Goblin (2016)

A miracle which you must watch to believe it exists

Don’t miss this drama. It’s unbelievably good and entertaining. Brings out emotional side of you. It makes u laugh, cry and scream in surprise. You will rewatch certain scenes guaranteed.

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Cast: Goblin and grim reaper are my favourite characters of all time. So is credit card boy. They make u laugh so hard. Even goblins bride is innocent and sweet. The smallest character is so accomplished and good with their acting.Goblins sister in past life, Eun Tak's childhood friend, Grim Reaper's junior though they are on screen for short time they have casted good actors for it to make sure they did a good job.

Story: Exciting and funny with ups down like never seen before. To avoid spoilers I won’t add much. The flow is smooth and very well presented and executed.

Over all: A masterpiece indeed. The music, the acting, storyline, direction everything is too good. My only dislike was second lead actress cause I felt goblin sister in past life was played by a much accomplished actress and I wish they continued her role .

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This is my first Korean drama, after watching many Chinese dramas. This show was simply beautiful, top to bottom: concept, story, writing, acting, cinematography, music. It's a wild, emotional ride. Partly a historical drama, but mostly modern. It makes you think differently about death and the different stages of life. Maybe it's because of this being my first Kdrama and it's more common there, but I actually loved the mixture of different religions. The secondary couple were just as great as the primary couple.

This was so, so well written. Bring tissues.

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Magically awesome somehow ...

Goblin is the first Korean drama that I actually watched while it was still on-going. I remember how I waited patiently every week for new episodes to come out. Yes, this drama is really that good, it made someone like me who isn't into fantasy drama fell hard for this series ... either that or maybe the charm of Gong Yoo? or maybe the flow of its story line? or maybe the dry humor that's actually funny? or maybe the whole mortal and immortal love thing ... I'm not sure ... but somehow they all mixed together and it created an awesome drama series.

Any how, if I really think about it, even to this day I still don't like this type of fantasy drama but somehow Goblin is still on my top 5 most favorite Korean drama.

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Piękny, magiczny, zimowy romans

Mimo że nie przepadałam za Goeun, tutaj zyskała moją sympatię. Goblin był tutaj bardzo dobrze poprowadzony aczkolwiek nie zawsze wykazywał się empatią. Postacią ktora przyciągnęła moją największą uwagę był natomiast Reaper grany przez Wookiego i śmiało można powiedzieć, że była to najbardziej przemyślana i najlepiej zagrana persona w całym seansie. Było pare ponaciaganych wątków tj. powrót Euntak w tym samym ciele, sam fakt tego że Goblin powrócił i nie zostało to zbytnio zargumentowane. Muzyka była natomiast świetna, jednym z najpiękniejszych dla mnie utworów było Stuck in Love Kim Kyunghee. Wspaniała gra aktorska jak i liczne metafory były ukazane w sposób majestatyczny i nieoczywisty który bardzo skłaniał do refleksji i dawał dużo do myślenia. Jednymi słowy ten ciepły, rodzinny zimowy klimat był zachecajacy i pozwalał utożsamić się z bohaterami seansu. Daję tu 9 poniewaz 10 trzymam tylko dla produkcji ktore poruszyly mnie dogłębnie, czego, jak można sie domyslic, tutaj nie doświadczyłam. Buziaki.

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It has been more than three weeks since Goblin ended and I do not know what kept me from writing the drama review for so long. I have followed this drama most ardently even going to the extent of sitting up late at night to watch the drama within a few hours of its telecast. Goblin was a smashing hit in Korea and all over Asia. I am glad that, for once, Koreans and foreign viewers have loved and appreciated the same drama at the same time. For me, this drama is like the perfect coffee where everything is added in the right quantity just like the way I would like it. Comedy, romance, suspense, anguish, and action were so perfectly blended that I did not find this remarkable drama lacking in any department.

Let’s weigh The Lonely Shining Goblin on our show beam balance and see what makes then show a praise-worthy, MUST watch drama.

Good Weights
Rollicking Comedy: Goblin is high on emotion and relationship but it is not short on comic scenes. Comedy scenes in the show were performed earnestly that it had to elicit rollicking laughter. Be it the grim reaper and the goblin’s banter or Eun Tak’s innocent demands from the goblin or Deok Hwa’s unreasonable needs, everything was hilarious. In a drama mostly depicting human values, the reasonable dosage of comedy provided the much-needed edge to the show.  

BRomance: Though the romance on the show was decent it was the ‘bromance’ between goblin and the grim reaper that stole the show. I have not seen two male actors share such an easy yet fiery chemistry on-screen for a long time. Their banter and fights were hilarious. It broke my heart to see them hate each other for a brief period towards the end because I really enjoyed seeing them together.

Perfect Cast: I have to say that the experienced cast on the show did a phenomenal job towards making the show what it is. The sincerity with which the cast performed was evident on-screen and the results are well-deserved. Even the supporting cast looked convincing in their roles. The casting of this show was one of the best I have seen in Kdramas.

Magical Music: The show’s music is simply enchanting. In fact, the OST titled ‘Round and Round’ became such a big hit with the viewers that the show makers had to officially release it even when the producers had no intentions of keeping it in the original album. Of all the songs on the show ‘Stay With Me’ and ‘Round & Round’ are my most favourite songs.


Bad Weights
Viewers may find loopholes in the story but as far as I am concerned those minor little things did not bother me a bit. The overall content was so stupendous that I have no complaints whatsoever.

I give The Lonely Shining Goblin 4.8 out 5 rating. I have never given any drama this high marks till date (not even my most favourite dramas) but Goblin deserves such high marks as it excels in every department be its story, screenplay, cast, direction, music and every single thing that completes this drama. I personally vouch for this drama. DO NOT MISS Goblin for anything. Go and watch it now.

Originally posted on Alphagirl.in.

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Goblin is the greatest K-Drama the world has ever see. One can never forget this series , if he has watched it. Don't worry about the hate reviews, just jump into the story. After finishing this one, you will be in deep thought about it over one month. The greatest story is mixed with overly talented actors and actresses. Gong Yoo , one of the best actors , mixed with Lee Dong Wook creates immense pleasure and brings humour to the whole plot. It is seen that there are some plot holes, but truly speaking, it's not worth talking about it. If you haven't watched Goblin , you will surely repent after watching all those other boring k-drama. Surely it is the most popular k-drama internationally. So you should give it a try. Afterlife stories, compensation for worldly crimes , life learning lessons mixed with loveliest ever romance between Gong Yoo and Kim Go Eun will be amazing to watch. This drama is best in every sense. Great graphics , great story , great cast, great ost, great cinematography. Better than any other Korean drama you have watched so far.

Gong Yoo , portraying as Goblin (Kim Shin) couldn't have been better. I don't know how they chose cast but No one could have been better than Gong Yoo as the Goblin. The lines were way too emotional and his acting was too perfect. Every moment he was in the drama shined. His story of so many years and his previous tragedy will shake you to the peak of excitement. Vastly experienced Gong Yoo hits the hot spot again. One of the highest paid actors of Korea of all time and most popular actors of all time.

Kim Go Eun , Ji Eun Tak , a girl with the ability to see ghosts meaning to be Goblin's Wife, played charming and amazing part. Everybody , literally every body said so many bad things about her and the drama for choosing her and making her so young. But truly , she has proved everyone wrong in the best possible way. The way she acted , felt like one of the greatest actresses of all time.

Lee Dong Wook, The Greatest Interest of the show , combining with Gong Yoo by creating mesmerising Bromance , played the most difficult role of Grim Reaper and OMG , he was so great as Grim Reaper. The walking scenes of him and Gong Yoo literally made everyone's heart flutter. Though he played supporting actor but he is not a supporting actor rather one of the highest paid actors of all time in Korea.


Yoo In Na , playing Kim Sun, came as a supporting actress in the drama. Same goes for her , always selected as a main lead. This is a big reason the drama was hit . Four of the best cast was massive to see at a time.
Yoo In Na's acting was up to the mark and she portrayed her character so well . It was really great to see.

Yeah, that sums up the review. Watch this amazing k-drama. Even if you create a vote poll for the best drama ever comparing with Dots, My love from the star , you will still see Goblin beating everyone. That shows how maximum people appreciated it. Don't just see the hate comments otherwise it wouldn't get 9.0 rating in total. Give it a go. Thank you so much for reading.

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When I got invested into KPop properly last year, I started to invest my time into a few KDramas. Goblin was one of the dramas that I saw around as it is known as one of the most phenomenal dramas, but haven't watched it until now. As I knew this drama was one of the best, I did have high hopes that it would be an amazing one, and I am here to say, this drama is now my favourite drama of all time

First of all, I would like to give credits to the writers for such an incredible storyline. I'm not really into watching stuff about supernatural creatures, but this drama made me very intrigued about the supernatural beings and it was for sure interesting to learn about Goblins and Grim Reapers. The writers did a splendid job with connecting the stories of the characters with their past lifetimes and their strategic plans of piecing everything together. From my perspective, it is a very original storyline.

Gong Yoo playing as Kim Shin/Goblin was mesmerising. Since watching this drama, I have developed a crush on him. He's got such a tender smile that could light up the entire universe. Every scene was such a treat. Every piece of happiness he got, the sadness and the laughs, all of those were portrayed so well for his character. So sweet, loveable, yet a past that was so unfortunate. It's also worth mentioning that I also fell in love with him because of his boyfriend/husband material: classy in style, funny, cute and a bit of a goofball.
Kim Go Eun as Ji Eun Tak was super cute and adorable. A lot of people found her annoying, but I found her behavior justifiable, but it really depends on how you look from it. Her character didn't really bother me at all, I loved her character and her development.
Lee Dong Wook as Grim Reaper/Wang Yeo was a bit frightening due to his lack of expression haha, but I was really drawn into his character. I have never sympathise with a character just as much as him. Such a huge puppy in this drama and the best 'crier' I have seen yet.
I loved all the cast, they portrayed their characters really well, amazing acting and I never wished for anyone different.

The story is amazing. The love stories were phenomenal and story. Not only that, but the bromance between the Goblin and Grim Reaper was epic, I found myself shipping them more than the real lovers at times aha. The story will definitely leave you drowning in your own tears, but will certainly make your heart flutter and internally scream. It's funny, sad, beautiful, romantic, tragic, heartbreaking...

The music for this drama was good, some of the songs were not really my cup of tea, but all of them were perfect for this drama. I'm glad that they used Round and Round for the intro, dramatic, yet so mysterious. Beautiful by Crush, Stay with Me and Round and Round are my main favourites.

I find myself pondering on if I should rewatch this series again even though I just finished watching it. This is the first KDrama where I had thoughts on rewatching every single episode again from the very beginning. I am going to hold back for now, but I will certainly rewatch this again to relive those moments and find the time frames at where certain scenes happened.

Definitely recommend this drama, it is worth watching. You know when a drama is good when you feel every emotion that the characters are feeling.

It will certainly take me a long while to move on from this drama, if not I don't think I ever will

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Ame con todo mi corazón este drama, hasta la fecha es mi favorito, me encanta la ciencia ficción y este drama mezclo todas las emociones que me gustan, amor, tragedia, romance, comedia.
Empecemos que visualmente este drama es hermoso, su cinematográfia es de las mejores los escenarios y locaciones fueron las adecuadas para ir contando la historia.
Los personajes, Perfectos, el duende, la novia, sunny y el ángel al principio se puede sentir un poco serio el ambiente pero conforme pasa la historia te vas enamorando.
Es el drama con el que más he llorado, fui tan masoquista que volví a ver el final.

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I love the story line of this show. It was very unique and captivating to get any person to love this show. The chemistry with all of the characters/actors was just one of a kind. From main lead to second lead, both actors was able to have a chemistry that was sweet and respectful. Although, the main lead love interest started as a 19 year old. There was no appropriateness with it. The only complaint is that there were no true villain. Soundtrack was sweet and easy listening, although it was very repetitive. It was still catchy. I would recommend this series to anyone that is new to watching k dramas.

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I wached the 1 episode and was so hard to continue I stopped and then I decided to see it until episode 3 and I loved.
-I don't like Kim Go Eun that much...but her role was not bad..neh..
-I fell in love with Lee Dong Wook, he's amazing and put the drama something not "boring"
-The bromance! >.< so cute. Made the drama even better and their relationship was beautiful.
-Sungjae!!!!!! I love him, but i never saw a drama with him, however he was perfect here.
-I actually loved more the second couple (Grim Reaper and Sunny) then the main, just because was so funny and sweet. Seeing the Grim Reaper confused with love relationships is the best xD
- "Sunny not Sun Hee" this will be in my mind
-The OST...INCREDIBLE, so soft and sweet in the right moments.
-The Director and Writer are like legends I really like both of them
-The ending was so realistic and made me cry >///<
Anyway it was a good Fantasy/Romance drama, with very good comedy and relationships.

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The perfect fusion of fantasy and contemporary, with strong script-writing that allows for well-paced plot progression and stable character growth and characterisation. All the positives are backed up by a cast of hyper-competent actors who seem to be perfect matches for their roles, and a soundtrack composed by god herself. Definitely the drama I would recommend to first-time watchers.

More than just a romance, the story also focuses on the importance of family, the one that you have through blood and birth, but also the one that you make for yourself. Perhaps my favourite parts of the drama were outside of the amazingly written romance portions, fantasy segments and action parts, but the small in-betweens where a family that consisted of a lonely Goblin, his greedy nephew, a Grim Reaper, and a teenage girl got to behave as a family, and eat meals together, tease each other and share advice.

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They say that every book you read, every person you meet and every place you visit takes something from you and leaves something else in return. That’s how I feel about this drama. It’s the best way I can put into words how I feel about it.

First, let me start by giving a little background of my experience with Goblin BEFORE watching it: when it came out, everyone was freaking out about it. I remember it all too well… the youtube videos, fan arts, twitter discussions… I don’t know why but I initially thought I would never, in this life, watch it and love it as much as them. Maybe because I was fairly new to this world and was scared of dramas with historical references? Or did I think it was too complicated for me to understand what was going on? Was I scared because the actors were a bit older than what I was used to? I don’t know, but I simply decided that it was not for me. Years went by. One day, a few weeks ago, I was scrolling down a thread on twitter about funny drama moments and they included a scene from Goblin and I thought “Maybe I should give it a try.” But ended up brushing it off. But a few days later after that, I was on dramatist reading the articles and casually read the “most popular” list. Goblin was (is) there. And SUDDENLY I GOT THIS URGE TO WATCH IT IMMEDIATELY AS IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT! And so I did. The destin is a real thing, guys.

ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE REVIEW

Usually, I review each part of the drama, starting with the plot, but for some reason I’m not strong enough to write a full review today. Maybe after I rewatch it (because that will certainly happen). There’s plenty to talk about: the engaging and beautiful- even if painful- plot, the splendid acting and cast who portrayed unforgettable characters, the best OST of all time, the relieving feeling it leaves behind when it’s over. I feel like everyone went through so much that I just wanted them to have an ending- at some points I thought a happy ending was impossible for them. The dialogue is absolutely incredible. You cry and laugh like crazy in less than 5 minutes. The friendships in these are- oh my god. The first episode is the best episode of a drama I’ve ever watched. Like, honestly, the first 20 minutes of the first episode made me cry because of how good those scenes were. And I felt the need to write a live commentary of me watching the rest of the episode, which was a first for me. So here it is, my reaction to the first episode, written by me on Sunday, March 10th 2019:

//COMMENTARY

EPISODE 1
-So… I just watched the first 20 minutes. Literally the best twenty minutes of any drama I’ve ever watched. The war was… mind-blowing, I can’t describe what I felt. The acting is INSANE. No words. Simply no words.
And now I want to learn all about Korean history (even more than before). Great.
-27 minutes in and this little boy made me laugh soooo hard. “Why are you speaking informally to my grandpa? Do you want to die?” HAHAHA so cute
-48:00 … my heart is broken. Will I be able to deal with this drama? I don’t think so.
I am dead. I’m literally dead. This is my ghost writing this.
-This is going to make my Top 5 list, isn’t it?//

Yes, yes it is.
This show will stay very high on my list for a long time, I can feel it.
So refreshing. I knew what would happen to Goblin because I had seen many references to it on social media and basically everywhere? But NOTHING could have prepared me for that scene. It was my first time watching the whole scene and I SOBBED. And then I was happy. I was so happy by the last episode. And then- Oh well, we suffered along with the characters, didn’t we? But I wouldn’t change a thing. By the way, now that I’m thinking about that, a sequel wouldn’t hurt anyone, would it? It would make perfect sense if it was well written… but the perfection that is Goblin shouldn’t be changed. It should just stay as it is and nothing more than that.
I’m so thankful for this drama because I was able to finally get over my prejudice of historical dramas (only if we only got a glimpse of it, I’m more confident and comfortable to watch one of those because I found out I can really love the story even if I’m scared of the genre) and of dramas I thought I would never watch if my life. What an irony. And maybe I'll give Descendants of the Sun a try too! I’m happy that (at last) I know why so many people adored this drama back then and wouldn’t shut up about it and why it remains among so many people’s favorites. I got it. The actors are amazing (both male and female actors!!!) and we will all love them eternally. I got it.
And I had decided to write only a short review with an impactful (and very pretentious) statement but I ended up ranting about it. Oh well, I regret nothing.

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