I dont often find a book I cant put down, but I devoured What the Wind Knows. 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. Anne learns that Garvagh Glebe is one of the properties she inherited from Eoin. When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. I also like how she explains things, we get to see her thought process and I am grateful for that. 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. 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. Several hints: the sad look on Jingsung's face even though he was with his family safe and sound; Young's long hair-there is no way a woman who just finished chemo could still have such long hair just six months out; there was this sadness through out the last few scenes-the falling flowers from the trees, the blurry and white-out treatment of the shots-some contributed to the theory she must have regained partial eyesight and that is why you see the blurry shots. 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. Love it! Really, the only way out was to stab Soo? What would be the point of having that conversation of how Soo told Wang to not tell Young about his whereabouts until she was done chemo? xfbml : true, // parse social plugins on this page By the time we reach its denouement . He had spent the years after Anne's disappearance serving as Eoin's guardian, but he set out to find Anne after Eoin left for college. He is forever amazing there! I decided not to count Youngs full head of hair as part of the equation since I considered it a vanity issue, despite the fact that brain surgery and long-term chemotherapy should produce some visible, physical effects. A snow plow comes and picks her up but her friend is now dead. Oh, btw about the cherry blossom painting we saw in this episode..there was another painting shown in the first episode of TWTWB, but it depicted a barren tree instead of flowers in full blossom (what lovely symbolism). The art part is just an excuse for porn. And throughout the proceedings of the film, we see a woman's descent into madness. Has anyone watched the japanese version? Then the shape of a man starts to form. A scene in which Lambert and Banner ride a snowmobile into the wilderness to examine the young woman's body is haunting. So for a hot second there, I thought that the ending sequence was a dream, in part because of the blurriness of it all and the inherent implausibility of well, everything. The poet asks the wind to come softly. Her fantasy novel, THE BIRD AND THE SWORD was a Goodreads Best Book finalist. Part romance novel, part historical fiction, What the Wind Knowsimmerses the reader in Ireland circa 1921, alluding to the country's rich cultural legacy of poets and activists. And thanks for the recaps, u DB ladies are gold! Michael begins to question Anne, thinking she is a spy. While that is the climactic action of the story, the film's final moments give even more context to what came before. Why show, whyyy?? There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. I think part of the problem lies with how the show quickly glossed over Jin Sung's dilemma and there were also no explanations on how Soo all of a sudden is alive in the end. On one hand, there are a number of physical manifestations of this alleged demon. ), but he stays on the phone with Mi-ra to get updates on Youngs surgery. So my expectation was that in TWTWB, we would end up at least being able to understand all of the main characters. The ending made my heart swell and my eyes swim with tears - just try to read this one without shedding a tear or two. And Soo saying that he made a mistake in ousting her?! 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. Jin-sungs betrayal was so out of character. Amy explained in the most beautiful narrative about the heartbreaking decisions many of these people had to make. It's a happy ending! Well, he already knew he wanted her to stay with him (forever), so why not have her answer then and there? When I started watching I already accepted the fact that someone or even all of the lead characters might die. Thanks Heads! The cinematography was imo not distracting but rather very well intergrated and instrumetalized, the music was good (this is where i usually loose my patience first) and Jo In Sung and Song Hye Gyo just clicked for melike massively, hugely, "pleaaase work together again". And when he turns around he gets stabbed. As she takes a taxi home, she opens the window to feel the wind. A romcom, please!!! A call to Hee-sun affirms that Boss Man isnt lying, and Jin-sung looks devastated as the mean old geezer slides him a knife. Soo mention od secretary Wang and the scene with the blind folded Wang, M and Jang say yes. With his eyes darkening ominously, he then chases Lizzy out of her house. :). You will answer all my questions honestly. How about NOW, since youre already asking the questions? You're the best. These flowers symbolize happines, wedding, and love. So I read Heads' recap and some of the responses to see if I could understand a few more things before I started writing. I didn't think there were many loose ends or plot holes, but the last episode sure makes it seem like there was just because it was like fitting a bunch of things haphazardly in a suitcase in way. But, as much as I hate to say it, having seen dramas of hers like Goodbye Solo or More Beautiful Than a Flower, I can't help but feel that she's sold a part of her soul to write TWTWB (which was far more commercially successful). Enemy is a film that's expertly subdued by both Villeneuve's direction and Gyllenhaal's duality in his performances. When Lizzy opens it, the camera lingers long enough to see the list of demons and their attributes. So in a sense, this ending was a miracle painted in the most idealistic way possible. If not, its a bad thing. Youngs self-realizations werent dependent on her as an individual, and her decision to live didnt come from a place of autonomous empowerment or anything befitting the idea of character growth, because her change in tempo was dependent on Soos reactions. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. I think I was really happy while I was alive, Young remarks, which doesnt seem to make a lot of sense. Another BIG factor as to why the last scene is not a depiction of heaven, or Young's imagination, is because the conversation between Soo and Young in that cafe is waaay too elaborate to be fake. Could you tell me exactly what it is about the ending that eluded you? I guess it wasnt over for me either when I let you go. The more she immersed herself in the place and time, the more lost she felt. The use of soft-focus lens didn't seem to mesh well with the story-telling part. Jin-sung Why? Soo ekes out, but his next words go to Young: Wait for me. Then he struggles to get up in order to go to her, though he can barely stand. I don't need my heroines to be people I'd like in real life to consider them interesting and watchable, but the second half of this devolved in a very, very similar way to Nice Guy - the nonsensical last-minute stabbing of the hero (well, at least Soo, unlike Maru, does not hang out having conversations on a park bench with his girl AFTER being stabbed), the time skip and the reunion of the couple after a long time. Sad how it happens to many of the dramas I follow. But hes not there to hear about her family life, and instead asks her to return to Youngs side. However, Lizzy could also have asked about Emmas death just to appear innocent. : No, it wasnt ever hard, Blurry Figure responds. ;). No thanks.). It's not like she's an emotionally stable person thinking through exactly how this will effect the people around her. I enjoyed this drama and was mesmerized by it, but at the end of the day, it won't go on my masterpiece or rewatch list. And I'm just sitting around like "LOL, nah". Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. By no means does that make the show terrible or the journey not worth taking, but theres that feeling of What Could Have Been, even though that feeling got tempered by all the pretty people and all the pretty cinematography. It's a remake so obviously the framework will be the same as the original. (Just enough to pay Soo's debt.) What the Wind Knows Summary & Study Guide Amy Harmon This Study Guide consists of approximately 65 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of What the Wind Knows. The film's immense runtime (2 hours and 37 minutes) makes it the second longest Marvel . Show! // Load the SDK asynchronously It's alright if you're uncomfortable watching others be intimate at the moment, buuut "porn" is not the correct label for such a film. There are some other very real plot developments that will help to further interpret the film's ending. It didn't disgust me though. ), We did have two con-men though, that's true. But seriously, despite its at times heavy flaws- I still love the show. Nice Guy and TWTWB, both the male protagonists were stabbed, but they survived, right? It can't be heaven either, because they would've just MET each other. SHK, you are being kissed by JIS! My hope: This drama was a commissioned one and in exchange of this ratings success SBS will let her write her own personal project. Thomas saves her. Powered by WordPress.com VIP. But they crammed it into like a freaking two-minutes-reactionif that. I think she managed them well on most of the episodes, so kudos to her. : There never is a straight ending in Kdramaland. Meanwhile, Hee-sun sees a big truck headed their way on an empty street and warns Jin-sungs father, but he can only look in shock as the truck keeps barreling toward them. Can you see nothing at all?. As tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Irelands independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. Wow! 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. Thanks for recapping ! Make it confuse and let us choose the ending we want. Yippee, a happy ending! 2 eps later, all's forgiven! Thank you so much <33333333. or 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. I honestly couldn't watch Jin Sung in that final scene on the tractor, I was so angry with him still. Out of all the melos I've seen, this one is definitely the most satisfying. My grandfather told me once that happiness is an expression of gratitude. And then i realized, she was only recuperating possibly and thus through her eyes, things are still blurry. One thing I'm going to disagree with you on Heads is the sentiment of Young's suicide attempt being "merely" a cry for attention, because that's what all suicide attempts are. : This is exactly what I said. We shouldnt have to go through what a character is feeling in order to understand them if that were the case, how could I understand the plight of second generation chaebol princes or cross-dressing nuns joining an idol group if Ive never been in those shoes? It's revealed that Lizzy faced an extreme tragedy before the Harpers arrived in the form of a stillborn child. : We really don't know what happened when Oh soo was stubbed by Jin Sung. 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. And the "softy" villain wasn't so much a softy as an audience fave. She did do the across-wrist cut. , Word Wise I did not feel a thing at the end of this show. Maybe this is how she sees redemption or growth. D: I checked my brain at the door before watching this episode and was perfectly happy with the ending. Its not over between us, she says, echoing his line from the video. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. He kept his con going for a lot, lot longer. The weathers nice today, isnt it? she asks, and the man clearly responds with Soos voice even though his figure remains blurred. Even if you didnt take the money, it wont bring everything back to the way it was.. It looked blurry because Young's sight wasn't perfect, but just enough for her to make things out. Jin-sung, WHY did you hang up on Hee-sun?! hmmm i thought the flowers were for the real brother Soo? As soon as the suicide twist happened, I think I started to check out, and fast. They're both crazy beautiful, I want to cry!! To be honest, I felt Nice Guy/Innocent Man was more engaging than That Winter, the Wind Blows. Every time. I absolutely love your comments and totally agree word for word with your analysis. For taking the time to actually write it out or type it out in this case. I'll bet Young cut the short way across her arm too, rather than the long way, which would again be what you would do if you actually wanted to die. Fans of Outlander will treasure this book. Olivia Hawker, author of The Ragged Edge of Night, With masterful and enchanting storytelling, Amy Harmon weaves a tale of epic love, alternating between the present and war-torn Ireland in 1921 like a seasoned historian. : Eoin is a retired doctor who grew up in Ireland, and Anne is a successful author. It doesn't mean that after the surgery, she will immediately have an eyesight. When she was with Secretary Wang, Lawyer Jang, and her ex-fiance with those blind kids, those scenes were not blurry. The show was very beautiful to look at. Because now just isnt a good time? A wildlife officer (Cory Lambert) finds the dead body of a local Native American girl out in the middle of the cold Wyoming wildlife. This is going to be in my all time fav list. Eventually they did and she gave up and died. Me too Jo In Sung forever.I'm like Lee Min Who?hahaha. And with just an "I'm sorry". She settles into the Garvagh Glebe. The poet says that the wind makes a mockery of . Secretary Wang and Young have a heart to heart as Wang tells her that even after the surgery, Young wont be able to live alone not because shes handicapped, but because no one can do anything alone. Really, why? @picklemonster: I was happy with the happy ending, too. cookie : true, // enable cookies to allow the server to access These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. However, she seems to be lost in a hallucination of her earlier days, when her husband refused to believe her about the presence of an ominous entity. And the wind finally stopped blowing! ;), Which means Soo must be alive, too. GRRRR!! Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Tenet is a confusing cocktail of backwards car chases and theoretical physics in which it's often impossible to grasp any concept for more than a scene or two. Is this a dream? 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. Blurry. Sean Keane. It is based in South Africa and focuses on a myriad of problems in a small township rife with a murderer and racism. Jin-sung seems to think so as he stops running and starts crying, with Moo-chuls minion nearby to share in the grief. Is she dreaming? Is it possible that Lizzy has actually been experiencing intense hallucinations brought on by her grief, isolation, and other outside influences? We can theorize that he had to heal and hide for a bit from Boss Man, and that he was fine as long as he could keep a distant eye on Young. To be honest, I was relieved when you wrote that you felt conflicted about the finale and the last few episodes. Lizzy (Caitlin Gerard) and Isaac Macklin (Ashley Zukerman) live in isolation on a tract of land in New Mexico in the 1800s. I took the time to read Liera's but I didn't know how to respond. 7. Though I was happy to see OS alive, I was not jumping up and down, I was not clapping (meaning I was not overly excited), and I couldn't help but wonder if MC dying (though maybe we had that coming) and the other characters being alive (I am assuming) was a way of doing fanservice, the main characters got to live and all. Alas, in the entire drama, we never knew the book, it never appeared before us, the hero even forgot about the book and never even care if he . As for suicidal Young, it didn't come as a shock to me. Plot Summary In 2001, best-selling American author Annie Gallagher loses her beloved Irish grandfather Eoin to cancer. It seemingly possesses Isaac's body, leading Lizzy to stab him with a piece of broken glass. (function(d, s, id) { I honestly handwave the whole stabbing scene away. Stop playing with my emotions! Almost everyone believes Anne to be Eoin's mother, though this Anne is the great-granddaughter of that Anne. 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%!! It's a . 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. Thank you. The one glaring weakness, for me, was the whole Jin-sung stabs Soo scene. 'The Wind' is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. Writer-nim, you are SO much better than this-- please don't squander your gift. Really, there are other ways to say you miss someone. She wakes up in the world of her grandfathers childhood, where she is reunited with him as a little boy of 6 years old, and after being mistaken for his mother, she gradually uncovers a complex family history that she inadvertently becomes a part of when she falls in love with the boys guardian, Thomas Smith. The most important thing being that Soo was still standing at the end-would have hated that he died Young was still alive. :). Spencer and Alex have been through so much in their journey from Kenya to (what appears to be) Marseille: lions, venal British colonists . It had some surprises the biggest one that there was a happy ending. Just discovered him, and while I do agree he did well in A frozen flower, his movie that I loved him the most is A dirty carnival. Soo falls to the ground with his hand holding his bleeding gut. And then sit there and cry about it while he dies in front of you. Theres new focus to her eyes she can definitely see. Honestly, after having long hair for so long and not being able to see it, probably one of the first things I would do is buy a wigif only just to see how I looked all that time. The word "windfall" refers to any light object blown down by the wind as well as an amount of money received unexpectedly, and Charlie McDowell's thriller drama "Windfall" tries to create a visual presentation of both these interpretations. Were Boss Man's minions watching to make sure OS had been killed? I think Soo is gonna be on my list of favorite characters. About the wang discussion, i think wang told her that soo died 20 days ago, after her chimio was over, because she didnt want to give up on her chimio because of the sad news (im assuming wang found out oh soo died 6 months ago).