Does such thing as ''uncomfortable watch'' exist? If it does, then that was ''Warrior Baek Dong Soo'' for me - an uncomfortable watch.

I really wish someone was next to me while watching this drama and count how many times I sighed, rolled my eyes, slapped my forehead etc etc. WBDS is one of the most frustrating dramas I've ever seen. Honestly, I don't know how to explain how I feel about it, because I've never had such mixed fellings.

WBDS started deadly slow. If you decide to watch it and you don't have the urge to drop it after the first thirty minutes of episode 1, then kudos to you. You have to be very patient, it takes time for the drama to pick up. The first five episodes are introduction and you'll be pleasured to see Yeo Jin Goo and Park Gun Tae.

What happens after that? A mess. Frankly, this drama was so badly written at times, but so beautifully at others. It has messy, boring plot, but at the same time - it's very emotional and heart-wrenching. Why was it messy? Because there were so many things happening and most importantly - so maaaany people dying. They were passing away like ants, wtf was going on? Yes, I know it's Joseon, but sill, the writer killed 60% of the characters. Is this is a spoiler? I don't think so, it's a historical show after all, you must know that at least one character will find their death. Listen to me, I'm warning you.

WBDS is a political drama and some scenes bored me to death. It was very hard to digest all these tiresome conversations and dialogues. Beware of the fact that at least 40% of the drama is politics and shits. I endured watching them until episode 13-14 (when the drama actually became more interesting) and then I made the skip button my best friend.

The drama has so many plotholes and ridiculous scenes. When I was reading reviews and comments about it, everyone was saying that if we start watching it, we should try out best to ignore these scenes. Well, I did it and it helped to one point, but some dumb actions were too obvious for me to play blind. I just laughed at them, but nevermind.

Despite all of these negative things, the drama has its charms. In the middle of this hot mess, there was something called bromance and it was perfect here. Tragically perfect and painfully beautiful. It will take days for me to say how much I loved Un and Dong Soo's iteractions. They were very cute as kids, but when they grew up and became rivals, the drama started being very enjoyable. The sloppy plot was still there, but they outshined it and made all these 29 episodes worthwile. I also really loved Chun and Gwang Taek's scenes. They were actually similar to Dong Soo and Un and the connection was great!

When it comes to characters, there are ones I really loved and ones I didn't care about. I loved Dong Soo, his stubbornness and his warm heart made him a great main character! Of course he was quite dumb at times (to the point I found him annoying), but I enjoyed watching his adventure of becoming a real warrior. Un was definitely the more interesting character as he wasn't a warrior, but an assassin. Man, he did so many bad things, but I couldn't hate him. Why? Because I knew that he had lost his path and it was very hard for him, too. I do not approve his actions at all, but I do understand him and I feel pity for him. Ah, Un-ah, why did you live like that? As for the girls, it's not a lie that I prefer Jin Joo. God, my poor girl, she suffered so much and she lost so many people who she loved. But she stayed strong. She stayed strong till the very end. She was an amazing heroine which I'll never forget. As for Ji Sun... meh. That's what I'm gonna say.
My favourite character was Gwang Taek and I've been loving him since the first episode. This man deserved everything but gained nothing.
The villians in this show were very typical for every historical drama. I wasn't afraid of them, they were just annoying dumbasses.

The acting was amazing! All actors delivered enchanting performances. The cast was very well chosen, even the child actors resembled the grown up versions of them, this doesn't happen often in dramaland.

WBDS was an enjoyable drama, sometimes boring, sometimes gripping and beautiful. Very slow at first and it remains quite slow till the end. Of course, the actions scenes make up for it. They were done very well.

Overall, do I recommend Warrior Baek Dong Soo? It depends. Are you ready to close your mind and open your heart? If the answer is yes, then feel free to watch it. It lacks well-written plot, but it delivers a lot of emotions and heartbreaking moments.