to me it was the best drama of this year because the plot was so unique and fresh and so unpredictable they always surprised me , i would be laughing my ass off and then crying like a little girl the next minute while watching it , it had everythiing a drama should have a dream cast , comedy , great plot , romance and tragedy , i loved it so much , this one along with scarlet heart are definetly my faves
that last couple in reapers tea shop that had been separated was really touching and sad. When kim shin hooked up his friend from Goryeo and apologized for not finding him sooner.
Rather than not having a well developed chemistry (between the main couple), I would say that it was more of 'complicated' yet 'new' kind of chemistry. So thats one of the reasons I became particularly interested and root for the main lead couple. Moreover they fell in love for each other not merely because they met and develop feelings, its more than that. Its a 'destiny' made by the God/deity. They re meant to be with each other. You must particularly see from Kim Shin's point of view. Kim Shin who is immortal already foresee his future with Euntak since Joseon era and unfortunately he met her a lil bit too early. She was still 19, when society would look them weirdly because of the age gap. So my question is, if you were Kim Shin, what would you do? To love or not to love? It was also interesting to me as it made me curious and want to see how their chemistry develop despite the age gap and if they would end up together in the end.
If I had to express my opinion about this drama to someone I would play this video for them. Same feeling about this drama, loved the actors, production amazing!, wonderful ost, story great! But the main plot which was the main character love story needed more. I loved 1-3 and 13-16, the other ten episodes were just repetitive things between the main characters. What really saved those episodes were lee dong wook tea room scenes and their bromance. I would just add one more scene that toched my heart si deeply and made me cry when Eun Tak is by herself having a breakdown and feels really sad and depressing but she can't explain why she feels like that so and she's taking medication for that it. I just made me think how many people suffers from depression and The writers wanted to show us that.
PLEASE PLeASE REVIEW WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY KIM BOK JOO I LOVED IT SO MUCH IT RE-IGNITED THE SPARK I HAD FOR NOT JUST K-DRAMA BUT FOR LOVE STORIES AS A WHOLE AS well i've unofficially sworn of love stories because i can't stand their vapidity anymore and i've been listless ever since but wfkbj literally resurrected me and my faith in humanity and i am not exaggerating. i have never been more serious in my entire life
Ahahah I like your enthusiasm :) I actually started watching it at one point but could not get past the first episode. I didn't appreciate the acting, especially with the whole stereotype of gymnast girls bullying weightlifting girls. It was too exaggerated for me. Don't you think?
ah yes i, too, was extremely put off by the dramatization and over-emphasis of the gymnast-weightlifters rivalry it definitely got on my nerves and it was a major turnoff, but i am *so glad* i pulled through because *trust me* it gets MUCH better and the relationship/plot development was worth all the other drawbacks (the execution of the not-so-love-triangle was just. so subversive and made me so happy) :")
The gymnast girls don't really become a main focus. I'm new to Korean drama (I know! Where have I been!?) but I really really enjoyed Weightlifting Kim Bok Joo. It's heartwarming and cute, and the main characters are adorable together. I think it will be one of my favorites for years to come!
that's really not what the story is about at all...Lol I would suggest you actually watch a full episode or two before deciding you don't like it. There are so many deep and relatable elements to the storyline that begin to unravel.
Even though I like and enjoyed this drama a lot, I've got to say your review was really on point. The romantic relationships were not well-developed, be it for the main or second couple. But, I still enjoyed it because their interactions were cute and their acting was stellar.
The king loved his queen but was not brave enough to overcome the fear of her brother treasoning (so he was led to believe) against him. He was tormented by this and regretted it so he killed himself and the pain and guilt was so great that he chose to not remember it
That drama was really strange and I didn't feel main couples chemistry so much. But I loved Grim Reaper. I can't even put it in words. That character was just so confused, so gentle and so sad. I cried everytime he cried and felt so so bad for him. Okay, he did big sins, but when everyone hated in one point, I was so mad. Grim Reaper had such a hard times and nobody was by his side.. Anyways, I loved him and wanted to hug the sad face away so many times I can't even
I kinda understand where you coming from when you say you don't see enough of the weight of their love for them to commit their life to it cuz I watched it on TH-cam with English subtitle and some of them were pretty horribly done. The way it was translated... oh~, man, you just don't get that same band of colossal feels and emotion this story plot is laden full with. Trust me, had you been able to watch it and understand it in its full Korean context, the depth & weight of emotional ride would be in the magnitude of tidal wave which is of tsunami scale.
Just finished watching the drama and just found your review. And gosh, you have a fantastic review here - hit the nail right on the head and I can't agree with you more!
For me, this is the best k-drama I watched recently. I agreed your opinion for the repetitive part and the main love line. ya. This were what the drama lacked. I also nearly missed this drama because of its English translation's name but luckily I read the synopsis. I got impressed by this drama because it can brought you laughter in the first few minutes and brought you to tears in the next second just in one episode. thank you for review the drama
i honestly didnt see any bad parts. Every episode felt like a movie for me. The Major Flaw? what major flaw? There was more than enough love. Writing was very very great.
'도깨비'는 한국에서 예전부터 전해져 내려오는 신화 속 주인공의 고유한 이름입니다. 'Dokkaebi' is the unique name of the protagonist in mythology, which has dated back on ancient times in Korea. '도깨비'는 고블린과 전혀 다른 존재입니다. 그들 사이에는 유사성이 없다고 봐도 무방합니다. 'Dokkaebi' is totally different from the goblins. There is no similarity between them. 당신의 멋진 의견에 상당 부분 공감해요~^^ I sympathize with your wonderful comments~^^ 항상 평안이 함께 하시길~ May the peace always be with u~^^
Hi, I am Korean, who is a great fan of this drama(to be honest, I've Gong-yoo fan). 'Dokkaebi' means mythical creature in ancient Korean mythology, which does not really look like a human, and carries a 'dokkaebi bat'; they can do some kinds of magic, and they are known to be mischievous and funny. However, Gong-yoo, 'Dokkaebi' in this drama, does not greatly resemble the iconic image of 'Dokkaebi' in Korea. It is just the fact that he has magical powers, and he lives on forever. It just indicates that he is a mythical being with superpowers.
도깨비는 치우천황입니다. 80년대 염제를 중국역사로 편입후 90년대 치우를 중국역사로 또 편입하고, 소수민족 폐기후, 중화민족을 새로 창조해 가고 있습니다. 그 와중에 한국은 고조선, 고구려, 발해를 뺏길 위기에 처해 있죠~~~ 묘족? 치우천황이 동이족이라서.. 관련 후대 국가도 중국에 편입 작업중이죠.
i understand your sentiments about not having chemistry between the main couple. it is because, kim shin is holding back. he tried not to have romantic relationship with 19 yo eun tak. i personally think that when someone's love is like kim shin, (holding back his feelings) the love he had will become deeper. i understand that most of you didnt like that kind of love, because it was almost extinct nowadays. LOL. and all you want to see in a drama is the skinship and romance.
every moment spent with DOKKAEBI are dazzling. beacause it was good days beacause it was bad days and because it was appropriate days.. i love every moment of it.
i alsooo agree with you on all the flaws of this drama but i dont know why i still love it so much. i hav never cried so hard on any other drama or tv show than when i cried at the last 2 episodes i did not expect any of that!! and the lessons i learned about life and death really changed my perspective and i too felt every scene at the tea shop. listenong to the ost made me cry everytime istg
I love the drama a lot but just like what you said it was a lot better if the Main couple did a little extend to their emotions and actions for the drama. I actually I cried in the scene when Kim Shin disappeared and when Eun Tak (don't know if it's correct) died just to sacrifice her life for the kids who supposed to die. This drama gives you lessons more in life and death. I really love the bromance of the characters. I am still in the hangover state and still rewatching it up until now. I also agree with you that it was a lot better if the romance started when she was 29 rather than 19 but it's just an opinion and I really like how Kim Shin loved Eun Tak in the drama.m
i was ready to breakdown when i saw her cry in that scene. it just reaches into your soul and tears its apart... i also thinks she's an amazing actress, how she does cute, angry, sad, mature, so many sides so well. Also when she gets her memories back and she goes running down the street looking for him. Soul death... I have to agree though, some plot lines were a bit... well how did that happen? Like when she got her memories back...
okay... I've got to say that most of the reviews are correct. I found it the same. the main plot and the romance between the leads which actually should be our focus was too weak. it happened also in Descendent of the sun where I could not help myself to shout " what actually the hell people think by adoring such a romanceless drama like this, I enjoyed myself only with those soldiers bromance" ( and couldn't find the actress did the good job, The flat acting by song hye khyo discredited the drama). I can't more than agree with your thought about " how in Goblin, their loves are not sufficient enough to make them sacrificing their lives to one another, except when it comes to how Euntak could only find herself home while they were together ( I can take that as an exception, it's distressed me). But somehow, I showered love and so much love to Go eun and Gong yoo for their great job, they were incredible. I was in love with their train to Busan and Cheese in trap which i can say, DAEBAK acting you two... that was why I keep crediting this drama as one of the best because of the actors, the animations, the songs, and so on and so on.. but well, we know altogether that nothing in this world are flawless. ... so keep cheering the best korean dramas which always fill our heart with love and fantasy
Agree 100% Euntak and Kim Shin's relationship was weird when she was a teenager. I did not like the 2nd couple at all. I didn't see what they had in common beyond the fact that they were very attractive and shared a tragic past. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but that was mine. I personally felt like something was missing in Goblin and I feel like maybe that was character development.
Finally someone who is not a huge fan of this drama. I was expecting a lot from it because of all the good reviews but then almost stopped watching it twice. It was just so boring! Just like you said, they were dragging everything (there were almost no actions) and most of the plot was based on the romance which I couldn't like because of this age difference. A school girl and a 36-old man? No, thanks. So I really liked when they finally did the time skip. Where she was 29, the chemistry got much better. The last 3 episodes also had more action and the acting was great. I liked them. As for the rest... well, could have been better. Much better.
i agree with you for most the comments. Pacing was way too slow. i was skipping some parts. But Kim Sun and Wang Yeo's plot is awesome for me. I like the part where there is instant connection between them I wish they have explored more in that storyline. chemistry in both actors was great as well. but for the whole story uhh.. it was okay..
Seriously read some Korean history before you review anything with historical or reincarnation in the story. It was perfect and very well developed. I say that as a screenwriting major.
*giggles* the best and most well developed relationship is between Kim Shin and Wang Yeo my shipper heart they're the true pairing that's the only explanation xD
i agree with you that their physical interactions felt weird because of the age (trust me i had a hard time too) , but over time (with all the repetitive scenes and such) i kinda liked that she was so young, she portrayed such a pure, innocent and loving character and i really really loved eun tak because of that. so, maybe they did that huge age gap thing so they can portay eun tak's personality? idk that's what i think.
This was a good drama, but I also wouldn't watch it ever again because each episode was so long and most of the scenes were too slow as well. I prefer Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo.
Literally every single time watching Eun Tak break down after Kim Shin perished or even hearing the song that was playing make me tear up. It was so so sad. 😭 That song ended up being my favourite song among all of the OST ❤️
I'd like to talk about the comment you made about the weight of their love when the girl was at her 19. I think the reason you think so is because they actually didn't love each other at first. Their 'love' starts with Ji Eun-tak's blow which summons Kim Shin. That's actually the work of the magic instead of their love. Then they struggle a lot and start to love each other bit by bit. And I can totally feel how Kim Shin falls for Eun-tak. The age is honestly not the problem, it's just like loving a girl who has childish behaviour! And I agree that the love between them is much intense when Eun-tak is 29. The acting is different in a good way to show that. BTW, I'm lucky to watch it on a normal TV channel in Hong Kong so translation is not a problem to my understanding. Anyways, this is by far the best K-drama I've ever watched. And thanks Margarita for the review.
Have you ever seen K-drama "시그널(the Signal)"? It's the best K-drama of 2016 in Korea I think. If you've not seen that drama. I recommend you to see that drama. It'll not disappoint you.
Great review. I still need to watch the last 4 eps, but do not have the feels for it. I am not surprised by the drama flaws, since the writer is Kim Eun-Sook, and I didn`t expect much from her. I don`t like her writings. I watched this drama because of Gong Yoo, but "fall in love" with Dong Wook. ;-)
hahaha, you so missed it. Cycles are the core of our nature. Looking back on and trying to relive special moments. Being trapped in the past and not being able to escape the regret(s) connected with certain moments. Through it all, perhaps you failed to recognize hope springing out of every character. I'm writing failed but that is the wrong word to use in this instance. The writing was amazing and if we had the capability to understand something the first time we experienced it in every case, then philosophy loses its lustre. Cycles...revolution...hope. Perspective is so important. That's why those close to us but outside of our entrapments offer differing perspectives to help us broaden our own vision. Be well!!
Honestly this drama really dragged for me. There were some standout performances like from LDW, but there were also so many aggravating elements that I could just not get over. By the end, this drama was limping towards the finish. Kim Go Eun's performance was irritating. There was ZERO romantic chemistry between KGE and Gong Yoo for me. This was my first kdrama, and by the end I was really questioning whether I really wanted to watch another one. This series relied TOO heavily on tired tropes and sentimentality. I agree that the best moments were the scenes of people reuniting with their loved ones in the Grim Reaper's tea room. I decided to give it another go with Scarlet Heart Ryeo , which was far superior to Goblin. Talk about powerhouse performances.
I totally feel you! The love lines btw King n Queen and even btw their reincarnated characters are both awkward (They don't seem to relate much in personality and look totally like 4 different people to me)! And the feelings btw Kim Shin and young Eun Tak was not comfortable to watch either. I feel so much better to watch the 29-year-old version of her having skinship with our lonely God.
The reason the relationship in the beginning wasn't as good is because they front loaded the filler episodes in goblin. You can watch like the first 3 episodes and skip to episode 12 or something and you really wouldn't have missed anything.
5:02 the king and the queen didn't love each other? 5:07 maybe the king loved her? did we watch the same drama? some of the things you point out don't make sense i feel like.
I agree with all your points. I was initially weary of the writer because I am not a fan of her works, DotS included. My wearines was dampened by the 1st episode but proven with the ending. Shin coming back still an immortal makes the whole premise of the main plot disconnected. The sword is no more and he comes back in his original form hence what's up with the immortality? He begs the Almighty to stay to honour the contract, not to stay an immortal so when I was watching it, I was quite confused. When it ended, what I have in my mind was, "What's the whole point?" 10/10 for production quality and OST. Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable watch. What I'm sure about, it makes me fall for Gong Yoo. 😆
The bromance put this series way higher on my list! #13 My favorite K-Dramas as of March 11th 2019 Hey Ghost, Let's Fight (2016) Come Back Mister [ 돌아와요 아저씨 ] Healer [ 힐러 ] (2014) My Love From Another Star (2013) Welcome to Waikiki (2018) Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017) Oh My Ghost (2015) My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox (2010) Life on Mars (2018) Two Cops (2017) Black (2017) The Boy Next Door [mini drama] (2017) Goblin Great and Lonely God [ 도깨비 ] (2016) I'm Not a Robot (2017) The Legend of The Blue Sea (2016) Feel Good to Die (2018) W - Two Worlds (2016) What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018) Secret Garden (2010) Pinocchio (2014) I Can Hear Your Voice (2013) Shopping King Louie Doctor Stranger (2014) My Shy Boss (2017) The K2 (2016) The Best Lee Soon Shin (2013) Go Back Couple (2017) Longing Heart -- My First Love (2018) Love In Trouble (Suspicious Partner) (2017) Big (2012) Advertising Genius Lee Tae Baek (2013) Coffee Prince (2007) Fight My Way (2017) Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (2016) Descendants of the Sun King 2 Hearts (2012) Rooftop Prince (2012) Queen & I (2012) Reunited Worlds (2017) A Korean Odyssey (2017) Are You Human Too? Witch's Love (2018) Cheese In The Trap (2016) Boys Over Flowers (2009) Heirs (2013) Jealously Incarnate (2016) The Bride of Habaek (2017) Oh My Venus (2015) The Girl Who Can See Scents #moribundmurdoch #moribundopines #opinemoribund #dramalist #koreanlist #kdramalist #moribundlist #kdrama #kdramas #kdramalist #kdramaslist #mmm #moribund #kdramamoribund #kdramasmoribund
Eun Tak could've blown birthday candles, had a brownout, or ignited a candle before her 29th birthday. Kim Shin wouldn't have to walk in the cold for 9 years. How come he was only summoned then? Am I missing something or is this a flaw...?
도깨비는 뭐니뭐니해도 대사 라임이죠~ 한국말 가지고 엄청난 요리를 해놓은 그 대사라임이 영어로는 전달이 안되니 그런 흥미는 더 떨어졌겠네요ㅜㅜ 아쉽다. I think 도깨비's best point is a lot of wordplay of dialogue. It makes common and boring part and scene funny. :( So I'm so sorry that many foreigners who don't know Korean in comparison with native can't feel those things. And I feel sorry to you because of my lack of English skills.
haha i was trying to get my Korean partner to explain it to me because I thought the same thing, "Goblin" is just not a great word for this show, but apparently in Korean folklore Dokkaebi's look pretty much like a goblin/troll but more mischievous and with more powers (bringing fortune, gold, etc).
im4ubabe Doesn't the show have two names? Because on the tvn utube channel its titled Guardian the lonely and great god I just thought they changed it to goblin to make it shorter
To translate dokebi to goblin is right. No translation matches exactly one by one. Even the Dokebi played by Gongyu doesn't match with the traditional Dokebi. Traditional Dokebi has red or blue skin and big spiked club. It's pretty similar to goblin. To describe him, Guisin(Ghost) is more correct. and those morons will argue how ghost is not right to translate Guisin. lol
I have started watching it when it just came out but the first episode did not impress me. It got a little better in 2nd episode but then they got rid of Gwang Soo and I stopped watching lol
I'm bilingual(kor/eng)and I agree with you a lot. just except that I enjoyed the chemistry btw the main couple a lot haha. maybe I'm unrealistic that's why haha. I wanna see you in korea either as an actor,singer, etc. By the way, do u mind if I translate your words and upload this video somewhere else? Because I think it's worth attention as an objective point of view of this drama as you're a non-korean. Anyways I enjoyed this video! 새해 복 많이받으세요 ~ ^^
Привет. Я из Кореи. И сейчас учу корейский и очень хочу выучить английский пожалуйста посоветуй как это сделать? Ты так быстро выучила корейский и английский
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to me it was the best drama of this year because the plot was so unique and fresh and so unpredictable they always surprised me , i would be laughing my ass off and then crying like a little girl the next minute while watching it , it had everythiing a drama should have a dream cast , comedy , great plot , romance and tragedy , i loved it so much , this one along with scarlet heart are definetly my faves
YGfamily-got7-exo-shinee Ugh I cried so much❤
i think they were still falling in love for most of the show. I felt the love between them after they got older.
Grim Reaper was definitely my favorite character. His character was definitely more interesting to me. I completely agree with you in this review.
that last couple in reapers tea shop that had been separated was really touching and sad. When kim shin hooked up his friend from Goryeo and apologized for not finding him sooner.
Rather than not having a well developed chemistry (between the main couple), I would say that it was more of 'complicated' yet 'new' kind of chemistry. So thats one of the reasons I became particularly interested and root for the main lead couple. Moreover they fell in love for each other not merely because they met and develop feelings, its more than that. Its a 'destiny' made by the God/deity. They re meant to be with each other. You must particularly see from Kim Shin's point of view. Kim Shin who is immortal already foresee his future with Euntak since Joseon era and unfortunately he met her a lil bit too early. She was still 19, when society would look them weirdly because of the age gap. So my question is, if you were Kim Shin, what would you do? To love or not to love? It was also interesting to me as it made me curious and want to see how their chemistry develop despite the age gap and if they would end up together in the end.
I've literally already watched it three times so it's obvious that Goblin was my favorite drama
The actress was really good at crying. Man, so much crying in that drama
If I had to express my opinion about this drama to someone I would play this video for them. Same feeling about this drama, loved the actors, production amazing!, wonderful ost, story great! But the main plot which was the main character love story needed more. I loved 1-3 and 13-16, the other ten episodes were just repetitive things between the main characters. What really saved those episodes were lee dong wook tea room scenes and their bromance. I would just add one more scene that toched my heart si deeply and made me cry when Eun Tak is by herself having a breakdown and feels really sad and depressing but she can't explain why she feels like that so and she's taking medication for that it. I just made me think how many people suffers from depression and The writers wanted to show us that.
PLEASE PLeASE REVIEW WEIGHTLIFTING FAIRY KIM BOK JOO I LOVED IT SO MUCH IT RE-IGNITED THE SPARK I HAD FOR NOT JUST K-DRAMA BUT FOR LOVE STORIES AS A WHOLE AS well i've unofficially sworn of love stories because i can't stand their vapidity anymore and i've been listless ever since but wfkbj literally resurrected me and my faith in humanity and i am not exaggerating. i have never been more serious in my entire life
Ahahah I like your enthusiasm :) I actually started watching it at one point but could not get past the first episode. I didn't appreciate the acting, especially with the whole stereotype of gymnast girls bullying weightlifting girls. It was too exaggerated for me. Don't you think?
ah yes i, too, was extremely put off by the dramatization and over-emphasis of the gymnast-weightlifters rivalry it definitely got on my nerves and it was a major turnoff, but i am *so glad* i pulled through because *trust me* it gets MUCH better and the relationship/plot development was worth all the other drawbacks (the execution of the not-so-love-triangle was just. so subversive and made me so happy) :")
ruoweii omg yes its one of my fav kdrama's
The gymnast girls don't really become a main focus. I'm new to Korean drama (I know! Where have I been!?) but I really really enjoyed Weightlifting Kim Bok Joo. It's heartwarming and cute, and the main characters are adorable together. I think it will be one of my favorites for years to come!
that's really not what the story is about at all...Lol I would suggest you actually watch a full episode or two before deciding you don't like it. There are so many deep and relatable elements to the storyline that begin to unravel.
Even though I like and enjoyed this drama a lot, I've got to say your review was really on point. The romantic relationships were not well-developed, be it for the main or second couple. But, I still enjoyed it because their interactions were cute and their acting was stellar.
The king loved his queen but was not brave enough to overcome the fear of her brother treasoning (so he was led to believe) against him. He was tormented by this and regretted it so he killed himself and the pain and guilt was so great that he chose to not remember it
That drama was really strange and I didn't feel main couples chemistry so much.
But I loved Grim Reaper. I can't even put it in words. That character was just so confused, so gentle and so sad. I cried everytime he cried and felt so so bad for him. Okay, he did big sins, but when everyone hated in one point, I was so mad. Grim Reaper had such a hard times and nobody was by his side..
Anyways, I loved him and wanted to hug the sad face away so many times I can't even
I kinda understand where you coming from when you say you don't see enough of the weight of their love for them to commit their life to it cuz I watched it on TH-cam with English subtitle and some of them were pretty horribly done. The way it was translated... oh~, man, you just don't get that same band of colossal feels and emotion this story plot is laden full with. Trust me, had you been able to watch it and understand it in its full Korean context, the depth & weight of emotional ride would be in the magnitude of tidal wave which is of tsunami scale.
Andrew Cha
Just finished watching the drama and just found your review. And gosh, you have a fantastic review here - hit the nail right on the head and I can't agree with you more!
For me, this is the best k-drama I watched recently. I agreed your opinion for the repetitive part and the main love line. ya. This were what the drama lacked. I also nearly missed this drama because of its English translation's name but luckily I read the synopsis. I got impressed by this drama because it can brought you laughter in the first few minutes and brought you to tears in the next second just in one episode. thank you for review the drama
i honestly didnt see any bad parts. Every episode felt like a movie for me. The Major Flaw? what major flaw? There was more than enough love. Writing was very very great.
'도깨비'는 한국에서 예전부터 전해져 내려오는 신화 속 주인공의 고유한 이름입니다.
'Dokkaebi' is the unique name of the protagonist in mythology, which has dated back on ancient times in Korea.
'도깨비'는 고블린과 전혀 다른 존재입니다. 그들 사이에는 유사성이 없다고 봐도 무방합니다.
'Dokkaebi' is totally different from the goblins. There is no similarity between them.
당신의 멋진 의견에 상당 부분 공감해요~^^
I sympathize with your wonderful comments~^^
항상 평안이 함께 하시길~
May the peace always be with u~^^
왜 고블린이라 하면 와우고블린밖에 생각이 안나?
장일 What is a "dokkaebi" then?
Hi, I am Korean, who is a great fan of this drama(to be honest, I've Gong-yoo fan).
'Dokkaebi' means mythical creature in ancient Korean mythology, which does not really look like a human, and carries a 'dokkaebi bat'; they can do some kinds of magic, and they are known to be mischievous and funny. However, Gong-yoo, 'Dokkaebi' in this drama, does not greatly resemble the iconic image of 'Dokkaebi' in Korea. It is just the fact that he has magical powers, and he lives on forever. It just indicates that he is a mythical being with superpowers.
도깨비 방망이는 일제강점기때 왜곡되서 그렇게 전해진거예요 ㅠㅠ 도깨비는 원래 사람보다 크고 힘이 쎄며 수염이 수부룩하고 뿔도 없어요 ㅠㅠ EBS에서 도깨비가 원래 어떤 존재였는지에 대해 설명하는게 있는데 그건 한번 보세요 ㅠㅠ추천할게요 ㅠ
도깨비는 치우천황입니다.
80년대 염제를 중국역사로 편입후
90년대 치우를 중국역사로 또 편입하고,
소수민족 폐기후, 중화민족을 새로 창조해 가고 있습니다.
그 와중에 한국은 고조선, 고구려, 발해를 뺏길 위기에 처해 있죠~~~
묘족? 치우천황이 동이족이라서.. 관련 후대 국가도 중국에 편입 작업중이죠.
i understand your sentiments about not having chemistry between the main couple. it is because, kim shin is holding back. he tried not to have romantic relationship with 19 yo eun tak. i personally think that when someone's love is like kim shin, (holding back his feelings) the love he had will become deeper. i understand that most of you didnt like that kind of love, because it was almost extinct nowadays. LOL. and all you want to see in a drama is the skinship and romance.
You said right
11:36 yikes! really well acted. never saw an episode (still pretty new to Korean entertainment) still, got tears! LOL! really well acted indeed ;)
every moment spent with DOKKAEBI are dazzling.
beacause it was good days
beacause it was bad days
and because it was appropriate days..
i love every moment of it.
i alsooo agree with you on all the flaws of this drama but i dont know why i still love it so much. i hav never cried so hard on any other drama or tv show than when i cried at the last 2 episodes i did not expect any of that!! and the lessons i learned about life and death really changed my perspective and i too felt every scene at the tea shop. listenong to the ost made me cry everytime istg
I love the drama a lot but just like what you said it was a lot better if the Main couple did a little extend to their emotions and actions for the drama. I actually I cried in the scene when Kim Shin disappeared and when Eun Tak (don't know if it's correct) died just to sacrifice her life for the kids who supposed to die. This drama gives you lessons more in life and death. I really love the bromance of the characters. I am still in the hangover state and still rewatching it up until now. I also agree with you that it was a lot better if the romance started when she was 29 rather than 19 but it's just an opinion and I really like how Kim Shin loved Eun Tak in the drama.m
i was ready to breakdown when i saw her cry in that scene. it just reaches into your soul and tears its apart... i also thinks she's an amazing actress, how she does cute, angry, sad, mature, so many sides so well. Also when she gets her memories back and she goes running down the street looking for him. Soul death...
I have to agree though, some plot lines were a bit... well how did that happen? Like when she got her memories back...
okay... I've got to say that most of the reviews are correct. I found it the same. the main plot and the romance between the leads which actually should be our focus was too weak. it happened also in Descendent of the sun where I could not help myself to shout " what actually the hell people think by adoring such a romanceless drama like this, I enjoyed myself only with those soldiers bromance" ( and couldn't find the actress did the good job, The flat acting by song hye khyo discredited the drama). I can't more than agree with your thought about " how in Goblin, their loves are not sufficient enough to make them sacrificing their lives to one another, except when it comes to how Euntak could only find herself home while they were together ( I can take that as an exception, it's distressed me). But somehow, I showered love and so much love to Go eun and Gong yoo for their great job, they were incredible. I was in love with their train to Busan and Cheese in trap which i can say, DAEBAK acting you two... that was why I keep crediting this drama as one of the best because of the actors, the animations, the songs, and so on and so on.. but well, we know altogether that nothing in this world are flawless. ... so keep cheering the best korean dramas which always fill our heart with love and fantasy
Agree 100% Euntak and Kim Shin's relationship was weird when she was a teenager. I did not like the 2nd couple at all. I didn't see what they had in common beyond the fact that they were very attractive and shared a tragic past. I know this is an unpopular opinion, but that was mine. I personally felt like something was missing in Goblin and I feel like maybe that was character development.
11:35 yo i wasn't ready lol you got me crying lmao
도깨비 does mean goblin actually. 도깨비 is a troll, goblin, demon like creature that carries a spiked club according to old Korean stories.
I can understand your feeling of the relationship between Tokkebi and Untak. I thought she is immature even she became 29
Finally someone who is not a huge fan of this drama. I was expecting a lot from it because of all the good reviews but then almost stopped watching it twice. It was just so boring! Just like you said, they were dragging everything (there were almost no actions) and most of the plot was based on the romance which I couldn't like because of this age difference. A school girl and a 36-old man? No, thanks. So I really liked when they finally did the time skip. Where she was 29, the chemistry got much better. The last 3 episodes also had more action and the acting was great. I liked them. As for the rest... well, could have been better. Much better.
i agree with you for most the comments. Pacing was way too slow. i was skipping some parts. But Kim Sun and Wang Yeo's plot is awesome for me. I like the part where there is instant connection between them I wish they have explored more in that storyline. chemistry in both actors was great as well. but for the whole story uhh.. it was okay..
Please try Moonlight Drawn By Clouds, AKA Love in the Moonlight... aired fall 2016.
Love your reviews. I agree with you 100% and I'm going to guess this OST cover: 에일리 (Ailee) - 첫눈처럼 너에게 가겠다
Nooooooo Goblin was amazeballs. All the feels! It was worth it for that glass cage of emotion!
this is my fav drama
Seriously read some Korean history before you review anything with historical or reincarnation in the story. It was perfect and very well developed. I say that as a screenwriting major.
We're all entitled to our own opinions though, don't we? :)
*giggles* the best and most well developed relationship is between Kim Shin and Wang Yeo
my shipper heart
they're the true pairing
that's the only explanation xD
Margarita
tvN officially use the title as Guardian in english,,,, NOT Goblin.
i agree with you that their physical interactions felt weird because of the age (trust me i had a hard time too) , but over time (with all the repetitive scenes and such) i kinda liked that she was so young, she portrayed such a pure, innocent and loving character and i really really loved eun tak because of that. so, maybe they did that huge age gap thing so they can portay eun tak's personality? idk that's what i think.
This was a good drama, but I also wouldn't watch it ever again because each episode was so long and most of the scenes were too slow as well. I prefer Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo.
Literally every single time watching Eun Tak break down after Kim Shin perished or even hearing the song that was playing make me tear up. It was so so sad. 😭 That song ended up being my favourite song among all of the OST ❤️
I'd like to talk about the comment you made about the weight of their love when the girl was at her 19. I think the reason you think so is because they actually didn't love each other at first. Their 'love' starts with Ji Eun-tak's blow which summons Kim Shin. That's actually the work of the magic instead of their love. Then they struggle a lot and start to love each other bit by bit. And I can totally feel how Kim Shin falls for Eun-tak. The age is honestly not the problem, it's just like loving a girl who has childish behaviour!
And I agree that the love between them is much intense when Eun-tak is 29. The acting is different in a good way to show that.
BTW, I'm lucky to watch it on a normal TV channel in Hong Kong so translation is not a problem to my understanding.
Anyways, this is by far the best K-drama I've ever watched. And thanks Margarita for the review.
Omg the opening had me cracking up 😂😂
Yaaaaaaaaay!!!! :D
I totally agree. The title should be a simply romanized one, Dokkebee.
I really wish you would cover "I will go to you like the first snow fall" by Ailee
im korean... now i watch goblin, but i don't know this is good work.... so i want to see reaction! thx! i should watch this!
Have you ever seen K-drama "시그널(the Signal)"? It's the best K-drama of 2016 in Korea I think.
If you've not seen that drama. I recommend you to see that drama. It'll not disappoint you.
I love all ur comment u seriously get my points too , I enjoyed ur talk and review .. i wish i knew u long time ago but no matter I subscribed ^-^
can u watch the drama called 'signal' 시그널 and review it? I wonder how you would think about that drama
Great review. I still need to watch the last 4 eps, but do not have the feels for it. I am not surprised by the drama flaws, since the writer is Kim Eun-Sook, and I didn`t expect much from her. I don`t like her writings. I watched this drama because of Gong Yoo, but "fall in love" with Dong Wook. ;-)
The breakdown of Eun Tak was the best i have ever seen... i agree with you on that.
Hats off to that actress
have you watched Night Light? it's called White Nights on Netflix tho...watch Comeback Mister too
hahaha, you so missed it. Cycles are the core of our nature. Looking back on and trying to relive special moments. Being trapped in the past and not being able to escape the regret(s) connected with certain moments. Through it all, perhaps you failed to recognize hope springing out of every character. I'm writing failed but that is the wrong word to use in this instance. The writing was amazing and if we had the capability to understand something the first time we experienced it in every case, then philosophy loses its lustre. Cycles...revolution...hope. Perspective is so important. That's why those close to us but outside of our entrapments offer differing perspectives to help us broaden our own vision. Be well!!
Honestly this drama really dragged for me. There were some standout performances like from LDW, but there were also so many aggravating elements that I could just not get over. By the end, this drama was limping towards the finish. Kim Go Eun's performance was irritating. There was ZERO romantic chemistry between KGE and Gong Yoo for me.
This was my first kdrama, and by the end I was really questioning whether I really wanted to watch another one. This series relied TOO heavily on tired tropes and sentimentality. I agree that the best moments were the scenes of people reuniting with their loved ones in the Grim Reaper's tea room. I decided to give it another go with Scarlet Heart Ryeo , which was far superior to Goblin. Talk about powerhouse performances.
...locations at Quebec, were like photographs of someone's dream; totally agree with your review!
I totally feel you! The love lines btw King n Queen and even btw their reincarnated characters are both awkward (They don't seem to relate much in personality and look totally like 4 different people to me)!
And the feelings btw Kim Shin and young Eun Tak was not comfortable to watch either. I feel so much better to watch the 29-year-old version of her having skinship with our lonely God.
actually i didn't watch it yet , but i heard great stuff about it so i'm planning to watch it on summer , by the way i love ur videos💕💗
맞아요.. 도깨비랑 goblin 은 차이가 좀 있어요.. 도깨비는 적당한 영어단어가 없는듯.. 근데... 참말로 이쁘시네요!! ^^
I love your intro! haha :P
The reason the relationship in the beginning wasn't as good is because they front loaded the filler episodes in goblin. You can watch like the first 3 episodes and skip to episode 12 or something and you really wouldn't have missed anything.
this is one of my favourite drama.. 💙💚💛💜 like before watching
5:02 the king and the queen didn't love each other?
5:07 maybe the king loved her?
did we watch the same drama? some of the things you point out don't make sense i feel like.
that intro was amazing!!! that scene was my favorite part
I agree with all your points. I was initially weary of the writer because I am not a fan of her works, DotS included. My wearines was dampened by the 1st episode but proven with the ending.
Shin coming back still an immortal makes the whole premise of the main plot disconnected. The sword is no more and he comes back in his original form hence what's up with the immortality? He begs the Almighty to stay to honour the contract, not to stay an immortal so when I was watching it, I was quite confused. When it ended, what I have in my mind was, "What's the whole point?"
10/10 for production quality and OST.
Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable watch. What I'm sure about, it makes me fall for Gong Yoo. 😆
The bromance put this series way higher on my list! #13
My favorite K-Dramas as of March 11th 2019
Hey Ghost, Let's Fight (2016)
Come Back Mister [ 돌아와요 아저씨 ]
Healer [ 힐러 ] (2014)
My Love From Another Star (2013)
Welcome to Waikiki (2018)
Strong Woman Do Bong Soon (2017)
Oh My Ghost (2015)
My Girlfriend Is a Nine-Tailed Fox (2010)
Life on Mars (2018)
Two Cops (2017)
Black (2017)
The Boy Next Door [mini drama] (2017)
Goblin Great and Lonely God [ 도깨비 ] (2016)
I'm Not a Robot (2017)
The Legend of The Blue Sea (2016)
Feel Good to Die (2018)
W - Two Worlds (2016)
What's Wrong With Secretary Kim (2018)
Secret Garden (2010)
Pinocchio (2014)
I Can Hear Your Voice (2013)
Shopping King Louie
Doctor Stranger (2014)
My Shy Boss (2017)
The K2 (2016)
The Best Lee Soon Shin (2013)
Go Back Couple (2017)
Longing Heart -- My First Love (2018)
Love In Trouble (Suspicious Partner) (2017)
Big (2012)
Advertising Genius Lee Tae Baek (2013)
Coffee Prince (2007)
Fight My Way (2017)
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo (2016)
Descendants of the Sun
King 2 Hearts (2012)
Rooftop Prince (2012)
Queen & I (2012)
Reunited Worlds (2017)
A Korean Odyssey (2017)
Are You Human Too?
Witch's Love (2018)
Cheese In The Trap (2016)
Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Heirs (2013)
Jealously Incarnate (2016)
The Bride of Habaek (2017)
Oh My Venus (2015)
The Girl Who Can See Scents
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I will go to you like the first snow by Ailee I love this song 💖 I'm guessing you'd do a cover for this?
I loved this drama so much...just finished it and cried SO much lol
I don't remember the moment with the dog or puppy...whatever...which episode was it?
Eun Tak could've blown birthday candles, had a brownout, or ignited a candle before her 29th birthday. Kim Shin wouldn't have to walk in the cold for 9 years. How come he was only summoned then? Am I missing something or is this a flaw...?
based on the contract he signed, Eun Tak could only summon the goblin on the first day of snow, which she only did after ten years :)
도깨비는 뭐니뭐니해도 대사 라임이죠~ 한국말 가지고 엄청난 요리를 해놓은 그 대사라임이 영어로는 전달이 안되니 그런 흥미는 더 떨어졌겠네요ㅜㅜ 아쉽다.
I think 도깨비's best point is a lot of wordplay of dialogue. It makes common and boring part and scene funny. :( So I'm so sorry that many foreigners who don't know Korean in comparison with native can't feel those things.
And I feel sorry to you because of my lack of English skills.
어떻게 12분을 이렇게 말할 수 있는거지?? 진짜 말 많이 잘한다 ㅋㅋㅋ 큐트하공 ㅋㅋ
근데 어느나라 에서 오셨나요?
Annyeong.can you please make a review for the legend of the blue sea.thaks margarita
Dokkeabi is not Goblin~ ^^;
what would've been the on-point word for the title,,, instead of Goblin ?.
Anybody?.
I'm curious about that too!
haha i was trying to get my Korean partner to explain it to me because I thought the same thing, "Goblin" is just not a great word for this show, but apparently in Korean folklore Dokkaebi's look pretty much like a goblin/troll but more mischievous and with more powers (bringing fortune, gold, etc).
im4ubabe
Doesn't the show have two names?
Because on the tvn utube channel its titled
Guardian the lonely and great god
I just thought they changed it to goblin to make it shorter
To translate dokebi to goblin is right. No translation matches exactly one by one. Even the Dokebi played by Gongyu doesn't match with the traditional Dokebi. Traditional Dokebi has red or blue skin and big spiked club. It's pretty similar to goblin. To describe him, Guisin(Ghost) is more correct. and those morons will argue how ghost is not right to translate Guisin. lol
They most annoying thing with this KDrama, THEY REUSED THE SAME MUSIC OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN
ggdsmd probably since the soundtracks gained immense popularity during the earlier episodes they thought it’d be better for the viewers
Have you watched hwarang? Could you do a k-drama review about that? 😊
I have started watching it when it just came out but the first episode did not impress me. It got a little better in 2nd episode but then they got rid of Gwang Soo and I stopped watching lol
Its true what you said about the english name. I was like wtf that doesn't sound good at all
마가리타 새해 복많이 받으세요 ^^ Margarita happy new year ^^
이쁜것
Please what's the background music at 9 minutes???
[도깨비 OST Part 11] 한수지 - Winter is coming (Official Audio)
Joon Ho Park thank you so much!!!
please watch Scarlet Heart: Ryeo....
I'm bilingual(kor/eng)and I agree with you a lot. just except that I enjoyed the chemistry btw the main couple a lot haha. maybe I'm unrealistic that's why haha. I wanna see you in korea either as an actor,singer, etc. By the way, do u mind if I translate your words and upload this video somewhere else? Because I think it's worth attention as an objective point of view of this drama as you're a non-korean. Anyways I enjoyed this video! 새해 복 많이받으세요 ~ ^^
Goblin not dokkaebi
i really enjoyed watching 더께비 it was the best kdrama i have ever watched it really did mack me cry 😍😭❤
i am new at this channel i wanna ask something did you tried shopping kind louis ?
I want to speak for kdrama Heirs and Pinocchio please (plz) ❤❤❤❤😘😘😘
0~20 what is ost name?
round and round
Chichi Chu thank you
너무 이쁘다,,,,,,,,,,,천사같아,
너무이쁘고 한국을 사랑하는분이라 자막으로 무슨말하나 알고싶은데 누가 자막 안입혀주나?ㅎㅎ
you spoke my mind i totally agree
지금 와서 늦었지만 도깨비가 고블린이 아니든 맞든 드라마 관계자는 고블린으로 번역하기로 회의하고 결정한 사항인데 굳이 거론할 필요는 없는 듯 하네요
이영일 비난아닌 비평은 괜찮지 않나요
Привет. Я из Кореи. И сейчас учу корейский и очень хочу выучить английский пожалуйста посоветуй как это сделать? Ты так быстро выучила корейский и английский
Can u react to the newest drama 'Are you human'
are you watching Hwarang too?
Putri Sulistiyaningsih ^^ yeah its amazin' i love it ♥
도깨비 고유 명사
Totally agree with you!
the age gap (if u can even call it that) just ruined it for me....
예쁘다...한국남자들이 선호하는 여자 외모.한국 오면 인기 좋을겁니다. 헐리웃 영화 주인공 급 외모.어렸을때부터 사랑 많이 받고 자랐을 것 같다.남자 친구들한테 인기 많았을듯
i agree with every single word you said.
마가리따 우리집 옆으로 이사오면 좋겠다 정말