Certainly NOT a waste of time!
I was very interested in watching this drama because Gang Dongwon does NOT do TV dramas. He simply doesn't. Last time that man was in a drama was more than twenty years ago. I found the premise interesting but I wondered what exactly would bring him back to the world of TV. Short answer: he wanted to kiss Gianna Jun and I most certainly can not blame him. (I'd wanna too, but I'm not a super handsome, tall actor)
Both leads are now very much Veteran actors with ranges that will astound you and this show fares no differently. I really enjoyed their chemistry and found myself rewinding a lot of their interaction. Between the actors themselves and the direction I felt like there was a lot of subtlety that really made the interpersonal interactions way more believable and I appreciated that.
This show also looks pretty good. It's not Vagabond, but it does what it does well enough. I also really liked some of the monologues, there was a particularly striking line our FL says about a church built out of the bodies of her loved ones. I don't think I will ever forget that line…
The original soundtrack was so good. I decided to watch this on the TV cause I thought it deserved it and my subwoofer was BLASTING. I haven't liked original background tracks this much since My Dearest. The use of “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was so haunting in the moment. I remember getting goosebumps.
So the not so good stuff is just about everything else.
This show (like most kdrama) starts off incredibly strong and ends up devolving into half baked nonsense by the end. I once again feel that this new shorter format is kind of hurting these dramas. I feel that an extension to 12 of even the old standard of 16 would have helped this show immensely.
The main villain's plan and motivation are genuinely dumb. When you learn what exactly the plan was and how long they had been prepared… it makes you wonder what the point of all the assassination attempts was??? They try to kill people beneficial to the plan more than once and I still don't really get it.
I had no issues until the final reveals made things too dumb. Another one that couldn't stick the landing.
I love Gianna Jun tho.🩷 Her strong but vulnerable portrayal REALLY impressed me. Munju was so relatable.
7.5 but closer to a 7 than an 8.
I'm giving this a higher score just because I personally had a great time watching this. episodes 2-7 were so fun.
Both leads are now very much Veteran actors with ranges that will astound you and this show fares no differently. I really enjoyed their chemistry and found myself rewinding a lot of their interaction. Between the actors themselves and the direction I felt like there was a lot of subtlety that really made the interpersonal interactions way more believable and I appreciated that.
This show also looks pretty good. It's not Vagabond, but it does what it does well enough. I also really liked some of the monologues, there was a particularly striking line our FL says about a church built out of the bodies of her loved ones. I don't think I will ever forget that line…
The original soundtrack was so good. I decided to watch this on the TV cause I thought it deserved it and my subwoofer was BLASTING. I haven't liked original background tracks this much since My Dearest. The use of “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was so haunting in the moment. I remember getting goosebumps.
So the not so good stuff is just about everything else.
This show (like most kdrama) starts off incredibly strong and ends up devolving into half baked nonsense by the end. I once again feel that this new shorter format is kind of hurting these dramas. I feel that an extension to 12 of even the old standard of 16 would have helped this show immensely.
The main villain's plan and motivation are genuinely dumb. When you learn what exactly the plan was and how long they had been prepared… it makes you wonder what the point of all the assassination attempts was??? They try to kill people beneficial to the plan more than once and I still don't really get it.
I had no issues until the final reveals made things too dumb. Another one that couldn't stick the landing.
I love Gianna Jun tho.🩷 Her strong but vulnerable portrayal REALLY impressed me. Munju was so relatable.
7.5 but closer to a 7 than an 8.
I'm giving this a higher score just because I personally had a great time watching this. episodes 2-7 were so fun.
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