Ah, so maybe shes making plans for the future since she wants to have a future now. In the case of Deus, the system knows Lily should behave one way based on all the rules of determinism. The frontier of the American West in the 1800s was a difficult place to live, especially for women. Ur comments cracked me up!!! Really? }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Please enter your username or email address. Jin-sung seems to think so as he stops running and starts crying, with Moo-chuls minion nearby to share in the grief. Though I did see the charm the actor brought to the role that was a little too fan-servicey for me. But I thought her extreme trust issues were well shown so I bought her character as a whole. He takes them hostage. What the Wind Knows is a masterpiece written by Amy Harmon, an amazing interpretation of events in Ireland during the period of 1916 1922. The title is "Gu Family Book" which is why I expected there's some kind of journey to find said book or even the appearance of it. It is based in South Africa and focuses on a myriad of problems in a small township rife with a murderer and racism. Because now just isnt a good time? . Anyways, thanks for such wonderful recaps. js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; I can write one of those, too.". Poor guys had better days. Yes, so many dangling threads, holes where we just don't know - drama is pretty but tattered. @picklemonster: I was happy with the happy ending, too. Her tears finally spill over as she stops the video, even though Video Soo seemed to have more to say. In this case, too, Lizzy feels trapped, this time from a situation that she cannot escape. I dont understand why this conversation cant happen now. Eventually, she realizes she is actually in the past and tries to avoid doing anything that will reveal her true identity. Good play. By the time we reach its denouement . Politics and peril in The Secret Romantic Guesthouse, You can only pick one: Friends-to-lovers drama, First script reading for tvN's Stealer: Seven Joseon Coins. I'm mad he had to stab his best friend for that to happen, though. But it the Fukai as a natural ecosystem isnt right. Young has a surprisingly full head of long hair a year after brain surgery, and everyone seems to be having a good time. As Anne fell for Thomas, I did too. "I loved churches the way I loved cemeteries and books. It seemingly possesses Isaac's body, leading Lizzy to stab him with a piece of broken glass. He loved you. so that ending was weird, to say the least. Frankly, I am glad it ended at 16, unlike most dramas these days that stretch the episodes to 20, 24, and even 50, when there is hardly enough plot for 16. And not just one or two per drama, but a whole cast full of them. In the movie, this point is specifically reinforced when Lizzy looks at Emmas house at night and wonders if her house also appears like a small patch of light surrounded by emptiness. Question: I know Heads explained it, however I am still confused, did OS kept folding because if he didn't win he would be dead (being killed by Boss Man) and Boss Man wouldn't be able to get his money back (and OS of course didn't know that Boss Man wanted him dead anyway, regardless of the results)? I cant even. Indeed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it this way. because she had not truly forgiven Sung's betrayal. hahaha, priceless. Third, I agree with Ashely above in that Sung's relationship had soured (three suiters?) While that is the climactic action of the story, the film's final moments give even more context to what came before. Vox Media's own Chris Grant played Link . Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfathers stories of Ireland. The attention to detail in this book made this story come alive in a way I've rarely experienced while reading. The Wind is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. Then the shape of a man starts to form. @picklemonster: That's actually pretty cool -- the not wanting to give false hope thing. As he's doing so, she sees the demon manifest in the cabin. These flowers symbolize happines, wedding, and love. I wait patiently for the show and the recap for every episode. If that was for Oh soo's grave then why it is on the table? Maybe there's no message. Don't get me wrong I enjoyed the show but I just feel disappointed because it could have been a great drama. is the table a grave? The ending was so confusing. Some of my questions might seem superficial, however I wish things had been made clear for us :-(. I really think they needed another episode to really work the ending right. TWTWB was one of the few melodramas I actually completed so kudos to that. Anne is surprised to discover that Thomas is friends with Michael Collins, a famous revolutionary fighter, and she is quickly enamored with this man she has read about in her study of Ireland's history. Thank you for the recommendation - watched it, like it! So, it makes me think that perhaps those scenes with Oh Soo were not real - maybe they respresent Young's imagination or their "afterlife" together. I don't care what others may feel about this drama, but from any dramas so far in 2013, this is the only drama that artistically the best, directed the best and acted the best. Learn more. I didn't watch this show but I read every recaps on it. "I must not be crazy, it is not all in my head" I thought. After the book reading at the cafe, was it only Young's wishful thinking and imagination while she was walking and reminiscing about a dead Soo? As far as stabbing goes guns are really hard to get in Korea so stabbing's the best way to kill someone. She almost made me feel I could do anything whilst reading this book and at times I felt such a whimsical urge to disappear and come back like her main characters did. Same here. Because a dead Soo wont give him any money, Boss Man has no choice but to try and win the pot to save himself from bankruptcy. As folks already pointed out, I just don't get why Sec. It was so slow and we were made to think that OS died, because JS didn't seem to do anything to help him and yet, he didn't gut him a 2nd time, which seems like he wanted him to live. Young not only forgives her, but understands that Wang loved her all this time and just couldnt express it properly. if (d.getElementById(id)) return; If the story is fast forward, then it is possible that the end will be like that. Someone put a lot of hard thought into that and it showed and was amazing. everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of What the Wind Knows. This book has that but even if that was taken out, it's a lovely historical fiction set during the Irish Civil War. The show ended with a major loophole. It was LOST season six. Although we get to see Lizzy murder Isaac and hence, have a better understanding of it, her murder of Emma is only glimpsed. One of the main driving forces of Lizzys frustration is her solitude in suffering. When Charlie. This is one drama that defies logic. The art part is just an excuse for porn. Well , some missing point that we need to understand OY is not only blind but psychologically is not stable. Wang stands out for me because Bae Jong Ok was in a bunch of other NHK dramas, always as a fleshed-out character you could empathize with-- but in TWTWB, she was a complex character who did something heinous which she was basically let off the hook for, yet the "why" of it all was never adequately explained to us. I just enjoy the cinematography. Eventually he collapses as the bell bracelet chimes, beginning to spasm in his death throes. I don't count it as a story fail because it's well supported (Wang was always shown to love and support Young) but it's so weird! But it doesn't make sense. I understand why he wouldnt take Youngs freely-offered money, but it made the entire con seem moot when he could have done this sort of one-gamble-to-rule-them-all from the beginning anyway. She can write characters with extremely logical and complex psyche, even the baddies. Directed by Kristoffer Rus, "Into the Wind" is a teen drama that revolves around the romance between a young, wealthy teen girl who goes on a vacation and falls in love with a kite-surfing instructor. : Anne is surprised to learn that Eoin wants her to spread his ashes in Ireland on Lough Gill. I honestly couldn't watch Jin Sung in that final scene on the tractor, I was so angry with him still. Do you think it is good to see a blurry drama scenes only because the main character is blind? It can't be heaven either, because they would've just MET each other. We are then transported to Emmas burial, where she is briefly seen with a massive head injury, most likely from a gun. I loved the emotional humility of Soo's character. If i have to nominate 2 things i dislike about this drama was jin sung stabbing oh soo (really bad move) and oh young not knowing or not even suspecting that oh soo might not be his real brother. Link's Awakening ends by showing all of the people who helped along the way, and how they are literally ceasing to exist because they were all a dream. When I heard her speech in this ep about how she wanted Soo to come and save her I was really disgusted. : Oh and I forgot to add. But after watching the episode for myself and listening to the dialogue, it's obvious that Soo is alive. He might cook too, but I didn't strike me as anything fancy. I will find myself standing in a place and wonder about the feet that have stood where mine are planted. If we add the something else, then this was an insanely beautiful if not sometimes-frustrating exercise in understanding people who looked like people, but had some moments where they didnt really act like people. I mean, if you want to commit suicide, don't you really slit your wrists (BOTH of them) and get in the water for maximum bleeding? She knows she is pregnant with Thomas's child, and she plans to remain in Ireland. And we see her see the boy's hand and pat it. One possibility is that the reverend exists and is a kind man, and the entity merely disguises itself as the reverend to further torment Lizzy. After killing Isaac, Lizzy goes out to the prairie and stares into the horizon until the film ends. It is only 16 episodes. Like you, I didn't understand why she couldn't have that conversation with OS when she was having her tea and he was there (right there), and she had already shared her questions with him. Perhaps like the movie, viewers are left to decide for themselves how to interpret the ending. Almost the ending: Yay! The Wind is an American Supernatural film that follows elements of horror and mystery in the Wild West. I was not disappointed in the least and I cannot say how grateful I am that I was able to escape my own reality for a few hours. What the Wind Knows takes this idea and expands upon in it, layer upon beautiful layer. With no good outcome in sight, the films surreal climax leaves Lizzy suspended in haunted uncertainty. So let me get this straight. This show started out great but slowly became distant with the sudden implausibilities and uncertainty of what Young was thinking as well as glossing over Sec. Could you please make sense? It speaks of the ordinary and the extraordinary events and people that are entwined in a way that captures the very essence of Ireland during this period. Thank you, Heads, for pointing out all the illogical additions and omissions that left me feeling confused and nonplussed during the last three or more episodes. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator), Will Damron (Narrator). But more than anything, i belive the writers left an open ending on pourpose, they wanted to allow the viewers to come up with their own interpretation of the ending. Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2023. In the closing scenes of The Wind, we see a heavily bleeding Lizzy sitting outside in the open prairie with a faraway look in her eyes. But gradually, the characters grew on me, and their relationships touched me. Her confusion at the beginning of the film as to how Emma got her hands on the gun is also questionable. I totally agree. Great work, Heads. I finished What the Wind Knows in 2 nights and never wanted it to end. If it was a "porn" movie it wouldn't get nearly as much critical acclaim as it did. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. Am I suppose to just forget all that? That is permanent and altered the scope of her life, but yet even at the end they are asking her to come back into Young's life. (Just enough to pay Soo's debt.) However that hee Sun would not figure it out would not be consistent. Her historical novels, inspirational romances, and young adult fantasy books are now being published internationally. She is then seen shooting Emma. The relationship between Lizzy and Emma begins on a friendly note but takes a turn when Lizzy starts to suspect that Emma is having an affair with Isaac. Can she see? I did chuckle many times reading this recap. As for the ending, I still kinda feel in some way that Soo is actually dead and whatever was happening was happening in some parallel universe, lol. it's out of topic but I have to disagree that it's a porn movie, it is sexually graphic yes, but those are used to show how they become lustfully needing each other and to INCREASE TENSION as we go to the part when the deception was caught in the act (we can see their progress of being indifferent to each other up to the point that they're comfortable to do all the positions they want). To find out more about Amy, visit her at www.authoramyharmon.com. As the novel comes to an end, the couple are reunited and happy together. Having Soo say he made a mistake is kind of the show telling everyone to forgive her. If it'd been left with Soo on a bicycle, then I'd have leaned towards him being dead. Gu Family Book. "I felt that we were just coasting, or worse, slipping and sliding, as the show labored its way into the finale, and there wasnt even a good save in the closing moments.". I wonder, I wonder. I don't think anyone will be able to wrap their head around why Jin Sung did that. Required fields are marked *. This was my reaction seven minutes before the ending: WHAT!? It was written with such depth and heartfelt feeling and I became so involved in the lives of Eoin, Anne and Thomas and many others too. Thank you all, and thank you HeadsNo2 for your recaps. The result is confused audience. Another obvious thing was the discussion between jin sung and jung eun, they were obviously reffering to his grave (why didnt they get married as they planned if things settle down?) , Word Wise Nooooooooo!!!! But no, Young frequently visited Soo's cafe, hears the bell on his bracelet and yet Soo doesn't reveal to her that it's him until much later. OMGAI thanks so much for recapping this, HeadsNo2 n.n I've literally been coming back to Dramabeans every other hour to see if the recap has been posted yet lol (and all my other hours, I've been watching and re-watching, then rewinding and re-rewatching the same 1 scene from episode 8 of "You're the Best, Lee Soon-shin") haha n.n, It seems to me that the writer changes her mind many times regarding many aspects as she wrote the drama. A single white feather drifts out of the sky and lands on the well-traveled sneaker of Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), a modest man with a big story to tell. Spencer and Alex have been through so much in their journey from Kenya to (what appears to be) Marseille: lions, venal British colonists . I don't know. So in a sense, this ending was a miracle painted in the most idealistic way possible. We really don't know what happened when Oh soo was stubbed by Jin Sung. It always took some time with him. A horror that doesn't fall prey to the stereotypes of the genre (read - Hereditary, A Quiet Place, Bird Box). Like Heads said, there are other ways to say you miss someone. Instead he grabs Gangster Wannabes knife by the blade and gives him the smack down, even going so far as to dislocate his would-be murderers shoulder. Now the shot focuses, and we see that its definitely Soo dressed as a waiter. Ellie is an exceptionally angry teenager and is exceedingly cruel to her father. We knew it would be, but it hurts to see the crazed look in Jin-sungs eyes as Soo hauls himself up to eye level. The physical dangers were numerous, but in the 2018 horror film "The Wind" (which was added to Netflix in June), it's the psychological terrors that take focus. I even watched the rerun on the weekends. One evening, Anne, Thomas, and Michael are at a gathering at the Gresham Hotel when Anne suddenly remembers reading about a tragedy that took place at that hotel. That broke from story-logic and build up for me. The reverend also gives Lizzy the little book titled Demons of the Prairie, which is proved to be an ominous artifact as both Emma and Lizzy are seen with it when they are being tormented. Then I realized that this drama is just like the character Young: beautiful to look at, given to half-disclosures or sideways feints that make you go into hours of analysis to try and figure it all out. Some people reasoned that the blurry scenes are from Young's perspective, but these blurry scenes seem to occur only around Oh Soo. 5 min read. BEAUTIFUL * ROMANTIC * BREATHTAKING * HEARTWARMING* OUT OF THIS WORLD * FANTASTICAL * EPIC * 'What the Wind Knows,' is worth all the superlatives and more! No surprise there especially after MC was redeemed, shown to be running interference all along and Wang was let off the hook which was crud. He requests the wind not to break the shutters of the windows, not to scatter the papers and throw down the books from the shelf. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Quotes and a Free Quiz on Also, it's not completely out of the blue, but I still don't buy how all a sudden the show just turned Soo into a chef at the end?! Just read and look where Song was interviewed, she also concluded TWTWB was a happy ending story. Amy explained in the most beautiful narrative about the heartbreaking decisions many of these people had to make. (Even Wang's redemption arc, though not something I agree with, was well supported within the story -- it didn't come out of nowhere.). Like what were they trying to achieve with that effect? Maybe he felt like a cornered mouse or panicked. (And you'll realize how much we need one another in order to overcome our internal obstacles.) Oh you have made it perfect sense.I did not feel the flowers were for the grave, as lambs ear was more for OY than OS. HeadsNo2, I wish I could meet you in person during the Dramabeans Meetup and personally say how you're one heck of a great writer and thinker but I'll have to be content with this. Who, out of the two of them, showed more human compassion? An inspiring exploration of a setting seldom found in historical fiction, is a heartfelt, beautifully written journey through time, history, and love. It's by no means the worst thing I've ever seen, but it was a letdown - I can live with Young's suicide attempt, but the sudden Drama Fairy handwaving of it is too much. What a delight, to begin the year with one of my most anticipated reads of 2019, by one of my favorite authors of all. Note to self don't do this on my kindle again it auto correct is a bitch. 3. I didn't think about it that way when watching the final scene so i believed they both died. For much of "The Wind," the specter of Emma's suicide hangs over the proceedings. Is this a dream? That problem didnt exist as much with Soo, though these past few episodes didnt do him a ton of favors. }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); Theres a light at the end of every drama tunnel, but sometimes its how we get there that matters more than how bright that light turns out to be. I really love him. She rings it with a smile. i don't think dreaming would be like that. And then the scene changes, so that theyre suddenly kissing on on the same path where Young just walked, with Soo wearing the clothes she saw on him when he passed her on the bike. But that's really the only thing I wonder. The whole premise of this drama was about a woman who wanted to die and a man who wanted to live, so im guessing this outcome makes sense. Furthermore, they focused on the flowers, which looked like the lamb's ear and freesias they were talking about. I am confused about a number of things in this episode (trust me on that one) and I am still writing (what looks like it will be my somewhat long) response. Not Soo asks her if she cant see, and she responds by asking if hes ever met a blind person. Soo drags his feet, futilely trying to make it to the hospital as blood streams from his wound and tears stream from his face. True. The scenes are blurry because that's how Young sees the world now. All three were markers of humanity, of time, of life. To find out more about Amy, visit her at www.authoramyharmon.com. A flashback reveals that on the night she died, Emma and Lizzy met out in the prairie, where Emma revealed her intention to send Gideon away and live with Isaac, Lizzy, and the baby. The Other Side of the Wind, the film-within-a-film, is a riff on Euro-centric indie filmmaking of the '60s that was avant-garde and extremely influential. The only thing negative I could possibly say about What the Wind Knows is that Irish Id read it sooner. I sooooooo appreciate that. Thanks for your input on what was said by the actors about the finale coz I was confused and I wanna be happy.Yep,if she was in heaven her vision would be 100%!! However, Eoin has never allowed her to return to Ireland. Kiss symbolizes love and forgiveness. The poet says that the wind makes a mockery of . For more, follow Amy at www.authoramyharmon.com. Wang was forgiven so easily. Bravo to the whole cast, and especially to the dreamy Zo in Sung. I'm in agreement. It may have lost itself in its own mesmerizing cinematography at times, but I thoroughly enjoyed the visual experience. Every Amy Harmon book leaves me in awe - completely astonished by the gifts she was endowed with, the feelings she's able to put into language my brain does not possess. Gideon is timid and ineffectual, while Emma soon begins to claim that she is being haunted by some kind of unseen entity that inhabits the scrubland that stretches out all around them. Therefore, I think that one stab wasn't enough to kill Soo. Or maybe Soo went into hiding until gangster Kim was arrested? When you said this, "(Seriously though. They talked about making Jin-sung betray his friend, but the way they chose to do it didn't make any sense whatsoever. But time skips are not a panacea, and its a universal truth I really wish dramaland would accept, especially when the end result isnt anything we couldnt have reached without it. I wished they would have saved time there, and showed us what happened after OS was stabbed, instead of letting us speculate on what happened. Blog Home Uncategorized what the wind knows ending explained. "The Wind" tells its story through a non-linear narrative that begins with a pregnant Emma dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Not all chemo causes you to loose your hair - my dad takes oral chemo and doesn't loose his. It is one of the most glorious books I have read concerning the history of the troubles in Ireland. When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. Sadly, that wasn't the case. Matthew Weiner knows the power of an ambiguous ending. To be honest, I felt Nice Guy/Innocent Man was more engaging than That Winter, the Wind Blows. Also, the ladies he played never landed him in jail.). It made me wonder if because this was a melodrama, the writer had the characters inflict (more) pain to each other for the sake of the nature of the drama fitting the bill (of a melodrama) till the end. The show was very beautiful to look at. Has anyone watched the japanese version? The ending made my heart swell and my eyes swim with tears - just try to read this one without shedding a tear or two. This is exactly what I said. The movie's title comes from a Fench quote "The wind rises, we must try to live." The quote opens the story before we see a single image. It's what sets this drama apart from the movie version which was a neat package in itself but i felt the drama extended and explored and fleshed out the characters on a deeper level that made me - with the exception of Sec Wang (whatthehell show- she made her blind, i don't care how well she can cook)- connect with the narration as a whole. I think soo is alive:) eith regards to yhe "blurred" background.. i noticed that too yet i understand it this way :) young can't see clearly.. shes not totally blind, the background is actually her vision (that's my take) the first time she saw soo after a year when he was on his bike i noticed it's blurred so i thought maybe it was young's vision and i confirmed it when young visited yhe restaurant she cant see him that clear but she can see him :).
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