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If you want to watch a light rom-com don’t hesitate to watch
Ik i am in minority here but i really enjoyed watching the matchmakers. As long as i feel entertained throughout 16 episodes, i’ll keep watching the drama. The show has soo many laugh out loud moments. I almost choked.What i loved:
Our male lead: lord shim is hilarioussss. He is the funniest character in the show. His expressions are soo freaking funny.
Strong female characters: there are soo many strong and independent ladies in the show. Even the main villain is a women.
The matchmaking operation: the main theme of the show was to wed spinsters with old bachelors and entire process is hilarious.
The music is soo beautiful, gives a refreshing feel.
What I disliked:
The unnecessary murder mystery plot that made the show serious in 2nd half.
Matchmaking a kid with an older women. That was odd pairing and left a bitter taste in my mouth.
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Good Enough
Korean Drama '' The Matchmakers '' is a historical romantic comedy.The drama has a delightful to watch female lead, who was adorable, sassy, feisty, and nailed her emotional moments. She actually carried the drama when things started getting cheesy and boring.
Also, the couple was enjoyable to watch, as they had interesting banter and their dynamics were spot on. However, the love story was just okay, taking off only toward the ending of the series, and being more or less unoriginal. Still, the drama handled them having a significant other that they missed masterfully.
The performances, finally, were pretty great by everyone in the cast, even the side characters. The final episodes, however, were rushed and boring.
So, overall, five out of ten.
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Overall a fun watch.
The matchmakers is one of those dramas that i am on edge about. I neither loved it nor hated it. But the story was interesting enough for me to continue watching it. The show was hilarious at times.I enjoyed watching the first 6 and last 3 episodes the most, the mission to marry the three sisters thrilled me and I was excited to see who each one of them will be paired with. Apart from the 3 sister’s marriage mart, the love story between our main leads, a widow and widower was intriguing. As their situation was no ordinary one, the curiosity keeps you going. The interactions between Lord shim and Lady yeoju were fun to watch. Rowoon is such a cuteheart throughout the drama, his expressions and body language was hilarious. I never thought he could play a comic role this good. He brought life to the show.
The drama started out soo well but lost track in the middle of the story. The matchmaking mission slowly turned into a murder mystery mission . And to solve those murder mysteries, new characters were introduced out of nowhere. They felt out of place to me. The homosexual monk and lady jung’s brother in law story didn’t explain how and why real lady yeoju was falsely accused of murder? This story was most out of place in the drama.
I was kinda bummed that none of the 3 sisters ended up with the bachelors they were initially paired up with in the matchmaking process. Considering how lady yeoju was an expert matchmaker and not a single match went according to plan!! I know it was because they weren’t meant to be but still atleast one pair could’ve had an arrange marriage if not all. To set an example that arrange marriages can work too, not everyone falls in love. Suddenly all old bachelors and ladies fell in love in the same episode. It was bit hasty.
Last but not the least a teenager boy and an adult women were paired up to get married. That was uncomfortable to watch. I was soo mad about this pairing it made me forget about other couples.
The drama was a rollercoaster ride with its ups & downs and good & bad moments. But the story was original and different from what I have watched before . Also can’t deny that the show was hilarious.
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Filled with fillers!
Main reason I dropped the show isn't because of the story per se, but I just don't feel that attracted by ML, FL or both of them. Nothing specifically charismatic here, despite the ML being actually cute as a person, but the character here just doesn't quite cut it.As for the show, It's unnecessarily draggy and gets boring over time. It started out funny and somewhat exciting for first few episodes, and it just gets boring. It's actually quite nice and funny, but it's not something that needs 16 episodes. well, it's a typical long-winded Kdrama style lol... Honestly, its not that bad, its just too much fillers for me, so i ended up skipping parts.
But, if you like something easy to watch, and just relax, give it a try.
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I am excited to watch Cho yihyun upcoming movie and show like all of us are dead s2 and other shows and this show is different from other historical drama everyone give it a try i am sure you will love and enjoy it
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A Historical With A Funny Tone
Rowoon (“Destined with You”) is back onscreen with his next romcom, which happens to be a historical. Starring alongside Cho Yi Hyun, “The Matchmakers” is about two widowers, Shim Jung Woo & Jung Soon Deok, who are pressured by the royal family into marrying three maidens representing the spinster problem in the Joseon dynasty. Both of them have varied personalities, with Jung Soon Deok leading a double life that is closely guarded. The drama relies a lot on the customs and traditions that tied down widows in ancient Joseon. Now, widowers weren’t specifically affected, but Shim Jung Woo suffers because he has a special identity. You can’t question the absurdity of their situations because we are talking about times that were orthodox and fanatical. The first two episodes do a good job of introducing the main characters, as we get a glimpse into their lives. Soon Deok leads an exciting, satisfying one while Jung Wook’s is dull and unfulfilling.Read the complete article here-
https://kcdramamusings.wordpress.com/2023/11/01/the-matchmakers-first-impressions/
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Boring
Since starting episode ,it is bored . Entry of leads had no impact . Even their acting was very loose . Male lead is one of my favourite but this time his acting was dull and female lead's acting was little bit over . When I read the synopsis I found it l interesting but when I watched first episode it was not started the way it was introduced in the synopsis . I thought may be the story would go in flash back so I continued to watch but till 4th episode there were no glimpse of such thing and I didn't find it interesting and I stop continue to watch it.For me it was a bored one.
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Le dernier épisode ruine le drama
C'est une série mignonne, avec de bons acteurs. Dommage que le dernier épisode tue la série : en baissant le QI des deux acteurs principaux qui font juste n'importe quoi...Les 15 premiers épisodes valent un bon 9.5, c'est bien filmé, avec des scènes très sympas, des acteurs bons comme mauvais plutôt brillants.
Le16e, Cela finit par un happy ending, mais bon on passe 45 minutes à se demander si les scénaristes ont fumé la moquette !
En gros si le roi n'était pas là, on perdait l'acteur principal pour rien ! Cette dernière intrigue n'a ni queue ni tête, et en plus la belle-mère s'en sort tranquillement !
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Jung Woo é um jovem bastante inteligente que passa em primeiro lugar no concurso público para exercer um cargo público no governo, mas acaba selecionado para desposar a filha do rei, porém a princesa falece após a cerimônia de casamento e ele se vê em uma situação sem saída, pois sendo viúvo da princesa falecida não pode assumir um cargo público e nem tão pouco casar novamente, passando a viver seus dias amargamente apegado aos detalhes da Lei procurando uma brecha para sua situação.Por sua vez, Soon Deok é viúva do segundo filho do vice-primeiro ministro. Ela vive uma vida dupla, em casa desempenha o papel de viúva leal e mãe devotada, mas sob o pseudônimo de Joon Daek ela trabalha como casamenteira, a melhor casamenteira da Capital.
Por circunstâncias imprevistas Jung Woo e Soon Deok acabam juntando suas forças na missão de casar três jovens que são contra o casamento devido a condição especial de sua mãe.
Grande parte do enredo do drama gira em torno do casamento das chamada solteironas, mas sempre com intrigas políticas rolando por debaixo dos panos. Ao final de várias peripécias a dupla de casamenteiros tem sucesso e conseguem realizar o casamento das irmãs de uma maneira satisfatória não apenas para os interesses deles, mas também das irmãs.
O mais insano na história do casamento das irmãs é que a irmã mais velha (de 24 anos) acaba casando com o filho do rei de apenas 14 anos. Do ponto de vista histórico, é óbvio que havia casamentos com enormes diferenças de idade, mas do ponto de vista do nosso olhar contemporâneo não deixa de espantar.
O casamento mais satisfatório foi o da irmã caçula, escritora de romances eróticos, com o irmão da protagonista. Eles realmente formaram um casal muito fofo e a história deles foi muito bonita de ver.
É claro que os nossos protagonistas também se apaixonam, porém um amor proibido visto que o estado de viuvez de ambos não permite que eles se casem novamente. Mas com algumas reviravoltas no estilo Romeu e Julieta, porém com final feliz, nossos protagonistas conseguem passaporte para viver seu amor sem empecilhos sociais.
Para finalizar, gostaria de destacar que achei interessante que a grande vilã e cérebro por trás de praticamente todas as intrigas políticas era a sogra e matriarca da família da protagonista. Porém quando ela descobre que a morte de seu filho amado (o filho mais velho) foi orquestrada pelo próprio marido ela usa sua inteligência e influência para dar fim em todos os responsáveis pelos seus infortúnios de forma brilhante. Uma grande protagonista.
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«The Matchmakers» ne fut pas ce à quoi je m’attendais. J’avais choisi ce drama, voulant regarder une comédie romantique, quelque chose de drôle et léger, ce qui semblait être le cas avec le résumé et la bande-annonce que j’avais vue… Mais le drama se concentre énormément sur les intrigues et les jeux de pouvoir de la politique. Ce qui peut plaire, et que j’aurais peut-être plus apprécié si c’était ce que je cherchais à regarder. Avec non seulement une trame bien différente de ce à quoi je m’attendais, mais également une romance principale que j’ai trouvée manquante niveau alchimie, j’avoue avoir été déçue. Ce drama a de bons points, et l’histoire du’matchmaking’ aurait pu être d’autant plus intéressante, s’il restait le point focus. Malheureusement, ce n’est pas ce que je m’attendais, ou que j’espérais voir…
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No se la pierdan!!
pensé que había reseñado esta historia antes, los casamenteros fue una que disfrute mucho de principio a fin, aun me acuerdo de ella y me encanta!!La historia ambientada en la dinastia Joseon y nos habla de un joven príncipe consorte que es viudo y que busca de todas las formas posibles poder deshacer su matrimonio y una joven casamentera (también viuda y de familia noble) que busca hacer algo mas que una simple ama de casa de esos tiempos.
La verdad esta historia te engancha y te hace desear estar ahí, en cada momento de la historia nos vamos enterando de algo nuevo que nos aporta a la trama y a la resolución final del problema, te saca rizas y un sin fin de emociones a lo largo de la historia. todos los personajes y diversas parejas a lo largo de esta historia van aprendiendo y avanzando en su vida.
Yo la disfrute de inicio a fin y se la recomiendo a cualquier que desee verla o le llame la atención, en lo personal que vi esta historia en emisión y hasta ahora me pongo hacer la reseña, revivo esta historia en mi mente mientras escribo, y la verdad es que si me gustara repetir historias, seguro que la volvería a ver.
Aparte que la química que tienen los protagonista es tan palpable, que todos dentro y fuera de la serie la sienten.
SI te gustan las historias de época, considero que amaras esta con todo tu ser.
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Une fin bâclée
L'idée de départ était originale, le jeu d'acteur de l'actrice principale est vraiment bien mais le jeu de l'acteur masculin est un peu décevant par rapport à d'habitude mais reste très correct.La fin est bâclée, c'est vraiment dommage et les émotions du dernier épisode sont quasiment vides à ne pas confondre avec de la fausse pudeur.
Je ne suis pas certaine qu'il y ait eu une alchimie entre les deux acteurs principaux.
Les scènes de tendresse sont plates et sans relief.
Ne parlons même pas de la scène du baiser qui m'a presque mise mal à l'aise tellement je la ressentais vide d'émotion.
Cela reste une série sympa à regarder
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