Nowadays, the most abundant Korean content in history, expectations for TVN weekend drama <Jirisan> were very great. Lee Eung-bok, who directed mega-hit films such as Kim Eun-hee of Netflix <Kingdom>, <Dawn of the Sun>, <Mr. Sunshine>, and the domestic one-top Jun Ji-hyun and Ju Ji-hoon, Oh Jung-se, and Seongdongil since their debut, have stimulated the stock market beyond the attention of viewers. In particular, Kim Eun-hee, who is building a unique career with thrillers and genres, has been interested in how to create a World view of (a kind of) occult thriller in the background of Jirisan, who is also familiar with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It was a masterpiece that cost 30 billion won, but it had already passed the break-even point by selling overseas before the airing, and I thought it was only a toast until just before the first airing.
The ratings were not bad. They were going to and from 8 to 10 percent, but not as much as expected, but that doesn’t mean the crisis Signal is coming in. But the stock prices, which had been reflected in expectations since the first broadcast, plummeted all at once, and the criticism poured like a waterfall in the Jirisan Valley because it was very different from expectations after all.
Excessive PPL was exposed without digestion, and rock, metal score, lack of detail in the process of development, etc., which overexpress emotions rather than awkward or excessive acting maps or stories like Lee Eung-bok's previous work, Sweet Home, were caught in the eye everywhere.
Production designs such as CG, actors' makeup, equipment, etc., which are not daily dramas but pre-production dramas with 30 billion capital, do not contain any sense of space and reality based on the vast mountainous area of Jirisan.
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Above all, what if it was the name of someone other than Kim Eun-hee in the writer's name? If Kim Eun-hee, who has the most loyal fan base among domestic drama writers and has never been criticized, the intensity of criticism poured into the Jirisan would have increased much. As I was building a career that was unique in the genre with thrillers, I expected a scale and a unique Kahaani that fit the space of Jirisan. However, when I open the lid, it is a small story that uses only a very limited relationship and space led by Jun Ji-hyun, Oh Jung-se, and Ju Ji-hoon. It is a familiar Kim Eun-hee table development that puts in reverse codes in the process of moving from time to time to time and approaching reality.
The build-up process of adding the right and explanation to the character by adding the flashback to the past of the two main characters without resting in 2018 and 2020, when the incident occurred, lasts for a very long time until the 7th episode of the 16th episode, but it does not go to attractive persuasion because it is not Kahaani that the character shows itself or the event becomes a thread and explains it by dialogue and setting. Even the seventh episode kindly tells the commentary about the scenes that gang hyun, who has become a living god as if what viewers know so far, sent the Signal to the Jun Ji-hyun. The advantage of the artist is not to deal with the character delicately, but the production is not able to create synergy by concentrating on the character rather than the genre approach.
The narrative structure has a big secret that tells the whole story of the decisive event that the two main characters were involved in the accident, and it makes fun and interest to approach the reality of the secret through the trick that turns the attention and falls into another way while learning the process. However, it takes time to take a big secret, and it does not get close until half of the drama progresses to the substantive truth of the drama that I have taken out a few times.
The weight of the mystery of wondering who is the culprit who makes up the body of the plot is weak, and the immersion is shallowed to the level of streams as it continues to go in and out of the other way, such as romance, comedy that relies on the individuality of actors, and the promotion of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Industrial Complex. The same goes for the reversal. I know you planted a reversal, but Baro shows that the wound on the back of the hand or the yogurt that has been filled with clues in the criminal's refrigerator, and the kind hint that the real criminal is separate reduces not only the slow development but also the genre fun.
Above all, there are too many factors that interfere with the immersion in the World, which is a metaphor called World, which is different from everyday life, and it is not easy to enter the World view of <Jirisan>. Kim Eun-hee is famous for digesting a mystery thriller with a unique new material, but <Jirisan> is a result of poor Kahaani and shallow setting, excessive time difference and excessive production to overcome it.
The Jirisan Rangers, who are the occupation of climbing mountains, show that the expectation of viewers and the coordinates of the production team are different from the appearance of so beautiful and beautiful. Is it because of the gathering of many excellent workers as usual? The drama seems to represent a mystery thriller in the background of Jirisan, but the screen production of Jirisan and the leading actors has the emotion of romance drama. This is the point of the ghost to be sung.
columnist Kim Kyo-seok