King2Hearts (2012)

Masterpiece. I actually don fancy action drama so much but I give a 10 ratings to King 2 Heart. Thanks to our leads Lee Seung Ki and Ha Ji Won. LSK has the spoilt kid look but brainy. HJW as usual a action lady just like in Secret Garden.I would admit the new guy Eun Si Kyung is very good in carrying his role as royal guard. Who is this guy? Its thriller, Lee Seung Ki is really good in his role as the King. I just hate it whats happen to Eun Si Kyung on episode 17. I really enjoy their WOC, I think I am going to enroll in on of the boot camp game. I think its fun. Overall, the story is great...co operation as team, love and trust is all about. Great drama.

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This is my first review so sorry if it sound weird ~.~ or I've made it too long and you've lost interst....

I really liked this drama because it had an intimidating, crazy, power-hungry antagonizer/bad guy which may sound cliché but this one really gave me goosebumps. First off, Yoon Je Moon's acting belittled the protagonist/good guys not because he was physically intimidating or that he shouted at them, in fact some may call him a "fat man" with a load of acne scares, but it was because he was so calm and relaxed as though he had all the cards...as if he knew all along that he would win. It was that especially what made me always tense up and worry for his victims.

What I didn't like was some of the foreigner's acting sometimes it felt stiff and awkward but overall their part in the Drama was very effective and showed Kim Bong Gu's (aka Yoon Je Moon)influence around the world. But some of the attention to the details was missing e.g. one of Yoon Je Moon's right hand man (or should I say woman) grew up in England yet she had an Aussie accent. But then again it's audience is the Korean people so I guess they wouldn't mind. So overall the Drama was flawless.

I know that you should never believe everything that the Media tells you, but stories are made from some truth, so this drama gave me an understanding of what the royal family's role is in society is particularly since the country that I live in-England-has a rather famous Royal family *cough, cough*!!! ^.^

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i find the story somehow cute but i couldn't accept many things
somehow i like and dislike and i felt the plot many times was shallow

first of all the character of the Female Lead didn't convince me at all
she was one of the top special forces so how come she is with that weak personality

the male lead i dislike what he did to the Female Lead for a long time with no need till he admitted he loved her
and i was fond more with the story of the second leads and i was so frustrated when they killed him

the story could be more deeper than that

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Where to begin? WHERE TO BEGIN!??? I honestly don't know! It is simply marvellous! Actually no scrap that, there are no words that can possibly do it justice, although I must say Rita's review hit the nail on the head and I fear my review will be a mere nonsensical ramble now xD.

Righto, I'll attempt to do this drama the justice it deserves with my prattling.
Initially I honestly thought it would be your typical Korean rom-com. In fact that is the precise reason I chose to watch it in the first place as I was in the mood for something lighthearted, filled with abundant humour after having seen a drama of a more serious and tragic nature. Well boy was I in for a surprise, and a pleasant surprise at that because it not only satisfied my yearning for pure romance and comedy but it was simultaneously, beautifully packaged up with real life issues. Issues in relation to politics, the opinions of the masses, the ravaging nature of the media and how they love to latch on to anything that'll catch the public's attention, (in other words: scandalous), patriotism, trust not only in yourself but those around you, and of course love, to mention but a few.
Love in this drama is portrayed in such a pure and powerful way. It highlights just how far it can go when accompanied with mutual faith and trust. Truly something to admire.

The acting was impeccable and the chosen instrumental themes (perhaps I'm a tad biased here as I adore instrumental and classical music) in my eyes, or rather ears, was simply both elegant and spine tingling! It had the desired effect on me, that I can safely say unless of course my reactions were just plain bizarre and abnormal (which wouldn't really be a surprise! :P). Ha Ji-won and Lee Seung-gi make a such a wonderful duo in this drama, they honestly do. They'll have you bawling your eyes out with tears of joy, sorrow and even plain shock! The two of them have definitely won me over, although technically I'd already been a fan of Ha Ji-won's work (I'm a huge fan of her strong female roles) so saying she's won me over with her performance in here would be a bit of a fib. Lee Seung-gi on the other hand, it was actually my first time seeing him in action. I hadn't a clue what his acting was like, his quirks, or the sorts of dramas/movies he's usually involved in, so seeing him for the first time in all his glory, and talent added to the overall spectacular feel of the drama.

Seriously guys, just watch it! This drama is not something anyone can possibly hate with every cell in their body. It is just not possible to hate it so, unless you're referring to the villains, in which case it is perfectly fine to do so (personally speaking, the insanity of the main villain and even his lackeys was something I found to be both incredulously hilarious and infuriating - still it only added to the little gem that this drama is). Go on, WATCH IT!!! You're bound to fall in love with it ^_^.

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You could skip this one if you're not drawn by the synopsis - you're not missing much

Kings2Hearts has been on my Plan To Watch list for a while. I was intrigued to watch it because it was a highly recommended drama, especially for Descendants of the Sun lovers, which I am. I liked quite a few things about this drama such as the story being about North and South Korea having peaceful negotiations between each other and the royalty plot concept for the main characters.

I initially dropped this drama after a couple episodes in and didn't come back to it for months because I found Ha Ji Won's character to be very inconsistent. But since dropping this drama, I ended up watching quite a few dramas with Ha Ji Won and Lee Seung Gi and I was itching to see them in something else and kept coming back to this one. I pushed through the poor initial character writing of Ha Ji Won's character in the beginning of King2Hearts and found a pretty decent story with some nasty twists and a SUPER crazy (truly insane) villain.

Overall, I feel just so-so about this drama. I found certain things exceptionally enjoyable to watch, but I found other things uninteresting to me. Probably my favorite episode was when the Koreans are competing in the WOC competition - that was cool and pretty intense!
The romance between the 2 MC's was okay, but I wasn't swooning over them or anything. The side characters were also pretty decent and enjoyable to watch.

The only real negative to this drama I found was that it didn't *have* to be 20 episodes. I think they could have definitely shrunk down the plot to fit into 16 episodes and that would have removed a lot of the B.S. of the bad guys winning or plotting again and AGAIN. -.- I found it annoyingly redundant by the end (but the resolution was good, so I wasn't too annoyed anymore haha).

Something I'd also like to note - I've done a lot of research on North Korea and read a lot of defector testimonials/autobiographies out of my own interest and curiosity....the portrayal of North Korea is entirely unrealistic and romanticized in this drama, which is fine, since it's a piece of fiction, but it *was* something I noticed.

King2Hearts isn't a drama I would go out of my way to recommend and I won't be watching it again.... It just wasn't good enough to warrant that kind of admiration. It wasn't a waste of time and if you have a real hankering for Ha Ji Won or Lee Seung Gi, it'll definitely satisfy you.

The OST was well-placed, but nothing terribly remarkable.

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The most thrilling drama I've ever seen. FOR SURE.

This was a mixture of romance and action. And it was just great. It was soo interesting that I would go crazy if I couldn't see the next episode right away.

The storyline was a masterpiece. Even though there were ONE "solution" at the end I didn't like, I can't say it ruined the drama.
There were sad parts, aslo cute and romatic parts,but mostly it was filled with action - thrilling and interesting parts.

Actors were brilliant!
I'm not a rewatcher and I wouldn't rewatch it because it's not that interesting as you already know what will happen, but there are some scenes I would like to watch again.

I'll give it 9 points because I only give 10 to my most favourite ones. It's very good, but not my absolute favourite. sorry..

But still, I strongly recommend you to watch this drama. It's a drama with a strong and thrilling storyline and it won't leave you unaffected.

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Uchronie qui remet un Roi sur le trône de Corée du Sud, avec une femme soldat de Corée du Nord.

J’ai été embarquée dans ce drama comme dans une traversée de tempête, comme quand le navire tangue et roule et menace à tout instant de couler !
Je m’y suis mise dans le cadre de ma nouvelle et violente addiction à Lee Seung Ki(et naturellement il y est génial, mais j’y reviendrai) mais c’est le drama lui-même qui m’a emballée au sens propre du terme.
D’abord l’idée excellente de ce royaume constitutionnel de Corée du Sud. Ce n’était pas inédit, mais justement le souvenir d’ennui profond et de larmoiements de « Goong » m’en avait tenue éloignée malgré de nombreux avis positifs croisés ça et là. Mais pas d’ennui ici ! Le reconstitution de ce royaume fictif est excellente, on s’y croit vraiment. De rebondissements en complots, de déclaration de guerre imminente en enlèvements et assassinats divers, on n’arrête jamais !
La relation amoureuse entre le Prince et l’Officier des forces spéciales (dit comme ça, ça fait bizarre ! ) est très bien menée, pas du tout évidente au début, puis de plus en plus profonde et forte. Le Roi donne parfaitement l’image de l’homme de bonne volonté qui se heurte aux obstacles politiques et économiques d’une dure réalité.
Tous les personnages sont passionnants, le Capitaine d’une fidélité à toute épreuve, le Secrétaire général au cœur partagé, la Princesse frivole et en même temps durement touchée, sans oublier l’horrible Homme de l’ombre, vrai machiavel démoniaque, qu’on a envie de tuer tout de suite… mais alors plus de drama, car il est quand même l’élément moteur essentiel de l’histoire.
Je rajoute une bande son magnifique, des musiques variées, parfaitement adaptées aux scènes, et même les chansons sont belles et parfaitement discrètes !
Donc ce drama est parfait ! Parfait ? Non, la perfection n’est pas de ce monde !
Les défauts : Le Méchant frôle parfois la caricature et la vraisemblance de son pouvoir est parfois limite.
Les Nord-coréens sont d’une grande bonne volonté (on aimerait voir Kim Jong Eun comme ça ! ) frisant parfois le bisounours, Une certaine tragédie aurait pu être évitée, elle n’ajoute rien, sauf une obligation de pleurer (et j’ai pleuré ! )
La façon de parler bizarrement « gamine » de l’Officier !
Mais j’ai réfléchi à ces défauts minimes parce que j’ai essayé d’être objective, après avoir fini, parce que pendant, on n’y pense pas ! On fonce !
Un mot quand même sur Lee Seung Ki : encore une fois son talent dans l’émotion éclate dans les scènes émouvantes, l’expressivité de son regard est incroyable ! Frappé d’un chagrin immense, les larmes lui jaillissent positivement des yeux ! Son investissement est total, sa sincérité et sa justesse aussi !! Bref, je l’adore ! Mais maintenant j’attends de lui un rôle où il ne serait pas odieux au début pour finir dans la perfection totale !!
En conclusion, ce drama est très très recommandable !

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So this drama ended up having two things: some of the most heartfelt and well-written scenes in dramaland: between the King and his beloved, between the previous King and the new King, between the King and his friend, between Hang Ah and her father, etc, etc, and 2) some of the poorest execution of a portrayal of international folks out there.

I loved King2Hearts a lot, (like a lot), but it had the MOST ATROCIOUS "American" "actors" I had ever seen....then and still now. I don't know where they found those people, but they weren't American, for sure. However, what was even worse was that they were such bad actors it was embarrassing, and it made their scenes unwatchable. The villains were so bad it became cartoonish (and not cartoonish like anime or something cool.)

And I want to go on record here disagreeing with anyone who is being negative about the FL's character - either her accent or her voice or how she looks. Ha Ji Won could turn her character from cutesy and sweet into a badass in seconds - that's acting skill, folks.

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An excellent drama with a great casting

It's one of my favorite dramas. I just finished it watching for the second time and still made me emotional, not matter that I knew what was coming, I laughed and cried anyway. I'm usually emotional (with dramas), but this is one of the few that actually made me feel, really feel. I love, love, love the main characters. The female lead is amazing, such a complex character, a believable human being. And the male lead... wow! It's one of my favorite developments of a character the one of Jae Ha, he becoming the leader that the nation needs and a man that the FL can respect it's such a worth journey. My only "complaint" (if I can call it that) it's the captain and the princess, you know... but anyway, it was beautiful, an emotional kdrama that always will be in my rewatch list.

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A drama worth sticking out.

This drama started out slow but only got better. This isn't to say that I didn't enjoy the first episodes but that I found myself enjoying the episodes significantly more after around episode 6 or so.  So I encourage you to stick with it if you don't get all the hype at first.I'd never seen Lee Seung Gi in anything before and honestly I waited so long to watch this because I'm kind of shallow and was convinced he wasn't my type.  But like most dramas I put off watching, I can say that I'm mad at myself for doing so.  Why? Because Lee Seung Gi is great!  His character's evolvement from being immature and entitled to becoming a responsible, wise and deserving individual is touching to say the least.  Lee Jae Ha goes through so much and maintains his dignity and morals even through the toughest of battles.  Battles that would drive a lesser man to crumble only to never stand up again.  Ha Ji Won I wasn't as worried about, as I'd seen her in Secret Garden and all anyone ever has to say about her is good things.  She performed well as I expected.  Her character Kim Hang Ah is consistently strong and supports those around her with everything that she has.  The responsibilities she is given she embraces and even when those around her doubt her she remains calm and level headed.  But for me the real scene stealers would have to be Jo Jung Suk and Lee Yoon Ji as Eun Shi Kyung and Princess Lee Jae Shin respectively.  I'm sorry but Jo Jung Suk is just amazing and anytime he's on screen I literally can't even take my eyes off him.  He makes me feel for the character in such a deep way.  His character, Eun Shi Kyung, was honorable and self sacrificing.  He believed in those around him with all of his heart and his loyalty and willingness to do whatever it took to protect his king and nation had my heart rooting for him every scene he was in.  Lee Yoon Ji plays Princess Lee Jae Shin to perfection.  She portrays her pain and tortures very realistically.  I wouldn't have begrudged either of these characters more screen time, in fact I think I sometimes liked them more than the main couple.The story was well developed and the pacing was pretty consistently maintained throughout.  This drama does really well appealing to the emotions which I think is one of the most important parts of a kdrama.  I definitely balled more than once.  However, there was one particular writing choice that I would have to disagree with and if you watched it I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about.  I don't honestly feel that it was necessary, and yes not every choice a writer makes has to be out of necessity but I really don't think it added anything.  It felt thrown in last minute and it didn't help me root for any particular character more than I already was so in that sense I would have to argue that the scene took away from the drama more than it added.  Also some of the English was pretty cringe but I can let that go.This drama's really good! And I wasn't expecting to enjoy it that much cause I'm not really into the military or political genres. So you should watch it!  It's worth your time.

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