Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. Amy Harmon is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of thirteen novels, including From Sand and Ash, and the Whitney Awardwinning The Law of Moses. (Wangs actions to put her in that initial state got a pass from the magical script fairy too, since the drama made sense of her behavior toward Young the way an abusive person justifies their actions: I hurt you because I love you! And thats somehow okay, enough for everyone to realize that they were sooo wrong about Wang, and that she was really the best caretaker Young could ask for? In seconds, Anne disappears, and she finds herself washed up on the shore of the lough in 2001. 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. At first, it seems pleasant to have others around. Instead of theorizing, theres another option, in that the obligatory happy ending could have just made sense without requiring leaps in logic. But to me what he did made sense for the character. The next day, upon Isaacs return, he mentions that he met the reverend on the way. sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna. !good point haha. Many viewers will say that a happy ending does not excuse a drama from obvious plot holes, but I'll give TWTWB a pass. I wish I wasnt so conflicted over this finale or the last few episodes, because I truly did love this show in the early stages, and wish that love could have carried all the way through. , File size He then calls on the might of Triton, the Grecian God of the Sea and son . She learns that a doctor named Thomas Smith raised Eoin after Eoin's parents died during the revolution. He acted very well there, too. We turn memories into stories, and if we dont, we lose them. Margaret M - Hiatus - I will respond when I can, someone who I have to speak to on a daily. Regarding Jin sung. I really love him. FB.init({ Granted, I'm not familiar with Irish history, making everything in these pages new to me. We see this in how the ghoulish reverend taunts her, saying how he was enjoying himself. And second, Soo is alive because, as you say, picklemonster, they have too prosaic a conversation. If the fact that AFF is a story about a sexual relationship between two people growing into something else isn't enough justification for it having sex scenes, I don't know what is. 2023 Cinemaholic Inc. All rights reserved. She finds the headstone for her great-grandmother, Eoin's mother, who was also named Anne Gallagher. Indeed, I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it this way. Thank you so much for the recap. And the "softy" villain wasn't so much a softy as an audience fave. She settles into the Garvagh Glebe. Kristoffer Rus's feature debut Into the Wind is the kind of young-adult romance that seems to have been written by throwing darts at a board full of cookie-cutter plot elements and character backstories, making it a predictable endeavor, to put things mildly. Sad how it happens to many of the dramas I follow. Her confusion at the beginning of the film as to how Emma got her hands on the gun is also questionable. This happy ending is actually way too perfect to be realistic, and these characters definitely lucked out to be able to survive in a melodrama. The final chapter begins with Nikaid sitting on a bench near the Akanemaru. Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. This happy ending is what sealed this drama into my heart. She listens, as in it, Soo tells her what weve heard him say before about how his outlook on life changed when he met her. if so what are you doing? Santiago tells the wind that love can empower it to do anything. Its magical, atmospheric, and compelling, a book that will haunt you for a long time., Amy Harmon brings a tragic and fascinating period of history to life with a poignant love story that plays out across time and oceans. 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. The show ended with a major loophole. TWTWB, with its muted colors, its intensity 24/7 (made even more intense by all of the close-up shots), its one-dimensional side characters like batshit-crazy So Ra, its hard-to-read heroine, and its contrived plot full of holes, made TWTWB feel quite unreal which would've been fine had it come together as an inspired mythic tale. I will miss this drama.. hiks. One of the least enjoyable finales av ever watched! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, And Jinsung and Hee Sung were talking about the memorial for Soo. The Wind is a Psychological Thriller directed by Emma Tammi. Spencer and Alex have been through so much in their journey from Kenya to (what appears to be) Marseille: lions, venal British colonists . : Also when heesun and jinsung said they would bring flowers to soothe way it sounded in korean was like they were visiting his grave as hes not around longer rather than visiting a live person to give him flowers. When I'm asked who's my favourite author, her name tumbles out of my lips without a second to consider. My grandfather told me once that happiness is an expression of gratitude. Finally, as to Wang coming backtruly platonic relationship. Once there, overcome by grief and memories of her grandfather, Anne finds herself pulled back into time to the 1920s -- a tumultuous time period in Ireland during its fight for independence, which she had researched and read about extensively as a writer back in 2001 but never dreamed that she would experience firsthand. And I like how SHG played OY. The love of your life, the one you defied death for (whether you died and are meeting in the afterlife or here on earth)! Please try your request again later. Maybe this is how she sees redemption or growth. 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. Nothing made sense in this ending, i dare say a couple more deaths would have made it more believable, Oh Soo included! Similarly, in Goodbye Solo, NHK gradually gets you into the head and the heart of each character-- you may not like some of the characters or their actions, but you'll understand where they're coming from. Even for wearing that maroon suit and pants at ep16! He takes them hostage. It was like a bad fairy tale that had a happy ending tacked on to please the audience. @picklemonster: I was happy with the happy ending, too. I cant forgive you, she says. The Wind is a slow-burn horror-mystery based in the Wild West. Well done. =), We actually see the flowers Hee-sun talked about on the table, so they were for our Soo. However, Lizzy could also have asked about Emmas death just to appear innocent. What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon (Author), Saskia Maarleveld (Narrator), Will Damron (Narrator). The only thing I was actually left wondering was what happened to President Kim? Hee-sun looks like shell be joining them. : Which begs the question: who was the better at conning? I finished What the Wind Knows in 2 nights and never wanted it to end. She gave the story a nostalgic feel I reveled in.Thank you, Amy Harmon, for the chance to read an ARC and for kicking my reading year off with a bang. Sadly, that wasn't the case. She's in her version of the LOST holding pattern universe and she had to find her way to Soo, thus the center scene surrounded by people that she loves and makes her happy. A snow plow comes and picks her up but her friend is now dead. 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. Now, I just can't watch JIS without thinking "he did a porn movie" Cause that's what it is. But sometimes! They are most probably dead and in heaven somewhere. I'm glad I watched, but I wish it had held the awesome all the way through. Enemy is a film that's expertly subdued by both Villeneuve's direction and Gyllenhaal's duality in his performances. I wouldn't be here if it always follows my logic. It's not like she's an emotionally stable person thinking through exactly how this will effect the people around her. 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. Only our relationships, our legacies of love, and the stories of our passions will be the things that matter in the end.I don't know where to begin in describing my admiration for the characters. Boss Man is hosting the game, and announces the grand prize seven million dollars. 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. The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. The scenes are blurry because that's how Young sees the world now. Soo nearly drops in relief when he finds Young, even as she emotionlessly tells him shes hungry. Oh and I forgot to add. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Amy Harmon. The most important thing being that Soo was still standing at the end-would have hated that he died Young was still alive. And this is what happening to me now. It can't be heaven either, because they would've just MET each other. The ending was definitely real. His being a gentleman is one thing I admire too as seen in the bts. The ending just seemed so fanservice (and I know I have already said that, however, that feeling kept staying with me). Summary and Analysis Act I: Scene 1. 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. But the entire last episode did not flow at all from the previous ones. The court generally issues all of its decisions by the end of June before going on a summer break. In the very last scene of "Younger," Liza (Sutton Foster), wearing a chambray button-down shirt, tries to order . Also, um. Even if you didnt take the money, it wont bring everything back to the way it was.. I can accept this ending though I wished for a happier one. Scene 1 Jin sung tells Boss Man that all the winnings are his in order to pay Soo's debt, but Boss Man has another plan - he knows where Jin sung's family is, threatening Jin Sung to choose between Soo or his family. That made me think about the episode when they were up in the mountains, i recall oh soo told her that even when he's not around, every time the wind will blow will always be with her or something in this direction. Here's who won, and what it means for the future of the MonsterVerse. It is a stunning work of fiction interwoven with true historical events, combining the magical and the real. Skillfully woven around vividly depictedhistorical events and figures, this is a page-turner, hard to put down until the end., Helen Bryan, international bestselling author of. I like that about this director/writer pair. I Think the drama ended in happy ending. . Secretary Wang wants to know why, considering how she made Young, you know, blind. As tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Irelands independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. I am not wedded to reality, because, hey, it's TV. It means that humans have decided to live, even though we keep expanding without limits, and producing pollution. I watched the last episode of Queen of Ambition yesterday. It was a visually lovely show to watch. But it could be Minions shady-lookin dude guarding them, which means its a good thing. If you get it, please explain it to me You know, I don't know if I can do a good job explaining it. This is how she matured and transformed. Hmm .. 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. Jin-sung arrives in the meantime so Boss Man can declare him Soos gambling partner, and all of Soos huffing and puffing cant reverse the situation now. Amy knew at an early age that writing was something she wanted to do, and she divided her time between writing songs and stories as she grew. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 1, 2021. He turns back to her with a smile, and rings the bell bracelet. Sure the show wasn't perfect but it did give us a happy ending which both characters deserved. The setting is Hillsboro, a small rural Tennessee town, during the summer of an unknown year. The surreal film follows a womans slow descent into madness as she struggles to survive the crushing solitude of the 19th-century frontier lands. Or they could be alive and the memorial was for brother Soo. A big DITTO to what you said. We also see things that may be influencing her perceptions, including witnessing Emma's emotional decline and Lizzy's interest in a pamphlet titled "Demons of the Prairie" (more on that later). As if to answer her request for them to be able to talk once she wakes up, Soo kisses her. It did difficult to play blind person who has to display lots of deep scars and emotion. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. Therefore, the reverend could equally likely be the physical form of a much more sinister being, referred to in the movie as a prairie demon.. I was also unhappy that Soo didn't take the money, making his con a moot point but whatever. I was so in love with it until that forced kiss and then it basically took a giant swing downhill. Her secretly hoping that Oh Soo would burst in and save her makes sense (the only thing that made sense in this episode). If the ending of The Wind left you with a few questions, allow us to supply the answers. I agree with you on the ending.The blurriness of the scene was to depict Young's perspective.After surgery her vision is most likely not going to be perfect thus there is a blurriness in her vision.Furthermore, Song Hye Kyo and Jo In Sung stated in their interviews that it was indeed a happy ending.They actually knew from the start that it would be happy ending since Writer Noh that it would be one.So hopefully everyone is no longer confused about the ending being sad or an open one. And when her heart gets caught between two different times, its nearly impossible to see her way clear. - I really praised the writer for having this kind of story. Boss Man turns over Soos cards, revealing that Soo did have a flush, and thus the winning hand. Door to Tomorrow ( Mirai e no tobira) is the 268th and final chapter of The World God Only Knows. ), We did have two con-men though, that's true. She is also haunted by Emma, who keeps asking Lizzy where her gun is. When I slit my wrist, I looked forward to you opening my door instead of feeling scared. Why? One of the main driving forces of Lizzys frustration is her solitude in suffering. 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. I really wanted to like this show, just like I wanted to like Young, and I find them both frustrating and prickly and immensely illogical. I did feel one thing at the end of the final episode: Thank God it is finally over! If it was Young's imagination, why did she have to make it so that Soo only shows himself to her after a year? Maybe you can pretend her long hair is a wig, LOL. Turns out Moo-chul wasnt stabbed, because hes too legit to quit. If anything, the aftermath made the attempt seem like a cry for attention at best, and a test of Soos loyalty at worst. (function(d, s, id) { and then she comes and "finds" him meaning her surgery must not have worked out and she died. Wow what a fantastic book and one of the best books I have read this year. Once he's done, a breeze carries the feather. I found some recaps confusing but not the show itself. Hee-suns alive and living in the countryside with Jin-sung, and Jin-sung effectively scares away a possible suitor by telling him that hes already slept with Hee-sun. For more, follow Amy at www.authoramyharmon.com. I sooooooo appreciate that. The use of soft-focus lens didn't seem to mesh well with the story-telling part. Even though I love Soo, the constant surprise-knifing is becoming its own parody at this point. My hope: This drama was a commissioned one and in exchange of this ratings success SBS will let her write her own personal project. 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?) Vox Media's own Chris Grant played Link . When I started watching I already accepted the fact that someone or even all of the lead characters might die. Required fields are marked *. Someone put a lot of hard thought into that and it showed and was amazing. He might cook too, but I didn't strike me as anything fancy. He lived like a dog, and died like a dog, she laments, though shes not willing to let Soo comfort her as she tells him that he wont be needed at Moo-chuls cremation. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); (And you'll realize how much we need one another in order to overcome our internal obstacles.) Ivoire, I am late to this but what is it with will-he-die melos of late and their nonsensical endings? Later that night, Soo affixes the bell string to her wrist again. But I guess in the end, what's important is that they both reconciled and expressed their love to each other and whether they really lived or died didn't matter to me. There was never ever enough Kim Bum. And why can't she has a beautiful long hair after the brain surgery and chemo?. As the novel comes to an end, the couple are reunited and happy together. 1. The wind understands but doesn't know what to do. I need you next to me. The flowers of MS and JS was at the table. Please try again. my friend too had a cancer and took chemo therapy but didn't loose his hair. Either way, I did really love this drama. However, Eoin has never allowed her to return to Ireland. Here is the ending of "The Wind" explained. I really liked the beginning (episode 8 was definitely the climax of happiness for me) but then we dove into melo land which culminated in a LOT of crying in the last episode. Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2023. Young's hair, everyone's fantastic health etc. I'm in agreement. To me it looks like the last 3 episodes were written by a different person. She and Joe decide to take their kids and run. There was realism to that. Was this technique not used by both Soo and Young more than a few times throughout the drama? 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. I agree with Hannah -- the flowers were a continual peace offering and the weirdly beautiful blurriness was Young's pov. Amy explained in the most beautiful narrative about the heartbreaking decisions many of these people had to make. Within that fight is the love that compatriots have not only for their cause but for each other, as the friendship between Collins and Thomas proves. The first part of the poem describes the action of the wind. The film's final act balances shocking reveals and enigmatic quandariesthat will have even the most astute viewers questioning what is real. 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. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time. You brought up an interesting point for 1. I wonder, I wonder. Soo should win an award for being the worst person to put on someones suicide watch, since Young manages to make it up and out of the room without waking him up. It never felt like the characters were tying to be perfect or anything. Just read and look where Song was interviewed, she also concluded TWTWB was a happy ending story. He was timeless - simple, yet strong, and completely human. He has, because he loved a girl who was blind. Wind Poem Summary. But I'm just so thankful. The ending was open ended. 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. I was drawn to the cover first--it has to be one of the most beautiful I've ever seen--and then a snippet drew me in deeper. This time, we look at the baffling ending of Neon. I love it. I loved that. After they each pull away, Young comforts him: Dont cry. 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). Lambert explains the grisly details of what happens to lungs when sucking . This film follows the story of two couples as they start living in the unpopulated area of New Mexico. There is Balban, the "invader of the weak mind" and "bringer of delusions," Jezebeth, the "seductress," Succorhenoth, the "bringer of jealous thoughts," and Vetis, the "shapeshifter," among others. I wanted to see if, just maybe, the idea was to have Young hit such a low that she reached a moment of pivotal self-realization in order to decide that she wanted to live after all, in a change we could see and understand. She needed her since Soo was not in her daily life. To find out more about Amy, visit her at www.authoramyharmon.com. It really was. , Enhanced typesetting Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. He would have lived with it and never told hee Sun. A final note: the KISSING! There was a time when I liked watching her because I expected things to change, and when they didnt, I couldnt understand why we would be expected to be on her journey no matter how much I wanted to be. Too many very explicit sex scenes without enough justification. Young notices that her pre-surgery breakfast smells better than usual, only to find that Secretary Wang returned to cook it for her. Blurry happy ending scenes are so cliche. The dedication and loyalty the characters showed to one another was inspiring and beautifully written. 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). Lawyer Jang finds Secretary Wang in the countryside, where she watches her elderly parents from afar. So if we get a time leap, then we're also fast forwarding the course of the disease but why is Young's vision clearer? Sometimes you can't explain your heart. Unlike some people, I absolutely loved the happy ending. 3. Otherwise, he would not have let her go through the pain and suffering alone again as she explained that fear to him several times throughout the dramaespecially after they had finally connected without any charades. "I must not be crazy, it is not all in my head" I thought. what the wind knows ending explained. (I frowny-faced at that, honestly. She considers trying to return to Thomas and the young Eoin, but she can never replicate the conditions. Now shes looking toward the future, to when theyll meet again. Soon after the funeral, Lizzys husband Isaac, along with Gideon, leaves to get supplies for the winter and report the deaths, saying he will be back in a few days. There were just moments that I wanted to backtrack to check if I missed out anything, but just didn't have the patience to go through the frustrations again. Im glad he grew as a person, but since when did Growth = Passivity? I enjoyed the feisty and whiplash smart Young in the beginning of the show and then her character just went downhill with the suicide attempt. But gradually, the characters grew on me, and their relationships touched me. 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. Jin-sung falls to his knees beside his hyung. I was anticipating this one especially, because I was curious about what you thought of this episode. version : 'v2.2' // use version 2.2 I agree with you Canxi. Sure, we can theorize that Soos stabbing somehow put the kibosh on his burning desire to be there for Young during her surgery and chemotherapy, because its totally fine to let a suicidal person depending on you assume youre dead. I sometimes miss some of those, and I appreciate when those are pointed out to me. questions. His stern expression did make me think he matured a bit. hmmm i thought the flowers were for the real brother Soo? Well, he already knew he wanted her to stay with him (forever), so why not have her answer then and there? The game amps up as Jin-sungs family loads the truck to move though theyre being watched by a shady-lookin dude. 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. Im not sure where Soo is (Dramatic Rooftop? In fact, it's degenerative. I have loved the history of Ireland for a long time and even visited the West Coast in Connemara last year to try and acquire a picture in my mind and heart of this magnificent country. An Amazon Charts, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post bestseller. Because more than any other k-drama writer I can think of, NHK is gifted at writing highly relatable, complex characters whom I understand. This drama ranks highest on my melo-meter since the only others I've seen are Nice Guy and I Miss You. I was hoping for a more straight-forward ending, but I'll take this too. But I can still accept your interpretation of the ending as it makes way more sense than mine. Anyway, I thought it was clear enough that the ending was real, the blurry perspective was Young's post-surgery sight as Kaye says. But since it didn't really do anything anyway I just push it from my mind and enjoy what's left. But I'm leaning toward a happy-ever-after both are alive and living and loving ending, because hey, this is K-drama land, and if Young can survive a wrist-slitting, then Soo can survive a fatal knife woundtwice. As Lizzy struggles to come to terms with the ghoulish reverend, she is driven to consider suicide closely. Really? Happy waiting for the next trip everyone. 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. Lizzy's fears are heightened when Isaac takes Gideon into town following Emma's death and a series of unnerving occurrences begin happening around her homestead. As Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito converged on the thieves' cave, they. Thanks for everything, drama! Also, the fact that he pretends to believe her and asks her why her husband doesnt heed her words shows that the entity draws pleasure from seeing Lizzys husband not believing her. As for suicidal Young, it didn't come as a shock to me. 5 min read. Love it! I was hopeful in the beginning, because it started with NHK doing her empathy-building magic with Soo's character, and to a lesser extent with Young's character through the video diaries. They were driven by the Homestead Acts, which awarded citizens 160 acres of land in the sparsely populated west in exchange for a small filing fee. I didn't watch this show but I read every recaps on it. A wildlife officer (Cory Lambert) finds the dead body of a local Native American girl out in the middle of the cold Wyoming wildlife. Old bad guy was not going to let him or JS walk away. No, it wasnt ever hard, Blurry Figure responds. Talk about a quick recovery time. We have to understand where a character is coming from and why on a basic human level, regardless of circumstance. ), but he stays on the phone with Mi-ra to get updates on Youngs surgery. argh~). Which is why I'm so happy Soo lived. This Study Guide consists of approximately 65pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - What the Wind Knows takes this idea and expands upon in it, layer upon beautiful layer. It seemingly possesses Isaac's body, leading Lizzy to stab him with a piece of broken glass.
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