Christmas Review #15 - White Christmas
This show probably isn’t for everyone, but I liked it. I think my absolute favourite part was the scene when Yoon Su is chasing himself in circles around his room - the soundtrack and camera work and everything was just so reminiscent of art house movies I used to love watching. I’ll admit it, I rewatched that scene a couple of times. I also love how he just perched way up there, just chilling out, for half the series.
Not to put any spoilers in, but this show is dark. If you want high school happy times, look elsewhere. It’s also kind of slow at times, I’m guessing a lot of that has to do with the conscious decision the producers made to not fill up everything with a lot of background noise. There’s a lot of quiet, which builds the whole sense of isolation, and it adds to the overall impact of the show, but it can get a bit draggy. I didn’t go so far as to fast forward scenes, but I did find myself waiting for things to happen. Which, again, is a bit like art house movies, so you know. It really depends on what you like.
It’s a great cast, although admittedly there are one or two characters that I wanted to slap upside the head, but that could just mean the actors did a great job with the role.
The only thing I didn’t quite like was the ending, but then again it’s not like I have an alternate ending in mind that I would have preferred. Would I watch it again? Probably not. I’m glad I savoured it as I watched it, because I feel like it gave me a chance to think about what was going on.
Honestly, I’m contemplating going back into my list and upping the rating I gave it, because I enjoyed it a lot more than the value below seems to indicate.
