su mérito es la nostalgia del primer k drama
the page asks me for a minimum of characters so I will write my review in Spanish (mi ingles es elemental para escribir tanto). Como empezar? Como todo el mundo dice, es un clásico de aquellos años... con un mal guión, trama desarticulada, actuaciones regulares pero a veces con grandes escenas.este fue el primer k-drama en la tv de mi pais (hace muchos años) vi la serie traducida a mi idioma y luego la volvi a ver subtitulada así que la he visto dos veces XD
volveria a ver la serie por nostalgia y diria WTF jajaja
Solo lo recomiendo para... los nostálgicos que lo vieron en ese momento. Si buscas un buen drama con un buen guion, argumento maduro y actuaciones notables esto no es lo tuyo
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Mother of all corny tropes. An OG drama
Like many others, this was the first drama that I ever watched - and I was HOOKED. Of course, so many instances in here can be deemed corny but sometimes you need that in your life. When I feel nostalgic I always watch this drama. - it’s basically a yearly tradition at this point. Of course, there are a LOT of out-of-pocket things that happen as it does have some dated values.. To many, this is the OG drama so I would recommend anybody to watch it for themselves,Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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É apenas um clássico,
Boys over flowers é só mais um clichê de uma garota pobre e um garoto podre de rico, além de que parece que a prota feminina (Jandi) teve mais interações com o secundario (Jihoo) do que com o prota masculino (Junpyo), eu não vi evolução nenhuma no relacionamento deles, e quando dava de colocarem cenas de casal (já que a série é de romance) colocam o plot horroroso da amnésia de Junpyo.As atuações eram exageradas a todo o momento, especialmente as de Jandi, eu sinto que o diretor queria que a gente visse graça na protagonista, mas a única coisa que eu senti foi desconforto de ver ela olhando para a câmera como se soubesse de todos os meus pecados.
A ost da série é ótima, e não a nenhuma música que eu não tenha gostado (que eu me lembre).
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The plot runs in a perpetual circle and gets more and more ridiculous as you go along. Memory loss, chaebols, controlling mothers, kidnappings, makeovers and second lead syndrome - this is like the mother of all kdramas. It gave birth to the rest.
I can't say that I liked it and I certainly wouldn't want to watch it again. But for some reason I don't dislike it and even want to recommend it. I have no idea why.
At 25 episodes it's a bit of a marathon so pace yourself.
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Overrated
Boys over flowers according to my opinipn is the most over rated drama. I believe it was hyped because of the manga. I have never read the manga so I can't compare. But I just could not tolerate both male and female lead chrtrs. They were just unbearable to watch. I have heard from my frnds that the female leads chrtr was very diff from the og manga. Also, they kept dragging the story which was totally unnecessary. I am someone who binge watch everything and complete dramas in one/two nights. But it took me 3 weeks to finish this that is how mush I disliked it. Thought of dropping it multiple times.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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a full re-watch, i finally upped the score from 8.0 to 9.5!
yeah. actually when i re-watched this, i thought i was just gonna re-watch this in time pass and only skip to the scenes that made my heart flutter, but i can't stop pressing ep. 1 so there i was. and once i began, i kinda had the determination that i was gonna give it my full undivided attention and really try my best not to compare it to the Japanese version at least once, so i did. and it handsomely paid off.i don't remember when i first watched this, but it was on TV. so i had some scenes i have not seen then (because we don't have a recorder, we still don't), so i think especially in the second half when the drama was showing how Jan Di-Ji Hoo's chemistry was building and deeply intensifying, i didn't catch that.
another theory i am throwing here is that Yoon Ji Hoo's beauty is something i had a hard time coming to terms with, back then. he's somewhere in the middle of being pretty and manly, and i didn't know what to make of that (i have not seen the works of similar actors to him then, the one i can name now is Lee Jong Suk).
they have the kind of beauty/gorgeousness that you can only appreciate once you watch more of them. in my (toxic) culture, pretty boys like this are very easily mocked by other guys to be effeminate, which obviously they are not. THEY ARE MANLY, AND PRETTY PERIODT.
i almost wanted to score this drama a 10 just like the Japanese version that i have always loved so much, but the ending ruined it for me. it ruined it then, and it still ruined it now.
i think they really rushed through the ending. i find the proposal scene very lackluster, and i also didn't really like the high school graduation prom party scene compared to the Japanese version - it's the finale anyway, i have some liberty to be more harsh here. it really just doesn't give off much impact. but i really do love the fact that both she and Ji Hoo went to attend medical school together to forge a new path for themselves. i find that really wholesome.
also, the one thing that irked me the most is how they totally omitted that Tsukushi saved a man from suicide who later on became the key to helping to turn around Domyouji's company from financial crisis (which became the ultimatum for how his mother can finally accept her). there's nothing about that here, only the fact that we see how Jun Pyo's father finally became awake after the long comma, but they don't even give us a scene of them interacting after he woke up. shame.
i feel sad that with Ji Hoo's quiet personality, it's probably hard for him to find a girl as great as Jan Di as his life partner. but with his newfound profession as a medical doctor, maybe he'll meet someone who's as normal and warm-hearted as Jan Di in the future. i really hope that!
i definitely think that the F4 is the best in the Korean version. but i still love Domyouji Tsukasa more, his character comes across more sharp/crisp and a lot more charismatic than Jun Pyo, maybe because of the lead actor really. i have no comparison for the lead actresses, i think they are both phenomenal in their own ways.
finally, i love how well-balanced this drama is. you get to see the luxurious life of the ultra-rich F4, but also how normal and basic the life of the FL. i find the harmony very seamless and absolutely well fckin done.
i actually revised the score this time from 8.0 to 9.5. KUDOS!
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Watch it if you must
The "core" story of Boys over Flower is powerful. It's a story about violent school bullying to the extent of leading children to attempt suicide, a story about class struggles and the rich viewing the poor as not only a different class, but altogether less than human. While many take issue with the way that bullying is portrayed here, I believe at the time of release it was good to put these issues out in the open. Bullying is happening and it is terrifying. Poor people are not less than.I watched original Meteor Garden (way too many times, and probably last time was in 2007) as well as Hana Yori Dango. Leaving aside the 2018 Chinese Meteor Garden than I hope to never watch, the Korean version was the worst in my opinion. The Japanese version has the edge simply on being short (only 9 episodes!) and having better chemistry between the leads. Original MG had a stellar cast, great chemistry between Barbie and both Vic and Jerry. Also, 12 years later I still hum the opening song randomly and remember lines from it.
Concentrating solely on BoF now, it was too long with too many unnecessary twists and heartaches. JanDi was unbearable. All the screaming, all the crying. You still root for her, of course, because she's being stepped on and is the only one with enough guts to stand up, but wow was the role miscast. The second ML also didn't sell me. I know he was a broken character, but unlike Hua Ze Lei from Meteor Garden there was nothing approachable or vulnerable that made him attractive. Then there's Goo Joon Pyo, the terrible rich bully that has no conscience. He'll send someone to beat you bloody, but then he'll save you. And he'll be so loving as he saves you. He has grown a lot as an actor since then, but he was still great in this. It was hard to not like him, even as he fully personified toxicity, which was the point. The best characters though were the two minor F4, Kim Bum who actually showed growth and Kim Joon, the mafia boss son with a ridiculously funny dancing sequence.
At the end of the day, this is a drama you watch to cross of your list because it's a classic. You may even really get into it, the way that a train wreck sucks you in. Or, you may decide that you're not into the bullying, which drags on and and on and is very draining.
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Empty calories for the mind
The plot is crazyThe characters are not realistic
The music is so so so horrid *alllmoossttt pppaaaaarrraaadiiissseeee
This drama is so bad, it is addictive.
BOF throws away SO MANY insanely illogical plot devices week after week yet there i was, faithfully waiting for every new eps to watch it UNSUB first then SUBBED.
This is a testament to the great acting and chemistry of all the actors doing their utmost best with what little writing they have.
I believe this show was carried on LMH and KHS having surprisingly great chemistry.
Seeing KJH is bonus and KB is whipped cream with cherry on top.
I have seen the TW version, Japanese version and this K version.
I have to say the Japanese did it best, may be due to the fact that the original material is Japanese hence it converted seamlessly into dorama.
The TW version was also good - F4 were the original oppas before there were kdrama oppas.
This K version was crazy bad - you become used to the badness of it all and just enjoyed all the empty calories.
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So I watched this after watching one of the remakes of this series (yes there are many, this was only one of them) , the remake being Meteor Garden (which reigns over this). Going into this, I was like sure I;ll give it a go, since it's the most popular drama out there. But good lord. This is quite something. The first thing I knew when I was watching it, was when it was from. 2009. The hair. THE HAIR. The acting isn't great either, but then again it's 2009. The story itself is great, but just this version of it, being that it is my opinion, just isn't it. I have yet to watch another remake of this, (probably the Japanese one will be next).
My thing with it too is that F4 is supposed to be attractive, and to me none of them are. At all.
If you give this a go, be my guest, but after you finish it, go watch Meteor Garden. You'll thank me later hopefully. (the 2018 one, not the one from 2001, I haven't seen that one yet.)
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