as a part of group of people who find the drama boring, i’ll explain what is the problem. it’s not the story itself. it’s the way it’s presented. i love kang full’s works, and both “moving” and “the light shop” are one of my favorites of all time. i’m sure the original story is amazing, but unfortunately, “the witch” as a drama has many flaws. because when you adapt one type of media into another, you actually need to “adapt” it.
why “moving” and “the light shop” worked, because apart from a great story itself, the cinematography as well as pacing complemented and elevated the story. why many find “the witch” boring or slow, because the pacing is all over the place. we get THE SAME SCENES over and over again. and they’re not even shot differently, they’re literally the same but put in different episodes. cinematically, it’s nothing special, what gives even more “basic” vibe. apart from a few examples, all scenes look very simple. so when the picture isn’t interesting to look at, long scenes with no plot-moving dialog feel like a waste of time. also, “moving” and “the light shop” episodes had a runtime of 40-50 minutes, rarely going up to 60 min. that’s partly why in “the witch” episodes feel like they are dragging.
p.s. i haven’t read the original manhwa but even if drama is super faithful to it, once again, when you adapt visual-textual form of media into audio-visual one, you NEED to change things because of the media’s specific attributes
it’s not the story itself. it’s the way it’s presented. i love kang full’s works, and both “moving” and “the light shop” are one of my favorites of all time. i’m sure the original story is amazing, but unfortunately, “the witch” as a drama has many flaws. because when you adapt one type of media into another, you actually need to “adapt” it.
why “moving” and “the light shop” worked, because apart from a great story itself, the cinematography as well as pacing complemented and elevated the story.
why many find “the witch” boring or slow, because the pacing is all over the place. we get THE SAME SCENES over and over again. and they’re not even shot differently, they’re literally the same but put in different episodes. cinematically, it’s nothing special, what gives even more “basic” vibe. apart from a few examples, all scenes look very simple.
so when the picture isn’t interesting to look at, long scenes with no plot-moving dialog feel like a waste of time.
also, “moving” and “the light shop” episodes had a runtime of 40-50 minutes, rarely going up to 60 min. that’s partly why in “the witch” episodes feel like they are dragging.
p.s. i haven’t read the original manhwa but even if drama is super faithful to it, once again, when you adapt visual-textual form of media into audio-visual one, you NEED to change things because of the media’s specific attributes