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Expect and You Shall Receive
"Bluebeard" is a folktale about a rich noble who tests the obedience of his wife. When he sees her do something unfit of his commands, he kills her. The folklore follows his current wife, trying to avoid the faith of those that came before her. This movie is about a doctor, who mainly does colonoscopy. It is said early in the film that patients under anesthesia say the most random things due to being sedated, in one such case, an elderly patient went and said some gruesome things, leaving the doctor baffled and scared.I had huge expectations and man did it deliver.
Jinwoong was able to deliver such a feeling of uneasiness and mania, making us believe all of the lies he made up in his head but also a sense of realness where not everything is made up. NoIl did kill and Seunghoon helped him, Miyeon did steal drugs, there was some truths but the lies and evidences were to strong for it to ride in his favour.
Kim DaeMyeung's character, Jung Seunghoon was a great counterpart/mirror to Seunggeun. The way Daemyeung was able to portray a sense of dread into Seunggeun and the audience with his calm ass voice and made you think that he was behind the killings when in fact, he never wanted to. He was only making sure that his father was not behind bars by continuously getting rid of the evidence his father left behind. The way that he wasn't fully innocent but only part guilty was shown once the audience was out of Seunggeun's perspective, but when we look through the eyes of Seunggeun, he seemed to be the person 100% at fault.
The music really made it for me. The way that they portrayed Seunggeun's uneasiness and made the audience jump was thanks to the incredible score. Although a bit slow at times, the pacing was definitely fit for the movie as a thriller. The way they wrote the story blended with the cinematography to deliver such jam-packed scenes was astonishing. But there were some shots that I felt to be pointless (those shots that make the camera swoosh from one end to the other behind a person's back when they're talking to someone).
And that plot twist.. MAN THAT PLOT TWIST. I really did not expect that, I also felt like I was his with two (or three technically) right after the other. Who knew that a mentally unstable person could still tell the truth despite their actions? Not when there's evidence that says otherwise.
Finally, *ahem* *ahem* UY *clap* *clap* PELEPENS *clap* PHILIPPINES... UYYYYYYY!
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What a Great Easy Show to Binge
The premise is such a great way for the common folk to share their stories to the world. I loved every time the Whenever Guest talks about their job, the intricacies that only they know working in the field and how invested Jaeseok, Yeonseok and the Whenever Friend get.Jaeseok is.. well Jaeseok. His presence, I believe, makes the guest feel at ease which is great as it's their first time in front of a camera. Jaeseok is 100% the best person to cast as a host for these types of shows. Yeonseok is a really surprising face in variety. The only other time he was a regular cast member for a variety show was with the HosPlay cast for "Three Meals a Day: Doctors", and in that show he didn't really shine as "variety show talent". But in this show, he showed surprising chemistry with Jaeseok and also showed comfiness to all the celebrity guests on the show. He also filled his role as the navigator really well, knowing Jaeseok, Yeonseok was really the only person who can do it between the two of them.
The games are catered to how much space they have as they go to each Whenever Guest's workplace and they also sometimes take into to account things and games that the Whenever Guests like to play. The games are similar to Na PD's games in his own shows. I like the games where they use their mouth more than their bodies, like the Trot Guessing Game and the Actor/Movie Quiz.
Can't wait to binge the second season and I hope a third season is in the works.
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Waste of a Great Premise
Man where do I start?Light Shop has such a great premise. Reading an interview, the director mentioned that the first four episodes are of different genres, and I honestly get it. The first four are uniquely structured to fit a different genre and once we get to episode 5 and beyond, the narrative shifts and we're into the good stuff.
But holy shit was it sooooooo slow.
I almost dropped it in the middle of episode 2 because of how slow the pacing was. I powered through cuz I've been hearing a load of good stuff about Light Shop but also because the trailer was so good. I had to skip a lot of the scenes because they just dragged on, and on, and on. Like I don't need a dramatic slow shot of the bus that they're riding on, just fly in with the drone to get to the next scene already.
I also really hated how they narrated/wrote the story. Like, why is Park Boyoung narrating it to me when she's not even on the screen? Why don't you show me what's happening? It was just a confusing mess of "what the fuck is actually going on?" and "where are we now in the timeline?" I believe only a few characters shone in the drama because of the confusing story, namely Bae Sungwoo's, Shin Eunsoo's and Kim Seolhyun's. Both Ju Jihoon's and Park Boyoung's characters merely felt like plot devices, ones who tell us and the other characters about how the world works but the way they wrote it is not it. Giving random exposition in the most random of moments when the scenes honestly is quite off-putting.
My saving grace was the cast, they did so well despite the shitty direction and writing. The cast were perfect for their roles that it was hard to imagine a different actor/ess playing each role. They put so much effort into each performance that they definitely deserve a standing ovation. I also loved the music, the music really made each scene more and more intense and sad, making you feel the emotions they want you to feel; paired with the cast's great acting, it was enough for me to power through the show and finish it despite my lingering sentiments to it.
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