I really liked the first half, but the second half felt choppy with an ending that didn't feel too deserved. I would've loved 15 or 20 more minutes to give more scenes time to breathe and explain more of what was going on.
it feels like this movie underwent a lot of cuts and edits, I remember it took forever to be released and it was…
I feel the same way. It felt like it scratched the surface on a lot of things, but didn't dig as deep as it could've. Just 15 more minutes could've helped give each character more time and development. After reading people's theories, now I wonder just how much got lost in the editing. I feel like there should've been more focus on Yo Han and how he got better, what Gyeong Rok went through at the school, and what happened to Mi Jeong in between all of that.
This was sooo good. This was a surprisingly deep movie and I loved all the characters. The story, characters, acting, and lighting was all so good. I totally recommend <3
I take it you didn't finish the drama, did you? Yes, she's painted pretty black from the beginning, but many of…
I'm being so annoying about this lol. In all my years of drama watching, I've never disliked a lead character this much before (minus terrible short dramas MLs,).
I love thinking about the psychology of characters. Morally gray or dark characters are my favorite ones, but that's when they feel fully explored to me. I think her character fell flat for me because she seemed like a bad person even in small ways. Her pride and ego made her treat anyone that worked "below her" or with her as if they were dirt. It wasn't the normal standoffish or cold that makes sense. She treated them as peons.
I think it was just a rough opening for her. Her abuse of power towards the ML and her disrespect towards coworkers. Even the first case (if I'm remembering right) she manipulated a worker into leaving his company of many years. It just showed how little she cared for blue collar workers and their desperation to keep the only job they'd known. It was his own decision to hurt her, of course, but that was her goal. To me, she seemed prejudiced towards poor people (in money or power), disregarded the mental health and financial need of her coworkers and the small companies she set out to destroy to profit more for herself, and was just straight up rude and hateful all the time.
The dramatic editing in epsiode 13 was hilarious. The reveal over who was messing with the posters and then boom instant reply from hundreds of angles was so silly and funny.
I take it you didn't finish the drama, did you? Yes, she's painted pretty black from the beginning, but many of…
I dropped it at episode 19. I was watching to see her finally change, but gave up thinking it'd never happen. Does she ever apologize for her power harassment and prejudiced comments towards her employees, for letting tons of bunnies die, for manipulating the ML (before we know he has ulterior motives, I know), and just being a rude jerk to everyone? I'm not being sarcastic btw! I genuinely really wanted to watch her change from this really messed up character to a better person, but didn't see gradual change and didn't think they'd manage it with only a few episodes left either.
I'm sadly dropping this at ep 16. I love complex characters, messy and gritty backstories, and the bones of this drama. The acting is really good and there are so many good aspects, but they failed in the way many cdramas do-too many episodes. The plot had good bones, but they chose to prolong uninteresting aspects and barely spend time on others that would've made good subplots. The past timeline went on for too long only to abruptly end. Then the present timeline resumes, but it's within the same sets and it begins to feel bland outside of the character personalities. The leads relationship takes a backburner to the investigation plots which start off fun then lose logic and steam. If this same story had been condensed down to 24 or 28 episodes, I think the pacing would've been much better. But instead at episode 16, I find everything boring except for the lead's complex characters, I'm not even interested in their love story anymore.
If you like complex, gritty, push and pull between flawed leads, I definitely recommend will love in spring instead.
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I love thinking about the psychology of characters. Morally gray or dark characters are my favorite ones, but that's when they feel fully explored to me. I think her character fell flat for me because she seemed like a bad person even in small ways. Her pride and ego made her treat anyone that worked "below her" or with her as if they were dirt. It wasn't the normal standoffish or cold that makes sense. She treated them as peons.
I think it was just a rough opening for her. Her abuse of power towards the ML and her disrespect towards coworkers. Even the first case (if I'm remembering right) she manipulated a worker into leaving his company of many years. It just showed how little she cared for blue collar workers and their desperation to keep the only job they'd known. It was his own decision to hurt her, of course, but that was her goal. To me, she seemed prejudiced towards poor people (in money or power), disregarded the mental health and financial need of her coworkers and the small companies she set out to destroy to profit more for herself, and was just straight up rude and hateful all the time.
If you like complex, gritty, push and pull between flawed leads, I definitely recommend will love in spring instead.