7. I loved the ending, but I don't know what to make of it. - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. Directed by Charlie McDowell ( The One I Love ), with a screenplay from Andrew Kevin Walker and Justin Lader, Windfall stars Jason Segel as a nameless manquite literally credited as "Nobody"who. The attention to detail in this book made this story come alive in a way I've rarely experienced while reading. I think Soo is gonna be on my list of favorite characters. Same here. Even then it wouldnt matter, since Boss Man wanted him dead, but why? I really REALLY hated how everyone let Secretary Wang just waltz back into Young's life. But Golden Wind was never meant to be about the best of society either. We've all seen Jin Sung take a beating and give one and I have no doubt he would have caused some serious damage. Its interesting to note that, apart from possibly being tricked by the evil entity to murder both Emma and Isaac, Lizzy also had real-life motives to cause them harm. In an unforgettable love story, a woman's impossible journey through the ages could change everything Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather's stories of Ireland. But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make? (I could buy him being dead if they'd left it at the bicycle scene -- but the restaurant was too real.). Ivoire, I am late to this but what is it with will-he-die melos of late and their nonsensical endings? And how, for the first time, the world seemed fair. How will Gangster Kim overlook a non dead Soo. That said I think it lost me in episode 12 or 13 with Young's funky character development and the insane troll logic medical stuff. , Language If not, its a bad thing. (maybe the real one, since they were going in the same direction?). Ah, so maybe shes making plans for the future since she wants to have a future now. Over all, I do think rather than a "happy ending" it was more like a "believe what you want" ending. If it was a "porn" movie it wouldn't get nearly as much critical acclaim as it did. Jin-sung Why? Soo ekes out, but his next words go to Young: Wait for me. Then he struggles to get up in order to go to her, though he can barely stand. Young believes that the only option left for her at this point is to die, but as we've seen before she doesn't really want to (and a lot of people who attempt suicide don't) and is very scared of death. Even at the moment when I wanted to end it, a part of me still wanted you to run back to me. It was a visually lovely show to watch. Thanks for everything, drama! Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time. Rhys Bowen, New York Times and #1 Kindle bestselling author of The Tuscan Child, In Farleigh Field, and the Royal Spyness novels, Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. Wind Poem Summary. Otherwise she's hanging out in the afterlife with her ex-fiance. Happy waiting for the next trip everyone. I also like how she explains things, we get to see her thought process and I am grateful for that. Print Word PDF This section contains 688 words (approx. Did the show sacrifice its potential just for fan service? I wonder what it will be? It seemingly possesses Isaac's body, leading Lizzy to stab him with a piece of broken glass. The surreal film follows a woman's slow descent into madness as she struggles to survive the crushing solitude of the 19th-century frontier lands. Mistaken for the boys long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the womans disappearance is connected to her own. The weathers nice today, isnt it? she asks, and the man clearly responds with Soos voice even though his figure remains blurred. I didn't understand why JS didn't react right away and tried to save him. And if somehow the show fails to root a characters emotions and reactions in some form of universal logic, then in the words of Cool Hand Luke, What weve got here is a failure to communicate.. "Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time." 5. These flowers symbolize happines, wedding, and love. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Having grown up in the middle of wheat fields without a television, with only her books and her siblings to entertain her, she developed a strong sense of what made a good story. I don't know. In fact, it's degenerative. "Time-travel is a subject that has always fascinated me from a young age. Very pretty to look at like a picture, but barely engaging and forgettable in the end. He had spent the years after Anne's disappearance serving as Eoin's guardian, but he set out to find Anne after Eoin left for college. Her joy now was in helping others with similar disabilities and experiencing her love for Soo in her mind. Or that he was dead and the ending was a dream. Maybe because I felt like whether or not he gave it in, Kim still was going to find some excuse to kill him. It is interesting to note that the only person that we see interacting with the reverend is Lizzy. On a shallow note, I loved most of OS's wardrobe, especially the orange coat he wore at the beginning of this episode, it looked good on him. However that hee Sun would not figure it out would not be consistent. The Wind opens with Lizzy emerging from a cabin, soaked in blood, holding her neighbor Emmas stillborn baby. She and Joe decide to take their kids and run. The vaunted cinematography of this drama may appear genuinely impressive at first, but it dawns upon you sooner or later that, however it wants to emulate it, this is not a Merchant-Ivory film. At least Moo-chuls minion seems to have Jin-sungs back. What's with Jin sung and Hee sun talking 'bout bringing flowers to Oh Soo? It is possible that Lizzie was genuinely confused about Emmas death as she was under the entitys spell and could not remember killing her. Same here. Flowers were for the grave. :). As soon as the suicide twist happened, I think I started to check out, and fast. It's so dang pretty to look at that I almost forget that it doesn't make sense. Soon after the funeral, Lizzys husband Isaac, along with Gideon, leaves to get supplies for the winter and report the deaths, saying he will be back in a few days. It had some surprises the biggest one that there was a happy ending. Please try again. This is my third drama with this writer and it looks like she enjoys getting her characters to the lowest they can go (sickness, almost dying) and then having then come out unscathed and fine. A wildlife officer (Cory Lambert) finds the dead body of a local Native American girl out in the middle of the cold Wyoming wildlife. Anyway, I thought it was clear enough that the ending was real, the blurry perspective was Young's post-surgery sight as Kaye says. It looks like the writer got tired after a few episodes and, especially in the end, realized there were things to be told, so they had to be smashed to fit into the general picture. Maybe it was the timing in which it happened. It seemed to me that Yoon-a was like a trophy wife to her husband. But fine, lets say Ill buy that love cures all, and that she just needed to know that Soo cared. "I felt that we were just coasting, or worse, slipping and sliding, as the show labored its way into the finale, and there wasnt even a good save in the closing moments.". I wont even get into how robbed I felt of FINALLY seeing Jin-sung break away from his astounding sense of loyalty, because it would have been an amazing character moment to see exactly how the wheels turned in his head when he chose his family over his best friend. hahaha, I can't believe more people didn't think of that, poor forgotten oppa Oh Soo :(. Just read and look where Song was interviewed, she also concluded TWTWB was a happy ending story. Later that night, Soo affixes the bell string to her wrist again. And throughout the proceedings of the film, we see a woman's descent into madness. 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. You're the best. At first I was so upset because I wasn't sure whether Soo was dead or alive, and thought the writer ripped us off with an open-ended ending. But thanks for the pretty and until the end am still team KKB, boy's way too fine! It is a stunning work of fiction interwoven with true historical events, combining the magical and the real. Soo mention od secretary Wang and the scene with the blind folded Wang, M and Jang say yes. Nooooooooo!!!! "The Wind" tells its story through a non-linear narrative that begins with a pregnant Emma dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. This is how she matured and transformed. Young wakes up to find Soo asleep at her bedside, and as she brushes her fingers across his face she remembers his desperate plea for her to watch his video. However, in both cases, the murders are committed under stress, when Lizzy feels trapped and is surrounded by the ominous entity. Here's the guy who warned you again and again that Kim was bad news, to get out of Dodge ASAP and don't look back, who was always trying to get you out of the gangster life - and so you take the knife and leave the only true villain in the entire melo and go all the way out to the rooftop to stab your friend. Like Heads said, there are other ways to say you miss someone. But then Id be asking for realism, and that is not what this show was selling. It seemed like the restaurant was Soo's because he told her he actually wanted to cook because Jin Sung and Hee Sun both like his cooking. The ending was real in my opinion. Soo keeps an eye on his watch, knowing time is of the essence. Too many very explicit sex scenes without enough justification. The promise of sizzle from early on in the show fizzled out too. When that time comes, you will answer all of my questions without hiding anything. However, by the time he returns, we cant even be completely sure if the Isaac that we are seeing is real or a figment of Lizzys haunted imagination. Hence, Lizzy had a multitude of reasons to murder the two, and in the end, it was a combination of frustration, anger, fear, and mental anguish that made Lizzy kill them. He extorts a. I have such love/hate for this drama. I was drawn to the cover first--it has to be one of the most beautiful I've ever seen--and then a snippet drew me in deeper. I was captivated. Tracey Garvis Graves, New York Times bestselling author of On the Island and The Girl He Used to Know. You brought up an interesting point for 1. Oh, Heads, if you have just discovered Jo In-sung through this show, I would recommend you The Frozen Flower. 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. The cinematography was imo not distracting but rather very well intergrated and instrumetalized, the music was good (this is where i usually loose my patience first) and Jo In Sung and Song Hye Gyo just clicked for melike massively, hugely, "pleaaase work together again". But the entire last episode did not flow at all from the previous ones. I loved this drama. Is he dead, for real this time? But they crammed it into like a freaking two-minutes-reactionif that. that would be too much. Cookies help us deliver our Services. They talked about making Jin-sung betray his friend, but the way they chose to do it didn't make any sense whatsoever. Lake Union Publishing, Seattle, WA, 2019. The film begins in the aftermath of her death and one of the earliest lines of dialogue sees Lizzy saying to Isaac, "She had my gun How did she get my gun?" Within that fight is the love that compatriots have not only for their cause but for each other, as the friendship between Collins and Thomas proves. Also when heesun and jinsung said they would bring flowers to soothe way it sounded in korean was like they were visiting his grave as hes not around longer rather than visiting a live person to give him flowers. The poet says that the wind makes a mockery of . To me it appeared a cop out or a compromise how ever you want to go. Soo nods, understanding even though it hurts. I hate mellow, I always hate mellow. But, on the other hand, how many times did we complain that some dramas never need extension and they just dragged toooooooooo damn long? After they each pull away, Young comforts him: Dont cry. But this was seriously a group of really scarred people. Tied to her bed and with the shadowy entity looming high, Lizzy stabs Isaac when he tries to stop her from untying herself. She calmly observes the ship, amazed that the power of the goddesses was able to rebuild the entire wreckage from the battle with Satyr. Sick of Emmas habit of always depending on her and her husband to take care of her, Lizzy finally loses control when Emma suggests moving in with Lizzy and Isaac. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Please enter your username or email address. But, bite the cat that corners you, don't run and bite your mouse friend D': Maybe, he pulled a Moo Chul and was helping him in a way? Sean Keane. To me it looks like the last 3 episodes were written by a different person. Thomas, Eoin's guardian, is wealthy for the time and place, and he is a supporter of the Irish fight for independence. Oct. 7, 2021 6:00 a.m. PT. I was surprised. I cant understand how you couldnt even make an excuse. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time., Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. It always took some time with him. I like that the characters are happy. Open your mouth when you kiss such a hot man who obviously loves you so much! If you've just watched the credits roll and are still reeling from the revelations and changes, then . :). Thank you, Heads. Overall a beautiful drama with beautiful people. Soo holds Jin-sungs face for as long as he can, and the two stare wordlessly at each other until Soo cant hold himself up any longer. (Im guessing the car crash was a vision of what would happen if Jin-sung disobeyed Boss Man, otherwise there would be no reason to obey if his family had already been taken from him.) I have just finished this beautiful book and have read it continuously for the last couple of days or so. Now the shot focuses, and we see that its definitely Soo dressed as a waiter. When Lizzy opens it, the camera lingers long enough to see the list of demons and their attributes. I guess its up to intrepretation but it may be that those two are actually alive and everything went well OR they both diedSoo died first bc he got stabbed which is why he is at the restaurant "6 months before" waiting for her. Nevertheless, was a great drama and im plan on re-watching it anytime soon. The Other Side of the Wind, the film-within-a-film, is a riff on Euro-centric indie filmmaking of the '60s that was avant-garde and extremely influential. Thank you so much for the recap! Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. As the snowplow is driving her to safety the driver tells her about a policeman in the 1950's that used to kill people on that part of the road and the bodies were never found. Yes, the picture at the end was pretty. The famed poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow once penned the beautiful words, "Be still, sad heart! Really? The Wind Rises is an anime about Jir's life from when he was a young boy with dreams of making amazing planes to when he finally made the Mitsubishi A6M0 fighter plane. She hands it to Gideon, Emmas husband, who howls in sadness. While Golden Wind's final message is one of hope, it's not exactly an uplifting hope either. Wow. right. 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. The ending of The Thing is a hotly debated subject amongst nerds and fans everywhere. This is exactly what I said. Is art created by a computer an example of that computer's creativity? Im a huge fan of love me not - the movie, and for me, twtwb was the perfect adaptation, im sure no other producer could have made it better. I know, hard to believe. As you said, this show was well acted, well scored (and the editing was well done for the acting and for how the music was placed in the show). , Print length Maybe he felt like a cornered mouse or panicked. For Vegas and victory. Jin-sung falls to his knees beside his hyung. 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. Are they both dead and finally meeting in the afterlife? The thing is, I really don't think it was done for fanservice. (And we don't know because we don't see anything alluding to that). If he didn't I'd have to wrestle with that scene. We also see scenes from Emmas pregnancy, during which she is similarly tormented by a faceless spirit. I will miss this drama.. hiks. One of the least enjoyable finales av ever watched! Wang walking back in so easily into OY's life. I guess I cant begrudge a character for not being selfless, so Ill boil it down simply: No matter her deep-seated issues, Young didnt make for an enjoyable heroine. Kindle AZW file. Love it! I didn't think about it that way when watching the final scene so i believed they both died. It really did feel very Kdrama-like to separate the characters for the sake of separating them? There were some really amazing nuances to this drama that I just loved. The ending just seemed so fanservice (and I know I have already said that, however, that feeling kept staying with me). 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. Six years and many adventures later, we now bid a bittersweet farewell to this beloved trilogy with its final chapter: Any Way the Wind Blows. Is this a dream? Wang was forgiven so easily. He is the same person Vusi takes a bribe from at the film's beginning. Ur comments cracked me up!!! Soo does all the talking during dinner and even after, until Young cuts him off by telling him to leave once Lawyer Jang comes back. and cease repining; Behind the cloud is the sun still shining; Thy fate is a common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall." Longfellow is rightrain comes at different times to all of us. Thank you so much, Heads, for verbalizing all of my frustration and crankiness over the ending of this show, especially the illogical, disjointed mess of the final episode. An alternate Gamora joins the battle against Ultron in the Marvel Cinematic Universe animated show's ninth episode. Another BIG factor as to why the last scene is not a depiction of heaven, or Young's imagination, is because the conversation between Soo and Young in that cafe is waaay too elaborate to be fake. Isn't that what melos are (partially) made of- gut-wrenching decisions? Hed told Wang not to tell Young. *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. A scene in which Lambert and Banner ride a snowmobile into the wilderness to examine the young woman's body is haunting. I crack up at times while reading her recaps 'cause she's writing about serious moments in such a dry, humorous way. Because, it was so sweet but then it was so BLURRY! Has anyone watched the japanese version? If either Jin Sung, Soo, or Young died, TWTWB would've just left a bitter taste in my mouth and a whole summer of heartache. But hes not there to hear about her family life, and instead asks her to return to Youngs side. But through her eyes, the focus is still so-so. I can accept this ending though I wished for a happier one. This is so poetic, lyrical, heart warming, exciting journey starts with the mythical story of Niamh and Oisin, continues with time changing moments of Irish Revolution and were catching glimpses from Michael Collins life story and his fight for freedom and finally witnessing an unconditional, timeless , amazing love story of Anne and Thomas. 4. I am confused about a number of things in this episode (trust me on that one) and I am still writing (what looks like it will be my somewhat long) response. The final chapter begins with Nikaid sitting on a bench near the Akanemaru. this reminds me why I'm not a fan of the genre. since you're here, it seems you are doing well. They promised that they will be seeing each other again. Whilst I have read several books from this period, this one was special. At least Moo-chul's minion seems to have Jin-sung's back. @ jenn, you're right. I highly recommend reading this book She considers trying to return to Thomas and the young Eoin, but she can never replicate the conditions. It is what it is. version : 'v2.2' // use version 2.2 I totally agree with all your comments, except, I rather liked how they twisted the Jin Sung - Oh Soo loyalty in the end. In the late fifties the cop got into an accident and burned to death, the priests had known what the cop . They're both crazy beautiful, I want to cry!! Sigh! And not just one or two per drama, but a whole cast full of them. It's lovely and I don't think you can blow it off as just pretension. And where you buried my brother, or which river you spread his ashes at. Any Way . It means that humans have decided to live, even though we keep expanding without limits, and producing pollution. Michael and his men discover the door has been locked and they would have died if not for Anne's warning. I guess it wasnt over for me either when I let you go. It speaks of the ordinary and the extraordinary events and people that are entwined in a way that captures the very essence of Ireland during this period. Anne can see nothing until someone shoots her. Jennifer/Huck takes refuge at the culling station and is able to help nurse Dennis' wound when they return. What a waste! Though I was happy to see OS alive, I was not jumping up and down, I was not clapping (meaning I was not overly excited), and I couldn't help but wonder if MC dying (though maybe we had that coming) and the other characters being alive (I am assuming) was a way of doing fanservice, the main characters got to live and all. The bad friends, the conniving fiancee all forgiven and even rewarded, what a message to send to the public. South Wind Knows My Mood Episode 40. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. The dedication and loyalty the characters showed to one another was inspiring and beautifully written. The ending was open ended. My first reaction to the ending was Soo is dead and all is in Young's head (because I'm a sucker for apparently, the traditional melodrama ending - I've been so out of it, I didn't know open ending or happy ending is an option!). If nothing else, this was an insanely beautiful show, well-scored and well-acted. Furthermore, they focused on the flowers, which looked like the lamb's ear and freesias they were talking about. It is one of the most glorious books I have read concerning the history of the troubles in Ireland. : Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfathers stories of Ireland. Blurry happy ending scenes are so cliche. In Wild Is the Wind, directed by writer-director Fabien Medea, two corrupt police officers investigate the brutal murder of a young girl, and tensions come to a head in their small, racially-segregated town.
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