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The Eighth Sense korean drama review
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The Eighth Sense
7 people found this review helpful
by rat
Jun 12, 2023
10 of 10 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.5
This review may contain spoilers

eh....average.

a very average show. i feel like........it didnt do shit tbh. spoilers ahead bc i have no concept of shutting up when im disappointed lol

tldr: weird editing, no connection to the show, typical boring dynamics between characters, rushed ending, tried to do too much but couldnt succeed.

--- like the editing was weird, i disliked the transitions between some specific scenes. i had to rewind and switch back and forth between certain episodes to make sure i hadn't missed shit let alone switching between the context of two scenes in the same episode.
--- the pace of the show suddenly picked up and then suddenly slowed down wayyy too much at some places. the ending was so rushed like whats the deal with putting that redemption thing on everyone and if u r doing that do it right and not for the sake of the trope itself, it fucks shit up.
--- back on editing, i really did enjoy the aesthetics of the first ep or hell even the second one but beyond that, all i had to say is meh. even the tone and colouring of the scene was messed up, like. at some places it was literally almost jarring and im not even a film/aesthetic buff to comment on this stuff seriously but holy shit, u just do not tone everything down in that shade when the guy is fine and dandy in the next five minutes.
--- the chemistry between every1 (protags included) was like. fine. it didnt allow me to form any sort of connection with any of them, they either pissed me off or i was just like '-_-' at them. thats my bored out of my mind face btw. ok but honestly it was chill in the beginning, but it lost its charm after ep 4. the characters were just not written that well. i will not touch upon jae won's bff and ex's character. i literally HATE arch typical characters like omg u r a writer at least write smth new. except ae ri! Seo Ji An did <3 job at acting i love her. she is the only character i care about she is just SOOOOO cool.
--- i dont get the narrative voice change neither do i get how ji hyun's personality took a turn 2 sassiness suddenly, or how jae won and ji hyun got together so suddenly or like yk what i dont get half the narrative decisions. most scenes took place abruptly, characters dynamic was changed abruptly or it just erupted abruptly. for a show with 10 eps spanning for more than 6 hours, i was expecting a steady development but instead of development, i just get served tropey dynamics. which hah. um. no thank u.
--- i dont think thats how therapy works if u are going to portray shit at least do it right, like the writer wanted to depict shit but did everything halfass-dly. half the plot points felt forced, nothing got resolved. everything is forgiven easily, no current plot points causes consequences, what pushes the plot points is some specific past event only that has got a 2 mins screentime mention. like. deep breaths. idk like ok do that but at least if x is happening at present, then x affects the characters and plot. deep dive in that x and explore its consequences before saying bye bye 2 x.
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