You guys need to cut Soo Min some slack. She isn't the smartest or the strongest character of this drama but she's not alone. She was saved by Shi Hyun five times but she saved herself thrice (I'm not obsessed, I just have a good memory and a good eye for detail, really). Soo fell into trap twice and got his ass saved by Shi Hyun thrice. Jin Sook fell into trap twice, saved by Shi Hyun twice, and even saved by Soo Min twice. Most of the gangsters and some of the cops weren't all that brilliant either, except for the top brass. And it made sense, since if they're that smart they would've already reach somewhere like Doctor's Son or Safari or Team Leader Ji.
And so what if she cried a lot? She still had guts and did what she needed to do. I can't say anything about her sometimes being clueless (but she isn't naive and she catch things fast) and kinda purposeless, though.
I'm pretty sure Shi Hyun from Cruel City is reincarnation of Prince Hodong, with the later being crazier than the former, lol.
On serious note, I think Hodong's character is more complex than Shi Hyun's, but Jung Kyung Ho's portrayal as Hodong wasn't as good as his Shi Hyun. Still, JKH's performance here was brilliant, just can't help wondering how sdasdffs it would be if he was as good as he is now.
I wonder what happened to Jung Ryeo Won, though. I love her in Salaryman, but here sometimes it felt like her mind and soul weren't intact to her body, especially at the beginning. It doesn't help that Ja Myung/Puku wasn't as solid as a character as Lahee.
More like 'cute romance' than 'romantic romance'. Yi Yeon was adorable and Chi Seong's monologues were hilarious. The humor is kinda unusual, it was served cold with some hidden message here and there
The way this drama approach its issues is realistic. The delivery isn't really praiseworthy but at least quirky. Funny and refreshing, but watching family dramas makes me exhausted because of the yells, the fights, the cold wars, the miscommunications, the petty and nasty people, gah. My first and last family drama I ever finished.
Am I the only one here very annoyed at the fact that almost everyone in the dark world was an undercover cop?…
Well, I took the sniper's and the Doctor's Son's bodyguard's role as a hint that maybe Safari had never really been a 'monster' like what Director Min said (or he was somewhat pushed to be a monster by situation that Director Min created). He told his other undercover agents that Doctor's Son had betrayed the police which was never happened. Their role also made it clear that Director Min is Doctor's Son's biggest nemesis, and that he also isn't really well in the head.
The Devil was kinda boring. Basically it had already told you the pattern, that this guy would either be killed by this or that guy otherwise he was the one that would kill, who was the 'man behind the scene' and why, and you'd just wait for things to reveal themselves. But how they were revealed, how it neither manipulate the viewers nor prevent itself from venturing to the darkness, were simply awesome.
This is not a 10 for me because I hate the camera work, sometimes it went to melodrama land, the romance didn't work, some parts were too slow, and the characters weren't that likable or fascinating (for me, only because they're not my types, but they're still solidly written)
It was very Eriko Kitagawa, naive and prudish, and somehow there's no sense of realism no matter what genre she wrote. And all the twists at the last episodes left me thinking "What? That's it? That's the big twist that end all the twist?"
Definitely an old-school. If you think stuffs like Winter Sonata or Letter to Juliet is classic and romantic, you'll find this movie to be classic and romantic too. If you think they're crap then so is this movie. I neither hate Classic nor I liked it, it just reminded me of old and romantic stuffs
Should I watch this?
1. I'm not a supporter of noona-dongsaeng romance
2. I watch Law and Order on my daily basis, that show kinda becomes my standard whenever I watch some law-oriented/procedural shows
But this drama is rated so high on MDL... but then again so is The Moon That Embraces the Sun, so should I watch this?
Amateurish, shallow, and the veterans were wasted. This movie had things it did right, though, like how it put some emphasis' on little things that showed the viewers how real these 'student soldiers' are
Wha...? It was a totally blind item. Every clues given was meaningless. After building all the tension, giving motivation and background stories to each of the 'relevants', switching the suspect several times, the only thing the viewers (well, at least me) need was one or two nice twists behind the given clues. So the ending was kinda anticlimatic for me. Maybe I'm too used with mystery drama that gives the viewers ACTUAL clues.
The 19th episode was THE BEST, it could easily made this drama one of the most ...(insert anything positive) kdrama ever, and then the 20th episode came. As much as I've heard that kdramas often bring you a disappointing ending, I had never experienced any, until this drama showed me one.
And so what if she cried a lot? She still had guts and did what she needed to do. I can't say anything about her sometimes being clueless (but she isn't naive and she catch things fast) and kinda purposeless, though.
On serious note, I think Hodong's character is more complex than Shi Hyun's, but Jung Kyung Ho's portrayal as Hodong wasn't as good as his Shi Hyun. Still, JKH's performance here was brilliant, just can't help wondering how sdasdffs it would be if he was as good as he is now.
I wonder what happened to Jung Ryeo Won, though. I love her in Salaryman, but here sometimes it felt like her mind and soul weren't intact to her body, especially at the beginning. It doesn't help that Ja Myung/Puku wasn't as solid as a character as Lahee.
This is not a 10 for me because I hate the camera work, sometimes it went to melodrama land, the romance didn't work, some parts were too slow, and the characters weren't that likable or fascinating (for me, only because they're not my types, but they're still solidly written)
1. I'm not a supporter of noona-dongsaeng romance
2. I watch Law and Order on my daily basis, that show kinda becomes my standard whenever I watch some law-oriented/procedural shows
But this drama is rated so high on MDL... but then again so is The Moon That Embraces the Sun, so should I watch this?