Sweet Home Season 3 (2024)

Rushed, but still highly entertaining

Sep 2024
I love the Sweet Home trilogy and whilst S1 is still my favourite, the 3 combined make for gripping viewing.
As much blood and gore as in S1&2, but far fewer monsters, as this final instalment focuses on the main characters that survived S2, together with a slight twist to the story.
Song Kang is brilliant in this, to my mind. He doesn't overplay the part, but exudes a kind of power and always gave me the feeling there was something more to his monster side.
Further characters lost in S2 are swiftly replaced by the fast moving storyline... a little too fast at times.
There are several surprises, but a couple could get lost in clarity and importance, if not getting enough concentration.
Couple of totally bizarre storylines as well... one being the little boy from S1, which definitely had me scratching my head.
The final scenes were a bit weird and in one instance for me, slightly disappointing, but at the same time not without emotion.
I might give it a break and then watch the whole thing (S1-3) from start to finish.
I really hate these stupid season breaks Netflix and other Western production companies, inflict on us. Really spoils the flow and when the gap between is ridiculously long, the story definitely suffers. Cramming the story's conclusion into the final 2 episodes, doesn't help either.
Having said that, I loved the cast, the premise and with how my imagination carried the conclusion forward, what I perceive as the intention behind the ending too.

Leia Mais

A great way to describe this season (and the previous one) is disappointment.

The last season did not have a conclusion at all so this season just started like in the middle of it. And because I saw the second season when it was released there have been some time since I saw it. So, when I started watching this season I did not feel invested at all because all the tension the second season finale had disappeared because of the time between watching it. It also did not help that I weren't invested in the previous season which carried over to this season.

This season has the same problems as the previous one. There are too many characters that were introduced in the previous season and they don't really do anything with them. The newer characters lack so much depth.

Just like the previous season there were some character deaths but I did not really feel anything for them. Does not compare at all to the first season where I would actually feel for the characters.

At least Cha Hyeon Su had some more moments in this season than the previous one. But I was still disappointed, he also just felt really flat compared to the first season.

The pacing feels slow (but better than the previous season). I feel like the show has to many storylines that they want to follow but because of the quantity the all lack quality and any real depth. It makes me not feel that invested in any of them.

Something I couldn't help but notice was the unnecessary flashbacks. Like there would be flashback for a conversation that was literally showed two minutes ago. Like how dumb those the writers think the viewers are??

Another thing that kept bothering me was that I felt like the characters could so easily just enter and walk around the stadium after it was taken over. Like everyone could just roam freely? It didn't really feel like that much of a threat.

Just like the season the ending felt flat and was disappointing. It would have been difficult to make a decent ending to a show like this, but the ending was just really boring to be honest.

Just like the previous season I felt like this season also had fan service. In the way that the male characters are like so well put together. Like walking around with stylish clothes and perfect hair. It feels a bit silly to be honest, like this is supposed to be a apocalyptic world? Kinda ruins the setting.

I can't really complain about the production. It had the same level as the previous season.

Leia Mais

can humans and monsters co-exist?

After a season 2 that featured new faces and varieties of characters, it seems like we’ll fianlly retract our focus back to our leads, with their emergence back to the overall plotline.

it’s what audiences needs in a series like this, a set of characters to root for and be emotionally connected to but sweet home 3 failed to deliver this aspect as the show continues to progresses. With heavy reliance on flashbacks and stories from the previous season’s it felt like the ditector was forcing the enotions out of us instead of it coming naturally.

Aside from the main character’s we knew from the original, there were other characters that were also rootable as well however they either didn’t have enough screentime from such a limited series with many different characters or the character motives becomes loss makes me go “why?????”

A huge issue I have is how everything is all over the place, so much going on in such a small period of time that I can’t even tell which are the one’s that matters. Scenes taking up huge portions of the episode then proceeding to not appear in the future episodes or season is such a frustration I have with sweet home. Finally without a clear battle with anything or anyone the direction of the show was very disappointing in my end. With a mediocere explanation to the future of the universe we’re watching, I wish it would have been better.

Overall it wasn’t one of the best shows out there but it’s an okay watch especially if you’re a fan of the first two seasons or the actors playing, they were able to produce an okay storyline and amazing acting that can keep viewers enteratined, an overall verdict of 7/10!

Leia Mais

Beloved show but falters

Someone who is fan of such genre was kinda had expectations but also some doubts during before its 1st season release ,after watching it's 2 episodes I totally into it and loved all the cast and then 2nd season later released and I only subscribed Netflix only for Sweet home 2nd season . I was really invested in how they will conclude it all in the final season . Sweet home latest and final season got all my focus on it but as it was reaching its conclusion it kinda felt like it was weak but not bad ,it obviously very good to binge watch it but the conclusion kinda leave you with unclose lingering feeling of its shouldn't had to end with such a weak closing.

Leia Mais

Ending of the Monstrous era

The pinnacle of the much-awaited monster series is here.
Introduction

More monsters are loose here in this installment. With Cha Hyun Su having two personalities, the story unfolds through a new era this time.

As the second season disappointed big time, expectations were huge over the conclusion. Though the first season is still the best of all, the third successfully manages to cover up the losses.

Review

The story follows the correct pace this time. Malevolent Sang Wook is out again to dot over the world. Cha Hyun So in alternate characters is creating a chill down the spine one time and then returning to his real self another time. The blue-eyed and black-eyed versions need to be rooted for.

The conclusion of the series, where our leads return to their sweet home reflects on the essence of the importance of home behind making life sweet and meaningful. The angst of Yi Kyung towards her daughter and how they rebuild the mother-daughter relationship makes the journey more adorable. The conclusion chronicles the power of love through multiple relationship layers.

Conclusion

The journey comes to an end on a happy note. Summing up unresolved conflicts and threading loose ends, gives the ending that we were waiting for. The only complaint is to the editor- more attention should have been paid.

Leia Mais

A misguided story with such great potential

First of all, this review will not contain spoilers but assumes you’ve watched at least s1 and s2. Negatives of s3? Well the season is honestly too short. I feel the show needed a minimum of at least 3 more hours or better… another season to give the many new side characters full depth which is still an issue in s3 as it is in s2. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy where the side characters take away from the needed screen time for our main characters we care about IE- Hyun Su, Eun Yu, and Eun Hyeok. And the screen time given to our main cast doesn’t allow for the proper development of our side characters. To be honest, I feel and many others is the main characters we care about deeply who were at the forefront of s1 don’t get enough screen time and besides perhaps some of the soldiers and in my opinion the three recently introduced special infected I really do not give a shit about the side characters and even those that I find interesting still lack significant depth. Also the main villian is kind of amateurish and the final battle leaves more to be desired really. Also while the three main characters and their actors of course kick ass and are enjoyable to watch they simply aren’t there long enough. I honestly feel like Eun Hyeok was just there for fan service although he’s still good :) and while I can’t and won’t spoil anything I feel like the greatest aspect of this season and being Hyun Su and Eun Yu’s relationship and let’s face it romance is handled in my opinion not the greatest and leaves more to be desired especially with the strange choices those two make in regard to each other. The special effects in this season are fine, nothing to ride home about and just like in s2 the monsters lack imagination and intrigue. Simply put they aren’t scary like they were in s1 and feel like a fast food version of what the monsters in this show should be. S1 by far has the best depiction of monsters I’d say. The goods of course. The acting is spectacular and the sets look quite nice. Our three main character while needing more screen time dominate the scenes their in and are enjoyable to watch. I also like I Kyeong in this season although her daughter is meh. This season also takes no prisoners, people die in this season not all character are safe or left standing at the end of this season with I commend 👏. While many do not like the ending I actually find it bitter sweet although it does still feel rushed and many more things needed to be explained better with proper character conclusions. In conclusion, I’d say it is worth a watch if you’ve watched the previous two season but is by no means the best ending to an amazing series as it should be. The last two seasons and especially this season simply needed less side characters and/or more runtime which they clearly didn’t have so I honestly think they didn’t do half-bad with what they had although they still could’ve done better. Finally, I’d like to say thank you for reading this review 🙂 and this season as a whole still feels like Sweet Home…

Leia Mais

what just happened?

first if all ...aghhhhh ! like what just happened..a lady above explained all of the factors I felt but like damn ? why did they have to kill every single character if the season1. like they were the main characters. especially the mother ? like girl she raised a monster ,fought her evil dad alone and just died ???they killed many of the main like jisu in the second season two.so you are telling me they made three seasons but saved only four people from season one and the rest just died meaningless deaths ? and what even was the ending ? I wanted some wholesome scenes between eunhi and Eunhyuk. eunhi spent the entire season two just strolling looking for her brother and they didn't even give them both a wholesome hug? I am mad. and I was really fond of the soldier who had a crush on eunhi ..I thought it was meant to be something. like a plot or something but nah! it was just an unnecessary detail. they should have shipped him with the girl on drugs. I guess the only thing I actually liked about this season was hyunsoo and eunhi scenes ..not the one with real hyunsoo. the one with the monster hyunsoo. the monster withing him had a better chemistry with Eunhi. and he was in love with her too !

Leia Mais

Season 3 was at least better than S2 but S1 still the best

Better than S2 in terms of story pacing and little little things....The only problem was that the way S3 was moving we were anticipating an obvious battle between Hyun Su & Sang Won.....Now that Sun Hyeok joined Hyun Su in persuasion of Sang Won we were expecting an interesting battle but it just ended as soon as it started....It felt like it was rushed at the end......I liked the part where Sang Wook came back for a moment, was so disappointed that his (Sang Wook) character died at the end of Season 1 and the villain took over his body...Overall except for the end battle S 3 was okay

Leia Mais

underwhelming and still (!!) unsatisfying

i originally wrote this review as i watched episode 3, and i talked about how i couldn't get past the way they divided in two seasons what should've been one. season two had really bad pacing and as a lot of people pointed out, they introduced a lot of new unnecessary characters that i mostly didn't care about just to kill them this season...i do feel like the storyline was kinda coherent and it wasn't as bad as season 2 but i don't know if i could say i enjoyed it.

what got me to write this review watching episode 3 was how annoying they were with all the flashbacks that were so recurrent that when they were actually necessary and could make some impact on a scene i was just thinking "another one?".. it was annoying to me from the beginning but the church scene where they do a flashback for something that happened 1 minute and 20 seconds before ON THE SAME SCENE was just??? why didn't they just write that scene in a way it wouldn't be necessary or just not do it at all???? ik it was like only 2s but it seriously annoyed me. and it happened again and again in later episodes. felt like bad writing for me, specially since sweet home isn't the first show ever to use flashbacks to help the audience keep something in mind. also they kept using it for callbacks to previous seasons and episodes in ways that other shows usually don't do explicitly and rather let the audience/fandoms recall by themselves.. unnecessary.

i do understand why they made the older brother emotionless since eunhyu was searching for him for so long and kept going because of him even tho he was supposed to be dead, so it felt unsatisfying as a reunion but realistic (and miserable) because he's no longer a human and he's not like hyunsu either. what i don't get was the whole monster taking over hyunsu and the bet, it felt like it would lead to a internal battle or something similar but it was just hyunsu suddenly having a different personality and blue eyes, and it did make him fight in a way he normally wouldn't but... when it ends is just that. i felt like it could've being somewhat more dramatic idk

talking about drama i felt throughout the entire eight episodes that they relied way too much on the soundtrack to set the tone of the scenes, wich would've been fine, but for me it was so overdone to the point of breaking the immersion.

someone else pointed it all and i know this is not a romance drama but why was there absolutely no romantic moment, dialogue, ANYTHING between hyunsu and eunhyu this season when they mentioned a few times about how they were each other's first love and that was even the reason why hyunsu's monster-self couldn't hurt her... I just few like there was so much waisted time with other storylines (and flashbacks) that could've left space for something like that.. like the priest and the crazy woman. i remember reading a review on the previous season about how they threw a religious man in the story once again after killing the first one and expected us to just accept it and like him and when they got away together on the last episode it just felt like a way of making it up for the first 'priest' guy, jisoo and yuri not making it. and it wasn't satisfying at all for me, it was just a rushed flashback with a story of them both that wasn't even touched upon aside from her looking at him from a distance and randomly confessing later to make things awkward. it didn't even explain anything so i don't really see the point.

i don't even want to talk about yikyeong and her daughter, one of the things i hated the most about season two was their storyline being thrown on it and completely forgotten for a few episodes just to later get into it and give us barely two flashbacks and call it a day. this season they just killed her again (and i still don't know how to feel about it), made her face her crazy ass husband and show the girl's capabilities just to downplay her later? THE GIRL MADE A HUGE ASS MONSTER SHOW UP JUST TO MAKE DADDY PROUD AND WHEN IT CAME TO A REAL BATTLE SHE (actually him but ykwim) SUMMONED A FEW HUMAN SHAPED MONSTERS TO HELP HER??? that man saw what the girl could do and that's his best????? i don't get it. maybe they ran out of money for CGI or just didn't want to deal with big monsters but then why show a big one like that when they could've just used a random one we've seen before? also we were all made to believe she died then we have a scene of her struggling as daddy dies and then what. hey look at my happily ever after! no explanation, no 10 seconds long scene just to give a little context for her being alive. nothing.

anyway i refuse to talk about sangwook because i hate that actor and i really don't care about the original character or the one that possessed him. i know he's the main antagonist but i didn't even had it in me to be angry or wish his death, i just wish lee jinwook wasn't part of the cast at all.

the doctor was annoying and i think he was way past his death scene, it wasn't really satisfying at all for me because of who killed him.

the military guys, just... didn't care about them last season, didn't care about them on this one.

the trailer ahjussi was kinda heartbreaking because i liked their duo and it was sad that hani was so fond of him that she couldn't bring herself to kill him, even tho he killed her parents. i did actually care about them.

i think there's pretty much it, this season wasn't as infuriating and unsatisfying as season two but wasn't nearly as good as season one either. i wouldn't say it was a enjoyable experience for me since most of the time i asked myself what i was watching and wanted to skip some scenes but i finished because i had to know how it ended. definitely won't be recommending sweet home anymore and i don't think I'll ever watch it again.

amazing cast (mostly) tho!

Leia Mais