

SEOUL: Super K-drama couple Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin have brought a real-life happy ending to their matchmaking drama ‘Crash Landing on You’ by tying the knot on Thursday.

I was sceptical at first, but along with the amazing cast, storyline, cinematography, and music, this truly delivers on all levels.Hyun Bin (left) and Son Ye-jin, who star in the K-drama 'Crash Landing on You’, tie the knot on Thursday. “Best K drama of all time,” added another.Īnd still one more said: “I’ve never been a fan of K-Dramas, but this goes beyond that. It has me crying whenever someone was crying on the show so much emotion,” wrote one fan of the show. “The story was awesome, and I was hooked and wanted more. Loved their chemistry, loved the storyline,” added another.Īnd what are people saying on Rotten Tomatoes? Well, you better believe it’s got a 99% ‘fresh’ rating. “The most fun I’ve had watching something in a long time. “ a romantic-comedy masterpiece,” wrote one. Over on Twitter, meanwhile, people are busily singing Crash Landing On You’s praises.

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Google reports that 97% of everyone who’s watched the TV show has given it a positive review, while Variety Magazine has named it one of “The Best International Shows on Netflix.” What are people saying about Netflix’s Crash Landing On You on Twitter?Įssentially, all good things. “ portrayal of various aspects of North Korean society have clearly been thoroughly researched, resulting in the most three-dimensional portrayal of North Korean society of any film or drama to date,” Sokeel Park, who works with defectors through Liberty in North Korea, told the BBC.
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Trains are shown abruptly stopping because of power cuts, homeless children on the streets, and fridges used to store books and clothes instead of food.Ī lot of this is down to the fact that the series asked former North Korean soldier Kwak Moon-wan – who had served with the Supreme Guard Command (which protects the ruling Kim family), no less – to work as an adviser for the series, providing the writers with details about life in North Korea as well as North Korean governmental agencies. Well, despite the fact that the North Korea seen in Crash Landing On You is fictional (obviously), it has received praise from North Korean defectors for bringing the secretive country to life in such a realistic manner. What have North Korean defectors said about Netflix’s Crash Landing On You? Is there a trailer for Netflix’s Crash Landing On You? So is Netflix’s Crash Landing On You a romantic comedy, or a drama, or…?Īll of the above! The show offers a well-balanced mix of comedy and suspense, blending a cosy romance with high-octane action scenes, some laugh-out-loud moments, and plenty of emotionally-charged drama, too. And, inevitably, they fall in love, despite the divide and dispute between their respective countries. Over time, she convinces him to help her get back across the border to her home. Quickly, she persuades him to give her shelter. Their relationship begins, as all the best on-screen relationships do, frostily: Ri Jeong-hyeok finds Yoon Se-ri, after all, in an area forbidden for South Koreans. Aha, you weren’t expecting that now, were you? But we’re deadly serious, all the same: much like Romeo & Juliet before it, Crash Landing On You tells the story of two star-crossed lovers, Yoon Se-ri (Son Ye-jin), a South Korean Chaebol heiress, and Ri Jeong-hyeok (Hyun Bin), a member of the North Korean elite and a Captain in the North Korean Special Police Force.
