The First Night With The Duke~Movie Review Part 1

Hey fellas! How’s it going?? Oooooh! I'm in such a gossipy mood right now and yeah, it's about this new Korean series that's raving the movie screens lately.

Well, for starters, I think I can remember my reaction the moment I saw the poster on my Movie box! The male protagonist is my guyyyyyy!! Like I love love love him!! (Forgive my manners! But are y’all girlies still hung up on Gu Jun Pyo?) Nah nah nah! I've moved.

But don't worry I'm not gonna be doing a review of this movie called: The First Night With The Duke, by embellishing my favorite Korean Star, Ok Taec-yeon, I would rather, give this review based on how I loved this series. It's really a beautiful one and you've got to check it out.

So let's get started with episode one.
Okay, so imagine yourself falling asleep amidst reading your favorite romance novel, only to wake up inside it. Crazy! Right? Yeah, that’s our girl. While in the book, she’s now Lady Cha Seon-chaek who you would call a total side character. There are no big roles and no drama. She is just meant to quietly exist while the main love story happens somewhere else. But… nah. One fancy party later, I see her sipping wine, locking eyes with Prince Yi-Beon (yes, the tall, cute and dangerous type-the man of my dreams☺️), and next thing I see…boom. The next morning, she is in his bed. All her reputation as the daughter of a nobleman? Gone! And where is my popcorn? Ah! It's finished! And I'm just starting!!!

I head over to episode two and it begins with a flashback of Cha Seon-chaek. She seems drunk by the riverside but then almost immediately, she's seen to be kissing the Prince and this is in public.
Facing reality, she seems to be flustered and frustrated but then something cool happens. The Prince decides to marry her. He wasn't asking. He was telling her. Like he freaking gives her three days to tell her family or face treason charges.
Funny enough, I expected her reaction since she had proven to be a stubborn fly anyway. She is seen acting like a fool, rolling in dirt, acting like a wicked master to her servant and even pulling the “I want to be a monk” card, all in a bid to scare the Prince away. And like you guessed, the man does not budge.

Here in episode three, she is seen to be dreaming of her old life after which she wakes up having all kinds of strange feelings. Her brothers hover like overprotective chickens. And the Prince, I see him sending rare herbs and summoning the Royal Doctor.

Episode four opens at a young nobles’ hangout where they are seen to be playing the Jenga game. Cha Seon-chaek literally carved out sticks with the help of her servant so she could write weird questions on them. So it's, you either answer or you drink. Think of it like your “truth or dare” game. In this episode, we see the prince try to exert his ownership of her, and he concludes with the words: “I'm marrying her” after someone asks her about her last kiss. He literally made everyone uncomfortable and all those who felt like shooting their shot at Cha Seon-chaek held their guns in place.
Chaos erupted when the supposed lead character of the book, Jo Eun-ae, had an allergic attack and in the bid to look for a solution, the room caught fire. It was in this scene, my beloved Prince became a Hero by saving the damsel in distress. No one was hurt either.

From Episode five to six, Cha Seon-chaek seems to always be getting herself involved in the original order of the book, thereby disrupting the storyline and finally getting herself the female lead role. Obviously, that means, the entire book has been changed. She encountered a foreigner of whom she knew nothing about but then, she got him clothes and gave him food, but long story cut short, she was poisoned by him and after a series of crazy events, she is ostracized for a while till she gets better.
While in that place, her Prince comes to be with her while proferring solutions.
One morning she goes out only to see a paper fly to her, she sees that it is an application to marry her prince. Apparently, the palace had made an open invitation to all ladies who were interested in marrying the prince to come apply, and amidst all the twists and turns, she applies and gets herself among those contesting for the prince’s bride.

You know what? Let's pause for today as I'll be giving a review of episodes seven to twelve in my next post so watch out. But meanwhile, for these first six episodes, I tried as much as possible to eliminate the darker parts as it was overwhelming at some points. Being that the Prince was actually a hunting dog for the King as he was not the King’s biological child. But all the same, I really enjoyed this series as it was packed with humour, love and some cringey scenes I absolutely loved. I'll be giving this series an absolute 10/10.
Images are screenshots from my phone
Thanks for reading 💕