I would like a refund of the precious hours of my life please.
Watch it if you’re in the mood for: A historical, political intrigue K-drama being peddled as a Romance. This drama's sky high MyDramaList ratings are the biggest example of why these ratings should not be trusted blindly.What I did not like:
- Lack of Romance: I invested 20+ hours of my free time to get about 1 hour of total romance on screen. Do not watch it if Romance is what you are in for. I clearly was and was sorely disappointed.
- Mediocre acting in general: The main Female lead had 1.25 expression. The second female lead had 1 expression. The second Male lead had exactly 1.75 expression. The King's personal guard had 0.75 expression (though in all fairness his character was supposed to be expressionless, a la, stoic. So I think he gets a pass). Bleh.
What I liked: (There are silver linings to this dark cloud)
- Male Lead (Kim Soo-Hyun): He is good looking and he is a good actor. He cried very prettily throughout the show. He had to cry on so many incidents and every time he managed to cry differently. Though I did not cry with him. I was bored stiff of the show and was not emotionally invested enough in the characters, but yet, the guy did a good job crying.
- Teenage actors depicting the Male lead and the Female lead: I enjoyed their chemistry. They did a good job. I did not fast forward the first 5 episodes at all due to them. The last 10 episodes of this series I ran at 1.5x play speed in my Netflix.
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The definition of a good drama for me is a drama who can keep me awake at 3am and seeking for new episodes and not caring about having to work in the morning. And God, I had so many sleepless nights because of TMTETS.
Honestly, writing down how outstanding this drama is is really hard and I'm not sure if I'm able to express it correctly. So I can't talk about how amazing the characters are, how breathtaking the storyline is, how funny and cute it can be (special thumb up for Hyung Sun, who is probably my favorite one :D), how sad and heartbreaking you can be... Watch that drama, it's soo worth it !
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The only reason I give the Acting/Cast a 9 is because of Yeonwoo's character....She seemed very emotionless the majority if the time and honestly I wasn't a huge fan of her acting in this drama and I believe it could of been done better.
The rest of the cast brings it all together and makes it worth it though, they did an excellent job! Absolutely loved them, especially the younger casting actors and actresses, so cute!
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I absolutely loved this drama, from the moment it aired, I was constantly checking updates regarding its status. It had me hooked, I ensured I made time to watch the weekly episodes (as I was in the middle of my exams when it aired!).
The story was well written in my opinion, and amazingly acted out by the actors!The music was a great accompaniment to the selected scenes, and it had me singing throughout the days I would wait for the new episode! I am planning to rewatch this drama, however for me to be able to do so, I will first need to set aside some time!
All in all, this show had me gripping to my screen; screaming, laughing and howling - yes howling, alongside the cast! I
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Acting: The actors were amazing at doing the part they needed.
Cast: I think they should have chosen a different actress for the adult Yeon Woo. I hated how her eyes were so big like she was a terrified squirrel.
Music: I have 3 sounds from this drama. I loved the song Back in Time since it express sadness. I also have Black Magic and Various Artists on my Ipod.
Rewatch Value: I'll probably not watch the whole thing again, but certain scenes. The drama is draggy sometimes with the characters spending 2-3 minutes staring at each other as music plays.
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The love in the story was amazing. I wish I could have such a love. Eventhough it had it's sad moments, the beginning of the drama, with them as young teenagers who fall in love. Sigh. Just so sweet. Makes you feel all warm inside.
I initially wanted to watch the drama because of *Dream High's Kim Sam Soon* Kim Soo Hyun, but eventually I started to admire the acting of Jung Il Woo. He was so good! Believable and sincere. I have to say that Han Gan In was the least impressive, but she wasn't bad either.
The story was refreshing, but then, I hadn't watched a lot of period drama's beforehand so I did not know what to expect. I just loved the whole 'first love even after death' concept and I also cried a lot during the sad parts. There wasn't really any major clichés in the story, which was good. However, the whole brother-relationship between the King and the Prince could have been much better.
The Music was FANTASTIC! It was so incredibly beautiful. It set the whole mood to the story and you could actually tear up from it. 10 out of 10 !
The whole Drama did not dissapoint. I have never watched a drama in one go until now. I just sat there with my laptop for 20 hours and kept watching. Really an amazing drama. (do nog let my scores frighten you, because too high a scores can give a false image)
Watch it. Just watch it.
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Seriously, if you havent watched this drama, YOU ARE MISSING OUT! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING??? This drama is the reason that i decided to learn Korean and yes, i am doing very well thank you. xD. This drama really showed me how talented South Korea is and now i'm completely obsessed with the country. I will be visiting Korea soon and I CANT WAIT!!
OMG! WATCH IT! JUST WATCH IT! WATCH THE DRAMA DAMMIT!! AND I PROMISE YOU WILL ENJOY IT AND BECOME A CRAZY DRAMA ADDICT LIKE ME! For those of you who, for some UNKNOWN reason, end up not liking this drama, then, sorry but...yeah. Over and out.
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SUPERB!!! I think i cant breath......
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