Memórias de Alhambra (2018)

The plot seemed interesting and I like both Park Shin Hye and Hyun Bin + it was partially filmed in Spain (yay!) and I've been to Granada, Girona and Barcelona multiple times, so I was familiar with the setting. I was SO excited to watch it, ever since the news came out, but somehow it was...boring? slow? it felt like nothing was going on and there were way too many time jumps and I just don't know. It wasn't for me and I didn't think it was worth pushing it more because that's what I had been doing since like episode 5. It had everything (minus the romance, although a drama doesn't need romance for me to enjoy it and also I didn't really see the romantic chemistry between the leads, but that's just me) so I should have enjoyed it. But I didn't lol. Definitely check it out and see it for yourself.

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Unique Kdrama

I have seen so many dramas and this one is one of the kind. First off all is a unique story, you can never predict what will happen in the next moment, was the only drama i have seen and i have not guess what will happen. The male leader he pass difficult times not in his past but in his present. What a great acting Hyun Bin is perfect , you can feel his pain. I love his character. Touching relationships like him and his secretary. You will see it and you will not forget it in an hour because you can think it again and again you have a lot to explain in your mind . The story is without holes with many meanings. And if you are a gamer is a big extra. I love it and for first time i want to write something for a drama because i cant forget it. Only i want to say sorry for my poor english is so many things i want to express and i cant say it ?

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Completely unforeseen drama!! I gotta say I don't like a lot of Hyun Bin Dramas but with Park Shin Hye it is an unstoppable plotful drama. I missed her a lot. I'm hopeful for a good ending but this ish is getting twisted! I can't wait for the next episodes!! so exhilarating. Get the popcorn ready kids because you're in for a ride!! Also, I love that it's based in a different country!! so awesome & refreshing!! Park Shin Hye's acting is of course on point and their pronunciations are so good. I wonder if she really knows how to speak spanish and english irl or if she just memorized the script. Either way she's FANTASTIC!!!

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I had high expectations for this drama as its writer is the same with W. W really blew my mind from the pacing, the characters and damn the plot twists on the first episodes because I didn't really expect any of that. However, Memories of Alhambra seems so lacking in many ways.

The first episode was a good start as it was really intriguing and magical. I absolutely love the AR theme, very timely and witty. It was really action-packed which is the thing that I always anticipate on every episode. But things got really repetitive and tedious when Hyung-seok keeps on showing up. I stopped watching it for awhile because the story did not pique my curiosity anymore. Episodes 4-7 were very trivial for me. The Memories of Alhambra (guitar piece) keeps on playing more than twice in an episode and it did get on my nerves at some point. The story picked up its pace again sometime later when we got back to Korea. I guess they just wanted the drama to reach 16 episodes so the scenes on Granada were very lengthy and unnecessary. I then read comments online that Hee Joo's character was also unnecessary and I began to realize that they were right. The story could really go on without her presence and help. The thing with this writer is that he writes in a fast paced manner so I did not get enough time to sympathize with the characters' feelings. Hyun Bin was great but his lines and scenes were really lacking. As for the music, it should have been more suspenseful as this drama is a thriller one. I anticipated it to have lots of sfx to really shock the viewers but it didn't. The guitar piece was overly used. It's where the drama got its title but it doesn't really have a major impact for me.

Let's jump to the finale episode which was a disappointment but I'm really glad it's open ended because if not, there would have tons of plot holes here and there. However, the ending was not satisfying at all. We mostly got scenes on the church with the characters looking at the ashes the whole damn time. We also got a flashback of everything that happened where I realized it was not a roller coaster kind of ride. The story focused mainly on Jin Woo playing the game and finding Se Ju. The story only unfolded just to reveal the past and find Se Ju. This drama should have been entitled Finding Se Ju seriously. To sum up, it was an okay drama for it is very unique and truly magical. It may be flawed on some of its elements but it is still worth watching especially if you are an avid online game user.

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Story: This is a first drama where I've seen a story concept revolving with VR Gaming. It seems like a good idea and very promising. It definitely showed the positive aspects of it but a lot more negative aspects for the majority of the drama. It's a confusing drama nonetheless. There are a lot of flashbacks that's suppose to clear up the confusion but at the same time, there were too many flashbacks that I consider unnecessary. They could've just showed the scenes in order instead of always going back and forth. The story drags though. It's so slow that I almost quit watching it halfway. The main focus is the VR Gaming issue so if you're looking for romance, this is not your drama. It had the potential to be a great drama but I felt like it fell far away from that for me.

Acting/Cast: I enjoy the actors & actresses in this drama however their roles were kinda lack luster for me. Hyun-Bin as Jin-Woo had all the action scenes but very little romantic scenes with Hee-Joo. Park Shin-Hye role as Hee-Jo was very boring to me. I was hoping she would get some toughness in her role like what I've seen in Doctors but that didn't happen. Her role as Hee-Jo wasn't memorable to me but as Emma, it was. Same issue with Hee-Jo, lack of chemistry for Jin-Woo which results in lack of scenes of them together.

Music: By far the best part of this drama was the music. Ailee's song "Is You" & Yang Da Il's song "I'm Here" were my favorite two osts from this drama but every other music played in this drama I've enjoyed listening to as well.

Rewatch?: Not worth rewatching for me because of the slow story progression, lack of romance & chemistry between the leads and I wasn't fond of the writing.

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Una de las primeras series coreanas que vi, muy feliz de que empece con muy buena calidad, buen filtro Netflix.
Como soy de origen latino, claro que me llamaba la atención el nombre de la serie, y me imaginaba que era una historia totalmente romántica, que bueno que estaba totalmente equivocada, el romance era solo el 5%, dentro de esta serie, y creo que dije mucho. Ya con el primer capítulo quede interesada, el concepto del juego con realidad virtual, sumado al misterio de Se Joo, hacen que no quieras parar de verla. Bueno y la verdad que Hyun Bin es un gran plus para esta serie.
Es la única serie coreana que espero fervientemente una segunda temporada, el final, fue muy ambiguo, y hay mucho material para seguir la historia. Esa fue la razón por la cual no le puse el 10, sentí como que le faltaran unos capítulos mas.

Ver series de acción con un toque de magia y misterio es una de mis debilidades, si les gusta eso la van a disfrutar, la recomiendo 100%.

SPOILERS
Cada vez que sonaba la canción, Recuerdos de la Alhalambra, realmente me asustaba, sabia que algo malo iba a pasar, de hecho la seguí oyendo, se metió en mi psique, jajajaja. La mirada de este actor (Park Hoon) es realmente aterradora. Ya he visto la serie dos veces, y me sigue asustando. Muy bien logradas todas esas escenas.
La segunda vez que la ví, fue totalmente lógico del porque pasaba todo, era como evidente. Lo bueno es darse cuenta que cuando la vi la primera vez esta tan bien contada que no lo sospeche, entendí cosas, pero el misterio continuaba.

Entiendo la decepción del final, yo también me decepcione un poco, quería más, aunque reconozco que todo lo que paso era totalmente lógico. Se Joo, traumatizado, es muy inteligente, pero igual es un niño, me encanto el reconocimiento que los chicos le dieron. Emma, entendí su rol de consiliadora fuera y dentro del juego, entendí que su amor por él ayudo mucho, perooo soy mujer, me hubiera gustado mas participación activa. Jin Woo (con suspiro incluido), no tenia que desaparecer, necesito una explicación de esta parte, él no era una falla, él seguía vivo. Así que por favor denme mi segunda parte, ahora ya. jajaja.

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I initially wanted to watch this show for Park Shin Hye, but I soon realized she'd be just a supporting character this time. However, I was hooked by the game concept, the story line and Hyun Bin's portrayal of the main character kept me glued to this show until the end.
One thing I have to criticize the writer is - again - the way she writes her female characters. This is something that ruined W for me, and in Memories of Alhambra made the romance feel forced and unnecessary. I couldn't help but sigh at the waste of Park Shin Hye's time for this show.
I still enjoyed it, however. I'd reccomend it for those who enjoys a drama packed with suspense and action, and that will leave you with questions after every episode, this might be for you.

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This show should not be advertised as a romance

Listen, the concept was so out there I just HAD to watch it. And it was a cool concept! But the story itself? If you want to watch this for the romance...don't. This isn't a romance, this is the chronicles of one man's descent into madness and it would've worked better to advertise this as a psychological thriller. The Granada setting is severely underutilized (we only go to the Alhambra once despite it being in the title), which disappointed me because it's such a beautiful area. Hyun Bin is fine af but his character is a yellow flag that only turns more and more red as time goes on (and seems intent on dragging everyone down with him) and the writers are out here making no effort to make it better, all the while Hee-joo is losing sleep over this man? Girl no. This is one of those "I don't ship the main ship with each other, I ship them with therapy" stories.

Super cool idea and okay execution (the internal logic of the game was slipping a bit by the end there) but I loath to see the 'romance' praised when this dude took advantage of her family, was snappy to her 90% of the time, always left her out of the loop, literally skipped town on her birthday and never seemed to show true remorse for any of this. On the bright side, I can now name a classical guitar piece ('Recuerdos del Alhambra' is VERY much the main theme of this drama) and recognize it in under 5 seconds!

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