solmoro

This Zac Efron adaptation was a fun watch and surprisingly more touching than I expected. I enjoyed all of the plotlines in this show, although I found that many of the smaller plotlines were lacking due to the quick resolutions and/or turning out to be largely irrelevant to the overall plot. While it is expected to utilize many flashbacks to fill in the gaps for Hong Daeyoung's original life, they felt hamfisted due to consistently being used directly when they become relevant to the plot rather than used for foreshadowing. Most shows also build up the relevance of flashbacks by showing an relevant event in the past, then showing a longer version that provides new info to recontextualize the flashback--- this show decided to cut out the context from the MIDDLE of the scene instead, making it feel more like gaslighting rather than a discovery of new context.