Somebody (2022)

Un synopsis intéressant mais...

Le drama 'Somebody' a attiré pas mal de monde grâce à son synopsis très intriguant qui donne envie aux amateurs de thriller de le voir
Mais malheureusement les mise en scène, le scénario et la cinématographie de ce drama s'avèrent être gênant et mal exécuter.

Beaucoup de scène trop longue et angoissante (comme la course poursuite dans le bâtiment) et d'autre scène trop courte qui mérite plus de développement
De plus la drama est beaucoup trop vulgaire pour moi et certaines scène à caractère s*xu*l n'avait pas leur place (quand Sum se m__turbe en regardant YunO droit dans les yeux)
et beaucoup de choses ne tiennent pas debout (des femmes acceptent des rdv eloigné de la ville/pas dans des lieux publics avec un homme après l'avoir parlé une fois par message)

Maintenant passons aux personnages :
- premier lieu parlons du personnage de YunO
YunO est un jeune architecte, qui a une vie stable et réussi dans sa vie, qui n'a pas de réel raison de tuer ces jeunes femmes. Dans un des épisodes (celui que j'attendais le plus peut-être) on découvre le pourquoi du comment YunO tue, et on se rend compte que sa première victime n'était pas intentionnelle et qu'il a ensuite pris goût à tuer. Sans plus d'explications.
Deuxième, il se dit amoureux de Sum, mais les deux n'ont jamais eu le temps de construire quelque chose de réel, j'étais vraiment choquée quand YunO affirmait aimer Sum car il ne s'était vu que deux fois et s'était très peu parler ces jours là.
Pour finir il est assez illogique, sa manière de choisir les filles qu'ils laissent en vie n'est pas logique

- Kim Sum
Aucune personnalité, elle n'a pas de très de caractère et est un personnage inintéressant et tour comme YunO elle est très illogique
Elle protège YunO car elle l'aime, tout en sachant qu'il a fait du mal à son amie et qu'il aime tuer. Mais à la fin elle se permet de le tuer au lieu d'appeler la police pour régler cette histoire
Pour moi Sum aussi mérite la prison car tout comme YunO elle aime tuer

Pour conclure on a un synopsis en or mais mal travaillé, le scénariste aurait dû travailler d'avantage sur une développement des personnages et pas nous lancer des choses qui ont très peu de sens à leur sujet
De plus la romance de Sum et YunO est très peu développée et leur couple sort un peu de nulle part

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Subjectively dreadful

This review is not a synopsis of the storyline, but rather a rant about the cinematography.

While I personally found the story itself interesting, and the characters initially intriguing, the whole show was awfully produced. From unnecessarily long, one-cut scenes (imagine a regular show where a scene sometimes feels long-winded, slow and awkward, then multiply that by 10) and a lot of silent, eventually extremely boring moments, each episode became exceedingly more dreadful. I understand the producers were attempting to create an eery, uncomfortable feeling with this, but they dragged each scene on for a lot longer than needed. This type of cinematography might be perfect to some (few) people, but I would argue the average person would lose interest rather quick and find it annoying.

I found myself yawning a lot and skipping 2-3 minutes every time there was a sex scene or emotional scene, because basically nothing was said or done for most of the duration that could not be summarised in the first 10 seconds. It's not that it even made me feel awkward (which it did), it just felt so insanely and dreadfully boring.

The show had so much potential and the two main characters were well-written, although sometimes irrational and confusing (I assume that's what psychopaths are like and the producer wanted to convey that). I feel it's a shame it got butchered by an awful attempt at being different and "edgy".

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Should've been either a movie or a 16-ep season

Just finished this show, first I need to note that I watched the entire series with noise cancelling headphones and 10/10 would recommend, I LOVED the soundtrack and felt it completely enhanced my entire viewing of this series. The suspense scenes especially.

It is kind of a confusing show, but that's why I give it a higher rewatch value, I feel like it deserves 2 watches to grasp the story a lot better.

Now for the title of my review; I think that they could've cut out a lot of scenes/made a lot of scenes shorter (the space 39 scene especially) and it would've done well as a movie, albeit probably a little bit more confusing. But I also believe they could've fleshed everything out so much more to stretch it to a 12 if not 16 ep series as I'm left with so many (basic) questions about the main characters. The scar on Yun O's back? What his mom actually did to him? The accident that left Gi Eun in this state, and more about her past as an officer, how she met Mok-Won, more about Sum's parents & upbringing. I could go on and on.

Anyways, still think it's worth the watch and will hopefully rewatch it in the future!

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Spannend und langweilig zugleich

Netflix hat eine Thriller-Serie produziert, die ich als "ganz okay" bezeichnen würde.

Der Cast ist sehr gut gewählt und ihre Acting-Skills sind hervorragend. Die Story ist nicht sehr detailreich bzw. umfasst kein breites Spektrum. An sich ist es schon spannend, aber ich war sehr froh, als die Serie rum war. Es gibt keinen Spannungsbogen. So würde ich die Serie auch niemals ein weiteres Mal schauen. Die Musik war auf jeden Fall passend - es gab oft sanfte und langsamere BGM, die an sich auch sehr gut war.

Womöglich sind Produktionen aus diesem Genre generell nicht mein Geschmack.

Die deutschen Untertitel sind verständlich und fehlerfrei. Inzwischen haben sich die Übersetzter von/für Netflix stark verbessert.

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for those with a distinct taste

*Contains Spoilers*
I liked the beginning. It was very promising and hitting the right spots in my brain. The whole drama in general is for people with a distinct taste. It is as someone else described it "poetic", it has an appreciation for art and detail. I felt like certain details were there for a reason even if not directly explainable. Toward the middle of the series I started getting a bit lost. I loved the romantic aspect of the lead male and female but I wished for something good to come out of it instead of taking it into such a dark tragic ending. Maybe because I am biased towards romance I expected something rather positive to come out of their relationship. Unfortunately the exact opposite happened. Then again, their romance LACKED emotion.
A lot of the time I felt odd watching this drama, it is almost as if the writer wanted us to view it from the female lead's point of view. Her mind, her distinct way of thinking, and perception of things. I did not feel comfortable watching it but I did not want to stop either.
I wish the drama was 16 episodes instead of 8, with more life to it, better turns of events, less simplicity, more sophistication, a rather happy ending than a tragic cold one, and more romance than emotionlessness... this is probably too much to ask for and it is never going to happen.
Now that I think about it, I just wish to see the two lead actors or one of them in a whole other romantic drama instead. I don't think this one was meant to be romantic anyway.
As for the serial killer, I wish we got more into his mind and personality. Like why did he suddenly turn into this person? a parentless childhood is not enough for me as a viewer to understand all of this violence and thirst for blood.
AS FOR THE ENDING?
What was THAAAT... I mean I saw it from a mile away that she is going to be the one to kill him, though I thought she would kill herself right after him. Staying alive after killing him was not that explainable... because all the time we saw her she seemed to genuinely like him. I know they might have wanted the viewer to be caught by surprise that she kills him after showing all this support/ liking for him, but I was not surprised. All that time I was wishing they would not go for this typical ending. I can see where they wanted to go with this whole drama but I feel like they did not have enough time to bring it to life, the writer could have added a lot more too. :(

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Well…

I Watched it 2 months ago and all I can say is, is that I truly think this is one of the most forgettable kdrama’s of this year. It’s slow, but not in the good type of slow. When the show gets interesting it then just brings your back interest down. Every woman that the killer hooks up with have no personality and all are just alike imo. The detectives are stupid. I don’t understand the ending at all…and sm other shit I can’t even put into words. I personally feel like the writers had many ideas they wanted to implement into the show without thinking how it would work yk.

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Un bon thriller

Ce drama m'a captivée ; un tueur en série qui se sert d'une application de rencontres, j'ai trouvé ça intéressant. C'est un thriller psychologique assez mystérieux. Le jeu des acteurs est vraiment pas mal du tout ; je ne les connaissais pas et j'ai bien accroché. C'est intriguant jusqu'au bout. Ce qui est un peu ennuyeux c'est que c'est assez long ; mais chaque épisode est vraiment bien, on a de plus en plus de détails et l'enquête avance. Ce qui est original c'est que les trois copines et le tueur ont tous un truc particulier : l'une est chamane, l'autre est handicapée, l'actrice principale joue une fille atteinte d'asperger, et le tueur est un psychopathe. Donc, chacun a un rôle bien à lui et ça donne du style à l'histoire. Biensûr, des questions restent en suspend, ils auraient peut-être dû creuser un peu plus, mais sinon, j'ai apprécié ce drama.

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Λίγο απ' όλα και τελικά τίποτα

Μια σειρά με ιδιαίτερη αισθητική που ακροβατεί μεταξύ ρεαλισμού και δυστοπίας. Πειστικές ερμηνείες, σκηνές αγωνίας, μουντά χρώματα, ανατριχιαστική ατμόσφαιρα. Η σύγχυση που δημιουργεί στον θεατή η εξέλιξη της πλοκής που φαίνεται να μην είναι πολύ συγκεκριμένη εξ αρχής, η χλιαρή ανάπτυξη των χαρακτήρων και γενικότερα η κάπως χαοτική κατανομή των γεγονότων ανά επεισόδιο δεν σου δίνουν κανένα κίνητρο να συνεχίσεις τη σειρά. Ένα θρίλερ μυστηρίου που μάλλον βασίζεται στην προκλητικότητα των ιδεών και των σκηνών του ώστε να κρατήσει τον θεατή μέχρι το τέλος, κάτι που για πολλούς δε θα σταθεί αρκετό για να φτάσουν ως εκεί...

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Bitter is the disappointment ....

I had seen the start of a review from my friend on a FB group we are in. I realised she had mixed feelings, but I liked the premise of the drama and thought it could be interesting. Sadly, on returning after my viewing and reading what she had said, yes, she hated it and she was right. That's OK - we don't always like the same things, and I would still have wanted to check for myself.
I made it to half way through Episode 4 before absconding. I'm 67, life's too short.
Disappointing, though - intriguing premise with good potential, and the actors were all great, and somewhat beautiful, which never hurts. If even I had been left in charge of the writing it could have been better!
Instead women are used throughout in the tired old trope of "thrillers" from the last decade to engineer themselves into positions of danger for the so-called thrill of us seeing them nearly get killed. With - to add insult to injury - bead lighting and bad music. The whole plot line was littered with fake after fake after fake. Shoddy nonsense and sad to say this cast was wasted on it.
The plot depends entirely on people making ridiculous decisions and behaving in completely unbelievable ways; on the total inadequacy of the police "investigations"; on random characters doing random things; and on the uncharacteristic ability of FL to kill someone with a razorblade - I just don't believe it's that easy, even if you have had a fetish about killing since you were a child.
I had hoped that at least a good part of the plotline would cover measures taken by the three women to catch the serial killer, but, here, too there was nothing but ineptitude - despite one being a cop, one a genius, and one for goodness' sake a shaman, with "powers".
I also thought that this was a very very sad, prejudiced and unrealistic depiction of someone with Asbergers syndrome. People who live on the spectrum of this disorder face enough prejudice and other issues when trying to build relationships and a life - this did them a disservice which is just shameful.
For me ... 2/10 - pretty people, good actors ... maybe squeeze out a 3 for the presence of nice broad shoulders and a pert bottom. I'm 67 but I'm not dead.

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Oddly shaped and weirdly paced

The premise of Somebody is captivating. A serial killer, a psychological thriller, triggering storyline of flawed characters, a doomed romance, a technically flowered murder plot. Yet everything is wrong with it.

I dragged myself through episode 3 until I just couldn't bear it anymore. The pace was incredibly slow at mutliple times and made me want to drop this at episode 2 itself. With uniqueness in every corner, from LGBTQ characters to a unique female lead, Somebody still failed to impress me with its execution.

The immersive acting is the only thing that is good in this series. The production value and masterful acting of the actors is wasted at a convulated script and bitter direction.

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No es para el público en general.

Este k-drama es el ejemplo de que no es para todo el público en general. Si te gustan los thrillers de asesinos, adelante esta es gran recomendación. Si no te gustan... lo mejor es que no lo veas.

En mi caso, este es mi tipo de k-drama, así que daré mi review desde mi perspectiva y como alguien que disfruta de este género.

En primer lugar, quiero destacar la actuación de todo el cast. WOW. En definitiva, es drama con un gran elenco, sus actuaciones son increíbles.

Por otra parte, la historia es buena para el tipo de drama que es, lo cual se me hace interesante ya que atrae a la primera. Claro, debo de enfatizar que SOLO si el thriller es un genero que disfrutes. Si no es así, lo vas a encontrar aburrido, tedioso e incomodo por el contenido sexual que está muy presente. Sin embargo, pese a que lo disfruté debo destacar de que deja cosas sin resolver al último, lo cual no me deja muy convencida con el final.

Por último, quiero rescatar un comentario/review de una de las participantes de aquí. Es un buen k-drama que no merece más de un 8.5 y menos de un 8. He visto que a muchas personas no les gustó y por eso tiene la calificación que tiene ahora (7.2), pero vuelvo a lo mismo, no es drama para todo el público así mejor les recomiendo evitarlo si es tu tipo de género.

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