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Catastrophe on an epic scale
I love love love disaster movies, and D-Day has some of my favorite stars and character actors, so I was popcorn ready for a binge fest. But catastrophe on an epic scale can describe both the plot and the series. There was a master adrenaline punch, some intriguing moral dilemmas, a cast deep with truly talented actors - and some ridiculously cheesy directing with a script that relied on action to cover pedantic dialogue and story flaws. So much going for D-Day, but nothing could save this disaster of a disaster series from being 20 episodes of one-note melodrama, full of one-dimensional characters, and devoid of nuance.The first half of the series is worth watching for the depth of acting talent, all of whom delivered outstanding performances, and some of whom deserve kudos just for showing up to work every day to slog through this cliche fest. Gold medals to:
- Kim Hye Eun (a stoic and principled character played perfectly),
- Yoon Joo Hee (a subtly strong performance that made her character the backbone of every scene she was in and the voice of conscience for the story's throughline),
- Kim Jung Hwa (I was rooting for her to ride off into the sunset with the ML. Compelling character, but underused here; later notable as the heartbreakingly devoted Suzy Choi from "Mine," and criminally underused in that series also),
- Kim Jae Hwa, & Kim Sang Ho, character actors who each made their role's total into more than the sum of the parts.
Extra special hats off to Jung So Min for playing a witless, silly, giddy, immature, ill trained, and emotionally/intellectually stunted doctor to a T. It had to be painful. We get an early glance at Jung So Min's characters proclivity to threaten low-level violence when things don't go their way, a trait that's almost a signature of her characters (see "Love Next Door" for more examples).
Honorable mention to Kim Young Kwang who played both a Labradoodle and a cardboard caricature of the heroic, wounded, noble savior - a veritable Superman of the operating theatre - and did it well, such as it was. I do wonder if even he tired of his character's many, many self canonizing monologues delivered over the open bowels of his patients.
Neither Jung So Min nor Kim Young Kwang, as talented as they are, could make the romance between their characters feel anything but awkward, forced, and painfully unbalanced.
This is the kind of drama that makes a remote control with fast-forward a handy thing to have. Even so, I almost dropped the series in E9 for gross script stupidity when a critically short-staffed ER Director sent off a single patient escorted by THREE doctors AND a surgical nurse. Later, that same ER Director let another doctor walk out in a fit of petulance without informing him that his career would justifiably end RIGHT THERE if he took another step. Though, tbh, maybe it was because he was a pathetic excuse for a doctor and a ticking time bomb of malpractice.
I figured it would only get more stupid from there and I was right. The only kiss of the series happened in the least romantic setting ever, with no romantic build-up, between the two least well developed characters. Yes, they were the leads, so of course it had to be them, but I still get to whinge that they were one-dimensional and not even especially likeable.
I slogged through until E15 when it was clear the plot had nowhere to go and I, fortunately, did.
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every thing was amazing the cast and the story great
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Et j'ai directement accroché. Rien qu'a la vue du cast avec des acteurs que j'adore j'ai été entrainée dans l'histoire après seulement quelques minutes et je n'en suis pas ressortie avant la Fin. J'ai tout regardé d'une traite pendant mes vacances ans pause tellement j'attendais la suite.
Les OST sont vraiment belle et colle au drama, elles n'ont a mon sens pas besoin d'etre exeptionelles si elles collent aux scène ou elles sont utilisées et ce drama m'a fait le travail a la perfection.
Les personnages sont tous attachants jusqu'au caméo le plus court que ce soit la mère qui a perdue sont fils, ou les parents des jumeaux prématurés. Les personnages principaux sont très attachants. Surtout Youn-Kwang qui veut a tout prix s'occuper de sa mère dans un coma, c'est vraiment touchant.
Je ne sais pas vraiment quoi dire d'autre a part que c'est l'un de mes drama préferés et que je le conseille.
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Este drama no lo he visto recientemente por lo que no recuerdo muchos detalles. Sin embargo, si recuerdo la angustia que te entra al ver cómo los médicos y bomberos trabajan corriendo debido al desastre que se ha ocasionado en la ciudad.
Los personajes también son muy buenos y logran transmitirte la ansiedad que están sintiendo en ese momento a pesar de las diferencias en sus personalidades.
Si estas buscando un drama sobre desastres o de médicos, la verdad es que recomiendo mucho ver D-day.
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Davvero avvincente
In momenti drammatici e di urgenza per soccorrere feriti da un terremoto, si profilano di verse figure di medici : quello che si concentra principalmente a salvare vite anche a costo di derogare al protocollo imposto; lo sfaticato che non vuole problemi , poco preparato ma avido di riconoscimento; l'eccessivamente prudente e ligio al dovere, molto preparato che rischia di sacrificare la vita per non andare contro le regole di procedura; l'intimidito medico che non si crede all'altezza ma di fronte all'urgenza attinge a risorse che non sapeva di avere . Il Direttore d'ospedale che bada solo alla carriera ai soldi e al prestigio della posizione e freddamente non si cura di salvare le persone anzi, disposto anche a sacrificarle pur di assicurarsi la scalata.Al personale medico, a cui si oppone il direttore arrivista, si intreccia il corpo dei pompieri che pure esso deve salvare vite e il cui compito viene reso difficile dal politico; è affascinante la sinergia fra queste due categorie di soccorritori. Sullo sfondo delle macerie e delle sale operatorie si intrecciano più storie d'amore. Non ci annoia mai, insomma, attratti dalle figure belle e simpatiche dei protagonisti.
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Quando un drama è talmente bello e profondo da lasciarti senza parole, qual'è il metodo giusto di recensire?
Inizialmente mi aspettavo un medico ospedialiero, yes but non così distruttivo. Sicuramente non è adatto a chi cerca questa ambientazione per una storia d'amore perchè, anche se c'è, è una delle tantissime cose che accadono tra questi episodi e sicuramente non la più importante. Se da una parte mi ha lasciato con l'amaro in bocca per come è finito, dall'altra provo tanta rabbia per l'umanità che non avete idea. Per LUI (chi ha visto sa)così mostruoso che solo un mostro può essere, con il suo egoismo, i suoi piani, il suo menefreghismo verso i più deboli. Ma come si fa in una situazione simile avere certi pensieri, come?!
Ad una certa, ho dovuto intervallarlo con altri drama perchè mi stava buttando giù talmente tanto che stavo proprio male. Non vi voglio spaventare, ma dovete essere pronti e davvero vi consiglio di affrontarne la storia solo quando sarete in un momento in cui vi sentite forti e in grado di potarne il peso.
Non vi voglio spaventare, ma è davvero tanto bello quanto distruttivo.
Il mio miglior drama allo stato attuale che ho visto nel 2024.
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