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I enjoy fantasy and historical dramas. Nightwatchman's Journal is not a masterpiece nor is it trash. Let me begin with the bad points. The drama was repetitive, but the repetition was necessary for the growth of the team.The plot of the drama is simple. Good versus evil. Good wins.
Drama made several attempts to show the imperfections of the world such as mental illness, political greed, misusing tax money, misdirected love, and doubt. The drama ended answering a few of the imperfections.
Acting
The good points are the performance by the Kim Heung Soo and Ko Sung Hee. King Heung Soo played King Rin. His performance was exceptional. He stole every scene he was in. Now So Kung Hee played Do Ha. She was so convincing that over 90% of the viewers completely forgot she was illiterate and from the mountains.
I would rewatched this drama simply because I enjoy fantasy dramas.
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I found myself routing for the "bad" guy. I couldn't help it. Kim Sung Oh was the best actor in the entire drama. He has more charisma in his pinky than all of the other actors combined. His portrayal of Sadam is excellent. I'm a fan of Jung Il Woo and he does fine as Rin. There was just something missing. I think it is because there was a lack of chemistry between him and the other actors. I don't know who Kim Sung Oh is, but she is a sucky actress. It is part story line and partly her acting as Do Ha. I could have cared less about what happened to her by the end. She should be ashamed that Yunho (who is a mediocre actor at best) had more chemistry with the prince than she did with either of them. The rest of the actors are fine. Oh but the crazy girl, Soo Ryeon, played by See Ye Ji also was just horrible. Do these actresses really think the same expression is good for every emotion? They just widen their eyes a little and they think that is enough. Blah. I only gave the acting a higher score because of Kim Sung Oh.
The music is annoying at times. For crying out loud...if they are going to sing English words then they should make sense.
I will never rewatch this.
I don't recommend this drama. It isn't horrible, but it isn't the greatest either. Watch at your own risk.
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The acting and direction was ok. The story drags out far to long, sadly taking the edge of the excitement. If you love fantasy and you need to kill 24 hours, this can be the drama for you.
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In terms of acting and cast, I knew no one coming into the drama, but I managed to connect myself with the cast. Casting, in my opinion, was good, but acting consistency severely hurt this crew. Each cast member had long strides of weak performances, from not believable expressions to lack of enthusiasm, but then they had nice spurts of above average acting. This acting/cast portion of rating is sort of a mixed bag of emotions for me, but it definitely isn't as bad as I've seen a lot of people saying it is (nor is it as great as others have said, either).
Music throughout the drama was standard. I heard tracks replayed often and that goes for the BGM as well. While the OST was standard and not much stood out to me, the BGM was very fitting, just overly used, so it lost its sparkle as the drama progressed.
As for re-watch value, I know for a fact that I won't be The Night Watchman. After a while, I felt like I was forcing myself to watch it because I already invested a lot of time into its weekly releases, so I figured I would finish all 24 episodes.
Overall, my stance toward this drama is neutral. I don't regret finishing it since the finale week was that great, but at the same time, the journey to reach this awesome ending was somewhat hellish. I completely understand why watchers dropped this drama by the mass, but I feel if you as a viewer have a stronger tolerance for slow-paced dramas, you might be pleasantly surprised by what The Night Watchman can give you.
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Non mi ha convinta
Non sono mai stata una fan dei drama soprannaturali, per cui ci ho messo un po' a decidere se vedere questo oppure no. Ma mi era piaciuto l'attore protagonista in altre serie, e quindi mi sono lanciata nell'impresa.A parte qualche esagerazione, l'elemento fantasy ė accettabile, per cui ho visto tutte le puntate senza lamentarmi.
In realtà non é così male, ma ė davvero un continuo "faccio", "salvo il mondo", "Sadam ti sconfiggo", "mi vendico"...e poi? Di continuo siamo da capo: lei si fa prendere ogni volta come una pera, la tipa in fissa con Rin ė praticamente inutile, sanno che Sadam ė in giro ma non prendono provvedimenti...cioè parecchio buttato lì più volte il tutto.
Mi pare che ci fossero le potenzialità per un drama migliore.
É anche vero però che alla fine due lacrimoni mi sono venuti, quando il re ha capito che Rang era la mamma. Quindi penso che almeno lui trasmettesse qualcosa.
Ho apprezzato Moo Seok, ok, magari più l'attore che il personaggio, mentre mi aspettavo di più da Sang Heon. Sadam, pazzo totale. Bravo l"attore direi. Di Do Ha ho già detto, proprio ameba.
Mi ė piaciuta la musica. Forse quella più rock non c'entrava molto a volte ma ė il mio genere preferito, quindi ok lo stesso.
Finale un po' così così, ma ho visto di peggio in questo senso.
Non penso che sarà tra i miei rewatch, ma 7 lo dò.
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This drama should be parked under comedy genre
LIKEEverything was good up until the kidnapping happened
Sa Dam's efforts were always being wasted and he ended up... - hilarious
DISLIKE
One was kidnapped, then got saved and the cycle repeated multiple times
Shouldn't there be any guards to protect the victiim?
MUSIC
Quite nice but I don't have any personal fav
REWATCH VALUE
It doesn't matter if I re-watch or not
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Watching men
The drama attempted to explore the supernatural realm through the eyes of night watchmen which were a small tiny portion of a drama titled after them. The drama actually had a reasonable start but a few episodes later it got lost and scattered with no clear direction. It got increasingly messy the longer it went as it was struggling to fill its 24 episodes. There were some strange out of place pieces of dialogues that can be labeled as incoherent nonsense. In addition, a lot of inconsistencies with the characters, poor motives and sudden changes contrary to their established and developed character. The OST was awful, it was like listening to a bad cover band in a dive bar. There were moments that caught my attention but they fizzled out quicker than a damp firecracker.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
