I can honestly say I stuck this drama out but it’s not for me. I mentioned in previous post about the mental…
word, chingu word! I am choking to death with the whole "disrespecting a girl and treating her like less than a doormat make the dude so exxxtra oomphlicious" trope and want to stab myself for still going on because of Soo young and Tae jun. Irony! Things we do for love... *sigh*
I saw him in 30-sai made Dotei Da... , then in Alice and then in Your eyes tell (all different kind characters) and i want so so much more of him as a lead in a lot of dramas. he's a gorgeous looking amazing actor, versatile at that.
I was so excited for this one because of Minki and Nana together but the comments are choking up all my excitement. Why man why? you have to write bad sh*t writernim with cast so good! T-T
Song kang dancing... Song kang dancing...Song kang dancing... Song kang dancing gracefully... Song kang dancing beautiful like an angel... Song kang dancing... And i can't breathe... i am dead!
The smile of happiness on Park In hwan ajjusssi's face while watching the ballet stage performance is everything! The whole auditorium on one side and his expression of happiness on another. I was thinking in that scene, how happy i will feel to see this kind of happiness on someone's face because of me. The sincerity and beauty of it is worth all the bone crushing hard work in the world.
It was pretty unsatisfying in spite of the gradual untying of the mystery. I am fine with the original ending. The whole show itself lacked something. The only emotion i felt for a character here was for Bai Ying. She was so obsessed with getting a human life, love, children family that it turned her into a monster and finally ended with her perishing without anything. I felt sad when she said while dying, so this is how I end.
The female characters were all well written and not one dimensional. Really loved that about this show. There were some good underlying messages in the whole story though somehow it felt it needed better handling to be all-round interesting. The actors were good. ZBB is always awesome. The cinematography was gorgeous. I skipped a lot yet didn't seem to have missed anything. All in all, not as i was expecting when i rushed to start it with 3 episodes still raw.
The trailer gave me Hotel de luna vibe and they did make the main couple's dynamic similar. There was no real romance just a super underplayed lovestory (which is different from De luna where the love story was strong and sad throughout) that was there i think for making believable the last three episodes of Qin Fang waiting for Si teng and hoping and trying for her coming back. Honestly i kind of lost interest after Si teng and Bai ying died or scattered away. There was a dreamlike scene where she and Xi feng was talking about something which i didn't understand because no subs. But i wasn't trying even to understand. The mystery of the story was the thing that kept me till the 27th episode and after all was out i was out too. The love story for me was not convincing enough to wait to watch the last three episodes. I mean Xi feng was such a darling kind hearted dude that he was sincerely determined in helping everyone even if they were not his lover.
Sally Jing and Bin Bin looked like a beautiful hot painting! So gorgeous!
Oh my god! that's the ending!? Great! So she talked about the "people" people" " all the time and left the throne to the irresponsible insecure easy to influence manchild of a brother! Her father was an incompetent king, this brother will be the same. They seem to have the strong competent queen lineage. Her mother was a ruler kind, she could've been too if the character was written better. I liked almost everything about the drama except for the writing. Politics, saeguk and zombie are not my flavor of ramyun but i still sometimes enjoy political dramas with strong and firm fl characters and a lot of smart intrigues from the leads. And no self righteous lectures on how you shouldn't be killing people and winning underhandedly because that makes you a bad bad person. Like, please! Nobody is sitting for their SATs here. I liked Empress Ki. My all time favorite though is the Cdrama Ming lan. It shows how you don't have to lift a single finger to turn over a ruling. A few smart brain cells do the deed.
I wanted to watch it for my baby Kim So Hyun, my man Ji Hoon and my curiosity to watch Na In Woo's lead role. So, all these were done successfully and satisfyingly. The chemistry of both the couples are beyond awesome. My baby has become so much more easy with physical chemistry, now that she's 21. She was already doing well in Nokdu, here she took it 10 steps further by getting proactive with the kisses and the other body language stuff needed to make a romantic scene great. Actress she was born, now she's got everything in her arsenal. First time seeing Ji Hoon kiss and seriously why he has not kissed on screen so long! Really mad at writers and producers or whoever responsible for depriving me of this awesomeness with the roles he was given. Stupid peeps!
This drama really did a great job with production, direction, acting, etc. given the setback they faced. Big round of cheers! About the writing, even if they didn't have the "situation", i'd have still not liked how the story is straddling romance and politics without successfully finishing the either for me. For me it's kind of romance drama where i was kind of tricked to get a little interested in the politics which didn't please me at all. I would've wanted the princess to sit on the throne with whatever planning plotting needed and On dal to stand beside her as her partner and general for life. But i guess this wanted to show the blood lust of revenge and politics that get to you and the consequences of it or whatever. For me that too then got muddled from somewhere in the middle. So, i ended up in a identity crisis with the story. Not talking about the open ending because the director had good intentions behind it so i'll just look away from it and consider On Dal's death The ending. Which again in a normal romance is great for me (I am a sucker for sad endings) , in politics too is cool like in Empress Ki but here this could have been as i said before they both living and ruling.
I can't believe this douche insulting MY's love by comparing it to his obsession. She never once tried to get him like an object or conquest like he's with the princess throughout. She just always stayed beside him. Didn't even want to harm the princess to get her out of the equation. GG's is an obsession of obtaining a mirage he's been running after for so long and hers is an unconditional love where she wants him to be happy and safe and is ready to sacrifice herself for it. So pissed at the ending of their story.
Loved though the importance and substance Ji Hoon got in this drama. His most meaty role i'd say. Hope he gets these kinds of roles more if not lead.
I really wish Mo Yong died. I get everyone who feels why should she die for an incomplete love of an undeserving person instead she should move on and live her life to the fullest but i am the cruel type who wants Go Geon to feel the pain of losing her to death and live his full life in that excruciating pain of not valuing the person who loved him the most and stood beside him in all his crazy obsession which btw i absolutely don't consider love or its any slightest form. But instead now he just got an easy exit of death. Very unsatisfied with this conclusion of their story.
p.s. That jerk didn't even die saving MY. I am so effing pissed rn...
In Woo isn't good FOR a replacement. HE IS JUST GOOD. PERIODT! Like this role was written for him. I just discovered him in Mr Queen and was very impressed by his acting there. This is like amazing. Dude is so good. I am glad that this character found him.
Why can't she covet the throne? She totally should. If she cares for the people as she claims she should be a queen for the people. But she wouldn't here, right? Because she's not decided yet whether to be a really nice person or a ruler/politician. You can't be both and this is a romantic drama at heart i guess. So yeah... no chance of her to be a queen.
The smile of happiness on Park In hwan ajjusssi's face while watching the ballet stage performance is everything! The whole auditorium on one side and his expression of happiness on another. I was thinking in that scene, how happy i will feel to see this kind of happiness on someone's face because of me. The sincerity and beauty of it is worth all the bone crushing hard work in the world.
The female characters were all well written and not one dimensional. Really loved that about this show. There were some good underlying messages in the whole story though somehow it felt it needed better handling to be all-round interesting. The actors were good. ZBB is always awesome. The cinematography was gorgeous. I skipped a lot yet didn't seem to have missed anything. All in all, not as i was expecting when i rushed to start it with 3 episodes still raw.
The trailer gave me Hotel de luna vibe and they did make the main couple's dynamic similar. There was no real romance just a super underplayed lovestory (which is different from De luna where the love story was strong and sad throughout) that was there i think for making believable the last three episodes of Qin Fang waiting for Si teng and hoping and trying for her coming back. Honestly i kind of lost interest after Si teng and Bai ying died or scattered away. There was a dreamlike scene where she and Xi feng was talking about something which i didn't understand because no subs. But i wasn't trying even to understand. The mystery of the story was the thing that kept me till the 27th episode and after all was out i was out too. The love story for me was not convincing enough to wait to watch the last three episodes. I mean Xi feng was such a darling kind hearted dude that he was sincerely determined in helping everyone even if they were not his lover.
Sally Jing and Bin Bin looked like a beautiful hot painting! So gorgeous!
I wanted to watch it for my baby Kim So Hyun, my man Ji Hoon and my curiosity to watch Na In Woo's lead role. So, all these were done successfully and satisfyingly. The chemistry of both the couples are beyond awesome. My baby has become so much more easy with physical chemistry, now that she's 21. She was already doing well in Nokdu, here she took it 10 steps further by getting proactive with the kisses and the other body language stuff needed to make a romantic scene great. Actress she was born, now she's got everything in her arsenal.
First time seeing Ji Hoon kiss and seriously why he has not kissed on screen so long! Really mad at writers and producers or whoever responsible for depriving me of this awesomeness with the roles he was given. Stupid peeps!
This drama really did a great job with production, direction, acting, etc. given the setback they faced. Big round of cheers! About the writing, even if they didn't have the "situation", i'd have still not liked how the story is straddling romance and politics without successfully finishing the either for me. For me it's kind of romance drama where i was kind of tricked to get a little interested in the politics which didn't please me at all. I would've wanted the princess to sit on the throne with whatever planning plotting needed and On dal to stand beside her as her partner and general for life. But i guess this wanted to show the blood lust of revenge and politics that get to you and the consequences of it or whatever. For me that too then got muddled from somewhere in the middle. So, i ended up in a identity crisis with the story. Not talking about the open ending because the director had good intentions behind it so i'll just look away from it and consider On Dal's death The ending. Which again in a normal romance is great for me (I am a sucker for sad endings) , in politics too is cool like in Empress Ki but here this could have been as i said before they both living and ruling.
So. Ya. That's that!
Loved though the importance and substance Ji Hoon got in this drama. His most meaty role i'd say. Hope he gets these kinds of roles more if not lead.
p.s. That jerk didn't even die saving MY. I am so effing pissed rn...