Born Again

ball dropped

Born Again has a very interesting concept but suffers greatly from poor execution.

Many of the "fate" connections feel contrived for effect. Other things just happen out of left field with little or no explanation. You end up with several cluttered stories the writers are trying to mash together by brute force . There are several flaccid attempts at misdirection but the plot is such a jumbled mess of things that don't really connect or make very little sense that there is no satisfaction when they the misdirection is revealed. Ending are hard, so it's not surprising the entire last episode felt like the interns took over and just yakked up some melodramatic nonsense. i did get the distinct vibe that the ending was supposed to be some how profound. it wasnt. just more mess.

Character development, for those who get it at all, is highly inconsistent and often nonsensical. At one point or another every single character of consequence does at least one thing that is at odds with their characterization. you even get some of it with characters who do little to drive the plot. The worst character development by far has to go to Ha Eun/ Sa Bin. She is little more than a McGuffin. That could be for the best since Jin Se Yeon has the emotional range of a mascot costume. Aside from her barely adequate performance the rest of the cast did very well with the poorly written nonsense they handed.

I'm not above dropping a drama, but i got through this mostly on the performances and the hope that the show would rise to the potential of the concept. i don't feel it did.

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Can someone explain the last couple of minutes to me?

I'm confused about the ending, the very last minutes. Can anyone explain it to me?

I wrote this after episode 5 - I was intrigued from the very beginning and Jang Ki Yong played the hell out of that part. I couldn't help but feel for him more than the victim(s). I found myself hoping that he's not the serial killer, at least in the current life, and that he gets the girl and is able to receive love in the end.

I wrote this after episode 5. I was happy with the ending, but the very end was confusing, I almost felt like the film was cut off. They show them smiling at each other in the bookshop, then her at the hospital showing him things to help his memory, but at the end she breaks out crying. Did he actually die and the bookshop scene was his soul or just her memories or what?

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Unclear ending - do notbwaste your time watching it.

I hate it when the ending is not clear, is he dead or alive? I feel like I have wasted my time, I don’t recommend watching it. The actors a great and talented, But I guess they didn’t know how to end it properly. every single character had a proper ending except the main characters. what kind of joke is that? It made me really upset. The music is mostly good and the story keeps you interested the whole time. I agree with her choice of lover, the student did know her better and cared more for her , not to mention the fact that he had been shot by her former lover.

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Great premise, but a miss.

When I read the summary, I was very excited to watch this drama. The cast seemed promising as well. But right from the first episode something felt very off. I watched few more episodes hoping this feeling improves, but it only gets worse. Their past life story showcased in the first couple of episodes isn’t stellar, but leaves you hoping that their present setting is well narrated. I think the flaw in this drama was the haphazard storytelling, or forcing it to appear that everything is happening because of destiny and that’s the sole driving factor. I want to know how the characters will develop, but the slow paced drive is making me feel like each episode lasts for hours.

Tried my best to continue, but despite few things which I want to know, I’ll be dropping this.

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It’s just another crime drama and sadly not for me

I've watched till the halfway point of episode 5 of this drama and I think I've just come to the realisation that this drama just isn't for me. I'm watching so many dramas at the moment, but this is the only one I'm not excited for each week. In three years of watching kdramas I've only ever dropped one other and so I thought I should explain why I'm dropping this one.

I have to firstly say I don't think this is a bad drams at all, it's just becoming more and more each episode not my thing. It doesn't really let you know what type of drama it becomes in the MDL 'about' section so I'm letting you guys know with this review. The first 2 episodes were outstanding I loved the really dark tone of the story they told in the 80s, it really looked like this drama was going to be something different and new for me - I especially found Gong Ji Chul (played by Jang Ki Yong) a really interesting character to follow, his story and the exploration of his character were told so well.

But it seems with the modern episodes this drama has become your basic crime/murder mystery drama and I've just been watching too many of that genre of drama recently, so the ones I do watch have to really hook me. But I'm not feeling like the crime plot is anything that unique so I've lost interest in the core plot of the drama now.

Also annoyingly Jang Ki Yongs character is the only one I'm interested in learning about in the present. The other two characters in both times just aren't ones I gravitate towards - they're just a bit dull (no hate to the actors it's just the characters I'm not a fan of) - and this drama has three stars, so that's two thirds of the drama which I don't feel any sort of emotional attachment to. Our main relationship for example is something the viewer needs to be really invested in but that just hasn't happened for me.

I will probably continue to check in on this dramas tag, just to see it my predictions are right, but sadly I won't continue watching the full episodes. One good thing has come out of this drama for me though, I used to really dislike of Jang Ki Yong, but watching this drama has turned me into a big fan of his. I am happy I gave this drama a go because those first two episodes were so brilliant and I'm glad I got to experience them.

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Messy Romance Alert

Don't watch if you don't like love triangles, confusing romance, or romance-driven stories. This drama indeed has all of the above. The majority of the plot is focused on the two male leads tugging at the woman between them, and everything is set up so that the annoying tug-of-war lasts as long as possible. It's not uninteresting, but these types of stories require a more romantic soul to enjoy them, I suppose. Somebody with a lot more patience, who can watch the female lead running from one man's arms into the embrace of the other, while both of the male leads proclaim to anybody who'd listen their desire to "protect her".
I watched it mainly to drool over Lee Soo Hyuk, but even that wasn't enough in the end.

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Worst

I don't like the story . I decided to watch the drama because Jang Ki Yong , his acting make the charactor real , I had watched his two drama before and come and hug me ,is my favourite Na moo character he played ,I think am I right about character name ,amazing acting he did . No doubt ,in this drama also his acting was very good but story was very weak . I don't like the story . To begin with Jang Ki Yong , is my favourite and he got the negative role in first phase I don't like it but what is the fault of story here ? My answer is no fault because first phase is good , I thought in reincarnation he would get a positive role so I am right ,he got but his character didn't get happy movement ,in his reincarnation from strating he had been blame as a murder and he able to clear his name at very end of the last episode and he got happy ending but not cleared . They story end both female lead and he smile to eachother and then she in the room where she showing something to someone ,what this I didn't get it so confused ? I don't like the story because I don't like Jang Ki Yong's character got negative role is not like that , it is good that he got various role where he can proved himself but there was nothing in the story first phase is good but second one is third class and ending is so confused . Story revolved around only three characters starting to end . one wants love and other wants to protect love because he already had love where love life is in risk . So to protect the love one become culprit and othe become victim that's it .

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needs a more purposeful plot

the production, the acting, it's all amazing

the director was surperb

however, this story isn't really complicated. it's a drama so sentimental, you'll remember everything and you won't want to rewatch it again. but regardless, it does deserve a first watch. most definitely.

the one thing i don't like is when story writers use other people's content in quotes. this show quotes and credits from literature sometimes, and i honestly think that's cheap storytelling/foreshadowing.

the pacing of this show was amazing though. every episode felt like i was watching a movie.

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Vou escrever na minha língua, porque tenho muito para escrever.
Bom, esse drama já começou bem doido, as linhas eram super cringe e os dois primeiros episódios que se passam nos anos 80 tem um problema de edição. Tem um flashback de 4 anos, mas não mostram direito onde voltam para o ano em questão - 1988.
Nesse período, antes de morrer, cada um fez uma promessa:
Gong Ji Cheul - Dar um coração para Ha Eun
Cha Hyun Bin - Proteger a Ha Eun com sua vida
Ha Eun - Amar para toda eternidade Cha Hyung Bin

Até aí tudo bem, os problemas no script realmente começaram quando fomos pros tempos atuais. Primeiro, que a autora quis confundir a gente o tempo todo, a morte dos 3 que a gente tinha acabado de ver não foi exatamente desse jeito e muitos questionaram se a alma dos protagonistas tinham trocado.
Depois a autora construiu uma narrativa de:
Amor obsessivo/unilateral por parte do Jong Beum (antes Gong Ji Cheul)
Amor de forma espontânea em relação a Sa Bin (antes Ha Eun) e o Soo Hyuk ( antes Cha Hyung Bin)

Teve toda a questão da Sa Bin só ter deja vus com o Hyun Bin, voltar a ver a cor vermelha. E o Soo Hyuk chega inclusive a ver a Sa Bin vestida de noiva.
O plot do mistério do que tinha acontecido nos anos 80 estava cada vez mais doido. A cada flashback a gente tinha uma nova informação e elas meio que não se encaixavam. Tipo, até hoje eu não sei muito bem como o GJC sobreviveu ao tiro na cabeça ou o porquê fizeram aquele ritual com o Hyung Bin.
O novo caso do guarda chuvas amarelo - eu esperava bem mais.
Depois do episódio 10 (ou 20), a roteirista aloprou e parece que jogou muitas coisas que aconteceram antes no ralo pra justificar o que aconteceu depois daí. A passagem de tempo só foi feita para o Jong Beum se curar e não fez muito sentido. Todos os assassinos foram presos de jeito ridículos, as cenas no tribunal foram ruins. tudo (exceto a interpretação que sim, esse é o único aspecto bom dessa parte) foram terminadas de forma desleixadas.
Sobre a parte do romance, bom decepcionante, porque a protagonista dizia que gostava de um, mas agia como se fosse a mãe do outro perdoando tudo, tudo mesmo - stalker, tentativa de assassinato.
A escritora fez muita gente pegar uma raiva enorme da Sa Bin. E eu acho que não deveriam ter resolvido o triângulo amoroso no último capítulo.
E eu tinha muitas perguntas, criei altas teorias, mas tudo simplesmente foi finalizado com coincidências criadas para solucionar a história, sem nenhuma preocupação com coerência.

Enfim, pontos positivos, a OST é bem boa e os atores realmente tiraram leite de pedra, tem muitas cenas em que eles deram um show, principalmente o Lee Soo Hyuk e o Jang Ki Young,

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Quando e comecei esse dorama, achava que a prota ia ficar com o assassino afinal era o kiyong e o soohyuk sempre pega papeis onde ele é o second lead. Então no episódio 2, a haeun fala "eu sempre vou te encontrar esteja você vivo ou morto... eu prometo amar o hyungbin e só ele" aí eu comecei a achar que ela ia ficar com o soohyuk e no decorrer dos episódios foi isso que foi mostrado, então depois que o JB leva um tiro, a prota começou a falar que tava confusa e que o coração dela doia pelo JB e ainda assim quando ele beija ela no ep 27, ela fala que embora o coração dela doa por ele ela ia acabar voltando pro soohyuk e aí me vem o penúltimo ep onde ela ouve que o JB só matou a mulher lá pra dar o coração pra ela e ela age como se ele fosse o herói dela sendo que no ep 2 ela falou que isso não era justificativa pra matar alguém? É serio que os escritores usaram isso pra justificar o amor dela por ele? E se o roteiro não tava ruim o suficiente, tiram a única coisa que fazia sentido (o amor dela pelo hyungbin) e fazem a SB escolher o JB ja que é por ele que o coração dela doia? What? Minha amiga, coração doi também quando se vê um cachorros de rua, um mendigo ou uma pessoa passando fome afinal as pessoas normais sentem empatia e ficam com pena e segundo o dicionário pena é um sentimento "em que há sofrimento, padecimento, angústia, dor". Como é que os roteiristas querem fazer acreditar que isso era amor sendo que a sabin nunca demonstrou mais que pena e amizade pelo JB? Esse final não foi um plot twist foi uma desonestidade sem tamanha. E ainda chutaram cachorro morto enfiando aquela cena da SB e JB na old future (onde teve a maioria das cenas românticas dela e do SH) e me colocam o SH do lado de fora (fazendo uma alusão a cena do começo onde o JC é que ficava espiando) sendo que a sabin já tinha falado pra ele que escolhia o JB, então qual é a necessidade de uma cena dessa???? E pra coroar esse monte de lixo, matam o JB ?. Parabéns, born again entra pra historia como um dos piores doramas já feito senão o pior.

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É o segundo dorama que vejo que cita o livro Morro dos ventos uivantes, mas diferente do outro este não é só uma citação, ele foi escrito inspirado nele e sendo que, o primeiro episódio leva o nome de Heathcliff.

Eu amei como as cores foram usadas, como quando se trata dos três sempre tinha vermelho, mas os casos de assassinato são amarelo como os guarda-chuvas, também tiveram detalhes pequenos como cabelo do Soo Hyuk. E o que dizer da atuação de Lee Soo Hyuk e Jang Ki Yong? As diferenças de expressões e trejeitos entre passado e presente foram perfeitas, o último nos primeiros episódios me lembrou Edward mãos de tesoura, sabe? Aqueles diálogos com olhar sem palavras que mesmo simples diz tudo.

Confesso que não suportei a Sa Bin, por mim, ela tem Síndrome de Empatia, pois não é possível aceitar tão fácil certas coisas vendo todos os dias corpos em sua mesa de trabalho, mesmo sabendo por si mesma fatos assustadores de alguém e sem contar sua indecisão irritante.

Sinceramente esperava desfechos diferentes para vários momentos e de certa forma o rumo diferente a partir do 19/20 que me surpreendeu, e acho que teria sido legal um presente trocado, também me incomodou como nos último capítulos o roteiro mudou de uma forma que várias afirmações da principal pareciam palavras ao vento. Tudo que ela disse em ambas as vidas fora por água abaixo com suas ações do final. Outra coisa os casos do guarda-chuva amarelos foram resolvidos muito rápido de certa forma.

Por fim tenho que afirmar que todos os personagens não são sãs, sério. O final não foi do meu agrado, nem é por ship, por que não queria que nenhum dos lados do triângulo desse certo. Era tudo muito trágico para isso. A sensação não foi confortável, sendo assim, só darei oito estrelas porque para mim mesmo com ressalvas, eu gostei do enredo e me prendeu até certo ponto do dorama, mas o que não caiu bem foi o final.

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