From someone who didn't read the webtoon version
As I never read the webtoon version, so I don't have things to compare between the two. I'd say this is one of the best drama for 2020. I was expecting this for its visual alone that I was skeptical if they could make good special effect for the monsters. And I could say that everything wrapped up great. From the acting, the story, and obviously the visual. That I hooked up from the very first episode and ended up finished it in one sitting.From the start, I was awed by how realistic and disturbing the monsters are. Though to be frank, it was more disturbing than I've imagined and I got goosebumps nearly in every monsters scenes but that shows how good and realistic the visual are. I forgot the feeling of watching SAW series and this reminds me a lot of it. So, if anyone that are sensitive, I would not recommend this. Too much trigger warnings. But if you think you could bear it, then the story alone is interesting and makes me wondering which one would die first as more twist keep coming in. I bawled my eyes a lot for the last few episodes and I'm not complaining at all. Maybe some of the BGM that I think wasn't give so much impact to the scenes shown.
No matter how good the visual is, if it's not supported by good acting, it'd be a failure after all. But everyone including the minor roles, as for me, are perfectly conveyed the emotions and tensions throughout the episodes. I could sympathize with their anger, frustration, laughter, sweet moments, sadness and pain. And I didn't expect this to come from this kind of series.
Hence, this is one of the best physiological thriller drama I've ever watched but honestly, I don't think I'd able to rewatch this since I'll probably get too sensitive if I watch this kind of scenes too much. BUT it's definitely a worth to watch drama for once in a lifetime and I highly recommend it for those who are into psychological thriller and don't mind any gore scenes to show up.
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Worth watching
This was an absolute stunning masterpiece. Sweet Home is truly an extraordinary kdrama and it definitely did justice to the Webtoon comic. Way too good. Although the ending killed me bc my tears were hydrating my face way too much. this whole thing i such a gooooooooooood Kdrama, it may be different from the Rom-Com Kdramas were used to but this show is in a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. I really enjoyed it, i really wish Season 2 will come early. I TOTALLY LOVED THE WHOLE THING. this whole thing i such a gooooooooooood Kdrama, it may be different from the Rom-Com Kdramas were used to but this show is in a WHOLE DIFFERENT LEVEL. I really enjoyed it, i really wish Season 2 will come early. I TOTALLY LOVED THE WHOLE THING. Looking forward for the second season.Was this review helpful to you?
Amazing Amazing ...did i mention Amazing????
Where do i start ???The first thing that catches your eye is the CGI along with costume and makeup, you can really see they put in a lot of effort to make things seem as realistic as possible.
The cast had superb acting not to mention they are all insanely gorgeousssss
This show is definitely on the dark side, it makes you question who the real monsters are :()
I was on the edge of my seat after every episode...i cant count how many times i got goosebumps ....
Im really hoping for a season 2
definitely gonna re-watch this when i have the time ;)
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50 minutes felt like 20
Sweet Home is a series that made me invested from start to finish. Something that was 50+-minutes episodes started to feel like 20-minutes episodes, and all I wanted to do was to go to the next one. There wasn't a moment where I sat back and wished that I did something else.I would say that the story is more action-related than horror related, even though there were some really great horror aspect designs in the series.
The story has good character developments and a good storyline, with great actors. Especially Go Min Si who always make me want to throw her characters out the window as she plays such bitchy characters in what I've seen her in so far. Kudos to them all.
I'm usually a person that thinks that VFX can sometimes mess up everything when it comes to a series, which often makes me stop watching. So naturally in the first episode I was skeptical, but as I progressed through the series the VFX grew on me, and I'm happy they chose to do what they did.
Music wise: Please, stop using the same song over and over. Would be nice to hear something else than Imagine Dragons "Warrior" once in a while. Probably one of the few complaints I have.
Other than that it was a great watch, would probably re-watch in the future.
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Gets better
This was one of those dramas that gets better and yep, by the last few episodes I was getting really into it and I loved the direction that the plot took.It did, however, take a while for me to reach that point; I kind of wish the earlier episodes had played into the plot more instead of just feeling like story set-up. without really answering or asking any big questions.
I also really loved a few of the characters — namely Hyun-su — but the cast was just a tad too big and I really didn't care much for many of the characters until the latter few episodes.
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If you like Kingdom , watch this next .
Toooooooooooooooooooooooo goood just like Kingdom Need more of this instead of the walking dead nonsense !!!!If you love Kingdom , you will love this !!!! I’d give a 10 on 10 for this !!!!
The plot
CGI
Characters
Theme
Cinematography
Color grading
Everything is amazing
We want at least 5 seasons !!! But Netflix has canclled shows like daredevil and punisher .... I wish someone else took this up .
Every single monsters is so detailed and so insane. I loved how they didn't show many things which the webtoon had, now they show it in the season 2. Amazing acting from Song Kang, Lee Shi Young, Lee Do Hyun and everyone. Everything single scene was a slay. One of the best Korean drama of 2020. Must watch! They way I panicked in every episode is very scary.
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What I think
TBH it's not 10/10 or 9/10 it's more of an 8Why? Episode 1-5 were a mess there wasn't much development in 1-5 there was some but not much. They could have fixed it and made it shorter.
Now 6-10 This is when things get exciting and interesting.
If you are to watch the show I say skim 1-5 and watch it 6 onwards
They haven't stuck to the webtoon for those asking they have changed the end alot
People who have died in webtoon lived. Those who died in the drama have lived in webtoon. Which is weird.
Which mean they are changing up everything and making it different. This means that making season 2 will take a while coz they don't have anything to copy from unless the writer has already written season 2.
But despite this I hope they have a better season 2! Most shows can't follow up with a great season 2 hopefully this one does.
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Good Monster Movie Fun
This story is more about what it means to be human and to want to live than it is about the monsters exactly. In fact they act more like a metaphor.Some of the special effects are amazing, some are a little campy. Most monsters are well designed but a little over-the-top cartoony which I think actually works in its favor since it keeps the show from being TOO scary to the point you can't watch it without staying up all night long. The monsters are just good fun!
Main leads are all great. The two male main leads especially do a lot of heavy lifting but the WHOLE cast is great. Lots of amazing characters to root for (and root against).
Be prepared for emotions !!
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As Webtoon readers, of course I can't help but compare
I knew there're new characters in the drama ver. but I'm completely confused with the involvement of military & the gangster team who suddenly appear and vanish in a moment without giving much impact to the story beside bringing the 'liquid' monster into them.I love how they depicts almost most of the storyline from webtoon tho some are indeed different to gave more sentimental feeling. But I feel the lack of explanation, for people who didn't read the webtoon, to comprehend the story, how they can show this 'monsterisation' is due to human desire. The webtoon give me a jab on how deep the story about "the monster is in me" and I think the story goal is still far away from end comparing to the webtoon as I understood how they 're-born'. I truly cried on how they ended Eunhyuk character in the drama, I mean, I cried. It was one of the best scene beside the moment Hyunsu turns and hug Dusik. I understand that this is not over yet for the series as the monster are still there. Wishing for Season 2!
Music wise, I'm er... not a fan of it. They might come with something more intense and I just feel that this doesn't match with the atmosphere of the story. The cast is beyond my imagination. I love all the cast and how they bring the character into live action. I can feel the sadness and anger while watching it, thumbs up for the cast.
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Perfect to binge watch
If you're looking for a thriller, gore, or action filled drama, then this one might be for you. As someone who didn't read the webtoon, it didn't affect my judgement nor I've expected anything from this, because I have zero knowledge on how things went in the webtoon. In my personal point of view based only on what I've watched, I think this is a good drama. Not a big fan of gore, thriller, horror nor action but I actually liked this. The pace of the story was just perfect, from how they cut each episode to have the audience wanting to watch the next episode immediately, to how impactful each episode was. It has this aspect that keeps me on my seat and totally focused on the things that are happening. For the characters, the actors truly played them well, from the main roles to the supporting roles. (Song Kang was really cute btw). I was hooked because of how well they put into life each of their characters. For the effects and monsters, they were also well done– disgustingly good. Actually I've seen the four actors (Lee Do Hyun, Lee Jin Wook, Song Kang, and Lee Si Young) in Running Man when they appeared to promote the drama and because of that, I got a glimpse of the story. Basically humans become monsters when they give in to their desires. That I think is a good life lesson, that we should not let our desires take over and eat us. This drama is basically telling us that we humans are the ones who are making us transform into something else and that's because of our unstoppable greed over something we wanted so bad. I also really like the heartwarming interactions between characters and how they slowly grew to each other, within that 10 episodes. The only reason why I'm giving this a 9 and not a perfect 10 is because I was looking for something else (or Idk if it is more on personal preference) and also because we got that cliffhanger ending. Wishing for a next season because I want to see more of this. Overall, I really like this drama and it is one of those which is perfect to binge watch when you're up for a genre of this type.Was this review helpful to you?
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Welcome to Sweet Home, a story about humanity, sacrifice and about choosing life...
I loved it,i think it matters a lot that i went in with the "right" mentality to even name it so as it was a better experience going into it without having the high expectations of a webtoon lover as i knew the story more or less and over the years i've read here and there but wasn't invested so even the changes or so didn't effect me that much so those 10h or so went by so fast(i didn't believe i would binge it staying all night till 10am heh,another point to me) and so many emotions,especially with the ones who died as to be fair i cared the most about Jae-heon,really wanted him to survive and get out with Ji-soo…Song Kang was amazing,i totally rooted for him,think it's his best role to date and for me he delivered it,i felt so much sadness and anger for his backstory as his act of kindness was what turned his life in a living hell and other characters backstory were paintful as well…Another great point was their woman representation as the women were mostly the ones taking the main stage and front line when most of the guys(not or main 4)were trying to hide(like when they caught the spider monster),overcoming their fear faster and joing hands to protect themselves, something fresh as we usually always see the men in kdramas being the brave etc ones…I was somehow frustrated that the ones who died deserved to live but life is unfair and it says nowhere that good brave guys end up surviving and thegreedy self centered ones don't...Another great point was the whole atmosphere and the lack of information our group had access as I think part of the major fear aside from well,the monsters at each corner was that no one knew much of anything and maybe that was intended...Of course getting the full straight answers rather than small hints would have been great(i actually don't mind) but taking into context the whole story it made sense that no one knew,at least the general public making it all the more scary...
A great cast indeed and Lee Shi young's just WOW,aside from already a great actress she is body goals!
Hope we'll really get a second season as i really would want to see them explore the world and monsters outside of the complex building as they already have in their hands a rich world worthy of in deep and complex view…
The OST was also fantastic and my personal favorites were Tears of Sweet Home by Gae Mi, Park Junghwan & 4 Strings of Sweet Home by Gae Mi.
Recomand it very much!
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2nd season is a must, please!
I just watched the last episode(10th) and I can't believe the second season isn't yet under production. Google says fans are desperate for it but I feel different, a little bit lost, anxious and I have a headache because the final episode was too much mysterious I can't bear with the ambiguous interpretations going on in my brain now. The story is overwhelming, the events are well organized, logical sequences, most importantly, 8 months of production, this is unbelievably amazing, the drama crew must have worked themselves so hard to get it aired on December 18th when we're all struggling with the pandemic and casual lockdowns as well as new infectees every day, death cases and our families being involved, this drama makes you really feel like home and I feel like I am exactly like the survivors, I didn't reach my sweet home yet. Well, I hope we do by the next season, I myself need a second season for myself to find my sweet home since I never felt home before, I am still looking for one.Moreover, the music used in this drama was wisely chosen, an award for choosing the right music must be created if it wasn't existing already.
Can't help but talk about the OST, it's way too much fitting into the drama theme as well as the graphics.
Many actors deserve respect for being professional and faithful to the roles they played in this drama, it didn't' feel like acting at all. I will add them to my fav list.
My impression is beyond imagination. I don't deny I didn't expect a lot when I started watching the drama, I liked the poster only without reading the plot summary, now I am dying for a second season.
SOS
H.B
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