Cavalerul în Negru (2023)

Good show for when you’re bored

I was expecting a lot more from this show honestly but i think its that type of show where it depends on how you feel about it for it to be any good. Idk if that made any sense but i feel like this show could get pretty boring throughout the episodes. Despite it being only 6 episodes, which is why i had high hopes for it because usually short kdramas are always well done, but this one seemed to have just dragged itself on- nevertheless it had great fighting scenes and it’s not a hard watch, just a bit boring at times. I think they should’ve switched up the dialogue scenes with action scenes!

Anyway great show, I would watch a second season if it gets renewed!

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Un retour de Woo Bin qui est plutôt raté...

Mauvais. Et encore je suis gentille. J'aimerais utiliser un terme encore moins flatteur... Mais par amour pour Woo Bin, je m'abstiendrais. Ah ce retour de mon chéri, je l'attendais avec impatience. Hé bien, je n'aurais pas dû et rester sur ma première impression : Si c'est Netflix, méfie toi comme de la peste! Comme quoi, l'argent ne fait pas tout (oui, oui j'y crois encore à la licorne bleue qui vole).
- L'histoire? Rien de nouveau, rien de transcendant. Un monde où l'humanité vole en éclat et où ( sans surprise) les riches sont forcément les méchants et les gueux...hé bien les gentils. Du noir et du blanc. La palette classique d'un scénariste en mal d'inspiration.... On aurait aimé des nuances, un fond moins manichéen où l'être humain serait au prise avec un choix plus cornélien, plus humain un peu comme dans "Alice in borderland"...
- Le visuel? Certains apprécieront les couleurs ocre et poussiéreuses qui rappellent vaguement la vision post apocalyptique, en ce qui me concerne ce parti pris m'a laissé de froid. Qui a dit qu'une dystopie devait être aussi ennuyante et n'avoir qu'un dégradé de grisaille? J'aurais aimé une vision plus colorée à l'image de Nausicca par exemple, qui nous a démontré qu'un monde violent et dépourvu d'humanité pouvait aussi renfermer de l'espoir, une envie de changer les choses, de croire en un monde meilleur. Inutile donc de venir vous dire que dans la vision de Black Knight, tout est sombre et noir (les tenues vestimentaires, les logements, l'extérieur, les voitures....tout ou presque car est épargné le monde où vivent les privilégiés, un monde presque normal et qui ne nous éblouit donc nullement....
- L'action? Les courses poursuites ne sont pas décidément pas mon truc, et cela se prouve encore ici.... quelques scènes de combat loin de nous émoustiller et un épisode final qui n'aura le mérite que de noyer le scénario sous un flot de balles à l'aveugle. Bref, loin d'un musclé "Weak Hero" ou de l'adrénaline d'un "taxi driver", on s'ennuie ferme.
- Les personnages??? Heu.... je me souviens de "extraordinary you" qui disait que les personnages extras sortant du cadre de l'histoire ensuite étaient oubliés. C'est tout à fait cela. Des personnages sans profondeurs et dont on ne sait si on doit en rire ou en pleurer. Mais mon Dieu, à quoi servent-ils donc? Il nous est impossible de les comprendre, de compatir avec eux et d'avoir ne serait-ce qu'une once de lien avec eux. Le trio d'amis stupide souligné par des surnoms bien gras, se terminant par la mort d'une d'entre eux est tout sauf intense. Dois-je rappeler la mort des amis d'Arisu (Alice in Borderland) et qui fut déchirant, nous surprenant par la violence de leur choix, de leur mort? Ou alors le rôle de "papy" qui fut tout aussi décevant, on se demande à quoi bon avoir créer ce type de personnage...ou du mutant....alors, là, après plusieurs épisodes qui lui sont consacrées, il redevient inutile. Son histoire est d'ailleurs tout sauf touchante. Peut-être du too much.
Et Woo Bin???? Rhaaaaaaa, pourquoi avoir tourné pour un drama aussi pourri.... Woo Bin, s'il te plaît, ne va plus jamais tourner pour Netflix et compagnie, reviens nous!
- L'OST?? Loin, très très très loin des OST qu'ont l'habitude de nous délivrer les coréens. Cela se fond dans un amas de note déjà entendus partout, ces musiques passe-partout que l'on colle sans vergogne en période de disette.... Loin d'un thème mémorable comme "Taxi Driver" ou encore de "One Dollar Lawyer"....
- Ah, je n'ai rien contre les placements de produits en général, après tout, c'est une source de revenus importante....par contre, le placement de produit de cigarette, des marlboros en plus, me donne envie de fuir.

En conclusion, c'est un mauvais drama. Point. Restons en à 6 épisodes, il n'y avait rien à conter.

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Kim woobin delivers √

Watched the series for kim woo bin and i love his charismatic presense in the series., a great come back for him, series started slowly and finally peaked in ep 5 and 6 .

pros- the cast all major characters have been portrayed well including the support cast , awesome fight sequences, goosebumps moments, tournaments where all very engaging to watch.

Cons- more screen time for sawol which was mostly not needed , vfx can still be improved.

Verdict
Overall i really enjoyed the series and only has 6
episodes so easy to watch within 4 hours and not time consuming .

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Kim Woo Bin, Sci-Fi, Entertainment + Bonus performances

I needed Kim Woo Bin's face to have been without a mask more often. Sure, Song Seung Heon is a villain but sometimes I almost rooted for him. Jung Seol Ah, Yoon Sa Wol and so on, great cast and good performances. Well-paced so it wasn't boring at least. Very good stunts. Whatever they started, they finished. So glad about that. What they conveyed was definitely clear enough. However, if they could've fleshed it out more and come up with more content and world building, and still managed to wrap it up well, it would've been epic indeed.

Overall 8.5/10, can watch once for entertainment.

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Non è il mio genere ma...

Nonostante non sia il mio genere, ha saputo intrattenermi ma sarebbe potuto essere molto meglio. Effetti speciali fantastici. In linea generale come storia non tratta nulla di nuovo, ma l'interpretazione degli attori ha saputo far valorizzare l'opera altrimenti sciatta e inutile. Dico questo perchè nonostante sia un buon prodotto, è davvero troppo breve e hanno voluto inserirci a forza troppi elementi che non vengono giustamente spiegati perchè, ehi, non ce n'è il tempo! Esempio lampante la questione dei mutanti. Why? Ne avevamo bisogno? E' fondamentale ai fini della storia? No. Sto cercando di capire perchè abbiano voluto complicarsi la vita quando avrebbero potuto creare un'opera migliore e più funzionante senza questo elemento. Alla fine capiamo che non ci sarà una seconda stagione e sinceramente un po' ci speravo perchè qualcosa in più avrebbero dovuto spiegarcelo oltre all'elemento che ho trattato prima.
Non ho messo un voto basso al rewatch perchè penso che lo riguarderei nel qual caso pensassero di allungarlo. Sicuramente per gli amanti del genere potrebbe riservare un'amara delusione.

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Short but Impactful

I was hesitant to watch this drama, mostly because I typically find myself not enjoying sci-fi kdramas too much. However, this one surprised me!!

In a bleak and dystopian future, the world (or at least S Korea) has been destroyed with little breathable oxygen left. A strict divide in social class leaves the top of the pyramid in a cushy, oxygen-filled environment and the refugees fending for themselves in a barely livable and barren landscape. Moving up the social ladder is impossible - unless you're a delivery driver. Sa-wol decides he will do his best to become a driver like the legendary 5-8, who seems to do his job and help refugees at the same time. However, the job is much more dangerous than it seems, and the people at the top seem to have no interest in helping those beneath them.

This short series depicts a not-so-new take on a dystopian future, but does so in a way that's very enjoyable to watch. Sa-wol is very committed to his dream of being a delivery driver and gets himself wrapped up in a mess bigger than he ever anticipated. Many plot points were totally under-explained, but overall for 6 episodes it was super solid. I think this would've worked better as an 8 or 10 episode drama, but still definitely worth the watch.

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Going Postal °a generous 7° °good but lacking°

There was the c☄met. That was 40 years ago. 1% survived. Most continents are underwater. Kcountry looks like the set from Mad Max Fury Road-9. Breathing is only possible with the assistance of the Aircore, which is basically a massive air purifier. People reside in the core districts - at least the lucky ones do. Others must try to survive in the wilderness of the outer districts and breath through masks. One way to improve one's station is to become a postal worker; in this world they're called deliverymen. It's dangerous. "Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor hail shall keep the postmen from their appointed rounds," is the famous pledge. But there's much worse out there now. Apart from the harsh terrain, there's the thieves, hunters and raiders.

BK is a 2023 release that is rated 88 on AWiki. It is 1 season consisting of only 6 45-minute episodes. This dystopian future is one in which a few have all the privileges at the expense of the many (sounds familiar). Those on the fringe are used up, and once the oligarchy has used them up, they want to throw them out. "5-8" is the premier deliveryman - He's a legend. Through the course of the show he uncovers the plot to eliminate the outer circles of civilization. He forms allies, willing and reluctant, to fight the diabolical power structure.

Kim Woo Bin, the person who makes The Heirs-7.3 worth watching, plays 5-8. He's a superb male lead and he only adds to BK's value. He shines in Our Blues-8.5. Kang Yoo Seok (Growing Season) is solid as Yoon Sa Wol, his charge. Esom, one of the brightest stars in Because This Is My First Life-7.7, plays Jung Seol Ah, a military officer that does things by the book. No partiality. Song Seung Heon (Saimdang-8.5, Player, Black-9, Wonderful Nightmare) plays villain Ryu Seok. What are they doing to my guy? This actor is a fabulous romantic lead. I hate seeing him as someone odious; and odious he is. His rigid facial expressions and body language make him unrecognizable compared to how he appears in Black or Saimdang, the only exposures I've had to him. His range is a credit to his acting prowess. I still don't have to like it. The screenwriter / director is Cho Ui Seok of Cold Eyes.

BK is executed well which is why I'm not sure why I didn't like it more. The action is respectable - quite good, actually, and at times fabulous. The artistry is big-budget, a very cool windstorm being one example. There's shades of Planet of the Apes in a shot of a toppled Namsan Tower smack in the center of the dust bowl. The story is solid and the acting is strong. In this case, the individual elements weirdly add up to something less, though I can't pinpoint why. Things that come to mind are, first of all, it is all retread - there is nothing original at all in BK. That's a criticism that means little, though, if the execution is solid. Thus, I must surmise that there's something lacking in the execution. It's put together alittle too loosely; the cadence and direction are uneven. I almost wonder if a re-edit could fix it. The tempo is mostly slow and brooding, but that only works when the writing is dynamic. Here, the writing does not have a high enough IQ - There's nothing to brood on. The same criticism can be applied to the fact that BK did not engage me emotionally. For a feature to be truly good it must tickle the heart or the head (or both), and BK does neither. Despite some stellar action scenes, it lacks sufficient adrenaline to be qualified as an action piece, and it lacks the proper tension to be a thriller. What we're left with is some dusty vanilla ice cream.

Hey, I love ice cream. I love it enough to lick through the dust and enjoy the good stuff (AKA Kim Woo Bin;). My favorite genre is sci-fi / fantasy with romance being hitched right behind it (action and comedy follow closely). Apart from comedy, sci-fi / fantasy is the most demanding to write. Coming up with new worlds has endless challenges - just check with GRRM (George RR Martin) on that. So from my perspective, BK is worth watching, at least once, for what it does offer. I /know/ I overrated it at “7”. I was tempted to go lower but it didn't sit right. I'm convinced a larger than average portion of the viewing population will not enjoy BK. I trust that will help you decide whether to hop in the truck and take the ride or sit this one out.


〰 IMHO

RATINGS
Directing 7
Writing 7.6
Acting 7.7
Art 8
Sound & music 7.3
Ending 7.8

LEVELS
Warmth 3.5
Action 8
Laughs 1
Tears 5
Fright 4
Tension / Anxiety 4.5
Gore 5
Thought provocation 5.5
Snores 0
📣7 📝7.6 🎭7.7 🎨8 🎵/🔊7.3 🔚7.8 ▪ 🌞3.5 ⚡8 😅1 😭5 😱4 😯4.5 🤢5 🤔5.5 💤0


Age 14+ for violence
Language: $h!+

Rated TV-MA: Mature Audience Only.

Re-📺?
This one's in the good-to-pass-the-time category, but I may never pass this way again….


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K2 8,
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Non ho sentito parlare molto bene di questa serie ma la trama mi interessava quindi ho deciso di guardarla lo stesso. Adesso che l’ho finita non capisco molto quello che ho sentito dire, a me è piaciuta. La trama è promettente e ben sviluppata, i personaggi curati nei dettagli, non mi ha mai annoiata e sono stata sempre presa da quello che stavo guardando.
Sarà che mi piace questo genere ma mi è piaciuta.
Diciamo che sono una persona che si accontenta di quello che viene dato, suppongo che le riflessioni delle persone sulll’incompletezza della serie siano dovute da un’eccessiva aspettativa; è vero, ci sono serie del genere che danno molto più di quanto visto qui ma credo che non dobbiamo giudicare solo in base a quello che è stato fatto in precedenza, ma nel complesso della serie in sé. Penso che sia meglio non soffermarci troppo sulle differenze con le altre serie perchè poi il valore indipendente di ogni singola serie va nel cesso, basandoci solo sulle differenze non si coglie il vero valore, e così neanche al valore delle serie giudicate migliori viene data un'opportunità.
Vabbè che ho fatto un discorso ma era per far capire il mio punto di vista, in breve mi soffermo sull’integrità di quello che vedo, senza pensare molto al resto, perché solo così ne colgo il vero valore intrinseco. Sì, c’è anche da dire che fare delle differenze risulta indispensabile nel constatare quale film/serie del genere sia il migliore, ma non ci si deve soffermare solo su quello. In primis sul film in sé poi si fanno le dovute differenze, ma senza danneggiare il suo valore intrinseco.
Sin dal primo momento ho amato il ragazzino, infatti ci ero rimasta male che lo avessero sparato. Non mi aspettavo fosse un mutante e diciamo che questa sua caratteristica sembra essere un pò inutile ma alla fine ne vedo l’utilità. Se non fosse stato mutante, il tizio stronzo non l’avrebbe mai voluto lì e quindi il ragazzino non avrebbe avuto senso nella serie. Lui serviva per curare il tizio stronzo, la cosa purtroppo non viene spiegata bene, la devi intendere. Così anche altre cose, non viene spiegato tutto chiaramente, devi capire molte cose e per questo avrei preferito qualche episodio in più. La storia mi ha attirato e tenuta con gli occhi incollati allo schermo, quindi è un peccato sia finita così presto.
Sinceramente ci ho visto del potenziale e per me vale. Inoltre, è fatta veramente bene a livello scenico.

+ ero curiosa di chi interpretasse il ragazzino e cazzo non pensavo fosse quello che ha recitato il ruolo di uno dei protagonisti di "light on me". Sono stra sorpresa perché in primis non ritenevo fossero uguali (vi giuro mi sembrano due persone differenti) ma soprattutto perché la recitazione è molto diversa. Effettivamente "light on me" è stato pubblicato nel 2021 e lì non penso avesse una buona recitazione o almeno a me non ha fatto impazzire, era decente dai. Ma cazzo quanto è cresciuto il talento di sto ragazzo in sti due anni, adesso la recitazione è ottima, buonissima, mi è stra piaciuta. Gli faccio i miei complimenti perché se li merita.

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