Product Details

• Actors: Oh Man Suk, Goo Hye Sun, Ko Joo Won
• Directors: Kim Jae Hyung
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: Korean
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 7
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: YA Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: January 6, 2009
• Run Time: 1260 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B001KN8RNI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #290,583 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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KING & I VOL 3 - DVD Movie

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, but..., April 27, 2010

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tncdel "tncdel" (New Castle, Delaware) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The King and I Vol. 3 (DVD)

I've watched dozens of Korean TV series dramas. Many were historical dramas. This was perhaps the least inspiring I've seen.

The script was ho-hum. Basically, it centered about a clueless dummy who castrated himself to become a eunuch, so he could be near the woman he loved, while nominally serving the king, who made that woman his queen. He constantly exasperated people in the story, as well as viewers, acting like he knew what was up, but really didn't. Try rooting for him to come through, then time and time again he gives one more reason to assume he is hopelessly stupid.

The scriptwriter was also very wasteful when it came to utilizing his characters. Often, when you expected something really unique to happen, you're disappointed with two-dimensional story developments.

The high point I would say was the proficient acting skills of Jun Kwang Ryul, who played the head eunuch and sage adviser to the kings.

Han Jung Soo provided great supporting acting to augment Jun Kwang Ryul's role. And Jun Hye Bin was fascinating as the always-scheming femme fatale.

Oh Man Suk in the main role was so predictable as to be boring. And Koo Hye Sun, as the love of his life who became a queen, was often irritatingly repetitious. I fault more so the lackluster script they had to follow. But she was much better in "Mighty Chilwu" and "Boys Over Flowers." Both characters seemed to be retarded, having severe learning problems, time and time again failing to learn anything from their mistakes.

Before buying this Korean TV series, I would strongly suggest buying something else... unless, like me, you've already seen just about every other Korean historical drama, and want to watch it simply because, like the man who told people who asked him why he must climb a mountain, "Because it's there."

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