Georgeous visuals, costumes, ost and acting - bit shame about the story
Now I do love a Kdrama in a historical setting and of course I was going to watch it. Up to episode 6 or 7 I was hooked, then the whole story got a bit ....weird and disjointed.
ALL characters (apart from the FL and ML) were pretty evil and only one of them had a (kind of) redemption arc. The others just all plain horrible. But it wasnt just that, I did find the story a bit all over the place and when I got to episode 10 I lost my patience.
Of course the visuals were absolutly georgeous, from the beautiful costumes, landscapes, buidings.... Some of the fights scence were outstanding, although I also did get a bit tired of too much bloody cutting down which felt like crowds of people.
Lee Jae-Wook was my highlight, he portraid the broken, vulnuerable ML so heartbreakingly well. There is a scene when his back gets exposed and the emotions he expressed through his face und small movements - I was a wreck. I never felt so sorry for character EVER.
The other outstanding thing of these Drama is the ost. I noticed right from the start, this ost is something else. I had to download it straight away and been listening to it lots. Especially Burning Petals by 4BOUT.
Would I recommend to watch it. Maybe yes, it is worth watching. But have tissues ready!
ALL characters (apart from the FL and ML) were pretty evil and only one of them had a (kind of) redemption arc. The others just all plain horrible. But it wasnt just that, I did find the story a bit all over the place and when I got to episode 10 I lost my patience.
Of course the visuals were absolutly georgeous, from the beautiful costumes, landscapes, buidings.... Some of the fights scence were outstanding, although I also did get a bit tired of too much bloody cutting down which felt like crowds of people.
Lee Jae-Wook was my highlight, he portraid the broken, vulnuerable ML so heartbreakingly well. There is a scene when his back gets exposed and the emotions he expressed through his face und small movements - I was a wreck. I never felt so sorry for character EVER.
The other outstanding thing of these Drama is the ost. I noticed right from the start, this ost is something else. I had to download it straight away and been listening to it lots. Especially Burning Petals by 4BOUT.
Would I recommend to watch it. Maybe yes, it is worth watching. But have tissues ready!
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