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He was so funny and sympa in Knowing Bros' The Fiery Priest episode too

Just a detail: Yoon Byung Hee rope walking/dancing scene was clearly inspired by Federico Fellini films. So great, a small piece of art on its own.

awesome cinematography. lovin the drama

I don't remember when I've rooted for a couple so much (not in RL but the drama). They are just so right and wonderful together. Totally one of best k-drama couples for me. I'm the middle now (ep 22) but I don't really see where the drama can go from now though. I think I should perhaps leave it here. Kim Jae Wook playing 2nd lead not giving a 2nd lead syndrome is pretty much a sign of his great acting skills. He's careful about not drawing in 2nd lead regrets. Yang Se Jong is an amazing "all in physically and mentally" actor, with great skills of immersion and sensibility. Seo Hyun Jin really shines here. However, not totally happy with the writing of this drama (writer is writing about a drama writer). The writer seems to hold grudges that are not very interesting to the watcher and there are some very big oddities in the dialogues (I can well see how PDs might have wanted her to change her script in real life as well). The cooking part of the drama is not very interesting to me either. But really, this has much to recommend it and is loveable (so far).

Warning: this drama is not for sensitive people. Very violent (explicit portrayal of sadistic people & torture).

Yep, it's painful and gave me nightmares even though I tried to avoid the most violent scenes. Better drop.

Basically I'm very interested in SK history but the background for the happenings (what they were protesting) was left quite open (gotta study other sources). Somewhat uneasy combination of rich people problems - marrying for the sake of business - and political protest. I felt the drama was manipulating my emotions too much rather than laying out the history as it was. Perhaps I wasn't forewarned enough that this would be so shocking and violent with all the torture and shootings. There wasn't quite enough depth in the way the characters were written - they were representing qualities but somehow there was a superficial layer in their portrayal. Not due to actors or acting but the writing. The actors did well with what they were given. Maybe if this hadn't given me nightmares I'd give a better rating but now it's 8.

I really wanted to like this drama because of PHJ whose acting I like a lot, and excerpts that I'd watched before. I liked the strong presence of nature and the beautiful forest, which was a big part of the attraction of the drama. The mystery related to the forest was interesting. What I didn't like was the business dealings and plottings, which I found boring. In the beginning the drama was more intriguing, when it seemed that the grave psychological traumas of the leads would be the main plot. There were huge plot gaps regarding the MLs ability to juggle two careers simultaneously. Also some uneasiness in terms of dialogue. What ruined this for me was how the main couple were constantly bickering and breaking up, so at some point I just lost faith and interest in them. Even thought that with such poor communication skills they weren't meant to be. Then I just mostly skipped to the end. Honest rating from me, 7.5, although I really wanted to like this more.

Han Hyo Joo is 35

I'd recommend Chocolate. Also, the short drama The Most Beautiful Goodbye, which is from the same writer as Our Blues.

Such beautiful warmhearted drama. Nothing but quality, am so glad it was made and that it was so popular. The last 3 episodes ended the drama on an even higher note for me. Lee Byung Hun is such an outstanding actor, and the mother actress really pulled her role in an amazing way. 9.5

Love the writer, dislike the fl choice. SHK will never be a good actress. There's a reason why she's nr 1 in the voting list of actresses who can't act.

Agree. She was a doctor in DOTS (serious) but she lacks substance and will never acquire depth in her acting no matter what the role. Unhappy about this choice since the writer is best

I've watched some 30+ drama specials and this is one of the least interesting. I didn't get it, the dialogue was very odd, nothing made this interesting. FL had barely any lines to say. Near-mute female leads are not my favorite thing. ML was adorable, the best thing here. 5.

Dream team!

One of the drama specials that is really engrossing and worth watching (8.0).

This is absolutely hilarious, although the main character is about to die. Life lessons and warmth. Very worthy of watching (9 from me).

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I watch a lot of KBS Drama Specials, this was not amongst the best. Wouldn't recommend. (4) It was really not as grabbing as many other drama specials. I would recommend That Kind of Love, for an awesome love story. Wedding Planner was about reaching closure in a relationship, but nothing here is memorable.

The drama gets better after some 6 episodes. We begin to see that's its basically an ensemble drama and not just leads with a supporting cast. The plot gets more streamlined and there's less of the cringeworthy humour. There are some interesting twists and turns. Bae Jong Ok as Joy's mother adds weight to the cast and the approach, she's such a great actress. The ending is very satisfactory and we see this as much about Joy and her insistence on independence as the (mildish) romance plot. What I particularly enjoyed was how this was filmed mostly outdoors, it gave a welcome airiness (after-Covid) to the whole thing. Also liked the way the ensemble was ordinary folks respectfully portrayed, the palace people incl. king having smaller roles and not so respectfully treated. But I skipped a lot, this is for binge-watching.