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plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
The Legend of the Blue Sea- put it off at 5th episode
I'm sorry, I just can't go on further. I have come to the realization (my apologies to ebossert and divemaster) that Jun Ji-Hyun is just plain lucky. Lucky that she gets to bag these stories that have potential. Or lucky to have a manager who chooses these projects. But she just kills it.
I wasn't able to continue watching My Sassy Girl because of her. Luckily, the story of Windstruck was promising and I finished it and even considered it to be a favorite. And now this.....the story could have been good. Fantasy elements, with a rom-com. I mean, you don't see everyday a series involving a mermaid and a human. Maybe that's why this became a hit.
However, the overacting was just too much. But I still tried. Lee Min-ho was the only redeeming factor. But.....the story became foggy at 5th episode. It wasn't interesting anymore. It got weaker, and when I've got nothing to hold on to (i.e. I'm not a big fan of the leads) and the story is nothing more than a long and tedious exercise for me, I would not want to waste more time crawling until I finish the 20 episodes. In short, watching this felt soooo loooooong. When you love a series, you don't notice the time running, you just go on and on.
If there's anything I commend here for, it has to be a soundtrack. Which is a usual for Korean series, their soundtracks are really cute and befitting to the plot. Other than that...
I'm sorry, I just can't go on further. I have come to the realization (my apologies to ebossert and divemaster) that Jun Ji-Hyun is just plain lucky. Lucky that she gets to bag these stories that have potential. Or lucky to have a manager who chooses these projects. But she just kills it.
I wasn't able to continue watching My Sassy Girl because of her. Luckily, the story of Windstruck was promising and I finished it and even considered it to be a favorite. And now this.....the story could have been good. Fantasy elements, with a rom-com. I mean, you don't see everyday a series involving a mermaid and a human. Maybe that's why this became a hit.
However, the overacting was just too much. But I still tried. Lee Min-ho was the only redeeming factor. But.....the story became foggy at 5th episode. It wasn't interesting anymore. It got weaker, and when I've got nothing to hold on to (i.e. I'm not a big fan of the leads) and the story is nothing more than a long and tedious exercise for me, I would not want to waste more time crawling until I finish the 20 episodes. In short, watching this felt soooo loooooong. When you love a series, you don't notice the time running, you just go on and on.
If there's anything I commend here for, it has to be a soundtrack. Which is a usual for Korean series, their soundtracks are really cute and befitting to the plot. Other than that...
divemaster13
Member: Rank 4
I'm so OCD that once I start something, I feel compelled to see it through to the end. This goes for books, movies, and scripted TV shows (i.e., defined end-point). I can't think of a single time in my life I've started a book or movie and quit halfway through or something. No matter how bad, I just can't do it!
I could see me watching one episode of a K-drama and deciding that the premise or the genre or something was so far outside my tastes that I could quit then and not watch further; but for better or worse, if I were to get more than an episode in, I don't think I could quit. I'm just not built that way. I'll sit there, knowing that I'm wasting my time and pretty much resigned to the fact that it probably won't get any better...but I'm stuck.
There have been plenty of times where after a movie is over, I truly regretted the time I invested. There are lots of crappy movies out there. Hasn't happened too often with books.
I could see me watching one episode of a K-drama and deciding that the premise or the genre or something was so far outside my tastes that I could quit then and not watch further; but for better or worse, if I were to get more than an episode in, I don't think I could quit. I'm just not built that way. I'll sit there, knowing that I'm wasting my time and pretty much resigned to the fact that it probably won't get any better...but I'm stuck.
There have been plenty of times where after a movie is over, I truly regretted the time I invested. There are lots of crappy movies out there. Hasn't happened too often with books.
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
Guys you should seriously start watching Strong Woman Do Bong-Soon. It really is so funny.
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Chicago Typewriter (2017) (Korean Drama/Romance Television Series) – Writers that lived under Japanese rule in the 1930's are reincarnated into a bestselling writer who is in a slump, a mysterious ghostwriter, and a fan of the bestselling writer. The protagonist is kind of a jerk early on, but the lead actor does a good enough job of making him interesting. This has a supernatural element to it as well, which also helps. Su-jeong Lim is good as usual as the female lead, but the secondary male lead is also very likeable. Some nice set designs during the flashbacks too. This K-drama (16 episodes, 60-70 minutes each) relies on drama primarily, leaving the humor in the backseat. Pacing is fairly slow, with a laid-back storytelling structure that meanders around and does not progress at a fast pace. It feels like the characters keep going in circles and we’re stuck in the same, small story for quite a while. Soundtrack is a mixed bag, with some cheesy English language songs that are used. The plot gets really serious (and a bit dark) during the latter few episodes, but doesn’t seem to earn that seriousness. Despite its flaws, this is still decent.
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017)- Finished it but cheated. It was on the 12th episode that I left and went straight to the last few minutes of the series. Well, the reasons are personal to mine so I think the majority will be able to muster the whole 16 episodes. First episodes are really funny. The strength of the series is on its I guess, from the 1st until 7th or 8th episode. Well, the rom-com ingredient was at its peak during these episodes, after which, the inevitable love confession happens and so they start dating which is my cue to sleeping. Also, during these episodes, the other subplots (a crime thriller involving a sick man who kidnaps women and keeps them in his dungeon as his brides) were at its peak. However, the story became too protracted that it started to lose my interest. There was another subplot which was funny at first but started to become protracted too--the gangster team which comprises a business ally/competitor of the lead guy. The sounds and physical effects all add to the quirky and fun theme of the movie.
The love story was not that kilig to me. Although the lead guy, Ahn Min-hyuk, played by Park Hyung Shik, reminds of the Lee Young-Jae character in Full House (Park Hyung Shik and Rain's portrayals were similar--but Rain nailed it better) he wasn't as loveable. And I was rooting for the friend. That's why when
It was the only reason why I went further during the 11th or 12 episode, to see if she changes her mind and it looked like she didn't so I went straight to the last few minutes and saw for myself who she ended up with.
Overall, for the laughs. Stick to the 1st few episodes. Also on the crime-thriller subplot. It grew old however, and felt too protracted.
RECOMMENDED.
The love story was not that kilig to me. Although the lead guy, Ahn Min-hyuk, played by Park Hyung Shik, reminds of the Lee Young-Jae character in Full House (Park Hyung Shik and Rain's portrayals were similar--but Rain nailed it better) he wasn't as loveable. And I was rooting for the friend. That's why when
he and Do Bong Soon started dating, I lost interest because I was rooting for the friend, In Gook Du, played by Ji Soo.
Overall, for the laughs. Stick to the 1st few episodes. Also on the crime-thriller subplot. It grew old however, and felt too protracted.
RECOMMENDED.
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ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Bubble Gum (2015) (Korean Romance Television Series) – Non-biologically linked, they grew up like brother and sister and have been best friends since childhood. The woman (Ryeo-won Jeong) is now a radio producer and the man is a medicine doctor. They try to keep their romantic emotions in check because of the man’s disapproving mother, but things are coming to a head. There’s no story to this show at all (16 episodes, 60 minutes each). Every scene consists of people sitting around and whining about their relationships. When they finally lighten up, they act like children to the backdrop of cheesy scoring that feels like it should be in a grammar school play. Some of the side characters are really annoying, and most everything is painfully cliched. The lead male actors have no multi-dimensionality to their performances at all (they basically have one facial expression), but it doesn’t help that they are playing horribly boring people. Ryeo-won does the best she can with such an uninspired script, but this is ultimately a mundane soap opera. This review is based on the first 6 episodes. Not recommended
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Samurai Gourmet (2017) (Japanese Drama/Comedy Television Series) - Set in modern times, a 60 year old retired salaryman (Naoto Takenaka) finds new purpose in exploring the food of his neighborhood. He is aided by his imaginary companion, a samurai who inspires him to boldly experience this new chapter of his life. This J-drama (12 episodes, 20 minutes each) is very episodic stuff, with our protagonist venturing to – and eating at – a restaurant during every episode. It sounds repetitive in concept, but the scriptwriters do a great job of mixing things up in terms of food, side characters, etc. Some very funny moments to enjoy. The samurai dude shows up in every episode, acting surly and ready to lecture people when they’re acting badly or rudely. There’s some nostalgia to this too, and that really comes thru during the final episode. Do not watch this on an empty stomach. Recommended
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
I just needed to say this because Moonlight Drawn by Clouds was re-shown in the country (probably got high ratings that it made a come back) and I can't believe I went gaga over a drama with such ridiculous, most obvious plot(hole) of a human being with such soft features that only pertains to a lady, as shown below, to actually pass up as a man, much more a palace guard:
Then again, who cares about a man-girl palace guard when you have a hot prince to drool over.
Then again, who cares about a man-girl palace guard when you have a hot prince to drool over.
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Red Sorghum (2014) (Chinese Drama Television Series) – The series (60 episodes, 40 minutes each) chronicles the struggles of the protagonist Jiu'er in rural Shandong province in early 1930s. Zhou Xun is the lead, and she’s absolutely fantastic here. This role is very demanding because it requires a huge spectrum of emotion, which she pulls it off effortlessly. Almost all of the protagonists make some form of questionable moral decision at some point. I like that because it allows for plotlines where protagonists go against one another out of pure principal, and you can understand both sides of the conflict. The big criticism that I have is the repetition of gangster conflict, which involve multiple kidnappings and shootouts that feel overused (I would have preferred more emphasis on the winery business). Still, this is good stuff for sure. Recommended
clayton-12
Member: Rank 4
I had to check to find it out - the drama is indeed based on the same novel as the early Zhang Yimou film, which was the first Chinese movie I saw in a theatre (probably the first Chinese movie I saw period) many, many years ago.
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Watchable but still disappointing, given its reputation.
King of Baking, Kim Tak-goo (aka Bread, Love and Dreams) (2010) (Korean Drama Television Series) – A family owned bread company endures vicious internal conflict between the family members in this K-drama (30 episodes, 60 minutes each) that earned huge viewer ratings in its home country. Unfortunately, this has very flawed scriptwriting, with more contrivances to shake a stick at. The performances by the actors who play the lead protagonist (both youth and adult) are also erratic. There are many other problems as well that give this a thick soap opera-ish feel, but the conflicts are very strong and they are entertaining in stretches. This is especially true during the second half of the show. Supporting actors are generally good.
King of Baking, Kim Tak-goo (aka Bread, Love and Dreams) (2010) (Korean Drama Television Series) – A family owned bread company endures vicious internal conflict between the family members in this K-drama (30 episodes, 60 minutes each) that earned huge viewer ratings in its home country. Unfortunately, this has very flawed scriptwriting, with more contrivances to shake a stick at. The performances by the actors who play the lead protagonist (both youth and adult) are also erratic. There are many other problems as well that give this a thick soap opera-ish feel, but the conflicts are very strong and they are entertaining in stretches. This is especially true during the second half of the show. Supporting actors are generally good.
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
Because I usually just watch K-dramas to drool at the hot Korean men that stars in it, I will try to cover another K-drama shown recently that has 18 loooooong episodes (wish me luck if I can hurdle up to the 4th episode). BLACK. Its about some supernatural wonder ???? I think but who cares, it stars Song Seung-hun my love. 
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
Black
South Korea, 2017, No. of episodes: 18
It took me 4 months to finish this series that stars K-drama royalties, Go Ah-ra and Song Seung-heun.
I’d classify this as more of a thriller K-drama rather than a rom-com or romance. The love story is poorly developed, and that’s quite the main complaint of anyone who expects to be swept off the feet by SSH. The love story was neglected, it almost felt as if the director was too focused on the thriller aspect that he forgot that he has girls to tickle, so he went back to it abruptly on the last few remaining episodes. His style would be, that he would delve too much on the crime/thriller plot, and he would just “dip” on the romance aspect that when the inevitable confession time arrived, it felt too contrived and I didn’t feel any kilig at all. Those who wants to do away with the cheesy romantic and dating scenes would like this.
Speaking of contrived love scenes, I have a million words to write about it. You see, I don’t believe in love at first sight, that’s why I’m not a fan of romance movies because I don’t like seeing stories where the character just wakes up one day and realizes he/she is in love (because it has to fit the runtime). That’s why I go for the K-drama to get my kilig fix. I thought the several episodes would make up for the eventual falling in love, constant togetherness as I call it. And this one lacked it. I was very unconvinced and unsatisfied with the romance part of the series.
That’s not saying that the crime/thriller saved the day. There were so many plotholes. Or more like, I really didn’t understand or got it, there were so many confusions surrounding the plot that no matter how I tried to be enlightened, I just said blah! I got lost several instances, and it just took my everlasting
for SSH that made me endure it. Says something. Hmmmmm…..
SSH was quite robotic at the first episode. He had his body being objectified in several instances. There was a scene where he was (almost) naked—what, did they expect the girls will scream at the sight of that?? Of course we will! Or a shot from under was made and his private thing was pixilated---I didn’t know SSH does this now! His body is not for public consumption, it should only belong to me!!!!
He still retains the young look that being paired with younger Go Ah-ra wasn’t awkward looking. I swear there were so many funny SSH moments that I wished I knew how to take screenshots. Like him wearing a lab gown (that looked like he was wearing a skirt) paired by a leather jacket and cowboy boots.
There’s one particular scene that’s very touching. An old father, who lost his son at a young age due to an accident confronted the detective. He said, you know when a person loses his spouse, he’s called a widow/widower. When a child loses his parents, he’s called an orphan. But do you know what is it called when parents lose their children? There’s no word for it. It is so cruel that no word could ever describe it.
There’s one particular scenario which I personally felt indifferent to. It was very timely when @divemaster13 mentioned about in the "A blind River" thread about Korean society’s acceptance towards adoptive vs. biological children. There’s a big reveal about a mom who sacrificed the adoptive child for her biological child. I didn’t like that. It felt too heavy for me. You can throw me anything and everything from sex to murder to incest to whatever violence but these type of stories are the ones I’d like to distance myself from. These are no-one’s-fault events that you just can’t take a side on. You can’t blame the mother because its natural human instinct to favor your own blood over anyone else. But you can’t fault the child either for obvious reasons. It happened near the end so I didn’t have a choice but to go further. But blah. I’ll forget that type of plot twist and just remember the time when SSH buttcrack was almost shown.
Quite notably, most, if not all, of the background music played here are English songs. Not Korean. For a change.
The ending is very ridiculous and unintentionally funny that just cemented the already convoluted plotline.
Overall, I want to recommend this. Just don’t expect to be wowed by the love story. And don’t expect to understand everything because the entire plot is very confusing.
If anyone's interested on what the synopsis is, just tell me. I'm too lazy to summarize the film because it was very confusing, to be honest.
South Korea, 2017, No. of episodes: 18
It took me 4 months to finish this series that stars K-drama royalties, Go Ah-ra and Song Seung-heun.
I’d classify this as more of a thriller K-drama rather than a rom-com or romance. The love story is poorly developed, and that’s quite the main complaint of anyone who expects to be swept off the feet by SSH. The love story was neglected, it almost felt as if the director was too focused on the thriller aspect that he forgot that he has girls to tickle, so he went back to it abruptly on the last few remaining episodes. His style would be, that he would delve too much on the crime/thriller plot, and he would just “dip” on the romance aspect that when the inevitable confession time arrived, it felt too contrived and I didn’t feel any kilig at all. Those who wants to do away with the cheesy romantic and dating scenes would like this.
Speaking of contrived love scenes, I have a million words to write about it. You see, I don’t believe in love at first sight, that’s why I’m not a fan of romance movies because I don’t like seeing stories where the character just wakes up one day and realizes he/she is in love (because it has to fit the runtime). That’s why I go for the K-drama to get my kilig fix. I thought the several episodes would make up for the eventual falling in love, constant togetherness as I call it. And this one lacked it. I was very unconvinced and unsatisfied with the romance part of the series.
That’s not saying that the crime/thriller saved the day. There were so many plotholes. Or more like, I really didn’t understand or got it, there were so many confusions surrounding the plot that no matter how I tried to be enlightened, I just said blah! I got lost several instances, and it just took my everlasting
for SSH that made me endure it. Says something. Hmmmmm…..SSH was quite robotic at the first episode. He had his body being objectified in several instances. There was a scene where he was (almost) naked—what, did they expect the girls will scream at the sight of that?? Of course we will! Or a shot from under was made and his private thing was pixilated---I didn’t know SSH does this now! His body is not for public consumption, it should only belong to me!!!!
He still retains the young look that being paired with younger Go Ah-ra wasn’t awkward looking. I swear there were so many funny SSH moments that I wished I knew how to take screenshots. Like him wearing a lab gown (that looked like he was wearing a skirt) paired by a leather jacket and cowboy boots.There’s one particular scene that’s very touching. An old father, who lost his son at a young age due to an accident confronted the detective. He said, you know when a person loses his spouse, he’s called a widow/widower. When a child loses his parents, he’s called an orphan. But do you know what is it called when parents lose their children? There’s no word for it. It is so cruel that no word could ever describe it.
There’s one particular scenario which I personally felt indifferent to. It was very timely when @divemaster13 mentioned about in the "A blind River" thread about Korean society’s acceptance towards adoptive vs. biological children. There’s a big reveal about a mom who sacrificed the adoptive child for her biological child. I didn’t like that. It felt too heavy for me. You can throw me anything and everything from sex to murder to incest to whatever violence but these type of stories are the ones I’d like to distance myself from. These are no-one’s-fault events that you just can’t take a side on. You can’t blame the mother because its natural human instinct to favor your own blood over anyone else. But you can’t fault the child either for obvious reasons. It happened near the end so I didn’t have a choice but to go further. But blah. I’ll forget that type of plot twist and just remember the time when SSH buttcrack was almost shown.
Quite notably, most, if not all, of the background music played here are English songs. Not Korean. For a change.
The ending is very ridiculous and unintentionally funny that just cemented the already convoluted plotline.
Overall, I want to recommend this. Just don’t expect to be wowed by the love story. And don’t expect to understand everything because the entire plot is very confusing.
If anyone's interested on what the synopsis is, just tell me. I'm too lazy to summarize the film because it was very confusing, to be honest.
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
My Wife Is Having An Affair This Week (aka Listen To Love) (2016) (Korean Romantic Comedy/Drama Television Series)
A TV program director (Sun-kyun Lee) suspects that his wife (Ji-hyo Song) is having an affair. If you think this K-drama is going to cop-out with its premise, it does not! The script explores the psychological impact of infidelity. There’s a lot of very direct dialogue in this show, with some difficult conversations being had by many characters. This definitely has a more serious romantic/dramatic edge to it. For some reason, I really wanted this marriage to survive and these two characters to end up together. I’ve never seen a K-drama that showcases marriage as something this difficult, since it’s portrayed as a constant struggle. With that said, there’s plenty of comedy that’s blended in and somehow works really well. This is perfectly cast, interesting, and rather brief at only 12 episodes (70 minutes each). Impressive stuff that’s based on a J-drama from 2007, which I haven’t seen. Strongly Recommended
A TV program director (Sun-kyun Lee) suspects that his wife (Ji-hyo Song) is having an affair. If you think this K-drama is going to cop-out with its premise, it does not! The script explores the psychological impact of infidelity. There’s a lot of very direct dialogue in this show, with some difficult conversations being had by many characters. This definitely has a more serious romantic/dramatic edge to it. For some reason, I really wanted this marriage to survive and these two characters to end up together. I’ve never seen a K-drama that showcases marriage as something this difficult, since it’s portrayed as a constant struggle. With that said, there’s plenty of comedy that’s blended in and somehow works really well. This is perfectly cast, interesting, and rather brief at only 12 episodes (70 minutes each). Impressive stuff that’s based on a J-drama from 2007, which I haven’t seen. Strongly Recommended
ebossert
Member: Rank 3
Bayside Shakedown: The Series (aka Rhythm and Police) (1997) (Japanese Crime Drama/Comedy Television Series) – A former salesman becomes a detective at the Wangan police station, which is considered an inferior and incompetent sub-section of the police force. He gets paired up with one of the higher ups as a driver, and gets involved in some cases because of it. This J-drama (11 episodes, 45-69 minutes each) is good stuff. Yuji Oda is a likeable lead and Eri Fukatsu is hilarious. As an added bonus, this uses the same catchy theme tune from the theatrical films. Recommended
A Song to the Sun (aka Midnight Sun, aka Taiyo no Uta) (2006) (Japanese Drama/Romance Television Series) – A girl (who suffers from a rare illness where sunlight can prove fatal) makes nightly visits to a nearby park to play her music in this J-drama (10 episodes, 45 minutes each). The related theatrical film “Midnight Sun” is better, but this is still good. Erika Sawajiri and Takayuki Yamada are solid in the lead roles. The script does rely on some soap opera-ish conflicts that seemingly come from out of nowhere, but lead protagonist is developed very well and really anchors the show. Naoto Takenaka has a small supporting role, but he’s great and hilarious as usual. Recommended
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
plsletitrain
Member: Rank 5
A Korean Odyssey (2018)
No. of episodes: 20
Lead stars: Oh Yeon-seo, Lee Seung-gi
This drama is based on the Journey to the West mythology with which Dragon Ball is also based from so there’s some parallel elements on here which I found familiar. While the story also infuses fantasy elements, I think the drama is mostly a love story. Monkey king, Son Oh Gong, is an arrogant demon who was punished to be locked in a place called Five Elements Mountain. He is released by a little girl whom he creates a contract with to her protect from harm so long as she calls him by name. Years later, their paths cross and that little girl grew up to be a beautiful lady, Jin Seon Mi, who can see dead spirits. At first Son Oh Gong avoids being bound by the contract by removing that part of her memory where his name is registered (so she can’t call her) but later gives in and starts to protect Jin Seon Mi. His protector status even gets more exciting as he was made to wear a magical bracelet who lets the bearer do whatever the owner tells him to. The owner is Jin Seon Mi, the bearer is Son Oh Gong. Here’s where the kilig part enters: the arrogant thug that is Son Oh Gong made to care for fragile and demure Jin Seon Mi. The subsequent plot turns make the story quite engaging.
The chemistry between the leads is apparent. There are humorous scenes every once in a while especially with Son Oh Gong’s banter and rivalry with fellow demon (an applicant for deity), Ma Wang (Cha Seung-won). Ma Wang at first gave the impression of being a villain, but later proved to be an ally. Cha's performance at first seemed too much, but eventually you'll get used to it.
The series had registrable OST, as is usual with K-dramas. I guess I don’t have anything to badmouth about this as I can see why it got skyrocketing ratings but if you’re not into supernatural occurrences, this one isn’t for you. The love story is quite kilig, I’d give the series that. Lee Seung-gi just pulls off naturally the arrogant role. He kind of reminds me of Song Joong-ki (they also look similar) in Descendants of the Sun: confident, straightforward, dominant. The girl here is a damsel in distress and I sometimes had occasion of eyeroll but mostly I was engaged and felt the love. This is a good combo of thriller, romance, and fantasy.
Recommended.
No. of episodes: 20
Lead stars: Oh Yeon-seo, Lee Seung-gi
This drama is based on the Journey to the West mythology with which Dragon Ball is also based from so there’s some parallel elements on here which I found familiar. While the story also infuses fantasy elements, I think the drama is mostly a love story. Monkey king, Son Oh Gong, is an arrogant demon who was punished to be locked in a place called Five Elements Mountain. He is released by a little girl whom he creates a contract with to her protect from harm so long as she calls him by name. Years later, their paths cross and that little girl grew up to be a beautiful lady, Jin Seon Mi, who can see dead spirits. At first Son Oh Gong avoids being bound by the contract by removing that part of her memory where his name is registered (so she can’t call her) but later gives in and starts to protect Jin Seon Mi. His protector status even gets more exciting as he was made to wear a magical bracelet who lets the bearer do whatever the owner tells him to. The owner is Jin Seon Mi, the bearer is Son Oh Gong. Here’s where the kilig part enters: the arrogant thug that is Son Oh Gong made to care for fragile and demure Jin Seon Mi. The subsequent plot turns make the story quite engaging.
The chemistry between the leads is apparent. There are humorous scenes every once in a while especially with Son Oh Gong’s banter and rivalry with fellow demon (an applicant for deity), Ma Wang (Cha Seung-won). Ma Wang at first gave the impression of being a villain, but later proved to be an ally. Cha's performance at first seemed too much, but eventually you'll get used to it.
The series had registrable OST, as is usual with K-dramas. I guess I don’t have anything to badmouth about this as I can see why it got skyrocketing ratings but if you’re not into supernatural occurrences, this one isn’t for you. The love story is quite kilig, I’d give the series that. Lee Seung-gi just pulls off naturally the arrogant role. He kind of reminds me of Song Joong-ki (they also look similar) in Descendants of the Sun: confident, straightforward, dominant. The girl here is a damsel in distress and I sometimes had occasion of eyeroll but mostly I was engaged and felt the love. This is a good combo of thriller, romance, and fantasy.
Recommended.