Reviews

To clear an conceptions out of the way, the acting was rather perfect.

The movie started really strong and the things that Kiwan went through was super intriguing. I was invested and in the edge of my seat for loh kiwans in the first half of the movie.

Then, the girl's story came with its all sub-plots and forced drama. The gun gangs was weird and unnecessary. The love story was misguided and yeah Tragic romance is not my thing specially with this level of emo fanfic subplots?!! The drug scenes was a second hand embarrassment.

I CRINGED FROM THE VERY EXPECTED ENGING.

Ps: he was an ass hole with that factory lady and super forgiving with the female protagonist , it was irritating to watch.

"The amount of mid movies I watched for SJK should be studied"

Great events and historical overview. But, Felt like a filler kind of episode. At the start I thought that just a quick back story to this villainous man. But instead the whole hour was wasted in a back story that did not justify nor add any thing to the plot.

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. After the middle it was dragged and I was waiting for the episode to end or at least shift to the main storyline.

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After seeing all the 10/10 rating I understood it is a fan service and this is a k drama after all.

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All the themes was great and was explored in cinematic surreal story telling.

But the perspective from a side character lost my attention and failed to consist with main story.

I was not empresses by any thing but the costumes, even though I was expecting something folkloric from Italian period depiction. It felt like any other english period drama.

The first episode stars with a non-contextual sex scene that is useless to the story. But ironically the show is super childish in every other aspect.

Nudity fir all the dead females was unnecessary and disrespectful in my opinion.

The protagonist is as cheesy as Enola Holmes, but takes her self very seriously in this predictable story.

I personally watched the show to enjoy anything Italian About it, but felt underwhelmed.

It was unexpected and justified to see lower class man takes over sonyang.

The story is amusing and loaded with business and economy which is a bit hard to follow.

The acting is top tier from all the cast All the dynamics between characters are complex and interesting.

It a period drama set in the late 80s and 90s and exploring the economy of Korea in a decade.

But most importantly we see all the characters go through a lot of events and we know how they all end up eventually, since we started the story from the future.

We see how business succession on conglomerate families works, and how it affect the relationship between all family members even if they are not interested in the business.

The series showcase how big companies expand and grow massively on the poor's expense. How money through the rich's hand, while lower class beg to afford for life essentials.

And the trickiest part is the viewer will kinda root for the main character when he does all that!

The grandfather was a filthy rich obsessed guy and in a great way but the end was what he deserved.

He robbed ppl and destroyed poor ppl lives and to have his legacy get taken by a poor man who was raised in an effected family was pure irony and karma.

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I'm gonna say it: the ending was unexpected but all the clues hidden in plain sight. It raised the question of how did not see that coming like in the sixth sense plot twist.

From the first episode: HW was shot, the camera angle was from his point of view and that means the bullet wasn't 100% lethal.

In the second episode: when he reincarnated in dojun's body and tried to remember 4-2, he felt the pain in his head which was a proved that he was injured but not killed.

But everything was clear when the first accident happened and he remembered the inevitable fact that dojuns is dead.

He tried to cheat death over and over again and I was hoping they don't force a happy Kdrama like ending and they exceded my expectation.

The story is an adventure with protagonist against her head and against aliens.

I loved the all the side characters, each group delivered different kind of comedy and events.

All the episodes are eventful and light nothing serious but still interesting.

I'll refer to hong ji-hyo as the main lead, and huh Bora as the second lead according to their appearance order.

The main lead was so good in her role, her acting felt natural and sincere which is a hard thing to deliver in a drama-comedy. I loved how she looked natural unlike female lead in Korean series where they usually act and dresses to look so pretty and cute even if it's not needed. I have seen her in night in paradise and she really stand out from most Korean actresses. She is beautiful and talented.

The second female lead was a bit over the top with her acting and hairstyle. She was suppose to be the boyish free girl, but she wore full makeup all the time withe perfect curled hair and childish outfits. Her facial expressions "even the silly ones" were camera-posing like expressions. Don't get me wrong she was fine but being in the same frame with the main characters made her acting looks tacky.

Finally, The dynamic between the leads was built on mi-school brief friendship. And the second lead is upset until now and blame the main lead for it, and that was funny and immature for grown woman. She felt the an possessed ex girl friend and it was silly. She remided me of thst one episode of friends whene ross meet a hight school friend"brad bitt" and he He makes fun about how they used to be obsessed with dinosaurs while Rosa is still geeky about it. But in this series she is still a 15 mentally. They definitely have chemistry but thats not everything.

I got the mentor vibe from will's character. The playfulness from Margot was the best. The romantic chemistry was so bad.

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I expected character development from Margot's but instead she is the same naive emotionally immature pretty girl.

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I was disappointed in the end because everything was predictable.

Amy is cringy as expected and painful to watch.

Cara is bad as always, with stiff body language.

Selena seems to be forced to act in this season!

The chemistry between the trio is what's keeping me.

The story line is mediocre but the comedy is entertaining enough.

The story is really entertaining. All characters added to the plot. No wastes story line nor boring dialogs. No pure traditional evil, instead many interesting sides. The love triangle is well written with no clichés.

Each episode is better than the previous, specially when the plots and subplots start to connect.

It is unfair to compare it to any other westerns fantasy tv.

The main cast was okay. Jang Dong-Gun was super charismatic and powerful. Kim jiwon's served the characters' story line. Song joongki is bold in his acting choices but capable to exceed the expectation.

The visuals was mediocre when it come to the cinematography, since the arthdal's universe is bia and should be shown like that, costumes in the other hand was poorly designed as in Halloween parties. CGI was very bad and lazy. Kdramas always excel in visuals but in this series it was underwhelming and sometimes annoying.

The ending is unsatisfying and something feels missing.

Slomo scenes with male lead from all angels, great scenery but nothing new.

Happy but very long ending and that makes it forgettable.

I fell in love with the actress but the actor was stiff and has 2 expressions along the series.

Ps: I was way more into the second leads, and the four soldiers.

The acting is so weak and the characters are so shallow. Good looking people with zero talent every main character has an overused lines with most predictable romance ending. I preferred the supporting characters such as Penelope, Anthony and of-course Eloise. I wasted hrs in this cliche series!