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I couldn’t agree more about the action scenes - there’s like no excitement. The fight scene in ep 9 was a bit better though the stunt double was more obvious here. And don’t get me started by the tailgating scene - like how freaking obvious do you want to be in following someone. Then the cringe attempt at covering up at the rest stop even though she’s clearly tailing them?!

So I get that parallel world is a different story and production and I wasn’t suggesting it to be like for like. Nor was I expecting flawless characters. If anything, the past few episodes have been propping NJL up in a way that’s contrary to your comment actually. Also NJL could still be styled beautifully without it having to scream Reba. Cos right now, I am seeing Reba. Not NJL.

Script writing isn’t the same as novel writing. And just because it is true to novel doesn’t mean it’s a great production. At least for me, the viewer experience is really mid right now. Parts of the dialogue and acting including by supporting characters were cringe. I don’t think I commented on the pace or had this expectation of flawless characters either. Anywho~

I don’t get low budget vibes but I don’t feel like they have put the funds to good use. The writing and directing falls short for me. I cringed a lot more than expected and I was actually looking forward to this. I really hope it gets better cos right now it’s really mid.

I had the same thought. I’m a Reba fan and yes she looks great here. But the make up/styling screams Reba rather than NJL which makes it hard for me to immerse myself in her character. The drama is also trying to set her up as some badass fighter but I don’t feel it. Instead I can’t help but compare her to Ni Ni’s character in Parallel World - and Ni Ni totally owned that.

I had no issue with the ML’s styling though his character is kinda flat? I hope it’ll pick up but for now they have made his character kinda boring.

For what it’s worth namu wiki noted the flat characters and narrative. I also don’t always agree with Korean viewers. I can only guess familiarity of the event and film style (?) probably contributed to the positive reception.

I’m not against what the movie sought to stand for. I was annoyed by the delivery. When I was debating whether to leave, two others left. I don’t know why they had left but it’s not often I see people leave, let alone me leaving sigh.

I recently watched this and it’s left a lingering sombre feeling, sigh. Not only because of how the story unfolded but also because we can no longer see Leslie Cheung. I really do miss the way that films used to be made - that rawness, dialogue, delivery, and even that cool colour tone/pallet used throughout. Sigh.

I watched this to support Lee Jun Hyuk but even he couldn’t keep me until the end. I don’t often walk out of the cinema but I did with this. The execution was really bad - poor pace, poor direction and a really boring script. And my personal opinion - poor acting (I mean no disrespect). I know it was based on a real event but the portrayal of that event just fell flat.

The first hour was hard to sit through and it was frustrating to watch how they acted during a mission. They didn’t seem to have any strategy and were moving/talking in unrealistic ways - the captain literally stood and moved slowly most of the time, in the middle of a blaze.

Telling your colleague whose life is literally at risk that you’re throwing the rope down only to take forever to throw the damn rope down just didn’t resonate. Being calm is one thing but I really didn’t get any sense of urgency from the captain even in that situation where his colleague was unstably hanging for dear life.

And the stubbornness of that one captain put an entire team at risk. Simply ignoring the command to evacuate made no sense. He was almost just bulldozing his way through with no real plan.

There are so many ways to showcase this story without compromising humanism or the message. The director’s storytelling approach unfortunately wasn’t for me. A real shame. It could’ve been a real tribute to the lives that were lost.

Couldn’t agree more. There were some lol moments but overall it was pretty unsatisfying. I also don’t like how Netflix is capitalising on Dex but made a production that under-utilised him this round.

Totally agree. It leaned toward the variety side and while that created some funny moments, it just lacked the overall suspense from a survival show. Also as a Dex fan, it was frustrating to see him linger quietly in the background for at least half the show. And when he took action, it was lacklustre. SIGH.