The Glory (2022)

It was a okay watch!

It was a slow-burn revenge story. The plot is excellent; it's thrilling and mysterious. I have nothing else to add about this other than that! It can be prolonged in some parts, but I was shocked at the plot twists and turns. It's filmed well, and it shows the cruelty behind the issues of bullying in Korea. Some might say that it's "too much" or "unrealistic," but it's ordinary for such severe bullying to occur in Korea. It's heartbreaking, but that's the reality.

Moreover, this is a thriller, but there were scant thrills throughout most of it. The plot's central concept was intriguing: activating self-destruction mechanisms, lighting the fuse, and stepping back. It offers numerous opportunities for tension-building, but the overall production didn't make the most of them. Overall, it's an okay watch.

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a child who was not loved by the village can burn it to the ground to feel its warmth

brilliant casting, great production and a powerful script.
In high school, the protagonist was essentially tortured by her classmates and nobody did a thing to help her. the show is about her revenge. I feel like season one is just her setting the table and season 2 is going to be the real feast.

the cast really did a great job bringing the characters to life. so much so that you'll find yourself wanting to punch people through the screen. Song Hye Kyo really did redeem herself with this show. I'm not saying that her last two shows were horrible just that they weren't doing things for her.

anyway, I really enjoyed the show and hope you enjoy it too

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Song Hye Kyo the queen

It’s a great show with an elaborate story. Some challenging parts but once you overcome that, it’s a great show.
Horrible to watch shin ye eun and compare her to her role in the revenge of others! What a great actress I must say.
Even the actress playing young version the FL is so talented so kudos on casting.
I love Lee do hyun in everything he does and happy to see him here.
Must watch if you like recent dramas!
Waiting for part 2 - I have some theories about the plot twist but I really hope the bullies burn in hell and minimal collateral damage.

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who get's the glory

Our main character was bullied when she was a high school. But when she tried to report them even adults bullied her instead of helping like her homeroom teacher. The bullies torture her and even burned her with a hairdresser. Her mother also cooperates with them instead of helping her. One time she tried to kill herself because these burns are really painful. They are so painful that had to roll over the snow to cool them down. So, she decided to wait for her glory instead off dying.
She waited years for those bullies to achieve their dream so that she can steal them.

This season we only saw her preparation for the final glory. The main story is yet to come in S2.
Can't wait to see want come next.

This show steals all the glory of this year 2022. So don't waste your time just watch it.

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wait until season2 to watch this show

I am not one who writes reviews. I am one who relys on reviews so i dont end up watching time wasting kdramas and i feel like this is one of them. I partly started this kdrama because of all the instagram reels floating around. I wasn't much aware of how many episodes were there in the kdrama and that it also has a season 2 coming soon.

Anyway, getting to the main point of the kdrama. This is one overhyped kdrama. There is absolutely nothing that's been resolved whatsoever. I understand the saying "revenge is a dish best served cold" but taking 8 episodes for setting the story and background and all is a bit too much. They could have ended this show with 20 episodes with the revenge and everything all at once but no. I came here for the possibility of murders and whatever, not for just the background. A hard pass until season 2.

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Song Hye Kyo has arrived and HOW?!!!

Just completed The Glory a while ago and still trying to sink in everything …to call it one of the best drama this year is an understatement to what I feel during my watch…of course Kim Eun Sook is a great writer (you can watch her earlier works) but this time around she outdone herself .

I also enjoyed the creative decision Ahn Gil-Ho and his team has taken for this drama especially the color grading (the blacks and the blues for Hye Kyo’s frame and the bright colors every time Do Hyun appears). Everything from Cinematography to screenplay to music to character development to locations were pitch perfect but all the imagery put behind the costumes and its symbolism took the cake and thank you for not white washing actors in this drama…they looked beautiful.

All the actors Park Sung Hoon, Jung Sung II, Ahn Ji Hye, Kim Hi Eo Ra, Yeom Hye Ran (my personal favorite) has done a great job but Im Ji Yeon evilness is off the roof , her aura alone can make you infuriate…what a goddamn gifted actress. Jung Ji so and Shin Ye Eun …you guys were incredible…I felt all your emotions and cried with you Ji So and words cannot define how much I hated you Ye eun for your portrayal of head bully …These young talents (all the teen actors who played bullies) did a great job and should be watched out in their future endeavors.

I can only say Lee Do Hyun, you are going places (your all works and choices are testament to this), with that range and intensity, it never surprises me when all the big screen writers and productions houses approaches you to play their main character, I cannot wait to see you in all your glory in the next season. Your suffering was also heartbreaking.

To Song Hye Kyo, The Song Hye Kyo, you proved once again why you were call the queen of queens when it comes to acting , to play such a vulnerable character with that stance of commitment needed the audacity of an actress with prolific 20 years career and boy did you surprise me …I cannot wait for another season for you to make all their lives hell because in the lines of song hye kyo she has not even started yet…..

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I didn't know it was this good!
At first, I am hesitated to watch this first for knowing it is an another revenge drama and I watch a lot about it last year. Yet, surprisingly gagged a bit. This drama sold me and I want a season two like right now.

The story of course is another high school bullying but unexpectedly it gives a different taste for the plot is in the adulthood phase.

Oh I really like the casting here. They picked those who can deliver and can act with these type of genre. Actually, I watch this because of lee do hyun (idk I miss him in screens again anyways...) but stayed for the show.

The music is good and actually relate to the series and makes you to focus on the story more and thrilled to watch more episodes.

I am glad that I finally decided to watch this , really recommendable. Hoping the second season will be great also.

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Good story, but there aint no glory in splitting it in two

I do not know how much glory there is in here yet, but there is a superwoman who is obsessed with revenge (for good reason), and a whole lot of people who will indeed help you loose all hope in humanity and very few people to restore that faith.

The drama offers us a whole bunch of good lines, decent acing a good OST and a whole lot of chemistry... and tension. But do not for a second think this is a romance, nor expect a of of screen time for Lee Do Hyun as it is very clear that the main character of this drama are Moon Dong Eun (Song Hye Kyo) and Park Yeon Jin ( Im Ji Yeol the rest are just there to support them. Some characters were more well written than other but in general this is a good drama with good acting and people who know what they are doing. There is also a lot of attention to detail, and scenes that may put you off frying, bbq... Or basically anything that cooks meat...

Our heroine gives off a calm patient vibe, with great build up making me wonder what she has in store for these people. She is smart, focused and most definitely has a master plan, or so we hope. And would rather share her time with an executioner rather than looking for a prince. And though all she has in her mind is revenge it is hard not to fall for her, as she has a lot of charm to accompany the empty slightly evil calculating look in her eyes.

The drama is also highly binge-able and ands with a cliffhanger, which bothers me quite a bit, as I honestly can not see any reason other than annoy the audience to split this drama in half. As I may only have a few days till next season, but had I watched it at time there would be a risk that I would have forgotten or lost intrest with time, which is a shame since it is a really good drama. It may not offer a lot new to the table but it is still a good drama, just slaughtered to be split in two halves.. But I am not bitter... not at all..

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Great show all the way to the finish

Was an incredible watch covering bullying and the horrors it can bring not just during when it happens but for and endless amount of time afterwards. It is definitely a tough topic to cover and watch but the writers did a great job with this one. This was the first k-drama i ever watched with my mom and we were both amazed at how great the drama was. It was her just her second one she has ever watched and ended up being one of her favorite shows she has seen. Revenge type dramas aren't usually my focus on shows i watch because i have found myself sometimes getting bored after a while with revenge plots being poorly written by the conclusion of a show but the story and incredibly acting for this kept me interested the whole way. The cast did a great job with making every character so well portrayed to give us the feeling of begging for a character's downfall or rooting for their revenge.

Part 1 and 2 are definitely a need to watch

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The game has just begun

The expectations came very high for this drama, but honestly speaking, the impact is not as powerful as it was designed to be. A school bully revenge arc storyline isn't something new as we've seen plenty of them in kdrama, but to put it into this kind of lifelong grand scheme, it is still a decently respectable plot, and it was mostly lifted by the great acting performance from the actors. The details it has are quite enormous in scale though some of it may happen like magic science but that's forgivable, it's just that it gets extremely soapy towards the end. Definitely have to wait for part 2 to come as things seem pretty exciting at the moment and the game has just begun.

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Best drama of end of 2022 and Start of 2023

Chemistry on point.
Characters on point.
Story line never disappoints.
OST is on point.
Awesome acting from the casts.
EPISODE 6 for me is the best specially the last 10 minutes.

One of the best drama I had ever watched so far..

You cant see the awkwardness between shk and LDH. Stop nitpicking the age. I am 25 and always willing to date older women. Age for is just a number.

When a new scene arrives the OST IS AWESOME AND ON POINT.

LLDH AND SHK scenes are limited but their sparks are flying everywhere.

The season 2 is something that we should watch out for.

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