Itaewon Class (2020)

There are dramas that rule a time, that no matter how much time passes after it’s airing they are still reference and still talked to this day of what made them excellent. They are the classics. Full House, Boys Over Flowers, My Love from the Stars, Secret Garden, Goblin to say some of them. Now I dare telling Itaewon Class is to become one of them.
Let me try to tell you why:
Iteawon Class is a classic revenge story. Rich people destroying someone’s life just because they can, not seeing that the one suffering will do whatever necessary to make they pay. I am a sucker for revenge stories. It can make me a little bias, but it also can make me very critical and I know bullshit when I see bullshit. I can say Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo) would be proud of Park Seruyi.
I.C. has all the classical aspects of a revenge story but it is made so fresh, everything seems new and surprising. The way the plot is constructed is so well made, the pace is on point, everything is done so perfect, not one minute of this drama is boring. And the clefhangers, it gave me goosebumps and anxiety problems. This is the King drama of clefhangers, just to let you know.
About the acting… Lets honestly talk about Park Seo Joon.
I choose to watch this drama simply because I wanted to watch something fun and I can always have fun watching Park Seo Joon, that's why I began to watch it, you can see that I really like him, but he is an actor of one only character. I’m saying he is a bad actor, no, Marilyn Monroe was an actress of one character and no one can say she was a bad actress.
The problem with this situation is that it can be a hit or miss in a drama, Fight My Way was spot on great, What is Wrong with Secretary Kim was not, let’s be honesty here we watched it for the eyecandy (:/). And on I.C. it was just on the line, good, not great I can think of actors the would do a better job being Park Seruyi, but Park Seo Joon doesn’t disappoint. He does not because the real Queen in this drama was Kim Dami as Jo Yiso.
I felt that everything on this drama was made for her to shine. We went back every week to watch her, to see what she was gonna do, she was the star. And truly for half of Iteawon Class I thought she was the second lead girl, I just convinced myself when I rewatched the trailer and saw that Soo Ah is not featured there.
This drama made the annoying segund lead girl, she is a bitch, follow the guy around even if he does not like her, hates and torment the girl the guy is in love with. She is everything we supposed to hate, but here we are on her side, we cheers for her, we choose her. This is the reason why Iteawon Class will be a classic.
On everyone else, everybody does a great Job… Nara as Oh Soah, Ryu Kyung Soo as Choi Seung Kwon, Yoo Jae Myung as President Jang… man, this man can act, I could empathise with him, even him as a villain.
One thing I want to talk about too, is about Lee Joo Young as Ma Hyun Yi a transgender character, I have to applaud Korea, being a very conservative country, having a saying, a very small, but present saying in this discussion so current all over the world. I see on this a new step for more diversity in Korean dramas and it gets me excited.
And for the last the ending, it was a little bit more slow than the rest of the drama, but there were one scene the final conclusion the winned it all me. And even if there are a lot of people who did not agree with me, I loved this drama, truly.

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it was okay

me sorprende un montón que las reseñas en inglés más votadas le ponen una nota tirando a baja y señalan todas las flaquezas (que también le he encontrado yo) a este drama y sin embargo las reseñas en español son todo nueves y dieces... así que me he sentido un poco en la obligación de escribir la mía

vale, primero que todo
me costó un montón ver los primeros capítulos, ha sido de los pocos kdramas que he estado a puntísimo de dejar simplemente porque me aburría demasiado pero finalmente decidí esperarme hasta al capítulo 4 o así y ciertamente la serie empieza a despuntar a partir de ahí, se hace entretenida, etc. sin embargo hacia el último tercio vuelve a decaer (literalmente hay un secuestro y yo ahí ya marco la línea definitiva donde cualquier kdrama descarrila).

pros:
- diversidad (por fin!!)
- hay un par de personajes secundarios por los que daría todo
- el sentido/importancia de la amistad, lealtad, etc

contras:
- los main characters
- el romance es forzadísimo e innecesario
- el personaje principal no avanza, sigue psicológicamente igual de moralista y pesao
- la venganza como único plot conductor de la trama es agotador y repetitivo

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It started really well, I was really invested in the beginning. The revenge plot, the romance that's so close yet so far, an impressive girl to pursue the guy, and the interesting side characters, really gripped my attention in the beginning.
However, after a while, Sae Royi and Oh Soo's romance started becoming stagnant, did not move forward at all, the character of Yi Seo in the beginning was cool and independent, but she just became needy and selfish later (although on a side note, she gets the guy so maybe we should aspire to be like her, lol).
What I hated the most was romance part, Sae Royi and Yi Seo didn't even make sense (every boss might as well start marrying their efficient secretaries) . Being grateful and falling in love are very different things but this movie blurred the lines between that. This was the breaking point for me. It might sound silly but to me romance in a story is of importance, not as high as the plot (which was interesting in the beginning but towards the end, I started losing interest) itself but without an attention-grabbing love story, and a lethargic plot, I just decided to drop it but not before watching the last scene so I'd know how it ended.
Not rewatching it, but I loved Park Seo Jun (I firmly believe the character he played was at fault, not the actor)
P. S. You could try watching and form your own opinions, mine might've been a bit biased coz I don't like stories where a new girl succeeds in breaking apart an already established couple.

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Well, first we examine the problems that people reapet and then a general reveiw.
The common drawbacks are:
1. There is no personality such park sae ro yi.
2. Why didn't the sae ro yi's hairstyle change after 11 years?
3. Why get out of the car at the end of episode 14 and worse, hug each other?
4. It was a cliché hostage!
5. How did Hyun Yi become a chef?

((Because these questions are very repetitive, I would like to explain my point of view in detail))

1.
For example, do zombies really exist? (Kingdom 2019)
Is Gandalf in the real world? (Lord of the Rings 2001)
Do people die in reality, do they steal in their sleep, or is the food of the whole world corn? (Inception 2010 -interstellar 2015)
We have rome of Subconsciously dreams? (Stalker 1979)
In fact, can humans go back to 1700 or 1500?
(Midnight in Paris 2013)
Does in our planet We have a fish that become a monster that breathes out of sea?
(The Host 2006)

Well, these are some of the most famous and highest level productions, and popular directors like Christopher Nolan, great directors like Bong Joon Ho and Woody Allen, and directors who are among the top two or three in history like Andrei tarkovsky.

Surely you are saying that all of them are fantasy or science fiction, but the Itaewon class is a drama and realistic, so it doesn't suit him.

Well, I have to say that we have a style that a combination of fantasy and realism is called magical realism!
But… This series is not magical realism at all!
I just wanted to say that there is such a style, and for example, kill me heal me has such a genre, that is, in the real world, with real rules, but a couple of motifes are unrealistic in it.

Now that itaewon class is not magical realism, then how is it realistic ?!

So is there a guarantee that there will be no person like sae ro yi in the world?
No, we don't have the Innocent people, but we do have the people that have a little negative morals and the park sae ro yi were the same.

2. Well, when do people's hairstyles change when they change themselves; For example, in classic movies, whenever women cut their hair short, it means that they are tough and their personality getting cold.
Well, we see that from the beginning, the sae ro yi and Jang Deh-hee do not change, but the others change to accompany them.
For example, yi seo, which could not be changed at all, she changed because of the sae ro yi, but on the other hand soo ah, she did not change, and their destiny became that.
(You may say why the sae ro yi should not be changed and turned upside down. First of all, this could be the opposite and it could have been the opposite. Now it doesn't matter, but let's calculate that the sae ro yi was a symbol of good behavior. …)
Or Jang Deh Hee didn't change and his son became like him to be with him.

3. So tell me, what difference does it make if the car is looking for a car or a person?
You just saw that sae ro yi made Jang Gion Won's car have to go a long way and he had a plan and the time to buy… You say why they hugged each other in that sensitive moment… Well, we knew that this is just a drama, but In fact, they are close to death and sae ro yi probably want to say something that has been in his heart for a long time , and his feelings become uncontrollable, and… Incidentally, this scene, which we think is stupid, is like a real person. Foolish moment!

4. First of all, tell me what is your favorite series?
If you want to try to say Kdrama's avangard, you probably say, "My Ajusshi or Mr. Sunshine its probably the answer of 80%. "
Do you want me to tell these clichés?
Stereotypes are not a negative in themselves; How long did it take for the hostage-taking to end?
Maybe half a episode.
Well, no matter how much you write a new product, there are similarities with something and somewhere.

5. Well in ep 4:
You see, when yi seo want to show her abilities to be hired, she turns to park sae ro yi and says:
What kind of food is your specialty?
- we carefully came up with every recipe, but we dont realy have a specialty.
The camera in the fridge or freezer or whatever, Hyun yo and yi sro in front of the fridge.
Hyun Yi: i organized it yesterday. Its all clean.
Yi seo: we dont need many things on the menu.
Jusy have one specialty and use two or three overlapping ongredients to keep losses to a minimum.
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Well, you see, now it makes more sense that Hyun Yi has succeeded with repetition and effort because they have limited their list.

This is from this.

What else can I tell you?

The Park Seo Joon, Kim Da Mi, Nara, Yo Jae Myung, Anh Bo Hyun , are all currently running in Baeksang.
I mean, the whole series is almost nominated, and we have to see what happens.
Do I need to tell you more about acting?

The director of the series has been nominated, but since it is difficult for you to understand the difference between a good director and others:

See the first part of ep 4 the conversation between the sae ro yi and Gion Won. First, Gion Won comes with pride to make fun of the sae ro yi but...

So director how show me sae ro yi's Self Confidence and geon won's stress with camera?


Exactly at the end of episode 15, when he kneels ; It slows motion and keeps that beautiful movement going, and more importantly, the camera slowly goes to sae ro yi, and somehow admires it by going to it and approaching it!

End of episode 11
How effective was the silence we saw at the time of the confession?


Tell more about the script and its details?
The fact that he puts Yi Seo and Soo ah in the cafe in front of each other and marks.

Sae ro yi open up his heart to yi seo in ep4...
Why did he tell yi seo what he didn't do to soo ah all the time?
Becuase he feel comfortable around her.
Should I talk about music?

Music?
You mean, like, all these records aren't enough for gaho and v?
It's okay to serve you. I have to say that at the Baeksabg Festival, they have a special technical awards , and the Itaewonclass is nominated for its music.
Basically, you go and listen to the itaewon class from the album of soundtrackthe whole series will be reviewed for you.

We have how many marking and motif like "how does it taste?"
How many times have you seen such a beautiful motif in Kdrama before?

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Very good, character led drama. I'm somewhat glad that this drama did not heavily rely on romance, which is something that I like in my dramas.
The first couple of episodes are boring, but they are just setting up the backstory and introducing the characters. Once that’s done, things start to get interesting!
The characters are well written, and I enjoy that they each have an episode that has a larger focus in them and how they connect to the plot!
The plot is pretty interesting but sometimes gets lost. I did enjoy the suspense of wondering what someone is going to do next and how the DanBam crew is going to handle it together.

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Debo decir que comencé a ver este drama porque Park Seo Joon salía en él. Soy su fan, amo su trabajo y habia quedado fascinada con su trabajo en What´s Wrong With Secretary Kim (excelente drama por cierto) así que OBVIAMENTE debía de ver este nuevo drama.

Es un drama que te atrapa desde el principio. Su personaje te atrapa, por tanta injusticia que se nos muestra en los primeros capitulos, tanta cosa fea que le pasa a él y a su familia solo por el hecho de que se metió con las personas equivocadas (tipico coreano que porque mi papa es dueño de una empresa super importante en Corea puedo hacer lo que se me hinche un...) y él es fiel a sus principios y hace lo correcto ocasionadole grandes consecuencias.

El drama en general nos demuestra que con paciencia, esfuerzo y sobre todo, tener siempre estar tranquilo sin caer en provocaciones. A mi me sorprendió mucho, los personajes que metieron como "principales". El chavo que es transexual (el papel lo interpreta una chica), y un extranjero, una persona de color, que se nota que no es actor, porque no me gusto su actuacion, sin embargo el verlo ahi y que hablara coreano me sorprendio y me parecio novedoso.

Ya necesitaba una protagonista fuerte, ya saben, no la tipica chica que esta en peligro y el protagonista la viene a rescatar. Amé mucho el personaje de YiSeo, es independiente, sabe lo que quiere, y es noble, quiza un poco directa, sn pelos en la lengua como decimos en mi país pero es su fuerte.

En cuanto a los antagonistas, empezemos con Soo Ah. La odie desde el episodio donde supuestamente ella le habia hablado a la policia para decir que habia menores de edad bebiendo en Danbam, y aunque despues resulta ser que no era ella, el odio se me quedó. Si hubiera querido se hubiera ido del grupo Jangga desde que Seori regreso y abrio el bar. Algo que me gusto de ella es que al final delata todas las cosas que el grupo Jangga realizaba ilegalmente. Y a pesar de que tuvo roces con Yi Seo, ellas pueden compartir un espacio si me explico? Creo que si nos adelantamos en el futuro yo creo que ellas serian grandes amigas.

De Geun Won , bueno, realmente el solo es un idiota. Se esforzó demasiado para poder tener la aprobación de su papá pero realmente nunca lo logro (también el señor era bien caca con él, digo ya no pudo comer pollito nunca mas haha) . Sentí muy feo cuando el papá lo entrega a la policia para no perder su empresa. Va a la carcel y de ahi se pudo haber ido a otro lado , dejar las cosas atras pero es demasiado rencoroso y busco venganza, no podia soportar que Seo Ri haya tenido exito en su plan.

El presidente de Jangga , una persona muy ambiciosa, en un principio defendiendo a capa y a espada a su hijo porque para la familia es lo mas importante ( y por eso mandas a tu hijo a la carcel despues) y los mismos pensamientos del hijo, yo tengo poder, yo hago lo que quiera. Fue buen contricante, tenia jugadas muy buenas, pero como siempre truinfa el bien y este señor acaba pagando todo, y valio la pena esperar a uno de los ultimos capitulos donde el se arrodilla pidiendo perdon y el SeoRi le dice algo como esto sollo haces porque tu empresa ya se fue al ca... y se va asi con la musiquita (Take that bitch) y se queda ahi llorando en el piso.

Finalizo con el pobre de Geun Soo que lo unico que quería era a la YiSeo, y realmente no es malo, solo se dejo llevar un poco por la ambicion pero al final el si recapacita (aprende Geun Woo) y termina por irse a estudiar al extranjero (para nada un cliche coreano).

Historia 10/10
Actuaciones 9.0/10
Music 10/10 I can fly the sky ~ woh!
Volverla a ver. Si lo haría pero ahorita no, la acabo de terminar hace como 3 días , quiza en algunos años, pero si.
En general un 9.5. ♥

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What made Itaewon Class a well made drama? Well undoubtedly its representation of clichéd storyline enamored by moralistic blanket and the well written characters. Adapted from a renowned webtoon of the same name, the main attraction of the drama was the main lead character played by Park Seo Joon who was socially awkward but undyingly loved sticking with his values and principles taught by his father. He was the perfect epitome of an altruistic person who by their magnanimous attitude towards his/her surroundings are able to win uncountable hearts. They are considered the gem of a human who can go to any extent to save their loved ones.

The whole story started with one utmost tragic turning point of PSJ’s life which ultimately led him to the success he always desired. The main moral of the story depicted was that whatever it is if people are put forth foremost before anything then any venture will be successful. Greed, arrogance, self-absorption in the end engulfs into nothingness. PSJ’s character was an overall package of level headedness, gritty, charismatic and an undaunted true leader. A true leader tries to encourage and motivate people under him/her which this character exactly portrays. All the other characters both the antagonists and protagonists have their own story to share but the focus was mainly the lead male protagonist who after facing plethora of hurdles thrown at him by his enemies could get out of it scathed but much stronger than before. The more he faced the trials and tribulations of life the grittier he became in achieving his goal. The point is to portray that life for each and every living human soul would throw lemons but we have to know how to make lemonade out of it.

Moreover, this drama through another characteristic of the main lead’s character portrayed that not necessarily every single person has to gain higher education. Without gaining much education, having right attitude, morals, values and righteousness it is possible to reach any apex in life, of course with the help of some true companions. Sae Ro Yi (main character played by PSJ) had some wonderful people working for him who turned into his family members. His love interest is also one woman among them.

Next about the two female leads, the one PSJ chose is one of the best written female characters in the history of Korean dramas. Never have I seen a female character given so much empowerment, strong self-determination, confidence and free spirit like the character Jo Yi Seo. Without a single regret she always chose her destination exactly responding to her mind. It is interesting to watch how she accomplishes her goal as per her set target. She was shown as a bit eccentric unsocial person yet she was sacrificial for the one whom she truly loved with pure dedication. Her self interest never stumbled on her way since she made that one single person her final target.

Although the story is nothing new about the same old subjugation and corruption by the rich to the poor strata of the society but the interesting part of this drama which made it truly beautiful are the characters. More or less it can be referred as a character based drama. PSJ was the scene stealer in every single of his expressions and dialogue throwing. It is undoubtedly his best performance so far. Dedication is evident from his natural acting skill. Truly commendable job he has done. The rest of the ensemble cast did justice to their roles but PSJ overshadowed everyone.

This drama through the various characters had basically tried to teach and preach about maintaining humane quality no matter what and to remain honest irrespective of hardships of life. The moral and philosophical base of the story is quite strong.

Although it has gained humongous popularity so there’s no harm in watching it if you haven’t yet watched it.

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