At first, I was kind of hesitant to give thid ago because of all the negative things I 've been hearing about the drama as a whole...but I'm glad I chucked my concerns aside and gave it a go anyway.
Loved the couple, the secondary chracters & most importantly the plot.
The good guy was the good guy NOT because the story need a hero..But because a lot of things in his life shaped him to be that way.
The bad guy wasnt the bad guy just because the plot needed a villain but because he made some unforgivable choices that didnt allow him to be otherwise.
Overall I really enjoyed the character development the most ???? Super realistic.
Shoutout to the OST & Background Score being great too.
The Good: Realistic - Dramatic - Great Cast - Great Dialogues
The Bad: Nothing really profound..I just found the episodes dragging a bit towards the end. This could have very easily been a 12 episode drama without any hassle.
Really found it lacking plot wise and the whole thing just seemed to drag a lot unecessarly in between. And the ending was a crescendo that never came.
Overall the drama had a lot wasted potential sadly .
is it bad when I don't watch this drama due to the leading actress
She actually acted better in this one compared to BRIDE OF THE WATER GOD....
I guess you could say the main two leads in this one had great chemistry...And they were a lot of great secondary characters & an interesting plot-line that made this worth a watch.
I liked the whole the overall I just found it a bit slow here & there.
6.6/10 Nothing really special about this drama overall..The whole thing finishes with very less fanfare than the build-up led us to believe which might end up disappointing viewers...
Average storyline + Average Characters ( IN fact I enjoyed the supporting cast's chemistry better than the main's.) + Moderately enjoyable OST = AVERAGE Drama.
The political part was the only believable aspect of the whole drama to me... Mrs.Song Yoon Ah played her character trememdously well..and so did everyone else in answer to the demand of the political aspect of the plot.
But the romance aspect of the plot turned out to do nothing for me..In fact I was massively dissapointed with their chemistry overall.
THE K2 is pretty popular enough to recommend itself..So if your really gonna go for it.Try to go in with low expectations overall.
Drama was filled with so many twist,turns and various backstories that this show ended up giving me a migraine ! (But then again I did binge watch this over a span of 3 days...So best to take my word for it with a pinch of salt. )
The ending was really disappointing though..Felt like all my time and frustrations over the characters life were a total waste.
I GET that this series is FANTASY but I still believe that the writers could have ended this series in a MUCH BETTER WAY if they could come up with all those twist for the latter 17 episodes :/
Plus points (+) for the aesthetically pleasing cinematography and great acting ! Negative Points (-) For the slow pacing of the story ! Felt like the whole plot was pushed to fill the last hour leaving the first half empty with no content.
I really feel like I wasted a LOT of my time watching this because of the way it ended (which in my opinion was one of the WORST ending of all time ) .
If I could write a letter to this show's writers...It would probably consist of a LONG LIST of complaints. I really hated the fact that the show was trying to ship the two leads together only in the LAST EPISODE while for the whole of the 9/10 episodes they had literally married Ha Ni to Shi Kyung :/ The whole U-Turn plot wise really seemed weird.
I get that this show got cut short to 10 episodes..But that doesn't mean I have to like it either. Surplus Princess had some potential and a great cast that could have carried it off but unfortunately the plot was too much of a dead weight.
This drama was a 10/10 for UNTIL the last few episodes,that is.
All of a sudden everything that could go wrong in everyone's life predictably went wrong and even though that created an intense build-up towards the finale (& made almost every character cry)..The ending felt almost anti-climactic and disjoint from the whole drama with scences just dragging unnecessary.
One of the best High School Dramas of all time <3 Beautiful soundtrack, Great young cast,a painful Love PENTAGON & commendable cinemography. The story was slightly weak if compared to the other aspects of the drama,so it's probably best that they finished it off with 12 episodes.
I only wish they hadn't finished it off with an open ending...But I guess It makes sense that they did since they ARE all high schoolers. But nevertheless I wish we had a bit more conformation about the two leads and their relationship by the end.
At first, I was kind of hesitant to give thid ago because of all the negative things I 've been hearing about the drama as a whole...but I'm glad I chucked my concerns aside and gave it a go anyway.
Loved the couple, the secondary chracters & most importantly the plot.
The good guy was the good guy NOT because the story need a hero..But because a lot of things in his life shaped him to be that way.
The bad guy wasnt the bad guy just because the plot needed a villain but because he made some unforgivable choices that didnt allow him to be otherwise.
Overall I really enjoyed the character development the most ???? Super realistic.
Shoutout to the OST & Background Score being great too.
Overall a 10/10 for me.
Realistic - Dramatic - Great Cast - Great Dialogues
The Bad: Nothing really profound..I just found the episodes dragging a bit towards the end. This could have very easily been a 12 episode drama without any hassle.
Really found it lacking plot wise and the whole thing just seemed to drag a lot unecessarly in between. And the ending was a crescendo that never came.
Overall the drama had a lot wasted potential sadly .
I guess you could say the main two leads in this one had great chemistry...And they were a lot of great secondary characters & an interesting plot-line that made this worth a watch.
I liked the whole the overall I just found it a bit slow here & there.
Nothing really special about this drama overall..The whole thing finishes with very less fanfare than the build-up led us to believe which might end up disappointing viewers...
Average storyline + Average Characters ( IN fact I enjoyed the supporting cast's chemistry better than the main's.) + Moderately enjoyable OST = AVERAGE Drama.
The political part was the only believable aspect of the whole drama to me...
Mrs.Song Yoon Ah played her character trememdously well..and so did everyone else in answer to the demand of the political aspect of the plot.
But the romance aspect of the plot turned out to do nothing for me..In fact I was massively dissapointed with their chemistry overall.
THE K2 is pretty popular enough to recommend itself..So if your really gonna go for it.Try to go in with low expectations overall.
Would defiantly recommend *Thumbs up*
The ending was really disappointing though..Felt like all my time and frustrations over the characters life were a total waste.
I GET that this series is FANTASY but I still believe that the writers could have ended this series in a MUCH BETTER WAY if they could come up with all those twist for the latter 17 episodes :/
Overall...Would not recommend this series :(
Negative Points (-) For the slow pacing of the story !
Felt like the whole plot was pushed to fill the last hour leaving the first half empty with no content.
If I could write a letter to this show's writers...It would probably consist of a LONG LIST of complaints.
I really hated the fact that the show was trying to ship the two leads together only in the LAST EPISODE while for the whole of the 9/10 episodes they had literally married Ha Ni to Shi Kyung :/ The whole U-Turn plot wise really seemed weird.
I get that this show got cut short to 10 episodes..But that doesn't mean I have to like it either.
Surplus Princess had some potential and a great cast that could have carried it off but unfortunately the plot was too much of a dead weight.
Would not recommend :/
Would not recommend :/
P.S: I'm really tired of seeing Park So Dam as the 'Short haired tomboy that is super poor with no family at all'
I guess we are left to interpret it as we want.
All of a sudden everything that could go wrong in everyone's life predictably went wrong and even though that created an intense build-up towards the finale (& made almost every character cry)..The ending felt almost anti-climactic and disjoint from the whole drama with scences just dragging unnecessary.
So for that, Final Rating: 8/10
The story was slightly weak if compared to the other aspects of the drama,so it's probably best that they finished it off with 12 episodes.
I only wish they hadn't finished it off with an open ending...But I guess It makes sense that they did since they ARE all high schoolers. But nevertheless I wish we had a bit more conformation about the two leads and their relationship by the end.