The idea of the story is integrating a game universe and real universe, which somehow weirdly unique.
The story began with a jaw dropping starts. The story progresses steady but too slow. I really love the core story, but the tempo kills the excitement of watching this.
The problem is that there were too many unnecessary details and time shifts to explain minor incidents that happened before rather than explaining what will happen and what happened with the core story.
Acting
Hyun Bin potrays Jin Woo perfectly. The suffer is so real and I am amazed how great he was potraying this character.
On the other hand, Park Shin Hye started awkwardly. Jung Hee Ju seems to be so awkward and out of places. But it started to get better as the story progress.
The other cast did their job great, especially the "bugs".
The chemistry between the leads is great, but not the best.
Ost
The only great ost is Is You by Ailee. The rest are average.
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This drama is controversial. You know, before you make a history-based story/script, you should learn the real history first. Then, when you put it to your story, you HAVE TO put that history-line to your story as it is. You should NOT falsely rewrite the history onto your script. If you don't know the truth or what the world know about that history, then DON'T write it. It makes controversy, makes many people mad, and people will unite to prosecute the actors, actress, director, writer, etc.
It's just same as this drama. On 13th episode, there are lines tell you about one of most believed religions in the world, Islam. I bet, the writer has not done the research about Fatima, Muhammad, Islam, and the history of Granada itself. Once again I tell you, reader. If it has to do with, race, religion, ethnic, history, and so on, you can not take it a joke. Don't even rewrite their history falsely. If you want to create novel, script, or anything that has to do with them, then you HAVE TO research it, do interview with scientist, professor, etc., and make sure yours is legit enough to be published. If you CAN'T, then just find another theme, genre, or whatever it's called. I feel sorry for Park Shin Hye who had to do the lines. I hope people/netizens out there don't blame her. It's the writer's fault.
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Unique Kdrama
I have seen so many dramas and this one is one of the kind. First off all is a unique story, you can never predict what will happen in the next moment, was the only drama i have seen and i have not guess what will happen. The male leader he pass difficult times not in his past but in his present. What a great acting Hyun Bin is perfect , you can feel his pain. I love his character. Touching relationships like him and his secretary. You will see it and you will not forget it in an hour because you can think it again and again you have a lot to explain in your mind . The story is without holes with many meanings. And if you are a gamer is a big extra. I love it and for first time i want to write something for a drama because i cant forget it. Only i want to say sorry for my poor english is so many things i want to express and i cant say it ?Cet avis était-il utile?
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No clear ending
Everything is fine, story, casting, places, music... but... the final ending? What´s it? Were directors out of cash? Out of memory in the hard disk? Really, really angry with a very good drama recorded at beautiful Granada with this poor ending. He was just deleted... C´mon... Any intern could write a better final ending... I will haven´t good Memories of the Alhambra. Netflix, I want my subscription money back... Just kidding : )-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I had high expectations for this drama as its writer is the same with W. W really blew my mind from the pacing, the characters and damn the plot twists on the first episodes because I didn't really expect any of that. However, Memories of Alhambra seems so lacking in many ways. The first episode was a good start as it was really intriguing and magical. I absolutely love the AR theme, very timely and witty. It was really action-packed which is the thing that I always anticipate on every episode. But things got really repetitive and tedious when Hyung-seok keeps on showing up. I stopped watching it for awhile because the story did not pique my curiosity anymore. Episodes 4-7 were very trivial for me. The Memories of Alhambra (guitar piece) keeps on playing more than twice in an episode and it did get on my nerves at some point. The story picked up its pace again sometime later when we got back to Korea. I guess they just wanted the drama to reach 16 episodes so the scenes on Granada were very lengthy and unnecessary. I then read comments online that Hee Joo's character was also unnecessary and I began to realize that they were right. The story could really go on without her presence and help. The thing with this writer is that he writes in a fast paced manner so I did not get enough time to sympathize with the characters' feelings. Hyun Bin was great but his lines and scenes were really lacking. As for the music, it should have been more suspenseful as this drama is a thriller one. I anticipated it to have lots of sfx to really shock the viewers but it didn't. The guitar piece was overly used. It's where the drama got its title but it doesn't really have a major impact for me.
Let's jump to the finale episode which was a disappointment but I'm really glad it's open ended because if not, there would have tons of plot holes here and there. However, the ending was not satisfying at all. We mostly got scenes on the church with the characters looking at the ashes the whole damn time. We also got a flashback of everything that happened where I realized it was not a roller coaster kind of ride. The story focused mainly on Jin Woo playing the game and finding Se Ju. The story only unfolded just to reveal the past and find Se Ju. This drama should have been entitled Finding Se Ju seriously. To sum up, it was an okay drama for it is very unique and truly magical. It may be flawed on some of its elements but it is still worth watching especially if you are an avid online game user.
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Really good show
This drama was really good! It had a pretty unique idea, Virtual Games in Real Life but with a deep story that no drama has ever made before(I think) The story is 10/10,no debate. Honestly, the first 2 episodes were the best in the series. You'll know why when you finish it. The acting was top notch, same with the music. My only problem was the pacing, for some time, the pacing was very bad so I got bored easily. That's why I don't think I'd re-watch it. Other than that, it's pretty good and it's a solid 8/10!Cet avis était-il utile?
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Tridimensional
Impressionada com a produção impecável desse Dorama! Todas as cenas do jogo são lindas e muito bem feitas, deixariam qualquer gamer de queixo caído e acampados na fila pra conseguir um avatar!Me prendeu do começo ao fim, a história não se limita a mistério e suspense, também tem um pouco de romance para as dorameiras. Sou fã do ator principal e acho que ele arrasou como sempre!
Com certeza indico essa pérola pra todas as minhas amigas assistirem com seus namorados, eles não vão ter do que reclamar!
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Acting/Cast: I enjoy the actors & actresses in this drama however their roles were kinda lack luster for me. Hyun-Bin as Jin-Woo had all the action scenes but very little romantic scenes with Hee-Joo. Park Shin-Hye role as Hee-Jo was very boring to me. I was hoping she would get some toughness in her role like what I've seen in Doctors but that didn't happen. Her role as Hee-Jo wasn't memorable to me but as Emma, it was. Same issue with Hee-Jo, lack of chemistry for Jin-Woo which results in lack of scenes of them together.
Music: By far the best part of this drama was the music. Ailee's song "Is You" & Yang Da Il's song "I'm Here" were my favorite two osts from this drama but every other music played in this drama I've enjoyed listening to as well.
Rewatch?: Not worth rewatching for me because of the slow story progression, lack of romance & chemistry between the leads and I wasn't fond of the writing.
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Una de las primeras series coreanas que vi, muy feliz de que empece con muy buena calidad, buen filtro Netflix.Como soy de origen latino, claro que me llamaba la atención el nombre de la serie, y me imaginaba que era una historia totalmente romántica, que bueno que estaba totalmente equivocada, el romance era solo el 5%, dentro de esta serie, y creo que dije mucho. Ya con el primer capítulo quede interesada, el concepto del juego con realidad virtual, sumado al misterio de Se Joo, hacen que no quieras parar de verla. Bueno y la verdad que Hyun Bin es un gran plus para esta serie.
Es la única serie coreana que espero fervientemente una segunda temporada, el final, fue muy ambiguo, y hay mucho material para seguir la historia. Esa fue la razón por la cual no le puse el 10, sentí como que le faltaran unos capítulos mas.
Ver series de acción con un toque de magia y misterio es una de mis debilidades, si les gusta eso la van a disfrutar, la recomiendo 100%.
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Cada vez que sonaba la canción, Recuerdos de la Alhalambra, realmente me asustaba, sabia que algo malo iba a pasar, de hecho la seguí oyendo, se metió en mi psique, jajajaja. La mirada de este actor (Park Hoon) es realmente aterradora. Ya he visto la serie dos veces, y me sigue asustando. Muy bien logradas todas esas escenas.
La segunda vez que la ví, fue totalmente lógico del porque pasaba todo, era como evidente. Lo bueno es darse cuenta que cuando la vi la primera vez esta tan bien contada que no lo sospeche, entendí cosas, pero el misterio continuaba.
Entiendo la decepción del final, yo también me decepcione un poco, quería más, aunque reconozco que todo lo que paso era totalmente lógico. Se Joo, traumatizado, es muy inteligente, pero igual es un niño, me encanto el reconocimiento que los chicos le dieron. Emma, entendí su rol de consiliadora fuera y dentro del juego, entendí que su amor por él ayudo mucho, perooo soy mujer, me hubiera gustado mas participación activa. Jin Woo (con suspiro incluido), no tenia que desaparecer, necesito una explicación de esta parte, él no era una falla, él seguía vivo. Así que por favor denme mi segunda parte, ahora ya. jajaja.
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One thing I have to criticize the writer is - again - the way she writes her female characters. This is something that ruined W for me, and in Memories of Alhambra made the romance feel forced and unnecessary. I couldn't help but sigh at the waste of Park Shin Hye's time for this show.
I still enjoyed it, however. I'd reccomend it for those who enjoys a drama packed with suspense and action, and that will leave you with questions after every episode, this might be for you.
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