Ghiocel (2021)

A total gem: refreshing and amazing chemistry

Personally, this is hands down by far now my #1 favorite drama out of all the dramas I've watched these past 10 years. I'm not overexaggerating because I've never seen a drama that heavily impacted me emotionally to the point that it made me cry multiple times even till this day despite the drama being over. Also, this drama kept me on my feet of wanting more with every cliffhanger they left off on each episodes along with the sudden plot twists. Lastly, the main leads had such amazing chemistry that I die-hard ship them. It's the best and at the same time the MOST HEARTBREAKING kdrama I've ever watched.

Storyline:
First of all, I felt this drama was refreshing, new, and different from what you see in most typical kdramas. Starcrossed lovers where Soo-Ho, a North Korean spy, is a bad guy (but a good heart) and he holds the girl he loves (Yeong Ro) and her dormmates hostage is something you don't see a lot in kdramas. It's eyecatching with a lot of unpredictable plot twists of characters you never expect would turn out to be bad or good. Each episode anxiously keeps you looking for more each week because something is always happening that you never expect. The drama is mainly set in the dormitory, which I have no problem with nor I don't feel it's dragged because something intense or unexpected is always happening in there while it also shows some scenes of what is happening outside with the antagonist who plot on killing everyone in the dorm due to the presidential elections. This drama revolved heavily around politics, with about 40% of romance. The political stuff wasn't too hard to understand and it made the drama quite interesting as it anxt up the storyline even more so I was okay with it. Although I wished they added a bit more romance scenes into the drama.

Acting:
The acting of every character was amazing. They really portrayed their characters well that each of their personalities could either make you love them or hate them even more because they portray. I cannot name all but I'll only talk about the top 3 characters I was mainly impressed with. First, I was impressed with Jisoo's (Yeong-Ro) acting. I am a Blink, but I hate to admit it prior, I didn't expect much from her acting as a rookie actress and being an idol. However, she exceeded my expectations and I genuinely loved her acting. She portrayed Yeong Ro very well and give kudos to her for being able to cry in almost every scene she has. I don't know how she's able to force herself to cry LOL. Hae In (Soo Ho) also impressed me. I didn't really watch a lot of his past works other than DP, but I know he's mainly been in romance dramas. Although I didn't watch those, I think this type of role in Snowdrop fits him so well. The different emotions of love, fear, sadness, anger, betrayal, and etc. in his acting all in one drama were just very impressive. This drama really took his acting to another level and I believe he impressed many of us. Seung Jo (Gang Mu) was another character I loved. I didn't know of him prior to Snowdrop but he really put out a lot of emotions into his acting, especially in intense scenes where he's really into it. When he tried to get Soo Ho to leave with Yeong Ro at the end, the sadness in his eyes when Soo Ho refuses shows how he's grown to care for Soo Ho despite they were enemies prior. I actually teared up in that scene.

Chemistry:
One of the main highlights of this drama was the chemistry between Hae In (Soo Ho) and Jisoo (Yeong Ro). I have never seen such amazing chemistry between two main leads in the past 10 years I've watched kdramas. The forbidden love between two very different people and how they longed for each other is just so sad. They may have not had a lot of scenes together after ep 5, however, every scene that had together always hit you hard with emotions that make you wanna cry for them. The way they look at each other, their physical affections, and their actions of willingness to sacrifice their lives for each other shows true love that they really don't need words to show your words to someone. When Soo Ho died by taking the bullets for Yeong Ro, I was crying buckets because of how tragic it was, and when they cried and talked during Soo Ho's last breath just broke my heart even more. I still cry to this day just thinking about it and when I look back at their scenes, whether sad or sweet, together. I've seen sad endings in kdramas but they've never made me cry buckets of tears every time or whenever I think about the couple. Even though this drama and the couple are fictional, I still can't help but feel so many overwhelming emotions because of their powerful chemistry and cry for them because of their undying love for each other. Their acting is what made the chemistry just so great which is why many people are praising and hoping they'd get together in the end and even in real life.

As I hate to admit it, it was expected that it'd be a sad ending. Given the situation, it's very unlikely that they'd both survive and end up together. Soo Ho will still be targeted by both the South and North even if he ran off to a different country. Cause remember Soo Ho is technically still a wanted criminal and enemy on South Korean grounds. How will they live happily together? Will Yeong Ro be able to drop everything in the South to run away with Soo Ho? Also, Yeong Ro would be in danger if she stays with Soo Ho, and I think he knows that which is why he let her go. And they're basically two against the entire world who are pretty much surrounded at gunpoint by the ANSP. I tried to stay positive that they'd have a happy ending but in reality, it's just totally impossible. Despite the sad ending and the millions of tears I've shredded, I still love this drama.

Ending:
Despite the high appraisal I have for this drama, there were some cons to the drama that should've been explored more. The ending showed the end of the couple's love story, however, the ending felt abrupt and it left a lot of unanswered questions which I was quite disappointed with. They legit just cramped up so many unexpected things all in the last 3 episodes that I feel they should've elaborated earlier in the previous eps so it doesn't seem so abrupt. First, it was never shown where and what happened to Soo Ho's body. Like they could've shown at least Yeong Ro going to his grave or something or just in general where the hell is he? lol. Second, what happened to Yeong Ro after she got taken away by Tae Il, since he thought she knew the password? Like how was she let go so easily? Like they legit just time skipped right away without showing what happened to Yeong Ro and the others after Soo Ho died which left me confused. Third, what happened in the North with Soo Ho's mom and the adoptive father? There are more things that are questionable but these are some I could think of at the top of my head for now. From what I heard, not sure if it's true, the drama was originally supposed to be 20 eps but was shortened to 16 due to the controversy which I do not understand what has to do with it.

Overall, despite the cons, I still genuinely loved this drama, and will forever hold a place in my heart. It'll be hard to find another drama that could top this drama that can hit me with this many emotions. I really hope to see Hae In and Jisoo in another drama together in the future and this time hopefully with a happy ending <3

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Estou tão acostumado com final feliz que, esse final me pegou de surpresa. Cada pessoa morrendo, foi me deixando mais triste e quando Soo ho morre... apenas dor.

Mas infelizmente esse dorama sofre dos mesmo problemas que quase todos os doramas, na hora do fechamento, normalmente acompanhado do time skip, não mostra a conclusão de vários outros personagens coadjuvante. Das mais de 70 reféns, ficamos juntos da Yeong Ro e das colegas de quarto dela, depois nos familiarizamos com a presidente do grêmio (a que ficava com a faixa no braço e sonâmbula), e os dois manos e constantemente é citado a família dos agentes da Coreia do Norte. Acabou e a gente nem sabe se eles estão vivos.

Cada final de episódio me deixava apreensivo e ansioso para o próximo, mas pra mim faltou romance. Confesso que queria um BEIJAO, teve aquele mixuruca mas nem da pra conta. Fora os problemas dorama muito bom 👍

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OMG!!

I just completed watching Snowdrop and still have tears rolling down my cheeks. What can I say, I am a romanticist and prefer happy endings. The acting by both Jung Hae In and Kim Ji Soo were superb. That is not to say that the other actors didn't but I just really feel the love of these two actors thru their performance. Thank you both for a great entertainment. I watched this drama in three days. I could not stop watching, I needed to get to the end. There were so many twists to this drama that as a viewer it was difficult to determine who was going to be the next spy.
I am doing some binge watching on dramas that Jung Hae In has performed in.

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NUNC IREI SUPERAR ESSE FINAL.

eu tô sem chão ainda sabe? faz poucos minutos que acabei, consegui me acalmar mas pra mim tão tão irreal esse final.
Claro que desde o começo de snowdrop quando ele foi adiado mil vezes eu sabia que iria ser triste mas não tanto que ia machucar meu coração desse jeito, depois de TUDO que a gente passou 😭
Mas eu elogio todo o roteiro, sério eu nunca imaginei que o drama ia se passar praticamente todo no dormitório das meninas e pra mim eu não achei que ficou cansativo e nem que enrolaram o drama. A duração pode ser maior mas o meu drama fav hospital playlist a segunda temp tinha 2h e eu nem reclamo, se ficar cansativo e ficar enrolando ainda é outra coisa, mas é tanta história pra mostrar pra gente que eu nem ligo. Parabéns as atuações que foram um arraso. Jisso na sua estreia como atriz (acredito) deu um show, nem tenho palavras e o hae in nunca tinha visto drama com ele mas sei que é muito elogiado e muito merecido, já considero como um dos meus favoritos. A química dos dois incrível. As alunas e os outros personagens nem se falam, se jogaram mesmo!
Só fico triste que a Kim mi soo não vai poder ver o quão (eu tenho certeza) snowdrop vai ser aclamado. Espero que ela esteja feliz com o trabalho que fez. 💙
Duas coisas: Primeiro que jogaram a informação que a Sra. Oh era mãe do geung e nada mais
segundo nem aparece mais as meninas com a yeong ro, elas conversaram? voltaram a se falar? o que aconteceu depois sabe?
Mas por último de tudo. Nunca irei superar esse final. NUNCA. Meu casal que não ficou junto e não teve um final feliz. Pra mim snowdrop foi um arraso e fiquei surpreendida com tudo. Vou sentir saudades dos dois minutos de felicidade do começo da história. E aqui se encerra mais um capítulo com mais um drama incrível.

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Can't get over of rookie actress, Jisoo's acting!

I never thought I would ever be able to see Jisoo crying but this drama gives a load of crying Jisoo scenes. At the beginning of this drama, we really could Jisoo in Yeong-Ro's character because she was fresh, smiling, happy, chaotic character. but the ending broke me so hard. I couldn't bare to see Yeong-Ro left alone. I wasn't over this drama for 2 years. when watching the edits of the drama, I always cried so much. The ending made cry even when I was sleeping. The story was so good but I hope ending should have been less brutal. I always wonder what if Lim Soo ho asked out Yeong-Ro for a date that day without seeing his colleague in that car. Anyway, it's worth watching it. I guarantee you Jisoo's acting will blow your mind. She's multi talented. The chemistry between Jung Hae-In and Jisoo was 10/10. Go watch it, don't forget to keep some tissues with you!!!

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Snowdrop

The best storyline & perfect casts..Drama of the century.Must watch drama ever 📌Jung Hae In
and Kim Ji soo Chemistry is really amazing .
Jung Hae In acting skill is in another level & Kim Jisoo will be rookie actress of the year.OST are so good too. There are alot of various characters & mystery casts .I really recommended this drama .U can see alot of talented actors & seniors acting.U will never regret for ur times.I really love to watch this drama on repeating.I also watch behind the scenes & special clips too.Let's support snowdrop together.Snowdrop team please fighting & keep looking forward

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Drop Snowdrop

It's ironic that many any defending the show on the grounds that the everyone has right to freedom of expression, yet the show disregards and completely disrespects the actual activists and protestors who actually lost their lives trying to fight for pro-democracy and freedom of expression.

Irrespective of whether the plot has romance story, nice cinematography (the acting of female lead is really not good tbh) bla bla etc etc. , One just cannot respect this show.

HARD PASS

Also, I've seen many people (probably right wing people, ignorant international fans and blinks) who have given straight 10 ..it's laughable the lengths these people are going to showcase high inflated ratings of this show.

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I'm most likely dropping this drama. At around episode 9...

It feels the story is too padded, I still like the drama (probably because I love the lead couple and the cast), but I think the story should have either pivoted to something else or have ended by now. I cannot see myself finishing this drama unless the raconteurs pivot their story.
P.S. If there's sort of runaway scene in the works for this drama or a dorm-buddies solving major issue involving stakes -- then I could find myself re-gaining interest in this K-drama.
P.S. P.S. & most importantly Jisoo is my bias so it's super difficult for me to be critical of K-drama.

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Romance based drama

So till yet I have seen many neitzens and some anti fans saying it's a 'distortion of history' and the overall story is based on criticization but after watching the first two episodes I can clearly differentiate between the criticization and explanation it's just that it has the background of 19th century doesn't mean that it has something to do with their history
And why would a south Korean citizens would like to criticize its own history
Director and writer were also trying to depict something different and they have also done the same before you can go watch sky castle
As to know that's the way they do their thing
So before saying anything you should first go through things
Don't just assume please
Snowdrop fighting ❄️

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I’m tired

I’m going to keep this as simple and short for everyone. This is very hard to watch. Yes, I am still watching it but I just wanted to write to give a heads up. If you’re here for Jisoo, fair enough. If you’re however a kdrama fan, let me give you a small insight. The drama itself is really slow. 3 episodes in and I started to get bored. Half way through the drama currently, and honestly nothing exciting happens. I have never skipped so many scenes in a drama than this one. It’s atrocious. The plot is so messy and confusing. Also not sure why it says yoo in na is one of the main character because my girl has barely any scenes. It’s a shame really, as one reason I wanted to watch this drama was for her. I honestly don’t know if I’ll be able to finish it :(

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