Brace yourselves

This has to be one of the most heart breaking episodes. All his close friends and nanny GONE. And to face the fact that his brothers were not anything but garbage. This is what he wanted to avoid and escape far away from court palace. The loyalty of his friends to protect him and the way his brother was seeking his distruction, the rain and gray day, it all sums up to a very sad long scene. Great performances, a lot of sadness indeed.

Here we can see how the king is really just a clown. He is so darn scared, in the end he only cared about himself. Uncapable of being a good father for all his children, he now just shows what a big coward he is. Comming episodes will start closing this story, but this episode is truly sad among many other shows.

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Not quite there...

This one was suggested by a friend who is more into occidental movies. I had my fear as it looked more occidental than Korean. Director is canadian and yes, you can tell she's been living way longer in Canada than in Korea. So the movie is put toghether more like an american indie movie than a korean one.

Story had potential, but it has many gaps and silences that are considered to be aesthetic in western indie movies. The long silence scenes with dull scenery do not add to this equation. Not even the soundtrack. I respect some japanese movies where they do sort of the same, but theirs are poetry somehow.

There is only one meaninful scene between main characters but it takes less than 5 minutes. I actually fall sleep before that as the pace was really slooooow. Oscar nominations? I'm way over the pedo academy awards.

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Largo viaje, final feliz

Esta historia está llena de subidas y bajadas, algunos éxitos y muchos fracasos. El estilo de la imagen me hizo recuerdo a Something in the Rain de S. Corea, lo mismo que el uso de canciones en inglés que aparecián en medio de algunas escenas añadiendo poder o drama a la misma.

En el episodio 8, empiezas a ver que no habrá mucho tiempo para desarrollar el final feliz, pero empiezas a recopilar algunas cosas importantes del pasado cuando se conocieron por primera vez. La historia se encarga de darles buenos finales a las distintas historias.

La razón por la cual la historia no tiene una mejor puntuación, es un par de escenas innecesarias de sex0 que incluye y sin las cuales la historia no perdía sentido ni nada.

El final, queda un poco apresurado y francamente uno quisera ver un especial, que despliega un poco más sobre la vida de ambos al final.

En general, me encantó muchísimo como hace tiempo no lo hacía otra serie.

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Unexpected TRAP

First I fall for the bosses and part timers. I mean I'm a Im Joo Hwan fan and he doesn't have many big shows all the time, so this was perfect. But later you get a warm feeling with the regular costumers and their interaction. And just like that you get to season 3, craving they have a season 4 in South America ????
This season had a very special spice, as many costumers were Japanese or descendant. When you know that there is always a bit of a friction between these two nations, interaction like this, makes you forget about past conflicts and has a spark of hope that, us new generation, can change much hate among nations.

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