The art part is just an excuse for porn. (ending) Confused. sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; They didn't treat it as a "melodrama disease" with over exaggerated helplessness or what have you. The beginning was wonderful, but it definitely lost steam and direction toward the end. He acted well but he still not converting me as one of his fans. I felt like he was significant butI guessnot. If you get it, please explain it to me You know, I don't know if I can do a good job explaining it. ..Show you have less than 10 minutes to make him reincarnate. She lost her mom, brother and though secretary wang is there, she is controlling OY. Another obvious thing was the discussion between jin sung and jung eun, they were obviously reffering to his grave (why didnt they get married as they planned if things settle down?) 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. And even if you were, wouldnt it have been cooler to see that moment of decision instead? The Falcon and The Winter Soldier Ending Explained. In this supernatural-themed thriller a remote Alaskan outpost owned by a major oil company is haunted and its personnel are killed off either by the ghosts of ancient creaturesor by nature itself.Reminiscent to "The Thing" and "The Shining" the newest horror film by Larry Fessenden is mostly about global warming and its ghastly consequences.It seems that global warming somehow released the malignant spirits of ancient creatures that attack the oil company employees.In the vein of "The Shining" the personnel is slowly going insane one by one.Unfortunately the entire eerie premise is ruined by awful ending with silly CGI creatures make their appearance.The action is slow-moving,the gore is completely absent,but there are few spine-tingling moments.6 out of 10. Maybe it was the timing in which it happened. The last winter is a movie that starts up promising with an oil field expedition in the arctic plains. js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js"; Great acting and great film making make for a creepy first half but a lack of direction ruins the second, Good effort undermined by some bad choices, "Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make Mad": Euripides. Required fields are marked *. Is he dead, for real this time? Secondly, the blurriness, the bike, the cafe, and the final cherry blossom scene is played in Young's mind. We have seen that kind of setting before, in "The Thing" and a dozen other movies where a crew is isolated in a strange place where weird things start to happen. For Fessenden, this demonstrated a common American outlook that he wanted to highlight as having to change to fit the needs a changing world. So, being the med geek that I am, I am consoling myself with the thought that she had Stem Cell treatment that Noh Hee Kyung-nim didn't have time to incorporate. She rings it with a smile. The one exception that comes to mind is "Alien Resurrection" in which he was reasonably cast, as a very tall macho oddball. But he had some charisma so that got brushed away at the end. A big DITTO to what you said. I'm certainly not an expert on NHK's work-- I've only seen a handful of her dramas. Poor guys had better days. That problem didnt exist as much with Soo, though these past few episodes didnt do him a ton of favors. Is this another instance of Drama Syndrome, where characters would rather undergo pain and irreparable harm than do something logical?) Someone put a lot of hard thought into that and it showed and was amazing. Maybe there's no message. Arriving back from headquarters big wig Ron Perlman finds things are beginning to go amiss. Jin-sung is the one to actually drop Soo off, but methinks that Soo is unaware of Jin-sungs involvement. I cant forgive you, she says. According to Gailing, Virgo deifies details. [6] They released it in the US on September 19, 2007, where it grossed $33,190. (And you'll realize how much we need one another in order to overcome our internal obstacles.) The rating should be much higher. As Wang recites Youngs table setting like the old days, Youngs eyes brim with tears. Sigh. It was supposed to have been the test drill for opening up the ANWR to oil exploration, so maybe meaningful symbolically more than a real thing. . Really? You will receive a link to create a new password via email. HeadsNo2, I wish I could meet you in person during the Dramabeans Meetup and personally say how you're one heck of a great writer and thinker but I'll have to be content with this. Love it! It was so slow and we were made to think that OS died, because JS didn't seem to do anything to help him and yet, he didn't gut him a 2nd time, which seems like he wanted him to live. Also, I have to agree that the pace of the finale felt waaaay off. 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. U broke it down beautifully!! What a waste! Well, Young must be alive. I think the white box was a red herring. That said, I've never had a brain tumor killing me. Metacritic Reviews. It was only in the last episode where the drama hinted at how he likes to cook. Shinsou in Class 1-A by SolidVACUJ. A tiny moment passes before he asks if they can see each other again. I've never really understood why the concept of environmentalism rubs so many out there the wrong way, especially when it concerns the search for oil. 4. But it didn't happen the finale is a mix of all those ideas mentioned, unsure if the thrown in CGI Animal-Ghosts are just products of imagination or natures wrath or whatever. endings were perfectly done. The ending scene is that of the only surviving researcher, Abby Sellers, waking up alone in a deserted hospital with no recollection of arriving there. Followed the premise then BAM! But when she started having visions of the man in the hat and Dr. David Andrews specifically asked her to start praying, Lucy finally decided to visit a church. And then sit there and cry about it while he dies in front of you. The bit with Secretary Wang is so, so weird. He lived like a dog, and died like a dog, she laments, though shes not willing to let Soo comfort her as she tells him that he wont be needed at Moo-chuls cremation. Connect with Facebook I liked that Young's character stayed true to form for someone in her precarious situation. The goal of /r/Movies is to provide an inclusive place for discussions and news about films with major releases. I agree with you all the way! [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. I wouldn't be here if it always follows my logic. She was slowly recovering her vision. And second, Soo is alive because, as you say, picklemonster, they have too prosaic a conversation. I like that the characters are happy. I can't buy Jin-sung doing it, I don't see the logic of the threat (did his family get hit by that truck? That made me think about the episode when they were up in the mountains, i recall oh soo told her that even when he's not around, every time the wind will blow will always be with her or something in this direction. Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The episode opens with a scene from a talk show that takes place in 1968. Or something? that would be too much. ALL the characters are wooden. Regarding Jin sung. All content Brattle Film Foundation and the respective contributors unless otherwise noted. We knew it would be, but it hurts to see the crazed look in Jin-sungs eyes as Soo hauls himself up to eye level. It really was. It was really rushed and that's why I think the logic breaks down. He was not quite ready hence she couldn't see him until he was. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. Hee-sun looks like shell be joining them. Happy waiting for the next trip everyone. Native Alaskan worker Lee vanishes without a trace the next morning; the sound of hooves, the same sound which occurred prior to each appearance of the ghostly caribou, is heard. 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. The male protagonist is a con-man in some sorts. I really wanted to completely love this show and I did especially the the first third of the drama but the show just started going downhill for me in the last three episodes. Had Soo survived, there was no way, the gangster boss, Kim, would have let Jingsung lived happily. The flowers were present at the cafe table where Young was seated too. Its Jin-sung. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access I have given more time to this review than the movie is worth. 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. (function(d, s, id) { Which might be realistic. I did have a much more beautiful hair after my chemo and it takes me only 2 months to grow my hair. [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. Something that I disagree with Heads here is about the suicidal tendency of OY, in some of her recaps she said that she thinks OY has already get over it. Because a dead Soo wont give him any money, Boss Man has no choice but to try and win the pot to save himself from bankruptcy. Did the show sacrifice its potential just for fan service? I decided not to count Youngs full head of hair as part of the equation since I considered it a vanity issue, despite the fact that brain surgery and long-term chemotherapy should produce some visible, physical effects. 2. I made the mistake to watch Frozen flower since everybody was talking about it. To be honest, I was relieved when you wrote that you felt conflicted about the finale and the last few episodes. HBO's The Last of Us episode 1 is a tense series premiere, and the ending warrants a bit of explanation. According to me oh yongi and oh so dead, and it is a utopian ending oh so.karena previously said that if atthe time he died he would recall memories of her time with youngi, and yongi died after 6 months of treatment. Honestly I was angry there about a great movie being ruined so heavily sitting there and kind of screaming "zoomout and pan, goddamnit" to the camera man. Why show, whyyy?? Once it's over, you feel like asking, "What the hell did I just watch and why did I keep watching?" Brandon Sanderson is not the definitive voice for The Wheel of Time anymore. or [11] In describing it as a traditional Gothic horror story, Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times wrote that it "accomplishes with a modest budget and a talented cast what bigger, slicker, gorier contemporary horror movies rarely do". *cries*. But there was nothing to support that theory so it's just Jin Sung doing something weird, lol. Am I suppose to just forget all that? Sadly, as many other reviewers note, the ending throws it all away in a fit of awful CG monsters. Moo Chul? So for a hot second there, I thought that the ending sequence was a dream, in part because of the blurriness of it all and the inherent implausibility of well, everything. Didnt things turn out badly the last time he left someone for Young? Thanks Heads! I loved the ending, but I don't know what to make of it. Open your mouth when you kiss such a hot man who obviously loves you so much! Seriously I kept fast forwarding cuz there was nothing intriguing. Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. It looks like the writer got tired after a few episodes and, especially in the end, realized there were things to be told, so they had to be smashed to fit into the general picture. But since it didn't really do anything anyway I just push it from my mind and enjoy what's left. Retinitis pigmentosa is not curable a disease. If the fact that AFF is a story about a sexual relationship between two people growing into something else isn't enough justification for it having sex scenes, I don't know what is. The flowers suggested by MC are the favorite flowers of Oh young and her brother same with Oh soo. Independent environmentalists work together in a drilling base headed by the tough Ed Pollack (Ron Perlman) in a sort of agreement with the government, approving procedures and sending reports of the operation. Maxwell gets into an angry confrontation with environmental scientist James Hoffman, admitting that he didn't want to work on the oil site but his father, a friend of Pollack, thought it would be good for him; Maxwell states that he "saw something" out in the snow and demands that Hoffman, who has repeatedly been raising the alarm about drilling in the area due to the extremely warm (for Alaska) temperature, tell the public. They promised that they will be seeing each other again. Except thenwhat was all that deal with Jin-sun about? They could be referring to the REAL Oh Soo. Larry Fessenden's "The Last Winter" is a ambitious and smartly made film. Eventually they did and she gave up and died. I just finished up watching the movie, and I'm completely baffled at what just occurred. I wanted to see if, just maybe, the idea was to have Young hit such a low that she reached a moment of pivotal self-realization in order to decide that she wanted to live after all, in a change we could see and understand. Also, when OS passes by OY by the cherry blossoms, is that real OS or imaginary OS? But, because Soo lived so the scene didn't actually impact the storyline much, I just stick my fingers in my ears and lalala my way through that scene and the drama works! Not even good enough to watch again for in site.. But they crammed it into like a freaking two-minutes-reactionif that. As you said, this show was well acted, well scored (and the editing was well done for the acting and for how the music was placed in the show). Hee-sun mentions that theyre going to see Soo tomorrow, but it doesnt seem like theyre seeing him alive when they talk about what flowers to take. Once again, this site's viewers got it all wrong. I totally agree with all your comments, except, I rather liked how they twisted the Jin Sung - Oh Soo loyalty in the end. Seriously, I can't wait for his next drama! Jin-sung, WHY did you hang up on Hee-sun?! Please click the link in that email to complete the email change process. Such is the basis for Last Winter. It is so illogical and stupid, it is almost a sort of evil in itself. The Last of Us takes place in the year 2023, two decades after a zombie-like fungus destroys human civilization. I mean, there's blunt force trauma, but it's not exactly subtle. What else could he have done? WHY WOULD YOU KILL HIM!? 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. Just like the one guy says, "Soo was willing to forget pride". 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