Itaewon Class had a wonderful beginning, first two episodes were treat for the audiences. And it held for a pretty long time; until episode 10 it still had it's appeal. After that the plot started to become frustrating, the main character(Park Sae-ro-yi) started to lose his charm, actually no real emotion was portrayed through him. The vengeance concept was never questioned and it started to become stressful to watch.
The romance went the worst way possible. There is really no justification for this. That four years leap made the plot a mess, so, after episode 13 it became just unwatchable.
Performance of the artists were great. Kim Da Mi had a powerful character(Jo Yi-seo), which if not likable was very refreshing...but became dull and annoying as the story progressed. Park Seo-joon did great, just like the plot he was wonderful at the beginning, heart rending acting but his character never really got past the revenge arch, was particularly inept in the romance part. And I don't think that's the actor's fault, the plot was very weak. Now, very few reviews appreciated Kwon Nara's(Oh Soo-ah) performance, but I found her amazing. Till episode 13, though the plot really didn't let her flourish, she was outstanding. All those complicated emotions was perfectly expressed by her...there was no way to bypass her and bring the other romantic counter part to be the final love. But that's what happened and ruined the whole tension that was built through the previous episodes. There was more chemistry between her and the main character than Kim Da Mi and him.
Ending was really messy, villains lost their charisma, Kim Dong-hee's character(Jang Geun-soo) didn't receive any understandable closure and the final revenge and happy ending was totally shallow and out of the blue, not convincing at all. Kwon Nara's character was totally ignored where she had amazing potential and Park Sae Joon's character was totally lost by the end.
But for the first 11 episodes it deserves applause, the views of Itaewon was eye catching at times and the music brilliant.
It was that unbelievable wrecking ending which just ruined the amazing show that it could become.
Performance of the artists were great. Kim Da Mi had a powerful character(Jo Yi-seo), which if not likable was very refreshing...but became dull and annoying as the story progressed. Park Seo-joon did great, just like the plot he was wonderful at the beginning, heart rending acting but his character never really got past the revenge arch, was particularly inept in the romance part. And I don't think that's the actor's fault, the plot was very weak. Now, very few reviews appreciated Kwon Nara's(Oh Soo-ah) performance, but I found her amazing. Till episode 13, though the plot really didn't let her flourish, she was outstanding. All those complicated emotions was perfectly expressed by her...there was no way to bypass her and bring the other romantic counter part to be the final love. But that's what happened and ruined the whole tension that was built through the previous episodes. There was more chemistry between her and the main character than Kim Da Mi and him.
Ending was really messy, villains lost their charisma, Kim Dong-hee's character(Jang Geun-soo) didn't receive any understandable closure and the final revenge and happy ending was totally shallow and out of the blue, not convincing at all. Kwon Nara's character was totally ignored where she had amazing potential and Park Sae Joon's character was totally lost by the end.
But for the first 11 episodes it deserves applause, the views of Itaewon was eye catching at times and the music brilliant.
It was that unbelievable wrecking ending which just ruined the amazing show that it could become.