Vals Stor

(Princess man had no fantasy elements but the few loving scenes were perfectly executed, though the ML is not that talented actingwise-he's more like an idol performing in a standard way. Same goes for Empress Ki)

Personally i didnt expect passion, but all the things you mentioned. But i didnt see them either.
There was no angsty breathing, no certain posture, no nothing.
Passion is a feeling that can be expressed not only in an aggressive way. Our bodies,eyes and face expressions have unlimited ways to express every layer of any emotion

A full passionate kiss would not be appropriate at the current point. BUT, a heavy briething of the actors, full of angst, an awkwardness, the general feeling, all these things that were bottled up from both of them, should be conveyed and they didnt. We just saw 2 wooden dolls approaching each other and that was all. If it happens again, means that its the common case of 2 actors who are very good at conveying their emotions solo, but together it just doesnt work. There are many factors to achieve that "chemistry"-no matter if its lovers chem or other kind. e.g. Ryang Eum and Jang Hyunn, they have it when acting together in a scene. The choreography of both, looks very natural and their body language is flowing smoothly on screen.

The whole sets and pros, the colors the light were beautiful just beautiful
That's why im so p@ssed with the outcome. Lets hope for a better next one!

The montage was a failure. Different body and hands position in a supposed to be the same pose. This, together with bad execution in terms of body language-very wooden very awkward totally director's fault-ruined a kiss that was very crucial for the story as it was meant to be the crescendo of their relationship up to now

There's no adaptation of GWTW. This trope: arrogant female who has a crush on other than the ML etc, happened again in asian dramas
There were some viewers who noticed the resemblance with Scarlet and the war happening at the same time and maybe someone from the production team mentioned 1-2 common elements but that's all

I know what you mean, since i myself am not into korean historicals as well. Depending of the genre you like (eg if you are a romance addict or skinship addict or fast paced etc) you can wait until it ends-both 2 parts and judging by the comments you decide if you watch or not the whole thing. This always saves time. Im doing the same thing, though i watch the most crucial moments but as i ve experienced slow burning romances in historical dramas A LOT, i get easily bored. As for negative opinions in general, MDL is not fandoms place, everyone can and should express his/her opinion cause there are people who read and want to be informed about many elements regarding a show, so the more controversial the comments, the easier for a potential watcher to decide

42 yo women only get mother characters? LOL
All the noona romances out there burst into laughter

Imagine how burned out are my brains by watching political historical dramas (mostly chinese), that i found this one, having little to no politics
hahahhahahahahahahahahah
i should put an end!

He's not much smarter than her
The mortar and the pestle

The way things are moving, we will eventually start to care more about the sides than the mains LOL

I cried for him too. He was not the typical patriotic type of a man, he just wanted to do something great in his life, be it him marrying her or go to war or anything.
He had that young boy's innocence, i was so sad, especially with his last words

For sure!
Plus the very comforting thought of:
"well there are people who f@ their lives for nothing, more than i have"

You know whats the worst part? That SHE DID this thing with the chubby unlucky boy on early episodes, when she asked him to be her fiance and sent him to war with that false expectation

You said that we all here share one brain cell and not a functional one but as i see it, the mains in the drama also share one non functional brain cell as well.
We ve got: a supposed-to-be-cassanova who cares only for his as@ but he fell hard for an airhead girl when he saw her on a ...SWING (not even dancing around a pole for cryin out loud.
Then the above airhead who sh@tilly pursues her bf's fiance
Then her bf who is marrying the above bas@ard and finds excuses about her poor friend who pursues....HER MAN
Countless idiots making their lives miserable for no reason at all

To tell the truth, if someone tells you: "promise me you ll never think of certain someone and i wont go where i should and be in danger", you owe to answer: "i promise" and you save him from being in danger. Then you 'll have all the time in the world to think of your stupid ass@ -supposed-to-be-your-first-love-who's-married -to-your-bf
If there's anything else but straw in your f@ brains.
Otherwise you sit and cry holding his clothes, making spells on a rock
Just sayin'

It hardly has any politics. Politics and history are playing a reference role for the romance story to move on, to bring obstacles for the main couple etc
There are certain things going on but there's no over scheming or screen time taken by the overall political-historical scene.
You wont miss anything crucial if you skip scenes where royals and officials talk about politics, but you ll lose the reasons of the couple being separated at times etc. If you skip those scenes and still have questions, you can always ask here but i dont think you ll miss anything

This scene may not be the ending, it may be the last scene of the 1st part . I doubt they'd give the ending scene from the 1st episode

Very intriguing, that we can all guarantee!

The romance up to this point (ep7) is kind of frustrating but still enjoyable-as long as the whole mess wont last forever, fingers crossed.
I guess it will get better to the next 3 episodes cause part 2 will be aired in October.
Im also not into historical kdramas as well but i didnt skip anything up to now
Give it a try