This drama made me happy. The very ending was just so ridiculously heart warming on all fronts. I was already a fan of Jung Joon Young, first because of his music and then because of 2D1N, but seeing him in this role was just the end of me. So adorable.
This movie was trying so hard to be artsy and minimalistic, it forgot to tell an actual story. Whoops. At least the bagpipes at the end were pretty jammin'.
I watched this once when it originally came out, and although I found it a little bewildering I generally enjoyed it. Watching it again 4 years later, I gotta say. I genuinely really enjoy this movie. It's ridiculous and fun and there's serious chemistry between SJH and JJ.
Finding out he's the one in Herb, and that he's in Time Between Dog and Wolf... he's in so many things that I've watched before I even really noticed him in Cruel City.
These two together again? Ooh, I might just watch this. My only qualm is that Korean dramas with 30+ episodes don't tend to fare as well as, say, Chinese dramas that are 30+ episodes. At least in my books. Does this get snoozy?
Whenever Meiniang and Shimin fought, it was w/e. But when Zhinu and Meiniang fight it's so stressful and sad omg. A sad Zhinu is a sad me. But yay, preggo Meiniang!
Okay, edit: I'm near the end now, and the Crown Prince died. The rift between them is killing me. They were my OTP. Minyue needs to die!
EDIT EDIT; THEY'RE OLD AND IN A MARRIAGE WHERE THEY DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER AND HES ON HIS DEATHBED AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE TERRIBLE PEOPLE THIS ISN'T THE REALITY I WANTED AHHHH
Edit x3; "But all I ever wanted was to watch the fireworks with you..."
I hate everything this is so sad my heart hurts... Zhinu was such a sweetheart;;;
Agh, this is why I love Chinese dramas SO SO much. They always go really in depth with the important times of the protagonist when they're young, but then as they get older each important event is quickly covered and glossed over- really symbolizing how far above everything the protagonist has found herself. The last 15 years of Empress Wu's life seem to be covered in the last 15 MINUTES of this drama, and every moment just fills you with a wistful melancholic bittersweet feeling. She had been such a badass all her life, and she still was, but she had seen so much, and she was tired. Seeing her don those golden robes and ask her lifelong servant; "Where are my enemies? Where are my friends? Where is my husband, my children?" Dead, dead, dead... The most powerful woman, the most powerful person, and she was all alone.
Really REALLY liking this so far. I can already tell that this drama is gonna emotionally ruin me. I love the couple already as well~
I don't know, people are saying that the first episode is confusing, but I disagree. Maybe I just trust the drama makers more than those people? Lol. I always find it funny when people are asking boatloads of questions and having doubts about first episodes because they don't hand every single detail of the story to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you gotta let things play out~
Not great. Not even good, really. It was one of those movies that you hope will at least be worth the time it took to watch it, but it was barely that.
When that thing hit President Hwang's car I couldn't close my mouth for a minute. I was too busy thinking…
Yeah, I was legit shocked as well! It was one of those like, "shit just got real" moments. Also, I've ventured too far into the internet before and seen real footage of those kinds of accidents, so it was particularly gruesome for me. The blood spatter really cemented the disturbing element of it.
I AM LOVING THE HECK OUT OF THIS DRAMA. It's like a cross between Lost, White Christmas, and something else I can't quite put my finger on. I'm loving it to bits and pieces.
Okay, edit: I'm near the end now, and the Crown Prince died. The rift between them is killing me. They were my OTP. Minyue needs to die!
EDIT EDIT; THEY'RE OLD AND IN A MARRIAGE WHERE THEY DON'T TRUST EACH OTHER AND HES ON HIS DEATHBED AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE TERRIBLE PEOPLE THIS ISN'T THE REALITY I WANTED AHHHH
Edit x3; "But all I ever wanted was to watch the fireworks with you..."
I hate everything this is so sad my heart hurts... Zhinu was such a sweetheart;;;
Agh, this is why I love Chinese dramas SO SO much. They always go really in depth with the important times of the protagonist when they're young, but then as they get older each important event is quickly covered and glossed over- really symbolizing how far above everything the protagonist has found herself. The last 15 years of Empress Wu's life seem to be covered in the last 15 MINUTES of this drama, and every moment just fills you with a wistful melancholic bittersweet feeling. She had been such a badass all her life, and she still was, but she had seen so much, and she was tired. Seeing her don those golden robes and ask her lifelong servant; "Where are my enemies? Where are my friends? Where is my husband, my children?" Dead, dead, dead... The most powerful woman, the most powerful person, and she was all alone.
I don't know, people are saying that the first episode is confusing, but I disagree. Maybe I just trust the drama makers more than those people? Lol. I always find it funny when people are asking boatloads of questions and having doubts about first episodes because they don't hand every single detail of the story to you on a silver platter. Sometimes you gotta let things play out~