Queen Insoo was quite a long ride!
I personally enjoyed the series despite it's slow pacing drama. It tells a lot about human greed and the extremities of one's ambition. This drama can make you toss and turn, laugh, be annoyed, and be bored to the max, however, I guarantee that it was all worth while. A friendly advice, savor each screen time of every characters because you will surely miss them as they slowly disappear from the spotlight. You will grow with them and at some point die with them.
Characters are well played by great actors and actresses but I have two favorite persons among them. First, I love the mature Great Queen Dowager Insoo particularly in the drama, she is brave, smart, and definitely strong. Second, I don't know but I also love the Great King Sejo with the same reasons I have with Great Queen Dowager Insoo. I extremely loved the father and daughter in law bond that these two has. It was just sad that these two people were misunderstood by many to the point of tormenting them even in their last moments. I kind of understand their intensions though sometimes not their ways around it LOL. For me, they have only one major flaw and that is, King Sejo's decision to kill young King Danjong and Queen Insoo's inability to kill the baby Yeonsangun, haunting them even with their last breath. Their decision about the matter gave way to thousands of people's sufferings and death.
Watching real historical dramas are great not until you realized that it's done, all was history and nothing can be done to change it. You know that no matter how much you wanted to fight for a happy ending, there is no point at all.
Overall, this series was able to provide a detailed power transition from King Mungjong to Yeonsangun. It depicts the events after King Sejong the Great passes his throne to King Mungjong and the aftermath of King Sejo's coup against his brother. If you are interested in Korea's Joseon Era, particularly their kings, then this series is a must watch.
Characters are well played by great actors and actresses but I have two favorite persons among them. First, I love the mature Great Queen Dowager Insoo particularly in the drama, she is brave, smart, and definitely strong. Second, I don't know but I also love the Great King Sejo with the same reasons I have with Great Queen Dowager Insoo. I extremely loved the father and daughter in law bond that these two has. It was just sad that these two people were misunderstood by many to the point of tormenting them even in their last moments. I kind of understand their intensions though sometimes not their ways around it LOL. For me, they have only one major flaw and that is, King Sejo's decision to kill young King Danjong and Queen Insoo's inability to kill the baby Yeonsangun, haunting them even with their last breath. Their decision about the matter gave way to thousands of people's sufferings and death.
Watching real historical dramas are great not until you realized that it's done, all was history and nothing can be done to change it. You know that no matter how much you wanted to fight for a happy ending, there is no point at all.
Overall, this series was able to provide a detailed power transition from King Mungjong to Yeonsangun. It depicts the events after King Sejong the Great passes his throne to King Mungjong and the aftermath of King Sejo's coup against his brother. If you are interested in Korea's Joseon Era, particularly their kings, then this series is a must watch.
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