Most people hate it because their hate stem from their dislike to the female lead. You will see despicable phrases to describe her, but don't worry it's not true or entirely true. They completely wiped out all other parts of her character as if those qualities don't exist. The writer is a pro. Now the writer may lack focused on other areas (nobody is perfect), but do you really believe the writer will make his FL so despicable? You see only a few people hate our female lead (if all the people who view this drama positively were to comment, not a single negative comment will be visible in succession). Don't worry about what they say about the FL, she is fine.
Anyway what do I like about this drama?
1. Story Flow. In the first episode, I already knew I was going to love this drama. Itaewon Class is well paced and keeps you interested.
2. Acting. Everyone in importance did super well. There's something about Park Seo Joon that's really captivating haha, I think the answer is he's so good at acting and at the same time maintain this air of charm. And thanks to this show, I get to see a new talented face: Kim Dami. She's pretty amazing. And of course our villains, they were awfully good at being evil.
3. Characters. We have a wide range of characters that reflect society to some degree. There are interesting leads with touching backstories/thoughts/actions that makes you care about them. Realistically, in life not everyone in a relationship are good saint like people. Even the people who had bad attitudes based on the environment they grew up in can eventually change and find love. All kinds of people exist in this world, and for Itaewon Class to show a quite opposite female lead was refreshing and interesting.
4. A bonus: Devoted Lover Character. We got FL who is devoted to the morally path ML. Who doesn't want a person who love them a lot (but will try to respect your values (assuming you are a moral person) as long as you say it)? And kinda cool, but there's like a direct opposite relationship. I guess you could say there's one other character A who is devoted to another character B, but character B is not morally path.
5. Cinematography. The shots are beautiful. You will be well fed.
6. Music. We got a lot. The musics are really good too and served their purpose well.
What I don't like about this drama?
1. Villains. I'm just not buying some of their characteristics that the author implanted to them because based on their history/achievements/orlackofachievements it just doesn't seem plausible. But I realized in the end there is a chance for the villain to become that way, it's just that it wasn't a high chance imo...so maybe if the chance was higher (by adding more compelling reasons or showing that a reason was compelling), I would accept it more.
2. Some weird meetings. character A meets character B, but if you think about it character B could have denied the invitation but why did character B accept the invitation or why was character B not notified of the invitation or be surprised???...idk so it's kinda like forced meeting by the writer.
3. That one plot device. The author made a certain event too easy to occurred, that it doesn't seem realistic. Without spoiling: at the end of episode 15.
However, I really like the drama overall, so I can overlook these things.
What I wished was included (but it does not affect my rating)?
1. expand the episodes to 18. The pacing will still be the same, with the ending of episode 16 occurring in episode 18, but I want more scenes of interactions between characters and of course between our leads. I believe in their character development, but adding more scenes will create a stronger foundation. And like I said about the villains, make a bit more scenes to explain why they're so twisted because I'm not really buying it. idk maybe I'm not supposed to understand the villain because their mind are twisted and that's why this don't affect my rating.
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some problems with womens?
there are no mothers, no wifes, 1 is a sociopathic, 1 is a selfish who waits to be saved, a granma is a loan shark and a manager single is searching power… and last… the only lovely, sweet and comprehensive “girl” is a transgender REALLY??? SORRY? some problems ??? and MEN… the good one became a traitorous shit, the bastard only worst, the big boss another bastard and the leader… I know very true with his principles but why “virgin and pure” till 35??? next time do Saint Francesco … the only moment i felt joy was when appeared PARK BO GUM, Thank you!¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
storyline: The storyline has its twists but it is continual in one thought. It is not so much revenge or avenging but for a person to take responsibility for what they have done. I wished everyone even those in corporate or government to take responsibility for what is intentional or not intentional. What I love about this is the diversity of actors and how it brings that diversity onto the screen. What I hate the most is discrimination against a person's skin tone, gender, age, disabilities, weight, height, the poor and middle class, and religion. The awareness is in this drama! I understand a little more as I couldn't stop thinking about this drama. For a minute, I was angered because I thought Park Seo Joon was killed off. That's what I get for not watching Ep 15-16.
I didn't understand and asked myself why Itaewon. Was that all true to what I was watching? I did some research and found this link on youtube. you should watch it which has changed my mind on how I rated it. I understand South Korea a little more. Itaewon is the only place in South Korea where you can feel Freedom and Diversity and that was explained in this drama but not as clear as I wanted. So here is the link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OutGsIwEg5o It's in English so no need for subtitles.
It always comes down to a triangle romance in these dramas but were no females fighting so that is a good thing. I wanted Park Seo Joon's character to end up with Oh Soo Ah. The chemistry was not there for Park Seo Joon and Kim Da Mi. The kiss was there for Park Seo Joon but I'm sorry not for Kim Da Mi.
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Park Saeroyi você é insuportável.
Tinha tudo pra ser o k-drama do milênio, mas aí o protagonista abriu a boca.Park Saeroyi é homem mais chato, insuportável, militante, zé bucet* , carregado, e bunda mole de toda a história da ficção asiática! Se você, caro leitor(a), o colocou no seu husband/boyfriend material, eu sugiro terapia para tratarmos desses problemas parentais.
Qualquer um dos outros personagens roubam a cena, até a protótipo de Judas (Oh Soo Ah) tira menos a paciência do espectador. Sério, quando você menos esperar, você estará torcendo pelo velho Jagga e seu seus dois filhos, Debi e Loide.
Más brincadeiras a parte, Geun Soo se salva.
Fora isso, Yi Seo é uma personagem ótima, se perdeu um pouco no caminho mas foi relevável, ela carregou o bunda mole favorito nas costas a série toda. Toni e Hyun Yi outras lendas, personagens incríveis com um background promissor, mas foram minimizados para terminar como a cota do discurso progressista do protagonista palestrinha que adora um lugar de fala pra soltar um "ELES TAMBÉM SÃO GENTE, MUDA CORÉIA!".
Diretora Kang, Seung Kwon, Lee Ho Jin, Byung Hun e a filha Hye Won são outros outros personagens necessários, cresceram demais e mereciam tudo por fazerem tudo em seus respectivos papeis.
Já deu pra saber que o cast e as atuações são boas, então não preciso me prolongar.
Ademais, a ost é impecável, conta com WooSung e Crush, então eu já não esperava menos do que FOGO.
Se eu assistiria de novo? Jamais.
Se eu recomendo? Claro, se você gosta de passar raiva, gosta histórias sem muita coerência que tentam mostrar o ideal social de maneira distorcida, vilões frouxos, e também, se tiver cerca de 18 horas da sua vida pra gastar, não vejo motivo pra não ver.
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decided to watch this bc its famous
the headline says it all, that's why i've decided to watch it. i'm half of the episode one and yeah they talk about depression and things which made me interested since i also feel that way, maybe it could give me advice or some but when i'm like at the timestamp 30:00+ i realized that it's too long and boring. yeah, i dropped it that fast. some ppl said that they felt the same way so it's up to u if u will watch it or not. i think it eats too much of ur time tho. ANYWAY the good thing here is they also said that it's just like that so that u'll get the pov of each character but i just think its too long for me so i dropped it. BUT it'll be good on the next episodes (i guess)¿Te ha parecido útil esta reseña?
