It was faithful to the original
They stayed faithful to the original script and reduced the toxicity a very little tiny bit. Not sure why the score is so low here lol. People are pretending like the old lakorns aren't worse off in severity and absolute nonsense. That all comes with it. You don't go into an actual lakorn remake and expect 2025 reasoning. They probably expected kisses but you do not go into a truly classic lakorn expecting any kisses lol. That is what then makes the story manageable and sometimes interesting cos you aren't expecting any on screen skinship just off screen all kinds of craziness that move the plot along. My only gripe is the rape parts. It is 2025 for goodness sake. We enjoy domineering and toxic MLs even in 2025...However, even if it is not the ML doing such things, rape even as a concept truly just ruins the entire story. Even if off screen, it should have been intentionally taken out in this version. That is my only gripe. Otherwise, it was pretty much just a retelling of the original. One would need to avoid ALL Thai lakorns if they can't watch this modern rendition.Was this review helpful to you?
KBS and the team have outdone themselves
Excellent. I skipped just one episode out of 106!. That is a record. Uee and Jang Woo are really excellent actors and a great match-up. All actors in this series were believable and excellent. The grandma was dignified and such an amazing actress same with the Hongju. All characters are good-looking. The antagonistic characters such as Daya, the mother-in-law, and stepmom can even be reasoned with to some extent. All characters including Daya the antagonist are really good-looking. The story writing also comes together intelligently and in a believable way. KBS and the team have really outdone themselves in this one. As long as the show is, it manages to be engaging and well-paced. ep 81 acting and many others were lit. Doran's Father is also oddly handsome and his mannerisms are memorable. Great stuff! High rewatch value. I can see myself rewatching this sometime in the future.Upon my second rewatch completed (June 2025), It also gets the award for making me cry all kinds of 'touched' tears. Bro I cried a whole lot of good tears and even grandma's dementia showed itself in a more realistic way and not at all as a touch of comedy. I got to see more clearly how exhausted everyone was with her illness and how sad the impact of dementia can get. Many times she disappeared the viewers would know she is looking for FL but the family would not which is more worrying than depicted. All the actors including the antagonistic mother and daughter in law were truly excellent.
Loved that there were no over the top characters. Chairman wsn't evil...No one was going around straight up mudering people and pretending and such you see in other makjangs. This was holistic. It was completely deserved and believable that no one suffers any dramatic karma cos they were all just mostly normal humans with (no extreme) motives. Love love love this show even a bit more than Seoyoung my daughter.
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Incredible cast! Incredible acting! incredible writing!
The characters were very well written. I liked almost every character in the show. The second male lead was also incredible. The cast all did an excellent job. I did not sense bad acting in any form. The story got heavy at the end, yet, even then it was still such a great watch. Additionally, the relationship and its pacing between the ML and FL were believable. The kissing scenes were realistic, and added value to the entire show without seeming too much or too little. Additionally, the ML not being the standard ML style was an additional plus. Even more, i enjoyed his acting in The Rebel, and have had the FL on my radar lately. All in all, i enjoyed the show far more than i thought i will.Was this review helpful to you?
Well Executed! worth a future rewatch
Everything about it was well done. ML was antihero from start to finish. Romance did not bug the story down at all. Loved FL too. Every issue was brought properly to conclusion. I could really see that the show cost 20 billion. Also, the screenwriter, director, and entire cast down to the wardrobe did not waste the investment. I barely skipped anything. If i skipped it is cos i got a bit squeamish to see some things unfold. The villain was well thought out too. The female villain really was a villain. Totally worth a future rewatch. May take in all the finer details next watch. Only downside is that the morale of the story is that villainy cannot be punished by the standard justice system. It leaves normal folk somewhat hopeless as normal people do not role with Mafia boss. Plus, mafia is almost painted positively. Almost, which is not really a good thing. Nevertheless, as a work of fiction, it was excellently executed.Was this review helpful to you?
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