jdrama: Rondo
Oct. 21st, 2007 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmoore
Hrm...the problem with Rondo is that I can't really mention the second half without giving away some pretty major spoilers that really shouldn't be given out. However, as it is half jdrama/half kdrama and involves undercover cops and forbidden romances and plenty of angst, I shall spoil the part of the ending most of the dorama fans on the flist want to know(plus, it won't really spoil anything for the main plot beyond what I said in my other post).
SPOILERS START
Much angst, a few separations, Sho gets shot, still beats the bad guys, walks out and past the conveniently just arriving calvary, then conveniently collapses in Yoon A's arms(the hall suddenly and inexplicably empty) and apparently dies right there. Except he somehow gets better (maybe everyone fled to call the ambulance?) and it end with them alive, reunited and kissing.
The part of me that like melodrama but gets annoyed when it gets drug out was absolutely giddy throughout that part.
SPOILERS END
Much angst, a few separations, Sho gets shot, still beats the bad guys, walks out and past the conveniently just arriving calvary, then conveniently collapses in Yoon A's arms(the hall suddenly and inexplicably empty) and apparently dies right there. Except he somehow gets better (maybe everyone fled to call the ambulance?) and it end with them alive, reunited and kissing.
The part of me that like melodrama but gets annoyed when it gets drug out was absolutely giddy throughout that part.
SPOILERS END
I started this just expecting some action and to enjoy what promised to be some fast paced melodrama(see, I don't have a problem with melodrama and long eternal stares and angsts, it's just when that takes up most of a series-like most kdramas-I lose patience and interest) but ended up absolutely in love with the first half, and then liking the second half, but wihing it was shorter. About halfway through, there's a bloody marvelous twist that turns the series from one kind of story I love into another kind of story I love. The only problem is that, as compared to the first half, and to most jdramas, the second half drags somewhat. If you aren't used to kdrama melodrama at all, it's probably going to go from great to draggy, if you love kdrama melodrama it'll probably eat you alive. I've seen enough modern kdramas to be used to the melodrama even though it annoys me, so I still enjoyed it even though I wish it had maintained the breakneck pace of the first half. Still, I quite liked the series and wih there were more like it in general.
Anyway, i bring ome pics.
