The Bride of Habaek

I'm still not sure why i chose to watch this, but i'm glad i did. It is a good mix of fantasy and everyday life, with some great one liners and a few good fights thrown in. I don't know the original tale about the water god, so it seemed a nice story. I've been to Korea though, it's a lovely place i'd like to see more of and i've been to some of the places shown, but i never saw men there with frilly or lacy shirts with giant bows around the collar (maybe i wasn't in the right place and to be honest nowhere else in the world i've been to either has men dressed like that), but it somehow fits in here with the gods and their OTT lifestyle. The acting was good, the ending was pretty good and I'm glad i watched it.

A little bit disappointed, but overall it's still worth to watch if you're bored enough.

The opening was fine but the ending was like the crew got electric shocked, too much superfluous suspense plot made it nearly impossible not to skip.

I write this review in 2023, and my main reason of writing is to state that this series is way better than some reviews here suggest!

All in all, this is high quality entertainment, pure fun! And by fun, I mean it covers all ranges of emotions. Yes, funny as well, some times, but also very dramatic other times. In my humble opinion, K-dramas excel in acting in sad scenes, and here is no different.

Morover, both leads are very pleasing to the eye, and do an all-round masterful acting job. And not just the leads! The whole cast is very lovable in their respective roles. Hats off again to South Korea! 8/10.

I started this drama because i love supernatural dramas or like fantasy dramas, whatever you want to call it. I like the whole being gods thing, but i wish Habaek had more chances to showcase his power. The female lead was really annoying at times, she was always a damsel in distress, which i like to an extent, but come on she cant do anything? She is apparently a therapist, but she definitely does not act like it. Mura was also annoying, her constant jealousy got on my nerves, even when she was with Biryeom(?) she was still jealous of the female lead. Apart from those things, it was pretty decent and i liked the story line. Nam joo hyuk was absolutely stellar in this. I loved the dynamic of the 1st couple.

I saw some great reviews and some really bad reviews for this show and decided to give it a shot. I don't think it deserves a really poor rating, but a rather strong start to a rather cute story ultimately fell short. The acting was pretty good but not great, the special effects were fine but not amazing, and the story was cute but not powerful. Strong emotional moments failed to connect with me, and although I felt sorry for our characters, I never cried (and I am a BIG crier). Also the female characters in this show were just SO annoying that it actually made me cringe a few times. In particular the main girl is rather immature and has reactions varying from cute manga reactions to total stupidity (fainting at the sight of an ex). Her and her friend were also the FARTHEST things from actual psychiatrists that I had to actively pretend I didn't know anything about psychology to get through the series. What was frustrating about the lack of anything resembling actual doctors is that I have seen two other medical based K-Dramas that did a great job of portraying the medical field and the professionalism and care that would be required in a hospital setting. I get that our main girl has her own clinic and doesn't have the "rules" of a hospital, but come on, barely listening to an obviously disturbed paranoid schizophrenic and then screaming like a child when he proceeds to have a breakdown? (BTW This happens in the first 15 minutes so its not a spoiler). It was ridiculous and brought the whole show down in my opinion.