Fashion King (2012)

This drama definitely has good actors and they did a really good job. *thumps up*
BUT the screenwriter just wrote some bulls***. (sorry)
Well first of I liked the beginning, but then the story just slowly developed into a really elongated triangle love conflict. Where the girl is going back and forth from Young Gul to Jae Hyuk. Until the end she (for me ) suddenly chooses the other one.

It's not really about fashion a lot or not at all. There were only a few sequences about fashion and everyone had to do with fashion, but that's already all it had to do with fashion.
Well maybe I'm too dumb or skipped to much but the ending was kind of confusing.
Just watched it again and it made sense but it was still one of the worst endings I ever saw.

Overall Yuri's acting was really good for a singer turned actress. And all the others were excellent too. But I wouldn't recommend this drama.

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I am not very sure what to say about this drama. It kept me entertained sometimes, but most of the time it was boring. I didn't find the story appealing and I didn't like any of the characters, especially Lee Ga Young and Kang Young Gul. In my opinion, Lee Ga Young is one the worst characters I have seen in my life, she never seemed to be happy and she didn't know what she wanted. I don't blame the actors, I think they did quite a good job, but the characters weren't good.

The ending doesn't make any sense and was completely absurd.

I only liked two things. One of them is that in this drama there are not good and bad people, they all make big mistakes and they are all selfish. I hate dramas where some characters are perfect and the others are horrible.

The second thing I liked was the music. It is not my favourite OST, but it was pretty good.

For the rest, this drama didn't get to make me sad or laugh. I wouldn't watch it again and I don't recommend anyone to watch it, there are much more interesting dramas out there.

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This drama started out really good, after about 4 or 5 eps the pace got slower and the storylines a bit meh, but still good enough to keep watching.It got a little better again towards the end, more pace, cleaner storylines.
But the ending. I mean SERIOUSLY ?!?!?!?!. That must have been the worst ending of a drama EVER.
I feel like I wasted precious time watching this drama.

I recommend NOT watching this drama.
And I only gave it an overall 3 because the acting was good and I did enjoy most of the show. But solely based on the ending it should have gotten an big fat ZERO.

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I've got to say this show had a lot of potential but it seems that the director and the script writers lost their way along the way. It's like when you're lost and don't know which direction to go in, you just keep going around in circles. I felt that's what happened. It started off good with the first 5 or 6 episodes setting everything up but I think after the characters left New York they didn't know what to do.
Nothing was getting resolved. The same dialogue back and forth all the time. After a while it just became so tiring and tedious to watch. I've seen some bad dramas before but there was always one element that kept me with it. It was usually the characters.
I couldn't even like the characters here even though the actors themselves I love. Ga young was just weak and led around by either Jae Hyuk or Young Gul. It's like she could never make a decision on her on, whatever they wanted her to do she did. Jae Hyuk and Young Gul were alpha males who just wanted to outdo each other using Ga Young in the process.In the end, in just came down to choosing the lesser of two evils and well, we know how that ended.
Yoo Ah In, Shin Se Kyung, Lee Je Hoon and Yuri all did the best they could. They never "phoned" in their acting, they gived it all they had. On paper I can see why these actors chose these roles but in the end it lacked proper direction for the characters themselves to develop.
One Plus, I do love the OST for Fashion King :)

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*********WARNING*********
******DO NOT WATCH THIS DRAMA IT IS THE BIGGEST WASTE OF TIME******

Ok so yeah this was the worst drama I have ever watched & I have been watching dramas 4 the past 2 yrs now. I can not believe that the writers could do this 2 ppl. 1st of all it took 4-ever 2 get started, & there rly wasn't a story going on until about epi 15. They could have written 2 - 4 more epi's w/ the way the story was going after that. I am not upset about the dude dying b/c that is just part of some stories but it makes me wonder: WHAT THE HELL DID I JUST WATCH? Was I watching a romantic drama that had a little bit about fashion thrown in or was it a gangsta drama that had romance & fashion thrown in? I am so confused & I feel totally cheated out of like 21 hrs of my life. If there was a negative rating I could give this drama it would be like -6. Which is sad b/c I liked the actors. I just could not stand the characters they played or the story. It was HORRIBLE! PLZ PPL OUT THERE IN THE DRAMA WORLD.....DON'T WATCH THIS. SAVE URSELF & FIND SOMETHING ELSE 2 WATCH OR DO. Nething is better than watching this.

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I hesitate so much before watching it. I read reviews here & they weren't advising to watch it. Anyway I had much free time so I decided to watch it.
I want to say, the story was going very well. The start was good. The idea was kinda unique. I don't know why the PDs wanted to make even more conflicts when they weren't needed. Specially the romantic parts at the end they were very unnecessary. and WT .. with the ending? Very confusing, not related, you can call it with your worst adjectives. VERY BAD ENDING.
The cast is alright. I had my eyes on Yuri, not a fan, but wanted to see how an idol can act. She did her job as sit was given to her. Good & not bad.
the OST. I felt that the OST were recycled. I think I've heard the same lyrics somewhere with different singers.

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The first 9 episodes had the makings of a monster hit but something went sour the last 11. I understand that Young Gul was ultimately done in by his own greed & need for revenge, but what's the excuse for how weak Ga Young became? I ended up hating her character in the end (and unless she's surrounded by talented actors that I like, I'll never watch another drama with Se Kyung in it. Honestly one of the worst actresses I've seen in a K-drama or film). I ended up pitying Jae Hyuk but never really understood his love for Ga Young. There were so many plot holes & loose ends that I just don't have the energy to care about after forcing myself to watch the last 10 episodes. Fantastic actors like Ah In & Je Hoon were wasted on this show.

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Fashion King is a crazy, topsy turvy drama that makes no since. It is just a series of events that lead nowhere. There is no plot, no rhyme or reason, just one fiasco after another. The characters are all over the map. I don’t like a one dimensional character, but I do like consistency. I have read some reviews that this was suppose to show how big corporations can do whatever they want and get away with it, but I still think it sucked.
Ga Young who I guess is suppose to be the main character in this so called drama has no expression and is NEVER happy. This girl could be given the world on a silver platter and she would still have a problem with something. Ga Young should have left all these people behind and stood up for herself and her talent and made her own way. Or at least admit that she was actually in love with Jae Hyuk. I know she felt like she owed Young Gul something, but I don’t know if she loved him. Or maybe she loved them both. Who knows considering how wishy washy she is. I have never seen Shin Se Kyung in anything else so I don’t know if it is her acting or the writing of the character, but she is annoying.
Young Gul is just money hungry. I can’t blame him for wanting to be something more through his talent as a designer, but I think he gets carried away. I did think he treated people like crap by the end of this drama and I did think he ended up treating Ga Young like crap too, but I don’t blame his character for being frustrated with Ga Young. No matter what he does for her she is never happy. I thought that he might find happiness with AnNa, but I guess not. In the end I honestly don’t have a clue as to why he did anything that he did. I won't give away the ending....just want to add that if you like this character while watching this drama, then you are going to be ticked off. Fair warning!!! I have seen Yoo Ah In acting in another drama and a movie, so I know he can act. I blame it all on the writing.
Jae Hyuk is all over the place. One minute he is this hateful jerk and the next he is a kind and sweet. Looking at his parents you can kind of understand why he is emotionally stunted. His father constantly beats the crap out of him and his mom is controlling. Again I don't want to give away the ending, but I say his mother did it. I feel sorry for him by the end of this drama. I’m actually kind of sad that he ends up with whom he ends up with (don’t want to spoil it for ya), because I don’t think she can make him happy. I haven’t see Lee Je Hoon in anything else, but I thought he did a great job playing Jae Hyuk. He is too cute and a really good actor.
AnNa is the only character that stays true to herself. I actually liked her character the best amongst all of them. She may have played a few dirty tricks, but I still liked her better than Ga Young. I was routing for her through pretty much the whole drama. She is possibly the only one that will end up happy. I thought Yuri did a good job acting. I think this is only her second role, so she needs a little bit more experience, but overall did a good job.
The side characters were the best part of this whole drama…even the evil ones.
The ending to this drama is horrible and it is mainly the reason why I give it a 1. I am sorry that I ever watched this drama. I almost gave it a 10, because no matter how awful it was, I just kept watching it. However, I decided it was more like a car wreck that you can’t turn away from. I gave the acting a higher score because the guys did a really good job playing their messed up characters.
I think you know how I feel about rewatching this nightmare of a drama.
Of course, this is just my opinion. Watch it and decide for yourself. I have heard some people really liked it…even the ending.

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