Have just finished watching all 8 episodes. It's a unique and original story but with some missing plots here and there. The storyline goes up and down throughout all the episodes although the happy ending is quite warming.
The casting is great, and the acting performance of all the actors, especially the supporting ones, is awesome. The characters I like are the ML's mother, Fish the transgender (he can be very handsome and very beautiful lol), as well as the part-timer.
And last but not least, I love the little girl Yul with all my heart -- I am quite sensitive to topics related to child abuse and my heart breaks when I see the scars and wounds on her body when the ML's mother changed her clothes. It should be quite a challenge for the young actress to portray such a heavy role, she's doing great.
As I said earlier, the happy ending is heartwarming, although I really hope that the ML and the FL policewoman get married and adopt Yul -- instead of Yul going back to Vietnam to live with her paternal grandmother as implied during the video call at the end.
Overall - it's quite an entertaining drama, a mix of comedy and mystery genres. Quite recommended to watch.
I love her (Choi So Eun) as well. She's pretty and her acting is good. Can't believe that this is her acting debut. Hope to see more of her in other projects.
Cute and adorable, and great acting performance for such a very young age (she's only 6 years old as of 2023). Her notable great performances were in Our Blues (episodes 16-17, great facial and eye expression when seeing the 100 moons!), The Good Bad Mother (adorable twin daughter of the SFL) and O'PENing: 2:15 (as an abused child, she's showing great acting with another talented child actress, Park So-Yi). She was also good in See You In My 19th Life and Sweet Home Season 2 but didn't have much screen time.
She has been in many dramas in the past 2 years and especially 2023 is her best year when she participated in a total of 6 dramas. Looking forward to seeing more of her in the year 2024, and if she keeps on going this way, she will be a great actress in the future.
I'm now at episode 32/40. Really surprised to see the character development of Princess Pyeonggang. She's now…
And I love On Dal's mother. Even after she died, she's still accompanying her son when he was estranged from the princess (his wife) for 4 years. And she's no longer blind, yay! Wondering how, is it On Dal's hallucination? :)
I am now at episode 11/20 (or episode 21/40 in Viu), wondering if I should continue lol.I'm curious on who's Princess…
I'm now at episode 32/40. Really surprised to see the character development of Princess Pyeonggang. She's now just as evil as Go Won-pyo, the main villain. And her husband On Dal is just following her ambition.
And Go Geon is also now even more evil than his father after realising that he can't win the princess's heart. I was hoping he will be softened after realising his love for Mo-Yong but alas, he's still as evil.
I guess it's because politics are never my cup of tea. I like Ga Jin and On Dal spending time in the Ghost Village last time, rather than now in the palace killing whoever that gets on their way. Or to be exact, the princess's way.
I love Kim So-hyun and her acting in this drama but I really despise the character she's playing.
And yes, still wondering if I should still continue watching....
I am now at episode 11/20 (or episode 21/40 in Viu), wondering if I should continue lol.
I'm curious on who's Princess Pyeonggang's biological father. The King or the monk? (putting spoiler because of this, please add the spoiler tag on your reply as well if needed)
Feels like an epic drama, great cinematography and good performance of the cast especially Yuna and Minha. Plot and storyline is a bit confusing with switching between the past and present, tbh I prefer the past storyline better than the present one. Need some concentration in watching it otherwise you'll get lost and won't understand the plot. Ending is "hanging" because I understand the story has not ended and will continue in the second season. Overall an epic and great drama.
Great cast, I love Kim So-hyun and Park Da-yeon. The plot and storyline are weak, a lot of things didn't make sense like how the soldiers who have been divided can be easily united when the presumed dead king made a comeback. How a king can easily do an undercover walk almost every evening without being noticed. While the ending is "happy" it feels like being forced with no "connection" to the earlier political and fighting scenes.
Great story, great acting especially the mute ML and the kidnapped FL -- both the actor and the child actress…
Another disturbing scene is when the kidnapped FL is being sent to the child trafficker, who gave her some kind of (alcoholic?) drink to make the child dizzy.
Also the scenes where the policewoman was being buried without being checked if she's still alive or not, in front of the two girls! So scary.
Great story, great acting especially the mute ML and the kidnapped FL -- both the actor and the child actress are awesome! Some of the scenes are a bit troubling though, with a child that young having to witness people being tortured/killed and being cleaned up / buried. Why do they need to bring the kidnapped girl to work while they can leave the little sister at home unsupervised?
The ending could be better though, there was no full closure and it's being kept hanging. What happened to the ML, did eventually the police catch him? Who will care for the little sister if the brother is in jail? Is the kidnapped FL back to her family (who seem to prefer their son instead of the daughter)?
If we manage our expectations, this movie is quite fun to watch. Yes, this is far inferior compared to Train to Busan, but the first movie is a magnificent film so it's very difficult to compete anyway.
The zombies are not as scary as the first movie, true, that's good for me since I don't like horror movies lol. This is more like an action film genre rather than horror. I specifically love the car chase, and how the eldest daughter masters the car's control and manoeuvre to outrun the chasers as well as the zombies around.
The ending is quite awkward, how the mother initially intended to kill herself so that the helicopter wouldn't wait for her, and how the male lead eventually decided to save the mother at the last minute... with the UN peacekeepers doing nothing also until the last minute... seriously? :D
The first part and the last part of the movie are supposed to be emotional, but I don't feel the emotions in both scenes. If the movie was trying to do that, then it failed. But the action parts actually deliver, as an action movie, this film is actually quite fun to watch.
I haven't read the webtoon so my opinion might be a bit biased (or neutral depending on how you see it).
I love the first episode. Thanks to the stellar acting of the young actors, namely Park So-Yi, Kim Si-A and Jung Hyeon-Jun. They are carrying the show in the first episode. The story is also moving quite fast and I enjoyed it very much, up to the first few episodes.
After this, the plot started to slow down and the story was a bit dragged. The FL (Shin Hye-Sun) is great but the ML is not on the same level. Despite several hints, it took around 4-5 episodes for her sister (the SFL) to know, and 8-9 episodes for the ML to know, about the FL's past lives. A bit draggy towards the end.
Nevertheless, I love the uniqueness and the originality of the story, and the overall acting of the actors especially the young actors. Certain scenes indeed made me cry, not gonna lie. I also like the OST -- the song called "Star" (I think) and the piano piece (that was supposed to be composed by the FL on one of her past lives) are amazing.
Tbh, very confusing. So Jae-Young is Hyung-In's daughter? And the lady ghost is Se-Yoon? And what skill/technique is being used by Kyung-Ho to create such hallucination and the ghost?
I watch this drama because of my two favourite former child actresses -- Lee Re and Heo Jung Eun, and I love them in the first episode of this drama! I miss So Won (Hope) and Geumbi lol. I am also a big fan of veteran actress Kim Hae Sook, pleasantly surprised and glad to see her in this drama as well!
Continuing to the next episodes and now at episode 3, wondering if I should continue watching... the "business" topic of the drama is not my cup of tea...
The casting is great, and the acting performance of all the actors, especially the supporting ones, is awesome. The characters I like are the ML's mother, Fish the transgender (he can be very handsome and very beautiful lol), as well as the part-timer.
And last but not least, I love the little girl Yul with all my heart -- I am quite sensitive to topics related to child abuse and my heart breaks when I see the scars and wounds on her body when the ML's mother changed her clothes. It should be quite a challenge for the young actress to portray such a heavy role, she's doing great.
As I said earlier, the happy ending is heartwarming, although I really hope that the ML and the FL policewoman get married and adopt Yul -- instead of Yul going back to Vietnam to live with her paternal grandmother as implied during the video call at the end.
Overall - it's quite an entertaining drama, a mix of comedy and mystery genres. Quite recommended to watch.
She has been in many dramas in the past 2 years and especially 2023 is her best year when she participated in a total of 6 dramas. Looking forward to seeing more of her in the year 2024, and if she keeps on going this way, she will be a great actress in the future.
And Go Geon is also now even more evil than his father after realising that he can't win the princess's heart. I was hoping he will be softened after realising his love for Mo-Yong but alas, he's still as evil.
I guess it's because politics are never my cup of tea. I like Ga Jin and On Dal spending time in the Ghost Village last time, rather than now in the palace killing whoever that gets on their way. Or to be exact, the princess's way.
I love Kim So-hyun and her acting in this drama but I really despise the character she's playing.
And yes, still wondering if I should still continue watching....
I'm curious on who's Princess Pyeonggang's biological father. The King or the monk? (putting spoiler because of this, please add the spoiler tag on your reply as well if needed)
Also the scenes where the policewoman was being buried without being checked if she's still alive or not, in front of the two girls! So scary.
The ending could be better though, there was no full closure and it's being kept hanging. What happened to the ML, did eventually the police catch him? Who will care for the little sister if the brother is in jail? Is the kidnapped FL back to her family (who seem to prefer their son instead of the daughter)?
The zombies are not as scary as the first movie, true, that's good for me since I don't like horror movies lol. This is more like an action film genre rather than horror. I specifically love the car chase, and how the eldest daughter masters the car's control and manoeuvre to outrun the chasers as well as the zombies around.
The ending is quite awkward, how the mother initially intended to kill herself so that the helicopter wouldn't wait for her, and how the male lead eventually decided to save the mother at the last minute... with the UN peacekeepers doing nothing also until the last minute... seriously? :D
The first part and the last part of the movie are supposed to be emotional, but I don't feel the emotions in both scenes. If the movie was trying to do that, then it failed. But the action parts actually deliver, as an action movie, this film is actually quite fun to watch.
I love the first episode. Thanks to the stellar acting of the young actors, namely Park So-Yi, Kim Si-A and Jung Hyeon-Jun. They are carrying the show in the first episode. The story is also moving quite fast and I enjoyed it very much, up to the first few episodes.
After this, the plot started to slow down and the story was a bit dragged. The FL (Shin Hye-Sun) is great but the ML is not on the same level. Despite several hints, it took around 4-5 episodes for her sister (the SFL) to know, and 8-9 episodes for the ML to know, about the FL's past lives. A bit draggy towards the end.
Nevertheless, I love the uniqueness and the originality of the story, and the overall acting of the actors especially the young actors. Certain scenes indeed made me cry, not gonna lie. I also like the OST -- the song called "Star" (I think) and the piano piece (that was supposed to be composed by the FL on one of her past lives) are amazing.
Continuing to the next episodes and now at episode 3, wondering if I should continue watching... the "business" topic of the drama is not my cup of tea...