Started with a bang, ended like an almost empty balloon getting rid of its last puff of air. Nothing wrong with the leads and what ever they were paid they deserve more, without them it would have been a real dud. It was mainly a cooking show and the plot, what there was was made to hang the cooking on, so all the very experienced actors must have looked at the script and gone WTF, but its a job. The plot really being kind was disjointed, but what plot and why? The end made no sense at all. Just meh. My marks are mainly for the first two eps.
I know its been really successful but I am praying we do not get more of these hybrid cooking shows, which are neither fish nor fowl.
I wonder if he one of those characters that is so looking at the bigger picture, has a bit of a Jesus complex,…
I think it can apply to just about any politician and some professions like doctors. They almost need blind faith in a their ability and usually they have spent most of their life being told how clever and outstanding they are, by family and groupies.
I wonder if he one of those characters that is so looking at the bigger picture, has a bit of a Jesus complex,…
I think something has feeding him the line that his wife is not rational or capable, and because it makes him feel better about himself he choses to believe it. In my own husbands family the women try and twist the narrative of why things happen, and when you are at work the most seductive bully couches everything hidden in doing the best for people for their own objectives.
President-elect, kiss my arse. He is not fit to lead a toilet janitorial team, let alone the nation. Look at his…
I wonder if he one of those characters that is so looking at the bigger picture, has a bit of a Jesus complex, that he completely absolves or ignores the reality of a situation. You see this in real politics, they make the biggest gaffs because its easier to believe what they ate told than lift a rock and find out the truth which may be uncomfortable. I think he just believes his own press, and it has just dawned of him who was protecting who.
It has pacing problems with the story and really at its heart glamorises a relationship where the older lead abuses his power when he understands and told the implications, and manipulates the younger leads dependence. We are never really told why he needs to do this. Saying this its one of my favourites
This has an authenticity that is so rare, that nothing is really as simple and as clear cut as it seems and where money and power are concerned people will put their children last if they are going to lose it. Granny is annoying, but I have known older women who are even more sheep like manipulative than that, I think the sweet whispered voice is a method of getting you to listen to them, and being selectively deaf and oblivious a way to ignore things they want to ignore. I think she knows exactly what's going on. Her son and DIL didn't get that way on their own.
I know it's trivial but I love the wardrobe choices, and how clothes represent class, status and competition. I also like how you are still guessing what FL real personality is, that her choices are based on the reaction she wants from others, and the understated performance makes you want to know more. You know she weighs everything before doing anything and often doing very little is often her most effective tool. It just nice to see a female character not looking and sounding stupid.
You wrote it so I didn't have to. Its had to get upset about poorly made food or excited about something you can not taste. I know, lets forget the actors and script and have a cooking show, they are a lot cheaper to produce.
Impressed, it as that feel of authenticity which makes you become invested in characters. Perth has a great smile but I wish she would dial it down so it does not look like a fixed expression.
Without the cute factor the script was just dull, the story was not just convincing. I think who ever was producing it was not wanting to take them out of their comfort zone and they are both better actors than the material.
I like all the performances, and its great to have something that's portrays less than perfect. My stand out though, is Mond, his acting his like a big cat, being able to flick quickly in portraying emotions, without seeming to do much.
I think I am going to drop this. I like Park Min Young, I think I have watched most her dramas but it looks like the direction was act like your manic, and literally in your face and the character needs some ADHD meds. I am not sure if it's supposed to be quirky or funny, but it doesn't work for me. The editing has the same jumpy lack of focus,
Ordinary people living in extraordinary times. My family two generations ago worked coal mining, my grandfather went down the mine at fourteen, my grandma had a coal fired range to cook and heat water on and brought you seven children, and in comparison to the people in this drama she had an easy life. Having watched a few older Chinese dramas it easy to see why the same plot lines occur, because adversity and perhaps the need to preserve your families wealth to preserve your family was ingrained. from a childhood where surviving was the main objective. Its beautifully shot and acted, they all look as if they work in the fields, and if anyone thinks its not realistic I would suggest the hard graft is under played rather than over played, and perhaps to people living our modern bubbles where the realities of death and disease can be filtered it may seem harsh. The end perhaps is rushed, I wanted to see where all of the characters ended up, like in Pachinko.
I have watched 4 eps, and I think I will skip to the end. It's so well crafted in its production and acting but I feel I have see it all before and I couldn't care less about any of the characters, and I am old enough to remember that time, so its not because I do not understand the issues. Its not funny and TBH the scene tying the male actor up was just the pits, transfer your victimhood to someone else, is that really female empowerment? IME that is not how normal women think. I like none of the characters, I find none interesting and needs humour, because that is usually how the underdog subverts any sort oppression. I think its completely missed the mark.
This has the feel of the gothic, the interior shots and set design are brooding, and it is a bit of an emotional and mental work out. Normally we only think over the if onlys of life, the main characters work through them in this. Who ever directed theatre sequences did a good job, usually they come across as cringe with cod acting. It is perhaps who of the most original and thought provoking dramas I watched last year, so much so I can remember whole scenes a year later.
There is so much of this I loved, it gave a great feeling of place and time and reminded me of old style BBC adaptions of novels, before they became big budget productions, a charming simplicity. The backdrop to the main story was great, and the side couple story added to it. The idea of being literally lovestruck and finding that you have things in common. My but is the last two episodes, particularly episode 12 , which was over stuffed with tropes so it degraded what went before, one of which almost made me laugh out loud it was so lame. The productions that have worked well this year I think have worked well this year give a sense of place, not just a story set in a generic setting.
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Nothing wrong with the leads and what ever they were paid they deserve more, without them it would have been a real dud.
It was mainly a cooking show and the plot, what there was was made to hang the cooking on, so all the very experienced actors must have looked at the script and gone WTF, but its a job.
The plot really being kind was disjointed, but what plot and why? The end made no sense at all. Just meh. My marks are mainly for the first two eps.
I know its been really successful but I am praying we do not get more of these hybrid cooking shows, which are neither fish nor fowl.
In my own husbands family the women try and twist the narrative of why things happen, and when you are at work the most seductive bully couches everything hidden in doing the best for people for their own objectives.
You see this in real politics, they make the biggest gaffs because its easier to believe what they ate told than lift a rock and find out the truth which may be uncomfortable.
I think he just believes his own press, and it has just dawned of him who was protecting who.
Saying this its one of my favourites
Granny is annoying, but I have known older women who are even more sheep like manipulative than that, I think the sweet whispered voice is a method of getting you to listen to them, and being selectively deaf and oblivious a way to ignore things they want to ignore. I think she knows exactly what's going on. Her son and DIL didn't get that way on their own.
I also like how you are still guessing what FL real personality is, that her choices are based on the reaction she wants from others, and the understated performance makes you want to know more.
You know she weighs everything before doing anything and often doing very little is often her most effective tool.
It just nice to see a female character not looking and sounding stupid.
Its had to get upset about poorly made food or excited about something you can not taste.
I know, lets forget the actors and script and have a cooking show, they are a lot cheaper to produce.
Perth has a great smile but I wish she would dial it down so it does not look like a fixed expression.
My stand out though, is Mond, his acting his like a big cat, being able to flick quickly in portraying emotions, without seeming to do much.
The father reminds me of the original political manipulator,Francis Urquhart, even looks a bit like him.
https://scroll.in/reel/811869/meet-francis-urquhart-the-british-model-for-frank-underwood-from-emmy-nominated-house-of-cards
I am not sure if it's supposed to be quirky or funny, but it doesn't work for me.
The editing has the same jumpy lack of focus,
My family two generations ago worked coal mining, my grandfather went down the mine at fourteen, my grandma had a coal fired range to cook and heat water on and brought you seven children, and in comparison to the people in this drama she had an easy life.
Having watched a few older Chinese dramas it easy to see why the same plot lines occur, because adversity and perhaps the need to preserve your families wealth to preserve your family was ingrained. from a childhood where surviving was the main objective.
Its beautifully shot and acted, they all look as if they work in the fields, and if anyone thinks its not realistic I would suggest the hard graft is under played rather than over played, and perhaps to people living our modern bubbles where the realities of death and disease can be filtered it may seem harsh.
The end perhaps is rushed, I wanted to see where all of the characters ended up, like in Pachinko.
It's so well crafted in its production and acting but I feel I have see it all before and I couldn't care less about any of the characters, and I am old enough to remember that time, so its not because I do not understand the issues.
Its not funny and TBH the scene tying the male actor up was just the pits, transfer your victimhood to someone else, is that really female empowerment? IME that is not how normal women think.
I like none of the characters, I find none interesting and needs humour, because that is usually how the underdog subverts any sort oppression. I think its completely missed the mark.
Who ever directed theatre sequences did a good job, usually they come across as cringe with cod acting.
It is perhaps who of the most original and thought provoking dramas I watched last year, so much so I can remember whole scenes a year later.
The backdrop to the main story was great, and the side couple story added to it. The idea of being literally lovestruck and finding that you have things in common.
My but is the last two episodes, particularly episode 12 , which was over stuffed with tropes so it degraded what went before, one of which almost made me laugh out loud it was so lame.
The productions that have worked well this year I think have worked well this year give a sense of place, not just a story set in a generic setting.