palace and also know a princess hour and be a corean television drama and base on a concurrent comic book . upon it airing and it become one of the most popular drama to air during it time period . set in an alternate reality where upon corea independence from japan and it people reinstate it royal family in the form of a constitutional monarchy . what unfold over the course of the series be an emotionally charge and slowly pace and relationship drama feature a quartet of principle and combine with courtly intrigue and remarkable production and art design . this be my second experience with a corean television drama and i come into it with a lot of skepticism after be disappoint by my previous attempt with winter sonata . however and i find palace a lot more accessible and enjoyable and less contrive . one of it strong aspect be it production value and art design . the whole affair glow from the money that pump into it and from huge set piece ( the royal wed parade scene be tremendous ) and gorgeous costume and to high quality video and set . there a lot of eye candy in the picture and it easily one of the pretty drama i have see in a while . the story essentially follow a spirited high school girl and who by a long forgotten betrothal and become the bride of the crown prince of corea . it follow her entry into the monarchy and the ensue turmoil a she and the palace itself adapt to their new situation . throw in some complication with the crown prince original love ( who spurn him at first and lead to this marriage ) as well a the return of the conniving exile former crown princess and royal prince and you have courtly battle for power as well a the development of a tangled web of relationship . grant and it doesn not take much effort to see how the story go to play out a it actually relatively straightforward . instead of high degree of action and we instead follow and very slowly and the development of the character a their collision cause them all to react and grow . that say and while i find the character fairly interesting and the show suffer a little from develop the character too slowly and often threaten the character become flat . this be especially true of the return royal prince and who become fairly stale . the newlywed however and retain a lot of chemistry and their bickering on off relationship help propel the story forward and fortunately and the crux of palace rest on that story . the other part of the story do not lend themselves to much surprise and fail to provide the same dynamism and a such and i often find that many scene could be trim or entire episode rewrite and cut down to keep the pace of the story afloat . the underlying theme and substance to the story be a little weak and a such palace become a little bit more of a confection and often veer into and from soap territory and but it wear it heart on it sleeve and it pleasure be in share those up front emotion with it viewer . prop to the actor and the young unknown that take the main role . although they be sometimes a little stiff and you can tell that theyre not just rattle off the performance and the veteran do their job as well a you can expect from veteran of the screen . the direction get a little quirky at time and perhaps thanks to it comic book heritage and with a handful of manic or ridiculous fantasy or daydream sequence and but ultimately and this be a straightforward work and it doesn not really falter where it count . i can recommend palace quite simply because it easy to get into and have a lot to look at and and have a emotionally hooking central love story . while it do plod at time and i find myself enough enchant by the principal protagonist and her cinderella story that it be still easy to watch the whole thing through to the end . i do not think palace rewrite the book at all when it come to it medium and genre or format and but i think it a fun ride . it doesn not hurt that i love it alterna history imagination a well . it fun and lightweight ( even though it get heavy for the character ) entertainment and a decent enter place into the world of corean drama . positive .