Why don't they go on the steel in the game? Walk on the 2 rods in the middle, hit the glasses on both sides, and that's it!
Lol, I can relate to Seong Gi-hun, panicking so much that I don't pay attention to the very first tile... :joy:
I was reading through the comments and was surprised that some people think Otis is trash this season... Literally the party scene was the only one where he did wrong so far. He's been dealing with his mom and Jakob's relationship (+ Jakob's personality), Ola, Maeve, his own and other people's sex-related problems for a long time - who wouldn't explode at some point?
Just like how Jackson had enough of one of his mother's dictatorship and almost broke down (well, technically with the self-harm he already did) and how Eric stood up face-to-face to Adam and told him his honest thoughts (yaaas, so proud! I was actually afraid that he would change his mind and back down, but I'm so glad that there's a character in existence who doesn't choose the "bad guy" bully at the end!). These characters had enough too, yet I don't see anyone bashing them. And Otis has/had a lot more on his plate than these two.
I'm conflicted about Maeve now. Last time I wrote that they're basically soulmates with Otis, and I really thought that... but then Isaac came, and now I'm kinda rooting for him? But I'm also rooting for Maeve just concentrating on herself? And also rooting for Otis to apologize and speak to Maeve about his feelings while he's sober?
Since Maeve and Otis are 2 of the 3 main characters, and almost the whole SE1 was about them starting to like each other, I guess they'll end up together, but it wouldn't be a first of this show to give things a twist and pair Maeve up with Isaac.
Jackson and Viv are getting closer, yaay! I mean, that was a strong gut feeling right from their first meeting, but it's still nice to see Viv starting to care more about Jackson (and vice versa), little by little.
Eric and Rahim are so adorable! I hope Eric chooses him because although I feel bad for Adam because of his d*ck dad, he still bullied/bullies Eric, and there's no need for a toxic relationship in this show (or anywhere).
The Otis-Ola-Maeve trio is similar too, but I think Otis and everyone can tell that Maeve isn't saying these nicknames ("d*ckhead") seriously, and she's not bullying anyone. And although Ola is more... "normal", I guess, and I like her patience to take things slow, we all know that Otis and Maeve are the ones whose souls belong together, soo...
The first half of the episode was slow and boring for me, I only kept watching to give a chance to the series because I've heard a lot of good about it. And boy, was I not disappointed!
I personally loved the doll, I wonder how much (time and money) could've it taken to create it as well as the room with the hundreds of beds and the optical illusion room.
My favourites so far the old man (001) - who couldn't love him after seeing that he was the first one to continue the game with a wicked smile in the middle of dead bodies? :laughing: -, the North Korean girl (so beautiful! And loved her cheekiness!) and the Indian(?) guy for being a badass and helping out the main protagonist. :muscle:
Waste more than half of the episode to recap what L has done, then waste the other half with a montage of Kira killing more and getting more approvals - just so that the last 30 secs could end in a cliffhanger with new characters? Umm... ookay.
Yaaas, I'm so glad Otis sees Adam as I do! I honestly don't understand why do people support him over Rahim. Rahim was sweet from the first moment and didn't have a single bad word towards Eric (or anyone else). Maybe Eric feels "special"(?) because the bully started to have feelings for him, but I 100% agree with Otis - Eric hid this fact and their sneak-outs because deep down he, too, knows that Adam is not a good person.
And how glad I am that he realized this and chose Rahim!
I saw that coming from Ola when she accidentally leaned a little close to Lily in the previous episode (or 2 episodes ago?). Though the way she handled things with Otis and Lily... eh, really not the best thing to do. Spontaneousness might have its advantages, but in this episode Ola showed us its downsides. Think before you act.
Jessica is the perfect example why some guys think of girls/women the way they do. She had "special" conversations both with Mark and Barnett, then she was surprised that after she made up her mind and chose the latter, she fell between two stools and got angry when Barnett played the same card on her as she did on Mark. :clap: The devoted guy got dumped by a woman who isn't even worthy of him (by what I saw, at least). Then when she's dumped, she goes back to the devoted guy.
And dudes keep falling for Jessicas.
On a funnier note... Is Rory every guy's best friend or relationship coach or what? xD I wanna see him spitting that wisdom to girls too, not just the guys!
Felice's friend tying her hair up too when only she (Felice) was asked to do so was sooo considerate and cute of her!! :hearts: This little detail is so important in series, it shows how they not only continue with the main plot(s), but they also care about the "smaller" topics that were discussed too.
Dad having a heart-to-heart with Sara about mental health >>>
(Well, uhm, him almost immediately not being able to pick up his phone after he dropped Sara off - even tho he said she can call him anytime - was a disappointment...)
The glances and interactions between the boys are amazing. I especially liked the scene in the gym when Wille "changed his mind" (not that he ever disliked what happened between him and Simon); his pacing and gaze were brilliant. I have no idea how does the actor do that, but he can sell it so well that his character is genuinely into Simon.
He's also super good with acting natural, like that pretend-annoyed "uuurghh" when his bro was asking about his crush or that above mentioned little nervous pacing before and while talking to Simon about staying with him. :blush:
Loving the humane details in the show like daring to choose actors with not-so-flawless skin/teeth/whatever. However I really didn't like the random plottwist at the very end. It's just too much drama now, cut the characters some slack...
I was really sceptic about this movie but was also looking forward to it - since gay relationships in South Korean series/movies are as taboo as in real life. I think I got a little result of both in this 1,5 hours.
The growing attachment of the characters to each other was not portrayed at all. Jae Ha gave Young Woo books and tips, the younger one read and accepted them. They went collecting props together. After that they shared their first kiss. Seems like we missed out on a lot between these events...
Speaking of... in the first hour the scenes changed too abruptly. They didn't have a closure, we don't know how much time went by between them, and sometimes they were even illogical.
The dialogues were off too at times. Like I understand that the point was to mix the Unchain script with their real emotions, but it could've been clearer.
Not to mention the WTF ending and Young Woo's intention with all the breaking-in-Jae-Ha's-house and making-Jae-Ha-believe-that-he-actually-killed-Hee-Won parts.
At least that theatre perfomance kept me on edge with all the real struggling and Young Woo's double-hanging, but after the climax (when we learn that Young Woo didn't actually die) it just became super weird and awkward with everyone going back to their original life like nothing ever happened.
I hope that SK will go in this direction because the idea and the actors were so good - they should just make a better plot and better cutscenes. But I'm really glad they're finally trying to bring this taboo onscreen.
This looks like a suuuper unhealthy relationship.
Wait, how is the police guy back to being number 29 with the circle when he switched that mask to be the square boss? And if he's switching masks, how come no one notices that one disappears one day and the other disappears the other day (and this going back and forth)?
I hope that placing the cross on (most likely) his brother's casket was for trying to save him, not for paying respects or something. [Edit after seeing the beginning of the next episode: nvm, I misunderstood it.]
My friend really recommended me this movie after she saw it, so I decided to follow her example. Well... I was disappointed.
The concept is fine: texting a stranger about the most guarded secret of both of you, and finding out who's the one you've been talking with. The problem is that most of the scenes were really exaggerated. The blackmailing, the love polygon between a group of friends, the friends being everything but friends in the time of need (even if they had their reasons to be mad at Simon; he explained all that and said sorry too), then the ex-friends becoming friendly again without any transition... [Edit: Sorry, the word of the day must've been "friend" for me...] And I didn't even mention all the clichés (Martin's super nerdiness, cyber- and public bullying, etc).
I didn't feel the development of the feelings at all. Simon literally fell in love with a stranger by sending a few e-mails back and forth with him. He ran out of class after just the first message he sent to check if Blue had answered him. I don't think this obsessiveness suits Simon's character.
I enjoyed the guess-who-is-Blue game (hell, I even participated), but the result was truly disappointing. Not because it was who it was, but because it had no logic in it. IMO they should've sneaked some of Blue's said things (like the Oreo or the Jon Snow crush) to Bram. Or maybe he should've gotten more screentime so the viewers could actually guess who Blue was, khm.
[Edit: Okay, I just remembered that when Martin flirted at the cafeteria with Abby, he a told a joke like "what do you call a black jew? - Blue". Now, that was some pretty dope foreshadowing!]
I loved the acting, fell in love with Nick Robinson, but sadly his talent wasn't enough to make this movie acceptable for me.
I came to watch this movie with high expectations - hearing about all its nominations and seeing all the positive feedback. It disappointed me. Very big time.
Most of the scenes and dialogues in the first hour didn't make any sense. The two guys developed feelings from nothing, they barely even encountered or hung out with each other - let alone did something memorable that would lead to catching feelings for one another.
Like how other people commented here, the supporting characters had absolutely no role in the storyline, hell, maybe even the parents had unnecessary roles. But the most disappointing fact is that even the two main characters had no depth, no logical thoughts and actions. I get that Elio is supposed to be a 17-year-old, but even a teenager hasn't got that much random stuff going on in their head and in their actions as he does.
The sad thing is that the actors had a great chemistry but this storyline and these dialogues just stomped all that built-up passion into the ground. Like WTF was that scene with penetrating that poor peach?! Or that one where the movie got its title from? Why would you ask your loved (in this case, "loved") one to call you by their own name instead of yours? That's just f*cked up...
There were only 3 things I liked about this movie: the BGMs, the scenery and the penultimate scene when the father gives all that smart advice to Elio. This story had so much potential, but I guess people who read the book were right - this movie totally ruined it. I should've just read the book.
So basically everyone either ends up heartbroken or dead. Cool story.
The hand-holding and the balcony scene, omgg! :heart_eyes:
So let me get this straight. Pran is all jittery and no-no about Pat taking a picture of them, even taking a picture only of Pran's food with his hands barely visible, yet he has multiple photos of them posing together on his bedroom wall where Wai and his friends can easily see. :person_facepalming:
The ending was a bit too overdramatized for me, like come on, with everyone sitting just 5-10 meters away from the guys, they could've easily heard everything without the curtain "accidentally" falling down...
Those scenes with Jean hit really close to home... They were so well-done, especially from Otis' perspective.
How adorable Sandra was just grinning and quietly backing out when she saw the guys playing with the VR!
I don't know about you guys but for me Amy telling Glenn to kill himself was waaaay out of line. You never EVER should say that to ANYONE, especially to your boss who you don't even hate at all. Lashing out is one thing, you can do that by adding "fucking" in front of every word, but this...
Oh man, I fucking hated this episode (in a good way?). I knew I'd get attached to Il-nam, but man, to lose both him and Ali in the same episode, and for both of them to be tricked by a trusted main character... I shed tears. :sob:
I don't understand how could none of the smarty-pants even think about maybe playing against their partner, like... that's was basically my second thought, but when I saw that most of the main characters paired up with each other, I was like "nah, surely they wouldn't do that". But they did...
Man, I pitied poor Ali so much, can't believe he didn't even hesitate to trust all his marbles to that prick who insulted and threatened him literally minutes before that (which I thought was just acting but I guess the lawyer guy really is that cruel then).
Omg, I just understood it at the recap why Marie hid the poison that Lou made when Reb told her (Marie) that people in their previous institution died because of poison... :person_facepalming:
Ohhohooo, the the/rapist "pun" was so clever!
I don't comment on this series at all, so now that I do, I wanna emphasize how much I love these actors. They're truly talented, and you can also see the development in their relationships on-screen: they're serious when they have to be but can be so chill and just goof around (especially the actresses of Boomer and Ruby). :smile: Sometimes they even leave genuine laughs and (probably) improvised scenes in because they're so realistically good. Ah man, I love this show.
I don't know if I should laugh or cry at Jessica&Mark's situation anymore. Like all of these outsider commenters, I, too, can obviously tell that Jessica is still hung up on Barnett and has been wanting him for herself ever since the pods. So why can't Mark see it? I mean, it's one thing if you're "blinded by love" (though I still don't know how can he love her with her sh*tty attitude), but you should be able to see if your partner is having more fun with another guy or when she's undermining and makes a fit out of literally everything you say.
I can somewhat see the realization on Barnett's face whenever he talks to Jessica face-to-face - whatever he's feeling, he's keeping his distance from her at least.
Sad that this reality show (and basically all others too) focuses much more on the obviously problematic people rather than the chill, genuine ones like Kenny and Kelly. I think only they will make it in the long run, maybe Lauren and Cameron too. But it's visible that Kenny and Kelly don't feel the need to cling onto each other all the time, and they're not making drama out of anything. They're chill and cute.
Didn't mention it the last 2 times, but I just LOVE the "nicknames" or "professions" written below the judges' names (like "French Willy Wonka" in the last episode xD), and also loving how the Frosted Tip sections have become just as trolling as the nicknames. :'D
I still don't like Misa, but I definitely don't dislike her as much as I did at the beginning. Since a few episodes, she's proven to be quite useful, and things are getting interesting now that she kinda reunited with Rem. I hope she and Light can regain their Second Kira and Kira memories at one point in the anime - though knowing Light, I'm sure he thought of a way to be able to have access to the Death Note and Ryuk again. Ryuk... I'm missing him, he's the best character for me. :'c
I came with high expectations since it's a well-known horror, but these almost 40 years didn't do any good to it, it seems.
The actings were terrible, I swear the little boy did the best of 'em all. Jack was overdoing it by a mile (even when he was still sane), and Shelley (Wendy) was like as if she read the lines from a screen. Scatman (Mr. Hallorann) did kinda good.
At first the pace was nicely slow, then it became boring, then it straight-up started randomly jumping around. The twins only appeared to Danny twice, the (seemingly) chemical-burned woman once, the bloodwave from the elevator was wtf, not even mentioning why did Jack call himself Johnny in the (probably) most iconic scene.
It mainly felt like a game of how-many-horror-elements-can-we-force-into-one-story. And I don't know if it's King's fault (him being the original author) or the movie was this poorly done regarding its logic. There were so many storylines introduced, yet almost all of them were just forgotten by the next scene. Why did Danny have that power? What exactly was that power? Why did the isolation have an effect on Jack but not on Wendy or Danny? (Well, Wendy did have a hallucination after Jack tried to chop her down, but then...) Why tf did Wendy hallucinate about a furry giving (and please, tell me I'm mistaken) a BJ to a man? And who choked Danny? Why did they hurt him?
These are just some of the questions left unanswered. Well, in fact, after watching the movie, I think I have more questions than answers. But at least I laughed a lot instead of being scared, and humanity gained some memes out of this movie.
So I'mma just slowly walk away and pretend I didn't see all the comments stating the total opposite of my opinion.
I've read the book before watching the movie, so I thought this adaptation would be ridiculous because the whole idea of the story is not being able to look - which a book can actually represent, but a movie... well, not. I was really surprised and positively disappointed the more the movie advanced. They didn't copy and paste everything by the book, of course, but the "new" scenes weren't bad at all either. I could definitely connect more with the characters here than when I was reading the original one.
And though the movie doesn't give you answers regarding the outbreak, the creatures and the people who can open their eyes and function well at the same time (same as the book), I didn't feel that the story was unfinished or incomplete.
Okay, I couldn't hold these in any longer:
- Why didn't they put a knife in the "father"? I know, morality and all that jazz, but if they set their mind to kill him, wouldn't that be the most logical thought to try to actually kill him with a 100% sure method, not gamble with those crushed up pills?
- Why the hell didn't Margot just make a run for it when she opened the balcony's door? She stopped like 3 times just to make sure his "father" didn't hear anything instead of actually trying to escape.
- Lol, how TF could "father" dig a little hole into Seth's forehead just by pressing his finger into it?
- And what is Jules so depressed about since like episode 2? She's overreacting to everything, doesn't sleep, always has a dead look on her face... Oh, and...
- When Jules and Margot went through the House for the second time, why did it only contain Margot's fears in all of the rooms? I believe it would be time to know what Jules is so terrified of that she's on edge all the time.
As of the others who went in the House with them:
1) That bearded survivor guy knew too much about the system of the last "room". I'm sure he wasn't a first-timer, but then the question of his wife-or-not rises: who is she really? A girl who escaped from him and started a new life with a new husband in the House? But she didn't seem like she actually knew the bearded guy, so...
2) Remember those realistic face-statues of the participants in the first room? Only the JT replica's head wasn't torn apart. So how come he was killed by his House-self? Wouldn't that head signify that only he stayed sane or something like that? It's a shame they didn't think this through.
Random thoughts while watching the movie:
- That teacher didn't see at all that everyone was staring at Lynn's hand (or at least at her direction) who was sitting in the first row? Not even when only like 15 kids were left there writing the test? Lol.
- I get that they were mad at Bank who crashed their car's mirror (accidentally, I believe), but isn't beating up and throwing a teenager to a dump a bit... I dunno, exaggerated? [Lol, I wasn't suspecting foul play without a reason.]
- That barcode part is genius, but I don't really get how they want to realize that plan. It's not like they have the time or equipment to create pencils with the answers while they're taking the test. [Ah, okay, nevermind.]
- Bank's rage scene when he found out that Pat sent those jerks to beat him up was 12/10.
- That phone-in-the-tank-of-the-toilet plan could go wrong in so many ways. Like what if you can't take off the lid in the toilets of Sydney (or in that particular building)? Or what if someone uses that exact toilet you chose to hide the phone in in the break? All that planning can be ruined in a split second. [I really should be a fortune-teller...]
- Standing up right after the teachers says the word "break" is a liittle not so subtle.
- Wooah, that effect when Lynn slided across the exam room to the piano!
- Okay, now, I'm 103% sure that Lynn choking on her pencil was noticeable for... basically everyone in that quiet and still room. Yet somehow everyone acted so surprised to see her vomiting.
- Why are they chasing Lynn? Because she just left after throwing up? I don't think they have evidence on her since she hid the phone. And chasing her all the way down the streets and the metro station...
I was stunned by the acting. Good Thai actors are so hard to find, especially young ones, so I was really glad about the cast.
The planning of cheating on the high school tests and on the STIC one was mind-blowing. So creative methods!
I was a little meh about Bank turning into a mad businessman at the end - that's absoluety not his character (he almost threw up from actual anxiety or panic in the toilet!). It would've been somewhat believeable if they hadn't have gotten caught in Sydney - giving him adrenaline, money, good scores and all that jazz, but this way... I don't know. Though I guess that had to be done in order for Lynn to have her happy(ish) ending.
I would've watched this movie for a bit longer, just to know where the 4 main characters end up. Or to learn what kind if punishment did Lynn face at the end. I feel like this ending was left too open for the viewers.
Overall, I really enjoyed this movie. At first it seemed way too long, but now I understand why. The plot had its small holes (like every other one), but I would recommend it for anyone.
Bellamy blamed Kane for his mother's death, but wasn't Jaha the chancellor that time who ordered her floating (when they discovered she had a second child - Octavia - what was not allowed on the Ark)? Even the scriptwriters can't remember the storyline...
Since the romantic plotline did come true, I'd rather it would've been with Yu-chan. He has much more chemistry together with Da-eun, plus Dr. Dong didn't really do anything with Da-eun for her to fall in love with him. Other than saving her life. But no, really, they didn't once hang out, just met sometimes on the bus, and that was it. For me their relationship feels forced from Da-eun's side.
The other aspects of this show were amazing. I loved both the separate and the intertwined storylines, the little insight into different mental illnesses, and practical advice for those who are dealing with these, and for those whose loved one is the affected person.
