Squid Game 2: A mini review

I meant to watch slowly but I ended up bingeing it all in one night (no surprise there #PoorImpulseControl). It’s definitely nowhere as good as Season 1!!!

Meh:

– Weak opening
– Didn’t care for Jun-ho’s plotline or the outdoor scenes #BoringAF
– The whole thing with The Salesman is just weird
– Very slow and draggy; I ended up watching on 1.5x speed
– The best part aka the games feel skipped over
– Not that the games themselves were that good anyway

Loved:

– The characterisation (mother and son, pregnant woman, trans, etc – clever!)
– E.g. No-eul because we get a different perspective
– Park Sung-hoon is fantastic as Hyun-ju!!!
– LEE BYUNG-HUN 😍😍😍
– I’m always a sucker for social commentary

Super dislike:

– Seong Gi-hun because he’s not just annoying but also the biggest hypocrite as usual, being all self-righteous and shit when he too would kill or let people die if it comes down to it 🤮

Most well-cast character in #MoneyHeistKorea. Also he was my favourite character in Squid Game cos at least he was always keeping it real and dared to own it instead of Player 456 the hypocrite who tried to scam Player 001 of his marbles 🤷🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/1qT0rkImUP

— Cherlynn (@twiinklex) June 26, 2022

Ends on a cliffhanger tho. At this point it just feels like the show is selling out to milk profits (like so many others) instead of being the unassuming sleeper hit it started as.