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what a potential it had
Till the end of the moon is one of those series that has every possibility to turn out great, you cheer for it to turn out great, you love the first arcs in the hope that it continues that way, and unfortunately, it only gets worse down there. Still, the story captured me with its moral ambiguity, great chemistry between actors, and gorgeous costumes. It's just a shame that it becomes unwatchable starting from the 30th episode.Anyway, I liked the CGI fights though. And I hope LeoLu couple will star in their third drama.
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Does not work as adaptation and does not work as standolone series either
Well, what can I say about my favourite webtoon becoming a butchered ghost of itself? Resident Evil fans, I feel you. I remember hoping for the great adaptation that could be pulled by Netflix's budget, feeling satisfaction seeing concept videos and trailers, which pulled the looks of monsters and location sets, and absolute dread watching first, then second episodes, and later more. It pulled the visual aesthetics of webtoon, suitable actors, and failed to provide the essence of the whole meaning of the webtoon. And for that? To milk an anorexic cow that this story became for more seasons?It ruins the ending of the webtoon, failing to adapt beloved character dynamics, and adding unnecessary characters could've been forgiven if it were a good survival/apocalyptic story. It was not. It ruined the built-up suspense and potency that was built in the first episodes. It fails to provide how dangerous the monsters are, it dampens down the tragedy of the ruined world and the fragile state of characters. I can't believe they really added a freaking scene where one of the characters, right in the middle of an apocalypse, somehow successfully rides on a bike, doesn't get eaten or even seen by supernaturally strong and vicious monsters, and returns to that damn house?????????????????? How are the stakes of your story weaker than those of the Resident Evil movies, brother? I knew Alice was an indestructible Mary Sue, and I still felt more worried about her than a human firefighter.
It becomes a melodrama, and the tragedy of the story comes from something absolutely unnecessary instead of building on the problems of remaining human.
I loved the main actor in the role of MC and all others, can't say any negative things about them, but oh God did they just massacre my boy and my girl Jisu. I hated how they softened MC's character as if afraid of showing him truly messed up and imperfect, but it's discussion for other time.
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greatly shot tvseries that loses from having weak narrative and obsession over social messaging
Generally watchable zombie flick which promised much more than it delivered. It's shot well, and the first eps are full of great scenes, claustrophobic and anxiety-inducing, action-focused and dread-inducing. It loses its great foot, focusing on the unnecessary preaching of social problems, a weak and annoyingly poorly written villain, and an underwhelming third act. The actors were believable, and the characters were likeable, making you root for them. It's a shame that the director treated them mostly as symbols rather than as high school characters just trying to survive in a world that left them behind.Was this review helpful to you?
la masterpiece
One of the rare instances where the story gets peak writing, peak acting, and peak cinematography, which just creates magic. I can't explain just how incredible this kdrama is and why Lee Byunghun always recommends it for others. The chokehold this drama had me in from start to finish was just insane. Usually, kdramas lose their grip on viewers after the first 10 episodes, but instead, this drama just matures like a fine wine, unraveling and improving. In fact, I had a feeling that it needed way more than 24 episodes, and didn't like that it ended way too soon.I loved how both female and male characters are written there. Female characters are written with so much dignity and care, written with their humanity and symbolic meanings intact. And ngl, it showed me that love triangles actually can be good and can be written well. I loved the relationship dynamics between male characters. This is how you create a bromance!
The only problem I have with this drama is its final arc. I had a feeling that for a drama that interlinks characters and their journey so much, it didn't have an additional arc where all the main characters would interact and tell their final goodbyes to each other.
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