Goong

Goong is a story about young love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. In the imaginary world, modern-day Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with the sudden death of the reigning the King. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of the Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae Kyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae Kyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin's grandfather.

After 14 years of living in England with his mom, Lee Yul appears all of a sudden. He is Shin's cousin as well as the former Crown Prince. Everything seemed to be going normally until Chae Kyung's optimistic spirit wins the heart of internally lonely, Yul. As the Crown Prince Shin and simple-minded Chae Kyung's relationship appear to developing deeper feelings, a series of scandals are exposed to the public right after the pair were officially announced married. Will love prevail all in a world of political pressures and martial hardships? Or will being in the spotlight of the public be too much for the young newlyweds to endure

24 episodes + 1 special; romantic comedy

One of the best dramas ever. This is the drama that got me hooked onto dramas in the first place. It is definitely hilarious, the comedy part is amazingly done. By our very own, lovely yoon eun hye. This was her first drama and her big break, this drama definitely got her name out there. She is an amazing actress that can convey comedy amazingly well. She is hilarious and beautiful at the same time. She was in several other dramas, such as Take Care of the Young Lady, 1st Shop of Coffee Prince, and Vineyard Man. I love her as an actress, especially in this movie. Her whole family adds to the comedic aspect. She is a girl who is in love with Shin, her fiance, but however, he is in love with his girlfriend. Remember their marriage was forced. She is trying to cope with living her new life in the palace, and no matter how hard it is, she is always smiling.

The main guy, Shin, is the crown prince of the palace. However, he was not originally the prince, the princedom was supposed to go to his cousin, yul. Shin is one of those apathetic cool levelheaded guys, or so i think. Either that or he's a really horrible actor. I couldn't tell if he actually fell for the girl or not. I was never sure... He was in another drama, called the devil. That wasn't so great either. Well, i have nothing really to say about him.

My favorite character in this drama was Yul. He was adorable and cute and the best friend type character. Although he was supposedly the bad guy in this drama, I didn't see it at all. It was mostly his mother who was the bad guy and I still don't see why he and the main girl don't end up together. His character is an ideal boyfriend type. He was in other dramas such as Witch Yoo Hee. In the drama Goong, he is jealous that Shin is getting all these things that were supposed to belong to Yul, including Chae Kyung. He is in love with her and we can all obviously tell, props to his acting. It would be sad seeing the girl you love married to some guy that treats her like crap because he is in love with some other girl, knowing that she could have been yours. Well, his life pretty much sucks because of his mother pushing him to do whatever it takes to become the crown prince. She's one of those power hungry types that forsake her love to marry the dude who would be crown prince, who ended up dying so the guy she was really in love with, already married to someone else, ended up crown prince. What a sad life, and how ironic is that.

Another aspect that made this drama amazing is the soundtrack. The music was amazing and I completely fell in love with the soundtrack. Although it somewhat drags in the middle, its still an amazing drama. Definitely on my drama to buy list for when I'm rich. I give this drama a 5/5