The story, the photography, costumes, the suffering heros... everything in this show is bathed in a romantic aura that makes you think it is great, until half way through it you realize that this romantic vibe is the only romantic thing about it: The female lead acts like a 9 years old instead of a 19 years old woman, which makes it hard to feel any real chemistry between the main characters. The hero comes out as aloof at best and even cruel to her at worst. I couldn't feel the pull between them and couldn't belive it when they said they were in love. At this point, all the poetic balderdash started sounding pretentious.
But there is something really unforgivable: The writer cheats. She delivers a story that leaves the initial problems unsolved and presents them with new ones that are, in my opinion, even worse.
The only good thing about this show was the bromance between the goblin and the angel of death was, but I still felt like I had wasted my time. I think people rated this show so high blinded by the gorgeus setting and the charismatic Gong Yoo, whose frame in a turtleneck is quite something to watch.
Review of Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
(2016–2017)
Disappointing story in blinding packaging...
29 May 2020