Well-scripted Historical Drama
I am not a fan of fantasy dramas or body-swapping dramas, but this has to be one of the best I've watched. All characters fit their persona, and even from the interactions with other characters, you can distinguish each. You will lose track of time as you watch the drama. In one day, I was able to finish nine episodes. The comedy is great. There is visible character development. The main male lead played a role in Crash Landing on You, a great actor. From the first episode, you are also immediately being educated about Korean history and culture. As the show progresses, you can see much more (I even memorized the Korean Kings' song thanks to the first episode). I love the outro, it really fits the drama, the ost is so unique and very enjoyable. Overall, a great show. I would rewatch the drama.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Oh My Tummy Hurts!!!
My Two Bits:Here's how it went for me:
Hahaha
Oh Shit... Hahahahahaha
Oh Oh No Way HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Damn... Hot and Weird
HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE
Damn... that made real tears đ
Die Already!!!!
Oh HOHOHOHOHO... Is this for real... HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ouch
It's Over... So soon??
Phew.... that was one incredible ride!!
The rest is just your personal preference after you've invested in at least 4 - 5 episodes of your life
1 from my many many Favorite Bits.... that cart ride HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
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Total Review
Drama is a must watch Korean drama. At first I thought it would be more like Scarlet heart ryeo but then the story plot was well written as well directed. I loved every bit of it, especially shin hye sun's performance. They way she portrayed queen cheorin is commendable. Not to forget our dear actor playing the king. The plots is very entertaining as well comedic in parts. The romantics scenes are swoon worthy. By each passing episode it grabs your attention as to what is gonna happen next. It always hangs you in a cliffhanger. It is a must watch in this period of pandemic. It has that good feel to it.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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A beast of a drama
This drama is a jack of all trade and a master of all it's all thanks to the writers/screen writers/director scenes are never boring or out of place there is a lot of wow/dramatic moments that would make you appreciate screen writing and when its funny its at home where it wants to be it mixes romance, comedy and sadness so well a moment you would be on your toes thinking what's gonna happen next the next moment your stomach muscles gonna be in so much pain from laugher it does everything it tries to do so well and it sprinkles the perfect choice of actors on top it's a fine meal.A ML inside a FL gender switch idea was so weird for me specially when he was talking in a voice of a male inside of the female body the first few episodes were so confusing as he liked the romance part but he wouldn't admit it and would fight it off 24/7 at that point a figured maybe there won't be so much romance and would be just a comedy drama until he/she fill into the second vegetative state and finally started self talk in her female voice (a part of her came back ) and from there the romance got a lot better.
The characters are all so loveable
King Cheoljong a cute pure person with so much to prove yet controlled for most of his reign getting stomped to the ground every time he tries to prove himself.
Kim So Yong , Jang Bong Hwan both are so alike yet so different in situation solving both seem to be confident and upfront they are so smart and so loyal yet so shy when it comes to loved once.
Grand Queen Dowager Sunwon and Kim Jwa Geun are the perfect partners in crime a tactical mastermind whose power was his knowledge and an emotional grand queen whose power was her position a perfect chemistry to make great villains.
great writing, great characters, great actors makes a great show
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Funny, Bold, Enticing -- the perfect KDrama
Can you imagine a drama where an overused and tired trope is presented in such a fresh and enticing way that you cannot help but REVEL in its GENIOUS?Are you looking to be surprised by a historical drama that's not entirely historical, has steamy romance, the perfect balance between politics, seriousness and COMEDY?
Do you want to watch a drama that is PURE COMEDY GOLD, that flows naturally and effortlessly?
WELL, LOOK NO MORE!!!
I have to say, I was sceptical going in. The trope of a person from the present travelling to the past/ soul-swapping/ period dramas are such overused settings that I believed nothing good would come of it. But boy, did they prove me wrong!
Any and all success of the drama goes to its writers and the actors. The female lead is AMAZING!!! There isn't a moment in the drama that you'd question if she's actually a man stuck in a woman's body. And the male voice-over -- he has the perfect honeyed voice of a casanova. I have to say that I miss it a bit.
The male and female leads have great chemistry and all the cast display a stellar performance.
This drama is like the perfect chilli hot chocolate -- it's rich, creamy, smooth and sweet (but not too sweet), and the spiciness just cuts through it to take you to heaven -- it gives you warmth and comfort on a cold winter night.
This drama is a godsend to remove the aftertaste of 2020.
Also, can we talk about the OST? It's sooooo good! A special shout-out to the 'Bong Hwan a' song because that just hits the spot.
P.S. Do not watch this drama in front of company because you'll be ugly laughing and snort-laughing. You'll have no time or inclination to laugh sweetly/politely.
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Best Historical K-Drama EVER
There are about a hundred positive words to describe this masterpiece of a drama, but the most suitable one I think would be âamazingâ. This drama really didnât let me down, and itâs 200% worth all the high reviews it has. âMr Queenâ had me laughing the entire time. I never got tired of it, and I promise you wonât as well!There are many factors to this, but the first thing I noticed was the stunning visuals of the actors/actresses. Whoa. The FL and ML portrayed their characters flawlessly, and so did the supporting roles! I really enjoyed Court Lady Choi and Hong Yeonâs characters! They were like the best besties anyone could ever ask for, haha. Additionally, the effortless chemistry between the leads deserves a pat on the back, because it was all too romantic and sweet. I especially liked Kim Soyongâs actress, because the way she fitted into the different personalities and roles was all too perfect. What really got me was her facial expressions!
Moving on, Iâd just have to mention the OST (music). From the moment Bong Hwan woke up in the queenâs body and starting running around, being chased by the palace maids and eunuchs, to the very last second of the drama, I could not sit down still while any of the theme songs were played. âBong Hwan Aâ, ââŠKeep Goingâ, and all the other songs had me dancing along, meanwhile âHere I Amâ had me shedding some tears and presenting some of my terrible vocals. Such wonderful songs for a wonderful drama!
Furthermore, I genuinely enjoyed the storyline as a whole. It was humorous most of the time, it was serious at others, and it was helplessly romantic too. A combination of all of these and you get a chefâs kiss drama. Mr Queen not only related to modern society, but also had lots of historical politics in there as well. Although most of it wasnât historically correct, I really liked the conflict between the Kim and Jo family, both in-court and in the inner palace. The only thing I would say about the plot is that I wish the ending couldâve been a little different. I think this, because Cheoljong first fell in love with Bong Hwanâs reckless and unrestrained attitude and behaviour, but when he returned to the modern world, the king didnât really notice or do anything about it. I donât know about you, but I lived for that version of Kim Soyong, and I felt a little disappointed with the finale when that side of her disappeared. In addition, I wouldâve also liked to see their baby in the end, but unfortunately we did not get to add that cuteness to this drama. However, it wasnât a big deal and I still really enjoyed it overall.
If youâre searching for a fantastic historical drama, I highly recommend âMr Queenâ. I guarantee that it will be the best one yet. So please do yourself a big favour and add this title to your watchlist! :)
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Appreciate the Brilliance of Shin Hye Sun in This Incredibly Entertaining Series!
I have seen Shin Hye Sun in three series before this one: Oh, My Ghost, Stranger, and most recently in Hymn of Death. All of the above are dramatic roles, and all I can say is, âOh, my God!â Her comedic chops are off the charts! She is nothing short of brilliant, stealing virtually every single scene that she is in! I compare her to Lucille Ball. While the rest of the cast is absolutely fantastic, this series doesnât work without Shin Hye Sunâs incomparable performance!Most body-switching movies and shows are same-gender switches. Iâve seen just a handful of cross-gender switches, and while they tend to go for comedic effects, the actors tend to overcompensate. The man exaggerates female characteristics such as speech and walking while the woman does the same. Shin Hye Sun, instead, goes for more subtlety and realism as a man whoâs suddenly been thrust into the body of the Queen. Jang Bong Hwan is a chef from the future, so he not only has to figure out how to live in the body of a woman but also a woman who also happens to be of royalty!
What we end up getting is some of the funniest and zaniest roles Iâve ever seen. Shin Hye Sun brilliantly doesnât even alter her speech very much. Just to the point in her smirk, the way she sits and communicates, which is Jang Bong Hwanâs style. In short, she gives us a very masculine queen as well as one from the future, who isnât afraid to inject current idioms, terms, and ideas into her speech, often causing hilarious confusion among the Joseon people from 200 years ago who have no idea what sheâs talking about. King Cheol Jong even begins keeping a Dictionary of the Queenâs Language in an attempt to understand her. He also has no idea why his once docile queen is now far more aggressive and direct in her speech and manners!
We are taken back to Joseon about 200 years in the past when a puppet king is being controlled by nearly everyone around him, but most notably by the Grand Queen Dowager, the Queen Dowager, and Kim Jwa Geun (the Grand Queen Dowagerâs brother). It did take me a few episodes to get the names down because there are so many. Basically, you have two rival families in the Kimâs and the Joâs who are vying for control of the country. The Queen is of the Kim family while the King is of the Jo family. Little do they realize that the King is far stronger than anyone realized or anticipated as he struggles to find a way to bring balance and contentment to his subjects, who mostly live in slavery and poverty. But the wild card in this drama is the Queen. No longer meek and docile, Jang Bong Hwan quickly decides that the Queen is nobodyâs puppet and nobodyâs fool. Instead, he figures out a way to understand his new role but also how to help the King gain power to stand up to those who would use him for their own purposes.
Iâve said this in numerous reviews already, but Koreans are masters of storytelling and always find a way to convey an uplifting message or something to think about to improve things. This series is no different. Overall, the series is comedic, but it does have some dramatic moments, some heart-wrenching ones, and also some inspiring ones too. In the end, we find that both King Cheol Jong and Queen Kim So Yong (after sheâs reverted back to herself without Jang Bong Hwan) have both changed (even if Jang Bong Hwan left behind a few seeds of influence!). Jang Bong Hwan, himself, realizes that he is no longer the same, self-serving man that he was before either. He wisely states, âPerhaps it isnât about trying not to be rotten, but instead cutting out what is rotten.â And that such an idea mightâin factâhelp to change the world, but it first begins with changing yourself. Gandhi himself stated as much when he said, âBe the change you wish to see in the world.â
This is simply one of the most delightful series Iâve seen, and it is literally rock solid from beginning to end. I kept waiting to see if the story would begin to falter or drop off slightly toward the end. It didnât. It kept me completely invested from beginning to end.
Unfortunately, the government in Joseon from 200 years ago proves that not much has changed in the world since that time. The rich still oppress the poor. The powerful still exploit the weak are always in search of ways to retain even more power. Mr. Queen gives us some food for thought; that just because that is how things are, it doesnât mean that nothing can be done or that they must somehow stay that way. King Cheol Jong and Queen Kim So Yong give us two examples of what can be done if will, determination, and courage are vested. Or perhaps one of my favorite quotes from Lord of the Rings: Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
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What if a modern man landed straight in the middle of your standard Joseon era plot, but into the body of the queen instead of the king?
The actress here (Shin Hye Sun) is really amazing, and plays all the bodily quirks, humor and slapstick in a truly wonderful way. The first 10 episodes sail along on her sheer acting ability plus some love triangle intrigue. The male actors that form the love triangle are a bit one note, but they show good connection with the actress.
It quickly became clear that no one knew how to end the plot, and the writers just stuck to the same themes and gimmicks of the first 10 episodes. The rest of the actors and plot devices are somewhat mediocre, and so everytime the main actress is off screen it was hard to pay attention.
By episode 17, I was skipping rapidly (I did finish it). Music was fine, I would not rewatch. I grade on other criteria:
Complex Themes: 6
Love can come in unexpected ways. Embracing what life throws at you with sincerity can be rewarding. The gender and body dynamics are not explored much at all.
Character Growth: 7.5
The male chef in Kim So Yong's body goes from being dismissive and treating it all as a game, to sincerely wanting to help the people he encounters, and feeling more open to emotions. It was an expected transformation, but still decently done.
Complex Women/Relationships Between Women: 7
There's lots of women characters but besides the main character, they are all somewhat caricatures with very thin backstories. Kim So Yong's rival was the only other female character that had a bit of depth.
Cinematography/Production Budget: 7
Competent, in the way most modern dramas are. But, the sets, costumes etc. all feel like you've seen them twenty times before. The fight scenes are fairly uninspired.
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Good premise
I really liked the ideaâa time slip gender swap. First couple episodes were hilarious. Unfortunately turned into a subpar sageuk. I actually really like sageuk, with all the political drama included, but the writers really missed a lot of opportunities for anachronistic humor and examinations into Bong Hwan finding his feminine side. That said, it might be a good starter for sageuk newbies as itâs on the lighter side and doesnât assume youâre well-read in Korean history. I actually prefer Scarlet Heart Ryeo for a similar feel but a deeper understanding.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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A melhor comédia romùntica do ano?
Entrou com certeza para um dos melhores dramas que eu jå assisti. Sou uma amante de dramas e filmes de comédia e esse drama estå perfeito. Em TODOS os episódios eu consegui me divertir bastante assistindo. E pra ser sincera, depois dos episódios especiais eu sinto cheiro de uma segunda temporada e no momento NECESSITO para sobreviver.Não é meu primeiro dramas com os principais, e posso dizer que eles mudaram a imagem que eu tinha sobre eles (que era boa também) para melhor.
Shin Hye Sun teve uma performance incrĂvel, ultrapassou todos os sentimentos pela sua atuação maravilhosa magnificamente. Eu ri, chorei, gritei de raiva, me decepcionei junto dela. Acredito que nesse drama ela se superou, conseguido colocar tudo de sĂ. Nesse trabalho ela juntou todos os seus anos de experiĂȘncia em um sĂł. E aqueles olhares com raiva na hora da vingança? Uau, apenas. IncrĂvel.
Kim Jung Hyun, um ator versåtil que conseguiu superar todas as minhas expectativas. Eu jå conhecia ele por Waikiki e Crash Landing On You e sei o quão bom atuando em comédias ele é. Ver todas as cenas de ação, seus picos de raiva, o olhar vingativo e mais.. Foi inovador e surpreendente para mim. E eu amei, apenas amei ver o quão valorizado seus trabalhos estão sendo. Por que ele é um ator foda.
Eu não esperava muito do drama por que recentemente muitos dramas novos de "comédia" tem sido bem diferente para mim. Mas ainda bem que assisti esse, não me arrependo de jeito nenhum.
Eu estava preocupada com o final, por que muitas pessoas estavam insatisfeitas e refazendo o final no youtube. EntĂŁo pensei que ia ter morte dos principais ou algo do tipo.
Foi um final bom, entendo o Bong Hwan voltar para os tempos modernos. Afinal, sempre acreditei que ele tinha voltado ao passado apenas para ajudar o Rei.
E pensei que assim como eu muitas pessoas tinham percebido que as não era só o Bong Hwan no corpo da So Yong, estavam os dois ali e eles trocavam e seus sentimentos se misturavam. Mas vi tanta gente falando da Rainha, que pensei até que eu estava tendo uma visão errada kkkkk
E apenas vou citar o meu Ăłdio e pena pelo primo lĂĄ, o vermelho. Cara, se ela negou na sua cara milhares de vezes que gosta de vocĂȘ POR QUE insiste? Inconveniente e chato, porĂ©m nĂŁo mereceu a morto que teve, afinal do inĂcio ao fim mesmo do jeito chato dele ele protegeu a rainha do inĂcio ao fim. Era um cara legal, merecia mais.
Court Lady Choi, A MELHOR. Todas as expressÔes dela me fizeram chorar litros de rir. Quando ela gritava "MAMA!", eu ria pra caramba.
Eu penso que uma segunda temporada com o mesmo elenco nos tempos modernos não seria loucura, seria um presente dos céus para nós. Assim como muitoa dramas de época onde envolvem viajem no tempo tem. E o final dos episódios especiais me deu a sensação que TALVEZ no futuro tenhamos algo do tipo e eu estarei aqui assistindo e apoiando.
E pra finalizar, a melhor ost.
BONG HWAN-NAAAA~~~
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I can't give this show a small grade bc it brought me a LOT of joy, laughs and heart-warming moments. I tried not to ship the main couple because I knew this could happen in the end, but the writers made such an effort to make us ship them, and root for their journey that there was no other way. In the end, this show was about the love story of two men and the writers were too coward to give it the ending it deserved, it comes across as unfair both to the characters as to the viewers. Nevertheless, I'd definitely recommend watching this show since all 19 episodes before the finale are a must watch. The characters are all highly interesting and nicely built and Shin Hye Sun makes the watch worth it! Unfortunately, the ending may give a bitter taste on your mouth. Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Extremely entertaining and fresh but an ending that might leave you dissatisfied
Firstly, if you do decide to see this drama, please bare in mind that you should not watch it seriously and be bothered by the logical repercussions of certain actions depicted. I actually wanted to give it a 10 purely on the basis of the ENTERTIANMENT VALUE this drama has but I did not due to my disheartened viewpoint regarding its ending.Reasons you should watch:
-The Queen (Bong-Hwan) and the King understanding one another and slowly falling in love.
-The perfectly timed comedy that save all the serious moments too from getting overly-dramatic.
-The support cast add a lot to the story and are full of characters with distinct personalities.
-Never not entertaining- there is no dull movement and I would wait each week for this drama to take me by surprise.
-Brilliant modern day references incorporated in the Joseon Era.
-Last but not the least, THE ACTING. Shin Hye Sun does emerge as the star playing two characters with different genders simultaneously but Kim Jung-Hyun does an equally good job! Scenes were they are together- none overpower the other and they seamlessly deliver powerful performances. The entire support cast does an excellent job too.
My one and only complaint:
-The ending. I do not want to include spoilers in the review and so I wonât expand on this but it sort of undermines the purpose of the journey BH and CJ shared as CJ fell in love with BH as the Queen.
The ending might not sit well with you just as it did not with me but I do see people interpreting this as a happy one as well. However, I would still go on to say the show was refreshing, entertaining, comic, surprisingly romantic and worth a watch!
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