Uma Odisseia Coreana

Uma Odisseia Coreana (2017) 

So I'm here to pull the ratings up at least a little higher. And that's mostly because of the actors. There are three aces here. The first is of course the monkey, Seung-gi Lee, who I can find no fault with apart from the bangs. On the contrary, he got to me, he got to me yet again. And the same goes for that greatest of madmen and incredible comedian who manages to turn himself into an unbelievable maniac. Yes, that's right, Seung-won Cha. What he did was unprecedented. And thirdly, Se-yeong Lee as the most amazing (actually the only amazing) zombie I’ve seen yet. After her calm and sensitive role in The Crowned Clown, I was surprised by her range. As a comedian, she's just great, and I have to say that I was initially much more entertained by her than Sam-jang. That one had some nice moments, but she was also boring at times. I'd blame the stylist a bit for that too. I don't really understand why she walked around half the time in a suit similar to what the monkey was wearing. Especially in the love scenes, it wasn't entirely pleasing to the eye. Her character just could have been more interesting. Fortunately, there were a number of other likable and funny characters. Among them were the secretary Ma, P.K., and the monkey's advisor. I took a liking to this bunch very early on and was rolling with laughter whenever they sat down at the dinner table together. There were a lot of good jokes, innuendos, and cameos. I can't say the same for the effects. They were definitely on the weak side, some of them could even be said to be lousy. It didn't affect the story or my enthusiasm, but on the other hand it's an unnecessary weakness of the show. I wonder what's behind the low rating. Perhaps high expectations of famous female writers? Or it could be that the story dragged on and didn't make sense, but I didn't notice because I was enjoying the actors so much just by looking at them. Either way, I'm going to go against the grain on this one... 4.5 stars. Oh, and the soundtrack was fabulous! (10/06/2019)