Hmm....... What did you say? You haven't seen this?
Hmmmm... Then, in that case, Just Imagine:
Instead of a King, you have a Queen.
Instead of a bad Auntie, you have a bad Uncle.
Instead of a scandal involving the King and the Aunt, you have the Aunt and Uncle.
Instead of a free-go-lucky girl-turned-princess, you have a guy-turned prince.
Instead of nice clothes, imagine the opposite.
Instead of Alfred, you have the Worry Bear (picture at the bottom page)
Anyway.
The gist:
Delivery-Boy, Kang Hoo, found out that he's actually the last direct decendent in the royal line of the current queen. In the palace, he met and fell in love with Yang Soon Yi, the palace maid-turned-court lady-turned-Royal Academy-student-turned-Court-interpreter-turned..........hang on....this sounds like Daejanggeum's career story..... Anyway, a scandal here and a scandal there, a sacrifice here and a sacrifice there, and you have 20 episodes of stale bread.
I alwats tell myself: DON'T BLAME THE ACTORS...They're just soing their part.
I mean, let's face it, even with a beautiful cast, screenwriters Do Yeong Myeong & Lee Jae-soon cannot beat Park So Hee's brilliant writings.
Choi Dong-Wook...I mean, Se7en........he had not-so-good reviews about his acting when the drama first screened. I have read the reviews, and was anticipating as much. But I was actually surprised that he was not too bad, really. I mean, he was believable as a miserable prince, trying his best to fit in. I am looking forward to more movies/dramas with Se7en as the lead. I think he will improve. 꼭.
She's looking pretty here and she's looking very Kim Tae Hee here
Heo E-Jae ....who IS this woman? she's so beautiful (I hope it's not plastic). from some angles, she looks like Kim Tae Hee. I enjoyed her scenes. Her refreshing acting and interesting character provided a nice respite from the morbidness that surrounded the palace.
Kang Du ....Who? Eh? Who? A Singer? Who? Which group? Solo? Really? Kang Du Who? I felt sorry for the hairstyle that he has to put up with during the first couple of episodes. And those 70's black glasses......Luckily Se7en accidentally knocked those glasses off during one sparring scene. I secretly think that Kang Du purposely ad-libbed that scene to get rid of those ghastly glasses. Kand Du's character grew on me as the drama progresses, because Prince Joon is not a nasty person. He's a good person who loves Yang Nai unconditionally. Aw....a chocolate brownie prince....
Park Shin-Hye...Trying to imagine her as a bad girl is like trying to imagine Sung Si Kyung singing off-key.....It just WON'T work! Lucckkkiilllyyyy....she became a good girl in the end.
Overall, I was kinda disappointed because I was hoping that those bad reviews that I read were just prejudiced because of the comparisons with Goong. But they were right.
I hope there won't be Goong T, Goong V etc... the only Goong sequel that I WANT to watch will be Park So Hee's Chapter 13 onwards.
