What is this title supposed to mean? King of the land, rule the land, ruler of the land, land of the king...? Any of these would make some kind of sense, but "King the Land"? This is sooooo bad, it actually annoys me... Like "Dear my friends"... only worse.... ;-) When will those execs deciding on those ridiculous English titles finally learn that most European languages need prepositions? You can't just jumble the relevant words together any which way and hope that a phrase will make sense.
I am so irritated... I usually watch my dramas on dramacool, but the subbing on this series in dramacool is so…
Hurrah for AI!! (Just kidding, of course! ) As a professional translator it warms the cockles of my heart that the abysmally botched subtitles for this drama show how utterly indispensable human intelligence/involvement is in the business of translation! Honestly, the machine translation is so bad, it is more of an obstacle than help to understanding what is going on...
This is my first Chinese drama, having only watched Kdramas for over a year...and I must say I am loving it. The actors are great and the story is engaging. I particularly like the lawyer /main advesary Cheng Ren Qing - his role is well-written and actedb
Hopefully since Netflix is not a Korean service, they won't bend to this aspect of Korean culture. Weed is perfectly…
Excellent comment, I agree with you wholeheartedly! He is a fantastic actor and he should not be cancelled for having consumed drugs that aren't even illegal in some places/could have been used for medicinal purposes. What's the deal with Propofol anyway? It crops up time and again in connection with Korean celebs.... But why? What are they using it for?
Part II really picks up the pace. I should have known that lots of plotlines were going to join together only in the second part of the series. The plot is really intriguing, suspenseful and exciting. Great show!
Why is the rating so low?Anyway, I really loves the friendship between the king and young sil. But jnt the end,…
I think it's pretty clear that the prime minister did a deal with the King regarding the (still secret) alphabet: if the King agrees to put the Hangul project on the back burner/ stops pursuing this project, the prime minister agreed to ask for mercy for Young-Sil in his official capacity as government minister, (which everyone was completely surprised by) thus giving the King the chance to rescue and pardon his 'friend'. There was some great acting in those scenes by Choi Min-Sik and Han-Seok-Kyu: as they stared into each other's eyes, they managed to convey all the above just through their looks, from relief (King) and surprise (Young-Sil) when the prime minister asked for the pardon, to eagerness (King) and disbelief/confusion (Young-Sil) etc. etc. etc.
gorgeous film, great for all sageuk fans, I only stumbled across this having watch Tree With Deep Roots and then I looked for other stuff with Han Suk-Kyu. Such a surprise, that here he basically reprises that role of King Sejong - and he does so perfectly! Two veteran stars of Korean film history give it their all in this beautiful, moving movie. It's over two hours but i didn't mind at all.
I did. too... I found the emotional scenes, where the characters really grieve and mourn for the loved ones they miss extremely moving. I doubt anyone who has ever lost a family member (or is about to face that loss some time soon - maybe through parents getting on in age , for example) can help but be (very) moved by these scenes. A great gem of a show - I only stumbled on this bec. i admire Heo Joon Ho...
Not really live up to my expectation but still entertaining. Joo Woojin unexpectedly gives the best perfomance.…
I agree with your point 1. There is a lot of English dialogue in this show and this actor's bits were the most difficult to understand. His accent sounded very laboured and effortful - weirdly enough, his acting also got a very hammy as well! He was acting much more natural as soon as he switched back to Korean.
Excellent show. Very suspenseful and difficult not to binge-watch in one go! Ha jung Woo is perfectly cast in…
I wish there were more episodes! Having gotten used to the usual number of 16 episodes of Kdrama I now find 6 almost too short (like Money Heist)... ;-)
Brilliant movie with clever plotting and a twist at the end that makes you regret not having paid more attention earlier. This stayed with me for a long time. As the youngsters would say "it hits you in the feels" - but good, really good! I cried and cried...
I also wrote a review you might like to read (and rate...). 😉
Okay, I'm gonna be blunt.It's a monotonous mystery along with amnesia, quite boring, the plot ain't new.The flow…
An incomprehensible comment. The story is complicated and brilliantly plotted - of course, the pay-off only comes very close to the end, and then you regret not having paid more attention to some of the earlier, puzzling developments... Clearly a movie to watch again and again... with enhanced understanding and enjoyment
I held out until almost the very end - but then that scene in the supermarket got me good..... in floods of tears and sobbing.... "Is this heaven?" OMG- only Kdramas and movies push the emotions buttons that hard!! Excuse me while I grab some more tissues....
Why such a low rating? This show is brilliant. An unusual supernatural premise with a strong melodramatic undertone... The han is strong in this one.
But the kisses! Oh, the kisses are so terrible, terrible, terrible! Like two three-year-olds rubbing their faces together for the first time at the nursery playground. Deary me...
And the head pat!! I counted 3 times so far (haven't quite finished yet) I suppose this is the Kdrama equivalent for relaying romantic love: having the female protagonist pat the male's head like you would a dog or a horse.... Seems like this is a trope, as it also annoyed the hell out of me in Goblin. It is so difficult as a Western viewer to accept the level of passionate, deep, karmic love a couple is supposed to hold for one another when all they do to express that bond is by one patting the other on the head with as much passion and intent as a disinterested, uninvolved visitor of a horse show. This destroys the whole immersive experience of watching a show for me. But still, this show is so good otherwise! Easily 9.5 points from me (0.5 deducted for the slack-lipped face-rubbing/kisses and dreaded head pats! 😉)
Like "Dear my friends"... only worse.... ;-)
When will those execs deciding on those ridiculous English titles finally learn that most European languages need prepositions? You can't just jumble the relevant words together any which way and hope that a phrase will make sense.
Honestly, the machine translation is so bad, it is more of an obstacle than help to understanding what is going on...
He is a fantastic actor and he should not be cancelled for having consumed drugs that aren't even illegal in some places/could have been used for medicinal purposes.
What's the deal with Propofol anyway? It crops up time and again in connection with Korean celebs....
But why? What are they using it for?
The plot is really intriguing, suspenseful and exciting. Great show!
There was some great acting in those scenes by Choi Min-Sik and Han-Seok-Kyu: as they stared into each other's eyes, they managed to convey all the above just through their looks, from relief (King) and surprise (Young-Sil) when the prime minister asked for the pardon, to eagerness (King) and disbelief/confusion (Young-Sil) etc. etc. etc.
How can anyone conceive such a challenging screenplay?
All Western crime, police or thriller series I 've ever seen before are nowhere near as intricately plotted as Beyond Evil.
My brain hurts... but I will continue watching until the end. Excellent show!
This stayed with me for a long time.
As the youngsters would say "it hits you in the feels" - but good, really good!
I cried and cried...
I also wrote a review you might like to read (and rate...). 😉
The story is complicated and brilliantly plotted - of course, the pay-off only comes very close to the end, and then you regret not having paid more attention to some of the earlier, puzzling developments...
Clearly a movie to watch again and again... with enhanced understanding and enjoyment
"Is this heaven?"
OMG- only Kdramas and movies push the emotions buttons that hard!!
Excuse me while I grab some more tissues....
This show is brilliant. An unusual supernatural premise with a strong melodramatic undertone...
The han is strong in this one.
But the kisses! Oh, the kisses are so terrible, terrible, terrible! Like two three-year-olds rubbing their faces together for the first time at the nursery playground. Deary me...
And the head pat!! I counted 3 times so far (haven't quite finished yet)
I suppose this is the Kdrama equivalent for relaying romantic love: having the female protagonist pat the male's head like you would a dog or a horse.... Seems like this is a trope, as it also annoyed the hell out of me in Goblin.
It is so difficult as a Western viewer to accept the level of passionate, deep, karmic love a couple is supposed to hold for one another when all they do to express that bond is by one patting the other on the head with as much passion and intent as a disinterested, uninvolved visitor of a horse show.
This destroys the whole immersive experience of watching a show for me.
But still, this show is so good otherwise! Easily 9.5 points from me (0.5 deducted for the slack-lipped face-rubbing/kisses and dreaded head pats! 😉)