callmebookaholic
Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area - Part 1
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by callmebookaholic
Messy writing, even messier storyline
Review for Money Heist Korea: JEA (Part-1; Ep.1 to Ep.6)
Right from the first episode, this show feels rushed. The whole scene of the team coming together for the first time is very abrupt. It would have been nice to get some of their backstories at the beginning, to understand how the Professor found them. Although the show tried to elaborate on their stories in the later episodes, they were nothing more than a few flashbacks, thereby hindering the characters from reaching their full potential. More elaboration would have allowed viewers to bond better with the characters had their arcs been developed intricately. The dialogues were also vaguely written at the beginning which made it confusing to keep up with the plot.
Coming to the plot, it is a little convenient for various reasons and some scenes seem stretched out and unnecessary, whereas some other scenes that required more focus, that could have included other characters' monologues (not just Tokyo's) were just never given to us. For example, a scene about Moscow's strategy behind digging the escape route and how he would have mapped it all would have been a good addition. Overall, they could have dedicated a few more episodes to smoothen such discrepancies out. Additionally, the lack of female characters was something they could have made up for in this remake. But you can already tell this was written and directed by men since many scenes are depicted through the male gaze.
This show can be enjoyable for those who haven't seen the OG La Casa de Papel. I would recommend checking this out first before you see the original Spanish show. For Money Heist Korea, we have six more episodes to go, which should give them another chance to redeem and improve the storyline in some way. Let's see how that goes!
Right from the first episode, this show feels rushed. The whole scene of the team coming together for the first time is very abrupt. It would have been nice to get some of their backstories at the beginning, to understand how the Professor found them. Although the show tried to elaborate on their stories in the later episodes, they were nothing more than a few flashbacks, thereby hindering the characters from reaching their full potential. More elaboration would have allowed viewers to bond better with the characters had their arcs been developed intricately. The dialogues were also vaguely written at the beginning which made it confusing to keep up with the plot.
Coming to the plot, it is a little convenient for various reasons and some scenes seem stretched out and unnecessary, whereas some other scenes that required more focus, that could have included other characters' monologues (not just Tokyo's) were just never given to us. For example, a scene about Moscow's strategy behind digging the escape route and how he would have mapped it all would have been a good addition. Overall, they could have dedicated a few more episodes to smoothen such discrepancies out. Additionally, the lack of female characters was something they could have made up for in this remake. But you can already tell this was written and directed by men since many scenes are depicted through the male gaze.
This show can be enjoyable for those who haven't seen the OG La Casa de Papel. I would recommend checking this out first before you see the original Spanish show. For Money Heist Korea, we have six more episodes to go, which should give them another chance to redeem and improve the storyline in some way. Let's see how that goes!
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