I've responded to some comments on topics that grabbed me from my rewatch. Here are the other points that I noted which haven't yet been discussed.
Ah-de is pretty crap as a gangster. He gets beaten up (twice) by MSF and never looks intimidating. He mainly seems to spending his time moaning to TY about stuff.
When Ah-de knocks over ZZ's bowl of noodles, my first thought was who does the gang HQ carpet cleaning? Followed by wondering who gets blamed for the mess. TY has an extremely neat, spartan aesthetic and I can't imagine he'd condone noodley carpets in his home.
Clevermanka may be pleased to hear that my initial negative view of Hong-ye is improving. I think it’s the slightly shrill delivery of some of the lines rather than what she actually says that bothers me. I'm coming around.
Does TY really mean it when he promises HY to steer clear of MSF in future?? :-) If so, he lasts less than 24 hours before he's straight off to lunch the very next day!
Given the slight awkwardness to start with in the lunch scene, it's a good job this is the fastest restaurant kitchen ever! And I LOVE all the little bemused/indulgent expressions on TY’s face thought the meal. The music choice for this scene is inspired. It matches the mood so well.
I'm impressed by MSF’s super low bows to Interpol. The first one is with the captain’s hand on his neck for added joy! And then the lovely moment between them in the corridor after the scolding (ahem meeting) affirming their relationship. Nice.
Final thought re: the stakeout: surely if one of the undercover cops is a bartender then Andy must know about the police operation? I love the whole scene, though, so I really don't care if there's a tiny plot issue.
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Date: 13 Jan 2020 21:09 (UTC)Ah-de is pretty crap as a gangster. He gets beaten up (twice) by MSF and never looks intimidating. He mainly seems to spending his time moaning to TY about stuff.
When Ah-de knocks over ZZ's bowl of noodles, my first thought was who does the gang HQ carpet cleaning? Followed by wondering who gets blamed for the mess. TY has an extremely neat, spartan aesthetic and I can't imagine he'd condone noodley carpets in his home.
Clevermanka may be pleased to hear that my initial negative view of Hong-ye is improving. I think it’s the slightly shrill delivery of some of the lines rather than what she actually says that bothers me. I'm coming around.
Does TY really mean it when he promises HY to steer clear of MSF in future?? :-) If so, he lasts less than 24 hours before he's straight off to lunch the very next day!
Given the slight awkwardness to start with in the lunch scene, it's a good job this is the fastest restaurant kitchen ever! And I LOVE all the little bemused/indulgent expressions on TY’s face thought the meal. The music choice for this scene is inspired. It matches the mood so well.
I'm impressed by MSF’s super low bows to Interpol. The first one is with the captain’s hand on his neck for added joy! And then the lovely moment between them in the corridor after the scolding (ahem meeting) affirming their relationship. Nice.
Final thought re: the stakeout: surely if one of the undercover cops is a bartender then Andy must know about the police operation? I love the whole scene, though, so I really don't care if there's a tiny plot issue.