I read your review and am impress that you were able to pen something out of a kdrama that really meant nothing to me. I think after the first 4-6 episodes, the rest of it did not made sense at all. Each character seemed to develop in isolation, and their relationships were not developing at all!clouds421 wrote:Happier times:
Official website: http://www.imbc.com/broad/tv/drama/ireland/index.html
If anyone's actually patient enough to read the review, it's here:
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It turned out way too long.
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Just thought ^^ was cute.
Spoiler wrote:I took it that Joong-ah died giving birth, and to Jae-bok, her memory lived on through her daughter. Maybe the point the writer's trying to bring across in the ending is that loving each other doesn't mean you have to be together physically.
Actually, I thought the opposite. I felt that the relationships between the four characters were constantly developing, and by the end of the drama, each character had a unique relationship with each of the other three. At the same time, their relationships with one another were affected by each character's relationship with the rest. Essentially, the whole story is all about the relationships amongst these 4 people.il_mare wrote:Each character seemed to develop in isolation, and their relationships were not developing at all!
What I noticed in the beginning was the use of space in the scenes on the streets. When in a normal shot, we only see the characters, completely centered upon them. But when they switched to a long shot, they only appear to be a small part of a living, peopled world; my attention was diverted to seeing to everything around them. The irony is that the characters feel that they are alone, but they're really not.
At the end, we revisit the familiar scene again, but it's completely isolated this time. A young Joong-ah is embracing Jae-book, while Shi-yeon embraces a young g**k. In Shi-yeon's case, she was the young woman who never had a youth, so g**k is the person who restores it in her. In Joong-ah's case, she experienced too quick of a transition from a idyllic upbringing to devastingly tragedy, so Jae-book is the person who brought that happy, carefree nature out of her again.
That sequence of scenes was as an expressive way to reveal those feelings. This theory could be supported by the interesting use of symbolism--green = Ireland? In the beginning, there's a green scarf meant to tie together; recall that Joong-ah said the scarf was stuffy, uncomfortable in the summer; in the end--there's a green balloon (weightless object) fleely released from young Joong-ah's hand...
About the characters, I totally know what you're talking about, but it may be a flaw more-so in the story. Near the ending episodes, g**k had the most character changes I've ever seen--he went from weak child trying to hold onto Joong-ah to borderline abusive, hitting her, to cold indifference... then all of a sudden, he realizes something (which I have no idea how), had this conversations to end all conversations with Joong, then they separated. Ok... but what beats me is he accepts Shi-yeon. I just didn't find it natural for feelings to be so... transitory.
ke ke ke It's funny what you wrote! trying to figure whether I am dumb or decide it was just a bad production but everyone is trying to give reasons to like it becos the writer was such a reputable artist! 
aNToK wrote:Hmm... interesting comments. Hopped on this one as soon as I finished ROYOW. Only about 20 minutes into it, and so far, all I can think of is, "Damn!!!! Lee Na Young has amazing eyes!!!!!!!"
I agree. Her eyes are like wells.
Actually I found BOTH too abstract for my liking. I have similarclouds421 wrote:Maybe this is a little late, but here's the shot:
I actually liked Ireland & found it better than ROYOW--and I never really understood the popularity of Ruler. It's been a while since I've seen it, but generally I found the characters lacking the appeal that Ireland's have. They just go about doing things they want to do without thinking of others. As bad as Jae-bok treats his step-father or intimidates kids into giving him money or basically freeloads off a "semi-porn star," he's likeable--I find it so touching when he tells Gok, that he wants to learn to be like him, a "good" man yet it's so ironic that the woman Gok loves likes him. Alright, I'm going off on a tangent, but what I'm trying to say is that one of the things I've always believed is that although a likeable character doesn't have to be a outright hero, he/she should have some heroic quality/did some heroic deed, and I don't see that in Ruler's characters. Now that should spark some discussion... what do you think? What appeals to you or turns you off in Ireland or even going off in ROYOW--due to the responses I've seen, I feel like I need to re-evaluate it or something, but just haven't found the incentive--that I'll be getting more out of it 2nd time 'round.
in terms of how the leads hook up in BOTH story. I could not understand the attraction JA had for JB, neither can I comprehend Boksu and Kyung's union. credit tapioca@soompi.com
Those kids that appear at the end were just metaphors of where they came from and the soulmates in their life. None of the kids are real they just represent the 4 main characters innocence - I guess. The ending implies that Joungah and Jae Bok are not together though it is partially open to the imagination. The narration said little Joungah is finally walk around this earth - shows that Joungah has finally become sane (can stand alone), focusing on the birth of her child. Jae Bok is now a decent human being - no longer the bum - studying to maybe become a doctor. Kang Kook confesses he likes ShiYeon so there together.
I wish the story was different starting from where Jae Bok had his car accident in episode 12 - after that I thought it was starting to get tiresome. I hated the scene that Joongah said she realized she only liked one man (meaning not Kang Kook) to Kang Kook's face. After that I really depised her character and so I wasn't happy - not a feel good ending. I like Kim Min Jung as an actress but I hated her character. Shiyeon was so whiny than I didn't think she deserved Kang Kook. I think it would've been better if they didn't have Kang Kook actually tell her he liked her because then the ending would be less finalizes and open to the imagination.
Clarification:
I'm pretty sure the scarf's meaning didn't reference Song of Solomon but instead that Korean folktale of the Woodcutter. Where, a lonely woodcutter happens to stumble upon heavenly maidens bathing and steals one of their wings so she can't fly back to Heaven. He marries her and though he was warned not to show her the wings before they have 4 children, after 3 only children he feels guilty and shows her the wings. She does not hesistant to fly away - with a child in each arm and one between her legs. And the woodcutter is left all alone once again.
I totally agree with that. Early in the drama, I didn't particularly like Jae-bok & Shi-yeon, but at the end I emphatised with them the most. g**k & Joong-ah were hot-and-cold characters; I couldn't really figure them out.clouds421 wrote:As bad as Jae-bok treats his step-father or intimidates kids into giving him money or basically freeloads off a "semi-porn star," he's likeable--I find it so touching when he tells Gok, that he wants to learn to be like him, a "good" man yet it's so ironic that the woman Gok loves likes him.
and shi yeon's character /scene's better dan jae bok and joon ah's .... jae bok and joon ahs character der really pisses me off.....but i luv da way hyun bin acting in dis series..... but its knda hard to understand....since some of da subs arent in it/. ,but it was kool........ it can be very dragging though
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