The Glory (2022)

In order for me to rate this better is to see more of it. I will have to wait for Season 2 but this is a very good story. It brings awareness to those who bully. I didn't realize that bullying was just that bad in South Korea where netizens can destroy those who bully. No wonder South Korea is in the top 5 countries with suicide rates. They need to make more dramas such as this one. It's funny that I watch and review dramas that I have a stalker on MDL. My personality is very strong so it doesn't bother me. I've been through worse. I hope everyone watches this, this is the 2nd such Korean Drama that I have watched about bullying. Bullying is one of the malicious crimes I hate the most.

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The Glory is a wonderful drama

The Glory is a wonderful drama, despite being a controversial but real topic. My rating is top, I devoured every episode, I identified with someone who has never been bullied. This one was very heavy. But The Protagonists acted so masterfully, it was difficult to stop watching. Some noticed HOLES, I'm not critical, and I disagree lol...Lee hyun and Son Hye kyo were perfect, I loved them, they're beautiful and they moved me with their performances. For her, who planned to commit suicide after revenge, she found love from a man who identified with her and fell in love with her. A still and intelligent woman who deserved to be happy. I regret not having seen it when Netflix put it out. Anyway, I loved it so much that I watched it twice. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE AUTHORS AND ACTORS. SHOW!!

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Vengeful and Beautiful

This was a great start for the year, even though I normally do not enjoy revenge dramas I was convinced to give it a shot even though I was in the middle of my finals while I binge watched it, haha. Why I enjoyed The Glory is because the story takes itself seriously (as it should) and most importantly, the main cast are adults! Not teenagers in highschool, The Glory does not try to romantize revenge but it does not force you to feel sad for bullies either. It is realistic, getting revenge is hard and our Main Lead does a good job showing how much she is ready to sacrifice everything. It is clearly meant for adult viewers.

Altought I enjoyed it, (the pacing and the cinematoraphy was great) it still had some flaws. The characters after the time skip lack depth, I would like to see why they are the way they are in the second part coming in March. The OST did not leave an impact for me personally, but it was overall good.

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The plot is nothing new; it's about high school bullying & revenge. But how it's executed and performed by the cast is more to be focused on. After watching Part 1, I loved the cast acting, mainly Song Hye Kyo, Im Ji Yeon, & Park Sung Hoon. They've protrayed their roles perfectly.

The story may seem slow at first, but when Moon Dong Eun starts her revenge plan, it gets exciting. 

Moon Dong Eun is strong, smart, confident. She worked hard to reach her goal. 

The shock face of Park Yeon Jin after seeing Moon Dong Eun after so many years with full of confidence. Hated that homeschool teacher who only supports rich kids.

I was so satisfied when Moon Dong Eun pulled off Lee Sa Ra's hair.

It’s funny as well as cute how Joo Yeo Jung shouted after seeing Moon Dong Eun message and kept on guessing weird stuff like marriage, divorce, & remarriage.

Loved Kang Hyun Nam; she is clever and knows how to use her cards. She is a victim of domestic violence but not a timid person. I loved how she cares for Moon Dong Eun & helps her in every step.

Loved how Joo Yeo Jung accepted Moon Dong Eun injuries & didn't pity or feel disgusted with them instead joined her in her plan.

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Good Enough

Korean Drama " The Glory Season One " is a revenge drama with an intense story.

The series doesn't shy away from showing the viewer some pretty horrific bullying scenes, hence, making the revenge plot even more necessary and thrilling. The blending of the two time lines, the past and the present. was well presented, without causing confusion and slowly revealing the true horors of the lead's past.

The sweet relationship between the two leads, moreover, was a nice touch, giving the drama some breathing, as well as a chance to the main character to feel more human.

The performances, finally, were all great and what made this drama to stand out.

So, overall, seven and a half out of ten.

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What goes around, comes around

"Anyone who injures their neighbor is to be injured in the same manner. Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, fracture for fracture. The one who inflicted the injury must suffer the same. I don't know. That sounds too fair to me."

What a remarkable series. The direction, cinematography, story, acting and especially dialogues were outstanding. I even noted down some of them. The story is so complelling to watch and the way the events unfold is amazing. It shows you the true face of misery. What helplessness feels like and that your past will always come to haunt you. That everyone has their inner demons that they are either fighting or have accepted. How always pushing someone to the edge of their limits can drive them mad sooner or later. How much dire consequences can your actions have on someone else and certainly, on you.

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This came highly recommended to me a few months back but I shied away from it after hearing that the first two episodes were pretty violent. I'm glad I changed my mind because while it (the violence) was difficult to watch at first, it wasn't quite on the level of Squid Game, which I was able to enjoy.

There is a rebirth aspect in this revenge drama that reminded me of Green Rose- an older classic, a re-interpretation of the Count of Monte Cristo and also one of my favorites. The melodrama here is turned up a few notches because it is a makjang but once I had my expectations set, I was able to enjoy everything and take all the melodrama with a grain of salt.

I think the cast was pretty strong here and that every actor/actress did a good job, even the ones with minor roles including the child actress.

I'm glad the main actress chose this role because she is mostly known for playing glamorous, leading lady types and this drama allowed her to try something different. I liked her controlled performance throughout because this restraint created an even more powerful effect during those scenes where she finally had to erupt and get emotional. I also like how she had help from several other, like-minded characters, namely the supporting female lead who was just as abused as she was and also the male lead who played her love interest. One of the tropes here is that they were all broken people who supported each other because they could see eye to eye and because the regular justice system couldn't help them like it should have. I'm also glad because it seemed (even for a melo), realistic for me that she couldn't do everything by herself even if she was clever about some things.

There is one part of the plot that I feel was handled poorly and this is how she got revenge on her former high school teacher. I felt that it was silly and that the guy could have just walked out of the room full of flowers if he was so allergic! Other than that, I liked the drama, even if it isn't something I'd rewatch.

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i say this way too often but the first season was buildup for the second season to be even more intense. ive watched two episodes of the second season as of now and this is my verdict.
dongeun is a normal high-school student who dreams of becoming an architect but gets bound up with some bullies who bully the soul out of her. literally. its gruesome so trigger warning for that. she decides she is gonna end her life but in the end she realises those bullies are not worth her throwing away her whole life so she starts plotting revenge and lives for it. after 18 years the bullies have their respective happy lives and no guilt or remorse whatsoever for whatever they've done in their teen years and here we have dongeun who's starting her fight against her bullies
the bullying is gruesome and i have trust issues from watching thriller dramas previously so ofc i dont believe all the people like i wont be surprised if someone betrays dongeun at the last moment or smth
dongeun has started her revenge plotting and its just gonna o down from here on so im excited for that. also lee do hyun >>
now why the 8. stars? its overhyped. its not overrated but overhyped. like if ur not on social media or watching it on air thats the only way ull be truly able to enjoy the whole thing. for me ive seen so many edits ik what happened ik what the summary is i basically knew almost everythin in s1 which led to me not enjoying it as much as i thought i would. i dont think ik how this will end tho so lets look forward to it

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Revenge but it's a slow burn

The foundation could've been written better. I get it's a revenge based story but there isn't much to the foundation. Why are the bullies, bullies? How do they get away with it?

I would've enjoyed the younger actors getting more details and story. Yes bullying is bad and it shouldn't be done. It just feels like they missed a chance to give us context. I have had friends that ended up being bullies and had to stop being their friend because they couldn't or wouldn't change. It's clear there's one main bully, why are the rest still that person's friend??? Context would've given this a 10.

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Revenge is a dish best served COLD

I actually started this drama for Song Hye kyo and came to like Lee do Hyun more. And for some reason I liked Jung sung il character and Yoem Hye ran character too.

The storyline of this drama starts off with severe violence and the burn marks and forced kiss made me sick really. If this kind of bullying actually happen somewhere, I think I am so lucky I am not there. Seriously, it's so complicated that the victim can't even fight back. The worst part is the teacher being abusive as well. When the teacher beat her, no one in the room stopped or questioned him. How in the name of God, did they become teachers- seriously. The body shaming done by the boys in latter episode was not physically abusive but is emotionally worse than abusive. The way they say that they change target after one falls is a bit scary.

Even among the five there are 2 underdogs and they bite severely on those below them making them the worst and deserving of all sorts of punishment. All of them are in their personal hell as well.
This drama is a little bit scary really. I am not a fragile person but I feel like this because this drama brings out the violence side of me. I actually didn't feel the lead's revenge, unwarranted. I think the bullies deserve it. Especially, The scene where dong-eun fears grilling meat and has panic attack and when she cries of fear and disgust after meeting jae-jin in bathroom explains why they deserve it.

The parts that deserve applause are:
1. When Yeon Jin fears if her daughter finds out about her being a bully
2. When dong-eun says jae-jin that she is a daughter of someone too and hands him the little girl's colourless drawing
3. When yeo-jeong says to dong-eun that he'll be her executioner
4. When dong-eun teases jae-jin that he doesn't know what colourful means
5. When dong-eun instructs her students not to bully others
6. When dong-eun uses sa-ra for money and says she is going to hell
7. When hye-jeong's mother-in-law adores dong-eun which makes her kneel
8. When the teacher confronts dong-eun infront of his son (but seriously as much as I hate this teacher, being killed by his own son for what he has done is ****)

There was this scene that made me think a lot and cry a bit. It was the confrontation scene between Yeon-Jin and dong-eun where she says "Don't apologise. You need to receive punishment. Criminal punishment if God is on your side and divine punishment if God is on my side. Let's slowly wilt and die together, Yeon-Jin". Why would dong-eun want to die with her, after revenge she may continue to live right. But somehow I felt that after her revenge, she would lose the purpose of her survival because Yeon-Jin is her dream. What kind of a twisted story is this.

Throughout this drama, there are many what if's came through my mind like What if she had good parents though poor! What if the teacher was a better person! What if the school nurse was braver! What if she had one good adult to listen to her!

The house-keeper character is one of the best character of the drama. From making a deal to kill her husband To trying to develop an honest friendship with dong-eun, she was one person who seemed like a normal person in this drama. (Dong-eun is definitely not normal, living solely for the purpose of revenge, however justified, is definitely not normal)

Yeo-jeong's story was not detailed in this season. But however it was one of the reason I continued watching this series in the start.

Ha do-yeong, the rich husband of the antagonist. I can't categorize him in either way. However, he realises how evil his wife is in the last episode and we don't know how he is going to respond to it. But his character built-up was special. So he is one of the reason I am waiting for the season 2.

I think every actor has given their best in this drama. No special mention to anyone. Although I loved Song Hye kyo's acting in this drama, at times my mind wondered about an irony (i.e.) how powerful she is in real life than others and how powerless she seem in the drama.

Why I recommend this drama?!:
1. It conquers emotions well
2. The actors have done their job quite well
3. It will make you cry at times
4. I don't know what more to say really

Why I won't recommend this drama?!:
1. It's so dark and has extreme violence ( using stapler and hair straightener iron on someone.... And the red marks...)
2. It will make you uncomfortable at times

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