Kim Kwon is a stand-out in Navillera, imo. I truly enjoy when he's in scene, & I think that's saying something given the caliber of his fellow cast members (all of whom I'm greatly enjoying watching, too). All that he's able to portray by just using stillness & his gaze is so impressive!
Wow! "Beautiful" comes at you from so many directions in this series; youth, talent, perseverance, family, endings, beginnings...the list goes on & on. All of them can make one's heart ache; the sweet AND the bitter. I think the actors have done such a wonderful job of offering all of it to us with such skill, too.
I don't know what's worse: 1) realizing I'm not intelligent enough to understand the meaning of this ending, or 2) accepting that fact within a mere matter of seconds, then wondering which series to start next! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I was planning to watch this but well...It seems I am in the minority here judging from the comments so far. While…
I wish I would have scrolled down enough to read your post before I commented. I absolutely agree with you, & wish I would have replied to your post with it.
Everything related to China seems highly charged, & I have little doubt more issues like this will continue to arise. The fact that we're seeing it in regards to pop culture/entertainment (i.e. wave of Chinese-born K-idols returning to China; including dropping sponsors who have been critical of China's alleged Human Rights violations, China's influence in regards to editing other countries' films & television shows, etc.) doesn't bode well at all. I believe these & other issues demand our attention now, & efforts should be made to learn what all "sides" have to say...or, more importantly, to ignore what's being said, & focus more on actual deeds.
Ep. 11...For me, these last, few episodes have been a challenge to endure. Not due to poor acting or anything, but due to many of the the characters' poor choices; those which have landed them in their current situations. I wish the writers would have included a palate cleanser-type of relationship within the storyline. The tension is a constant; almost becoming a character in & of itself, & whose import is such that it's found within almost every scene. I am definitely feeling the strain of it!
Why oh WHY couldn't I wait until the season finished airing so I could just bust the whole thing out in a day rather than have to wait week after week after week??? WHHHHYYYYY! I was doing so well waiting, too! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! T.T
Wait, what??? TWO more seasons? *groans* I'm not going to say I won't watch because I know I most likely will. Hmm, I wonder if that's some form of OCD. Doubtful. Probably something much more lame, say...masochism? Well, maybe I'll experience some personal growth by the time Season 2 airs, & be able to resist the temptation. If not altogether, at least long enough for me to marathon it; to reduce, at least, the duration of the suffering.
is it nice? i feel like want to drop it after half way of episode 1
I'm just now starting Ep. 7, & I have felt this way throughout every episode, so far.
A minute ago, I just popped by to check how many episodes I had left, & the only reason I'm not dropping it this second is solely due to the fact that there are only 10 episodes in total. If it had been the standard 16, I would have had to either drop it or put it on hold for a good, long while. I mean, as much as I enjoy Kdrama, I actually do have a threshold for pettiness, angst, & self-serving characters...& "SKY Castle" damn near used up 2 years worth of it, alone.
I'm just hanging on now in the hopes that *somebody* will soon start to demonstrate more than merely fleeting moments of a redeemable, character trait.
I usually enjoy Shin Se Kyung in her roles. She has an interesting energy. I just started watching "Run On," & there are some shots of her in that first episode where she looks downright captivating! Just sayin'!
so what actually happened to the woman who lost her child ? didnt get resolved yet
I agree with Antaria77 about Im Myung Sook being an example as to how not all monsters kill humans. However, I seem to recall the webtoon being more clear about how her monster fulfilled her desire; how it shaped her monster-hood, if you will. It's been a long time since I read it, & I didn't get around to finishing it (so there could be more to come, I don't know), but I believe the show attempted to tell the viewer what happened, albeit poorly, imo. For a brief moment, during the scene where Han Du Sik is staring at the Myung Sook-monster in the bathroom, we (as well as Du Sik, I believe) hear the sounds of a cooing infant, & Myung Sook humming a lullaby. I think that was supposed to indicate that her inner monster gave Myung Sook exactly what she desired; to be reunited with her child. Unfortunately, since her child no longer existed, the only way it could fulfill that desire was to create a new reality inside Myung Sook's mind. The physical form of her fulfilled desire was the fetus-like monster protected within the placenta. Again, my memory is a bit fuzzy on how the webtoon portrayed what happened. I hope my understanding, & explanation, of everything was accurate.
I believe these & other issues demand our attention now, & efforts should be made to learn what all "sides" have to say...or, more importantly, to ignore what's being said, & focus more on actual deeds.
I wish the writers would have included a palate cleanser-type of relationship within the storyline. The tension is a constant; almost becoming a character in & of itself, & whose import is such that it's found within almost every scene. I am definitely feeling the strain of it!
A minute ago, I just popped by to check how many episodes I had left, & the only reason I'm not dropping it this second is solely due to the fact that there are only 10 episodes in total. If it had been the standard 16, I would have had to either drop it or put it on hold for a good, long while. I mean, as much as I enjoy Kdrama, I actually do have a threshold for pettiness, angst, & self-serving characters...& "SKY Castle" damn near used up 2 years worth of it, alone.
I'm just hanging on now in the hopes that *somebody* will soon start to demonstrate more than merely fleeting moments of a redeemable, character trait.
For a brief moment, during the scene where Han Du Sik is staring at the Myung Sook-monster in the bathroom, we (as well as Du Sik, I believe) hear the sounds of a cooing infant, & Myung Sook humming a lullaby. I think that was supposed to indicate that her inner monster gave Myung Sook exactly what she desired; to be reunited with her child. Unfortunately, since her child no longer existed, the only way it could fulfill that desire was to create a new reality inside Myung Sook's mind. The physical form of her fulfilled desire was the fetus-like monster protected within the placenta.
Again, my memory is a bit fuzzy on how the webtoon portrayed what happened. I hope my understanding, & explanation, of everything was accurate.