Great acting and a touch of magic realism
Well, I'm now on ep 27 and I think I've now watched enough of this series to say I'm thoroughly enjoying this drama. The direction and editing may not be top notch, but the acting is great, the atmosphere is very well achieved, the background music comes in at precisely the right moment to great effect, the aesthetics are superb. Sure, there are plot holes, but they aren't serious enough to break the storyline and they are mainly down to mediocre editing. The characters have also become much more neatly outlined.
What I'm enjoying most is actually the sheer excess, how over the top everything and everybody is, the far too damaging trauma that somehow doesn't lose hope, the screaming-for-redemption toxicity that both ZLH and WCR portray so well. I'm just sitting back, eating sunflower seeds, having a glass of wine and letting all of it wash over me.
At this point I'm giving it 8.5 only because of the let down the direction and editing are, otherwise it'd be a 9.
EDIT: I have now finished this drama, the last 6 eps were even better.
What I'm enjoying most is actually the sheer excess, how over the top everything and everybody is, the far too damaging trauma that somehow doesn't lose hope, the screaming-for-redemption toxicity that both ZLH and WCR portray so well. I'm just sitting back, eating sunflower seeds, having a glass of wine and letting all of it wash over me.
At this point I'm giving it 8.5 only because of the let down the direction and editing are, otherwise it'd be a 9.
EDIT: I have now finished this drama, the last 6 eps were even better.
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