One of its kind kdrama with good OTP
No wonder W is one of the more iconic kdramas of the new era. It's high concept and way ahead of its time with the parallel worlds and cartoon characters transported into the real world. Even the visuals, how they depicted the webtoon stuff blending into real world stuff is impressive. It may not have executed all it set out to do without hiccups, but I had lots of fun going along for the ride.Among writer Song Jae Jung dramas, I still have a soft spot for Memories of the Alhambra the most, yes it's also a mess, but maybe I watched it first, and Hyun Bin! He might be more well-known and dreamy in CLOY, but he was so good in Alhambra. I loved the Alhambra romance, but wished it had more like W, where the OTP felt more epic, Kang Chul and Oh Yeon Joo have been through a lot.
I love how the W romance has a little bit of everything: time-travelling partner concept, and pining for a loved one who lost memories of you, which I'm weak for. Song Jae Jung is partial to her 'very very nice to a fault' heroines but I have to admit Han Hyo Joo's Oh Yeon Joo had more to do, than Park Shin Hye in Alhambra. Solid W cast: Lee Jong Suk is still the undisputed king of aegyo acting, and tortured heroine Han Hyo Joo was good, but dad Kim Eui Sung shone the most doing dual roles.
I admit it got a bit all confusing there towards the end, with new 'out of nowhere' rules being introduced to make each episode more exhilarating, but this is such a breakthrough kdrama that I can forgive it for that. W just cements the fact I'll always be how 'Oh Yeon Joo is to Kang Chul' at every Song Jae Jung drama: I'll be the sucker fan who'll wish for her drama's happy ending, despite all the ??? in the end.
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Pity...
A very nice concept stands as basis for this show's plot. Nice and original.That should be enough as reason for a high rating. However, for the rest I might say that the chance to have something epic was just wasted. Pity...
The cast is good, the acting was more than convincing, the music good, also the CGI was well developed, but it was the story that at a certain moment started derailing towards a complete, confused anarchy. The solidity of a story stands into the presence of a structure within which the story itself moves. The structure was initially present, but episode after episode it was simply dismantled and the story potentially could turn into whatever without any logic or sense. Funny thing is that the final itself was "explained" as a consequence of the rules governing the interaction between the two worlds: someone should explain me at this point why someone had to disappear, while the only reason behind the reviving of another one was that the W. world started working independently... So, both of them could have been survived, because there no longer were any rules. Hurray for the fantasy, that's sure, but not for ridiculousness. To explain what I mean, I might say that a good webtoon is the one which has an actual story to tell, a credible one, where the rules and the boundaries are clear or it is just a waste of paper and ink.
In addition to this, some nonsense hit the villains' characters. I understand that the predetermined fate for each of them should be the reason for some illogical actions taken by the same. But the continuous obsession towards the leads, at a certain point became paradoxical and not well credible.
The free will that the W characters start showing and which should be the main reason for their changing from toons to humans, is itself incredibly not explained, not clarified, thus not convincing. Why, for what reason all of that happened? Why did they start acting and choosing on their own and no longer following the plot decided by their creator?
Who knows?
Pity, really...
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Quand les héros traversent la frontière entre le réel et la fiction
Le principe du personnage réel entrant dans le monde fictif, ou du personnage fictif sortant du livre ou de l’écran, ce n’est pas vraiment neuf, mais ça ouvre un univers de réflexion sur le rapport entre l’auteur et ses personnages, le pouvoir qu’ils ont les uns sur les autres.Il y a aussi dans le drama l’idée que les personnages prennent le pouvoir sur l’auteur, le webtoon se continuant par lui-même, les personnages se mettant à avoir leur autonomie de choix et de décisions.
Là dessus se greffent des enquêtes policières, des ambitions politiques, et la traditionnelle histoire d’amour (je dois dire que j’aurais eu beaucoup de mal à résister à Kang Chul, c’est le héros parfait, et c’est normal, étant le héros d’une BD ! Bon il a des choix vestimentaires discutables, mais c’est la Corée du Sud, certain type de héros ne peut pas s’habiller comme tout le monde ! )
Ce que j’admire dans le drama c’est la cohérence incroyable pour expliquer, justifier tout ce qui est justement totalement impossible et incohérent, sauf la toute fin, qui est « bien », mais là difficilement explicable, même en restant dans l’hypothèse de départ de l’histoire.
Je n’ai pas fait attention à la BO, donc elle est bonne pour moi. Les acteurs sont bons, même si j’aimerais voir de temps en temps un pli, une ride d’expression sur le visage si (trop) lisse de Lee Jong Suk.
je recommande donc, si vous pouvez accepter l’idée de départ !
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LJS's another masterpiece--
●W is a popular comic series in the series and ends up turning into real life when the girl gets sucked into the comic and basically she’s livin a fake life in a comic --●This gets complicated when the plot of the comic happens next to next in real life and there is our villain who is all out to get them ...
●It’s super complicated because this girl is literally falling for a cartoon character who isn’t real
●THIS IS A MUST WACTCH FOR THE MYSTERY GENRE LOVER FANZs
●Rewatch value is more than average because it will have a spell on u after u start binge watchin this
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The last half of the drama lost me. It was confusing and felt unorganized. I felt that the romance lost my interest and that the story just felt flat. The characters never grew on me like I hoped they would. And the final episode was terrible, it left me with more question than answers. I gave this dramas story a 8 because I did really enjoy the first half of the drama.
The acting was good, Lee Jong Suk never disappoints me. Han Hyo Joo did a good job to, this was my first time seeing her on screen. I thought all of the actors and actress did a very good job.
The music was not good in my opinion. I really don't remember any song that stood out to me in the drama.
I have no plan on rewatching this drama.
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W Two Worlds reseña
Vi este drama por primera vez hace bastante tiempo pero reconozco que lo he vuelto a ver ya un par de veces más. Empezaremos hablando de los actores protagonistas que son absolutamente maravillosos en sus respectivos papeles, tienen una química que traspasa la pantalla y creo que interpretaron muy bien sus papeles. Sé que hay gente que piensa que hacía el final baja el nivel pero para mí no fue para tanto, la verdad es que yo lo disfruté entero, prueba de ello es las veces que lo he vuelto a ver. Si os gusta este tipo de géneros que incluyen la fantasía, el romance etc os gustará este drama seguro. Para mi es de esos dramas que está en mi lista de dramas de 10.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Slow in parts but still good
8/10 is my rating. This is a 2016 South Korean action drama with 16, 70 minute episodes.Oh Yeon-Joo (Han hyo-Joo) is a resident physician with a famous cartoonist as her father. Yeon-Joo's father authors a very popular Korean webtoon titled "W". Many women are half in love with the dashing and charismatic lead in the webtoon, Kang Chul (Lee Jong-suk). Oh Yeon-Joo is not immune to the charm of the webtoon character and when she finds herself pulled into the webtoon world as the savior of Kang Chul, her interest in him grows. Kang Chul was an Olympic shooter whose entire family was shot in cold blood and he was the prime suspect and spent years in prison after being falsely accused of the crime by an overzealous prosecutor with political aspirations. He is eventually acquitted on legal technicalities and goes on to become the rich and powerful CEO of a company. He also fights crime through an organization he established during his quest to find the real killer of his family. The two worlds start to collide as the artist's tablet becomes a portal between the two worlds.
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Почему стоит смотреть?
Первая причина — Ли Чон Сок, а вторая все твои мечты... ахахаха Ладно, вторая причина — графика. На мой взгляд это первая подобная дорама, в которой сочетаются рисовка и реальный мир и это капец как эстетично, красиво и необычно *_* Ну и детективный сюжет сам по себе интересен, правда как по мне концовка слишком смазана =(Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Watchable, Memorable, but Not Exactly a Masterpiece.
I loved W as soon as I started it; charming lead actors and performances by the supporting cast carry the show and tightly woven storyline. Unfortunately I can't say that the storyline, as fully written-out that it is, is paced well. I felt like the story, which sweeps from intense event to intense event with uneven gaps in-between, is unique but tiresome.W is a memorable story, exciting because of its new concepts with surprisingly fun action. I re-watched the series because the story stuck in my mind; or so I thought. The concept and settings of the story make it memorable, not the carry-out.
I recommend this drama as a classic action-fantasy day to day drama. It's not too emotionally deep which makes it a light watch. If you are a casual watcher of K-dramas, I bet that you'll enjoy it just as much or more as myself.
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So yeah Set in a comic x real cross world , this was very very very written if not taken :3 I admit it was executed good but there are some parts of the drama which just didn't work for me .
Lee Jong Suk's character in the drama is everything you should watch the drama for , No , Literally he's perfect ! Exceptional performance and utmost pleasing visuals , what-else can you ask for .. he's such a bias wrecker ! yeah so , his character goes through a lot and every bit , you'll feel it . but for the female lead , Han Hyo Joo is undoubtedly and exceptional actress , it would be very idiotic to say other wise but it didn't hit me for her in this drama , at least not until i went halfway through , she felt like a sister to him , if anything else ..
The romance is just there but like it's just sitting there , because it has to . The chemistry didn't really work out well.
The drama's strong point is suspense and it does justice to that untill .. 10th ? episode >.< it felt like a drag from there but until up 10th the cliff hangers are a thing and they'll literally make you eat off your fingers along with your nails lol In the end , wanna see Lee jong suk in a really really good role ? go for it ! even if not you can still watch this a time or two .
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MUITO COMPLICADO E TEDIOSO
Muito dificil de entender a historia.Trilha sonora achei fraca..
Eu dei uma chance pra esse dorama por ler muita gente falando que ele era maravilhoso, e eu nao queria dropar pq o prota é o meu favorito.. Nao dropei mas nao gostei.
Eu nunca havia assistindo um dorama com essa atriz e me surpreendi, ela é linda.
e fora a quimica perfeita que eles tiveram desde o inicio, o sukinho sabe como derreter coracoes.
O song bong carregou a comedia nas costas, ele é muito medroso e da muitos gritos estericos
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