I lub lub Lee Jae Han but my heart goes out to Park Hae Young. This guy went through a lotta lot from his brother's devastating case, then the kidnapping case in ep 1, then finding out how his effort to correct the past actually caused others to suffer. To the point when he 'died' in the first timeline I have no tears for the guy, I just want him to finally rest.
Gritty and raw first ep, followed by sleep inducing 4 eps (with some brilliant moments that caught me off guard), but redeem itself with fantastic last ep. Realistic police procedures, no stupid trope but of course the foreigner actors annoying 'acting'. On emotional fronts, I like the moral ambiguity of Watabe Atsuro's character and his personal life's dynamic but the whole thing with cop-mole relationship failed to deliver because one of the mole is a foreigner who can't act and the other one's character is unnecessarily complex. Tho seriously, what's with Watabe Atsuro's character having sexual tension with three women who's not his wife lol
A sweeping and epic tale about survival, honor, and power struggle. What amazes me is how it doesn't shy…
Actually I get you lol
Hee so that's why I saw more female warriors/merchats' bosses in Silla and Goryeo sageuks than in Joseon sageuks XD.
Also, about the draggy scene, tbh I was kinda biased since I read some articles that mentioned producers of GK tried to follow kdramas' style before I watch it, and one thing that I could never come to term with kdramas is how dramatic their portrayal of emotional scenes is, so whenever it came to dramatic/emotional scenes I became sensitive(-ly prejudiced) lol
A sweeping and epic tale about survival, honor, and power struggle. What amazes me is how it doesn't shy…
haha I guess I meant the tradition/values, moral standard, the thoughts of what normal and what's not at the time, that becomes the driving force or restraining factor of characters' decision. If we compared it with modern values they would seem ineffective(like seppuku, marrying daughters for alliances/as hostages only to have war in the end anyway, ruthless daimyo), but at the same time the way these stuffs presented are so sincere in a way that makes me think 'ah that's how they live and that's what they believe at the time. At the same time there're historical dramas that injected modern values to the story or characters (like female empowerment, it's all good but seem very unlikely at the time) hence makes them feel less authentic.
The thing about taiga is somehow the first one you watch will end up as your favorite. Having watched 3 taigas so far (first Yae, then Kanbee, then Kiyomori) the best for me is Yae no Sakura after all. I guess it's the first experience of the authenticity that blow us away lol. Well I'm still in the first eps of Kiyomori so can't say much, actually :P
Chilling, nerve-wracking, and heartbreaking. They injected so much humanity into the bleak political situation of China at that time. More than anything, I think this is a story about the fall of a very corrupt government, told (mostly, since the Communist didn't even have that much screentime) from the perspective of people who tried to save and fix it, but failed nonetheless. I really appreciate how nothing is dumb down for the sake of convenience writing; the 'good' people, the 'bad' ones, the bloody political situation, the consequences of actions taken, the emotions felt by the characters, the characters' choice to deal with those emotions, all portrayed as complicated as it supposed to be.
Hee so that's why I saw more female warriors/merchats' bosses in Silla and Goryeo sageuks than in Joseon sageuks XD.
Also, about the draggy scene, tbh I was kinda biased since I read some articles that mentioned producers of GK tried to follow kdramas' style before I watch it, and one thing that I could never come to term with kdramas is how dramatic their portrayal of emotional scenes is, so whenever it came to dramatic/emotional scenes I became sensitive(-ly prejudiced) lol