In Hotel Del Luna, Yeo Jin-Goo plays Koo Chan-Sung, an elite hotelier cursed to endlessly gesticulate without ever expressing an emotion. He has so little presence that I sometimes forgot he was in a scene while it was still playing.

The titular hotel has even less presence. The staff magically teleport around its diverse interiors (a composite of sets and real locations), which means it never acquires the immersive quality of the Overwatch or the Grand Budapest, or the café in Coffee Prince.

A combination of frenetic editing, dutch angles, and stylised lighting gives the jarring impression of watching a music video, even in moments that should be quiet and lyrical.

The story moves with perverse slowness, sadistically withholding from the viewer the fantastic tales and sights that it could offer. At the point where I dropped the show, Koo Chan-Sung had only just joined the hotel's staff.

I would have liked to learn more about IU's past ( she is far and away the highlight of the show ), but I suppose I'll never know.

(By the way, shouldn't it be 'Hotel de la Luna'?)