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I didn't quite feel the need to compare it to the series, as I didn't remember it in detail. Although if I'd gone into the film with only a vague memory of the series, I'd have been pretty lost because it was confusing, weird, and generally quite misleading. But I watched the movie after reading all the available chapters of the prequel, and I was hooked. I was quite pleasantly surprised that the scenes were pretty faithful to the prequel, unlike the series. BUT, they come off a little differently, I've pieced them together in such a way that the most we can think of the main character anyway is that he's a pretty big manipulator and closet rapist. If I had just seen it that way, I'd rate the movie a little worse. As it is, it was a pretty interesting revival of a beloved character. A confusing, dark film where you won't be very clear on the motivations of the characters, let alone the story. The only thing I compared to the series was the chemistry between the leads. Here, it wasn't very good, just ordinary enough to roughly match what they're supposed to play. In the series, it was a different story, the two were a good match acting-wise and I felt like the actress in the series was able to get more out of Hae-jin Park. So I guess – if you don't know the show or the series, you'll be as lost as a forest bee and probably won't enjoy it much. If you know it, you probably won't be too excited either way, but if you like the prequel... why not, it'll make the wait for the next chapters shorter. (20.05.2019)