Si bien chez soi (2020)

Starts great, ends in disaster.

Saw Season 2's trailer, which looked great, and decided to watch Season 1.

The writing was so jarringly bad I just had to write a review.

This starts out promising. It really does. The first 2 episodes are, for the most part, amazing. Interesting characters, tense horror environment, great acting. At this point, I'm having fun, thinking this series is going to be great. I can see why Netflix signed on for seasons 2 and 3.

As the show progresses, the monster designs get less scary. One of them is basically a guy in some workout gear and some Halloween gear. Ok, fine. Not a big deal to me. The most interesting part of the show is the relationships among the apartment community anyways. I'm cool if they want to save some of their budget with the monsters.

Things are still solid until episode 8 or 9. Here, important characters start dying in stupid ways (the kind where everyone else is standing around and watching when they could've done something). *Still* not the end of the world. I can live with some cheese.

However, episode 10 is where it gets unforgivable. Now you have characters dying for... seemingly no other reason than because they want to? The plot now has characters doing things that directly lead to their death, but does not give any reason for them to do said action.

Simply put, this series has the worst writing I've seen in a long time. And sadly I no longer care about season 2 because of it.

All that said, cinematography is a 10. Supporting actors are a 10. Main lead is a 5. He walks around the entire series with one expression on his face. Maybe it's the writing and not his fault. Music is a 5. Overall really good but overuse of the same Imagine Dragons song brings it down a notch.

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For horror fans, this is a cheesy, campy, low budget cgi, action horror, and not a serious show.

This what happens when you don't have good enough budget on cgi and your director's experience is only rom com shows. So, the only option is a cheesy and campy show like shark nado, zombie nation, or any show on syfy channel. Therefore, the show should not be judge as a serious horror. Ep 1 establishes the cheesy tone when they play warrior's music in background and Lee Eun Hyuk is spraying fire hydrant in monster face. It's a joke and this why they play it in every time heoric moment happens.

Most of the characters are stale and common tropes, which is the main issue with the show and not a failure adaptation of the character relationships. Like, who cares if the show fail to adapt character relationships, when your main character Cha Hyun Soo has the most overused backstory with family dead, bullied in school, and same boring personality. This isn't even spoilers because this literally every main Asian boy orign story. It's raining and there's either sad piano or violin playing in background and someone they care about dies. At this point, I am starting to think all of the boys in Asia real life are bullied and their families are dead. Furthermore, you got Captain smarty pants, Wannabe gangster dude, Sword dude, Healer girl, etc. Imagine Cha Hyun Soo had a normal personality and his family was alive that would be the real horror.

However, there was a couple characters that were entertaining and what kept me continuing to watch. Han Du Sik made interesting combat weapons and traps with house supplies, occasionally joke around like about his disability, and he is decent actor. Ahn Gil Seop is not your typical grandpa character, who are usually nice, weak, wise, and formal. He is kickass grandpa, had a dark sense of humor, and jokes about his death a lot. They are the main reason why this show was decent to watch.

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This Caused Emotional Damage

Everything... was so good. The ending was definitely the best part I think because it was absolutely insane. To me, the first few episodes were kind of confusing and I didn't really understand what was happening, but I think it was made to be that way because they probably wanted the characters to be mysterious in the beginning so they could tell us all of their backstories near the end and hit us with a wave of emotion. Well, good choice. Also, the plotline of this so is VERY unexpected, it talks about bullying, suicide, etc, so it's really a mix of all that, gore, thriller, monsters, and character development of absolutely amazing characters who deserve to be worshipped. The last few episodes went kind of fast, especially some parts I thought they should've lingered on more, but it's still one of the best dramas I've watched. And the plot is so good I can't even describe it.
The characters and actors/actresses were absolutely INCREDIBLE. The way they acted their characters out SO well is amazing. The love I have for some of these characters and the emotion I feel for them shows that the actors and actresses did a phenomenal job and they were a great pick for the role. My favourite characters are Hyunsu, Jaeheon, Yikyung, and Eunhyuk. And wait, we can't EVER forget one of my favourite actors, Kim Sungcheol. I NEVER knew he had this side of him when he played Eui Myeong. *Shakes head* he's absolutely insane, his acting skills are just simply so good. He can act the sweet guy like in 'Our Beloved Summer' or he can play the... wait, no spoilers, whatever character he plays in here lol. I also just watched this because of Song Kang, and thank goodness I watched it because it's definitely one of my favourite shows ever. And I mostly watch romance dramas and I've never watched something like this so it's odd that it's one of my favourites now. That shows how good it is!
Overall, it was amazing and I would recommend this to absolutely anyone.

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R.I.P my soul

Is this the part where I admit this show starting from episode one made me nearly dive behind my couch in fear screaming "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!"

I finished this show the other day and I can honestly say I still have no idea what to say. My brain is clearly static noise of insane fangirling. I see a lot of people liking it, and just as many disliking it. Still not sure how you can hate this show because of the "bad CGI" ekrhgerhreiue WHERE?! Lol Okay okay, I know, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Guess my inner fangirl just doesn't understand. Lol I thought everything about it was fantastic and had never been done before, honestly. I mean I'm a huge horror buff and this is the first show I have ever had made me actually scared. Okay, I'm sorry but that thing from episode one took me by surprise and I'm almost sure I'm sitting here as a ghost not realizing that scene actually killed me. Lol O_O

I don't think there was anything I disliked about this show because it really showed what I think the end of the world would be like. Not to mention, they covered every type of person and that takes a lot of skill to put all of that together in such a small place. And can we please talk about the setting!? They used one building through most of the show and made every episode unique as hell! THAT IS TALENT! The writers, designers, actors all deserve awards. lol Even the ones I hated with a passion (old abusive man, I'm lookin at you - freaking hated this man's character so much)

While I still have a lot of questions -- I'm sure I'll never get answers to, I really did love this show. I'm actually really shocked because it's rare that I see a preview and think "Holy crap I can't wait to see this!!" and it actually deliver on being as badass as they show in the previews. This show delivered and went WAY beyond my expectations. I can't wait for season 2! (I really hope we get it soon. Lol)

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WATCH IT NOW!

I would like to start by saying I have not read the webtoon and thus I’ll judge the story and characters as showcased in the drama. I would also ensue a trigger warning as the show depicts serious topics like Suicide, self harm and violence- so bear this in mind if you decide to watch.

Without spoiling too much, the show focuses on the characters and their reactions and emotions in this life threatening situation they are put in. It is how they come together to fight monsters- outside and the ones within. Each character comes with their own backstory and ALL characters are interesting and well-written. They put in a good amount of money and the monsters look convincing even though the CGI is evident. I was pretty impressed! (If you’re worried about them being scary, don’t be- those are not what might scare you or scar you while watching the show)

Each actor does a bang-on job and you feel connected to most of them inspite of the show being 10 episodes.

The ending of the show leaves space for season 2 and I do hope they come out with one. Even if they don’t, one can interpret the last few scenes in various ways so if you aren’t a fan of an open ending this part might not sit well with you.

I really liked the background score at most times but whenever Warriors played, I felt like the song used for those parts could have varied- however it doesn’t take away from what the scene tried to portray so I won’t complain much on that front.

All in all I highly recommend the show and I assure you, you’ll be happy you took out your time and gave it a chance!

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What a series

I never expected that this series would turn up like this first of all hats off to all the crew worked on this CAST
Ist song Kang he literally nailed it ,I haven't expected that much from him,but he proven himself especially the last episode,he played very well
Lee do hyun unlike song kang I have watched his dramas before he is a well versed actor
He played the character that kept the entire drama on a reality check like even though he seems like a emotionless guy but he just trying to survive with others
Lee jin wook he is just so good with action scenes his character development along the series is so observable
Lee Shi young she is so cool, her character in this series seems so ruthless and stuff but she is soft inside
Even though there are some things that I didn't understood like the ending I am not gonna spoil that
There are some charecter that are unforgettable especially the sword guy he is such a good actor and eun hyuk's sister and ahjusshi who makes weapons
There are annoying charecters and some fillers like a gang seems like they kept them for another episode at first I thought like that but it's not like that
See it so u will understand it
Music is kinda creepy cause the genre is horror
VFX and CGI are very well done

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Lets first talk about hyun su past ,
I really cant imagine all of this...korean schools are really something...bullying is so common there, at least u should have a sensable reason but no he just helped him by giving coins and he in return ruined his whole life and thats the reason why i hate watchimg high school dramas , please bullies beat others for no reason and authorities play dumb there. For this reason i am really greatful that i live in sucha place where students dont judge each other by rich or poor or bully each other. Gosh, i really pity hyun su.
Okay so except that my favourite charactors were hyunsu, eun yoo, hyuk,yuri's grandpa and wook.
And some people watched it because of webtoon,some because of song kang(hyunsu) but i watched it because of yoon ji soo(the guitarist) because i was watching her drama dali and the cocky prince so thats why.
Eun yoo and eun hyuk both have different personalities despite they are siblings but they both are amazing and i really didnt liked him at start, everyone was suffuring buy hyunsu suffered a lot thats why he was the stromgest of them all and really will really appreciate if he will survive in season 2 also as i cant se him dying already.
I really dont know how i did that but in between of this intense thriller drama i had a new crush on song kang and hyuk both .

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Eletrizante

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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I am innevitably comparing this to the immaculate webtoon and it falls short

The drama is not bad at all, there are quite a few entertaining parts here and there. The acting is okay. Nothing outstanding to be honest but nothing unrealistic.

I think the issue I have with this drama is that it just meets expectations when it could have easily surpassed them. I don't think everyone who has watched this drama understands what they are missing if they haven't read the webtoon. The source material it's just so much better paced, written and heartfelt. Yes all of these pieces are still somewhat here in the drama but they're a bit scattered. Like the writer wanted to hit certain moments of the webtoon then move along to the next plot point.

This is mostly an ensemble drama with the ML being a really quiet soldier that is used from time to time in order to favor other new characters like the firefighter. I had no issues with the firefighter to be honest. The actress is great and all, but I like her more as a side character and they made her the protagonist almost, when in the webtoon this role belonged to the musician girl. A lot of the characters personalities that in the webtoon provided internal conflict here the characters are just there. So there's no inner conflict between the members of the appartment complex. The characters in the comic were just more layered instead of yes men. You hated them but you understood their humanity. In this drama everyone is basically holding hands and sometimes arguing but doing as they're told. In the comic most of them were a time bomb. You were always worried one of them might screw up and kill everyone. It was much more thrilling.

Towards the end the thugs appear pretty much out of nowhere and this plot point is really rushed, when in the comic we had to struggle a lot to get rid of them. I think I'm remembering correctly but in the webtoon it was the thugs not the firefighter that defeated the muscle monster outside. So the appartment members had one problem solved by a bigger problem. It was so instense.

All in all I think things just go too favourably for the people at the appartment here. And they're already adapted most of the really thrillign events in the comic so I'm afraid where this will go. But this drama was not bad... it had some moments of weird pacing and dragging in the middle but I will probably watch the following season.

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I don't wanna be rude, but...

This was a bunch of bullshit. If anyone understoon even one thing about this story... that person is too smart for this world.
I have read the webtoon and that was amazing, but this series... I don't even know what i was watching... The only reason i'm not giving 1 star is beacuse of the music which was great. There is nothing more i can rate here.
Is there anyone who understood what this ending wanted to be without reading the webtoon? Is there anyone who understood the point of this story? Netflix should have told newbies to read the webtoon first because this series is just a extra for the fans (the worst one, tbh) and if someone haven't read it, they won't understand a thing. I'm disappointed and angry. It was a waste of time and ruined my favourite webtoon. Thanks. Really.

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MAAAN WATCH IT!! RIGHT. NOW.

UHH-MAAAZINNNG!!! storyline? the best. cinematography? on point. acting? top notch! the storyline keeps me curious on what will happen next and I can't stop watching it. at first I thought it was thriller drama like strangers from hell or kingdom, but I was wrong. the drama also portrayed relationship and humanity, questioning 'to what extent are you a human?'. It has heartwarming and emotional scene, and yes I cried :')). I looooveee every single character, having different backstory, are imperfect yet I understand them. I wish they could show more in depth relationship between each character though. Oh andd, the monsters look really real, cgi was great. There are lots of gore and disgusting parts too. I advice not to eat while watching it (well I can't).

anyway, watch it guyss!! RIGHT NOWW!! it was amazing and I need season 2 :))))

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Late runner wins my favourite drama of the year

Wow, just wow. If I don't get a second season, I'm going to become a monster.
Let me start by saying, I hate horror, I avoid it like the plague but after watching the trailer, I decided to sit down and watch some of it, and it hooked me from the start. I have never read the webtoon, so I went into this blind.
The only thing that has a shrug from me: the song Warriors being played. Only thing that irritated me.
The acting superb, two thumbs up for the cast. They had me in a whirlwind emotion of hate, hope, love, among other things.
This drama's manifestation of monster's, both physically and psychologically was brilliant. What added to my delight, was the monsters appearance, almost webtoony in a way. They weren't made to blend in perfectly with their environment, they were made to look unreal, and that only heightened the idea of real monsters. Human's and their shortcomings. When we cut to people, it was gritty, and real, and dirty. The metaphorical beauty of this drama hit me like a bus (or a firetruck).
Another point is the characters themselves. Morally grey. I love when this is done right, and this was done awesome. I had my favourites, and I had those I loathed, and there were those who changed my mind. I grew with the characters, and loved every minute of it. And what brought more meaning was character deaths. They did this so right. They were poignant, and made me stop and think. I didn't just go, oh well, another dead, I actually paused and grieved when a few of my favourites died (or did they?) They had different personalities, different goals, different histories, we didn't dwell on them, but were exposed to them fresh, raw and wholly, which kept the teetering pace.
I think 10 episodes was a great package. I feel like some drama's do 16-20 and they end up with so much filler, or flashback or things that meant nothing. Here, everything was inserted for a reason.
And that ending episode, the twists? Damn, that's an ending done right.
Can I also say the poetry behind Hyun-Su's form? He looked like an avenging angel, and whether he caused that eclipse or not, I can't wait to see them delve further into this world of survival.
Sweet home hit a sweet spot, in a year of drama misses for me, and I eagerly await the next season! Fighting team!

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