romancevicariously
I would like a refund of the precious hours of my life please.
Watch it if you’re in the mood for: A historical, political intrigue K-drama being peddled as a Romance. This drama's sky high MyDramaList ratings are the biggest example of why these ratings should not be trusted blindly.
What I did not like:
- Lack of Romance: I invested 20+ hours of my free time to get about 1 hour of total romance on screen. Do not watch it if Romance is what you are in for. I clearly was and was sorely disappointed.
- Mediocre acting in general: The main Female lead had 1.25 expression. The second female lead had 1 expression. The second Male lead had exactly 1.75 expression. The King's personal guard had 0.75 expression (though in all fairness his character was supposed to be expressionless, a la, stoic. So I think he gets a pass). Bleh.
What I liked: (There are silver linings to this dark cloud)
- Male Lead (Kim Soo-Hyun): He is good looking and he is a good actor. He cried very prettily throughout the show. He had to cry on so many incidents and every time he managed to cry differently. Though I did not cry with him. I was bored stiff of the show and was not emotionally invested enough in the characters, but yet, the guy did a good job crying.
- Teenage actors depicting the Male lead and the Female lead: I enjoyed their chemistry. They did a good job. I did not fast forward the first 5 episodes at all due to them. The last 10 episodes of this series I ran at 1.5x play speed in my Netflix.
What I did not like:
- Lack of Romance: I invested 20+ hours of my free time to get about 1 hour of total romance on screen. Do not watch it if Romance is what you are in for. I clearly was and was sorely disappointed.
- Mediocre acting in general: The main Female lead had 1.25 expression. The second female lead had 1 expression. The second Male lead had exactly 1.75 expression. The King's personal guard had 0.75 expression (though in all fairness his character was supposed to be expressionless, a la, stoic. So I think he gets a pass). Bleh.
What I liked: (There are silver linings to this dark cloud)
- Male Lead (Kim Soo-Hyun): He is good looking and he is a good actor. He cried very prettily throughout the show. He had to cry on so many incidents and every time he managed to cry differently. Though I did not cry with him. I was bored stiff of the show and was not emotionally invested enough in the characters, but yet, the guy did a good job crying.
- Teenage actors depicting the Male lead and the Female lead: I enjoyed their chemistry. They did a good job. I did not fast forward the first 5 episodes at all due to them. The last 10 episodes of this series I ran at 1.5x play speed in my Netflix.
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