas, trying to shove it all into 16 episodes was a mistake. Why does Jin Se Yeon keep appearing in mediocre historical dramas?
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Still acceptable
LIKESimple and lovely relationship between Eun Bo and Lee Gyung
Enjoyed watching the Queen selection
DISLIKE
The entire vibe that Jae Hwa gave me just not the right frequency
MUSIC
Not to my liking
REWATCH VALUE
It doesn't matter if I re-watch or not
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cool
Kang Eun Bo est une femme en mission. Lorsque sa sœur jumelle est assassinée, elle jure de retrouver le meurtrier et de le traduire en justice. Mais à l'époque ultraconservatrice de la dynastie Joseon (1392-1910), la seule femme ayant le pouvoir d'ordonner une chasse à l'homme contre un meurtrier est la reine. Kang Eun Bo décide donc de remporter le titre royal tant convoité afin de pouvoir un jour venger la mort de sa sœur. Mais pour ce faire, elle doit d’abord gagner le cœur du roi Joseon Lee Kyung. Lee Kyung a grandi à une époque de grands troubles politiques et s’intéresse moins aux questions de cœur – et se préoccupe davantage d’apporter la paix dans le royaume. Kang Eun Bo découvre bientôt que gagner les faveurs du roi ne sera pas facile ; la cour royale est également inondée de belles jeunes femmes, dont beaucoup espèrent épouser le roi. Mais lorsque le roi réalise soudain qu'il reconnaît Kang Eun Bo dans un rêve, les deux commencent à nouer un lien improbable. Kang Eun Bo trouvera-t-elle un jour l'assassin de son jumeau ? Et l’amour pourrait-il fleurir entre le streetwise Kang Eun Bo et le roi idéaliste ? (Source : Viki) Modifier la traductionWas this review helpful to you?
MUST WATCH
Okay, First of all I won’t say anything about the story for I might spoil you, All I can say is that this series is a must watch, Because this series proves that LOVE IS ABOVE EVERYTHING, that you will do EVERYTHING for the person that you love, To be honest.....I’m very meticulous when it comes to watching movies or series, I want to watch something that will both educate me and satisfy my soul.... and this series definetly did that, It tells you that you should never let the person you love be harmed, That you should always take care and trust your loved ones and it also tells us THAT WE SHOULD’NT LET OUR STATE OF LIVING DECIDE WHO TO BE FRIENDS WITH, EVEN IF SHE’S YOUR MAID BECAUSE LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP IS MUCH BETTER THAN POWER....I hope my review will help youWas this review helpful to you?
Queen: War of Love
The drama felt like it was held together with duct tape. There was this missing spark to make the twins plot work. How are we supposed to buy into this twin dynamic when there's no connection?Somehow, the dead twin had a better chemistry and her replacement twin never worked despite being the same actress. The romance as well suffered because of that, incompatible by design. Out of all the ideas that can be spun from a twins plot, they kept it very simple while doing the bare minimum to fill the episodes. Which also resulted in long draggy uneventful events. On another note, out of all of Jin Se Yeon historical roles, this is her weakest performance yet.Was this review helpful to you?
PRETTY GOOD but some minor icks?!
I think the storyline/plot was fun! It had a lot of potential and played well with romance and politics!All the characters did a FANTASTIC job of portraying their respective characters - especially all the female leads!
As for the romance aspect - I really did love his obsession or like passion for the MFL but at some parts; he seemed too desperate / immature to me. BUT I still liked it LOL
Politics - made sense etc all the nitty gritty dirty tricks and such were there.
As for the 'power' the King had - interesting concept but felt like such a cheat code idk - definitely a unique addition for a traditional styled drama and could see how shamans and spirits idea came into play.
Overall, a pretty fun watch!! Some parts were slow but loved the cast, and the selection part was fun too! Worth to give it a watch!
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I hope it will have season 2!!!
I'll just gonna say it was very wonderful, it'll provide you a roller coaster emotion and i'm sure that it will satisfy you. It has an outstanding story, characters and events , that gonna make you watch it over and over again. And make sure to finish you're watching because it'll make you emotional in every episode. The characters deserve their position because they had an outstanding acting skills that make fulfill their duties and make you enjoy you're watching. I'll guarantee you that you'll really gonna enjoy watching it. I hope for season 2.Was this review helpful to you?
Who is going to hit the bullet? the lead actress Eun-Bo? or the queen? hopefully the queen will just die. So the concubine will replace the position of the previous queen. So love will reign. I love oppah Kim Min-Kyu great acting and his eunuch and right hand persons. His adversaries also. All the casts are great and of course the director. This is between the love and authority, the greediness of the position. The principle of leader and authority. The decision making etc. A good leader takes responsibility for everyone’s performance as well as their own so on and so forth.
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Underrated Drama
I was wondering if to watch this drama because of the relative low rating of 7.7. I am so happy I've started it and watched it until the very end. Every Character was so well developed even the side plot characters had their own motives and story arcs. The acting was for most part also top, but what I really enjoyed was the music .The main theme song in Latin was so captivation so I want to share with you the English translation .
La freccia odiosa trafiggeva il cuore
Da quella notte sentirci non cruenta
Gelide voci trascinava a sé
Diceva il odio cancellerà il tuo
The hateful arrow pierced the heart,
No pain was felt in that bloody night,
With cold voice he took her away,
Saying he will abolish her hate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6sWuM2GKwM
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