So well done you won't notice it's 20 episodes long!
A refined, spectacular and well told Joseon period drama that I enjoyed from start to finish. It's 20 episodes of neatly crafted taletelling and cinematography with a dazzling array of great actors. While less a romance than a mystery suspense, romance was a theme that I thought was done well without too many usual tropes.Park Hyung Sik is a popular actor and suited the role of Prince Lee Hwan. Jeon So Nee was excellent in her role as the framed murderer Min Jae Yi. And Lee Tae Sun stole every scene as a wacky genius & black sheep of a noble family; he stole every scene as one the most congenial characters I've ever seen. And the actor who plays the Right State minister I've seen many times and excels in being diabolical.
A sinister plot springs immediately from the opening credits of Episode 1. From there it's balanced with a generous amount of silly and sincere humor. The characters in Our Blooming Youth are well crafted, and the plot and dialogue exceptional. With a length of 20 episodes the complexity of the story seemed appropriate. And I found it delightful even up to episodes 18-20 when just a few k-cliches showed up in the main characters behavior that pointed to "time to rush the ending". Although the romantic relationships lacked zing and skin-ship, there is a pleasant and happy ending.
Key Attributes:
Dialogue was A+++; almost entirely free of annoying phrases or exasperating pauses.
20 episodes were just right 👍🏾👍🏾
Jeon So Nee portrayed a believable heroine who is emotionally mature
Love story between Jae Yi falling for Lee Hwan was delightful. Jae Yi displays a natural and refreshing joy as her feelings develop. Prince Hwan is more reserved, and it matched his personality.
All Character crafting (by writers) was coherent and consistent throughout. Another A+++ especially the villains that make you spit nails
Use of Humor as a balance and part of understanding the characters was great 👍🏾👍🏾
No overly intense cliff hangers (IMO)
With well written, believable characters, and wonderful dialogue I found watching this intensely enjoyable. Highly recommend it!!
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Park Hyung Sik is back with a bang!!
Whooey!!!!!! :D After a LOOOONG wait finally a kick ass FL.LOVED how role has been written and the actress fits to a T.
And of course Park Hyung Sik amongst the MOST talented actors who can hold his act taut and without missing a beat.
He shone in HAPPINESS, Bong Soon, Heirs, and YES got second lead syndrome in Hwarang, stole the show inspite of being the second couple.
He's right up there in acting chops (and yumminess) with Kim Woo Bin / Park Bo Gum / Park Seo Jun / Lee Jun Ho / Nam Joo Hyuk.
And FL we can expect her to make her mark with this show.
Something about her is almost Kim Tae Ri.
How I wish I could have binged on this (all 20 episodes).
The fact that the writer of this show also wrote Romance is a Bonus Book / Discovery of Romance / Because its the First Time each with STRONG WOMEN roles I think this will end up with VERY HIGH ratings. Predicting a mydramalist rating of 8.5/9.0 at the least.
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A must watch drama ??
It is a Complete package..It's a korean adaptation of The Golden Hairpin.. with a twist and i'm loving it. ❤️ (ofcouse GH with chinese customs and all and they need to change it to korean Joseon Era)
Cinematography , casting, Director, everything is sooo good! Now, i'm waiting for the OST🤍
You know its a good drama when ParkHyungSik is in it ❤️🔥 He is so good! Try to watch all his drama and you can't resist his charm. ❤️
For the FL, You did a great job Jeon So Nee ❤️
I can't wait for your love story with Prince Lee Hwan.. I enjoyed the book and I know your chemistry with PHS will be great! 🤍
2 yrs in the making and finally it is time for us to watch OBY drama every M/T !!
Our Blooming Youth, fighting ! ❤️🫰🏻
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Park Hyung-sik really don't miss
I trust PHS with his drama choices as the dramas he always chooses are great. his acting never misses either. him and so nee are such a visual pairing that though only 2 episodes have aired so far, I'm loving their chemistry with one another. the story is another one of those historical dramas that has the higher ups being wicked and twisted trying to take advantage of the people below them. But the writing in this story elevates it to an even better story. first you got so nee's character who is trying to avenge her family and also trying to clear her name. then you have Hyung-sik's character just trying to get rid of the "Curse."The costume department did amazing as well. The Hanboks the ladies have is genuinely majestic and they are so beautiful to look at. so nee is a strong and resilient female lead and I always love kdrama female leads who don't let themselves get walked over. I believe the romance is going to blossom into a beautiful and intense love story as the show progresses and I'm excited to see where it, and the other sub plots will go. with 18 episodes remaining, y'all should start watching now and get caught up frfr
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Our Blooming Youth is a strange title for a clunky drama. The purpose of this drama, despite ghostly flourishes and dramatic Dum Dum DUM music, seems to be to throw two people together and make it look like an epic love story. So we have the crown prince meeting the FL, a suspected murderer, who appears to have shot an arrow at him. He ends up dragging her to his tent for questioning. By the wrist, naturally. That’s after she performs the usual fall off a cliff into water trope and sneaking into town disguised as one of a group-of-(VERY unobservant) soldiers thing. Sigh. When the Female Lead later pulls out a big dagger, cuts herself free of her bonds, and attacks a guard I think we’re supposed to be impressed by how badass she is. But all I could think of was that the guard must have flunked Introduction to Bodyguarding where they teach you to search somebody for weapons BEFORE you tie them up. It all feels contrived and formulaic and Park Hyung Sik seems to be sleepwalking through his role looking as bored as I feel. There are the usual scheming old ministers, including Jung Woon-In playing the baddie as always. Nothing new to see here. Was this review helpful to you?
Esperava mais
Tive muita expectativa em relação a esse drama por causa do Park Hyung-sik, e talvez por isso me senti um tanto decepcionada com a série. A história demorou muito pra se desenrolar, tanto que a trama principal foi resolvida já bem no finalzinho da série. Acredito que 16 eps teriam sido mais do que suficientes pra contar a história.Apesar de tudo isso, o elenco foi muito bom e entregaram atuação de milhões! Vi muitas críticas sobre falta de química entre os protas, mas na minha opinião eles conseguiram entregar toda química e tensão que os personagens precisavam demonstrar sem contato físico.
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décevant
Je n'aime pas écrire une critique lorsque j'abandonne un drama, sauf si je visionne déjà la moitié de la série. A un épisode près, je vais dire que je peux me permettre de vous dire ce que j'en pense.Le premier épisode était prometteur. Un zeste de surnaturel, un prince héritier qui avait une certaine prestance et … c'est tout. Dès l'apparition de l'héroïne, je pense que tout est parti en fumé. J'ai tenu 11 épisodes. Dans l'espoir que cela s'arrange un peu. Si le schéma classique ne dérange pas, bien au contraire, la logique et l'enchainement des épisodes y laissent un goût amer.
Les enquêtes ne sont pas très intéressantes, voire ennuyeuses. La trame était un tantinet intéressant mais le parti pris de centrer l’attention tout autour d’une protagoniste manquant d’attrait et de ses acolytes non moins attrayants a rendu l’intrigue lourd à digérer.
Les protagonistes? Si le prince m'était bien sympathique, l'héroïne est quant à elle dépourvue de charme à mes yeux. Si elle nous est décrit comme un personnage fort, intelligent, malin et débrouillard dont la seule présence requis aurait le don d’aider le prince, malheureusement à la lumière un peu crue de la réalité, elle devient tout le contraire. Ses compétences de détective ne nous sont jamais réellement démontré, et le peu d’étalage de ses hauts faits n’impressionne guère. Quant à son bagou et à la force de son caractère? Maladroit. Passant le plus clair de son temps à pleurnicher, elle ne cesse de se plaindre. Sa douleur d'avoir perdu sa famille n'est nullement clairement illustré, j’aurais aimé plus que quelques flashbacks entre elle et son père afin de pouvoir compatir à ses malheurs. Nous sommes donc loin de la douleur de Ye Tan lorsque cette dernière perd sa soeur
( The Starry Love) ou de la vengeance implacable de Lin Bu Yi (Love Like The Galaxy). C’est aussi un peu la même chose avec le prince héritier, où il nous est difficile de vouloir le soutenir. Sa relation avec son père ne nous fait pas ciller et celle avec son frère disparu n’est que suggéré. Je ne mentionnerai pas les personnages secondaires où sans surprise, ils se révéleront sans substance.
C’est donc un drama décevant et qui n’aura pas réussi à me garder intéressé jusqu’au bout.
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Les fleurs n'ont pas eu le temps de fleurir...
Et bien... Our Blooming Youth avait tout pour être un merveilleux bouquet. Un bon et joli casting ainsi qu'une intrigue jonglant entre malédictions, meurtres et romance dans l'ère Joseon. Malheureusement, les fleurs ne fleuriront pas.Le premier épisode est bon. Il met en place les personnages et les situations auxquelles nous allons être confrontés. C'était une bonne façon de nous projeter les grandes lignes. Il suffisait ensuite de relier tout ça avec des personnages, des actions et... ah ! Pas vraiment, en fin de compte.
Les personnages sont moyennement intéressants. Park Hyung Sik amène une image sympathique au Prince héritier avec un caractère sensiblement différent. Cependant, il n'est pas non plus le plus mémorable qu'on puisse avoir, son personnage manque cruellement de développement.
Jeon So Nee compose son personnage (Min Jae Yi) de façon désinvolte, si bien qu'elle devient ennuyeuse entre deux répliques. Déguisée en homme ou dans sa propre peau de femme, elle reste peu engageante.
Si on sent une franche solidarité entre femmes (notamment entre Min Jae Yi et Jang Ga Ram (incarnée par Pyo Ye Jin)) ainsi que quelques ondes de modernité, cela ne suffit pas.
L'action manque. On préfère nous la raconter. Pourquoi ? On préfère aussi nous relater des conversations plutôt que d'assister à la réelle conversation. Pourquoi, encore une fois ? Quel est l'intérêt ?
Sur le papier, Our Blooming Youth avait un incroyable potentiel (avec son lot de complot politique, cela va de soit). Mais au final ce n'est jamais devenu palpitant tant sur son intrigue que sur ses personnages.
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Apesar das críticas... Recomendo!!
O enredo começa muito interessante: um príncipe herdeiro supostamente amaldiçoado e uma aristocrata acusada de assassinar a própria família se unem para desvendar um mistério de dez anos atrás . Porém, com o passar dos episódios alguns personagens decepcionam e história perde rumo.O personagem Kim Myung Jin se tornou muito caricato. Ele deveria ser uma espécie de "cientista louco" que faz autópsias e tem conhecimentos gerais amplos, porém ele também é o alívio cômico da série; o que fez ele parecer incompetente. Só o fato dele demorar quase o drama todo pra descobrir que Go Soon Dol era a Min Jae Yi (que ele possuía uma vasta coleção de cartazes com seu rosto) já mostra que as suas habilidades investigativas são decepcionantes.
Gostei muito do personagem da Jae Yi. Não, ela não consegue convencer de que é um homem enquanto está disfarçada de Eunuco, mas a gente pode fingir, né?
A personagem também é um pouco teimosa, mas dado as circunstâncias, acho que ela teve um desenvolvimento legal durante a série. Gostaria de ter visto mais das habilidades investigativas dela, que ao contrário do Myung Jin, pode ser cômica e competente ao mesmo tempo.
Não há muito o que falar do Tae Gang, do Sargento (corno manso) e da Ga Ram. Todos conseguiram ser bons personagens, mesmo com algumas ressalvas.
Won Seo, ator que interpreta o Gang e o seu irmão gêmeo, conseguiu deixar os personagens com cores distintas mesmo tendo
o mesmo rosto, demonstrando personalidades bem diferentes.
O Sargento foi sempre muito leal ao príncipe mesmo tendo um certo motivo para se rebelar. Na verdade, esperava que momentaneamente ele fosse se opor ao Yi Hwan por causa da Jae Yi. Fiquei um pouco desapontada quando esse não foi o caso.
Sobre a Ga Ram, esperava que ela alcançasse mais durante a história, já que ela sempre esteve muito na sombra da protagonista. Mesmo tendo algumas participações importantes, ainda não teve o destaque merecido.
Por fim, temos o príncipe herdeiro Yi Hwan, Em sua maioria, foi um bom personagem, menos em algumas cenas frustrantes com relação à sua desconfiança inicial da Jae Yi, principalmente quando o irmão dela foi encontrado morto e a reação do Yi Hwan foi desconsiderar tudo que ela fez até o presente momento, jogando fora o desenvolvimento do personagem.
Porém o ator é muito lindo, Hyung Sik ta de parabéns.
Minha última crítica vai para o pessoal de Byeokcheon, muito do enredo foi com eles sendo os antagonistas da série: a carta fantasma, a flecha com veneno, a morte da família da Jae Yi. Tendo eles se juntado ao Príncipe mais cedo seria possível focar mais nos verdadeiros vilões, a Família Jo.
Dito isso, o drama ainda é capaz de entreter a audiência, talvez não quanto poderia, visto que teve muito do seu potencial desperdiçado.
Gosto muito de dramas históricos, mas acabo desistindo de assistir alguns por causa do enredo apático, Our Blooming Youth, no entanto, não apresenta esse problema, e apesar de ser imaturo em algumas cenas, consegue te fazer voltar para assistir o próximo episódio!
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