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A thoroughly entertaining and (for the most part) well-crafted series. Rugby is so little known in some countries that the opening show feels the need to carefully explain how the game works. Fortunately we get past that quickly and into this very physical sport and understanding the boys who play it. But the rules of rugby are not what this drama is about. It's about people, trust, and caring.
The secondary plot about the shooting team appears to be there so that the show is not exclusively about male bonding and to introduce the mandatory romances. It is OK, but minor.
Most of the members of the seven member rugby team are fully written, but by the end of the series we realize we know very little about some of them - a mistake or a deliberate choice? Some blank canvases there waiting to be fully painted.
I couldn't wait for each new episode, so it clearly worked for me. But I have one technical quibble: why does this director (and a number of others in Korea) ignore or deliberately break the 180 degree rule (sometimes know as "crossing the line")? It exists for a good reason, and has served movies and TV well for many decades. Is it ignorance of the rule, or a desire to be different? It certainly bothered this viewer.
Nevertheless, a very entertaining series. Congrats.
The secondary plot about the shooting team appears to be there so that the show is not exclusively about male bonding and to introduce the mandatory romances. It is OK, but minor.
Most of the members of the seven member rugby team are fully written, but by the end of the series we realize we know very little about some of them - a mistake or a deliberate choice? Some blank canvases there waiting to be fully painted.
I couldn't wait for each new episode, so it clearly worked for me. But I have one technical quibble: why does this director (and a number of others in Korea) ignore or deliberately break the 180 degree rule (sometimes know as "crossing the line")? It exists for a good reason, and has served movies and TV well for many decades. Is it ignorance of the rule, or a desire to be different? It certainly bothered this viewer.
Nevertheless, a very entertaining series. Congrats.
The rise of the Hollywood moguls is as entertaining as many of its movies, filled with fascinating rags to riches stories. And this series digs up a number of lesser known episodes among those otherwise well known. For example, Carl Laemmle's contribution has never been so well documented. And the storytelling style works.
But, despite its surface polish, it feels undernurished and low budget. The number of repeated shots becomes annoying; surely they could find some other visuals from somehere. Ads for early IMP films mention them being shot in Cuba, before the storyline gets us there. Sloppy.
Those early years will always enthrall, so it's worth a watch. But it's not quite there.
But, despite its surface polish, it feels undernurished and low budget. The number of repeated shots becomes annoying; surely they could find some other visuals from somehere. Ads for early IMP films mention them being shot in Cuba, before the storyline gets us there. Sloppy.
Those early years will always enthrall, so it's worth a watch. But it's not quite there.
This is a series that might offend many US viewers who consider having a gun to be a right. Here we see a Korea that sees guns as a menace that must be kept away at all costs.
It is a polished, well acted and directed production, of the quality we have come to expect from K-dramas. Not for the squeamish.
It is a polished, well acted and directed production, of the quality we have come to expect from K-dramas. Not for the squeamish.