I started watching this drama after I found out that the two main characters ended up dating!
I thought it would have a real feeling to it. Besides, the actor confessed publicly to the actress until it became headlines.
Summary:
The story is about a scholar from Joseon Dynasty named Kim Bung Do, who would travel through time every time he is in danger (i.e. he can escape death) after he received a talisman from a Gisaeng named Yoon Wol. Whenever he travel through time, he would end up meeting an amateur actress named Choi Hui Jin. Kim Bung Do was perplexed at first but discover that it all happens because of the talisman. He also found out that he could go back to Joseon Dynasty by reciting the letter written on the talisman. Choi Hui Jin and Kim Bung Do started developing feeling for each other but there's a lot of obstacles ahead of them.
Personal review:
So, the story went quite fast and has a bit too much of conflicts, in my opinion..
Firstly, I was surprised that Choi Hui Jin (played by Yoo In Na) already kissed Kim Bung Do (played by Ji Hyun Woo) after only meeting him for a few times. Seriously she has a very impulsive manner. Good thing that the guy didn't mind and started to have feeling for her too. I guess it's just a wonderful fantasy that everyone wish for.. that is to have mutual affection towards someone we like. Oh.. well.. I'll be more lenient about it since it's just a fictional drama..
Then, there's also a lot of twist and turn to the drama. The talisman, which helped Kim Bung Do (KBD) to travel through time, suddenly was ripped and stolen. This caused KBD to lose memory along with everyone around Choi Hui Jin. After that, the talisman also has caused some rumors to emerged. It almost cause the death of the real Queen and KBD himself. I cried when CHJ thought KBD was really dead as she found out from the annals. Yoo In Na cried realistically! It was so heart-breaking to see her like that.. T_T Just imagine when you love someone so dearly, and suddenly you heard him died far far away from you that you couldn't even have a look at his dead body. Sob.. sob.. T_T
It was also sad to find out that Yoon Wol and the Master Buddha had died.. So the talisman had no use.. He couldn't even explain anything to her! He just disappeared without his own accord.. And CHJ was waiting and always anxiously waiting for him to come back.. It's so sad to see them separated like that.. T_T
So, in the end, with a heavy heart, KBD burned the talisman after writing a love letter to CHJ. CHJ has no memory whatsoever after that. But she started to feel something weird after she saw the love letter that has become an artifact now. Somehow she feel connected to KBD. The ridiculous thing is, she called KBD's phone after she started to remember those memories, and KBD's phone did ring! Even though he is 300 years apart from CHJ! Haha.. Ridiculous but I'll look pass this..
Of course there are a lot of cute, envious scenes too.. Actually I love all their kiss scenes!!! Keke~~ It's so romantic! And moreover, Ji Hyun Woo is defenitely my type of guy! =P He's probably not that very good-looking (for some people, i guess) but his smile is just so charming.. It makes my heart melts~~ Plus, I like tall guys.. Keke~~ I truly feel that they are actually really kissing.. Especially after I knew that they had feeling for each other while filming this drama.. Ji Hyun Woo seems like a really mature guy in real life, which is why I love him more..
Anyway, congratulation to Yoo In Na unnie and Ji Hyun Woo oppa!!!! Hope both of you have a really long and blissful life together!!!
"The ridiculous thing is, she called KBD's phone after she started to remember those memories, and KBD's phone did ring! Even though he is 300 years apart from CHJ! Haha.. Ridiculous but I'll look pass this.."
ReplyDelete----
for me, the phone, in a way, is the modern-day equivalent of the talisman in the sense that Heejin gave it to Boong-do out of love and a wish to protect him as well, so her intent was imbued in it. The phone also brought her to him the first time he was shot and went to the hospital. And if you think about it, the essential purpose of the phone has meaning in itself – it brings people together, across time and space; honestly, I thought it was a beautifully used storytelling device.
Further, I think the phone-transportation is not flawed nor a deux ex machina but a well-thought out plot by the writers. It is evident by how the writers make the phone a recurring motif through out the drama.
When HJ and BD were standing on the same ground in two different times during the documentary filming, HJ started to sense BD’s presence. Later, when BD decided to end his life by hanging himself, HJ felt BD’s pain and memories of him came rushing in.
These string of MEMORIES that they share and the LOVE they have for each other is what triggered the time-leap transportaion and not the PHONE per se.
For me, the ending makes sense — thematically, narratively and emotionally.