Mr. Sunshine (2018)

A SAD PATRIOTIC DRAMA

Where is Mr. Sunshine? Because we don't see him in the drama, all men were serious deep sober men, but I love this drama so much. Background story was about invasion of Americans and Japanese into Jeseon Empire and how this Eugene Choi who born into slavery, run away to America and graduated as US Marine Corps officer, he returned to Korea as Consulate officer and investigate the murders and missing rifles. This drama has the elements of dramatic suspense, a noble lady who's expert with guns and amazing sniper without anyone knew about it, she met Eugene Choi while they're both on the mission. If you're talking about man with uniform, Eugene Choi (Lee Byung-hun) is the man, with calm steady confident demeanor he's the type of person that you won't mess around while an aristocrat's grand-daughter, Go Ae-shin (Kim Tae-ri), who is part of the Righteous Army, kept herself dignify by defending her beloved country. They both fallen in love but they both born from different class not to mention Ae-Shin has Kim Hee-sung (Byun Yo-han), a nobleman who has been Ae-shin's betrothed since childhood. 3 men loved her deeply; Eugene Choi, Kim Hee-Sung, Goo Dong-Mae and none of these guys stay alive at the end.

I love the character of Kudo Hina, she's an amazing woman - Glory Hotel owner who's using her beauty and charms to move around the elites and helping the cause, with her smile and soft spoken she killed people with her gun and sword. She's braver and more dangerous than any men because she's doing it without a flinch of eye and strong determination. Blow up her own hotel to kill Japanese that resulting her own demise, the ending was so sad, everyone died and unhappy ending. The best thing about this drama is the production did not fake of anything, the actors spoke English, France, Japanese as good as their Korean without sound like gringos. This is a great drama with beautiful background setting, top notch acting and casts, beautiful flowing story line, it's simply the best serious Korean drama so far.

From this drama, I learn something about the history of Americans in Korea and in what involvements, or whether there's truth in this story line. Become a family discussion to compare notes...meticulously Americans been in Korea way before Korean War like what's in the history book told us at school. Very interesting indeed..looking inside of Korean history as well as American history in Korea.

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It`s been a while since I`ve watch something like this, seriously. I didn`t think Korea could put anything better tan Warrior Baek Dong Soo but this definitely goes hand to hand, Korean Historical dramas have some magic to it that you don`t really get from other series and this is no exception.

Writting: I`m on episode 8 and I`m truly amazed with the writting and the plod, there seems to be no word in the dialog that is unnecessary or misplaced, they all fall in place beautifully, the romantic lines melt your hard, the dramatic parts really move you and all the tension between the characters you can really feel, i think this is where this series truly excels

Acting: acting is superb, specially since I'm not korean so I don't know if its a natura representation of how they are, but they can definitely transfer your emotions. I can relate to the characters and my favorite so far is the yakuza, something tells me he will end up sacrificing himself at the end, well executed.

Plod and storyline: I`ve seen a lot of people say is its slow and that first chapter is confusing, and well i agree that it can be, but not in a bad way as everything reveals its self as you are watching and in that sence i love it, as you are always looking for answers and thinking and then you get supprised as the story seems cleaver. I also like the character development although at episode 8 there still a lot i want to know about the main characters, but i think it contributes to the mystery.

Music and visual: stunning, its like you are watching a realistic paint from Miguel angelo, and Korea (if everthing was filmed there) its beautifully it really make you go there in this part i think is superior to Baek Dong Soo. and music is spot on, it complements the beautiful scenery without been overwhelming

overall I'll give a 9.5 up to episode 8. fully recommended if you are looking to see thru cinematography which require you to do some thinking and be patient as things start to unravel, not your american show where they pack a livetime in 40 minutes, Koreans seem to like to take their time to explain things and to create an ambient, that why they are so worth watching

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When a show takes itself too seriously

If you enjoy a good plot, you won't find it here. This is a very character focused drama. In every episode, there are scenes upon scenes of flashbacks and characters reminiscing on their tragic past. We know this guy and that guy had sad childhoods. We've already seen that in the last 20 flashbacks and teary scenes. We don't need more. There is no actual plot to be derived from it.

I am on episode, 6, and nothing has happened so far. Instead of developing an actual plot, the drama abuses every possible cinematic cliche, including stills, slow motion, dramatic music. If the showrunners wanted us to derive something profound out of it, the only thing I derived was boredom. I am not sure why this drama is so highly rated. There is no plot. Characters do the same things in every episode and there are melodramatic tropes everywhere.

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Mr. Sunshine clearly takes itself VERY seriously. It tries to be a grand, sweeping drama dealing with Life and Death, Revenge, and Loyalty to the Cause. I use capitals because I feel like the Drama uses capitals to pound those issues into one’s head, having no subtlety and nuance. The cinematography employs every overplayed melodramatic stereotype in the book, including slow motion Epic Battle Scenes and dramatically backlit heroes staring far far away into the distance. The distant stare is an attempt to inject profound meaning and gravitas into the scene but it comes across as affected and pretentious. To make sure that we know there is a Very Important Moment to be had the music swells portentously to end in a dramatic crash or, during scenes filled with bathos, wails mournfully in the background. To make matters worse, the writing is simply horrible. The characters are your by-the-dozen stock, sterotyped figures. Beautiful heroine who is a kind, much loved and sheltered aristocrat by day and a crackshot rebel warrior by night? Check. Her loyal jolly sidekick servant? Check. Steely but sensitive hero with a tragic past? Check. Seemingly cold-blooded, but really just hurting inside, leader of a ruthless group? Check. Sharp and hardened woman who cooly plays both sides but falls in love with the hero? Check. One-dimensional and physically unattractive villains? Check. And on and on. The dialogue plods along leadenly and predictably, the plot does likewise. Finally, the acting, or, rather, lack thereof is cringe worthy. Please, someone, hire a bunch of competent English-speaking actors to move to Korea for a year and act in all movies and dramas requiring their presence. I don’t know whether Koreans simply hire English-speaking people off the streets because they look the part but I am tired of watching these “actors” woodenly standing while woodenly delivering their wooden lines. And the writer makes matters worse (if possible) by making them stock, stereotyped characters. That not only makes the foreign actors look stupid but it also unfortunately makes Koreans look stupid by implying that Koreans are not smart enough to see beyond stereotypes. I know that that's not true. I’m not as sure about this writer.

One example (of many) of Mr. Sunshine’s writer's cringe-worthy attempts to be clever is the plot point around the meaning of the word “love." I mean, come on, the heroine is soooo interested in the word that she brings it up with Mr. Lead Guy yet when she starts to learn English she somehow fails to find out first thing what it means? As a device to score cute couples points it was hilariously bad. Nope. I watched four episodes (which were three too many) then skipped around trying to figure out why people raved about this drama. It's a mystery to me.

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The story - for only koreans

ㅅㅗㅑㄴ ㅑㄴ 솓 ㅠㄷㄴㅅ ㄴ새교 ㅑ ' ㅍㄷ ㄷㅍㄷㄱ ㄴㄷ두 . ㅅㅗㄷ ㄱㄷㅈㅁㅅ초 ㅍ미ㅕㄷ ㅈㅁㄴ ㅜㅐㅅ 새ㅐ 해ㅐㅇ ㅁㄴ ㅑ 쇄ㅕ홋 , ㅐㄴㅅ ㅈㅁㄴ ㅜㅑㅊㄷ ㄴ새교 ㅈㅁㄴ 새ㅐ. 얀치믇ㄱ:ㅐㅟㅛ 랙 ㅏㅐㄱㄷ문 ㄱㄷ퍋ㅈ.
ㅠㅛㄷ 뭉 소무ㅏㄴ 랙 ㄱㄷㅁ야ㅜㅎ . ㅑ 애ㅜ'ㅅ ㅗㅁㅍㄷ ㅡㅕㅕ초 새 ㄴ묘 ㅗ돋 . ㅐㅏ ㅠㅛㄷ!! ㅑ ㅗㅁㅍㄷ 새 ㅈ걋ㄷ 500 촘ㄱㅁㅊㅅㄷㄱㄴ 내 뮤ㅐㅕㅅ 솓 ㄴ새교 ㅑㄴ ㅁ 햐기 좨 ㅗㅁㄴ ㅠㄷ두 ㅏㅑ우메ㅔㄷㅇ 뭉 ㅑ ㅡ ㅜㅐㅅ ㅇ개ㅔㅔㅑㅜㅎ ㅑㅅ . ㅔㅣㅋ 애ㅜ'ㅅ ㅇ개ㅔ ㅑㅅ :(! ㅑㅅㄴ ㅁ ㅜㅑㅊㄷ 샤싣!!!!

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Es un drama precioso. Visualmente alucinante e históricamente delicadado por el arco en el que se sitúa. Viene a tocar fibras sensibles y eso siempre será motivo de discusión, porque la historia es así, violenta y mortal.

Sin embargo, dejando de lado La Armada de Honor (¡papelazo de rebeldía!), la serie se guía más como un relato ajeno a la guerra (no así a los que la vivieron). Hablada en tres idiomas distintos (coreano, japonés e inglés) y ubicada casi en su totalidad en el agonico Joseon de 1903, con cinco protagonistas cuyos pasados sólo ayudan ha rozar un poco sus extraños orígenes: Un niño esclavo convertido en infante de marina de Estados Unidos; una niña aristócrata que empuñó un arma extranjera para defender los ideales de sus padres muertos; una viuda japonesa que maneja un hotel occidental en pleno oriente; un espadachín renegado, hijo de pobres carniceros, que porta una katana para vengar a los suyos; y un niño mimado, nacido en cuna de oro, que nunca ha conocido el desamor, ni el dolor, ni la segregación de castas, ni la guerra, hasta que se topa con los otros cuatro colegas.

Eso, y un aluvión de personajes divergentes; tiranos y graciosos; nacionales y extranjeros; sirvientes y nobles. Todos metidos en un embrollo titánico de repercusiones históricas que mantiene ese trance perpetuo de obra perfecta montada en medio de un escenario caótico y real de esperanza y muerte.

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