I loved The King's Affection (despite its odd title).
I watched it after watching its lead actress, Park Eun-bin, in "Extraordinary Attorney Woo". It's pretty clear that Park is one of the planet's best actors. She's brilliant in this. Just like she's brillian in Woo.
The King's Affection is 20 episodes, each running about an hour. It's a historical drama based on a (I think) web comic. It is KDrama with a lot of KRomance. But there's a lot of comedy, too. And there's action. It's got everything.
So.. I am here to tell you it is really fantastic.
Korean TV is, of course, an acquired taste for American audiences.
I watched it in the original language with English subtitles.
The good: fantastic costumes and breathtaking scenery. It is an incredibly beautiful production. Fantastic acting by all involved. Really engrossing story. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful music (I'm a KPop fan). And... OMG the hats. (Yes, hats.). This might be the best historical drama I've ever watched.
The bad: there are long periods of time where nothing happens other than characters staring into each other's eyes. It feels crazy slow. Slow like you want to poke your eyes out with a stick slow. This is, I expect, normal for Korean shows like this. It is not normal for American audiences and I had to just sort of accept it.
It's gory and there are some shocking and disturbing deaths.
It has a lot of characters and I admit I had many problems keeping track of who was who amongst the secondary roles.
The slowness got in my way at first, but then I started to accept it and, also, the various stories really start to heat up around episode 10 and by 13 or so, it's flying.
I really loved this and I am so impressed with Park (who is just outstanding in "Woo") and all the actors. And gosh, I really loved the ending. A big chunk of the end of episode 20 is simply wonderful.
After 20 hour-long episodes, I wish there was more. Just like in Woo, I find myself missing the characters.
And did I mention the hats?
I watched it after watching its lead actress, Park Eun-bin, in "Extraordinary Attorney Woo". It's pretty clear that Park is one of the planet's best actors. She's brilliant in this. Just like she's brillian in Woo.
The King's Affection is 20 episodes, each running about an hour. It's a historical drama based on a (I think) web comic. It is KDrama with a lot of KRomance. But there's a lot of comedy, too. And there's action. It's got everything.
So.. I am here to tell you it is really fantastic.
Korean TV is, of course, an acquired taste for American audiences.
I watched it in the original language with English subtitles.
The good: fantastic costumes and breathtaking scenery. It is an incredibly beautiful production. Fantastic acting by all involved. Really engrossing story. Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful music (I'm a KPop fan). And... OMG the hats. (Yes, hats.). This might be the best historical drama I've ever watched.
The bad: there are long periods of time where nothing happens other than characters staring into each other's eyes. It feels crazy slow. Slow like you want to poke your eyes out with a stick slow. This is, I expect, normal for Korean shows like this. It is not normal for American audiences and I had to just sort of accept it.
It's gory and there are some shocking and disturbing deaths.
It has a lot of characters and I admit I had many problems keeping track of who was who amongst the secondary roles.
The slowness got in my way at first, but then I started to accept it and, also, the various stories really start to heat up around episode 10 and by 13 or so, it's flying.
I really loved this and I am so impressed with Park (who is just outstanding in "Woo") and all the actors. And gosh, I really loved the ending. A big chunk of the end of episode 20 is simply wonderful.
After 20 hour-long episodes, I wish there was more. Just like in Woo, I find myself missing the characters.
And did I mention the hats?