Well had to force myself watching the last 4 episodes. I should have dropped this but I hate to drop a show so…
You said exactly how I felt when I did not like this during the hype, I could not go past episode 8 I dropped it, I just got bored and tired of it.. but obviously the fans would inflate the ratings. The acting was really good though, and I agree the romance developed too fast.
But unfortunately, we have fixed ships so its obvious who Jira will end up with. I wish we did not have fixed…
I completely agree. When the endgame ships are fixed from the start, it really does drain a lot of the tension because you already know where everything’s heading. At this point, especially with older, well-established pairings, it would be far more interesting to see the writers take some risks and experiment instead of playing it safe for the fanbase.
That said, I felt the same about Jira and Pheem, their semi-intimate moments genuinely surprised me in a good way. It added more depth and emotional weight to their dynamic than I was expecting, and now I’m actually invested in seeing more of them together. Fingers crossed the writers build on that rather than letting it go nowhere.
Glad to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't obsess over kids and never had a desire to become a parent.…
Honestly, same. I don’t have that instinctive pull toward the whole parent-child dynamic either, so the movie didn’t really land emotionally for me. The kid was incredibly grating, and his constant refusal to listen just made everything feel repetitive rather than tense. Instead of building suspense, it just became frustrating.
I get what the film was trying to do, but relying so heavily on the overused mother-child bond felt lazy, especially when paired with the usual “annoying child makes mistakes, mother endlessly sacrifices herself” formula. Add the dragged-out pacing and the AI angle, which feels overdone at this point, and it just didn’t justify its runtime for me. The idea was there, but the execution made it painfully boring.
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That said, I felt the same about Jira and Pheem, their semi-intimate moments genuinely surprised me in a good way. It added more depth and emotional weight to their dynamic than I was expecting, and now I’m actually invested in seeing more of them together. Fingers crossed the writers build on that rather than letting it go nowhere.
I get what the film was trying to do, but relying so heavily on the overused mother-child bond felt lazy, especially when paired with the usual “annoying child makes mistakes, mother endlessly sacrifices herself” formula. Add the dragged-out pacing and the AI angle, which feels overdone at this point, and it just didn’t justify its runtime for me. The idea was there, but the execution made it painfully boring.