La casa de papel: Corea (2022)

Average korean drama not bad and not the strongest either

Didn't watch the original to be honest but I heard a lot about it from my friends .. was anticipating it
this one has very good cast ,, I thought it would be more like squid game with a twist ,, I don't like gore nor profanity ,, it has less gore but it has two sex secenes in episodes five and six ,, I skipped them to be honest they weren't important
explicit sex scene at the ending of episode six was too much
the drama it self is Average ,, didn't excite me that much ,, didn't care about any of the characters ,, the psycho character isn't that scary
the members of the crew were weak and messy
I didn't find any of the characters that intriguing or that strong to grab my attention
but the production quality is amazing that's for sure
it's good watch but don't get your expectations high you will be disappointed

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I really liked (the first two seasons of) the original Money Heist but I had many issues with it namely some of the characters so I had really high hopes for this because Koreans excel at creating amazing fleshed out characters. And while it did live up to my expectations in some ways by improving some of the characters like Tokyo and Rio whom I couldn't stand in the original one, it did so at the expense of others mainly Nairobi who was my favorite character but I didn't care for her at all here so far.
Berlin was fine but the original one had that nonchalant relaxed air about him which in my opinion made him seem "psychopathic" and unpredictable, I don't think Park Haesoo's interpretation was bad but he just didn't seem as scary or imposing and honestly his acting felt a bit redundant since his character in Squid Game was really similar.
I like some of the characters' interactions better like Rio and Tokyo, I enjoyed seeing them together, same thing with Denver and Miseon I much prefer the slow burn here but overall I felt like the group's dynamic was off they just didn't have that feeling of unity and their dialogues and interactions sounded very unnatural and forced to me.

I don't have much to say about the plot I was honestly quite bored but I don't think the drama is fully to blame because one of the main appeals of La Casa de Papel was the fact that it had me at the edge of my seat, it was really gripping and I was dying to know what was going to happened and what the Professor had planned so obviously I couldn't have had the same experience with this, however I do think that the original felt a lot more "intense" here it fell flat for me sometimes and what were they thinking with the music choices or lack thereof? Good hard-hitting music could've easily made many scenes much more impactful pleaaase fix this in the second part

I still think it still has the potential to blow me away but everyone who's working on this drama needs to step up their game for the next 6 episodes.

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The Cast is the Best Thing About This Show

I preface this by saying I have not seen the original series and have no plans to do so.

Disappointing!

I really liked the 1st and 2nd epsiodes of the show and I actually thought the show was going somewhere but by the 3rd episode the show became competely ridiculous.

This show is honestly, terrible.

It's supposed to be a crime caper but it's poorly written and makes no sense logically. I can usually suspend belief but this show is doing too much. So many plot holes and cliches. Even with the excellent cast I just can't deal with the stupidity of many of the characters and nonsensical actions by the entire thieves organization, including but not limited to not counting hostages, not having some one watching the live feed, letting hostages roam around freely, not fully searching areas, and letting certain hostages live...shall I go on??? WTF was I watching?

Again I throughly enjoyed most of the cast, but especially, Jeon Jong Seo as Tokyo and Park Hae Soo as Berlin.

I don't think I will be watching part 2.

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GOOD REMAKE, DOES JUSTICE TO THE ORIGINAL. BETTER RELATIONSHIPS THAN THE ORIGINAL

I have seen a lot of people say that this is bad remake and that the original is better, well its not surprise that the original will be better, guess what it was the main idea and the first one we watched, but actually i have to say that this is as good as the original. They have the same main idea and the same characters but is really interesting how they have change a lot of things both in the storyline (to be able to put their culture in) and their characters personalities. The whole north-south plot is so good, it gives more depth to the plot and makes everything more interesting, the way that even if they have union after many years they still dont trust each other is so sad to watch but so true at the same time. Its cool how they havent change the main storyline but at the same time they have create something different, not only with the south-north plot but with some main scenes for example the car chase, where the professor tries to destroy the car and the police is after him its far more badass here and the fact that Berlin himself told his name was really cool too. Actually there are many scenes that i liked better here.

The characters are different too, i fell like some of them just kept the name and not the trait from the original.For example Tokyo, she is a very controversial character in the original, she always cause trouble and didnt really listen to anyone, but here she is very loyal and she goes by the book. Berlin is not so different, but i do believe that they made him more evil, the fact we know his storyline makes him look capable for really terrible things. Rio seems more "smart" here, in the original he is like a child, not that he isnt acting like one here sometimes but somehow he gives more adult vibes. Nairobi is the only character i think they did wrong, she is way to arrogant and i prefer the original Nairobi who is more fun, maybe later we see more of her so i can change my mind. Helsinki and Oslo dont have many scenes yet to know. Denver and Moscow are the ones they match more to their characters in the original. The Professor here really lacks the charms, the original professor is an icon so its hard to make another icon, but this professor really doesnt even do 20% of the job, maybe its the actor that cant really do this character justice, i dont know, but i think its a huge mistake to not be able to make at least a decent professor. Woo Jin is like Raquel, but i think i actually prefer Woo Jin. Mu Hyeok is very interesting character and i find him one of the best additions to the show. I dont even wanna talk about Yeong Min, somehow he manage to make me hate him more than Arturito which is extremely difficult. Mi Seon is better than Monika for me, we actually see her have some second thoughts and try to push Denver away when she start feeling things, she is great. Anne is another character that is better here, Allison was a pain in the ass but with not much of a storyline, Anne here is 100% more of a badass even if she is annoying too.

One thing that i adored in the remake is the relationships. The fact they made the professor to have already a relationship with Woo Jin is so clever, i always thought how stupid it was for Raquel to trust some in such a little time, but here they built this in something better. Denver and Mi Seon are like the original, but here i like how they make them question their attraction to each other. Tokyo and Rio are a slowburn and i love it, in the original we didnt watch them to form a normal relationship, here they are friends first (well Rio has a crush on Tokyo). I believe the remake create better relationships and stronger.

Overall, its a good drama, somethings were better planned in the remake, but the fact they couldnt make a decent professor really disappoints me. Its fun to watch how the have change somethings, actually more than some, i really believe that this remake is better than what people say, they are just bias.

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I think this show definitely has potential and that if you go into it not having super high expectations you will certainly enjoy it. It has twists you did not think of and watching the plot unfold is entertaining. I think anyone that is considering starting this series should not be on the fence about it and should just start it. It is relatively quick too so if you are worried about it being long the time flies by like nothing. The character dynamics of the team also compliment each other and add to the satisfaction of how unexpected anything can be. One minute later it could be something you hadn't even anticipated. Again, if you are on the fence I suggest that you should at least give it a shot, it was enjoyable to me it could be to you! <3

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Plenty of Action, Gunfights, and Psychological Warfare

I watched the original Spanish version of this on Netflix and my opinion is they did a pretty good job on the remake of this. It can be pretty difficult to do a remake of a successful series but they pulled it off pretty well. Acting was well done and liked all the characters even the not so bright ones.

I already liked the storyline as it was so I would give it high marks as a heist thriller with psychological gamesmanship being a big part of the story. It's a cat and mouse game where you don't know at each point who will come out victorious before the next round starts. It keeps one guessing as there are twists and turns that keeps you on the edge of your seat.

Is the plot and storyline a bit excessive and unbelievable? Yes and it has that robin hood like vibe to it too. I didn't care for the love stories between some of the characters, writers probably wanted to add a little bit of heart to a somewhat gritty drama. While Berlin is one of the favorite characters in both versions and both actors play the role beautifully; I was kind of meh on Berlin's character arc in the later part of the show.

The pacing was good, at six episodes they didn't draw it out and kept it compact without wasting time on filler nonsense. Overall a good edge of your seat heist thriller. Ready for S2!!!

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Why was this made .

This show just feels like a clip show of the original that is basically perfect so falls flat and the characters just feel like hollow imitations of the originals especially Nairobi which is really sad cause she's my favorite character also they made Denver somehow dumber and Rio more annoying I also thought they could do more with the world that it's set in and say what you will about original Tokio at least she had a personality and and a character wit consistent motivation unlike this walking piece of wood. The Professor seems dumb so does Woojin and pretty much everyone in this show.

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Elenco.

O bom de não ter assistido o original é: paciência duas vezes e que não fico comparando com o que acontece ou deixa de acontecer.
Eu não me incômodo de ser parecida com a original até porque é um remake mas quero que faça as coisas de uma forma diferente e pra quem já assistiu sabe que doramas nunca são tão longos então acredito que não vão prolongar muito mesmo que seja um remake
Eu AMO a contrução da Coreia unificada é simplesmente genial, todos os detalhes sabe? Incrível. Amo o elenco mas acho que faltou algo pra me prender mais. Eu fiquei mais ligada a história e alguns personagens. faltou algo mais e espero que tenha esse algo na próxima parte.
Eu amo a abertura, queria mais músicas coreanas como são nos doramas em geral. Amo a relação dos personagens, me irritei bastante, ri também com as tabaquices do rio e do Denver, quero ver mais da Nairobi. Amo a toquio/Tokyo e o professor realmente é incrível. Gosto bastante do Berlim também
Young min eu te ODEIO tanto, esse cara testou minha paciência de mil formas diferentes.
Rio e Tóquio o melhor casal sim e nada mais importa.
Denver e a minsu também, pega fogoooo
Tô muito empolgada pro resto, acho que as coisas vão seguir de uma maneira diferente agora!!! Quero ver como vai ser e não quero que ninguém morra.

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It's tough to even live a simple life that we've all dreamed about

Great plot arrangements and good use of every character in this clash of political ideology not particularly suited only for korea but a phenomenon happening globally. The underlying problem of this society is straightforward, it's tough to even live a simple life that we've all dreamed about under such discriminatory economic distribution. A team of distressed people trying to form a new ideology by reaching extreme means because nothing really matters anyway, and in its course, it's apparent that "bad persons" are not always too bad, and "good persons" who rule the society with wealth and power are not too good either. To relate the tragic situation, the drama is beautifully shot in dystopian fashion, battle strategies and action scenes are cinematically crafted, can't wait for part 2 to release soon!

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Disappointment!!! Confusion!!! Unsure!!!!

This series was a bit of a let down!! The trailer made it look like it was going to be really good but now after watching it, I must say, I was very disappointed. It was slow, quite boring and lacked a feeling of intensity and power. It was an ordinary series with very few suspenseful scenes. Too much talking, not enough excitement or thrill. My first problem was with the story line. There were no special moments, just mere conversations between the characters. The execution of their plan was quite interesting but it was just too slow. The process took way too long and we still didn't get to see much progress in their robbery. I mean, they could've showed us more scenes relating to the outcome of their robbery but I guess they have plans to make it big in the second half of the series. I don't know but I guess after watching the episodes back to back, I was slowly starting to lose interest as there was nothing really going on. (I really do hope Part 2 makes up for the way I feel after watching Part 1)

I also had a problem with one of the characters; Tokyo, (Jeon Jong-seo). Whoever created her role and wrote her lines, didn't do a really good job. Instead of making her look like a fierce queen, they portrayed her as a little kid with no confidence. (In my opinion) Her scenes were boring and she didn't really have any empowering moments, which made me feel as though her character was pretty worthless, especially because she's one of the main characters in this series. I will however, give an applaud to Park Hae-soo (Berlin) as he was the only real bad-ass in the group. He took the lead and did at very good job at keeping everyone in check (until they all turned on him, which by the way, pissed me off so much) as he should've.

For now, I won't make any more critiques (even though there's a lot) as there will be a part 2 of this series. I do however want to state, that I still have high hopes that this series will have a turn of events and end up being a really good one. Let's see how it all turns out. No more boring!!!! Bring on the excitement, more thrilling surprises and an awesome ending!!!!

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Well, good cast but just it

Well, I started to see this title not exactly because of the story, which everyone already knows, but because of the cast (I love yoo jitae and park haesoo with all my strength) but a fantastic cast like that was not enough. The story starts well, I really liked the idea of ​​the unified currency between the Koreas and the fact that North Koreans don't get along well in South Korea due to lack of support, in my view this could really happen if the Koreas joined, South Koreans would be privileged (it is not difficult to reason why). Anyway, I haven't seen the original version, so I can't compare one thing with the other, but the Korean version throughout the story some things get too ridiculous, in addition to meaningless sex scenes, they talk too much about sex in the drama, it seemed to me an attempt by the series to be " cool", but it was very forced . I would recommend watching the series, it has very good acting, the character of haesoo, Berlin, was fantastic. But that's the only reason I would recommend watching it, cast and acting.

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