Doce Lar (2020)

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Esse drama realmente conquistou meu coração, prendeu minha atenção todo o tempo desde sua abertura inicial até a musica do fechamento. Não desgrudei do sofá momento nenhum, foi realmente fácil de assisti, tudo desenrolar flui muito bem num ritmo bom que não te deixava ficar entediado.

Com uma produção e direção boa e um roteiro bem interessante esse show te prende na história facilmente, os efeitos visuais também me agradaram muito, parecia que estava dentro de um vídeo game meu coração saltava ainda mais nas cenas de ação , cara realmente eletrizante, foi fácil imergir na trama. Tenho também que enaltecer a ost , pois contribuiu muito eu adorei essa trilha sonora.

Tudo é tão bem colocado nesses 10 episódios e mesmo que você não entenda a principio depois é explicado nos próximos episódios, digo isso pois teve alguns personagens com quais eu não gostava de primeira e não entendia suas ações mais logo o drama trata de mostrar a verdadeira historia por trás de determinada ação. Foi nesse ponto que me senti mais atraída pelas historias e seus personagens, pois eles eram complexos e interessantes no seu geral, gostei bem dos personagens, as atuações foram muito boas .

O Protagonista masculino deu um banho de atuação também, seu desenvolvimento ao longo dos episódios foi interessante de assistir , com seu passado pesado e com a nova situação na qual ele encontrava fez ele evoluir em diferentes modos. Gostei muito pois ele é aquele protagonista fora dos padrões. Só não dou nota 10 pois ainda quero mais respostas, estou no aguardo da segunda temporada.

Em fim recomendo, leia essa resenha e vá assistir logo.

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Assisti esse dorama assim que lançou e devorei todos os episódios da primeira temporada, ainda não assisti a segunda e acho que vou ter que rever a primeira porque já me esqueci um pouco da história. Gostei bastante da produção e da atuação dos atores, todos os papéis foram bem feitos e a caracterização do ambiente também. Apesar de que o cenário não muda quase nada todos os episódios conseguiram ser interessantes, além das histórias de cada personagem que nos prendiam mais ainda a história. Recomendo bastante pra quem gosta desse gênero de dorama, ou para quem quer tentar algo diferente.

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QUEM SÃO OS VERDADEIROS MONSTROS ?

Esse drama pode aparentar muito ser mais um tema comum de pessoas sobrevivendo a monstros — assim como nos temas com zumbis —, porém, "o buraco é mais em baixo".

Um dos pontos fortes do drama são os personagens, suas histórias pessoais, a forma como lidam e se relacionam diante da situação que se encontram. A produção é muito boa, os efeitos visuais são bem modernos e não ficam nada atrás dos filmes de Hollywood. Outro ponto forte são as cenas violentas que são fiéis ao que é proposto, não há exageros.

O drama é fácil de assistir para quem gosta do tema, são 10 episódios que não costumam passar de 45-50 minutos. Todo o mistério por trás da trama principal deixa muitas curiosidades e dúvidas que só serão sanadas na próxima temporada. Recomendo!

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Imagino que pareça o mesmo de sempre, porém aqui senti que o foco era os comportamentos humanos do que os monstros em si. Como os personagens lidavam com as emoções e com o ambiente enquanto tudo se deteriorava. A premissa me lembra Strangers From Hell, as pessoas são estranhas e por vezes assustadoras, tem esse estilo de terror psicológico e psique humana com seus subtramas e divisões, sem contar as críticas a sociedade.

Realmente gostei dos personagens diferentões. Se fosse citar todos com suas particularidades, demoraria. Mas o meu favorito foi o Hyun Su, não é o típico principal que estou acostumada, ele é tímido, quieto, seu passado tem um grande papel nisso. Ele sempre me surpreendia em suas ações, gosto como ele me lembra Edward mãos de tesoura. Sua atitude ao passar por tudo é diferente do principal de Strangers From Hell, realmente gosto do contraste, como dois caminhos diferentes a seguir após muito sofrimento.

Amei a ironia no nome e como ele ganhou outro significado dentro da narrativa, as animações são perfeitas, uma mistura de animação, maquiagem e efeitos práticos, me lembro muito dos clássicos como Jurassic Park e Gremlin, também a OST.

Confesso que teve atitudes de certos personagens que não entendo, também achei que não teria mais nada novo no enredo, mas me enganei. A partir do nono episódio, me surpreendi positivamente, foi uma boa movimentada e uma forma de brincar com os sentimentos de quem assiste. E o que falar do fim com muitos ganchos a serem resolvidos? Espero que uma segunda temporada venha, quero respostas.

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Onde estamos realmente seguros?

Eu confesso que quando vi a sinopse a série não me chamou atenção por já ser um tema batido, logo pensei: "Outra série de zumbi, que saco". Porém, eu vi que o casting era muito bom, então resolvi dar uma chance. Foi a melhor coisa que eu fiz. A série já me supreendeu pela qualidade logo no primeiro episódio, eu havia imaginado que seria um drama de horror, no entanto é muito mais focado em ação e suspense.

O primeiro ponto que me chamou a atenção foram os personagens, eles possuem mistério e charme próprios, que cativam o espectador, você fica curioso e quer conhecer um pouco mais sobre cada um (até os coadjuvantes). É interessante notar que a série também aborda conflitos da natureza humana, então não é só uma série com monstros, ela é mais profunda. Aqui também preciso deixar o meu elogio aos atores que trouxeram vida a esses personagens, elenco muitoooo bommmmm!

A segunda coisa que chama atenção é produção e a qualidade dos efeitos visuais, os monstros são muito perfeitos! Essa série não perde nada para Hollywood. Uma das coisas que eu gosto nas produções coreanas é que apesar de ser um tema pesado, com bastante cenas de ação e sangue, elas não são indigestas. Eu tenho um sério problema com cenas fortes, passo mal, fico revendo a cena na minha cabeça, é horrível. Mas quando eu assisto as séries coreanas isso não acontece, eles focam na fluidez da cena e não em mostrar os detalhes chocantes e desnecessários.

Por fim, a trilha sonora é super envolvente, ela ajuda a dar o ritmo da série e aflorar as emoções do espectador. Eu espero que a segunda temporada saia logo! Se você gosta de séries de ação e suspense com excelente produção e um quê de mistério, Sweet Home é para você.

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Surprisingly hopeful and at times heartwarming tone for a show full of monsters and death.

The show is more action and the characters/relationships driven compared to my initial assumption of it focusing on the story itself. The plot is quite simple: people turn into monsters, humanity has to survive, but in the midst of it, Sweet Home asks one important question "What does it mean to be human?" and explores it throughout all the episodes. It shows the best and the worst side of humanity - the will to survive that can unite or turn people against each other; the will to be humane as a way of fighting against the circumstances, but also using the horrifying situation as an excuse to abandon empathy.

Despite the show claiming to be in line with thriller, horror and psychological genres, it falls closer to action as a leading one. The plot might seem simple, but it did an amazing job connecting the dots slowly presented. Quite a few times in the 2nd half I recognized the continuation of the plots and hints dropped in the beginning episodes. While the main question might not be answered and the ending could seem disappointing and unsatisfying for some, I found it to be the best possible approach. Any other take would fall short and seem forced. It definitely leaves a lot of room for possible season two, but lack of continuation of the story would not make me angry either.

We are introduced to a brilliant cast of characters, that all have different stories to tell, that will resonate with the audience. In a short period of 10 episodes, I've got to see well built character development not only for Cha Hyun Soo, but also for many side characters. While I strongly disagreed with many of the character's decisions and behaviors, at the same time I could understand their reasoning behind it. If I had to pick my favorite characters (beside the star of the show Hyun Soo) I would pick empathetic Yoon Ji Su, brave Jung Jae Heon, resourceful Han Du Sik and level-headed Lee Eun Hyuk. That said, the chemistry between the whole cast was out of this world and they played off of each other well.

The wise advice I could give to anyone before starting: don't expect dark psychological horror. Even though the show explores quite a few psychological themes, as I mentioned before, it leans more towards action in addition to some dark humor, especially in the beginning episodes. That said, the thing it has to be applauded for - the stakes were real. You know the shows, where you feel close to nothing when characters are in danger because you know they will survive anyway? Not here. Each problem presented to them, each encounter with monsters, each turn made me tense, scared, but also excited for what's to come.

I'm not exactly one to pay attention to music in movies or shows, unless it truly catches my attention. Here, all the songs were extremely fitting and perfectly supported scenes they were played in. At first some choices might feel out of place, but as the drama progresses it starts to feel like a deliberate choice that somehow works.

If I had to complain about anything, I'd say I was not the biggest fan of the CGI monsters at first. Since I was expecting a dark psychological horror like Strangers From Hell, the cartoon-ish like models with questionable motion put me off. The moment I accepted this is not what I signed up for and started to enjoy the action, I started to appreciate the design of the creatures. Some had comical features (we see an a*s once), but it balanced well the dreadful emotional moments happening among the characters.

What's more, in the beginning episode the plot was not presented in a linear way, so it might be confusing. Later on the time jumps are barely happening and it's easier to follow the story.

In conclusion: I cried a lot. I got attached to each and every character. I cared for what's going to happen to them. I was curious about their past stories and how they affect their current decisions and actions. The show simply made me engage in whatever was happening on the screen, to the point of me binge watching it for 10 hours and forgetting to eat.

Warning: there is a lot of blood, some gore, story about child abuse and one for severe bullying. It talks about suicide and self harm. These themes might be too much for some viewers, so feel warned before giving it a shot.

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If it's not broken why change it?

Is my first time doing a review, also English is not my first language but i hope whoever reads it understand my points.

I think most people that read the webtoon would agree that while the casting and acting of all characters was close to perfection, but the changes done to the characters narrative were really bad, the comic was Hyun's fight between his inner demons and his love for his friends and the growth of all of them while being in the end of the world, while in this adaptation i didn't feel most of Hyun struggle nor his triumph against his own mind, his relationship with most characters felt like something was missing and the changes to some of the characters felt pointless, if you are gonna change them is to make them better, but aside of a couple characters, almost everyone changed for the worst.
If this was a completely original drama it would have been a lot more enjoyable, but being an adaptation it was impossible for me to not compare them both, it felt worse than the original story.
Don't get me wrong, i still enjoyed it and think it was a good drama so i still recommend people to watch it, but you should keep in mind that if you got the time maybe reading the original comic will give you a better product.

P.S: Also I'm really annoyed about the overuse of Warriors, who the hell thought it was a song appropriate for the scenes it played?, it ruined my immersion in key scenes.

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As A Webtoon Reader

My review for the most part is going to be coming from someone who read the webtoon and LOVED it.

STORY: I know they finished this before the webtoon ended, I know they couldn't add everything because it would make the budget too high. That being said, some of the changes felt pointless. They missed the timing for some characters' deaths and then gave them pointless deaths that did not live up to their deaths in the webtoon. They added the female character and basically stripped Wook of everything that made him a good character. For Eun, they made her mean and it really ruined the sibling dynamic between her and Hyuk. For Hyuk, they rid of his "funniness." My main problem with the story is the damages they caused to the character's relationships with each other. Hyuk and Hyun's friendship was nonexistent, instead, Hyuk just used Hyun as a dog. Hyun and Jisu's relationship was switched out for Hyun and Eun. Eun and Wook did not have their friendship. Wook and Yuri's relationship was barely there. I am just disappointed with how they handled the webtoon relationships.
The monsters were watered down. In the webtoon, they were hard to kill are were always a threat. In the drama, they were easier to kill and kinda just disappeared in the last two episodes... I kinda wished the "Do I Look Good?" monster was here, they teased us with lines relating to him, but he never came :( The CGI was pretty good, the best has to be the "I Can't See" monster, he looked VERY real. Protein, the running monster, and the spider monster were goofy-looking sometimes XD
If I were to not have read the webtoon, it would not have been bad. BUT, I would have been confused on some parts because you need webtoon knowledge to understand somethings.

ACTING/CAST: they all did their parts perfectly. They all acted so well. Kudos to everyone because wow.

MUSIC: I am not gonna lie, some times the music just did not fit. I wish they would've had more intense songs instead of always using Imagine Dragon's "Warriors."

REWATCH VALUE: I could rewatch it, but I probably won't. I do not rewatch things often

OVERALL: As a webtoon reader, I am disappointed and would give it a 7.5/10. As a drama watcher, I am satisfied and would give it a 9/10. UPDATE: after rethinking it, I changed by overall to an 8/10

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From A Webtoon Reader’s Perspective

Please take note that I have read and I am a huge fan of the webtoon, but for the sake of your watching experience, I suggest you don’t compare this to the webtoon at all.

THE STORY: The director only took some elements of the story and plopped it into a whole different scenario. Right off the bat, you’ll see a bunch of difference and from episode 5 and up, there’s almost little to nothing that’s similar to the story. However, if you’ve read the webtoon this should not scare you away from watching. Just keep in mind that you should try your best not to think of the webtoon, because I did that and over time it just ate me up. The show in itself is not bad at all. It is a good drama, but I think it failed to adapt the webtoon successfully. The main issue that I had with the show is that they made the characters more “distant” to each other and none of them had the relationship like in the webtoon. The chemistry each character had is what made it so special, and the fact that they cut this element out is so disappointing. Eunhyuk and Hyunsu’s friendship was my favorite. Their interactions was one of the best parts of the story and I’m mad they took out Eunhyuk’s nerdy side. I also didn’t like how you couldn’t see the thought process whenever they transformed into monsters. By that, I mean Dusik and the husband. Seeing how Dusik wanted his legs just so he can see his wife and son made it so much more meaningful and made his death a lot more sadder. The same goes for the husband. He is self centered and that ate him up in the end, so even if he annoyed you, you still kind of sympathized with him in the end. Now, like I said you shouldn’t compare the show to much to the webtoon (like what I just did now) because there are so much more things I can point out about the show that the webtoon did better. But I don’t want to be unfair because the show is good. The story is a bit more on the action side and had some focus on the outside world instead of just the residents of Green Home. The ending is also open, so it gives room for a second season. In my opinion, the CGI isn’t bad as people make it out to be, and is actually a lot better than you’d see in most shows. I really loved how the Protein Monster looked like and I don’t think they butchered any designs of the monsters at all. Overall, the story itself is good and you shouldn’t shy away from this if you’ve read the webtoon.

ACTING: The entire cast did a phenomenal job with this. Song Kang never disappoints and I don’t think anybody could’ve pulled Hyunsu as well as he did. The rest of the cast also did amazing so I have no complaints on this end.

SOUNDTRACK: The soundtrack is a bit weird ??Every time they played Warriors by Imagine Dragons I would try to tune it out of my ears because it felt so out of place.

REWATCH VALUE: I’m not the type to rewatch types of shows like these, but it is pretty short and you could rewatch it again.

OVERALL: Compared to the webtoon, this show isn’t that much. But it is a good watch as it is pretty short and the story itself isn’t bad.

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Sweet Home, Where The True Monsters Reside With Your Head...

In the gory dystopian Japanese classic Battle Royale (2000), the style of ‘ fighting until the last survivor’ has created a lasting legacy upon numerous western franchises ( consider movies like the Hunger Games and Saw) and video games as well, whilst series like the American graphic - novel based and Zombie show the Walking Dead (2010-) have established an interest in contemporary dystopian dramas and franchises. Yet, as dramas go, Sweet Home doesn’t entirely stand out at first amongst the multitude of ‘ race- for- survival’ - style movies and dramas out there.

Most webtoon readers will probably argue, however, that the one thing which the drama does do well in regards to divulging away from past dystopian tropes in a similar manner to the eponymous webtoon , is being able to maintain the archetype that the monsters aren’t created by some pandemic or freaky lab accident, but the human psyche’s repressed fears and desires. This is one of the main focuses of the show and one of the main obstacles for the main protagonist Hyun ( Song Kang) in order to confront ( both literally and metaphorically) his own demons over the course of the drama.

On the other hand, whilst it is important to respect both a webtoon and “ based-upon” drama as standalone productions in their own rights, it is undeniable with the great legacy of the original webtoon to notice where the drama fell short of expectations at times. ( With all due respect the drama did maintain some of the impactful themes of the original webtoon such as mental health, murder, smoking and violence).

The greatest of the show’s flaws came from character development and interaction throughout the series.

For those who don’t know, one of the critically-acclaimed features of the original webtoon ( sans the fighting scenes) was the ability to show how the numerous characters of the webtoon with different personalities, backgrounds and beliefs were able to develop bonds, alliances and friendships throughout the events of Sweet Home. That’s not to say that the drama didn’t achieve this at all. To some extent, we got to see this interaction en par with the webtoon through the first meeting of Hyun and Lee Eun Yoo ( Go Min- Si) in episode 1 and their interactions over the course of the drama, as well as the humanity of the most unlikely character, the gangster Pyeon Sang-wook ( Lee Jin Wook) through his heart-rendering backstory in later episodes. Apart from this, there seemed to be little dedication in scenes to actually focus upon other and more intimate character interactions.

Yet whilst the show arguably does not have the time to cram in 142 chapters of character interactions into 10 episodes alone, there were still endless opportunities to explore and humanise other important characters in the drama in order to make their backstories and their events such as Yoon Ji- Soo ( Park Kyu-Young) and Jung Jae Hyeon ( Kim Nah Hee) more impactful by allowing them to grown upon viewers.

This ironically moves us onto the second problem of the drama; the CGI effects of the monsters.

As it happens there was something more sinister in some regards to the effects of Hyun’s eyes turning demonically- black in scenes than the bloodshot appearance in the webtoon, and the nightmarish forms of the “ Half- Headed” and “ Protein” Monsters will certainly leave goosebumps for viewers afterwards. What is hard to understand, however, is how lazy the CGI could be at times within this show, with several scenes such as the “ Seoul Apocalypse” appearing more like a 2000s cheap horror movie than a drama released this year. It seemed only adding to this effect was the single shot style frame typically employed for romance dramas which felt oddly out of a place in a horror drama where inventive styles ( even slow-motion) or the feeling of distortion ( which have been employed to portray Hyun’s nightmares) would have been better suited for theme of Sweet Home.Additionally one of the biggest of the drama had to be the OST. Whilst hearing Imagine Dragon’s Warriors during a fight scene or the ironic energetic K-Hip Hop artist BeWhy did add a level of pacing to the ending, it soon became repetitive and lost impact to hear these songs again and again without a change of pace. For a drama which has a main character as a musician, there was so much wasted potential to not have a wider range of genres, styles and (respectfully )more Korean and international mainstream and indie artists throughout the show.

Perhaps Sweet Home’s one saving grace had to be its varied and brilliant cast. By far several of the best casting choices of the show had to be between choosing Lee Jin Wook as a gruff gangster, Go Min- Si as a foul-mouthed teenager with a surprising streak of kindness and of course casting Kim Sang Ho as Han Du- Sik , the much needed comical relief of the drama.

Yet the casting choices of our main leads were by far the most surprising. Knowing that Song Kang( who played one of the cheerful leads in the romance hit-drama Love Alarm ) would be cast to play the suicidal and angst-ridden teen Hyun, seems a strange fact to grasp with for most viewers, yet, Kang’s portrayal added a surprisingly level of humanity to the irony of playing a character fighting for that very sake. In a similar manner, Lee Do Hyun was fairly unrecognisable in a guise of glasses and a more mature role as Lee- Eun Hyuk than a certain “ Ahjussi teenager “ in the romance- comedy 18 Again , yet like his costar, Do- Hyun was fairly good in the drama.

Overall, Sweet Home has certainly been one of the better dramas of 2020 with a fairly good and original concept ( although it does fall down on several factors), difficult themes (such as murder and suicide) being tackled in an appropriate manner and a stellar and diverse cast. My only other complaint is with the ending already trying to build its way to another season ( or leave on a “ dramatic” cliffhanger) and therefore consequently trying to stray away from the original storyline. Apart from this ( as we are still yet to see if there is another season or not) , Sweet Home ( although not flawless) is definitely worth a watch.

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