Deserves all the praise!
A very heart wrenching plot. The title said "Queen of Tears" exactly, we all were in tears while watching each episode. This drama had taken me on a emotional roller coaster, with each passing episodes, from feeling heart broken for Baek Hyun Woo, feeling loved over how a women can admire her partner secretly to the extreme, feeling hatred and sad at the same time for the antagonist who finally died without getting an ounce of love he yearned for. I would watch this drama over and over again as I might never get tired of it. The chemistry in loving, misunderstanding, fighting and even waiting for each other, between the main cast has been the cherry on top, serving every emotion we needed. Sure gonna miss them as my weekend will never be the same without them, but let's hope for another masterpiece like this in the future. A story of love, family, reconciliation, friendship, character, sacrifice, perseverance, patience, selflessness, humility and so much more.Lessons I learned from watching this drama - Cherishing every moment with your love ones because not all the time, they will be with you, you will part ways for sure so cherish every moments that you have and spend time with them as much as you can before it’s too late.
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too much overrated
the story didnt get to my head or the heart even tho it had a cry wothy scens n plot…the actors were the korean tht its overrated..idk y kim so hyun is called rhe queen of tears..i couldnt relate to him or feel sad or pity him cuz i was side with the fl n didnt like tht fact tht he was happy and wanted To divorce her whn she has ligit yonna die..Was this review helpful to you?
Came for Kim Soo Hyun stayed for Kim Soo Hyun
This is the perfect example of how a mediocre plot/story/screenwriting can become a masterpiece with the right cast.Queen of Tears is your average storyline, more like the stories of the 2010s, revolving around the traditional plot lines of, a rich girl and poor boy, terminal illness following the ML and FL rekindling their lost love, finding a miraculous cure and finally a happily ever after. Add to that there is the typical villain who is manipulative and makes your teeth itch wanting to beat them to death.
There was character and story development, but in the end, it all was just average. But oh BOY!! didn't the cast do a brilliant job?? Like every actor /actress was amazing, taking out their full potential to bring out the oh-so-average characters. If this drama was acted out by anyone else, it would not have been as successful, so kudos to the cast. It was a Brilliant performance.
This is one of that rare moments where I came for the actors and stayed for them cuz the plot did not engage me as I was hoping it would be.
This 8/10 from me is entirely for the cast and none for the plot/screenwriter.
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Should have been 12 episodes long.
DO NOT READ THIS REVIEW UNTIL YOU HAVE WATCHED THE ENTIRE KDRAMA. It's better to watch this with an open mind and no expectations. That being said, to summarise, in my opinion the Rom-Com and sad parts of this drama are 10/10, but the Queens Company and the stuff including the villains are shit and negligently written. Still would recommend it. 9/10 for me but that’s cause I love the first 12 episodes so much. Last 4 are like a 4/10 and that’s being kind.Good parts:
• The acting is brilliant. Eun Song’s actor was brilliant, especially in the last episode, all aspects of Kim Ji Won’s acting is flawless. She can cry well, do cute scenes, etc. Kim Soo Hyun’s strongest point is his crying scenes, and he has show cased this brilliantly in this drama.
• All the side characters are well written, except the villains. I like Aunt Beom Ja and Soo Cheol especially. Soo Cheol in particular had a nice character arc, from being the annoying incompetent brother to the independent good husband. I like how his fight scene against those gangsters and how he rode the bike to chase the gangsters (links to the scene where he was trying to ride a bike to teach his son earlier). I thought it show cased his progression well.
• First 8 episodes were so good, when the writing was more focused on Hyun Woo and Hae In’s relationship, its struggles with it falling apart and Hae In’s illness. Honestly, should of just stuck to that. Divorce concept was good, no need for that company being taken over sht.
• OST is great. Heize, Crush and BSS’s songs were my favourite.
• Congrats to who ever is on lighting. So many scenes where they’re just walking, and the light would shine behind them making the characters look majestic. That scene where Hae In walks out of her house whilst Hyun Woo was waiting for her in one the first 5 episodes is a reference (can’t remember which srry).
• I cried so much man. Like for the first 12 episodes I cried every time. Any drama that makes me, who’s normally stoic, cry deserves it’s applause.
• The production is world class.
• Story is good up until the part where the grandfather is killed. I especially like the writing regarding Hyun Woo and Hae In's relationship.
Bad parts:
• Seul Hee’s entire plan to take over the company relied on Eun Song (her son) being able to acquire the capital independently to buy the stocks. If Eun Song wasn’t academically strong or straight up lucky, he wouldn’t be able to use the Arab sheiks money to buy the stocks initially nor have a relationship with the Queen’s family. If Eun Song had failed, then she would have just wasted decades of her life pretending to love some old man.
• In episode 15, Hae In has no memories so she checks the news to see her relationship with her family and sees that she had divorced her husband and wasn’t close with her family. Did she not check the articles about her and Hyun Woo for the month prior to the surgery, where people were saying she revealed her illness to the world to protect her husband and that they were in love?
• Hae In got a brain surgery, but she her hair is perfect right after it was completed. She also had hair. (this one I forgive though).
• Does anyone else think Eun Song’s love for Hae In is extremely illogical? This guy was out of the picture for years, enough time for her to get married and have a child (although it died of a miscarriage), and he still thought it was possible to win her heart. Is it possible to be that delusional? Also his obsession with her is all based on one childhood encounter. Bro worked his ass off for decades over one miniscule childhood encounter.
• The hospital in Frankfurt just let Eun Song be Hae In’s guardian without any proof of him being her fiancé, whilst she had no memories. That seems extremely dangerous. Also, they were confused who was her real fiancé. Isn’t it clear that Hyun Woo, the one who called up the hospital to organise the surgery, and was sleeping in her room for the past few days was her real fiancé?
• What happened to that entire thing about Hae In losing her memories up to the surgery? They could have built upon that, but I guess they forgot or wanted to focus on Eun Song.
• There was one episode where Hae In’s family was scared she was going to refuse the surgery because she would lose her memories of Hyun Woo and everyone else. I remember shouting at my TV, why tf would she refuse the surgery. It’s better than being dead. 1 episode later and she had almost refused the surgery because she would lose her memories. WTF. I feel like the writer was just trying to extend the series by and extra episode.
I can’t remember anything else and I’ve got shit to do so I’m not gonna write more. This review is basically just a place for me to vent my frustrations with the writing. This drama should have been 12 episodes long. swear down.
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Fit for a Queen's Throne, Yet Just Shy of Brilliance
The TL;DR would be that this show is a flawed masterpiece. The premise, though not unique in any way, was interesting enough to hook me in from the get-go. A seemingly perfect couple leading to a strained divorce, it leads you to wonder how two star-crossed lovers become seemingly indifferent strangers living in the same house. Through flashbacks, current events, and interactions between the characters, the veil behind the two main leads slowly unfolds, revealing the road leading up to the story.The casting and acting were nothing short of perfection. Each of the actors delivered a masterful performance that brought the characters to life. Every gaze, action, speech was filled with emotions that brought depth and nuance. This especially holds true for our two main leads, both delivering stand-out performances worthy of a standing ovation. Kim Soo Hyun embodied each emotion his character and expressed it so well you could feel his tears and joy. Kim Ji Won, on the other hand, with her body language and subtle movements, perfectly portrayed the duality of her character. Park Sung Hoon once again masterfully plays the antagonist, creating a villain so well done that he had to come out and apologize and stress that it was just an act.
However, the shine of the stars was not enough to cover up its pitfalls. The performance of the cast members was largely held back by the mediocre story filled with a number of loopholes. Though the original premise and starting episodes were interesting, it quickly fell into a generic trope of power play between two conflicting parties, quickly becoming predictable in its final episodes. It also tries to introduce many elements and troupes, but fails to properly explore them with enough depth, leaving only a shallow touch of elements that makes it seem cheap. It's a real shame as the start showed a lot of promise and potential to be different but wasn't delivered. But, this does not mean that it is bad. What it lacks in plot development and uniqueness, it makes up for in its characters (mostly). The main characters are very well-written, and aspects of their personality not reflected in words are done so through actions and small details. Supporting characters are fleshed out and explored, turning some generic characters into thoughtful and nuanced human beings. However, the main antagonists are, in my opinion, poorly written. Though their backstories are well-explored, it frustrates me how predictable and cliché they are and could have been given some more love in developing their motivations.
This really hurt the story, especially since they spent so much time building up the impact of the antagonists, only to reveal their flimsy motives and backstories that honestly felt like they forgot to write about at the start and tacked it on as an afterthought. On that note, I personally think that the ending was rather weak. Though it was lovely and wholesome, I think it undermined a lot of the stakes and obstacles they faced. They spent so much time invested in developing the challenges the couple faces, and it was really well done. It made them look more humane and relatable and made you want to cry and laugh along with them. But the ending felt cheap and not very impactful, as if all the tears and hardships served no grander purpose.
With all that being said, I still enjoyed Queen of Tears. The story between the two main characters and development of a few side characters were beautiful, and I thoroughly enjoyed the dynamics and how they changed over the course of the 16 episodes. Though the writing wasn't the best, the slight focus on slice-of-life comedy paired with an amazing production/OST made it all the more enjoyable. The actors' performance deserves praise, and the two main leads stole the show with their chemistry and portrayed a wonderful, challenging love story that denotes the ugly side of love but showcases how that ugliness in itself is also a form of beauty.
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Good writing always works!
It's simply a very well-written drama with an engaging plot and excellent romance. The long episodes go by like a lightning, it's very well-made, with a complicated family in the center of it all living through two simultaneous crisis. Kim Soo Hyun portrays his most vulnerable main lead, it's such a great testimony to his acting. The secondary cast simply served, they are all charismatic and interesting in their own ways. I could barely see those hour and a half episodes going by. Streaming, INVEST IN YOUR WRITERS! Also the soundtrack is so iconic. Definitely a 10.Was this review helpful to you?
Why the ratings?
I don't understand the hype. Was there nothing else better broadcasting in this slot? This show has a great cast and the story and acting are ok. But it's certainly not better than or even near Crash Landing (which it is almost matching in terms of broadcast ratings). The 90 minute episodes definitely don't help - it just makes things draggy.The only three things refreshing for me are that 1) we have a strong chaebol character who is female, rather than the trope chaebol son who meets a poor girl and loves her against all odds. 2) The story revolves around the value of life (without giving too much away). 3) The couple are married rather than most romcoms depicting courtship.
My top peeve is the relative ages of the cast and the roles they've been cast in. In particular, the actor who acts as the grandfather is in reality less than 10 years older than the actors who play his son and daughters. What is with this ageist casting?
The show is high budget enough for me to want to finish (they film in Europe - lucky Kim Ji Won gets to film in all the most exotic locations!) It also has its entertaining and hilarious moments but certainly not worth the hype.
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But I feel like if he was the girl, and she’d be bored and annoyed at the cold ml, and waiting for his death to get his money, that’d shake things up more
But if it was that way. They’d call her a gold digger like the impossible heir and hate her
Honestly the plot around the two leads is nice but this does not need “24” eps, ie 16eps of one and a half hours
Every other character feels like an afterthought to drag it out
I keep watching half the ep then continuing and watching a bit of the next ep
I’m liking her kind side but ml is 90% worse than her cold self, we don’t know more but her actions around that room was 100% a wall and cry for help, meanwhile ml just walked away
Koreans passed crazy and became psychos with weight
Fl “omg I gained 3kgs, I thought you’re supposed to lose weight when sick”..
First off girl be happy your illness didn’t make you ill for the last 6eps ie “8hours”
Fl “I’ve been pretty all my life what if I turn ugly before my death”
Yeah so gaining 3kgs makes you ugly and she barely has time to gain +10kgs…
Fl “you’ll only remember my ugly (fat) face”
Girl…. Your mind is ugly… literally nothing changes, no saggy skin, no hairloss, no inability to move… which wouldn’t even make her ugly…
Ml “I’ll love you no matter your weight”
She didn’t gain 30kgs.. which again wouldn’t make her ugly…
Fl “I’ll stay gorgeous until I die”, fl proceeded to move and flap her arms aggressively to, lose weight
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Bad writing, not worth its watching time
This is a great example how a terrible writing can ruin a production.It is not cheap, it is really bad. Small dialogues and jokes are OK, but the main line
and the plot as a whole is the lowest possible quality.
All the beautiful acting of the main leads and of the secondary ones is lost.
This writing is at his best when it does not exist. Fortunately, about 40% of the 16 times 1.5 hours
nothing happens, and that is the best of this writing. The remaining of the story is either
100% foreseeable or disrespectful towards the spectators or simply of bad taste
or terribly boring.
The music is carefully chosen and nice, though probably not at all perceivable outside of the show.
The music would not stand out by itself as is the case with the music of other shows.
It is one of the rare cases, where I had to struggle with myself to keep watching; I did it only
in order to be able to write this review knowing it all. Do not repeat my mistake!
In short: this show is not worth the time of watching it because of the terrible writing and despite of beautiful and good actors.
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Don't listen to the reviews.
As the Headline suggests, don't listen to the reviews and go watch it.As someone who were expecting to be disappointed because of these reviews, I must say I was shocked. I don't usually watch dramas or anything in general that's central focus is romance because I find it boring. However, this will always stay on the top 10 of my favorite dramas.
There were times I thought that : "They could've ended it here."
But in the end, it was all worth it. The time, the tears, the anticipation. Every single second I spent to watch this drama was worth it.
So, go for it. You never know if you're missing out on something just because you listened to others judgement.
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Hate Baek Hyun Woo
The drama was awesome. I loved it... cried so much and this became my favourite drama. But now that I am rewatching, I hate Baek Hyun Woo. How could he be so insensitive about her dying? He literally starts celebrating. I mean ok you can get out of the marriage now but at what cost? She literally loved him every moment and this is how he reciprocates? He is happy that she is dying. All he can focus on is her money? Like no amount of character development can make this go away. How can you feel like that when the person you loved at some point is going to die? No amount of the unhappiness he felt in his married life, can justify him being happy at hearing that she is dying. He doesn't even feel sad for a second? I love the rest of the drama like I did the first time I watched, but now rewatching it, I realise that no matter how much his character develops, it can never make up for how he felt nothing but happiness on hearing that she's dying.Was this review helpful to you?
Você irá chorar horrores
Um drama impecável, a atuação maravilhosa, a cinematografia perfeita, o enredo maravilhoso, a evolução dos personagens... não tenho nada de ruim pra falar desse Dorama. Um dos melhores doramas do ano, sem sombra de dúvida. O final também foi incrível, eu chorei horrores ao decorrer dos episódios... tem uma trama de tirar o fôlego e fazer você acompanhar do início ao fim. Tiveram uma ótima escolha de elenco, interpretaram bem e transmitiram a essência dos personagens, principalmente os principaisWas this review helpful to you?
