My 5th time watching. The first episode is one of my favorites. Prejudice, Oh Yeon Seo is my favorite actress. This is my favorite series. Love the cast. Written/directed with perfection (warned you I am prejudiced). The production is good. Episode 1. The main contributing characters are introduced and developed. The weight of the drama and trauma is defined in the first scenes. The villains are immediately jerks. No confusion on who to hate the most. The actors really bring the writing to life. I hate 'em - aarrrrrg. The humor is rich and quirky. The goofy music that flows in the background really is value added while laughing. How many funny Joseon prisons scenes have a AC/DC song floating on background. And finally, Oh Yeon Seo!
Wow I give up. The story is interesting. Ying Shiuan Hsieh got talent. She is awesome in this role. Roy Chui is really good, with a couple of hard clunks. I'll put that on the director. The format is why I dropped. The time travel confuses me. It's seamless and happens too often. Left me looking for the storylines of the past and present.
How is the fight scene and how strong is the protagonist in martial art?
I like the combat scenes. Large scale down to face off fights. I don't think I saw that one person that just is unbeatable. But, the fighters of the "righteous manors" get beat back often. The only thing that put me off was the repetition of this theme or that. Kinda feels like filler. Give it a go. Don't really want to give up some of the really cool stuff.
RIP Kang Soo Yeon. She can share her success with her eared ancestors. Her skill as actress is the only value added item in this show. I did connect to her desperation. The rest of the cast, average joes getting a days wage. Story typical, no mind binder Little action at all. I'm guess total of ten min or about. First 60 mins seems off balance, disjointed dialog with a spot here and there for Kang to add some emotions. I am also gonna punt the cgi. Many places it was so cgi it read false. Some scenes showed energy and effort. Mostly just boring, they generated no response. Just was the end. Done c ya later. So a raw but definite not recommand. Time filler desperate for scfi, give it a shot. Imma hard 6.5 for this.
I to started this for Shin. She is near the top on my favorite actress list. Unfortunately for her, she is the only actor on this show. The story is weak then toss in a bucket of other problems and poof! Unwatchable. The cast from top to bottom is not good. Bad writing, bad directing (timing bad), and poor acting. Don't know if it was Lee, bad acting or if it was just a super crap role - I ff thru all his scenes. Anyway, can't believe I dropped a Shin Se Kyung show. Rate it a weak 6.
Fast to watch. Easy binge. As good as My Husband Got Family, even a touch better. WARNING! Spoiled brat overload will drive you nuts. But it is supposed to. Great cast. All cept Julien Kang, only because it felt clunky to me, nut I am sure he got it right. Hwang Jung Eum wins my favorite role award. So beautiful and hopeful for a great life. But so dimwitted and pitiful. I don't mean that as a diss. Jung Eum is perfect in her part. My empathy for her is over whelming at times. She had me teary eyed a lot. I love her and put her at #13 on my favorites list. But the whole show is littered with humor, drama, laughs, anger.... It's no joke. The ending is a whopper. Did not see it coming at all. It flips normal last scene the big happy to end a really sad last episode. The last scene is just shock. Highly recommend. I give it a solid 9.
Fast to watch. Easy binge. As good as My Husband Got Family, even a touch better. WARNING! Spoiled brat overload will drive you nuts. But it is supposed to. Great cast. All cept Julien Kang, only because it felt clunky to me, nut I am sure he got it right. Hwang Jung Eum wins my favorite role award. So beautiful and hopeful for a great life. But so dimwitted and pitiful. I don't mean that as a diss. Jung Eum is perfect in her part. My empathy for her is over whelming at times. She had me teary eyed a lot. I love her and put her at #13 on my favorites list. But the whole show is littered with humor, drama, laughs, anger.... It's no joke. The ending is a whopper. Did not see it coming at all. It flips normal last scene the big happy to end a really sad last episode. The last scene is just shock. Highly recommend. I give it a solid 9.
Finished. Good show. Probably a great show for a specific kdrama fan. Felt like I was in London returning to Harrods. But when I entered, I was in Walmart. Good cast. Seemed they were being directed into a one mood role. The show was mostly one gear, depressed. Sul is the role I connected with most. I cried for her when....(Would be spoiler). Princess Min Hwa is the best story. I ff thru bunches of stuff. Lots of the first 6 episodes, and much to the end. The kids all were spot on. I am rating at a 7.5 Just didn't connect with me.
Everything you want from our beloved k-drama. Except thick romance (which I don't want). Romance is here plenty. Just a slow burn. Lee and Cha are great together. Korean Odyssey, eight years after this and they are still hot together. Good all around. No dead time or filler. Recommend. I rate a solid 8.5
Solid show. Great cast, good acting, directing good (except force-on-force combat bad), writing so so. Qu Man Ting is the funniest, sadist, and most engaging role. Wu is spectacular. I generally do not like xdresser shows. Seem to wind up with awkward BL. Girls dressing like dudes to hide id, wind up with dudes falling for them. Awkward. This show not. Xie Xiang dresses like a dude, but the romance doesn't break out till the love boy (Gu) knows Xie is a she. Bai Lu is way too beautiful to pass the looks test. But that don't get in the way of the story. It adds a lot to the Gu and Xie love story. Which is 10s all the way. Music is good including the backdrop music. The writing goes clunk too often. Too many blank pages. The last episode is a crapper. Much of the last 4 episodes are a great cast looking for a writer/dialog. Highly recommend. For me it got stuck at 8 rating cause of gaps in the writing/dialog.
This show is good. Production, cast, acting, good. Some really good fight scenes. Some of the character's story lines are really engaging. Emotional drama, in a couple places. The only episode I got teary-eyed was the last episode. The subject matter of great Joseon drama and political struggles is not unique. However, this is the first I've seen about this topic, start of Korean independent language. Maybe this is why with all the great working parts (actors/production/directing) it gets boring for episodes. It is worth a watch. Some of my favorite actresses/actors appear. Much better show, imo, at 16-18 episodes. I confess there are many parts I am lost on which faction is doing what and who is who.
Good movie. Tag should include tragic love story and sad. The movie is a love story. The impossible love that is just so painful. Minnie really is great in this role. Oab as the hopeless love interest carries the desperation thru the movie. All the main's nailed it. The support cast is right on target. Some horror, fantasy, and bit of blood and guts. Guts being a major visual, Krasue - just an upper torso with the guts hanging as it floats around (asian lore). This movie is so Thai special. I just don't see this coming off right from any other studios. I am coming in at a solid 8. Recommend.
Episode 1. The main contributing characters are introduced and developed. The weight of the drama and trauma is defined in the first scenes. The villains are immediately jerks. No confusion on who to hate the most. The actors really bring the writing to life. I hate 'em - aarrrrrg.
The humor is rich and quirky. The goofy music that flows in the background really is value added while laughing. How many funny Joseon prisons scenes have a AC/DC song floating on background.
And finally, Oh Yeon Seo!
I ff thru bunches of stuff. Lots of the first 6 episodes, and much to the end. The kids all were spot on. I am rating at a 7.5 Just didn't connect with me.
I generally do not like xdresser shows. Seem to wind up with awkward BL. Girls dressing like dudes to hide id, wind up with dudes falling for them. Awkward. This show not. Xie Xiang dresses like a dude, but the romance doesn't break out till the love boy (Gu) knows Xie is a she. Bai Lu is way too beautiful to pass the looks test. But that don't get in the way of the story. It adds a lot to the Gu and Xie love story. Which is 10s all the way. Music is good including the backdrop music. The writing goes clunk too often. Too many blank pages. The last episode is a crapper. Much of the last 4 episodes are a great cast looking for a writer/dialog. Highly recommend. For me it got stuck at 8 rating cause of gaps in the writing/dialog.