Monstar (2013)

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It's the usual idol lead in a school with sobby troubled teens cliches done to the cringest degree. Not cute. Not entertaining. Not funny. Not romantic. And definitely not a good music themed one. This drama seems to serve as a promotion piece for Yong Jun Hyung.

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For a simple high school drama, Monstar is surprisingly re-watchable. The plot of idol musician Yoon Sul-chan being forced to attend high school despite his "But I'm a star!" attitude makes for a lot of funny social interactions. There's the girl who remains unimpressed, his elementary school buddy-turned-enemy and the different social stratas of high school society - all competing for Sul-chan's mental energy and limited emotional space.

As Monstar was the first drama series produced by music channel Mnet, expect a lot of musical interludes and "Let's put on a show!" situations.

If this description has driven you off, don't leave Monstar quite yet. These kids all have broken emotions lurking under their cool or nerdy personas and teasing those true emotions out from the silly high school situations makes this a lovely, sentimental journey. With idols! And Kang Ha Neul as a second lead!

Lead girl Ha Yeon Soo really blossoms as the new girl to school and her soulful acting brought out the (limited) best of idol lead Yong Jun Hyung from Beast. And, have I mentioned Kang Ha Neul? Another actor I'd like to see more of is Moon Yong Suk as the class president and talented pianist Ma Joon Hee.

Music wise - this was the first OST I ever bought and it is great.

Rewatch - well, I watch an episode or two almost every week. It's not complicated, the young cast is quite charming and the music is great. Give it a try!

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I actually like this drama.

Story: 10/10 because the characters are interesting, some more than others I have to admit, but this story-line is great.

Acting: 9/10 because I think that the actors/actresses got their roles down well. I think Sun Woo & Na Na have great chemistry! I look forward to their scenes after watching a certain episode(won't spoil who are currently watching it now(just started watching it now)). I think the main leads chemistry was cute.

Music: 10/10 because I'm loving the OST to bits. So many songs that the cast sings is amazing. They can actually sing! Love most of the songs. There are people I've never seen before and I love the actors & actresses & wish to see more of them in the future. Some I've seen before & I think their roles in this are best yet. If you want to know who I've seen before or which cast members I've not seen before let me know on my channel. Also if you want to know what are my favorite songs in this, let me know on my channe too(if you wish).
Sorry of rambling again(IHYV review memories(even if it was today LOL)) XD

Rewatch value: 10/10 because I would love to see Sun Woo & Na Na scenes, the bromance, & the music.

I'll stop writing before I get ahead of myself. This drama will probably be in my top 10 dramas of 2013.

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the main thing which leads to watch this drama was a song THE WIND BLOWS .... i was actually hearing that song almost all day.... i don't know what magic have with that song....

its musical school drama... that we can watch and enjoy...
an idol singer who was send to school after an scandal .. and a transfer student min se yi.... they both have misunderstanding between them .. but thet fall for each other even yeon sul chan was very rude and mean towards min se yi... the friendship and all they creat a colour tab group with different type of students....this are the main thread of the story.....
the love traingle between yeon sul chan, min se yi, and jung sun woo nd kim nan na....

yeah we can rewaTCH drama if wants....

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i wish it were around when I was a teen

I loved this so much. Especially the music and the "my Song" scene. I cried so much...because she was me when I was a teen. (at least the outsider part)
and when he sings "you who wish for my despair" and what follows....devastating simply devastating
I didn't care for the imagination scenes at the beginning...but they grew on me.
I'm trying to be honest and not let my love of this show affect my rating. but I love it so much. it's hard to judge on artistic merit when your heart says...
i loved most of the music - except ironically the idol parts.
the characters and how they grow. and interact...well except the baddies and the teachers.
highly recommend

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I found this drama after looking for more things like Shut Up: Flower Boy Band, which I loved—but sadly this didn't even come close. All the acting was surprisingly good, except for a few scenes where everyone had to laugh at the same time and it was so awkward I had to pause.

But the only two characters I cared about were Kim Na Na (who was a badass) and Park Kyu Dong (who broke my heart on multiple occasions). Eun Ha was probably my least favorite—she served no purpose and many things she did just made zero sense.

I started out actually really liking the main female lead, as she was quirky and weird, very different from the typically k-drama female lead. She sort of gave me Luna Lovegood (from Harry Potter) vibes, but I liked how she stood up for herself as though it came naturally. But her character went a little downhill,: she started not saying anything and letting misunderstandings continue, and overall at some points she was just unbelievably STUPID.

I couldn't get myself to like the male lead either, as he just seemed to get more and more obnoxious and self-centered as the drama went on. I'll admit that he gave us some silly laugh-out-loud moments though, but it wasn't enough. And so I honestly found myself rooting for Seon Woo more, even shipping him with both Se Yi and Na Na.

Even though Seon Woo's character had so much more depth, that didn't bode well either, as they REALLY dragged out the love triangle in this. Every time I thought it was over...it was brought back again, with the exact same reasons. This got super tiring after a while, especially since the plot didn't have much happening anyways.

There was definitely a lot of stuff crammed into the last episode, but still, a lot of things weren't explained or fleshed out. Sometimes one thing would happen in an episode, but then nothing would happen for that sub-plot until MUCH later. I don't think it's too far off to say that the plot was pretty predictable overall.

The OST was also not really my style of music. I think the only song I really enjoyed was the first battle performance, though I will say that the actress for Na Na really had a beautiful voice no matter what song she sang.

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questo drama parla della vita di vari studenti e della loro passione per la musica, tutti hanno in comune il fatto di essere nella stessa scuola e classe, sono tutti studenti che non hanno nulla in comune ma che si riuniranno comunque formando un gruppo con ogni uno le proprie abilità…. Devo dire che appena ho letto che gli episodi erano ridotti in un numero pari a 12 mi sono un po’ impaurita poiché è raro, ma vedendolo mi sono accorta che ogni episodio è formato da 1un’ora e 30 minuti circa, alcuni episodi anche di più “quelli finali”…. Il drama per sé è molto carino fatto bene, bè per un drama scolastico ovviamente non aspettativi chi sa chè perché, comunque sia, devono mantenere il ruolo di adolescenti “casti” è un bel drama, ci sono tante parti toccanti e tenere, molte canzoni cantate dai nostri attori la protagonista si troverà davanti ad una decisione difficile di corteggiamento ovvero il famoso cantante rapper ed idolo coreano Yong Jun Hyung che la corteggerà essendo l’unica ragazza del liceo che alla sua presenza non casca malata (ahahhahahaha XD ) e anche il nostro conosciutissimo attore Kang Ha Neul innamorato della giovane ragazza da moltiiiiiii anni ovvero da quando erano pulcini

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*CONTIENE spoilers *

He de reconocer que comencé esta serie con muchas ganas. El primer capítulo me atrapó por completo, desde los personajes (una niña-muñeca con una personalidad muy única, un ídolo prepotente que en realidad es mucho más sensible de lo que aparenta, un delegado que jsocvijvoifdjvodv, etc…) hasta la trama. Creí que al fin encontraría una serie que me encantase. Y la verdad es que durante muchos capítulos, lo consiguió y después… bueno, hubo una cosa que me mantuvo viéndola, luego os digo el qué.

Por un lado, tenemos a la protagonista. Al principio me gustaba mucho. Alguien inocente, pero directa y sin miedo. Es el tipo de personaje que me encanta, ¡sin pizca de malicia y sincera! Pero a medida que la serie iba avanzando, había un algo de ella que no me convencía. Pasó de gustarme mucho, a poco a poco ir “cayéndome” peor. Creí que era porque era muy despistada, demasiado centrada en sí misma y sus problemas como para percatarse de si otros a su alrededor lo pasaban mal (sin embargo eso no era del todo así, solo creí que sucedía con las otras dos chicas del grupo, y en realidad todos parecían ir demasiado a la suya sin ver más allá de sus narices. Vamos, personajes bastante egocéntricos diría)… Y al fin, a un capítulo o dos del final, lo vi claro.

¡Era demasiado perfecta! Una Mary Sue (en la literatura, un personaje demasiado idealizado) en toda regla. Ella no se equivoca. Ella todo lo hace bien. Y si no lo hace bien, no pasa nada, porque al fin y al cabo es adorable. Supongo que no me podía sentir identificada con un personaje así, y al final al verla me debatía entre el rechazo y lo monísima que me parecía.

Y claro, llegó un momento en que la historia romántica principal, me aburrió (oh, eso es algo que me sucede bastante). A pesar de la ternura del amor inocente en el cual desemboca la relación de ambos protagonistas, se me volvió soporífero. Me interesaba más el hacer y relaciones entre otros personajes, la evolución de éstos. Sentía que los capítulos avanzaban, no pasaba nada (al menos que fuera relacionado con los protagonistas) y se dejaban personajes muy interesantes y con fuerza de lado. Les dedicaban un pequeño apartado en algún capítulo para solucionar sus problemas, y ya. Y no hablo solo de los que hemos mencionado. Encuentro que también se podría haber sacado más jugo a, por ejemplo, Ma Joon Hee (Moon Yong Suk), el “malo”, malcriado, creído y que se cree el rey del universo pero que oye, al menos es “legal” (me entenderéis si habéis visto el último capítulo)

Las historias de los personajes se dejaban ver como muy duras, dramáticas. Pues lo siento, pero no me lo parecieron demasiado. Y cuando quisieron indagar en muchas de ellas, era tan al final y parecía tan hecho corriendo y deprisa porque o cabía que no acababan de llenarme lo suficiente. Sobre todo, la principal, la de la muerte del padre de Se Yi (genial su interpretación cuando recuerda todo, por cierto). Tanto dar la vara para, al final, eso. Quizá es que a mí se me pasó algo porque no soy demasiado avispada y creo que hubo partes de la serie que me salté (alguna escena que me comentaron y por cosas del destino, no recordaba haber visto…), peeeeeeero en serio, ¿ya está, solo eso? Me esperaba una aclaración de todo. Algo que alguien como yo pudiera entender y tal… Pero vamos, lo dicho, quizá es que no tengo la inteligencia emocional suficiente para entenderlo.
Y el final… una cosa es un final abierto pero… ¿pero eso qué es?

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