Guardian: The Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, a modern interpretation of The Lonely and Great God, and Mr. Shane, a story about the soldiers, brought out a vaster 'Plane World', but neither the way of development nor the Acting did properly implement the scale.
According to Nielsen Korea on March 13, the audience rating of the SBS TV drama "The King: Eternal Monarch" broadcasted at 10 pm on the previous day was 5.8% - 8.1%. The ratings, which recorded double digits in the first broadcast, fell to one digit immediately after and did not rebound all the time.
In the last episode, Emperor Lee Min-ho saved himself from the past, punished Lee Rim (Lee Jung-jin), regained the balance of parallel World, and kept his love with Kim Go-eun.
Parallel World and Out-of-the-way romance that failed to persuade viewers
'The King' was a gap between the part that Kim wanted to solve and the part that viewers wanted Kim and the main actors.
Kim started with a light romantic comedy and recently added weight to his own Worldview. In this drama, he boldly chose parallel World which is difficult to implement on the screen.
It was never easy to implement a heavy message on the drama about which Choices I would do, assuming that I existed in other Worlds, and that killing me in that World would make me better off in the new World.
Moreover, the audience's interest was focused on the Korean Wave stars Lee Min-ho and Kim Go-eun, who are male and female protagonists rather than the story material and background, and wondered about the romance of two stars to be drawn by Kim.
From the beginning, Kim focused on showing the fateful struggle of people who traveled between Korean Empire and South Korea, and romance was operated at the right time to meet the expectation of viewers, but from the viewpoint of viewers, he was rejected by the romance without recognizing the vast Worldview properly.
From the middle and late half, the original message and color of the work became clearer, focusing on the fight of the characters surrounding the parallel World again, but the viewers had already left a lot.
In addition, Lee Min-ho's character, which reminds me of only previous works such as 'heirs', and Kim Go-eun's character, who did not show as much lovely charm as 'Guardian: The Lonely and Great God', remained unfinished romance.
Jung Duk-hyun, a popular culture critic, said, "In the case of 'The King', Kim was motivated. Parallel World would have had a lot of difficulties because it was not easy to implement through directing. "In addition, the romance drama that Kim has done is demanding a change that matches the emotions of this era. It's not Cinderella and the prince, it's other things," he said.
Ha Jae-geun, a popular culture critic, also said, "The idea of 'Prince who came on a white horse' was old-fashioned, so it did not give a good impression to viewers, and the Acting of the main actor seemed to be following the past works.
Direction and excessive PPL that can not be packed in the play
Filling the Worldview that the writing in the play did not express is the role of directing, but "The King" is an evaluation that directing was not effective.
The night view posters of Gwanghwamun Square, which included South Korea and Korean Empire, made me expect to produce 'Guardian: The Lonely and Great God' or 'Mr. Shine' screen, but when I opened the lid, there were many messy parts.
The door of the stone statue, the scene where the male and female protagonists skip the World together in the white horse, and the space between 1 and 0 without any wind, were the parts that could make good use of the key message and representative image of 'The King', but did not make a big impression.
It is also difficult to list memorable scenes with only the screens such as buckwheat fields, seashores, and Glory Hotel in 'Mr. Sean' in 'Guardian: The Lonely and Great God'.
In addition to the male and female protagonists, there was a lot of room for the main actors to emit charm, but except for Woo Do-hwan, the director did not save such a part.
This is why the analysis that Kim's Choices on his own line apart from Lee Eung-bok PD, who has been in good breath all along in his previous works, has influenced the perfection of his work.
The issue of indirect advertising (PPL) that is excessive enough to break the drama flow has also been controversial. Chicken, red ginseng, kimchi, and other foods, including LED masks, to make-up beauty, such as the appearance of the scene where the main actor uses the advertisement product, the scene prevented the immersion in the drama.
It was also a contrast to the witty PPLs that became a hot topic in Kim's previous works.
"There was a problem with the script, but there is also a directing problem. "It was not effective even considering that there was a difficult part," he said. "In addition to the codes that did not fit the times, it was a difficult work overall, with various problems overlapping the production problem and excessive PPL."
Following 'The King', Ji Chang-wook - Kim Yoo-jung's 'Convenience Store Morning Star' is broadcast.
The development method, production and Acting in the vast Worldview are different.