W (2016)

It was actually better than I thought. I thought it would be really cheesy since I've been watching a lot of real life stories and this drama is more fantasy, since there are two worlds. So, if you're worried about it being "too much", it really isn't. Some of the other good things about this drama include the casting and the actors. I thought they all did a great job! The characters grew on me really fast and I was able to get emotional (I almost cried twice, and I don't really cry). The actors were so cute! I'm sure you've already heard, but the off-screen moments were absolutely adorable. Something I wish was improved on is the storyline. A lot of things happened in a short amount of time/in one episode, so it can be hard to keep up. Some points in the story I thought weren't that exciting, however I do agree that they should be mentioned. Anyway, it is a must watch!

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A fairly good attempt on a creative concept.

This is my first review !!
I had a very high expectation for 'W' , but soon it faded away when I began watching the episodes. The Drama do keeps you hooked on because it is unpredictable in most cases, but I wanted this drama to end soon cuz I felt like the story kept repeating again and again but each time with an other event.

Story & Concept - I think the concept of two parallel universe is a really brilliant idea. And the fact that the other world is a comic world makes things a little complicated. Special mentions to the writer who chose this concept, but choosing a complicated concept has its own demerits. So this is were the writer/director loses the track. I guess the screenplay could have been a little more neater and sorted out.

Production- The Production is good and casting is perfect but the characterization is weak. The visuals are great.

Acting -
~ Male lead - Lee Jong-suk was actually perfectly suited for the role of Kang Cheol. He seemed cool and classy. I particularly liked his character.
~ Female Lead - Han Hyo-joo as Oh Yeon Joo too played the role well but it could have been improved as far as the emotional scenes were concerned. I guess that's how the characterization was. The romantic plot is a little weak. Except for the fact that she saves his life, there was no reason for the male lead to fall in love with FL. The characters lacked depth, and the writer must have worked on the characterization. They lacked chemistry and their romantic parts seemed too rushed(and short ).

Supporting roles - The supporting roles really had very less role other that helping the plot move. They had no role except that they played the roles of story players. The cartoonist's acting is really appreciable. because he could differentiate both the roles really well and it had its own impact. The assemblyman's acting too is kinda noticeable. The professor's had his own role and he rightly depicted his role . Lee Si-eon as Park Soo-bong had very little role cuz it was limited just to panicking and being shocked. I felt Lee Tae-hwan as Seo Do-yoon really suited the character and the prosecuter too perfectly suited.

In conclusion, the supporting actors did their role really well, but their roles were too limited.
I felt like in some scenes, the number of dialogues were unnecessarily more. It could have been neat and crisp. And when I first read reviews on this drama, many mentioned it as romantic comedy, but I couldn't find any comedy elements. I liked the part that the writers tried to explore every merits and demerits of a comic world. ( like disappearance of a comic character).
~Fav scene - Her first slap and the ice cream eating scene.
~OST- Not too good, Not too bad. No particular song could grab my attention.
~Rewatch value - I would rewatch only certain favourite scenes.

CONCLUSION - One can give a go to this drama, its an innovative attempt but a little messed. Recommended if you really want to get hooked on for a while.

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Cool Hero!!!

I like the premise of webtoon characters coming to life and moving between the real and webtoon worlds, and liked the animation technique used for the webtoon characters and webtoon world.

The opening scene in Ep1 was excellent and immediately established Kang Chul’s character: good-looking, charismatic, intelligent, driven and resourceful. Lee Jong Suk was well cast in the role and does a good job in conveying these traits. I also liked how Kang Chul changes after he learns the truth about himself and evolves from the 2-dimensional webtoon hero to a real flesh and blood person.

In terms of love interest, Oh Yeon Joo (Han Hyo Joo) and Kang Chul look good together. However, if the writer wanted Yeon Joo to be a wide-eyed and helpless maiden, they should've given her a different profession. Although Yeon Joo is not an accomplished surgeon in the story, her tendency to put her hands to her face while mouthing nonsense at the first sign of a problem are not traits associated with being a doctor, let alone a cardio-thoracic surgeon. I found this really annoying but I would’ve forgiven her if she had been given a different profession.

I also found the character Park Soo Bong (Lee Si Eon) really annoying, he panicked even more than Yeon Joo and all the screeching and wailing is very unattractive in a man in his thirties. Since Yeon Joo and Soo Bong shared so many scenes, it would’ve been more interesting for viewers if the two of them had different character traits; and I would’ve liked to have seen more of Soon Bong’s colleagues, Sun Mi (Ryu Hye Rin) and Yoon Hee (Yang Hye Ji).

Overall, the plot was good and the action well-paced although I got a bit confused with all the coming and going between the two worlds and the twists in Eps15&16. Nothing the rewind button couldn’t fix. The music was fair and not too heavy handed, although the romance theme reminded me of a something from Coldplay.

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This was a fun show with great visual effects, writing, and acting. And the chemistry between the main leads was great (Although I've never seen the male lead have bad chemistry with anyone). But as much as I liked the show, it could be very confusing at times and it felt like it was a lot longer than 16 episodes.

While I dont want to rewatch this one, I vividly remember loving a lot of things about it, and think it was one of the best shows to come out the year it was released. Maybe if I could have wrapped my head around the multiverse idea, I would have enjoyed it even more.

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I may have started watching it due to Jong Suk. He was always actor I adored and he's in most of the dramas I like. But really the drama sucked me in, and I forgot that he was the only reason I watched it. The drama was great as well as always keeping me on the edge of my seat.

OST-
It wasn't much, I guess I got too into goblin and dots ost that all other fall short. But it has some gems.

ACTING-
It's not that I adore Jong Suk, but he was awesome! His crying, confusion, realization, happiness and cockiness were great. Main actress was great too, but in my opinion falls a bit short in comparison to Jong Suk.

PLOT-
I liked the plot, the whole comic/real life crossover. It's original, and cool how story is alive. I like also how Male lead is smart enough to have realized that by now something was fishy with his world. It made me sad how either he was to be erased or his world, and also how main character replaced the main girl in the comic. The romance was nor slow nor fast. The romantic moments had me curl up in a ball everytime! Although I was a bit overwhelmed at times, I liked it very much!

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It was great drama till ep 13
It began to be very annoying with repetitive events

It raised my temper because
Too much flashbacks and
The ML was shot too much and get killed too much
And the villain characters didn't want to die and the story was a whole mess

The events were irrelevant and Dishevelled
And after all that repetitive events they dropped many things at the end


Why the ML after being prisoned didn't go to the FL at the end while he can travel between 2 W
Just to tell her he was safe
And what happened to his money

And why he got prisoned from the beginning while he did nothing
Why didn't the writer fix that and make Han chul the killer

And they didn't tell what he is going to do in the real world and what happened to the webtoon world
Where he is going to live and work and bring money

And why at the novel he was killed and the villain guy lived
And what was that stupid sentence at the end
(We don't know what's going to happen between both leads ) -_^ REALLY!!

Although Jong suk was a brilliant actor
But he didn't choose his drama well
Till now what I watched for him wasn't good enough

BUT in spite of that I found this one cute and very interesting at the beginning and worth watching

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(Think of me as the tom holland for reviews so I really don't know if what I'm saying counts as a spoiler)

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK

NOTE: There is really only 1 small hint of the story that I could find in this review

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I've watched many dramas over the years and this one is one of my favorites. I cried and fangirled over this multiple times and finished it in two days. In the beginning, the plot and the changing between the 2 worlds were a bit confusing and at times just didn't make sense, but i assure you it will make more sense as time goes on. There are 16 episodes but each one is about an hour so its a bit long, but if you are willing to stick around im sure you will enjoy it! I would definitely recommend this drama to friends and had a satisfied feeling at the end. Not like when it leaves off at a cliffhanger or you still want more. Its the perfect length and has an amazing ending! I could not get enough of this drama! The choices the characters make a bit strange (Like if someone were to jump off a cliff in front of you and you just stood there saying "wow" { Take note that this did not happen in the story}), but that could just be how it is written. There also tends to be a lot of the same problems (Like if a villain somehow kept coming back to life). F.F (Fast forwarding) was also a big thing for me because i got a bit bored at some points too!

Please do not come at me if you disagree, this is just my opinon.

Sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes.

XOXO,

Unbiaseduser

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I JUST WANNA WATCH ONE LEE JONG SUK DRAMA WHERE I DON'T SHED AT LEAST ONE TEAR. PLEASE.

The title. Literally. While You Were Sleeping did it to me. Now W did it. Although there were tears of sadness, there were also tears of happiness. This drama reminded me also that I can't remember the last time I shed a tear of happiness. In the last episode when the FL wakes up in the hospital bed with the ML behind her... when she touches his face... the happy tears flowed. Both tears of sadness and happiness flowed.

I don't know why a stand-out moment that I remember from this drama is the fact that when the ML was injured after killing his father-figure and was driving away—the FL switched into the driver's seat because the dude was literally bleeding out, and when she moved to take him out of the driver's seat, she cradled his head, The head cradle killed me.

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Estuvo bien, al final dejo muchas expectativas.

Vi este drama hace tiempo, siguiendo a Lee Jong Suk, que me encanta como actúa. El tiempo pasó y siempre le tenia idea, no lo recordaba como malo, pero no lo quería volver a ver, le tenia idea la protagonista, entre muchas otras cosas.
Esta semana lo volví a ver, aqui van mis impresiones fresquitas y mucho mas imparciales que antes:
La historia:
La historia es super interesante, como conectar el mundo real con el webtoon de verdad me mantuvo interesada todo el tiempo, el problema es que al final se complico demasiado, y se empezaron a ver las costuras mal terminadas. Y el mayor error de todos, para mí, es dejar a los lectores sin un final decente. Por qué???? Que culpa tienen que no sean importantes para el escritor? Y nosotros, para variar nos dieren unos minutos de final feliz. Como decía Kang Chul, hay muchas variantes, y por lo visto cada vez mas, entiendo la idea de porque lo hicieron, pero en un momento ya era demasiado descarado, jajaja.
Las actuaciones:
Jong Suk, es lo máximo, en todas sus expresiones, disculpen no puedo ser imparcial, jajaja.
Oh Yeon Joo: Este personaje, no se si no fue bien actuado o que, pero nunca me convencía del todo. Su eterna angustia y llanto, sumado a esos silencios largos de poker face. Hacian que no pudiera empatizar con ella. Sobre todo el tema romántico, Este punto en especial ya que estos dos actores tenian una relación romántica en ese momento, y en este drama, no logre verles química, eso fue lo más frustrante. O será que el guión no ayudo mucho?
El papa: Este actor, me encantó, todas sus facetas las interpreto magnificamente, genial. Su papel es super complejo, creo que el personaje mejor desarrollado de todos.
Efectos muy bien construidos, especial mención al homenaje al video de A-ha, Take On Me.
Conclusión: Entretenida, buenas imágenes, acción, intrigas, suspenso. Si eres de los que desea una historia muy bien contada, te vas a decepcionar, si deseas que todos los personajes estén muy bien desarrollados te vas a decepcionar. Por lo demas se te va pasar super rápido el tiempo, no te vas aburrir.

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This show has a unique and addictive plot, with amazing cinematography and special effects.
I can't give a 10 though, for 2 reasons:

1. The first show, for me, with Lee Jong Suk. At the beginning, I simply thought that I didn't like his acting choices most of the times. However, I saw him in other shows after this one and he grew up on me a lot, as an actor, therefore I guess that the problem lies in the way he's been directed in certain scenes. The same goes for Han Hyo Joo.

2. While absolutely captivating in the beginning, the plot gets quite convoluted towards the final episodes, and not always organically. It's like writers felt the need to make it pointlessly complicated.

Even so, I recommend it because it's something really uncommon to watch.

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