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Even the audience is getting manipulated
So happy to see Hyun Wook in something again! This show was pretty intriguing, more than I thought it would. It really takes you on a ride and you really don't know what's happening. After finishing the show last night and sitting with it today, I still am left confused. The finale really floored me but also just confused on how to feel about the ending. I do like that the show made it feel like you were seeing a story with an unreliable narrator. I always think that is fun and thought they did well on leaving the audience confused. It also did a great job making you want more. It was a super easy show to want to binge. It's nice that it was only six episodes as well.
I found Lee Gang really interesting. You never really knew what he was thinking which was cool. He was so weird and just made you uncomfortable because he was just off. He was incredibly smart and talented, but just not right. He was creepy. He did seem to care a lot about Se Yun but after the finale I don't even know if that's true. Crazy he slept with Hyeon Suk too. I did think doing all he did just because of one small moment when he was little was kind of stupid though.
I hated Heo Mun O. He was a dick, insulted everyone, a horrible teacher, an awful husband who is still obsessed with his first love, and just overall an awful person. He had no redeeming qualities at all. His obsession with Eun Ju was so wild. Man liked her in college and is still obsessed 30 years or so later...insane. He was such an ass to his wife too. Not just because of the obsession either, he just treated her badly and you can tell he doesn't care about her much at all. I hated how he treated Lee Gang right from the beginning. He was always insulting him and putting him down. I just did not like him at all. I also can't believe that after everything Lee Gang did to him, that he would still hear him out for another story. That didn't make sense to me.
Overall, I just feel confused about this show. I think the things that were done well were done really well. I just think there were some things they could've done better. The finale is the biggest one. The finale could've used some major tweaking and then I think this could've been a solid 10/10, but they just missed the mark with it, I think.
The camerawork in this was fantastic! So cinematic! The lighting too was so incredible! I really praised that as I was watching this!
I found Lee Gang really interesting. You never really knew what he was thinking which was cool. He was so weird and just made you uncomfortable because he was just off. He was incredibly smart and talented, but just not right. He was creepy. He did seem to care a lot about Se Yun but after the finale I don't even know if that's true. Crazy he slept with Hyeon Suk too. I did think doing all he did just because of one small moment when he was little was kind of stupid though.
I hated Heo Mun O. He was a dick, insulted everyone, a horrible teacher, an awful husband who is still obsessed with his first love, and just overall an awful person. He had no redeeming qualities at all. His obsession with Eun Ju was so wild. Man liked her in college and is still obsessed 30 years or so later...insane. He was such an ass to his wife too. Not just because of the obsession either, he just treated her badly and you can tell he doesn't care about her much at all. I hated how he treated Lee Gang right from the beginning. He was always insulting him and putting him down. I just did not like him at all. I also can't believe that after everything Lee Gang did to him, that he would still hear him out for another story. That didn't make sense to me.
Overall, I just feel confused about this show. I think the things that were done well were done really well. I just think there were some things they could've done better. The finale is the biggest one. The finale could've used some major tweaking and then I think this could've been a solid 10/10, but they just missed the mark with it, I think.
The camerawork in this was fantastic! So cinematic! The lighting too was so incredible! I really praised that as I was watching this!
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