Moon Embracing the Sun (2012)

Mediocre

I started watching this drama because it received such high praise and I don't understand why.

FL was incredibly boring and one dimensional. She had no spark or personality and only had one pained expression in every scene. The males were intense, angsty, and spent a lot of time pressuring FL and yelling at her.

What I found annoying was the constant rotation of men around FL. In many scenes, after Lee Hwon left, Yang Myung immediately appeared out of nowhere to beg FL to love him, and it was happening in the most random locations. The writers did not put a lot of thought into creating a believable organic story. They just wrote random scenes forcing FL and the two competing love interests to interact with each other. And, Yang Myung was one of the most pointless characters in the story. He had a lot of scenes being chased by some people without any explanation why. He was just there to create an artificial love triangle and nothing else.

The romance also did not feel believable. I could understand why Lee Hwon was in love with her, because they were engaged at some point, had meaningful scenes, and spent time together. With Yang Myung, it was completely arbitrary. He barely knew her, did not spent much time with her, but kept pining after her for eight years.

Overall, if you like angsty men yelling at women and forcing them to do things, this may be it for you. For be it was a hard pass.

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Like Moon Eclipsing the Sun, Kids Eclipse Adults

Story: IT syndrome strikes again as the drama loses its luster once the tween and teen cast is replaced with adults. I stopped watching after episode 8 for neither the older cast nor the story after the time jump worked for me.

Acting: all stars go to young cast who are phenomenal (Ep 1 - 5.5). That's one constant with K dramas - child actors always deliver. Adults didn't measure up so I docked 2 stars. Why couldn't they tell the story without the time jump? It would have spared this drama the convoluted identity mystery that totally ruined otherwise strong set up.

Music: don't remember.

Rewatch value: This is a tricky one. Like IT, the first part with kids/teens is fantastic and rewatchable. But the second part with adult versions drops the ball. So re-watch while characters are young and then pretend the story ended with them.

Overall: I was meaning to watch the new show Moon Rising from the River but thought that it was called Moon Rising from the Sun. So wrong key words led me to this show. It really should've been only about those tweens and teens. I'm yet to see a show or movie where child versions don't eclipse adults and had a better story too. IT, Slumdog Millionaire, this drama are just some examples. Writers should trust kids. Look at Harry Potter. They made Harry Potter universe movies with adults (Fantastic Beasts) and it didn't work.

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OMG! I've watched one Japanese drama and this was my first Korean Drama and I fell in love with it on the first episode. It was different than anything I've watched and I found myself screaming at the screen or laughing. Most of the time just crying because this story, this love story with the twist of fate was so beautiful. It made my heart bleed. I'm so tempted to watch it again just for the heck of it and I wish there was fan fiction written about this drama, because it's amazingly good. The characters; especially the younger ones, were completely talented. Everything was spot on and it made me believe that that I was watching something real life take place before my eyes. I wish I could find another drama like it. Or any other drama just as good, so if anyone has a recommendation! let me know!

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RAGAZZE Questo drama me lo sono letteralmente divorato! E' stupendo,commovente e certe scene mi hanno fatta ridere, ho adorato l'eunuco col suo improbabile sorriso a 8mila denti XD !
Kim Soo Hyun...vabbè è stato amore a prima vista! E' stato bravissimo e in tutte le scene, quando piangeva mi faceva cosi commuovere che MI SI STRAZiAVA IL CUORE

Ho adorato anche le versioni giovanili però...soprattutto del protagonista.
Ha talento il ragazzo, anche la giovane luna piccoli attori di talento crescono (alla faccia di 13anni) XD
ma possiamo parlare un secondo della colonna sonora spettacolare?
a me è piaciuto moltissimo, ascolto le canzoni del drama tutte le volte che faccio la doccia e metto lo stero a palla che ovviamente ho contagiato mia sorella con queste canzoni che le canta anche lei che ancora non ha visto il drama
ho votato 10 poichè lo considero il migliore drama storico in assoluto drama così rimangono impressi nel cuore

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so the story was brilliant but the problem came with the execution. i only watched it because of all the buzz but also coz i love kim soo hyun, he stole my heart from dream high. this show could have been shrunk to 16 episodes. the first 5 episodes were dragging and a lil boring for me i was clenching my teeth tryin to get thru to the end, i dozed a couple of times mostly because of the clan and elders talkin too much. it got better and interesting when the grown up generation came to screen around ep 7. the child actors were great esp little minhwa. the younger queens brother was soo hot and i dint like the old bro, he just dint have the same aura. i loved the scenes with the shaman and their visions. jung il did a good job and woon with his long hair and fighting scenes. young king (yeo jin goo)did a good job creating that character but older king was just the best for me. the kings eunuch was so freakn funny coz he would always tell him to stop looking at him and face the wall. the king also in the moments with han ga in was cute and romantic esp the very last section, episode 20 was seriously unnecessary felt like deleted scenes and alternate endings were added to fill up but we were satisfied with it coz the king got alil freaky. i couldnt give it a 10 or 9 coz of all the tech issues but kim soo hyun made it worth while.

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