A Noite Chegou (2023)

It's okay

I began watching it today, and overall, it's okay. The acting doesn't stand out, and the storyline is quite standard. Predicting the plot is relatively easy, but I still find it somewhat enjoyable. The characters aren't particularly well-developed, lacking depth and coming off as basic. If you're looking to pass the time, this show might suffice, but I wouldn't classify it as a must-watch for quality entertainment.
Some things in the show don't quite add up, and some of the characters' decisions come across as oddly illogical. It's frustrating to see them make choices that don't make any sense at all.
But I'll give it a try. I've just watched 2/3 episodes. Maybe it'll get better later on.

[Spoiler Alert]

One particular annoyance is the characters seemingly oblivious to obvious signs of a curse, like the victims having white eyes. It's baffling how the best friend dismisses the idea of a ghost despite clear indicators such as phones not losing battery, everyone falling asleep simultaneously, and more. Additionally, it's irritating that the best friend doesn't make a real effort to assist the main character when she's thrown into the pool or is drowning. Instead of actively helping, she just stands there uttering, "no, don't!" without taking any meaningful action. Wouldn't even suprise me if something is wrong with her.


[SPOILER END]

EDIT: I just finished watching it, and I have to say, it got better as it progressed. I wouldn't call it a masterpiece or a must-watch, but it's not bad either. I enjoyed the plot twist and am hopeful for a season 2. However, I still found most of the plot to be quite predictable, and to be honest, not much of it shocked me—except for the ending plot twist, which genuinely surprised me.

Leia Mais

Ending explains a lot of faults

Throughout this drama, I saw a lot of theories, a lot of praises and complaints. For me the drama overall, was really fun to watch. It was frustrating, intriguing, and saddening. Before the ending, my main complaints were that there are a lot of plot holes and a lot of rules with the game that didn’t make sense and weren’t well thought out.

I had a lot of confusion with how the mafia rules differed from the citizens and what could or couldn’t have been done. In the beginning, when the first night comes, everybody drops to the floor, including the mafia but later, on in the drama, you see that they aren’t affected by the bell anymore. and you can say that they were affected on the first night bells because it was the first night and I agree that they were just getting into playing the game and understanding the rules of themselves so that’s why everybody fell asleep the first night.

Another plot hole that I noticed was how people could die. Even after watching the drama, the rules to me where 1-mafia could only kill one person per night, and that one person had to be a unanimous agreement. 2-one person would die after the voting that took place during the day, based on a majority vote. 3-you would die if you broke any of the following rules (leaving the area, not voting, killing without agreement) by the end of the drama a lot of what I thought were the rules kind of ended up being forgotten.

In the last two episodes when Jin Da Beom kills Im Eun Chan & Choi Mina I was confused why he hadn’t broken a rule because I thought that you could only kill one person per night and it had to be agreed-upon. Even if the last two mafia agreed to kill everybody, wouldn’t it still break the rules because they killed more than one person. You could say that technically JDB didn’t kill IEC because he died from suffocation with a bag over his head. To me that seems like a grey area where I’m not sure if that’s my lack of understanding the rules or just a polt hole from the writers. There are many more instances in which situations happen that have plot holes or are left with confusion because of the rules that I thought prior. But I think the ending really brings everything together and closes all those plot holes.

The end of the drama is basically that the game that they have been playing is a literal game and it’s a simulation game that they have to play over and over and over again. They’re playing this game because of their classmate Park SeEun’s parents who want to get revenge on their class for the rumor that was spread causing her suicide. The fact that the game that they have been playing is an actual game can explain why things happen that we don’t necessarily understand or can’t find answers to. That’s because in any game that we play they are going to be errors, bugs, messed up codes, etc.. Oh Jung Won is the perfect example as to why everything plays out perfectly. Her character ends up being a programmed character into the game that ends up having some sort of error that allows her to have feelings and emotions, and make conscious decisions. So anything that has happened prior to the ending that seemed weird or confusing can basically be explained by the fact that it is a game it’s a simulation there there might be an error in the code or a bug that needs to be fixed which allows the drama to be imperfect, and have things that we might not understand.

I think this ending really rounded the whole drama into this scary yet intriguing story that can be more messed up than the murders that are going on and can have many of outcomes because of the possibility of an error.

✧I could say a lot more about this drama, but that would take a lot of writing. But if anything about this drama seems interesting to you. I would highly recommend giving it a watch. It can be gruesome at times, but there are parts of the story that are very genuine and heart wrenching.

Leia Mais

EXPECTED more from the ending

I get that it was the parent’s revenge for their daughter but having them in the timeloop can eventually kill everyone.

At some point, they need to understand that Yoon-Seo winning was Se-Eun trying to help her survive.

It was also unfair that the others in the class may not have known about the video or i would say “innocent” from Se-Eun’s death.

I almost thought that the parents are somewhat sadistic, idk

but a better ending would be that they have watched all of the things that they did during the game and everyone eventually wakes up with the parents explaining the game.

Leia Mais

Inconsistent.

The appeal of the show is that it's a deductive mystery. Mafia is essentially a whodunit mystery. The mystery should be the primary focus and the high school drama and romance should be secondary. After all, that is how the show was marketed.

However, after the male protagonist is killed off by a nervous lynch, to preserve the romance, the writers revive him. But by doing so, the dynamics of the game changes drastically. The announcer conveniently no longer announces the roles of those who are killed, the doctor can revive anyone even if they weren't killed in the Night, and the viewers no longer face the thrill of danger for the protagonists because we now know the writers will simply bring them back to life. This show, in a single moment, destroyed the sanctity of all its genre. It is a mystery that has lost its logical credibility, a horror and thriller without a genuine threat of death, a high school romance that isn't quite romantic, and a high school drama with unreasonable stakes—where trivial conflicts lead to death and murder.

Leia Mais

Wasted Potential

This drama is genuinely the definition of wasted potential. They had such an amazing idea/concept and could've executed so many different ways but they failed. I want to preface this by saying I love thriller/horror dramas, they are my bread and butter. I stayed up until 2 am binging this entire series HOPING it got better. Let's break down every part where they failed.

The main characters lacked so much depth. We don't even know when or how the two leads met. They show a flashback of some trauma that the male lead has but they never go into detail about what is or what happened. How are we, as viewers, supposed to empathize and support the main characters, if we know nothing about them?

This drama was also so infuriating to watch. everyone acted like an idiot. I'm not one to usually criticize the dumb actions of characters in thrillers because they're usually under a lot of stress, but some of the things they did. WOW. The bullies of the group kinda got to do as they pleased with no repercussions. It genuinely made no sense how they got to do whatever and manipulate everyone. The good guys just kind of let it happen. The female lead had her moments where she made some smart decisions, but she was also the type of female lead who was kind to a fault. She let the bully do as she pleased and would forgive her no matter what. The male lead kinda just stood by and let it happen. He "stopped" it a couple of times, but he also just pretended like it didn't happen and he'd be chill with the bully. There are multiple bully groups and it makes no sense how they survived as long as they did. I get that they were manipulative, but how did everyone put up with their attitude for so long. It's usually not as bad in other dramas bc the leads counteract the bullies but the leads in this series are just like bystanders.

This one is minor but it was just kinda like wtf. The sound that's played every time there is an announcement is the same exact sound from "The Purge." That should speak for itself.

I didn't wanna include any spoilers so I'm going to do my best to explain how bad this was. The reveal of the motive of the "antagonist" didn't make sense. To a degree it made sense, but it didn't explain why everyone in the class had to be punished instead of just the bullies.

It's hard to do a review without spoilers especially when I have to explain why things were bad. I just kinda felt sad. I really did want to like this drama and I just felt extreme disappointment. There were also multiple plot holes that I wouldn't be able to explain without spoilers so I'm going to be omitting them. I can't believe I was late to work the next day because I stayed up for this drama. wasted potential and a whole lotta disappointment.

Leia Mais

Should You Watch?

I gave this a try despite several negative warnings in the media. I found myself binging - unable not to watch each next episode. The story and predicament of the characters is intriguing, and the short fast paced episodes hard to resist. These high school kids make some odd choices, but given their ages within the story it's believable. It is obvious early on that given the fantastic and impossible and 'supernatural' things that are happening that this must be some sort of unreal dream scenario. All the impossible things are OK if the ending satisfactorily ties matters up. However, that's the downside - the last 15 or 20 minutes will likely leave you unsatisfied. Does all the good story telling that comes before compensate for the soft ending? I found it did and enjoyed the binge.

Leia Mais

A great watch

This was a great drama. The plot had alot of potential and was well written with a few loopholes although it was stable in the end. The end was a little confusing but sure was good. Im thinking there'd be a season 2 as the ending left off a clifhanger. It gave alot of Enigma( thai drama) vibes to me at some point of time. But was sure as hell good. The actors played their roles greatly and alot of the characters could not have died. I believe that Ko lying jun and Choi Mina had alot of potential compared to other characters and The end where they show that there were rumors abt Park Se Eun It felt like there was a huge loophole. And on addition to all of that the statue in the Youth center was Out of the box I feel. This drama isn't a horror drama it's more like a Sci-fi or Mystery drama as there really isn't no ghost so if anyone is gonna watch this drama please keep in mind that there is no ghost.

Leia Mais

This was poorly written and execute, yet I want more...

I dont even know how to bring my review into words. The story didnt make much sense on a logical aspect. Its like they just wrote anything and didnt think about the logistics. The acting wasnt that good on the main MAIN character parts but the rest of the mains acting was pretty solid. The story just felt like it was just doing and saying anything. Didnt even get to understand and learn about the characters story so i didnt even have to chance to care if Jun hee or Yoon seo died. Even the parents are written poorly. And this was really predictable.

"Your the first person to win the game" They were trying so hard to make the girl the main character omg like Jun hee ALSO won. And why the tf did the parent incorparate romance into the game, like why make scenes of Yoon seo staring at Jun hee WHY would they even do that made no sense. HOW would they even know Yoon seo like Jun hee.

Now. I see complete potential for a season 2, this whole season felt like a filler and like a pilot or trailer for what big to actually come. They shouldnt even consider this a season tbh lol. I felt like it would have been more entertaining if the mains knew the circumstances they were really in.

I strangely want more. Not because its a clifhanger either, this could have ended just like that and id still look forward to a season 2.

Leia Mais

Plot Holes But Overall Enjoyable

The idea of a Death Game isn't exactly new, but I usually always enjoy them. So I did like this drama too, but I didn't love it. The writing had quite a few holes, but it didn't really bother me because I wasn't super invested and just didn't really feel the tension. It wasn't that the stakes weren't high--they were, but I think because the characters weren't developed like they should've been, I didn't care about anyone too strongly. Even Yoonseo, who's supposed to be the lead, hardly felt developed.
I also guessed they were really in a game a few episodes in (or it was all dream) just because of the way the kids lost control and killed themselves and because of the moment everyone suddenly remembered the girl who'd died in the real world. Also when Junhee suddenly came back to life. That was a pretty clear sign this wasn't real life.
But like I said, none of that really bothered me and I enjoyed the drama for what it was.

Leia Mais

It's worth watching guys!

So finally i have completed the show and as person my experience, it's a nice show and even ending was explained but somewhat lacked in aspect of best ending, however the overall show and the mystery, the plot twists were all well done as per some reviews saying about plotholes of rules so the ending explained the reasons of some major plotholes as it was created by parents who wanted revenge hence they had already fixed the winner as Second main lead hence that was how the game worked according to them hence everyone in the game couldn't do other thing rather the one assigned to them and hence this show showed some mistakes that could happen when it is done by someone not so experienced. Overall the show was quite entertaining and my review doesn't change but i reduced one star from story ratings as i didn't find the ending good.

I am leaving my previous review too as some people had not even completed the show and still had audacity to write a negative review so it might clear your confusions,
As per the above reviews as we see they haven't fully completed the show yet and only 8 episodes have been aired till date and writing a review even before the whole kdrama has not been completed is already a very weird thing about them and basically all the questions everyone had in their mind about this drama are getting cleared slowing with upcoming new episodes so i don't like them judging the drama even before it gets complete.
Now i'll come to my point about this kdrama, I know the main female and main lead are lacking a bit in terms of acting but other actors like the bullies (girl and boy both) are pretty good at acting.... so you can watch it and the cliffhangers at the end are good in making us want to watch the next episode eagerly....and i really liked the concept of this kdrama. From my point of view, you must try this drama❤️.

Leia Mais

Cool thriller but disappointing ending

I enjoy watching highschoolers in thrillers because its fun to see how they think and act as i am an highschooler too. This drama started on well it had surprising element. You wouldn't know who would be next. But by the end i felt it was rushed.

The drama had potential but it lacked in many places except the acting. I think actors did a great job with what they were given.

The ending: They should have shown more of seun, literally show like 20 secs of her, for us to truly feel what she went through. The way jungwon killed herself it indicated that seun wanted the games to come to an end. But the parents still kept it going bruh? They didnt know how to end the show so they just showed the game is still on. Otherwise they would have to show the students going back to their lives.
I don't care about the bullies being punished but the parents literally punished some innocent students and HER BEST FRIEND just for not knowing what she went through. It didn't make sense.

Overall, It's a okay one time watch.

Leia Mais