Unexpected Thrilling and Emotional Ride!
To start with, this drama was a killer!... the first episode blew me away... from the tension , the eerie vibe of the location and the surroundings.. The story line was very amazing, didn't feel slow or boring throughout the drama. And the fact that it had only 10 episodes was kind of a bummer, because it was sooo good!... Each character had their ups and downs, and some of the actors played their roles so well, that I hated them to the core (by the way, you will find some annoying characters). I have to talk about the main female lead, she was on fire!!.. If she is in a scene you know its gonna be epic.... At first I thought it was gonna be just a drama filled with jumpscares, monsters, survival.... but it took me on an emotional ride too (did not expect that!).. Like how the human emotions play a very big role in one's survival... The male lead played the emotional scenes with a great sense of agony, pain and anger, something that normally people don't understand. I mean WOW!!! (I'm kind of an emotional person, so this part stood out a lot for me.. personally)... His life story plays a big part in his character's strength.... I'm sooo waiting for the second season. The gangster character gives the drama, its kick, a dark shadowy fearless tough character fighting against monsters with his bare hands.... Damn!!.Look forward for his character too. On top of the amazing cast and screenplay.. the vfx and the ost were on point!!... the ost gave each scene that extra power and fire...This is the first time that I fell in love with the ost form a horror drama.. You can check it out, even before you watch the drama. It's that good!.. my favorites were Side to side -Bewh Y and Warriors - Imagine dragons(Use headphones for a better BOOM!!)... If you are gonna watch this series, believe me you would want the second season to come out faster.Was this review helpful to you?
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Post-Apocalypse Super Hero Origin Story.
This show took a little bit of getting used to at first cause the "zombies" are all super strange and widely varied and it's not really clear initially what makes them that way. Some of them are cartoon level weird. As the show progresses and you learn, as the main characters also learn, what's causing people to turn into really odd and specific zombies things start to make sense. As things start to make sense, you begin to understand the deeper social meaning behind the show's plot. I really started to relate to the characters and zombies at this point and the show became much more interesting to me.The lead actor is definitely the main character, but this show does a surprising amount of side-character development. The main character's story becomes mostly about uncovering the stories of other people until the last couple episodes and it's really fascinating to follow him along this process. In the end, once I had digested the entire show, every episode, and the full plot, I found it to be deeply meaningful and compelling. The plot threads are all pulled together end you end up with a masterpiece of storytelling.
Apart from the story, the visuals were really good in this show. The production values are extremely high quality. It's entertaining to watch, your eyes always have interesting things to look at even when the scenes slow down and there's less action. I'm really hopeful for another season of this since the story is more like a super hero origin story. I'd like to where the super hero goes from that origin point and how the wider world changes as the virus becomes more widely understood.
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Bad start, good ending
This drama has one of the worst 5 episodes I've ever watched, it was bad on every aspects dead acting, bad visuals the only good thing was the music choices especially the Bewhy song "side by side".But somehow everything seems to get better on the last 5 episodes and the ending was really good to be fair.
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Confusing in a good way
This drama really put my brain to work and that’s the best thing about “Sweet Home”. The story jumps in time a lot and sometimes without showing it clearly. I asked myself many times if this happens now or already happened. But I like it. It’s good to be confused, it keeps things interesting when made in such a good way like it is in this drama.The second best thing is the diversified group of characters who is forced to work together against the threat that is the monsters.
The story jumps right in and as a viewer I understand nothing at first. It’s confusing but intriguing. I’m not much for monsters and I think it would have worked just fine without showing them. The script gives me some surprises and I’m drawn in and before I know it I like this drama more than I thought I would. I was ready to drop it before I even started watching but now I need to watch season 2. That’s a good grading from a person who don’t like zombies and monsters.
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It was fast-paced, exciting, and pretty much true to the original. I didn't mind the changes they made. Since I didn't know what was going to happen next, it kept me on the edge of my seat.
Good plot. When I first watched it, I was making fun of the appearance of the monsters and then around episode 2 or 3 I got weirdly invested in the plot. It was great to see the warrior song used in the show.
strength point:
Nice staff (especially Lee Se Young gives such bad vibes which is a sight for sore eyes) “Sorry but his hair is funny to me.”
-Cool Characters: In many survival stories there are only a handful of characters who need to survive, but Sweet Home explores the story of about 20 characters and how they need to work together to survive (which is really refreshing). It was realistic in that most of the characters are incompetent (physically or psychologically) in a survival environment which makes it more difficult for the helpful few and themselves.
-An interesting place. It is an apartment building and the way they use their surroundings to survive is very original.
Sometimes characters die way too easy. And sometimes they survive impossible. Sometimes unpredictable and sometimes not.
All in all, I can't wait for next season.
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Plot + review
Plot: Hyun Soo, a loner high school student who lost his entire family in a terrible accident. He moves to an old apartment complex called Green Home. His quiet life is soon disturbed by strange incidents that start occurring in his apartment, and throughout Korea. As people start to turn into monsters trying to wipe out humanity. People inside the apartment are trapped inside the building, realizing that monsters are lurking everywhere outside. Hyun Soo and other residents shield themselves inside the building in the hope of surviving as long as they can.Main: Cha Hyun-soo, is a suicidal high school student who moves into 1410 in Green Home. He finds himself caught in the middle of an apocalypse, he later gains the powers of the infected after merging with the beast inside him and becoming a superpowered being.
Review: This is one of my favorite kdrama. It was sooo good. I loved Hyun-Soo because he was so strong. He was half-human and half-monster, so he became super strong. And protected everyone until the end. My favorite part was when he was going to become a monster but the man saved him and comforted him. It was really sad, I cried, but it is still my favorite part.
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A promising first season.
I will make this short review. This is the story of Cha Hyun Soo and the residents of his building. One day suddenly people turn into monsters and they have to survive in this building at all costs.To be honest, it's the typical kind of series with the monsters. Besides, I would have liked the monsters to have less CGI and more prosthetics, but it's probably a question of budget. We discover that among the people who transform, they can keep a human part and reason but for that they must fight in their mind to not give up to the monsters, it's a curse.
This is what Hyun Soo does, he resists and becomes a special kind of monster, very valuable. I don't want to reveal too much, but I like the story they found for him, and it's not just people fighting in a building against monsters. Many people die, and the essence of the series is our protagonists creating a community and trying to survive day to day, sometimes without water or electricity.
So the script is quite simple. On the other hand, they added characters over time that made the series finale interesting and further, which holds promise for future seasons.
I also want to mention that Song Kang did a good job in his acting again, I wouldn't say he showed it all, but this series is really a stepping stone for him and his future career. He is really talented.
If I had to summarize, it's not a super complicated story, it's more based on action and the survival of the characters, it is nice.
So I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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Me surpreendeu.
Fazia tempo que não assistia algo que não fosse mais pra pegada do romance. Principalmente quando falamos de dorama, e Sweet Home me surpreendeu muito.Tem aquela pegada de apocalipse, mas graças a Deus fugindo daquela temática de zumbi. Claro que tem os mostros, mas com diferenciais.
Traz um enredo reflexivo, fazendo com que surjam mil teorias na cabeça, o que deixa em si a história estimulante. Eu só sei que numa sentada eu já tava finalizando os 10 episódios sem nem mesmo perceber. O que só demonstra como o enredo foi instigante para mim.
Contudo, teve umas partes que pra mim foram vacilos do escritor, mas dá pra perdoar. Tipo na hora que a personagem da Go Young Jung passa mal por conta da asma e o mafioso ajuda ela, fazendo com que eles saiam do prédio machucados. O senhor não percebe o que aconteceu? E não demonstrou preocupação? Já que ele tinha muito carinho por ela! Ai depois ele já aparece morto? Oi? Que escape de tempo foi esse? Ele não escutou a briga? Ninguém falou pra ele? Achei aí um vacilo!
Mas voltado. O Dorama trás uma temática que demonstra como tem seres humanos que são perversos. E como em situações extremas as pessoas se transformam. E aí a pergunta? Quem são mais terríveis? Os humanos ou os monstros?
O desenvolvimento de todos os personagens é muito bom, cada um com suas personalidades, traumas e medos.
Agora o final me deixou com uma dúvida gritante! E acho que o gângster não é o gângster. Acho que possuíram o corpo dele. E olha que eu tava shipando tanto ele com a enfermeira. Poxa! Não dá pra se apegar a personagens nesse dorama, kkk. Quando você menos espera ele morre.
Agora correr para assistir a segunda temporada.
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A-C-T-I-O-N
I knew that there was action but WOW. I felt every moment- every second, it was like i was playing with the actors(I COULD PLAY A DEAD BODY AND I WOULD BE HAPPY)
◇The ost was perfect for the drama and ..... BewhY(k-rapper) you never disappoint♡
◇The acting was very good & the story was interesting
◇The only thing that i was not sure was the way they will make and show the 'monsters' like i was afraid if the monsters was too 'fake' but i was wrong.
You don't know how happy i was when i saw that the monsters look like monsters (it sounds funny but i hope you understand what i mean)
Then i realized that the production was amazing
And OF COURSE I RECCOMADED it !!!!!
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Such an Entertianing Dystopia, with character you will love!
I LOVE plots that are character-driven, I'm willing to watch any plot as long as the characters are written well. For me Sweet Home did just that, I can't begin to explain how much I adore the main character, he's just a loveable person who's also mentally strong and goes through so much trouble that you have to love him. It honestly hurt watching a lot of my favourite characters die, because I really started to feel a connection to them and the relationships they had with each other. To be honest, I did find some deaths unnecessary (especially the death of the leader at the end). I was also confused as to why two characters turn out to be working for the government at the end?? So the plot definitely can be confusing, but I loved the group so much that I was willing to forgive them for that.I also did find the CGI a little funny at parts, when there was too much lighting or the monsters were too big, the CGI looked quite awkward. But for the most part, it was okay. And oh my god I hate that stupid Warriors song they use, it did not fit at all. I wish they had used another song.
Aside from the CGI bits and the weird music at times. I really liked the pacing of this show, I love a good 10-episode story because it means that each episode is exciting--and it really was! I found that each episode kept me hooked and made me want to keep watching. Even in the short span, the characters are developed really well. I found that each character changes, mostly positively, through each episode as the audience gets to see them interact with the group. It really felt like everyone wanted to help each other, despite the struggles.
Overall I would say this was such an entertaining show, it's definitely sad and gorey, but the acting and the pacing are exceptional.
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A great, situation-focused story
What I liked most about this season was that it felt very personal and focused on the situation at hand. Because the story was contained almost completely in the apartment building we were able to get very comfortable with our cast and location. We, as the audience, felt just as isolated from the main problem as the characters did and were able to learn about the world at the same time. It made the overall plot feel very tense and exciting!That being said, I do think this show had some pacing issues. It felt like the writers wanted 12 or even 16 episodes but were only given 10 and because of that certain pivotal moments felt a little rushed.
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A webtoon reader dream come true!
At first, when I watched the trailer to this drama, it caught me off guard since it's my first time seeing Korea taking on a thriller and horror story from a webtoon and make it into live-action. It intrigued me to watch it as it's something fresh for me. And boy was I blown away by it. Instead of getting the horror content that I was expecting, it gave me the CHARACTERS, STORY, PLOT, and FEELS. (and yes I won't give any spoilers in my reviews no worries)Story/Plot:
It started with our main character going through some things that I can say some of the young adults do go through in high school. It's not something many people talk about and starting the story with such a character is right off the bat very different from the other stories I have watched. (Take note: I didn't read the webtoon but I know of its existence.) The high tension of the story immediately starts in the first episode, it brought me along the ride as the episodes progress. The pacing of the drama is just right, there are no moments in the drama that are just fillers or unnecessary. Each moment has meaning and it adds to the story! The logic and reality of the story are alright, not out of the blue but pretty understandable.
Character:
Besides the main character development throughout the story, the other characters are so good! I ended up loving a lot of the side characters. When you have a good story, good characters, what can go wrong? I enjoyed all the scenes of the other characters, it's heartwarming to see how the characters bond together in the situations they were put in. I won't say too much about the characters because by doing so I would have to dive into spoilers :') but really they are the highlights of the story for me.
Action:
The fighting sequence really blew me away! I did not expect high-quality visual effects. What happens if you fuse Korean drama and one of the Hollywood visual effects? SWEET HOME! It's just breathtaking to see the monsters in such well-produced CGI. Hands down to the people behind this production. The fighting sequences make me on the edge of my seat every time! Really well done on this part!
Overall:
Although the genre is considered thriller and horror, I see it more as a character-driven story. There were so many heartwarming moments between the characters and it made me connect with them more. The sad and funny parts with the characters are very memorable from this drama. I love the horror but these sides of the drama really were the ones that made me got hooked on it. Some warning for those weak-hearted souls out there, there will be some deaths in this drama that made me bawled my eyes out in the end.
So if you have read this long review till the end, might as well give this a try! It's a really good watch and thank you for reading this review as well hehe xD
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