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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 4
5 people found this review helpful
As the mood turns dark and emotions get high-strung, the characters also get smart. The plot gets more cohesive as more clues are waved in the background. To have our dark villain stood stark against the smartest one is showing contrast and contradiction; which I think is a spark of brilliance from the scriptwriter. I also like the fact that all characters are still participatory, dead or alive ^,^
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 7
4 people found this review helpful
With the build-up of events and an emotional overload overtaking our characters, each monster within awakens. Each character playing to their wits end extends the adrenaline off the screen. I should mention now that this drama?s cinematography has a wonderful symmetry to its music and tone. It did not lack the thrills and frills for a psychological thriller in this episode.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 8
3 people found this review helpful
When I started on this drama, I knew who would take center-stage in the final showdown even if a little bit later it also became obvious just by character introductions (and the voice over). Though I?ve found myself right in almost every guesses, after all the mysteries weren?t really meant to be complicated, as the drama did prove its central theme. Yes, the end was obvious, but this finale was satisfactorily done. I got the showdown I anticipated, even if it lacks some grit from Baek Sung Hyun?s acting. The worries I?ve had along the drama?s progress indeed proved to be loose ends. One of which is Jo Young Jae?s actual issues with his mother never got it?s full explanation while we?ve been submitted to Kim Young Kwang?s many over-the-top scenes. There?s also inconsistencies with Moo Yeol and Eun Sung?s relationship to Kim Jin Su?s love letter and Eun Sung?s initial aggression and their breakup. We even have a last-minute twist with the dead teacher, which seems farfetched just to put a little spin and bring the final showdown. Let?s just say they were minor blemishes that weren?t executed properly in a short series, and I admit this drama can actually get away with it and did.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 5
1 people found this review helpful
I?m getting disappointed with the psychological warfare that I?ve been expecting or maybe just getting impatient with this episode. But it feels more like we have a little pup going against a big bad wolf. It also now became evident why all the revelations had been rushed to get to this point. The purpose of which is to now begin the dramatics and the actual psychological game, literally. Then we get a belated side story for our dead teacher also hinted at the end of episode. Still, the play on the metaphor was nicely done, ?the river where the lion waits?.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 2
1 people found this review helpful
This drama is bold, without pause it spewed revelations one after the other, knowing full well that you'll continue anyway just to watch how everything will play out in the end. A different hint is thrown into mix, probably as a groundwork for the twist that's bound to happen. We're given a much clearer picture of character background but I'm worried that the way things are progressing, it will leave a few loop holes in the end. I start to note the title episode, liking the music, and definitely more invested.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 6
0 people found this review helpful
Firstly, two thumbs up for the writer. I?m not easily blindsided by red herrings, but I totally lost out on the clue thrown out from last episode. We?re back to some actions and it revives the show?s downturn when it started on a new arc from episode 4. I think Mi Reu taking center stage is a nice plot movement, but Young Jae as a loose canon just feels like it?s going to end up as a loose end.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 3
0 people found this review helpful
This drama really amps its pacing, fully revealing what had been hinted at from the last episode, though its obviously a red herring. We get an enlarge picture and it also starts to widen its plot. I like how a possible reconciliation is being built up for Moo Yeol and Eun Sung, but Kim Young Kwang?s acting is starting to rattle.
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Drama Special Series Season 1: White Christmas Episode 1
0 people found this review helpful
A very good start, laying out the pieces and how each characters are meant to function in the overall scheme of things. It also provides gentle hints as to the final psychological showdown without dissuading you from the possible obvious. I liked the tone and pacing, even the music is something of note. The only thing I didn't like is how Yoon Su's monster in the corner was used as a crutch in the narrative. I mean Park Moo Yeul is supposed to be a genius, but why would he have narrowed on Yoon Su's hallucinatory monster for investigating their possible villain. So, I just think it's all meant to lead to the first victim anyway but the choice of it just mars what could have been a sleek psychological thriller.
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