This is real television
Sweet Home is campy, gory, deeply touching, Real Television.
First things first, I think people need to go in with a sense of camp. This is a monster show about monsters, it's going to look a little crazy. As soon as you can move past that, it's an amazing show. A show that starts slow to draw you in with tension and the promise of hidden secrets, only to reveal itself at a perfect pace and force the audience to ask themselves what is man vs nature and what is man vs man.
The internal conflict of each character was well done, unraveling each character without overwhelming you, so you have time to care about them before being confronted with their problems. The fight scenes are very fun and well choreographed, if they would stop playing warriors by imagine dragons they would have been great but you can't win them all. The rest of the soundtrack was thankfully amazing and complimented the show perfectly.
The filming, directing, and cinematography was, for the most part, kdramas at its best. The grittiness of the visuals matched its tone and kept the progression of the main character and his mental state/struggle at the forefront. The acting matched, with every main character pulling their weight and really hammering home that Song Kang can pull off a great performance when he wants to. For an ensemble cast, the show and actors did a great job giving each of them their time to shine.
Maybe controversial, but I read a lot of the comic and i liked this adaptation much better than the original comic. I think the changes made for a better story and made you empathize with the characters more. Li Siyoung's character was completely new and I thought she rocked which is how you know the scriptwriters did a great job.
I watched this show probably 6 times back to back when it came out so I cannot recommend it enough.
First things first, I think people need to go in with a sense of camp. This is a monster show about monsters, it's going to look a little crazy. As soon as you can move past that, it's an amazing show. A show that starts slow to draw you in with tension and the promise of hidden secrets, only to reveal itself at a perfect pace and force the audience to ask themselves what is man vs nature and what is man vs man.
The internal conflict of each character was well done, unraveling each character without overwhelming you, so you have time to care about them before being confronted with their problems. The fight scenes are very fun and well choreographed, if they would stop playing warriors by imagine dragons they would have been great but you can't win them all. The rest of the soundtrack was thankfully amazing and complimented the show perfectly.
The filming, directing, and cinematography was, for the most part, kdramas at its best. The grittiness of the visuals matched its tone and kept the progression of the main character and his mental state/struggle at the forefront. The acting matched, with every main character pulling their weight and really hammering home that Song Kang can pull off a great performance when he wants to. For an ensemble cast, the show and actors did a great job giving each of them their time to shine.
Maybe controversial, but I read a lot of the comic and i liked this adaptation much better than the original comic. I think the changes made for a better story and made you empathize with the characters more. Li Siyoung's character was completely new and I thought she rocked which is how you know the scriptwriters did a great job.
I watched this show probably 6 times back to back when it came out so I cannot recommend it enough.
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