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From Perfect Crown to Last Crown.
Let me , the minority, express what I thought about this drama.
I will start with what I enjoyed :
✅️ The visual & cinematography 10/10. I definitely enjoyed Byeon Woo Seok's face card. Although his features are not really my type, still what a pretty creature to look at. And who does not enjoy watching pretty tall things?
✅️ Costumes 9/10: Grand Prince Ian and Seong Hui Ju's wardrobe. I liked Ian's princely hairstyle the most. Pity they did not keep that hairstyle till the end 😩.
✅️ OST 8/10: While I did not become addicted to any of the songs, I liked listening to No Doubt by BOYNEXTDOOR the most.
✅️ Acting, romance & chemistry 8/10: IU was a perfect fit as Seong Hui Ju. I enjoyed watching her eccentric and charming personality. She made me cringe at times, but it was just her personality. This was my first drama with Byeon Woo Seok, and I enjoyed his acting too. However, the chemistry between the leads could have been better imo. The kiss scenes were 🔥 tho. Liked the tension that led up to it 🙊.
☑️ Angsty scale 7/10
☑️ The humor. It was between 8 and 8.5/10. Seong Hui Ju's eccentric personality contributes to 80% of the comedy factor in this drama. I liked her synergy with her stepbro. (P/s: I liked the fact that her stepbro was not the villain in the story.)
☑️ 70% of the plot. While it is not that great, it still manages to keep my interest.
What I did not enjoyed (CONTAINED SPOILERS):
❌️ Plot holes. All thanks to a weak and lazy script. I don't mind if it was done discreetly or was just a minor little thing, but here they made it as major plot device and the production team couldn't care less to show or explain more about it.
▫️ The culprit behind who tampered with Hui Ju's car. While I liked the car scene, I have to admit they make it obvious this scene just acts as a plot device that will make Ian push Hui Ju away.
▫️How was Queen Mother able to get the marriage contract? Ian placed it in the locked safe, and they don't show where Hui Ju keeps hers. So now we just have to assume the spy got it just like that?
▫️ How the fire killed the late king. Don't tell me the whole place was burned due to the burning of the late king's last will. That thing did not even completely burn when it was just a piece of thin paper? And how did Ian get that last will anyway? When the whole place had already burned down?
▫️ Fire and explosion in the palace show how severely lacking the security of the palace is. How many times does it need to happen for the person in charge of guarding the palace to take the safety of the crown seriously? No firefighter at the scene nor any urgency seen by the palace guard/security to save the king or grand prince during the incident too.
▫️Prime Minister Min's motive was too weak. He was one of the strong characters in early episodes; they portrayed him as rational and able to control his emotions, but by the end they made him look straightaway crazy in his love lust lol.
▫️Why the sudden abolition of monarchy? They did not show even a bit of Ian's intention in the early episodes. Now when we were nearly the end, they dropped all those talks about how the monarchy, the benefit & the privilege that are tied to it, is the major problem? Pfttt. It is not like all those political people in the cabinet don't gain any privilege due to their position ... so should we now abolish the cabinet too? How I wish the story did not go to this route.
❌️ 30% of the plot . Episode 11 to ¾ of episode 12 especially.
Originally, I wanted to rate this an 8, but my displeasure and disappointment were too great to ignore. So a 7.5 it is. Perfect Crown ,despite the shortcomings, it was still worth watching if you love the cast and rom-com is your to-go genre. It is a perfect comfort drama if you just want to relax after having a heavy day. Just don't forget to turn off your brain at times.
I will start with what I enjoyed :
✅️ The visual & cinematography 10/10. I definitely enjoyed Byeon Woo Seok's face card. Although his features are not really my type, still what a pretty creature to look at. And who does not enjoy watching pretty tall things?
✅️ Costumes 9/10: Grand Prince Ian and Seong Hui Ju's wardrobe. I liked Ian's princely hairstyle the most. Pity they did not keep that hairstyle till the end 😩.
✅️ OST 8/10: While I did not become addicted to any of the songs, I liked listening to No Doubt by BOYNEXTDOOR the most.
✅️ Acting, romance & chemistry 8/10: IU was a perfect fit as Seong Hui Ju. I enjoyed watching her eccentric and charming personality. She made me cringe at times, but it was just her personality. This was my first drama with Byeon Woo Seok, and I enjoyed his acting too. However, the chemistry between the leads could have been better imo. The kiss scenes were 🔥 tho. Liked the tension that led up to it 🙊.
☑️ Angsty scale 7/10
☑️ The humor. It was between 8 and 8.5/10. Seong Hui Ju's eccentric personality contributes to 80% of the comedy factor in this drama. I liked her synergy with her stepbro. (P/s: I liked the fact that her stepbro was not the villain in the story.)
☑️ 70% of the plot. While it is not that great, it still manages to keep my interest.
What I did not enjoyed (CONTAINED SPOILERS):
❌️ Plot holes. All thanks to a weak and lazy script. I don't mind if it was done discreetly or was just a minor little thing, but here they made it as major plot device and the production team couldn't care less to show or explain more about it.
▫️ The culprit behind who tampered with Hui Ju's car. While I liked the car scene, I have to admit they make it obvious this scene just acts as a plot device that will make Ian push Hui Ju away.
▫️How was Queen Mother able to get the marriage contract? Ian placed it in the locked safe, and they don't show where Hui Ju keeps hers. So now we just have to assume the spy got it just like that?
▫️ How the fire killed the late king. Don't tell me the whole place was burned due to the burning of the late king's last will. That thing did not even completely burn when it was just a piece of thin paper? And how did Ian get that last will anyway? When the whole place had already burned down?
▫️ Fire and explosion in the palace show how severely lacking the security of the palace is. How many times does it need to happen for the person in charge of guarding the palace to take the safety of the crown seriously? No firefighter at the scene nor any urgency seen by the palace guard/security to save the king or grand prince during the incident too.
▫️Prime Minister Min's motive was too weak. He was one of the strong characters in early episodes; they portrayed him as rational and able to control his emotions, but by the end they made him look straightaway crazy in his love lust lol.
▫️Why the sudden abolition of monarchy? They did not show even a bit of Ian's intention in the early episodes. Now when we were nearly the end, they dropped all those talks about how the monarchy, the benefit & the privilege that are tied to it, is the major problem? Pfttt. It is not like all those political people in the cabinet don't gain any privilege due to their position ... so should we now abolish the cabinet too? How I wish the story did not go to this route.
❌️ 30% of the plot . Episode 11 to ¾ of episode 12 especially.
Originally, I wanted to rate this an 8, but my displeasure and disappointment were too great to ignore. So a 7.5 it is. Perfect Crown ,despite the shortcomings, it was still worth watching if you love the cast and rom-com is your to-go genre. It is a perfect comfort drama if you just want to relax after having a heavy day. Just don't forget to turn off your brain at times.
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