Can Golden be considered k-pop? It's written and performed by Koreans, but it's 100% in English.
I still haven't watched more than 10 minutes of the film, but the film and song was 2025's Frozen - Let it go. I think Strategy and Soda Pop were better/catchier songs, but it is what it is. Golden was the film's anthem.
372. Hong Sisters phone it in. Watched this for Kim Seon Ho. Very surprised that this is a Hong sisters project, currently working my way through their filmography.
A very uninspiring drama, little to no push pull, unlikeable females. The OST is pretty decent, the money was spent on location shoots. Watch this as a guilty pleasure if you stan any of the actors, but not worth even the 12 episode watch time.
BTW, it clearly looks like Netflix has changed the game, the old 16 episode format is clearly on it's way out. Pretty soon 12 will become the new sweetspot.
It looks like NF is following the Disney/Marvel approach and greenlighting any and every K project.
I don’t see him as a hero. He had the chance to marry her before but keep always thinking he could be more powerful…
He was too poor to marry her. And you can never go against the King unless you are (usually) the Left or Right (?) State Minister. His revenge on the Queen Dowager was killing her son and putting an impotent puppet on the throne. He killed everyone associated with framing the Queen, it's that "kill three generations" cultural thing.
More of a guilty pleasure if you stan the cast but ultimately a waste of time.
Many loose threads, and two people really didn't get their comeuppance. The anemic villain who has people killed but never goes after the reporters brother and the shallow actress who not only throws her lover under the bus but effectively bullies him into quitting an entire industry.
Both women also happen to leave their men high and dry when they need them the most and the woman stealing 6 years of a fathers time with his child is unforgivable.
The push pull scenes and scenarios were decent to good, but there didn't seem to be any real chemistry. Not a single awkward first kiss or any real passion. FL doesn't act like this is her first real falling in love experience and ML doesn't act like he's got a deep wound than never healed.
Overall very disjointed and disappointing..
Your mileage may vary, but overall, give it a miss.
Balance of probabilities. The last few Netflix funded kdramas have been pretty bad. I'm on my 331 kdrama and I have watched about 80 kmovies, with about 8 kdramas on pending (as in half watched/nearly completed). ScreenRant, Collider, etc all have garbage "must watch" lists, good for a starting point though. I've got a lot of Kdramas to get through, especially some highly recommended "classics".
I'm not hating on the show, more the network. We all have limited time on our hands to watch/binge watch a series.
I still haven't watched more than 10 minutes of the film, but the film and song was 2025's Frozen - Let it go. I think Strategy and Soda Pop were better/catchier songs, but it is what it is. Golden was the film's anthem.
Hong Sisters phone it in.
Watched this for Kim Seon Ho.
Very surprised that this is a Hong sisters project, currently working my way through their filmography.
A very uninspiring drama, little to no push pull, unlikeable females. The OST is pretty decent, the money was spent on location shoots.
Watch this as a guilty pleasure if you stan any of the actors, but not worth even the 12 episode watch time.
BTW, it clearly looks like Netflix has changed the game, the old 16 episode format is clearly on it's way out. Pretty soon 12 will become the new sweetspot.
It looks like NF is following the Disney/Marvel approach and greenlighting any and every K project.
Your milage may vary.
Mostly decent but really starts to fall apart in the middle and end.
The biggest issue is the complete lack of empathy even after two couples are nearly put in the same position as the "villain" of losing their child.
There isn't a parent in the world who wouldn't do what the villain did if they had the same resources.
With the resources he had, the villain didn't have to go out the way he did.
Your mileage may vary.
Many loose threads, and two people really didn't get their comeuppance. The anemic villain who has people killed but never goes after the reporters brother and the shallow actress who not only throws her lover under the bus but effectively bullies him into quitting an entire industry.
Both women also happen to leave their men high and dry when they need them the most and the woman stealing 6 years of a fathers time with his child is unforgivable.
The push pull scenes and scenarios were decent to good, but there didn't seem to be any real chemistry. Not a single awkward first kiss or any real passion. FL doesn't act like this is her first real falling in love experience and ML doesn't act like he's got a deep wound than never healed.
Overall very disjointed and disappointing..
Your mileage may vary, but overall, give it a miss.
Think Gladiator, Braveheart, Law Abiding Citizen, even.
Superb villain throughout the series. He does/did what we all would.
Final episode was the biggest Jump The Shark (which can be expected when magic/the supernatural is involved).
This has also got the most crying I think I have ever seen in a Kdrama.
I'm on my 331 kdrama and I have watched about 80 kmovies, with about 8 kdramas on pending (as in half watched/nearly completed).
ScreenRant, Collider, etc all have garbage "must watch" lists, good for a starting point though.
I've got a lot of Kdramas to get through, especially some highly recommended "classics".
I'm not hating on the show, more the network. We all have limited time on our hands to watch/binge watch a series.
Poorly written, mediocre acting, story that goes nowhere.
These are Netflix specifically funded shows, it means the script didn't pass any Korean networks standard. Think about that.
I bet it's because Netflix wants to own the broadcast rights and doesn't want to pay another network the royalty fee.