I'm glad I watched, but I wish it had held the awesome all the way through. Which is why I'm so happy Soo lived. :(, HAHAHAHAHAH! Independent environmentalists work together in a drilling base headed by the tough Ed Pollack (Ron Perlman) in a sort of agreement with the government, approving procedures and sending reports of the operation. Period. It had some surprises the biggest one that there was a happy ending. Photo: HBO. I like that the characters are happy. 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. Now, I just can't watch JIS without thinking "he did a porn movie" Cause that's what it is. This drama was beautiful and I no doubt loved it but the ending didn't exactly get stupid, it just never explained itself.. I still can't figure out how Mr. Kim killing his family meant that he needed to stab Soo. @ jenn, you're right. Zombie Young says okay, and he carries her three steps to the kitchen. The Last Winter is eye-catching, effectively inciting fear among its viewers of environmental damage and disaster. You brought up an interesting point for 1. The "threat" in this movie was inadequately developed and almost non exsistent. For Fessenden, this demonstrated a common American outlook that he wanted to highlight as having to change to fit the needs a changing world. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { It's alright if you're uncomfortable watching others be intimate at the moment, buuut "porn" is not the correct label for such a film. Submissions should be for the purpose of informing or initiating a discussion, not just to entertain readers. But gradually, the characters grew on me, and their relationships touched me. I always felt as if she was always looking at me with all her body and heart. You got it, boss. 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. 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. Because now just isnt a good time? Whether you really loved me. 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? 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. *cries*. Connect with Facebook 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. :). 6. That ending just confused me. The Last Winter is a 2006 horror film directed by Larry Fessenden. But it doesn't make sense. since you're here, it seems you are doing well. 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. There were some really amazing nuances to this drama that I just loved. Only when hes out does he call Secretary Wang to ask her to return, because hell feel more at ease if shes there to take care of Young. Too bad the writer, director, editor, producer, and studio wouldnt let them. I'm glad that this was my first. I always see this movie labeled as "porn", but this is the perfect example of explaining that it isn't. 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. :). When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. Beside all the beautiful faces and cinematography, noise marketing, media play, exaggerated praise help the popularity of this drama also. What did NOT make sense was Jin-sung's betrayal. I will join you guys in saying that I am also quite impressed with Heads' writing and her sense of humor. I didn't understand why JS didn't react right away and tried to save him. It's so dang pretty to look at that I almost forget that it doesn't make sense. HBO's The Last of Us episode 1 is a tense series premiere, and the ending warrants a bit of explanation. [5] The setting was partially inspired by Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, a non-fiction book about wilderness survival in the Antarctic. I wonder, I wonder. There is absolutely no reason to vague up a happy ending so yeah that was not a happy ever after ending. These flowers symbolize happines, wedding, and love. I know, hard to believe. The painter Soo was completely left off from the first episode. I wish I wasnt so conflicted 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. I'm one of those people who would rather have a happy ending than a realistic one. A warm, humorous and inspiring feature film, tells the story of a young mans struggle to keep his world from changing. Since Will was born they have shared the same bed and often the same dreams. Perhaps like the movie, viewers are left to decide for themselves how to interpret the ending. 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. This happy ending is actually way too perfect to be realistic, and these characters definitely lucked out to be able to survive in a melodrama. A good cast that acted well above this movie. Yes, the picture at the end was pretty. The chief catalyst here is allegedly the spirit of the Wendigo; Dawn, while treating one of Elliot's nose bleeds, refers to a similar spirit from Algonquin mythology known as the Chenoo. All content Brattle Film Foundation and the respective contributors unless otherwise noted. Or maybe Soo went into hiding until gangster Kim was arrested? [12], Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, "This Is the Way the World Ends: An Interview with The Last Winter Writer-Director Larry Fessenden", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Last_Winter_(2006_film)&oldid=1114599411, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 7 October 2022, at 09:19. At first, I thought it might be too boring (it's the opposite of TWTWB in terms of its lack of slickness and heightened intensity), and frankly, I couldn't imagine myself getting terribly invested in most of the characters. She didnt really want to commit suicide, it was just a cry for attention? I know what youre saying: Heads, thats crazy talk! Trust me, I know. He struggles to his knees as we pan to the shoes of the man who stabbed him, the trembling man holding the knife, and up. Isn't that what melos are (partially) made of- gut-wrenching decisions? When someone from IFC Films said he liked the film, Fessenden sought out a distribution deal from them. 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. }); It's at a drama's standpoint. Thanks for recapping ! questions. It was a pleasure reading them. Which is crappy and yes, obsessive and crazy! If it was Young's imagination, why did she have to make it so that Soo only shows himself to her after a year? Outside the room, Sun-hee tells Soo that Moo-chul died after being sick for far too long. I also like how she explains things, we get to see her thought process and I am grateful for that. Heads you are one hell of a writer. Warning: This story contains spoilers from season 5 of New Amsterdam. Yippee, a happy ending! After an epidemic engulfs their town, Joel is forced to flee with Sarah and his brother Tommy. They shift into her perspective when she was in the cab and saw the cherry blossoms, that's when the scene actually changed. I waited for you for a long time, Young says. Too many very explicit sex scenes without enough justification. Fessenden's first idea for the script involved a Muslim and a non-Muslim forced to depend on each other in a remote location. Why did he have to go stab Soo? After watching the last ep, even though we got the happy ending, I felt that it was a frustrating journey. I didn't have a problem with Soo not taking the $$ though! I understand almost perfectly the desperation to trust / love someone, feel that if I can end this life - maybe I'll find peace, feel that selfishness because I always have to do and settle things all by myself. That night, Maxwell is disturbed by sighting a spectral herd of Caribou charging past the camp; the eerie sight of the ghostly animals unnerves him. The scenario with the child and sec wang of course was only a part of the scne that it should be clear. And most of us realize that some time in the near future we are going to have to adapt to using an alternate fuel source whether we like it or not. Until 2/3rds into the movie I really loved it and was waiting for something to drop the curtain for applause. (And you'll realize how much we need one another in order to overcome our internal obstacles.) 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 in true drama fashion, we know Soos cards must be the winning ones, and Jin-sung knows as well since Soo just leaves him there. BOO-mother-frikkin-HOO. One thing the show did really, really right I thought was its depiction of blindness. I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to say about this one. Everything was so carefully built to that ending (except for the stabbing scene) that it felt planned to me. Youngs self-realizations werent dependent on her as an individual, and her decision to live didnt come from a place of autonomous empowerment or anything befitting the idea of character growth, because her change in tempo was dependent on Soos reactions. Potentially great isolation flick ruined by ridiculous ending. Theoretically, you have a beautiful setup with Jin Sung regarding Soo as his brother, as a part of his family, as the object of his loyalty and on the other side his commitment to his blood-related family and Hee Sun and Boss Kim in the background, pulling evil strings and digging his grave. Please enter your username or email address. Delusions. and the kiss at the beginning is (for me) the best kiss of this year in dramaland! Do you think it is good to see a blurry drama scenes only because the main character is blind? As things progress from bad to worse each succumbs to their own belief with wild and unpredictable results. i'm a great fan of head's writing superpowers. The ending of The Last of Us is sufficiently simple for anyone looking carefully, yet deeply complex for anyone wishing to delve into the psychological complexity behind }); I honestly handwave the whole stabbing scene away. Could you tell me exactly what it is about the ending that eluded you? This doesn't change the fact though that this show was sooooo purttty. The revelation at the end of The Last of Us Episode 1 suggests that she is somehow immune to the effects of the fungus infection. My take: Soo died. I can't buy Jin-sung doing it, I don't see the logic of the threat (did his family get hit by that truck? Also, I have to agree that the pace of the finale felt waaaay off. I thought it was a nice touch. There is one final moment after Joels first moment, and its arguably one of the most important parts of this episode. WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT. But I definitely agree that first, Young is alive. Even if you didnt take the money, it wont bring everything back to the way it was.. Thank you to the commenters, too. It is so illogical and stupid, it is almost a sort of evil in itself. :). That "happy" ending felt so contrived for me. But I guess in the end, what's important is that they both reconciled and expressed their love to each other and whether they really lived or died didn't matter to me. 5. That or she'd better return on jtbc. Especially since Soo's death would have been dependent on a storyline I found illogical and kind of out of place. I for one liked the ending. Since when did they promise to remove her brain tumor and restore her sight, considering that the two are unrelated? I did share and understood your (and others') frustrations of the characters. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { Thank you all, and thank you HeadsNo2 for your recaps. . Cant we get some blunt force trauma up in here to change things up? It really was. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. I thought Soo died. I also think it's real because Jin Sung and Hee Sung can't possibly be so cheerful had Jin Sung killed his hyung. Had Soo survived, there was no way, the gangster boss, Kim, would have let Jingsung lived happily. As Abby seeks an exit to the hospital, the camera focuses on her point of view. The game amps up as Jin-sungs family loads the truck to move though theyre being watched by a shady-lookin dude. It was LOST season six. *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. The last winter is a movie that starts up promising with an oil field expedition in the arctic plains. I'm mad he had to stab his best friend for that to happen, though. Maybe because I felt like whether or not he gave it in, Kim still was going to find some excuse to kill him. True to most of the reviews the ending ruined the movie for me, but I admit it was pretty good up until then. I don't count it as a story fail because it's well supported (Wang was always shown to love and support Young) but it's so weird! You have to make Jin-sung want to blame Soo and they just didn't do that at all. I think Soo is gonna be on my list of favorite characters. "Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time." Really, there are other ways to say you miss someone. 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. But in the end, it became just another k-melo that lost its footing, yet garnered tons of attention anyway. A big DITTO to what you said. I agree with you on the ending.The blurriness of the scene was to depict Young's perspective.After surgery her vision is most likely not going to be perfect thus there is a blurriness in her vision.Furthermore, Song Hye Kyo and Jo In Sung stated in their interviews that it was indeed a happy ending.They actually knew from the start that it would be happy ending since Writer Noh that it would be one.So hopefully everyone is no longer confused about the ending being sad or an open one. This is one of those movies that builds, quite effectively to a suspenseful setup and then, disappoints. The atmosphere of coldness, emptiness, isolation and the resulting paranoia are captured perfectly. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access Since it is a melo, I get that they don't need to have everything tied into a neat happy ending. I loved the emotional humility of Soo's character. 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