I really wanted to love this series. I liked the novel a lot and was expecting changes in the film from such a sprawling, multi-generational novel. But what a mess the series turned out to be. Jumping from time to time, leaving out an entire generation, adding an entire episode about an earthquake which led nowhere... what disastrous choices. And all those plot threads that went no where... What happened to Noa? What happened to Isak? What happened to Isak and Sunja's baby? What happened to Yoseb? Where did Solomon come from (his entire parental generation is written out? Why were Hana and her mother so estranged?. And an entire episode devoted to an earthquake not in the novel and that advanced the story line very little. And what happened to WWII? And the last 15 or 20 mins of the finale... what the hell?
The only reason I gave it a "7" was the wonderful acting of Youn Yuh-jung and, to a lessor extent, Jin Ha.
I understand that book-to-film adaptations are usually disappointing but they should at least be coherent. I tried to explain what was happening to my wife who did not read the book but at times I was lost. Little wonder that she said the series was completely perplexing. So disappointing.
The only reason I gave it a "7" was the wonderful acting of Youn Yuh-jung and, to a lessor extent, Jin Ha.
I understand that book-to-film adaptations are usually disappointing but they should at least be coherent. I tried to explain what was happening to my wife who did not read the book but at times I was lost. Little wonder that she said the series was completely perplexing. So disappointing.