But after watching the episode for myself and listening to the dialogue, it's obvious that Soo is alive. I was waiting to see if the aftermath changed how I felt about the whole ordeal, since there was a chance for the show to treat the attempt in a thoughtful and meaningful way. Really? Shinsou in Class 1-A by SolidVACUJ. But I can't deny how much I enjoyed looking at these ridiculously good-looking couple. Ill miss it so much :D. I wanted to clear some things up for you, because I also had my doubts about whether Soo died or not at first. And then the scene changes, so that theyre suddenly kissing on on the same path where Young just walked, with Soo wearing the clothes she saw on him when he passed her on the bike. The site's consensus reads: "The Last Winter creatively and effectively uses horror tactics fear, tension, anticipation, and just enough gore to shock, but never repulse, its audience. A passenger plane then crashes near them, causing their vehicle to get caught in the explosion. If it was sooner rather than so close to the end, it would have sat in place better, narratively. Sadly, as many other reviewers note, the ending throws it all away in a fit of awful CG monsters. Personally, I feel that they died and met in the afterlifeonly because the whole Jinsung stabbing Soo scene hinted that he had killed himjust the way it was executed and by the end he fell to the ground like a dying person. By no means does that make the show terrible or the journey not worth taking, but theres that feeling of What Could Have Been, even though that feeling got tempered by all the pretty people and all the pretty cinematography. it took 6 months for chemo and recovery. Ten years earlier a test well had been drilled and what it found was kept secret. We all know that oil is a non-renewable resource. Regarding Jin sung. [7] The U.S. cable channel IFC had been supportive of Fessenden's career and often played his films. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); It looked blurry because Young's sight wasn't perfect, but just enough for her to make things out. window.fbAsyncInit = function() { Slowly, and then with sweeping speed, members of this community start brutally dying, as a creature of environmental collapse bares its razor-sharp teeth. Everyone else acting was as good as high schoolers reading a PowerPoint word for word in a presentation. That problem didnt exist as much with Soo, though these past few episodes didnt do him a ton of favors. But he interacts with too many people and objects to be a ghost or a memory. Beautiful settings and looks, characters with deep scars and flaws. (Just enough to pay Soos debt.) I think they fired the flare because they were both pushed off the ridge, injured, and scared. I think they are dead. Then, in the final seconds, the camera places Abby within her surroundings. But no, Young frequently visited Soo's cafe, hears the bell on his bracelet and yet Soo doesn't reveal to her that it's him until much later. It's a really nice juxtaposition, imo. Thank you to the commenters, too. and the kiss at the beginning is (for me) the best kiss of this year in dramaland! When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. He acted well but he still not converting me as one of his fans. But, no matter what flaws this drama has, I have to admit that I do LOVE this drama. Watching that drama made me want to be sure not to take any of my loved ones for granted, to look for the good in each person, and to sing Kumbaya (just kidding). Just like the one guy says, "Soo was willing to forget pride". 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? Because, it was so sweet but then it was so BLURRY! But after actually watching it, I'm 100% sure they're both alive. Similarly, in Goodbye Solo, NHK gradually gets you into the head and the heart of each character-- you may not like some of the characters or their actions, but you'll understand where they're coming from. 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. I wish I wasnt so conflicted I don't recall Nice Guy's best friend betraying him, though. @picklemonster: I was happy with the happy ending, too. The flowers suggested by MC are the favorite flowers of Oh young and her brother same with Oh soo. I had watched NG but do not remember how the drama ended but I will remember every details about TWTWB. The Brattle Film Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit, supported in part by grants from the Cambridge Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. It is so illogical and stupid, it is almost a sort of evil in itself. | It was also hard to express it as clearly and well-argued as you have done here. I can't get over, how everyone just overlooked the fact that the secretary caused her to go BLIND!!! 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. )that none of them are truly connected to whats actually happening. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; Beside all the beautiful faces and cinematography, noise marketing, media play, exaggerated praise help the popularity of this drama also. but I wondered if it would be rude in a way or something. Why shill on a movie 12 years old?? Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. I cant understand how you couldnt even make an excuse. Cherry blossom petals rain down as they kiss in soft-focus surroundings. 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. Nobody knows what happened to the cook. Oooh, a twist! Well, he already knew he wanted her to stay with him (forever), so why not have her answer then and there? Outside the room, Sun-hee tells Soo that Moo-chul died after being sick for far too long. She lost her mom, brother and though secretary wang is there, she is controlling OY. But, on the other hand, how many times did we complain that some dramas never need extension and they just dragged toooooooooo damn long? You could drive a truck through them. Shes had it rough, but so did Soo. The art part is just an excuse for porn. Very pretty to look at like a picture, but barely engaging and forgettable in the end. Soo nearly drops in relief when he finds Young, even as she emotionlessly tells him shes hungry. However, The Last of Contains spoilers for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 4, "The Whole World is Watching". He looks relieved as he shakes his bracelet to let her know its him. We have to understand where a character is coming from and why on a basic human level, regardless of circumstance. Connect with Facebook I was also impressed by the consistent beauty of the cinematography; perfect contrasts, appropriately warm tone, gorgeous scenery, etc. Seriously. Metacritic Reviews. Thank you, Heads, for pointing out all the illogical additions and omissions that left me feeling confused and nonplussed during the last three or more episodes. Also, I don't know what it is but there are those moment in the last episode where I know the show wants me to cry and be emotionally touched but it just didn't do it for me, specifically when Jin Sung stabbed Soo. What would be the point of having that conversation of how Soo told Wang to not tell Young about his whereabouts until she was done chemo? I guess people thought she was really making headway but I felt like it was bound to happen. The love of your life, the one you defied death for (whether you died and are meeting in the afterlife or here on earth)! That scene jump from cafe to that path lined with cherry blossom trees was so abrupt and strange, kind of like how it would happen in dreams. I won't try to understand that, just feel like many dramas have this thing with making even some of the foulest people redeemable or sympathetic in cases in which the person has a child or takes care of a child. I guess there are so many probabilities with this, it's kind of crazy. Many viewers are whining like babies about the ending. I have all the reasons to have this drama, yet I love it and I enjoy it. The beginning was wonderful, but it definitely lost steam and direction toward the end. Thank you so much Heads for your recaps. Your email address will not be published. In the penultimate scene, Hoffman must decide whether to fire a flare gun at a ghost stalking Pollack, or up into the air to summon help from a nearby town, opting for the latter. You can draw your conclusions about this movie the same way you might structure you foundation of thoughts that make you the person you are but in the end nothing is certain.Therefor its all conjecture and subject to debate and question. As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. And where you buried my brother, or which river you spread his ashes at. I hate unreasonable story, because it messes my head. 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. This final episode left me confused and with a sense of "this was it?" Now that was a great ending. She doesnt want blindness to haunt Young any longer and cries that shes sorry, which Im guessing is finally an apology for causing her blindness in the first place. Jin-Sung didn't finish Oh Soo off, and they were merely bringing flowers to Oh Soo's shop (which can be seen in the final scene) Someone even stated that in an interview with one of the Lawyer Jang tries to get Soo to take the money on Youngs behalf, since it would make her feel better. But fine, lets say Ill buy that love cures all, and that she just needed to know that Soo cared. We won't be satisfied until every single inch of the Earth has been drilled and every single drop of oil is used up. Moo Chul? When you said this, "(Seriously though. But sometimes! I can write one of those, too.". Soo lies(?) You have to make Jin-sung want to blame Soo and they just didn't do that at all. 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. To be honest, I am glad I read her commentary and her recap, however I still have questions. It's so dang pretty to look at that I almost forget that it doesn't make sense. Episode 7 ended with a big moment for the show, the kiss between Wednesday and "normie" barista Tyler. Starts off slow so you think it's just taking its time, introducing you to the characters so you care when they (presumably) start to die horribly later on. He stumbles back to camp that night traumatized, just as the others are about to head out into wastes to look for him, claiming that his radio had been not working. I think they were talking about actually bringing flowers for his restaurant. but the 'open' ending is so well done, that whenever, however I feel, I could say, ok, Soo is dead or ok, this is a happy ending. Instead of looking so desolate, its now been painted with blooming flowers on the branches. [5] The setting was partially inspired by Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage, a non-fiction book about wilderness survival in the Antarctic. Unfortunately, while they were running away, Wow, now that "winter" has past, I can finally breathe. In these final moments of The Last Winter, Fessenden effectively emphasizes the very real horrors of environmental destruction, bound to leave the stench of death in the The absence of dialogue speaks for itself, it is a frightening reality, there is no one else left to speak with. It was like a bad fairy tale that had a happy ending tacked on to please the audience. It was, however, executed very poorly imo. They eventually decide on lambs ear, because that was the plant special to him and Young. I don't buy that Young is done with her suicidal tendencies, but she seems a lot happier probably because before she was so untrustworthy and felt like everyone was out to kill her anyway, but now she's starting to trust people and she's more at ease. It's almost like the story is saying that sometimes people really, really hurt the ones they love but we forgive them? You will receive a link to create a new password via email. But "Nice Guy" completely forgot about its main female lead, leaving her propped up in the corner while they finished out the main guy's story. The camera clearly focused on him, when he was on the ground, stabbed, after the flashabck he had his eyes were wide open for like seconds. They are all living in the same Alaskan base-camp, the builders trying to complete their oil construction project, and the environmentalists trying to prevent disaster. If the story is fast forward, then it is possible that the end will be like that. There really wasn't that much plot, when you come to think of it and it makes sense, why it was a 2 hour movie versus a 16 hour drama. As soon as the suicide twist happened, I think I started to check out, and fast. [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. (maybe the real one, since they were going in the same direction?). None of the motivations made sense after that. As far as stabbing goes guns are really hard to get in Korea so stabbing's the best way to kill someone. However, I really think her brain cancer would be treated with gamma knife radiation - had a friend's mother die from a brain tumor and they didn't treat with chemo but radiation. Stabbingthis seems to be used a lot. I thought Missing You was running amuck with epic logic fails that just reading recaps confused the heck out of me..But to each their own i guess. The scene then segues into a montage of past life images which interrupt themselves long enough to reveal Pollack being attacked and presumably killed by a trio of spectral creatures. ", so many times during the last 2 episodes. Safely smuggling Ellie out of the quarantine zone means more to Marlene and Kim than their own lives. Did the show sacrifice its potential just for fan service? She listens, as in it, Soo tells her what weve heard him say before about how his outlook on life changed when he met her. I so needed this recap to make sense of the endingare they both alive and getting a chance at love? After shes gone, Soo lets this news sink in. The script for the film originally featured a more woodsy Alaska with pine trees and it was after a research trip to Prudhoe Bay that they discovered the harsh flat conditions that But she didn't, her vision is only recovering, thus the blurry images. We can theorize that he had to heal and hide for a bit from Boss Man, and that he was fine as long as he could keep a distant eye on Young. Secretary Wang wants to know why, considering how she made Young, you know, blind. Which might be realistic. If it was Young's imagination, why did she have to make it so that Soo only shows himself to her after a year? Delusions. And the wind finally stopped blowing! This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us episode 1. | The scenes are blurry because that's how Young sees the world now. According to Gailing, Virgo deifies details. Previous Post D: I checked my brain at the door before watching this episode and was perfectly happy with the ending. I'm mad he had to stab his best friend for that to happen, though. Sad. Talk about a quick recovery time. 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. And if we could all remember the statement of the too "Its not over between us""if we meet again" bla, bla .Oh young said. By the episode's end, the Flag Smashers are seemingly no more, as they fail to complete their ultimate plan. The final scene of The Lord of the Tides is a tragic misunderstanding that could shape the fate of Westeros. But then she adds that if she lives through her surgery, theyll meet again, and finally talk out their issues. 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. Otherwise she's hanging out in the afterlife with her ex-fiance. As if to answer her request for them to be able to talk once she wakes up, Soo kisses her. Thank you again Heads for being on this journey with us and for helping us make sense of it. [10] Dennis Harvey of Variety called it "an imperfect but compelling thriller" that returns to Fessenden's interest in character dynamics, atmosphere, and offbeat narrative ideas rather than genre cliches. The sour gas might then be provoking hallucinations and insanity in the group. Abby stumbles upon the scene and, in an altercation with Dawn, pushes her over a shelf, causing Dawn to fall and break her neck. But then again, I never felt like Jin Sung was a quick thinker in difficult times. I totally agree with all your comments, except, I rather liked how they twisted the Jin Sung - Oh Soo loyalty in the end. And even if you were, wouldnt it have been cooler to see that moment of decision instead? He might cook too, but I didn't strike me as anything fancy. "I must not be crazy, it is not all in my head" I thought. 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. Jin-sung readies to stab his best friend again, but he cant bring himself to do it and drops the knife. It is what it is. No surprise there especially after MC was redeemed, shown to be running interference all along and Wang was let off the hook which was crud. My theory is they were Earths own nature spirits emerging as we humans have finally destroyed the balance which allows life to exist. 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