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Overall- would recommend to everyone
I watched this drama because i had previously seen dramas with Park Seo Joon and i was interested in watching this one. I think the story was interesting to follow through most of the series. I liked how there was a continuation of a sentimental moment Saeroyi had with his father before his father passed away early on in the series, the way the wine tasted. I think it was clever how the mention of weather the alcohol was sweet or bitter also reflected how things were going in each characters life. i think there was the perfect amount of suspense in this story and there was always something going on. I actually ended up really liking the character of Jang Geun Won despite the fact that he was meant to be unlikable through the series because of his actions i pitied the character because i think it was because of family pressures and not nececerally spite.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
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Refreshing for me!
This drama really felt so fresh to me. I appreciated that for the most part things stayed relatively low stakes and focused on character relationships. There was some less believable aspects of the story and the character interactions, but for the most part it stayed grounded and realistic. This feels rare for a lot of dramas sometimes!Those last few episodes after the final time jump though..... Woof. they really leaned so hard into the drama tropes! So much hospitalization, kidnappings, a coma, they did it all. It was like they strayed from the traditional drama writing for too long and they couldn't resist at the end.
Overall I thought the actors did well, I loved the music, and the story kept me interested.
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A vida é doce
Se a vida continuar amarga, continue até ela voltar a ser doce. É isso.Eu acredito no momento certo (talvez tal qual a Yi seo) e mesmo sendo dorameira tem três anos e amigas minhas dizendo que eu tinha que ver, esse era o momento certo. Nada como ele pra dar gás aos meus sonhos e acreditar, continuar.
No geral, eu gostei muito do drama, diferente de outros com tema de vingança achei ele um pouco mais lento no seu desenrolar mas não afetou a história, ela tem seu próprio desenvolvimento e eu gostei muito assim. Pra mim foi o melhor papel do Seo Joon, sem dúvida alguma. Não consigo expressar a força dele nesse papel, no personagem do Saeroyi, é realmente tudo isso que falam por aí e muito mais. A história dele com todos os personagens ao redor foi muito boa, gostei de cada ênfase, o círculo dele era a fortaleza que o fazia continuar, sem isso acho que não teriam ido tanto pra frente. Sobre o romance pra mim a soo ah eta uma personagem muito irrelevante, o saeroyi lutou por todo mundo mas não tinha ninguém pra lutar por ele e a Yi seo fez isso, ela fez muita coisa do jeito errado mas ela aprendeu e ela nunca exitou em dizer que gostava dela, pra mim a soo ah so queria que o saeroyi ficasse dizendo que gostava dela mas nunca dizia o mesmo ou lutou por ele sabe? Gostei do meu casal e dos casais secundários, como a hyunyi e o seung Kwon (pra mim são casal sim) e a Sra Kang e o Sr oh, lindos demais!
A OST desse drama? Eu amava escutar a do gaho desde antes mas agora tem todo um significado diferente. A vida vale a pena ser vivida e se não vale ainda procure motivos para que valha.
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Good show with some issues
The reviews on here for Itaewon class are very interesting with a lot of very high or very low scores. At the end of the day I think it's somewhere in the middle.I think Itaewon's biggest failing is the story, it's a revenge story but not a particularly good one. The ML is wronged and he spends the show attempting to get revenge, but it's not very interesting. It's a weird mix of "the best revenge is living well" and also attempting to take down his enemies. This really ends up being framing for a charming restaurant slice of life and romance with a great cast.
Kim Da Mi and Park Seo Joon play off each other very well with Kim's outgoing and forceful character picking up the slack for Park's more limited dialog. Watching them run a restaurant is great and the three employees at DanBam are good and fit in well. I want to give the show extra credit for having a transgender character and handling her well.
While I don't think the revenge plot is great Yoo Jae Myung does play a great villain. His actions are sometimes uncaring, sometimes cruel, but always feel like they're coming from the place of a real fleshed out character with his own motivations.
My largest issues with the show come near the end. The pacing starts to suffer and the writing starts to feel the need to inject extra tension and drama into the last few episodes rather than letting the story come to a more natural conclusion.
But at the end of the day I really like the show, it was my first kdrama and while it isn't my favorite it's certainly above average and the cast and setting are great.
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The message is the most significant
The message of this drama will always be, in my opinion, that our happiness and value are in the people around us. The money and things we have don't have any value and we will not be happy if we don't have people we love around us. I will always think that the enemy situation that drove the story was a little overwhelming since the beggining, it made me especially rethink about the fact that people with money really rule the world as they want without punishment and it is something that really should stop.Geun Soo, Hyun Hi e Soo Ah were my favourites characters, Geun Soo and Soo Ah had theirs ups and downs, hurt people in the process but they are characters who really had a big evolution overall. Hyun Hi was definitely the character that stole my heart, the history, the way she is portrayed and how strong she is are an inspiration.
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Itaewon class reseña
A pesar de no tener el 10 en puntuación para mi, es de mis dramas favoritos de Park Seo Joon. Me gusto la historia en términos generales, es cierto que lo que me hizo quitarle varios puntos fue la parte de la historia entre los protagonistas. No veía gran química entre ellos y realmente no llegué a conectar con esa parte. A pesar de ello me gustó mucho aunque lo dicho anteriormente hay ciertas partes que si hubieran sido diferentes pero bueno. Aún así en un drama que recomiendo y que hay que ver si o si. Este es uno de esos dramas en los que hay disparidad de opiniones, por lo que yo recomiendo que se vea para hacerse una idea porque lo que no les gustó a otros o lo que si gusto puede que no sea lo mismo que te pase a ti.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
Desde el minuto uno, tanto la trama como los personajes te atrapan. La interpretación por parte de todo el reparto, es maravillosa.
El único punto negativo que le sacó es que puede llegar a hacer algo repetitiva, porque sientes que no avanza en su objetivo, aunque realmente sí, pero se plantea de tal forma, que a mi me hace sentir que lo que ha pasado ya lo he visto antes.
Lo que más me sorprendió, fueron los últimos capítulos porque no me esperaba que pasase algo así.
Como conclusión: Sí, la recomendaría ver.
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A comeback revenge story but with central storylines that are heart warming
9/10 is my rating. This is a 2020 South Korean romantic drama with 16, 60 minute episodes.Park Sae-ro-yi (Park Seo-joon) is a person with a very strong sense of justice and moral integrity. He is an only child being raised by his widowed father and the father and son are the most important thing in each other's worlds. Sae-ro-yi is very goal driven, his dream is to become a police officer, but the dream is shattered when he inserts himself in a bully situation. As the eldest and only legitimate son if the Jangga group, Jang Geun-won (Ahn Bo-hyun) has been groomed by his father to think of those of lower socioeconomic status as beneath him. He is a bully at school, which leads to a violent conflict with Sae-ro-yi who is not the type to stand by and allow it. When the high schoolers are disciplined the school allows Jang Dae-hee (Yoo Jae-myung), Geun-won's father and CEO of Jangga group, to decide the punishment. Since Sae-ro-yi's father happens to work for Jangga group and is a favored employee Dae-hee says he will forgive what he perceives as an insult to his son and family if Sae-ro-yi will kneel and apologize. Sae-ro-yi does not feel as though he has done wrong and refuses to kneel. He is expelled at the recommendation of Dae-hee and Sae-ro-yi stands behind his son and is forced to resign. Things seem to level out when Sae-ro-yi's father utilizes savings to open a restaurant but tragedy strikes and Sae-ro-yi's father is killed in a traffic accident by, none other, than Geun-won. At first Sae-ro-yi does not know the culprit but when he chances to find out who it was, he nearly beats Dae-won to death and serves a 3 year prison sentence for attempted murder. Sae-ro-yi spends his time studying business toward the goal of opening a competing business, DanBam, and ruining Jangga group. An unlikely group of employees/friends work for Sae-ro-yi and he also has the help of a social media guru, Jo Yi-seo (Kim Da-mi) who, after several chance encounters with the affable Sae-ro-yi vows to stay by his side and help him reach his goals. Sae-ro-yi's school friend and first love, Oh Soo-ah (Kwon Nara) works for the Jangga group and Sae-ro-yi still has feelings for her. Will a school drop out and ex-con be able to pull off the take down of a well established conglomerate like the Jangga group? Will Sae-ro-yi go with his feelings for his old love or is this new woman more of his second half?
Spoiler Altert** This is a great story that reminds of so many other good stories I have seen in the past. It has elements of "The Count of Monte Cristo" and some Rocky Balboa like elements as well. Like his father who the viewer got to know briefly, Sae-ro-yi is one of those rare people who lets nothing deter him from the right path. He is kind to those that deserve it and harsh on those that do harm to others. The people around him make mistakes but he never holds those types of things against them and it causes everyone in his inner circle to like and admire him. At first I was cheering for his first love, to be the FL and main love interest, but as soon as Yi-seo entered the picture I loved her spunk, energy and the way she was all in with whatever she was doing, including her pursuit of Sae-ro-yi. One of his inner circle is transgender and I was surprised that it portrayed the South Korean people as not very tolerant of different sexual identities. She was one of my favorite characters. Another person in his inner circle was black and there was a lot of prejudice about him being a black Korean. I loved how his business model was about his people and how they, as a result, respected him and loved him like family. He accepted them all for the people they were black, transgender, a little bit psycho and helped them realize their own potential. There were some characters tome that did things that did not make sense. Sae-to-hi did change and harden just a bit which is not such a bad thing but did result in him not forgiving to the same level he did in the past. I loved the friendships and the love story. There were some slow parts toward the end where an element of the story was dragged out more than necessary. Very good and I highly recommend.
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Blind revenge is not pretty
This drama kept popping up on the trailers so I eventually got around to watching it. I think culturally this story was a mismatch for me there were more character traits that I disliked than what I liked.From the smiley faced poster I was expecting a lighter story but it kicked off with bullying and went darker as we progressed.
Our hero has some strong caring characteristics but is also quite paternalistic and so focussed on revenge he became unlikable.
His long suffering love interest swung between keeping him interested, reporting him to the police and just blindly following nasty instructions of her boss.
The feisty female lead is fixated on trying to win over our hero who blindly ignores this much younger colleague but is very happy she is helping him in his revenge dream.
I like the transgender character there was so much more in her character that had strong, proud vibes.
The evil elder brother is well played for the weak moral person.
The father has no redeeming features and is nasty to the core.
My cultural background had me shouting at the screen I wanted to shake or slap someone around the head so this reaction made it a drag to finish.
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Почему стоит смотреть?
Пак Со Джун в главной роли и офигенная актерская игра всех актеров, а так же нетривиальный сюжет. Не ожидайте здесь экшена, его не будет. Вместо этого будет жизненная история о простом парне, который смог так сказатб. Так же удовольствие от просмотра доставляет и главная героиня, которая довольно таки не глупа и может постоять за себя. В каждой серии просто поворот на повороте ахаха Еще один плюс - поднятие темы ЛГБТ сообщества и как к нему относится корейское общество.Сериал бил все рейтинги в корее.
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There are times when you need someone to stand by you
*** Minor Spoilers***The series Iteawon Class follows Park Saeroyi (Park Seo Joon), a high schooler with a dream of becoming a police officer. However, after making critical decisions in high school, his life drastically changes. After arriving in Iteawon, a district known for its vibrant nightlife and clubs, Saeroyi and his friends open a small bar called "DanBam" to redeem himself.
As Park Saeroyi's business rival and nemesis Jang Hee (Yoojae Myung) owns Jangga, a fire competitor and the fuel and marker for Saeroyi, Iteawon Class follows an engaging and fast-paced plot that kept me hooked throughout its 16-episode run. Saeroyi's journey from expulsion to leading DanBam is inspiring. The series looks at ordinary individuals' struggles for justice and dreams. All the characters are great, but other than the two main pub leaders, I found Joy Yi Seo (Kim Da Mi), Ma Yi the chef (Lee Joo Young), Jang Geun Won, the bully (Ahn Bo Hyun) and Park Saeroyi's father Park Yul (Sun Hyun Joo) pivotal. They aren't perfect, they are different people from all walks of life. Pick ten random people at your workplace and try to avoid any clashes of personalities.
The cast delivers pretty convincing performances, bringing the characters to life and making things more relatable. Park Seo-Joon performance as Park Saeroyi showed determination, passion, leadership and charisma. He had that presence and strength about him that positively impacted his team and his personal life. Saeroyi was flawed and suppressed at times; however, when you bring enough passion, the right individual will enter your life and assist you on your path to your destiny.
The Iteawon Class is well-shot from a visual point of view. It had effective cinematography and attention to detail to capture the characters' emotions. The series captures the essence of Iteawon, from its bustling streets to its hidden nooks and crannies. The production design helped a lot. Before the series I really didn't know too much about the area until that Halloween disaster in 2022.
Iteawon Class's music and soundtrack are a big part of the experience. Mood and atmosphere were enhanced by the music choices. Overall, Iteawon Class was an engaging and entertaining drama. Themes of justice, redemption, and friendship and love. To this point the series is locked in at #8 for my all-time best Korean dramas. I don't give it ALL 10's but it resonates well with me!
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