It feels like train to Busan was just a lucky hit, all other recent work by this writer has sucked or been extremely…
Perhaps Train to Busan's success was due to the whole team effort that includes the actors, directors, cinematographer, and whole production crew. We should not just depend on the director and writer. Sometimes, the producer or production company plays a part in the overall success of a film. This is just my 5-cents of opinion....hehehe...
Great review. You write really well and I couldn't have said it better myself. I wish I can write well like you, but I will say what I can say in my own humble way. I am really glad that both you and I really love this show, and I hope there will be more of this great quality story-telling drama in the future
After reading all the comments below about the ending, I am still going to finish this drama because it is a drama about an epic journey after all (to love? to save the emperor? whatever?). I love the warm family-like relationships between the squad and the princess and the blooming affections between the main ML & FL. All of them have endeared themselves to my heart and it's only fitting that I watch their whole story until the end. Never before have I loved a historical C-drama like this before; and I have watched so many C-dramas in my 20 years of life. This shows how much historical C-dramas have improved. A Journey to Love (AJTL) has great story-telling, directing, cinematography, funny moments, fight scenes, bromances and passionate acting of all the casts; I am sure the whole film crew also put in their hard work too. It's definitely is one of the best C-dramas of 2023.
I wish this drama is also shown on Viki. Even iQiyi only shows the one with Thai subtitles. I am currently in South Korea and whatever VPN I try to use, the version iQiyi has only the Thai version. Can someone help me please? Maybe I should ask Viki to get this drama because it is very good and very popular. LOL
I guessed I can summed it up like this - It was just a dream, only a dream. LOL Sometimes, I have lovely dreams too and when I wake up, I wished that I can return to the dream and stay there forever.... hahaha.... wishful thinking.
I will start this drama just for Leo Wu... I really love him in Love Like the Galaxy, but not for his subsequent modern dramas. Maybe I will like this 2018 drama too. :D
I saw on social media that Korean men are also afraid of cockroaches; there's one where a group of 4-5 guys screaming and jumping on sofas and coffee table when one of their friends were bravely chasing after one cockroach and spraying a whole insecticide bottle at the poor captured roach. The same reaction can be seen with the flying chicken in one of the episode. Hilarious !! LOL !!
Sometimes, I have lovely dreams too and when I wake up, I wished that I can return to the dream and stay there forever.... hahaha.... wishful thinking.