In my review I gave it a 5, because of the writing and bad CGI. It has good fight scenes though. Still the best…
It's always hard to make a movie out of a story or anime series because of time constraints and there will always been comparisons to the original source material. Maybe because I didn't watch the original, it seemed all right to me. Thanks for your recommendation though. I'll look into Rurouni Kenshin. :)
His mother abandoned him. Of course he would have hard feelings. He loved her and missed her desperately, but…
Absolutely. I understand that this was a romcom but it wouldn't hurt them to explore a little more deeply into other characters and how they are impacted. All of that is brushed aside to focus on the lead couple. Everyone else's story is secondary and unsatisfactory. The sister's flashback was pretty shoddy direction as it explains nothing about why she is the way she is. Nor why she kept her son away from her or what was going on with her and her husband. People don't change overnight but they decided to end everything on a happy note irrespective of how unrealistic it is. Not sure why certain situations were created if they were not meant to be clearly explained. Ah well.
His mother abandoned him. Of course he would have hard feelings. He loved her and missed her desperately, but…
Same issue with me. A lot of things were happening without much point to it and was not given the attention it deserved. The romance was great but because the drama introduces situations without proper progression and impact, it feels a bit unsatisfactory. As you said, don't introduce these story arcs at all if you will deal with it so haphazardly. Sigh.
she seems like a person who shouldn't have been a parent. She is so stuck on victimising herself she can't see…
Yes, unfortunately, this show didn't do well with any of the side stories. The focus was the relationship. I wish they had made more of an effort to explain that resentment since it was such a huge part of the brother-sister conflict. Because that flashback was not it. :/
she seems like a person who shouldn't have been a parent. She is so stuck on victimising herself she can't see…
Yes, I felt terrible for her son. I don't even understand what upset her in the flashback. Her father didn't ignore her. She held herself back. She was making herself miserable.
His mother abandoned him. Of course he would have hard feelings. He loved her and missed her desperately, but…
To clarify, I am not questioning why he looked for his mother but rather the director's portrayal. So much importance is given to him looking for his mother and trying to understand where she went and why. But when he finally understands, he doesn't care and decides he doesn't want to meet her. Then he was harsh when she chose to come back because she felt her husband was going to be unfair with her son as well. And even though the whole situation was because Gu Won's father failed to protect his mother, all of the anger was faced by his mother. I don't think she deserved that when she was helpless in that matter. We aren't told why she decided to leave Gu Won. Maybe she wanted him to have a life that she could never provide. Basically, her side was completely glossed over and rushed and she didn't even get a happy interaction at the end unlike him with his father. I find the writer/director's decision for this to be quite unfair. Plus it was quite rushed. Just my personal opinion.
His mother abandoned him. Of course he would have hard feelings. He loved her and missed her desperately, but…
I was relieved that he went back to his mother. That he gave in to what he was truly feeling. I just felt he was being unnecessarily harsh when it wasn't even her fault. It was his dad's fault for failing to protect her. He never even called her back. He never explained to his son why his mother had to leave. He let his son feel resentment for his mother. We don't really get details on why she could never get back in touch. Just that she was blackmailed to stay away. But she was clearly in pain too. Unlike Gu Won's sister who had no reason to push her son away but did so willingly. Considering how desperate he was to find his mother, I expected more from that reunion but it was rushed and then discarded. No last episode interaction with the mother either unlike with the father who actually kept mother and son apart.