This was near perfection! Incredible story that kept me on my toes and second guessing through the whole story.
Like many others have said, if the story at first seems a bit slow, wait till the end on ep. 4. For me, after that it was binge watching till the end. What is sleep? Or fresh air or food? All I needed was the next episode.
Song Joon Ki as Vincenzo was such a multi layered character. Badass, terrifying, sweet, caring, monster. I was rooting for him all the way, even though I was disgusted at times by his actions. Still, I was all in.
And Jeon Yeo Bin as Hong Cha Young, the smart, savvy, sometimes unpredictable and always corageous was THE female lead that I’ve been waiting for ever since I found the treasure trove that is the world of Korean dramas. Yes, I want more female leads like her! She was a real person, not a one dimensional character of someone’s “ideal” woman (always kind, never says anything mean, forgives all the bad things that was ever done to her.... BARF ?).
The baddies were FANTASTIC! I loved to hate them and kept screaming at my screen every time they did their evil s**t. One was just crazy which is scary in it’s unpredictability and the other one was just cool and calculated EVIL ?. I loved it!
And of course the rest of the ensamble cast, or the Cassano gang were just brilliant ❤️.
The visuals, fight scenes, music, the story, the cast... I can’t find any fault. Of course I would have loved to have more steam screen time with our leads, but their chemistry was so electrifying during the series that when there WAS something more happening, it was so worth the wait.
Man, I JUST finished the last episode, and I’ve already started missing the show! I haven’t had this kind of a kdrama hangover since the Flower of Evil.
I’m giving it 9,5. Half the star excluded was from the way the show made me forsake my morals and approve the violence. The series was so good, but I don’t have to like it.
I would LOVE to love this series but the female lead is just too stupid to live. Please tell your kidnapper everything and throw your neighbour also under the buss after the said kidnapper has threatened your life (ep. 5).
Will try to just power through all her dumbassery bits. Maybe it’ll get better.
At the risk of upsetting so many fans, and I apologize before hand, I am going to say that this drama was not…
I agree that the FL acted like a hyperactive 10 year old rather than a 24 year old of any gender. That drove me NUTS! Plus there is zero chemistry between the main couple.
Some of the ghosts are quite creepy and there are few jump scares. I hate horror movies but was able to watch this just fine. Maybe skipped the scary bits few times.
Wow, what an AMAZING show! Unlike many Kdramas, there were no ”filler episodes” trying to drag and stretch the story so it’ll fill the ”required” 16 episodes. Please future screenwriters and directors, make notes. This is how a story is written and directed. I didn’t want to skip a minute, unlike in many other dramas where you have your unnecessary evil competitor/ family memeber/ ex partner or what ever, with equally unnecessary lackluster secondary plot. I will inevitalby skip, skip, SKIP those and in the end have no idea what it was about and couldn’t care less.
The cast was INCREDIBLE! A strong female lead, who is loving, badass and complex human being. I am so sick of female leads whos only ”personality” traits are that they are kind, innocent and must be protected at all cost. So thank you Moon Chae Won, you are my favorite female lead in kdramas so far.
But the best performance is in my opinion was done spectacularly by Lee Joon Gi. For the first few episodes you might think, what’s all the hoopla that people are talking about, when it comes to this performance, but as further the story develops, his performance is so incredible that it made me want to cry my heart out, scream at the screen to make him stop draining my soul. He was the reason the series still lingers in my mind and I’m suffering from a major series-end hungover. I can’t watch anything else, as any other series of film will suffer in comparison.
This is the brilliance of Kdramas. They are a limited run, so the writer knows how the story will end (unfortunately not in all cases). This way they won't suffer from the same issue that plagues the American series, when a great premise and first season leads to lesser returns and the plots are watered down, untill a once great series will taper in to oblivion.
I’m conflicted. At the same time I am happy that Flower of Evil was a story that had a great beginning and a wonderful ending, but still... what am I supposed to do now, that it’s all over ?.
Like many others have said, if the story at first seems a bit slow, wait till the end on ep. 4. For me, after that it was binge watching till the end. What is sleep? Or fresh air or food? All I needed was the next episode.
Song Joon Ki as Vincenzo was such a multi layered character. Badass, terrifying, sweet, caring, monster. I was rooting for him all the way, even though I was disgusted at times by his actions. Still, I was all in.
And Jeon Yeo Bin as Hong Cha Young, the smart, savvy, sometimes unpredictable and always corageous was THE female lead that I’ve been waiting for ever since I found the treasure trove that is the world of Korean dramas. Yes, I want more female leads like her! She was a real person, not a one dimensional character of someone’s “ideal” woman (always kind, never says anything mean, forgives all the bad things that was ever done to her.... BARF ?).
The baddies were FANTASTIC! I loved to hate them and kept screaming at my screen every time they did their evil s**t. One was just crazy which is scary in it’s unpredictability and the other one was just cool and calculated EVIL ?. I loved it!
And of course the rest of the ensamble cast, or the Cassano gang were just brilliant ❤️.
The visuals, fight scenes, music, the story, the cast... I can’t find any fault. Of course I would have loved to have more steam screen time with our leads, but their chemistry was so electrifying during the series that when there WAS something more happening, it was so worth the wait.
Man, I JUST finished the last episode, and I’ve already started missing the show! I haven’t had this kind of a kdrama hangover since the Flower of Evil.
I’m giving it 9,5. Half the star excluded was from the way the show made me forsake my morals and approve the violence. The series was so good, but I don’t have to like it.
Will try to just power through all her dumbassery bits. Maybe it’ll get better.
The cast was INCREDIBLE! A strong female lead, who is loving, badass and complex human being. I am so sick of female leads whos only ”personality” traits are that they are kind, innocent and must be protected at all cost. So thank you Moon Chae Won, you are my favorite female lead in kdramas so far.
But the best performance is in my opinion was done spectacularly by Lee Joon Gi. For the first few episodes you might think, what’s all the hoopla that people are talking about, when it comes to this performance, but as further the story develops, his performance is so incredible that it made me want to cry my heart out, scream at the screen to make him stop draining my soul. He was the reason the series still lingers in my mind and I’m suffering from a major series-end hungover. I can’t watch anything else, as any other series of film will suffer in comparison.
This is the brilliance of Kdramas. They are a limited run, so the writer knows how the story will end (unfortunately not in all cases). This way they won't suffer from the same issue that plagues the American series, when a great premise and first season leads to lesser returns and the plots are watered down, untill a once great series will taper in to oblivion.
I’m conflicted. At the same time I am happy that Flower of Evil was a story that had a great beginning and a wonderful ending, but still... what am I supposed to do now, that it’s all over ?.