Completely agree, Kaye. my two cents anyway. As if to answer her request for them to be able to talk once she wakes up, Soo kisses her. And I read and understood the part about OS wanting Boss Man to join in the game so OS can gamble against him and win his money. I normally question these things in my head, but this time, I prefer that everyone heals for no apparent reason to get my happy ending. The only thing left are his boots, still propped up as if someone was standing in them. Whether you really loved me. For taking the time to actually write it out or type it out in this case. It's not like she's an emotionally stable person thinking through exactly how this will effect the people around her. I just watched it tonight 13 years after the above question was posted. Awards "[6] When writing the characters, Fessenden gave Pollack ideas and personality traits that he could relate to while keeping the character's outlook reactionary. I wished they would have saved time there, and showed us what happened after OS was stabbed, instead of letting us speculate on what happened. I guess people thought she was really making headway but I felt like it was bound to happen. The cafe, the talking people, Soo dressed as a waiter. I love this show for all its prettiness and as much as I try to make myself truly love it, I can't help but leave feeling empty and cold towards the latter part of the show. His being a gentleman is one thing I admire too as seen in the bts. Now that was a great ending. Over all, I do think rather than a "happy ending" it was more like a "believe what you want" ending. And when he turns around he gets stabbed. Aka, back off. Sad. The drama in it's entirety may not have been as solid as it's looks, but I for sure will not deny them. I agree with Hannah -- the flowers were a continual peace offering and the weirdly beautiful blurriness was Young's pov. But more than anything, i belive the writers left an open ending on pourpose, they wanted to allow the viewers to come up with their own interpretation of the ending. Yippee, a happy ending! I can write one of those, too.". well probably what heads meant was that since she underwent a brain surgery, at least part of her hair had to be completely shaved prior to it being performed.. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. Regardless, though, I still can't help but feel lightheaded and drunk from all the prettiness between SHK and JIS in the "1 year later" scenes. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access Her secretly hoping that Oh Soo would burst in and save her makes sense (the only thing that made sense in this episode). If we add the something else, then this was an insanely beautiful if not sometimes-frustrating exercise in understanding people who looked like people, but had some moments where they didnt really act like people. Eventually they did and she gave up and died. I was so in love with it until that forced kiss and then it basically took a giant swing downhill. He was not quite ready hence she couldn't see him until he was. I don't recall Nice Guy's best friend betraying him, though. [8], Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 76% of 50 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.7/10. And I like how SHG played OY. :). I wait patiently for the show and the recap for every episode. 2,5, & 6 were my thoughts exactly. Blurry happy ending scenes are so cliche. appId : '127538621120543', The one glaring weakness, for me, was the whole Jin-sung stabs Soo scene. (I'll vote for SJK's character in Nice Guy. He has, because he loved a girl who was blind. Were Boss Man's minions watching to make sure OS had been killed? Gary, the pilot, and the replacement environmental scientist, Marshowitz, are both killed in the crash; Foster is horrifically burned, but manages to live out the night before dying. Jin-sung readies to stab his best friend again, but he cant bring himself to do it and drops the knife. With TWtWB's both leads had their stories wrapped up fairly well and the story-fail was in a secondary line that, in the end, didn't actually affect much. But, because Soo lived so the scene didn't actually impact the storyline much, I just stick my fingers in my ears and lalala my way through that scene and the drama works! Then that means shes still the same old Young, still capable of putting those around her through unspeakable misery because she cant see past herself and her feelings. but the 'open' ending is so well done, that whenever, however I feel, I could say, ok, Soo is dead or ok, this is a happy ending. But when she started having visions of the man in the hat and Dr. David Andrews specifically asked her to start praying, Lucy finally decided to visit a church. She discovers a male employee who has committed suicide by hanging himself in one of the rooms. I'm disappointed though that it didn't keep up toward the end. Drama pls! True. I wouldn't be here if it always follows my logic. When Hee-Sun and Jin-Sung were talking about visiting Soo and bringing Lamb's ear flowers, they were talking about real brother Soo; visiting the river where his ashes were spread. But since it didn't really do anything anyway I just push it from my mind and enjoy what's left. All content Brattle Film Foundation and the respective contributors unless otherwise noted. !and more importantly they are both happy. The movie is beyond boring and lacks any real explanation. Thanks Heads! HBO's The Last of Us episode 1 is a tense series premiere, and the ending warrants a bit of explanation. !good point haha. It was, however, executed very poorly imo. Headcanons for Shinsou, Sero and Bakugou and a character of your choice where they end up in a staring contest with the reader--their current fixation. Even if OY couldn't forgive OS at that moment, they could have still talked, I thought. The kissing under the cherry tree was really true not a dream nor an imagination (if it was an imagination, how cruel the mind of Oh youn was, it doesn't make sense). Still, as good as the first episode of The Last of Us might be, the stakes skyrocket when the series explores Ellie ( Bella Ramsey) and her apparent immunity to the cordyceps. *sighs* I need the (halmeoni) from Goodbye Solo to comfort me right now, so disappointed am I in the finale and in the drama as a whole. Especially since Soo's death would have been dependent on a storyline I found illogical and kind of out of place. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; (the way to end the show?) Despite the continuous chaos that sears through the film, one of the standout scenes comes at the very close of the film. As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. }; As far as stabbing goes guns are really hard to get in Korea so stabbing's the best way to kill someone. She needed her since Soo was not in her daily life. I just enjoy the cinematography. Maybe you can pretend her long hair is a wig, LOL. Sad that it's not really a ratings success even if NHK lost her soul to the devil. I think then it could be a lot better than with the directors imagination leading nowhere. Also, if they were both in the afterlife, I'm sure Young would get 100% of her sight back. I hate unreasonable story, because it messes my head. I watched the last episode of Queen of Ambition yesterday. Doctor Sun-hee treats Young at home, with Lawyer Jang and her closest friends watching nervously even as Sun-hee declares that Young will be fine when she wakes up. I still can't figure out how Mr. Kim killing his family meant that he needed to stab Soo. I really wanted to completely love this show and I did especially the the first third of the drama but the show just started going downhill for me in the last three episodes. Engaging and creepy and also plot less and pointless. I love you, very much. Soo pulls her into an embrace even as he cant help but crying, and he repeats over and over again, I love you. Secondly, the blurriness, the bike, the cafe, and the final cherry blossom scene is played in Young's mind. Did the CCTV goons end up getting him because his promise, in a sense, broke (to let Soo & Jin Sung go unscathed)? Depending on a viewer's experience the way the drama is seen will be different. I have given more time to this review than the movie is worth. Good to know a little wrist-slitting never hurt anybody. I have all the reasons to have this drama, yet I love it and I enjoy it. Larry Fessendens 2006 The Last Winter brings us environmental catastrophe, a hauntingly real world-ending thriller. Well, there was no wrenching of the guts here. Ur comments cracked me up!!! He is forever amazing there! I was surprised. A tiny moment passes before he asks if they can see each other again. It was also hard to express it as clearly and well-argued as you have done here. Shes had it rough, but so did Soo. Hee-sun cries at the sight of Moo-chuls body in the morgue, while Jin-sung stays to comfort her. Really? I think Soo is gonna be on my list of favorite characters. Am I suppose to just forget all that? I was anticipating this one especially, because I was curious about what you thought of this episode. Yep! Soo chaotic and rushed and nonsensical. version : 'v2.2' // use version 2.2 But the scenes with Lawyer Jang and all of them wasn't from her perspective. I'm one of those people who would rather have a happy ending than a realistic one. Photo: HBO. And thanks for the recaps, u DB ladies are gold! I think if they showed the process of Jin Sung contemplating whether to stab Oh Soo or not, then we wouldn't get that element of surprise. The Last Winter is eye-catching, effectively inciting fear among its viewers of environmental damage and disaster. If they were close enough to a village to fire a flare and for it to be readily seen, why didn't they go over to it? In the end, the suicide attempt didnt even put her out for a night, and she was completely fine by morning. Thanks for everything, drama! Can she see? I Think the drama ended in happy ending. In this scene, the last remaining member of the oil team, Abby Sellers (played by Connie Britton), wakes up alone in a hospital-like room. There were a lot of "wth" moments in the last few episodes that were left unresolved. When you were gone and I couldnt see you, the hardest part was that I still missed you. One of the characters presently opines that nature itself has turned against mankind. She can see him, even if the picture isnt too clear, and smiles brightly. He offers to make her the same potato soup he did on their trip, but adds, I want to stay with you. They shift into her perspective when she was in the cab and saw the cherry blossoms, that's when the scene actually changed. Shes happy to have Wang back. =), We actually see the flowers Hee-sun talked about on the table, so they were for our Soo. Just like the one guy says, "Soo was willing to forget pride". We know it isn't going to last forever. But they crammed it into like a freaking two-minutes-reactionif that. Meaning, the surgery was successful and Oh young survived. So for a hot second there, I thought that the ending sequence was a dream, in part because of the blurriness of it all and the inherent implausibility of well, everything. The combined efforts of Sam, Bucky, John, and Sharon lead to Why wouldnt I want to love her when I started out that way?) According to Secretary Wang, Soo started there six months ago. I know what youre saying: Heads, thats crazy talk! Trust me, I know. And Oh Soo and Jin Seong ain't Robert Redford and Paul Newman. I tried to write down all of the questions I still had at the end, but my fingers got tired. Ill try to remember the good times, and Ill be sure to remember that through you, I discovered Jo In-sung. When someone from IFC Films said he liked the film, Fessenden sought out a distribution deal from them. And I guess we underestimate the rate at which human hair can grow. When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. So that combined with JS having to suffer watching hee Sun run thru flirtations equals he's paying his betrayal dues so hello they are dead too. Sadly, that wasn't the case. But seriously, despite its at times heavy flaws- I still love the show. Ke Huy Quan: From the Coolest Kid of the Mid-80s to the Jake Gyllenhaal & Conor McGregor in "ROAD HOUSE" Are Steven Seagal movies just money laundering vehicles? A romcom, please!!! But then Id be asking for realism, and that is not what this show was selling. She got the call from Jin-sung while she was on her way to treat Young. After watching the last ep, even though we got the happy ending, I felt that it was a frustrating journey. Im not sure where Soo is (Dramatic Rooftop? I also like how she explains things, we get to see her thought process and I am grateful for that. | Beside all the beautiful faces and cinematography, noise marketing, media play, exaggerated praise help the popularity of this drama also. Meanwhile, Hee-sun sees a big truck headed their way on an empty street and warns Jin-sungs father, but he can only look in shock as the truck keeps barreling toward them. Oh soo waited for Oh young to recover (6 months). Unfortunately, the flash-forward in the 1883 premiere episode was not a dream or a hallucination. I love it. I wouldn't mind a directors cut not for more action but more subtext. He turns back to her with a smile, and rings the bell bracelet. is the table a grave? I don't buy that Young is done with her suicidal tendencies, but she seems a lot happier probably because before she was so untrustworthy and felt like everyone was out to kill her anyway, but now she's starting to trust people and she's more at ease. Thank you so much Heads for your recaps. As for Secretary Wang, I wished she had stayed gone. - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. I think part of the problem lies with how the show quickly glossed over Jin Sung's dilemma and there were also no explanations on how Soo all of a sudden is alive in the end. Instead we only saw the aftermath in order to preserve the cheap surprise of finding out that Jin-sungs hand was the one holding the knife, but was anyone truly surprised? But I can still accept your interpretation of the ending as it makes way more sense than mine. A call to Hee-sun affirms that Boss Man isnt lying, and Jin-sung looks devastated as the mean old geezer slides him a knife. Boss Man is hosting the game, and announces the grand prize seven million dollars. When one insane team member is found dead naked on the snow, the environmentalist James Hoffman (James Le Gros) suspects that sour gases may have been accidentally released in the spot provoking hallucinations and insanity in the group. Thought it might be a slow burn leading to some awesome ending, not. Seeing Abby surrounded by puddling water is enough. Because of their blind faith, Lucy became an atheist. Jin-Sung didn't finish Oh Soo off, and they were merely bringing flowers to Oh Soo's shop (which can be seen in the final scene) Someone even stated that in an interview with one of the Sure the show wasn't perfect but it did give us a happy ending which both characters deserved. Five minutes before the ending: WHAT!? Instead he grabs Gangster Wannabes knife by the blade and gives him the smack down, even going so far as to dislocate his would-be murderers shoulder. Writer-nim, you are SO much better than this-- please don't squander your gift. I loved the emotional humility of Soo's character. Honestly, after having long hair for so long and not being able to see it, probably one of the first things I would do is buy a wigif only just to see how I looked all that time. since you're here, it seems you are doing well. TWTWB, with its muted colors, its intensity 24/7 (made even more intense by all of the close-up shots), its one-dimensional side characters like batshit-crazy So Ra, its hard-to-read heroine, and its contrived plot full of holes, made TWTWB feel quite unreal which would've been fine had it come together as an inspired mythic tale. If the fact that AFF is a story about a sexual relationship between two people growing into something else isn't enough justification for it having sex scenes, I don't know what is. Metacritic Reviews. It didn't disgust me though. Can you see nothing at all?. According to Gailing, Virgo deifies details. Oooh, a twist! Could you please make sense? Anyways, thanks for such wonderful recaps. D: I checked my brain at the door before watching this episode and was perfectly happy with the ending. At first, neither Tess nor Joel are aware of why Ellie is so important to the Fireflies and Marlene. However that hee Sun would not figure it out would not be consistent. questions. FB.init({ I always see this movie labeled as "porn", but this is the perfect example of explaining that it isn't. The ending was real in my opinion. But gradually, the characters grew on me, and their relationships touched me. Also, most of the other NHK dramas I've watched have all felt remarkably real-- but in a way that evokes an appreciation of the human experience. And then i realized, she was only recuperating possibly and thus through her eyes, things are still blurry. We've all seen Jin Sung take a beating and give one and I have no doubt he would have caused some serious damage. This was just bad. These flowers symbolize happines, wedding, and love. But in the end, it became just another k-melo that lost its footing, yet garnered tons of attention anyway. And when Soo pulls back, they both look into each others eyes, smiling. News flash he's out in his tight pants and leather doing redemption deeds and looking for hee Sun's sister. Slowly, and then with sweeping speed, members of this community start brutally dying, as a creature of environmental collapse bares its razor-sharp teeth. i can't believe that is finished now.best best drama i have ever seem and it's the best drama of 2013. There really wasn't that much plot, when you come to think of it and it makes sense, why it was a 2 hour movie versus a 16 hour drama. I don't need my heroines to be people I'd like in real life to consider them interesting and watchable, but the second half of this devolved in a very, very similar way to Nice Guy - the nonsensical last-minute stabbing of the hero (well, at least Soo, unlike Maru, does not hang out having conversations on a park bench with his girl AFTER being stabbed), the time skip and the reunion of the couple after a long time. It's lovely and I don't think you can blow it off as just pretension. Fessenden introduces North Corporation, a government-backed oil research and building team, working under the watchful eye of two environmental experts. To me it looks like the last 3 episodes were written by a different person. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Ending Explained. Great work, Heads. It was blurry because it was trying to show it in Young's perspective. Agreed. There were some really amazing nuances to this drama that I just loved. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. Wang stands out for me because Bae Jong Ok was in a bunch of other NHK dramas, always as a fleshed-out character you could empathize with-- but in TWTWB, she was a complex character who did something heinous which she was basically let off the hook for, yet the "why" of it all was never adequately explained to us. Soo should win an award for being the worst person to put on someones suicide watch, since Young manages to make it up and out of the room without waking him up. I like that about this director/writer pair. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Once it's over, you feel like asking, "What the hell did I just watch and why did I keep watching?" Maybe because I felt like whether or not he gave it in, Kim still was going to find some excuse to kill him. Maybe there's no message. 4. I enjoyed this drama and was mesmerized by it, but at the end of the day, it won't go on my masterpiece or rewatch list. Granted, some things started to not make sense towards the end, but NOTHING about this show makes me think the director or writer became lazy and gave up along the way. Unfortunately, while they were running away, He lived like a dog, and died like a dog, she laments, though shes not willing to let Soo comfort her as she tells him that he wont be needed at Moo-chuls cremation. It may have lost itself in its own mesmerizing cinematography at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed the visual experience. [4] Fessenden credited shooting some scenes in Alaska with adding authenticity to the film and further inspiring him to make changes to the script as he scouted locations. You're right, everyone in this show seems to heal rather quick. Jin-sung just kneels there, shaking and sobbing. The Last Of Us Episode 1: Ending Explained Why Is Ellie Important To The Fireflies? Theres a light at the end of every drama tunnel, but sometimes its how we get there that matters more than how bright that light turns out to be. Still, as good as the first episode of The Last of Us might be, the stakes skyrocket when the series explores Ellie ( Bella Ramsey) and her apparent immunity to the cordyceps. I sooooooo appreciate that. It looked blurry because Young's sight wasn't perfect, but just enough for her to make things out. Forgiving her, I guess, is all right but I felt letting her back into the house was another thing. Also, when OY did that (push back when she would ask questions to OS), it reminded me some of Faith, when CY told the doctor that he would ask her later to stay with him and get her answer then. The sour gas might then be provoking hallucinations and insanity in the group. As with Sec Wang, I totally get the wholw"so despereate to be a mom that she goes batshit crazy and blinds the child" BUT come on- how does that make her the best-suited person to care for Young??? But there was nothing to support that theory so it's just Jin Sung doing something weird, lol. HeadsNo2, I wish I could meet you in person during the Dramabeans Meetup and personally say how you're one heck of a great writer and thinker but I'll have to be content with this. But she didn't, her vision is only recovering, thus the blurry images. ..Show you have less than 10 minutes to make him reincarnate. He acted well but he still not converting me as one of his fans. For me was obvious oh young didnt regain her sight, she basically could see only soo. That was what it felt like to me, just so we could have the reunion scene in the very end and tie a neat bow). I do agree with you that how we got to that light at the end of the tunnel was more important than the light itself. This motion picture, "The Last Winter" has a feeling of doom about it right from the start. I don't blame people for being suspicious though. But time skips are not a panacea, and its a universal truth I really wish dramaland would accept, especially when the end result isnt anything we couldnt have reached without it. So it kinda kills me to read HeadsNo2's criticisms (that I agree with, btw) about often not being able to understand Young and other characters in this drama. I've never really understood why the concept of environmentalism rubs so many out there the wrong way, especially when it concerns the search for oil. We knew it would be, but it hurts to see the crazed look in Jin-sungs eyes as Soo hauls himself up to eye level. I'm glad that this was my first. Hoffman had refused to sign off on permission for heavy equipment to be brought in to help move drilling equipment due to potential damage to the tundra earlier in the film; Pollack and his boss, Foster, arrange for Hoffman to be replaced as a result. After eight episodes full of dramatic highs and lows mixed with appreciated comedic moments, The Best Man: The Final Chapters concludes the story of characters we've known for 23 years. Note: This clip is from a version of the film dubbed in French. Such is the basis for Last Winter. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. The ending seems to be pushed/could be better, yes. She didnt really want to commit suicide, it was just a cry for attention? Soo lies(?) If anything, the aftermath made the attempt seem like a cry for attention at best, and a test of Soos loyalty at worst. You kept a poor young child BLIND so you could in turn create some meaning to your life. She can write characters with extremely logical and complex psyche, even the baddies. hahaha, I can't believe more people didn't think of that, poor forgotten oppa Oh Soo :(. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. I really liked the beginning (episode 8 was definitely the climax of happiness for me) but then we dove into melo land which culminated in a LOT of crying in the last episode. It took me two watches to finally come around and give this movie credit where it was due. I didn't have a problem with Soo not taking the $$ though! Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time. Young goes to a cafe to wait, and we see Soos tree painting hanging on the wall, completed. Maxwell gets into an angry confrontation with environmental scientist James Hoffman, admitting that he didn't want to work on the oil site but his father, a friend of Pollack, thought it would be good for him; Maxwell states that he "saw something" out in the snow and demands that Hoffman, who has repeatedly been raising the alarm about drilling in the area due to the extremely warm (for Alaska) temperature, tell the public. I enjoyed the feisty and whiplash smart Young in the beginning of the show and then her character just went downhill with the suicide attempt. If it was sooner rather than so close to the end, it would have sat in place better, narratively. I guess there are so many probabilities with this, it's kind of crazy. When she was with Secretary Wang, Lawyer Jang, and her ex-fiance with those blind kids, those scenes were not blurry. (Seriously! Hmm .. Then, in the final seconds, the camera places Abby within her surroundings. I'd rate this above "Nice Guy" but below "I Miss You". Stabbingthis seems to be used a lot. The first eight episodes were executed close to perfection imo but I didn't really mind the change in pace afterwards. Once Abby makes it out of the hospital doors, there is no relief, still no one around to communicate with, only a blaring siren, cutting through the dead air. | The atmosphere of coldness, emptiness, isolation and the resulting paranoia are captured perfectly. FB.init({ AVOID IT ! Thank you so much for the recap. But then she adds that if she lives through her surgery, theyll meet again, and finally talk out their issues. Fessenden brought in co-writer Robert Leaver to collaborate with, and the two went back and forth on various ideas. (And not a moment too soon!). But he had some charisma so that got brushed away at the end. The promise of sizzle from early on in the show fizzled out too. Wang was forgiven so easily. The writer likely originally wrote a typical melo ending. It is so illogical and stupid, it is almost a sort of evil in itself. Hee-sun mentions that theyre going to see Soo tomorrow, but it doesnt seem like theyre seeing him alive when they talk about what flowers to take. I felt like he was significant butI guessnot. Congrats, Liera! She re-thought all her previous decisions from the night before and decided to watch the video Soo so wanted her to see, which told her nothing she didnt already realize internally. Jin-sung spots him while on his way to the hospital and starts to piggyback him the rest of the way, even though Moo-chuls already got one foot in the other world as he mumbles, Just leave me be, Jin-sung doesnt give up, until he feels Moo-chul go limp on his back. I don't see how the ending could be just a dream. In these final moments of The Last Winter, Fessenden effectively emphasizes the very real horrors of environmental destruction, bound to leave the stench of death in the universe we call home. You will answer all my questions honestly. How about NOW, since youre already asking the questions? I also think that they wouldn't have shown the "Next Spring" title if it was meant to be a dream or heaven. Hee-sun sees Soo off for his big gamble, after which he plans to go to the hospital to see Young. That scene left me really perplexed because I would have liked to have known what happened (considering how long OS seemed to have been on the ground and he seemed dead. i had the same reaction when a friend told me, man! I will join you guys in saying that I am also quite impressed with Heads' writing and her sense of humor. I missed the Soo whod scold Young in front of a mall crowd for not accepting help, or the one whod return a punch thrown at him. Good play. Or something? heads, i remember u commenting on SHK casted in a melodrama (TWTWB) which makes me think u don't like her acting abilities? Similarly, in Goodbye Solo, NHK gradually gets you into the head and the heart of each character-- you may not like some of the characters or their actions, but you'll understand where they're coming from. I thought Soo died. About the ending, while watching the last episode, i really had the impression oh soo died. She rings it with a smile. Well done. I think it was the best one we could get. Thank you for pointing out the many holes and for doing it with some humor at times. Until 2/3rds into the movie I really loved it and was waiting for something to drop the curtain for applause.
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