Showrin Moriam Shatabdi

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

I don't know, too dramatic, over acted and forced to empathize with a sociopath who apparently had heart once upon a time, apparently a genius but makes stupid decisions in every turn of the plot. A romance so chemistryless that it depended on the Landscape and cinematography. The singing! ISTG the singing was so dragged and out of context that it's failed attempt to evoke nostalgia felt almost like plagiarism. And for God's sake, I'm still confused why they kept saying that it's the 1st annual hunger games when it's the 10th? Why no mentor except Coriolanus does anything for their tributes? Unlike the other films, there was no planned adversities for the tributes that forced them to fight amongst themselves, Until that one pathetic mentor boy dies and the snakes were unleashed. They just put the tributes inside the arena but no danger nor did they themselves win any prize to fight for it. If they all hated the capitol in unison, they could've just united and tried to find a way out of the arena instead of killing each other. How did they kill off THE HEIR of the PLINTH family just based on petty mistakes while the whole essence of Hunger game sits on the fact that the rich and powerful have unfair advantages? All in all felt like Hollywood garbage. What happened to good acting? Why are these new aspiring actors so bad but people are praising them all the same?

I mean, they get beaten every 2 minutes. How are they still fighting? All these 5star rating is mind boggling! Haven't watched this amount of mindless action in kdramas for a long time. The casting seems amateur especially the main lead and the girl. The friendships and bondings seem forced. They just met and baam! Instant bffs! The story is subpar with yay big plot holes. The plot had potential that they couldn't utilize. All in all a let down.

It tells so many stories that resonates with people of all walks of life, facing all sorts of medical problems. The friendship and the kindness is a breath of fresh air. The medical knowledge and portrayal is extremely accurate and on point(from a med students pov, as I am one). The acting is superb and quirky, the music is fantastic! Gets you hooked right into 90s Korean music scene, it's that good. If you are in a bad place and having a hard time coping with life, watch hospital playlist.

It is just AMAZING. Not only does it tackle various internal issues that people deny, hate or fear to voice out but also a lot of deep rooted problems of the society and pop culture that we ignore because they are mundane. And add a ton of individual animal puns and showbiz capitalism into the mix. The intro is out of the world, time declaration jingles are hilarious and illustration of the anthropomorphic animals is highly creative. This show is binge worthy!