I recently came out of my K-drama hiatus and since then, I've watched two movies. The Queen who crowns and The Tale of Lady Ok. I feel I'm in my period drama era, lol.
For the first movie, wow, so much unnecessary nudity. I mean, that could have been avoided, haha. I really hated that the king kept marrying concubines just to spite the queen. From the flashbacks, I could tell there was a time they were so in love but as time went on, people thought the king couldn't do anything without the queen's help. The king, of course grew bitter.
I think she was oblivious of the fact that her husband felt that way, coupled with the fact that she was used to handling situations by herself. For instance, pushing him to dethrone his brother.
Not part of it, but I never knew a king's father (sangwang) can abdicate the throne just because he feels his son is ready. Or maybe, it was before that happened. I also think the king pushing for his eldest child to inherit the throne, was what shaped the next generations to come.
The queen losing her child to pox made me sad. Tears in my eyes. My rating goes 6/10