If people give attention & care on what's really happening on SH on ep 10, they won't find the whole situation…
Trigger warning/ I mean, as someone who's attempted suicide and has to take antidepressants everyday, I laughed my ass off when he straight up flew across the scene. There wasnt any ill intent in laughing at that, i felt his struggles but that dramatic floating in the air was just too much. I'm sure the other viewers didn't have any malicious intent too.
This show doesn't deserves that high of a rating, it was alright but very disappointing
I beg to differ to be honest. Yes, the adaptation is different, but that is why it's called an adaptation. Before you comment, yes I have read the webtoon and have been an avid follower of Carnby Kim's comic masterpieces for years. I didn't mind the fast pased environment. They did what they can to pack a huge chunk of content into the ten episodes they were given the budget for. Again, since it was an adaptation, I liked that it was different and focused more on secondary characters than the webtoon did. It was new material. If I wanted to explore Hyun So's story, I would've reread the webtoon. I thought the CGI were impressive for what it is. Sure, it had its limitations since it's not a mainstream Netflix original like Stranger Things or The Umbrella Academy. But the CGI work done by Sweet Home's team was one of the best I've come across in all of Asian media.
Now, one thing you said that bothered me the most... the soundtrack was good and fit the scenes! What in the bizarre world are you talking about? The music made me feel chills, especially in the first episodes opening scene where the choir stops singing abruptly, then cues that intense melody and then the choir sings even more dramatically as the soldiers shoot. And oh my the use of church organs thoughtout the series to reinforce that nostalgic and eerie atmosphere...! And you can't forget Warrior by Imagine dragons.
No but seriously, what sort of music did you want instead of the epic score they already have???? I genuinely don't see how the music director could have done a better job??? Like please tell me. I'm really struggling to understand what you meant by "music did not fit most of the scenes **at all**".
Are you definitely sure? Considering how much I wish to forget everything that happened in this drama- especially…
This Kdrama unravels the tale of how Joseon (Korea) was slowly being colonized by Japan. The US are sort of on the sidelines while this happens.
There are three groups of people in Korea throughout this series: 1. The Japanese + Koreans that betray their country and sides with Japan 2. The American soldiers 3. The Joseon Rebels fighting for their freedom
The story follows mainly 5 characters during this time: 1. The strong female lead- by day, she is a noble lady. By night, she carries out missions to fight for freedom as a sniper. 2. A Joseon slave that went to America and became a US soldier. He hates Joseon as a result. 3. Rich noble playboy 4. Japanese samurai that was once a Joseon peasant. 5. A korean widow that was once sold to an old Japanese man as a bride. Yes, she killed her husband.
SPOILER FOR HOW IT ENDS: all main characters die, apart from the first female lead. She continues to lead the Joseon rebels to fight for freedom in the final scene.
Hello can maybe anyone write me a short summary of this kdrama with many spoilers ? I rode the tragedy tag to…
Are you definitely sure? Considering how much I wish to forget everything that happened in this drama- especially all the tragedy that happens- to only be able to witness it for the first time again... I feel reluctant to reveal spoilers as a fan. I legit watched this series 3 times already in the past 6 months! I feel reluctant not because I envy you for being a new watcher (though I am envious for sure haha) but because this series is a masterpiece. It was truly phenomenal the first time I watched it, and this series was the reason why Lee Eun Bok became my favourite director (then later my respect for him only grew after directing Sweet Home). This kdrama was hauntingly beautiful, especially the ending. Sure, the ending was tragic, but it was also near perfect. It's one of those endings that has more of an impact on the audience if they watch it without knowing for definite on how it will end. I mean, I am literally the proof of that, when I keep coming back to look for recommendations because Mr Sunshine set the bar really high for me on Kdramas, and most of the time I don't find something here that can satisfy my new high standards, so I rewatch the whole series instead.
BUT I do respect that you may feel different about spoilers- to each of their own of course- so if you are definitely, definitely, definitely certain you still want to be given spoilers, I am happy to oblige. I will provide them in the next comment.
UGH i am getting so honestly worried because I really want the assistant to end up w KYJ but the thing is , the…
I definitely think Yeo Jo already knows about the husband's cheating though. But she's just purposely pretending to be unaware while she toys with her husband.
I don't understand the ending, will there be a season 2?
Lol I kind of hope not to be honest. It would take away the beauty of the series. Like, if the show provided closure and gave answers to their endings, I would be satisfied and not think about it again. But because they didn't, the frustrating questions lives rent free in my mind, and also leaves a mermorable impression on me.
Also, regarding Jisoo’s illegal job, in all honesty I understood why he was doing it, and on the topic of prostitution,…
I get you, but honestly there would have never been a chance of them being friends, simply because Jisoo took advantage of Minhee and condoned child sex trafficking. Jisoo's backstory was definitely pitiful, but at the same time he could have refused to make a business out of Minhee and reported her to the police anonymously.
I don't understand why minhee blames Oji ? He committed crimes so he can study , what she did? She committed crimes…
The way I understood it was because Oh Jisoo took advantage of Minhee. Of course, I'm not saying Jisoo is the only one at fault and Minhee is a saint, but if you looked through Minhee's perspective it might be a little easier to understand. Minhee's still a child, and children make mistakes. It might seem like it was her fault for getting herself into the mess, but alas she was still a victim of child prostitution. Being a naive 17 or 18 year old, like most teenagers who haven't yet seen how cruel the world can be, she most likely prostituted herself thinking the job would be easy money, when in hindsight prostitution is far from that. When she was hit with that harsh reality and realised her mental wellbeing and developing brain was far from ready for the dangers and disturbing, predatory behaviour exhibited from her customers, it was already too late. The trauma has already been inflicted. She's already encoutered the nasty experiences of sex work (btw I'm not against the sex industry, I completely respect sex workers as it takes a tough mind to take on prostitution). Yes she may have gone through that for the sake of one boy, but reasons don't matter when it comes to child sex trafficking. She is a victim and that is all there is to it. This is was what made the show one of my all time favourites. None of the characters were innocent. Yes, Oh Jisoo was a struggling child who only wanted a mediocre life with a mediocre job. However it doesn't take away the fact that he did indeed condoned sex trafficking a child (even if it was a peer) and in some ways he still did take advantage of Minhee as she a naive teenager who didn't know any better. You could argue he didn't take advantage of her and instead provided her security, but at the end of the day he still made a business out of her. If Minhee didn't pay for Oh Jisoo's services, would he show humanity towards a minor, waste his resources and still protect her free of charge? Thus, as the victim, Minhee was hurt (rightly so) and wanted justice (in this case against Jisoo). I think Mr Lee was also in the wrong, regarding this dilemna, but I empathize with that she may have not seen him as the villain because he had a sort of father figure presence in her life that she never had before.
Is it just me that laughed my ass off when the shamen said that there is a 'wicked' soul in the queen's body at the end of ep6? Yeah the chef is wicked indeed.
Can someone please spoil the ending for me? I want to start this but I see a lot of negative comments
Its been 3 years since ive watched it but from what i remember, FL gets pushed in front of a car by jealous SFL (SFL eventually gets therapy or put in a psychiatric hospital?). I think the ML felt responsible. They break up. Time skip, both leads are now working adults. FL walk pasts a guy as she crosses the road, the end. Its a trashy open ending... Do you want spoilers for the webtoon? The webtoon had a good ending.
I mean, as someone who's attempted suicide and has to take antidepressants everyday, I laughed my ass off when he straight up flew across the scene.
There wasnt any ill intent in laughing at that, i felt his struggles but that dramatic floating in the air was just too much. I'm sure the other viewers didn't have any malicious intent too.
Yes, the adaptation is different, but that is why it's called an adaptation. Before you comment, yes I have read the webtoon and have been an avid follower of Carnby Kim's comic masterpieces for years.
I didn't mind the fast pased environment. They did what they can to pack a huge chunk of content into the ten episodes they were given the budget for.
Again, since it was an adaptation, I liked that it was different and focused more on secondary characters than the webtoon did. It was new material. If I wanted to explore Hyun So's story, I would've reread the webtoon.
I thought the CGI were impressive for what it is. Sure, it had its limitations since it's not a mainstream Netflix original like Stranger Things or The Umbrella Academy. But the CGI work done by Sweet Home's team was one of the best I've come across in all of Asian media.
Now, one thing you said that bothered me the most... the soundtrack was good and fit the scenes! What in the bizarre world are you talking about?
The music made me feel chills, especially in the first episodes opening scene where the choir stops singing abruptly, then cues that intense melody and then the choir sings even more dramatically as the soldiers shoot. And oh my the use of church organs thoughtout the series to reinforce that nostalgic and eerie atmosphere...! And you can't forget Warrior by Imagine dragons.
No but seriously, what sort of music did you want instead of the epic score they already have???? I genuinely don't see how the music director could have done a better job??? Like please tell me. I'm really struggling to understand what you meant by "music did not fit most of the scenes **at all**".
I recently found out about it, and I'm not sure what to make of it.
There are three groups of people in Korea throughout this series:
1. The Japanese + Koreans that betray their country and sides with Japan
2. The American soldiers
3. The Joseon Rebels fighting for their freedom
The story follows mainly 5 characters during this time:
1. The strong female lead- by day, she is a noble lady. By night, she carries out missions to fight for freedom as a sniper.
2. A Joseon slave that went to America and became a US soldier. He hates Joseon as a result.
3. Rich noble playboy
4. Japanese samurai that was once a Joseon peasant.
5. A korean widow that was once sold to an old Japanese man as a bride. Yes, she killed her husband.
SPOILER FOR HOW IT ENDS: all main characters die, apart from the first female lead. She continues to lead the Joseon rebels to fight for freedom in the final scene.
I feel reluctant not because I envy you for being a new watcher (though I am envious for sure haha) but because this series is a masterpiece. It was truly phenomenal the first time I watched it, and this series was the reason why Lee Eun Bok became my favourite director (then later my respect for him only grew after directing Sweet Home). This kdrama was hauntingly beautiful, especially the ending. Sure, the ending was tragic, but it was also near perfect.
It's one of those endings that has more of an impact on the audience if they watch it without knowing for definite on how it will end. I mean, I am literally the proof of that, when I keep coming back to look for recommendations because Mr Sunshine set the bar really high for me on Kdramas, and most of the time I don't find something here that can satisfy my new high standards, so I rewatch the whole series instead.
BUT I do respect that you may feel different about spoilers- to each of their own of course- so if you are definitely, definitely, definitely certain you still want to be given spoilers, I am happy to oblige. I will provide them in the next comment.
But because they didn't, the frustrating questions lives rent free in my mind, and also leaves a mermorable impression on me.
Jisoo's backstory was definitely pitiful, but at the same time he could have refused to make a business out of Minhee and reported her to the police anonymously.
Minhee's still a child, and children make mistakes. It might seem like it was her fault for getting herself into the mess, but alas she was still a victim of child prostitution. Being a naive 17 or 18 year old, like most teenagers who haven't yet seen how cruel the world can be, she most likely prostituted herself thinking the job would be easy money, when in hindsight prostitution is far from that. When she was hit with that harsh reality and realised her mental wellbeing and developing brain was far from ready for the dangers and disturbing, predatory behaviour exhibited from her customers, it was already too late. The trauma has already been inflicted. She's already encoutered the nasty experiences of sex work (btw I'm not against the sex industry, I completely respect sex workers as it takes a tough mind to take on prostitution). Yes she may have gone through that for the sake of one boy, but reasons don't matter when it comes to child sex trafficking. She is a victim and that is all there is to it.
This is was what made the show one of my all time favourites. None of the characters were innocent. Yes, Oh Jisoo was a struggling child who only wanted a mediocre life with a mediocre job. However it doesn't take away the fact that he did indeed condoned sex trafficking a child (even if it was a peer) and in some ways he still did take advantage of Minhee as she a naive teenager who didn't know any better.
You could argue he didn't take advantage of her and instead provided her security, but at the end of the day he still made a business out of her.
If Minhee didn't pay for Oh Jisoo's services, would he show humanity towards a minor, waste his resources and still protect her free of charge?
Thus, as the victim, Minhee was hurt (rightly so) and wanted justice (in this case against Jisoo).
I think Mr Lee was also in the wrong, regarding this dilemna, but I empathize with that she may have not seen him as the villain because he had a sort of father figure presence in her life that she never had before.
I think you're right, it all makes sense now.
Yeah the chef is wicked indeed.
i'm shipping yeo joo and soo ho instead
It had a good ending and wrapped up nicely.
FL and ML remain as a couple.
I think the ML felt responsible. They break up.
Time skip, both leads are now working adults. FL walk pasts a guy as she crosses the road, the end. Its a trashy open ending...
Do you want spoilers for the webtoon?
The webtoon had a good ending.
Was looking forward to it so much after a long day of studying