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Good series, weak ending
This "bloody flower" is a good Korean thriller with a good story, it had the potential in my view, to be one of the best KDramas of the year but the poor direction and lack of any consistent storytelling ruined it for me.
Like, this guy who have the ability to cure incurable diseases is a really promising and fun idea, not the most original story, sure but, i liked the dynamics between Lee, that lawyer and that female cop, but, there are still many problems i can point at even before reaching the ending.
First, that female cop is not presented well in the story, i mean as someone with a background in writing and also watched like so many series i can see the holes in the writing of the character, she's basically that standard smart cop we see everywhere, who figure things out fast without any explanation, she's badly written and we have seen no struggles or any kind of things that make viewers care about her, yet, that lawyer Park had the best writing because he felt really believable and you can really feel him as a viewer and the choices he made, he's not looking for any promotions or money, he just wants to save his daughter.
The other thing that i didn't like was the pacing, it felt really confusing at times, jumping from present to past, it was a really annoying experience, like I understand how this works, you reveal something big if you will, and then you go back to show us how that happened but didn't work out well.
For the ending now, I think this is where we can all agree that it had a lot of issues. Starting with how fast and rushed it felt, like it really felt like they were just trying to put everything they had to put in one episode and then end it but that left us with so many unanswered questions and unexplored plot points.
Like why the relationship between that female cop and her father bad? And what exactly is his role in the story? What about the other higher-ups in that lab? What's their role? Why didn't anyone talked or questioned how the lawyer helped Lee escape? It doesn't matter now? .. and many more (like if i write them, i can take like another hour).
But the worst thing of them all was the last scene.
Look, i understand that the director probably thought about a second season but there's absolutely no need, for Lee to survive and like HOW did he even survived? He was shot in the heart and jumped off, there's absolutely no chance he survived that but well, he did anyway, why? No idea.
Even more, he really had a good ending, like he's a criminal but also a victim, and he died (or as he should) after saving countless lives and especially the lawyer's daughter and also gave the police information that they could've never go anywhere to help them in their investigation, so then, bringing him back will just undo everything, that last scene just meant absolutely nothing and were pointless. Plus, let's just say it, there's no need for a second season.
So, yeah, that's my thoughts.
I give it a 7 at max. It could've been very low, if it wasn't for that lawyer and his story with his daughter.
Like, this guy who have the ability to cure incurable diseases is a really promising and fun idea, not the most original story, sure but, i liked the dynamics between Lee, that lawyer and that female cop, but, there are still many problems i can point at even before reaching the ending.
First, that female cop is not presented well in the story, i mean as someone with a background in writing and also watched like so many series i can see the holes in the writing of the character, she's basically that standard smart cop we see everywhere, who figure things out fast without any explanation, she's badly written and we have seen no struggles or any kind of things that make viewers care about her, yet, that lawyer Park had the best writing because he felt really believable and you can really feel him as a viewer and the choices he made, he's not looking for any promotions or money, he just wants to save his daughter.
The other thing that i didn't like was the pacing, it felt really confusing at times, jumping from present to past, it was a really annoying experience, like I understand how this works, you reveal something big if you will, and then you go back to show us how that happened but didn't work out well.
For the ending now, I think this is where we can all agree that it had a lot of issues. Starting with how fast and rushed it felt, like it really felt like they were just trying to put everything they had to put in one episode and then end it but that left us with so many unanswered questions and unexplored plot points.
Like why the relationship between that female cop and her father bad? And what exactly is his role in the story? What about the other higher-ups in that lab? What's their role? Why didn't anyone talked or questioned how the lawyer helped Lee escape? It doesn't matter now? .. and many more (like if i write them, i can take like another hour).
But the worst thing of them all was the last scene.
Look, i understand that the director probably thought about a second season but there's absolutely no need, for Lee to survive and like HOW did he even survived? He was shot in the heart and jumped off, there's absolutely no chance he survived that but well, he did anyway, why? No idea.
Even more, he really had a good ending, like he's a criminal but also a victim, and he died (or as he should) after saving countless lives and especially the lawyer's daughter and also gave the police information that they could've never go anywhere to help them in their investigation, so then, bringing him back will just undo everything, that last scene just meant absolutely nothing and were pointless. Plus, let's just say it, there's no need for a second season.
So, yeah, that's my thoughts.
I give it a 7 at max. It could've been very low, if it wasn't for that lawyer and his story with his daughter.
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