The character development is brilliant, well done to the writer. STORY - Absolutely sensational! From the start he's a guy who is really immature but he goes on to be a huge hero! What can I say really? the writing is perfect, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, every episode is interesting. Listen, this is the best drama of all time (read this review and you'll know why). Rewatch Value 9.0 81 Episodes felt like 1 episode. Just be careful – this whole drama thing can get addictive. However, if you’re looking for ridiculously immersive popular entertainment and don’t mind sleep deprivation, you’re in for a hell of a ride. I could have lived without the saccharine pop ballad love songs on endless repeat and you could get rip-roaring drunk in no time if you took a shot whenever someone stages an ambush, falls off a cliff, discusses an evil plan around an ornate wooden table or survives getting shot by multiple arrows. The plot meanders in the final third, with wild goose chases down narrative lines that seem designed to kill time rather than actually deliver meaningful revelations. The show also uses its length to draw us so completely into its web of relationships that many of its most powerful scenes are not the giant battles but the quiet moments where a truth is revealed or a lie is told or a heart is broken.ĭoes everything work? No. Hu exudes presence every moment he’s onscreen, and Jun’s portrayal of the king’s increasingly conflicted and destructive loyalties is devastating. Song Il Guk does a fine job as the young prince destined to found an empire, but my favorite actors (and characters) were Hu Joon Ho as the grizzled veteran Haemosu and Jun Kwang Ryul as the tormented king Kumwa. The plot lines may hardly be original, but the complexity of the main characters gives the old stories a freshness and power they would otherwise lack. It has a sweeping, old-school Hollywood feel, but with modern touches that include a smart, independent heroine and a trans/non-binary character who actually gets to have an adorable romantic relationship with the most unlikely of partners. Epic in all the best ways, it steals shamelessly from adventure stories ranging from the Odyssey to The Three Kingdoms to Robin Hood, traversing decades of time and miles of gorgeous mountain scenery as it crams in battles, family strife, romance, betrayal and the occasional heavenly portent. Someone might as well have handed me 81 packets of heroin and said “Go for it!”. Rewatch Value 6.0 Jumong was my gateway drama.
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