Easy to watch , 2nd Lead Syndrome
This show is easy to watch, a good bingeable show thats not too complicated. I found myself chuckling out loud at some scenes, the comfort/comedy value is quite high. FL is well portrayed and i personally thought she had more chemistry with 2ML. It wasnt until i came to read the reviews that I realised she was meant to be with the king lol. I guess the fact that a ML is so hung up over his dead wife doesnt sit romantically well with me. Overall a good show, Kim Woo Sok is the star of the show for me, he played the character really well and i really wanted the FL to end up with him. I know most people watching developed 2nd lead syndrome lol .Wont give too much away but overall the show has a happy ending.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
ok so i really went in thinking this was something when it was entirely smth else lmao but i didnt expect to enjoy it sm?? the main character so rang is a swindler who is conning people through marital fortune readings when marriage is forbidden. so ofc she gets caught and is brought to the royal prison when through twists and turns she meets the king and the king takes a fancy to her. thus starts the journey of the king who is being conned by so rang into believing she could channel his dead wife's soul into her. over time we uncover a lot of more mysteries and this dead soul bringing thing is absolutely not the main focus of the whole drama. we see who the fmc is fr and hoe everything about her is made public.
honestly i loved the drama mainly cuz the leads were funny af. not to mention the mytery tension was so good every episode i would be like they are so close to the truth this will end in the next ep but wahla another one went by without me realising.
the first half is a bit slow but imo the second half makes up for it. this was an awesome watch unexpectedly
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Jolie surprise pour ce drama historique
En découvrant le synopsis, je me suis dit, tiens un drama léger et rigolo, ça va être sympa.Et effectivement par moment, c'est léger, drôle, mais pas que !
Ce drama est un excellent mélange d'historique mais traité à la façon moderne. Plein de sujets sont abordés, de façon comique oui, mais pas seulement. Il y a des références à la vie d'aujourd'hui, des façons d'être etc... le tout imbriqué à une trame historique. C'est vraiment bien fait.
Ce drama a réussi plusieurs fois à me toucher et à être émotionnellement fort. Il y a une vraie histoire derrière tout ça, et on alterne les rires et les moments bien plus sérieux.
Les acteurs sont tous très bien, et son format court (12 épisodes) en fait un drama facile à voir. Pour moi, il est à découvrir.
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Fun!
So fun! This drama manages to cleverly mix comedy with an actual plot involving conspiracy, murder, and corruption.All the good characters are likable. All the villains are deplorable. ML and FL have really good romantic chemistry and are so much fun together. I normally don't like love triangles, but I didn't mind this one because it didn't drag out the romantic tension too much and settled who was going to be the endgame couple relatively fast.
Even though the drama was short with only 12 episodes, the pacing was good and the story wrapped up nicely. The acting was awesome. Kim Young Dae and Park Ju Hyun are both really good actors and have amazing onscreen chemistry.
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Better than expected ;)
Actually I had no expectations starting this drama. After the first episode, I seriously wanted to drop it, but decided to just give another few episodes a try. I’m glad I did, because it started getting wayyy better after episode 3.The storyline became more engaging, more intriguing, more mysterious and more anxiousness to solve the mystery!! Don’t have to worry about nasty love triangles here, but it steered more towards scheming, betrayal and conspiracy theories to get to the throne! The chemistry between both leads were mediocre I would say, I was actually rooting for SML ;);)
Kim Young Dae acted the same way he did for Shooting Stars, there wasn’t much variety in his mannerisms or skill. Park Ju Hyun was good playing the quirky / funny side of her character, but I felt she didn’t pull off the serious/ emotional side. I liked Captain Lee shin-won!! Who is the 2ML (spoiler: and am kinda sad he didn’t get the girl)
I skipped most of the scenes with the two funny guys who were protesting the marriage ban, and the scenes with the author/ painter and the shop assistant. Didn’t feel it added anything to the entire plot or storyline. The last few episodes were quite exciting and it’s a good thing this drama is only 12 episodes.
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It was not very good in my opinion
It was decent, fine. The romantic tension was okay, but I felt like it was lacking. The villains were just bad, the one lady was more bark than bite she could literally not do anything and the guy acted like he was asleep the entire time. Neither one of them had any depth or back story. I have no idea why they were doing what they were doing. Side characters were fine, I didn't totally dislike them and at moments I even kind of liked them. I never figured out what was up with the crown princess, did she love the king or did she not? I also have no idea why they kept her ghost alive, like were they trying to drive him crazy enough to abdicate? The last episode was good but a bit drawn out, some things that happened just for dramas sake had zero consequence later on or was resolved very quickly and at the end of it left the thing that happened pointless to the story or character growth. All in all not bad but I've seen better.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
Witty and refreshing
This was a surprisingly amusing drama, most of the times historical dramas don't have that feel, they have some moments here and there and that's about it! Right from the first episode, you're invested in the story because the characters are so likeable; loved the chemistry between the leads, funny in their own way. A thing I really enjoyed was the not rushed ending, we had an entire episode, not 10 minutes.The acting was great!
Music was good, the usual for a Korean drama OST.
My rewatch value is 8; it was really good, I wasn't expecting it to be that good!
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Cinderella raises again, Mod Joseon© style.
This show started well. Feels like a bit of fast paced romp and the FL is a dynamo. A couple of tropey meet-cutes later and we are well on our way to a love triangle. The fact that the competing ML's are handsome is a definite bonus.The first few episodes certainly lives up to the premise and it was loud and whacky with a good dose of irrelevancy. There is a mysterious dark plot involving the usual palace intrigue (is there any other type?).
I realised we have a bit of a problem around the half way mark though. We seemed to have run out of story. There has been confessions, kisses, murders and rejections. The antagonists are already known, and their motivation made obvious. Umm, that is supposed to happen later, right?
What we ended up with is a draggy middle. The love line got complicated but not in a good way. The antagonists play merry hell with our leads, but it is the same plot going around and around. It is watchable because the writer-nim planted swoon worthy moments here and there so that we are given little sugar hits. Even so, it doesn't totally distract us from some awkward narrative. The inconsistent tone and pacing makes the Show feel out of sort. It is now leaning much more towards a melodrama than before. Rose tinted glasses are firmly in place.
The energy level does pick up somewhat towards the end. The queen selection process is interesting if a bit stilted. Finally, the main plot reach its conclusion. There was not a lot of surprises, but the resolution is satisfying.
Soon enough, the HEA ending slots into place, and we give thanks. Speaking of the ending, the final episode is total fan service. It was high-jinks all the way. No holds barred. It was so kooky that at one point, the show include scenes shot tiktok style and employed various modern motifs. That is most unexpected and immersion breaking. Some might think that the show has "lost the plot". It is entertaining if you roll with it but it is also a little jarring and breaks stride from much that went before. The ending is certainly filled with feel good moments. It is hard not to spark joy after watching that. :)
In terms of acting, the FL carried the Show. She is the focal point and she gave us her all. The ML's are mostly in her support. They do have the occasional dramatic or heartfelt scenes which are appreciated.
Consider the show is only 12 episodes long, I was hoping for a more intricate and novel plot. There are odd flashes of originality but the bulk of it is based on yet another retelling of the Cinderella trope. It is entertaining and watchable but it fails to reached its full potential.
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I like the way the king had been portrayed
After a very long time I had seen a king who was not helpless though he was sat at the seat of power . I had seen many historical drama in which though the king had power to do anything he wanted but as he was a king he had to work under so many rule .He under the influence of his father who had given him partial power ,who made him sat on thrown but he (father) had whole control.Here king took his decision under his will but I had seen some dramas where king was cruel and he took decision according to his will then he had never listen to whomsoever was.
I like the way the king had been portrayed and the way his grandmother took decisions which were for his benefits.
Chemistry between the leads were amazing .
I liked the acting of the each supporting characters . A big round of applause to them .
I know it was a fiction based story so in real life good king sometimes remain in the position of helplessness.
I liked the story as well as acting but story didn't has much .
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i really liked the chemistry between the two main leads i liked the whole story it was nice and cute but a little bit dragging to catch the villains
i liked that the end was happy for all parties
what i didn't like about this drama
1st* the sick insisting to put rainbow characters in the events
which was totally disgusting and there were no need for it at all
2nd* the story of the second ML didn't convince me at all during the end
3rd* i felt so sad when i discover at the end that the King's secretary was rainbow i used to like him so he was so funny
except these little disgusting parts of rainbow characters during the drama i really liked it
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Lighthearted and worth your times
This drama is one of the dramas that gives me what I want. I want happy ending, comedy and all the villains get fitting punishment for their evilness. Ofc HEA for both FL and ML is a must but if there's other couple, I am rooting for them too. Which I am very very grateful that they gave 2ndML and 2ndFL happy ending too coz they both deserve it.The Male Lead which was King Yi Heon was a passionate person that we can see really gave it all for the one he fell in love. So it started how he was so heartbroken and sad for the late crown princess. And he needed someone else to come in his life and shake him up. Here came the Female Lead which was So Rang, a woman with hidden past, a trickster that disguised as a matchmaker to rake in money but her over confident landed her in trouble with the King and so she tried to get out of it by any means possible. Well what started as claiming to be possessed by the late crown Princess spirit ended up with falling for the King... Along the way she decided to help him in order to help Joseon's citizen to end the marriage ban of 7 years mind you. I love that she was truthful to her feeling and did not dive into his arm when she could, like the opportunity was there. She decided, she deserves better and she demand it. She didn't want to be the other woman's shadow.
Also big shout out to unsung hero 2nd ML, Shin Won, we can see how amazing he was, he really was there for her, yes he did love the FL but tragedy happened and he accepted that his feeling wasn't reciprocated and along the way he stay loyal to her and the King.
The veil addition to FL's hair ornament at the end kind of a no for me though.
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Spegnete il cervello.
Per guardare questo drama bisogna spegnere il cervello. Come tutti i drama storici che si rispettino anche qui è presente l'intrigo di corte ma è "semplice" e in realtà si indovina quasi tutto già dai primi episodi. Quindi perchè guardarlo?In primis non ha la pretesa di essere il drama storico dell'anno ma è perfetto per staccare la spina in quanto la storia è veramente comica, mista ad un po' di drammaticità che non fa mai male e al vero amore. Questa storia nasconde anche delle chicche dietro alla commedia che mi sono piaciute, quali il superamento del lutto, il ritrovare se stessi, cosa vuol dire amare, etc etc. La protagonista è un personaggio forte che ha superato diversi ostacoli e ha cercato di sopravvivere con quello che le riusciva meglio (ovvero mentire) ma che nasconde un forte trauma, un personaggio perfetto da accoppiare con il re poichè costui debole e sconfitto ma che troverà nella protagonista un motivo per vivere. Mi sono piaciuti anche tutti (o quasi) i personaggi secondari e nonostante il drama conti solo 12 ep, sono convinta che siano stati raccontati bene. Ma vogliamo parlare dell'eunuco? Cioè XD
Gli unici due che non ho sopportato sono quella coppia di uomini single che girano attorno alla storia, francamente per me potevano anche non esistere.
Una bella sorpresa nel complesso.
Inoltre quando partiva la musica durante gli ep ero lì che pensavo: ma io ne ho già sentita una simile! Indovinate un po'? Melomance che ha cantato anche per Mr Sunshine!
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