The Heirs (2013)

What a trainwreck it was, but still with some good things that made it somewhat watchable.

The story was nothing new at all: the same ol' rich boy-poor girl dynamic and all the elements it includes (a.k.a evil parent, snobby female rival etc). Maybe the only original thing was the addition of the USA first arc, but not even that was done well. Seriously, I cringed so hard everytime an american actor spoke. Also, it didn't add much to the narrative at all, they could've skipped the entire trip and still have the same product in the end.

Acting ranged from mediocre to very good. I have to voice my disappointment of what an incredible character the female lead, Eun Sang, could've been. Seriously, at first I liked her different attitude than most female leads, but then she started to become whiny, helpless and literally a cry baby with few moments of defiance that just couldn't save my impression of her anymore. I'm a bit confused on that, if it was Park Shin Hye's delivery or just a poorly written script. Maybe a bit of both, since aside from crying, I didn't feel much coming from PSH.

Tan was another lead that could've been good, but turned out bad. Really, he was one of the most annoying main leads ever. And I have to agree with many people that Lee Min Ho was too old to play a high schooler. Heck, I know they tried to conceal it with makeup, but in a few close ups you could clearly notice how he wasn't a young boy anymore.

I think this was one of the few dramas that I found the side characters and couples a lot more interesting than the main. Mainly the dynamic between the mothers of Eun Sang and Kim Tan. It was really delightful to see how their friendship developed, and I have to praise the actresses for deliverying such an incredible perfomance.

Continuing on the side characters, I also simply loved Bo Na and Chan Young's relationship. A million times better than the main couple. Props for Krystal as well, this drama made me like her very much. Another character that shined , even though some of her actions were petty and mean, was Rachel. Something about her seemed so real, and it would've been a lot better if the writers developed her more.

And last but certainly not least, I have to talk about Kim Woo Bin. Oh, Kim Woo Bin. He was the best, his character was the best. He made me loathe him in the beginning, understand and feel empathy for him in the middle and love him by the end. And that scene with Eun Sang's mother...damn, that was one of the most well done and emotional I've ever seen.

However, even if a few performances were good, the overall wasn't. I guess I could define this drama in one quote: What could've been. Everybody was so excited about it from the beginning and the story, although not original, could open space for so many conflicts and development. And not even the music was decent. Seriously, I wanted to rip my ears off everytime I heard the lyrics "Love is the moment..."!

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AWFUL, I should have read the reviews here before watching this drama, I picked it up cause it's one of the highest rated on viki and god how much I regret it.

Story: absolute ****, basic rich people school and poor student template

Cast: the American accents at the start made my ears bleed but that's not the only problem, half the students don't look anywhere near 18, felt very uncomfortable with them walking in uniforms.

Sounds: personal taste, I think OST was awful.

Rewatch: I couldn't even finish it out of frustration that nothing is happening and the story made no sense, they cry over every little thing for 10 mins to fill up air time.

Maybe this was good back in 2013, not gonna finish it, I don't recommend it to anyone.

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allora iniziamo col dire che prima di iniziarmi il drama ho letto tante di quelle recensioni negative da farmi venire il mal di testa, devo ammettere che sono tutte bagianate poiché nella recensione ho letto molte volte che “è uno dei peggiori drama mai visti, è monotono, è più piatto di una tavola da surf eccc” da premettere che io l’ho iniziato subito dopo che sono usciti tutti gli ep in italiano quindi vedendolo tutto di botto “senza aspettare un ep alla sett” sicuramente ha avuto un altro effetto… devo ammettere che è stato un drama scolastico diverso dagli altri basato tutti sugli eredi più importanti con solo una ragazza povera… è stata interessante la parte che ha svolto Park Shin essendo che lei ancora “avendo interpretato tantissimi ruoli da protagonista “ ancora, secondo me non ha trovato lo sblocco che gli serve e che sembra che solo lee min ho abbia compreso, infatti solo negli ultimi ep abbiamo visto che la protagonista fosse più sciolta, a parte questo l’interpretazione di lee min ho mi ha lasciato un po’ perplessa poiché abituata a vederlo in versione tutt’altro che senior, devo dire che il ruolo che ha svolto in questo drama non l’ha valorizzato parecchio, kim woo bin invece è tutto un che dire, ha svolto un bel ruolo e si è immedesimato perfettamente nella parte, per me è lui il vero protagonista del drama avendo svolto un ruolo impeccabile e meglio di tutti gli altri in the heirs (gli eredi), Krystal Jung all’inizio odiosa in assoluto ma ce poi conquista i cuori di tutte noi dramiste con la sua parlantina velocissima e la sua gelosia sfrenata per Kang Min Hyuk ( il batterista dei CNBLUE) formano una bella coppia entrambe e devo aggiungere che Min Hyuk è cresciuto parecchio dopo aver recitato nel ruolo di Heartstrings…
IN SEGUITO TUTTI GLI ATTORI DI THE HEIRS hanno svolto un ottimo ruolo; il finale mi è piaciuto molto devo dire, aggiungerei che non mi è garbato molto il finale del nostro Choi Jin Hyuk (il fratello maggiore di lee min ho) poverino dopo tanti sacrifici ha ottenuto ciò che voleva ma che aimè ha dovuto rinunciare alla cosa più importante
Cmq in questo drama sono uno più strafigo di un altro XD
Il drama in per sé è stato gradito, all’inizio strafigo ed interessante ma poi verso la metà si è perso un po’ ma per fortuna si è ripreso negli ultimi episodi, ve lo consiglio e non badate a tutte le recensioni negative che girano su FACEBOOK soprattutto!!!!!!!!

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A Classic??

Well this is one that's been flying under my radar for a long time because the synopsis left me cold. I finally decided to give it a try as so many people appreciate and recommend it.

I managed to groan and skip my way to ep.13 before I just couldn't take any more.
The fact I made it this far is really a testament to Woo Bin and the main couples mothers.

Woo Bin brought at least some depth to his role as well some acting chops and
the relationship between the live in Mistress and the mute maid gave some much needed laugh out loud and some strangely sweet moments.

Lee Min Ho left me cold, I didn't care for his acting or his character and the chemistry between him and Park Shin Hye was so lacking I was genuinely surprised by the 'romance'. I thought I must have skipped the wrong bits but when the Romance montages came up at 'emotional' points I still felt puzzled.

Park Shin Hye was given a lemon and failed to make lemonade; though it would have taken a rare genius to make anything of Eun Sang. She was really just a 2D cipher for the male protagonists to do their rich kid cock measuring contest for whilst treating her as an object to be dragged and pushed wherever they wished. There were a couple of sparks of character at odd times but they were quickly extinguished.

Most of the side characters weren't on show enough for them to provide much relief.

Maybe it gets better over the last few episodes but.. who cares? Not I.

The music? 🤢
The story? Nothing new.
Acting/Cast? the few easily eclipse the many but not enough to save the day.
Rewatch? Only if they gather all the Mothers' moments into one video.

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1. STORY
School love thing, with a "Cinderella" and a gorgeous princess. And some more people around who want to have one of the two as their own lover. Romantic? Yes it is, definitely.
But there's some real thing in this unreal drama, business vs girlfriend, will one choose girlfriend instead? And if not, why does he have to choose so?
But it needs more, I don't know, but really, it needs more to reach "good".
2. ACTING/ CAST
Park Shin Hye, Lee Min Ho, Krystal, Kim Woo Bin... Too much for a girl like me.
3. MUSIC
Great! I love the OST
5. REWATCH VALUE
Maybe I'll rewatch it, for some romantic scenes only.
6. OVERALL (SPOILERS - SORRY FOR POSTING SPOILERS)
Why Kim Tan fell for Eun Sang that easy?
Why I feel like Young Do with Eun Sang more than Kim Tan with Eun Sang?
Why in the last episode they don't make it real but just imaginations?

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