O Rei: Monarca Eterno (2020)

The perfect example for the super-hyped drama turned meh

I don't even know if I liked this drama or not. Because if something has potential but it isn't good, the dissapointment is greater. It had potential but for a number of reasons it wasn't so good.

Actually, the story was really interesting. Different dimensions with a whole system and how they suppose to work, modern royalty (though I would prefer not to be so westernized), the mystery and crime part. But at the same time it was too complicated with no reason at all. But the script and the direction used all these for just a complicated background for the romance which, let's be honest, didn't even made sense. Too forced, without proper character development and completely no chemistry between Lee Min Ho and Kim Go Eun (and I mean at all, I saw an interview and even their real-life interactions look awkward).

Generally, I don't like Lee Min Ho, I haven't found some role he was ok. But he truly doesn't fit Yi Gon. It is a mix of a bad written character (too perfect, no character development, the same from start to end) and an actor I don't think is something more than a pretty face (questionable). Everyone also was decent in their roles (and most of them had 2 roles with completely different characters).

Besides all these, I actually enjoyed the drama. The villain was ok and with a super detailed plan (I believed they would never find him and hoped it). And, of course, one more drama to prove that Woo Do Hwan can be anyone and do anything (one of the very few people I enjoyed to watch). I think he is amazing in everything he does and this drama is no exception. He portrays two COMPLETELY different characters with great tallent. Also, I loved Head Court Lady Noh (Kim Young Ok). She was the only logical person there.

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Fantasy Romantic Story

As an avid viewer, I was thoroughly engrossed in the story. The on-screen chemistry between Lee Gon and Tae Eul was nothing short of beautiful, and I found myself completely invested in their journey. The storyline was captivating, with an impressive blend of fantasy, romance, comedy, action, and adventure. However, as the story drew to a close, my enthusiasm dwindled. While the ending appeared to be happy, it left me feeling disappointed and unfulfilled. Despite this, I must say that it was a good story with a lot of potential, and I would recommend it to others - although with a caveat about the ending.

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A great drama

I don't understand the hate in the comments about this drama ! I really enjoyed it till the end. It's true that the story is very complex but I think this was on purpose. The combat, the plot twist, the travel time thing was really great, you can't be bored at all.
I enjoyed every episode and I think the chemistry between Kim Go Eun and Lee Min Ho was incredible ! I loved the way that she is a badass who can only be fragile with the man she loves.
The acting of Lee Min Ho was perfect, he was perfect for the role , really charismatic, strong , a real king !!
Can we talk about Woo Do-hwan ? He was stunning ! I loved the opposite personnalities of his doppleganger , for me the cast is a 10/10.
But I am not sure that I really understood everything at the end, that's why I can't give more than 8.5 stars.
Also I think that the vilain's story was not developped at all, like why does he want to kill his brother in reality ?? It will have been interesting to know his past too.
I think that's it ! It's a great show, give it a try !

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Confusion between "complexity" and "lazy writing"

I have seen other works of writer-nim, which i did enjoy, hence i had to use the term "lazy". I was watching a lots of negetive comments stating that it was "Complex" but from my POV, i found it quite easy to understand once i got the rythm. Don't get me wrong, me finding it easy added nothing to my viewing experience, it just made me wait longer for something to happen that i would find appealing.

I have a very emotional bond with Lee min ho coz the first kdrama ever watched was City hunter and he was my first oppa, but Second lead stole all the thunder. His character was the Only interesting thing in the whole series and i found myself waiting for his screentime.

I am not a bitch.. i will acknowledge the effort to make a vivid time travel sci-fi story and it would have succeeded if the makers attempted to tie up million loose ends and made the characters true to their original traits( even though there is no character development). I personally didn't like the FL even tho kim Go Eun tried her best.

So only watch if u have time to kill. You won't miss much by skipping.

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Hard to describe

I watched the drama a month after the series finished. Lee.Minho is definitely a looker in this drama. His love interest is not a fave as well but hey this is my personal opinion only. Anyway, friends kept talking about this drama so I started watching it.

It is a drama that will confuse you if you do not pay attention. Parallel worlds with identical people ... how does one explain that? It is cleverly written and I am sure hard to portray.

I felt like the expression of love was a bit subtle. There are moments that moved me but a lot of times, Lee Gon could have shown more, done more towards the girl. I was not convinced that he truly loved her. Must be the facial expression...To be fair, he looked the part, so dashing, tall, and handsome. He did not give up till he found the right Eun ul!

The ending was a bit disappointing for me. I wanted them to be together forever like everyday, not just weekends. They should have resolved the issue of having an identical counterpart so they can marry. But hey it is not my story to tell.

It looks like an expensive drama. It showed class and all.
Lee Min ho , you are so handsome!

Well done to the cast and crew! I tend to thank them in my reviews because they did their darnest to entertain us :):).

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I don't know why but I really enjoyed this drama, I think because it was different, like a story that you don't usually see in dramas.

I think I enjoyed the two different like worlds I guess, like how you were different in another world, and even if you see each other, it's not like you disappear or something!

I think I also enjoyed the mystery of it as well, like it was kinda murder mystery! This is also the drama that made me really like Woo Do-hwan, he was such a good looking bodyguard and was able to portray like two different characters, it felt like two different actors as well ! -

Yeah, I feel like all the different actors were able to portray the other side of them really well, you'd think it was two different people but it was the same! - and I do love the actors outfits in the more richer side of the world - with the glow facemask! Made me really want one -

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The story about the other dimension

Alurnya memang berbeda dengan film pada umumnya. Jadi menontonnya harus dengan suasana yang santai. Menontonnya tanpa di skip2 karena film nya harus berpikir keras......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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The math isn't mathing... except for Woo Do Hwan that man's math mathes everyday

So I'm not going to lie, I really enjoyed the setup and even the middle of this show. It's entertaining, fast paced and has just the sort of tropes I like. The issue I have with it it's the story's resolution and most of the characters.

While there are no hateable characters. I found most of them to be pretty average. ML is okay I guess. He's a little bit flat in his delivery, but I think that's because he's this royal person who has to be stoic... but still, because he had some childish behaviors at times I didn't think he was completely stoic so it was odd. I found it hard to connect with him most of the time because of his lack of expression.

FL started out great, but ends up becoming a bit too dramatic. She honestly just cries for no reason at times, every time ML showed up she cried. Girl, this man hasn't been hurt once and ALWAYS came back for you, what made you think he was going to stay away? This dynamic just became tiring. If they had given us reason to worry about ML I would have bought FL's worry, but hoenstly? He's never in any sort of real danger. We know it, they know it... so the crying FL became unnecessary and just annoying because it kept happening after a certain point in the drama and it took a lot of screentime.

On top of that, the love story went from zero to a hundred. Maybe I'm more used to slow burn, but in one episode FL is annoyed at ML or at least she acts rudely towards him. (Understandable btw- the guy seemed crazy) And the next one she's confesing her LOVE? I understand if after proving he's not lying she decides to give him a chance but instead she confesed love? That escalated quickly.

However the love story is not awful, they do have chemistry on screen and the characters are okayish most of the time. All in all the love story has its cute moments at times, but it was more draggy than lovable. The leads are not entirely unlikeable , in fact I think I like them more when they are separated. They are much more interesting characters apart than together.

I really liked ML when he had to deal with the treason part of the plot and the FL when she had to do cop stuff - also the cop team is nice. I think my favourite was the "ganster" cop who was actually so soft and liked macaroons. What a jem.

The rest of the characters are okay. But there's a shit ton of them and I gotta be honest I lost track of whose mother suffering for her son I was watching at some points. Just how many crying moms are there in this drama? There was also a pregnant lady who got replaced by her counterpart in one world and that plot line went nowhere. There's just so many side plot things that go nowhere. Everything gets fixed somehow in the end by pure magic.

Honestly the saving grace this drama has and the reason for this rating to be above 6 is Woo Do Hwan. This man can act and he carried every scene he was in. He is a joy to watch on screen as both his roles and his characters are the most fun. I wish Jo Youngand Jo Eun-Sup were the protagonists instead... I flipping love these boys a lot. Their stories seemed to have the most heart in my opinion, and the most personal stakes. Young's undying loyalty and also respect for his friend the king and his duty as a personal guard... or Eun-Sup's love for his family and his relationship with his little siblings and Na-ri. Give me this drama instead. I loved how by the end Young became a bit more open towards people while Eun-Sup became a bit more professional. These two actually learnt from each other and became friends... and then--- those memories got erased. Lmao.

Ok here's where it gets tricky.

The writer tried to make this really convoluted plot involving one of the trickiest tools to pull off because it can create a lot of plot holes --- time travel. Now I'm all in when it comes to time travel, when it's handled well it creates majestic, adrenaline inducing stories that just leave you in awe and feeling extremely satisfied. When it is not well handled however, it creates time paradoxes and obvious plot holes.... this one, I am afraid, falls in the second category.

You had me until ML went back to fullfill his destiny and save himself as that was the start of the show. Brilliant. Saw it coming yes, but loved that things came full circle. THEN you lost me when he did it AGAIN to kill antagonist before he run off to the other world. Sir, are you aware that creates a huge paradox that means ML wouldn't have gone back in time in the first place to safe himself if he never had gotten the half flute thing? Are we just going to ignore that? Ok sure. Oh what is that? We're also conveniently have the two leads remember everything despite the huge sacrifice this impossible deed just did? Of course, no consequences. And also lets make most of these characters we care about forget about everything we just watched.

Heavy long sigh.

Look I'm all in for happily every afters, but they need to feel earned. This one just felt like plot armor for the sake of the love story. Simply put, the writer wrote herself into a corner and used time travel magic to fix everything, deliberately erasing everything from the reality we just watched but from ML's and FL's memories... also Young's at least he gets to keep his memories.

Towards the end things got unnecessarily complicated. The drama is not terrible, but it's very infuriating. There is some brilliant acting from Woo Do Hwan and some really good moments, but nothing that can make me rate this one higher than a 7.

TLDR; Watch it with low expectations and suspend your disbelief. Throw logic out the window and you'll get a tropy enjoyable time.

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Jo Young and Jo Eun Sup saved the show

I only watched and finished the series because of Jo Young and Jo Eun Sup because I liked them and wanted to know, if things will end up well for them. The romance of the main couple came out of nowhere - no depth and no chemistry. He was the exaggerated filthy rich prince charming on a white horse and she a wanna be tough girl. Why did she point Jo Youngs gun against Lee Gon and asking over again if it is real? Girl! Why do you have to see the gun and then point it towards a human without being threatened? There is absolutely no reason for that. Besides you are working for the police! You should know better how to handle firearms! Absolutely nonsense and stupid! And this minister was such a status hunter. After all there were too many points that upset me. Without Jo Young and Jo Eun Sup I would have droped the series quickly. I can not recommend it after all.

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Une histoire qui traite la théorie des cordes dans toute sa splendeur.
Je vais pas faire d'avis tres long qui prendera des minutes a lire mais j'ai fait ce review avant tout pour encourager les personnes qui m'ont pas encore visionnée cette merveille à le faire ...je n'allais pas le faire et je remercie dieu pour ne pas avoir cédé aux maivais reviews .
Je pense que les gens qui n'ont pas aimé n'ont soit pas compris le déroulement de l'histoire avec la théorie des univers parallèles_ que je comprend _n'est pas au gout de tout le monde...soit ils s'attendaient à une histoire banale sans cassement de tête.
L'histoire :est magnifique avec une cohérence surprenante où aucun detail n'est laissé au hasard.
Le travail des acteurs : une alchimie magnifique entre les différents acteurs qui donne un jeu fluide LMH a fait un retour en force .
La musique :est tres bonne sans être mémorable.
Je voulais pas vous gacher la série mais plutôt vous poussez à la regarder car elle en vaut la peine .
Par contre si vous chercher un scénario banal passez votre chemin.

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complicated plot

Complicated to bad plot with a happy ending!!
Let's start with the fact that I have seen dozens of fantasy dramas, most of them had both logic and some kind of message. I don't understand how the drama's ratings are so high when the reviews and plot are so bad.
The plot has every possible flaw, and only the casting of the main leads is what kept me going until the end of the episodes.
I started watching the drama several times and couldn't get past the first episode, in the end I decided to try again because of the ratings and the casting. ..what a disappointment, what a complicated and confusing plot (even for fantasy), so many characters, so many names (at a certain point you no longer remember who belongs to whom and in which universe).
I just want to say that even in fantasy dramas there is a certain logic, and in this drama I found nothing, so disappointing..
The music is okay to average.
It probably looks like a sophisticated drama, but - it really isn't
Plus, it's hard to ignore the amount of commercials in this drama.
Recommended viewing only for those who are really bored and still want to see favorite actors.

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