Dae Jo Yeong

I love how they explain moves, tactics, geography-everything on the map.

This series is a disaster. This series is an insult to all filmmakers and directors in the world and of course an insult to the intelligence of the viewer. A completely fictional story and excessive exaggeration. Terrible actors. Terrible music. Terrible cinematography. Terrible costume design and a story that is overdone with long episodes.

The drama was infested with cheap drama/melodrama tactics to keep it alive for too goddamn very long 134 episodes because otherwise it can't reach that milestone. Which turned it into a mind melting irritating watch. These details were highly unlikely to be historically accurate. Looking back at it I don't recall a lot of big events/moments happened during these 134 episodes, it feels empty for what it tried to achieve. The bothersome experience doesn't stop here but extends to its production also as if that wasn't enough. About +80% of the entire filmed footage were extreme face close ups. You're most certainly guaranteed to feel nauseous being subject to that for too long. My guess is that it was done purposefully to hide the background and cut on the budget. Cheaper to film and easier/faster to edit. The more I watch Choi Soo Jong the more I realize he isn't suitable for historical dramas.