The episode I was waiting for finally came around và cleared up all but one question that’s been haunting the past four episodes (what happened to Inho’s hand?). I’m delighted by the amount of time we spent in Yoo Jung’s head today because it finally allows you get a feel for who he is (without other’s filters getting in the way) & he’s a squishy teddy bear. Okay, maybe not a teddy bear. A lion?Aww. But first I wanted to lớn talk a bit about Inho and Inha because whew that was some heavy stuff they dropped on us there (and Inha’s younger counterpart was brilliant). Part of me wants to lớn excuse Inha for her present behaviour given what she went through but Inho went through the same thing và has turned out so much better so I wonder if I’m placing too much blame on nurture. It’s easy lớn find her amusing but there are times when she pulls off something as nasty as what she did to Inho that I find it difficult lớn sympathize with her. What Inho did was absolutely wrong, but there are two possibilities for him having run away lượt thích that: 1) he suffered a similar cấp độ of abuse or 2) he was running above from both the aunt và Inha. Given what little Inha said about trying to incite the mentally-ill aunt to lớn kill them (such horrifying thoughts for a child), I wonder if it could have been the latter, hence why he still feels guilty, because she did suffer a greal deal too. But twisting the knife in that past wound makes Inha look lượt thích an even worse psychopath than Yoo Jung was played out lớn be in the first few episodes. Because lớn her, all’s fair as long as she gets her money, while Inho’s left with a reopened wound.Onto Yoo Jung, who is similarly emotionally stunted (though if you ask me, Inha is waaayy worse) but now that we aren’t seeing him through Seol’s viewpoint or merely getting bits and pieces of him with eerie music playing in the background, a great giảm giá khuyến mãi of the mystery fades away. Yoo Jung, in a nutshell, is a rigidly-controlled, slightly superior, sweetheart. He does have a few (minor, seriously miiinor) issues with control but isn’t nearly as bad as the grabby kid i saw on Heirs and Boys Over Flowers (Wait, Lee Minho? that was you? I’m just going to lớn pretend that isn’t in your filmography…dramography?).
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Yoo Jung is highly effective at taking charge of situations as seen in his being the head of his friend group. He’s well aware of the pitfalls of that position – the insincerity, and everyone wanting something from him – hence his emotional isolation from these people. Yet, this and whatever past experiences he underwent, appears to have taken him too far down the rabbit hole. He can’t truly connect with people. He knows what makes every person tick. He manipulates the hell out of them without harming them in any way (unless of course, you’ve wronged him) but he doesn’t know how lớn interact with them without pulling strings.
Yet, he doesn’t see this as an issue that needs fixing because, to him, they’re the strange ones. There’s no point in getting emotionally attached to lớn them. That random question he asked Seol on how she became friends with Bora doesn’t seem khổng lồ flyaway given this aspect of his character. He’s actually curious because he’s never made such a connection. Given this, I disagree with Jooyong’s bình luận that Yoo Jung doesn’t understand other’s feelings. He definitely does khổng lồ some extent, hence why he didn’t want Seol to lớn know what he’d done, but he only sees him in this analytic, manipulative fashion as opposed lớn Seol và her friends’ natural empathy. Hence why he seemed so out of place in the hospital scene with Bora at the others, not only because he didn’t really know her & Euntaek, but also because he didn’t really know what to vì or say (as evidenced in the almost casual comments he made upon seeing that badly injured patient). Park Haejin was honestly made for Yoo Jung’s role & that last scene simultaneously made me shiver and want lớn hug him. Because there is something slightly psychologically off with someone who thinks that everyone’s strange but him. And he does deserve a wake-up call, even if he isn’t in the wrong with TA Heo’s case, because he does treat good people as inferior as seen with Inho. But the level of vulnerability with which Yoo Jung said this line was heartbreaking.Because among all those inconsequential others, she’s the only one whose opinion of him matters. He lets everyone else go about with their misguided opinion of him: Jooyeon, & even Seol at first though it clearly appears to lớn have hurt. There was a level of false bravado và loneliness here that put me in mind of Inho. It was the same when Jooyong scoffed at his superiority.The cold mask cracked and Yoo Jung’s panic escaped onto his features & it was (such a relief) & sort of wonderful to lớn see that it was a human that lay underneath & not a psychotic killer (Can’t help but think of his character in Bad Guys at times). I would lượt thích to point out though that Yoo Jung isn’t judging Seol for judging him (if anything he works khổng lồ ensure that her impression of him turns favourable) because he judges people as well, as seen in his guilty-until-proved-innocent treatment of Jooyong (And it is nice khổng lồ see a gay couple on tv so before anyone starts judging I just thought I’d leave this here. SK is a conservative, Confucian country for the most part so seeing a gay people on tv doesn’t come easy. Yoo Jung, however, does not judge TA Heo và Jooyong for being gay, but rather for the other choices they’ve made: stealing money, blaming him for getting back, treating Seol lượt thích crap và telling her everything. Yoo Jung isn’t homophobic. However, that one of the only two gay characters on the show is written as an asshole remains. Yet this writer is also showing that the stigmatization of gay relationships in Korea has led to lớn people being afraid lớn come out, và in this case, has resulted in the real underwear thief finding a convenient target khổng lồ blame because he knows that TA Heo & Jooyong won’t be able to risk coming out. So is there some homophobia in this show? I’m saying no.)I honestly felt the pieces click after this episode và it’s amazing as to lớn how brilliantly the last ten minutes solidified Yoo Jung’s world view. If Seol wants him to lớn tell the truth, then he’ll do so. This was why Yoo Jung pulled strings with Seol (to get her the scholarship & to go out with her). He had no problem with asking Seol out, but not until everything was in place for her lớn say yes. He didn’t wait a second longer than that (see my previous bình luận in the ep 4 review on how he could have waited for longer instead of making her a give a hesitant ‘yes’) which among a myriad of other things proves that he really, really, really likes Seol.I MEAN LOOK AT THIS ADORABLE CREATURE. Yoo Jung’s got a crush and it’s the cutest thing ever. Watching him around Seol is lượt thích seeing a kid in a candy shop. You can practically see the hearts coming out of his eyes.And Seol clearly feels something in return. If this were any other channel then tv
N, I would be dreading an angsty separation but tomorrow’s episode previews are super promising and I frankly can’t wait. Especially now that I’m on the right ship (So Yoo Jung & Seol get each other, và I get Shin Segi Baek Inho. Sounds fair)(Why is he so flipping gorgeous?)
The drama adaptation of Cheese in the Trap last 2016 has been met with so much love in the beginning as it explains the complicated relationship of college students, including the difficult relation that blossomed between the leads Hong Seol và Yoo Jung due to prejudices and misunderstandings during the early stages of them being acquaintances in college.
However, the drama was also accompanied with many controversies as it came to lớn an open end, with some loose ties & a very vague conclusion in which Yoo Jung decided khổng lồ leave Hong Seol. She had lớn wait for him khổng lồ respond to her emails that he continuously ignored. The drama ends with them unknowingly passing by each other at the pedestrian and Yoo Jung finally responding lớn one of her emails, giving hope to lớn viewers that somehow there is this chance that their story really continues even if the drama is over.
On the other hand, the movie adaptation of Cheese in the Trap in 2017 has shown a gaping difference in comparison khổng lồ the TV drama.
Far from how the series attacked the story, which is much lighter with bits and pieces of comedy in between and a totally compelling character development while concocting a gushing college romance between Seol and Jung, the movie has shown a rather much dangerous setting for the characters who were college students that were faced with much more serious problems like a psychopath stalker, Oh Young Gun, and the red brick guy who victimizes Seol in one of the scenes on the latter part of the story where they rode the elevator together.
Gone were the typical college student issues were they just thought about how to finish a group project when everyone’s just interested. Gone was the issue about friends who only get close because of Jung’s money. Or the worries that Seol has as she struggled to juggle her studies with her part-time jobs và her piling up bills. Or the outstanding issue with Jung’s relationship towards In Ho or In Ha or even his father. Or Seol’s selflessness being taken the wrong way that most people took her for granted, just lượt thích how her parents did. Yes, there were bits và pieces of those, but they were mere glimpses of the much personal struggles of each of them that made their character development in the series sweeter and steadier in progress.
Those things made them endearing in the tv adaptation, but I cannot say the same for the movie since character development was almost nonexistent. I felt too that instead of an introverted personality, Seol seemed more of a pushover here. Seol in the series was more thoughtful và thorough even though she was awkward with almost everyone, she looks, feels và sounds lượt thích it. Her insecurities và her struggles in the series were all real, even her struggles with her relationship with Jung later in the drama seemed real since she wasn’t the most confident with her looks. I can say the same thing for her, since Kim Go Eun definitely fit the mô tả tìm kiếm of Seol in the webtoon. Seol was average in looks, her hair looks like ‘dog’s fur’ as Baek In Ho termed it and her main strength definitely didn’t come from good looks but hard work & her genuine care for others.
In fact, I feel lượt thích it isn’t just Hong Seol’s character that is compromised. I think all of the characters hasn’t been much explained in the movie và we can attribute this lớn the time constraint. I mean, a two-hour run in the film is a far cry from what a full series can vì to slowly but surely introduce the characters và build up their personalities. It’s understandable but definitely not forgivable. Because they totally ruined my movie experience. It would have been nice if character progression remained evident even if the plot had gone a much more serious and darker route.
Let’s give more examples khổng lồ this. Say for one, Yoo Jung may have been a hard nut to crack with a dark aura surrounding him, but at least the drama was able lớn explain in its latter half how it boils down to lớn his passive-aggressive personality. Jung clearly has anger issues and the subtle reactions & gestures Seol notices on him when he interacts with others were the tiny giveaways throughout the drama to lớn uncover his true personality. It just so happen Jung has good control of his emotions. He’s good at suppressing them. None of that was explored in the movie, which is sad, because we’re only shown a guy with psychopatic tendencies. Jung is more cryptic in the film và its hard to understand how he’s able lớn overcome this, especially with the story progression. Seol may have contributed in his change but everything just feels so abrupt in the movie.
We also have Jang Bo Ra & Kwon Eun Taek, whose characters barely shined. Sandara Park’s portrayal of Bo Ra is a sight khổng lồ see despite her short screen time. I truly wished though her relationship with Eun Taek was made clearer.
Then there’s also Baek In Ho & Baek In Ha. These two played a major role in adding twists to Seol và Jung’s lives in the drama, but I feel like In Ho’s character hasn’t been given enough justice in the film. Yes, there is also a backstory between him and Jung–of what happened in their past–but it’s as much a blur as almost everything in the movie. Baek In Ha, too. Her personality seems crude–and did I mention batshit crazy?–but she fails lớn stick to her character the moment she got back her credit thẻ from Jung và her presence just fades away after that.
I had so much expectation for the film because of how good the series was minus the vague ending, but it was flushed down the drain as soon as đôi mươi minutes into the film. I mean, given that it has skipped the introductions và gone straight past the first arc of Seol & Jung’s relationship, I had given it so much benefit of the doubt, but it still failed to lớn get a good grasp of my attention. I would have skipped some parts but I wanted to lớn see how different and how also similar it was khổng lồ the series & I’m still amazed at how awfully different và bad it was.
There was nothing that could have made me want to lớn stay and watch it other than the fact that I found the last 10 minutes its saving grace while showing how Jung came to lượt thích Seol and his last line that he was practicing in front of a sick & sleeping Seol, which says ‘Seol will you go out with me?’, that is more lượt thích a promise that made everything a bit sweeter. Seems lớn me that this is the only satisfying thing about this movie. Ironically, it’s much better where the drama adaptation lacked and it strikingly failed at what the drama was able to do.
More so, though there are parts that had pleased me, I feel lượt thích the characters lacked the chemistry that the original cast had. It had seemed lớn me that the story only lived because of the plot & not because the characters’ emotions were driving it to lớn flow.
Additionally, I felt lượt thích it was too much that despite the original storyline focusing more on Seol and Jung’s romance & their relationship with the people around them, that at some point in the middle to kết thúc of the film, it suddenly became a thriller with some chasing và brawls và dark alleys. I felt lượt thích that was way to lớn go overboard & though it’s a change I think it’s unwarranted for what was originally a romance centered youth story.
I bởi vì want to say something nice to lớn the film but I feel like there’s more to lớn judge than khổng lồ praise as everything passed like a blur, with little to lớn no way of figuring out how the story flowed especially with the poor editing và the hasty pace và the dizzying storytelling in this version. I don’t know. Everything’s just half-baked I hardly got a grip of what was happening và couldn’t connect with any of their emotions.
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I’m not sure if it’s because I had watched the series and even read the webtoon & found great similarities between the two than this film that I am quite disappointed with this version, but it’s how I feel. Grading this I think giving it a 2.1 out of 5 is fair enough.