You should write more reviews, Arvis! :)May I join in the club of admirers of Chae Soo Bin? I'm only at the very…
Ha ha! That's hilarious! Isn't she just amazing, though? I really want to make this show an annual rewatch along with Fated to Love You. I'm thinking Fated in summers and this in winters. :)
Don't trust the comments! I put this drama off because of them but I'm currently watching it and I absolutely…
LOL, awesome, but I have to admit, I'm confused. This entire first page of comments here is all people (correctly) talking about how this is one of the best dramas ever made.
So, I know the genre says "Comedy", but I still don't trust this production to not eventually devolve into braindead Joseon political shenanigans that culminate in bloody violence like every other historical drama ever.
10/10 show for 17 hours, and then bellyflops at the end like every other 2018 drama. Gave it a 9/10 still, though, because this one was absolutely stellar for almost 17 straight hours.
Gong Seung Yeon is absolutely unbelievable. I fell madly in love with her character, Kang So Bong, here. Her balance between feisty and gentle was intoxicating and I happily drank in every scene with her. Her eyes almost defy description. They alone could make an idiot like me do stupid things, just for the sake of those eyes. Kang So Bong's importance and agency fall off a bit in the back third of this drama (and off a cliff in the final hour, of course) but she's still probably my favorite female lead of 2018. Her acting is the one truly great thing about the final hour of this drama.
Park Hwan Hee was great, too, though! So adorable! And her character was much more interesting than I expected. They really had some interesting moments and arcs for her. Despite that, hers was the character that was most mishandled. You could tell that that this production wasn't really sure what to do with her, and I'd guess that they didn't really know what a gem they had with Seo Ye Na. Still, such a fun character to follow for 10+ hours!
Can I just say that I love and adore Lee Joon Hyuk? He impressed me greatly in City Hunter (clearly the best actor in that drama), and then he really won me over in A Poem A Day. The guy knows how to pick great roles, because I think his character of Ji Young Hoon is probably the most important one after our two leads. You'll fall in love with him here if you have a heart at all.
Speaking of which, if you're a Seo Kang Joon doubter like I was going into this, he'll convert you. Nam Shin III is one of the best characters ever. In any drama. And SKJ absolutely *kills* it in this drama! I could not believe how much better his acting has gotten in the last few years. He was decent in Cheese, but truly impressive - superlative, even - in his dual-role here.
And I have to give a shout out Yoo Oh Sung, who made the most of his juicy villain role here.
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Stop putting tons of profanity in your subtitles, especially when the characters aren't even actually cursing. Know your audience, morons.
Love,
Dramaland
Gong Seung Yeon is absolutely unbelievable. I fell madly in love with her character, Kang So Bong, here. Her balance between feisty and gentle was intoxicating and I happily drank in every scene with her. Her eyes almost defy description. They alone could make an idiot like me do stupid things, just for the sake of those eyes. Kang So Bong's importance and agency fall off a bit in the back third of this drama (and off a cliff in the final hour, of course) but she's still probably my favorite female lead of 2018. Her acting is the one truly great thing about the final hour of this drama.
Park Hwan Hee was great, too, though! So adorable! And her character was much more interesting than I expected. They really had some interesting moments and arcs for her. Despite that, hers was the character that was most mishandled. You could tell that that this production wasn't really sure what to do with her, and I'd guess that they didn't really know what a gem they had with Seo Ye Na. Still, such a fun character to follow for 10+ hours!
Can I just say that I love and adore Lee Joon Hyuk? He impressed me greatly in City Hunter (clearly the best actor in that drama), and then he really won me over in A Poem A Day. The guy knows how to pick great roles, because I think his character of Ji Young Hoon is probably the most important one after our two leads. You'll fall in love with him here if you have a heart at all.
Speaking of which, if you're a Seo Kang Joon doubter like I was going into this, he'll convert you. Nam Shin III is one of the best characters ever. In any drama. And SKJ absolutely *kills* it in this drama! I could not believe how much better his acting has gotten in the last few years. He was decent in Cheese, but truly impressive - superlative, even - in his dual-role here.
And I have to give a shout out Yoo Oh Sung, who made the most of his juicy villain role here.
As for the mom, they explain her motivations pretty clearly, and multiple times at that. Not sure where you're getting "for no reason" from.
Still... yeah, that last hour. Yikes.