There's barely any point to this whole series. The premise started off kinda interesting, but it grated on your nerves soon after because of how roundabout and pointless it is. The reason I watch dramas is to feel good, but so many things about this drama's plot pissed me off. The first two episodes were meh, the middle part was wholly forgettable (it was mediocre), and the season finale was a complete shitshow. I have no words to describe how HORRIBLE the last episode was. It's as if every single character development flew off the window and the writers just threw in every possible shock value to the last 30 minutes of the series. Totally didn't make any sense at all. I ended this drama feeling like I've been robbed of the 10 some hours I spent watching this series.
There is zero character development, absolutely ZERO. I ended this drama hating everything and everyone, ESPECIALLY Oh Jisoo. He's totally useless, totally uncool, the absolute lamest main character I've ever seen in a K-Drama in my entire life. Bae Gyuri was a b#tch but at least she's got stronger personality (I still hate her too, though). Seo Minhee didn't even have a character, she's just... there. Kwak Gitae is a classic piece of sh#t bully that somehow made it to the main role...? Sure didn't feel like it because of how little role he played. The actors and actresses did a great job in acting but they're playing for such poorly written characters I didn't get any enjoyment from watching.
Music? What music? I didn't remember anything remotely interesting about the music aspect of this drama.
Rewatch value is big fat zero because you'll have already seen how absolutely terrible this drama is. I won't touch it again with a 5 ft pole.
Overall... it's bad. Don't watch it. I'm not sure why so many people liked it, maybe their tastes are vastly different from mine, maybe I'm just too skeptical, but I hated watching this drama. I'm watching dramas to have fun, and this drama was NOT it.
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BEST HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA OF 2020
As many people before me have already said, this is not your typical high school drama. This is not the typical love triangle or rich-poor story, (the only other high school dramas I’ve seen are ‘Extraordinary You’ which had the whole comic world concept which made it exciting and maybe ‘Cinderella and the Four Knights’ can be considered high school too. I wanted to watch the ‘School’ series but then it seemed kinda boring and repetitive and I was scared to drop it, which I hate doing). This drama shows the darker and more dangerous side of the high school experience which includes themes such as smoking, and bullying which are relatable to almost everyone who went to high school and some that are less relatable such as sex trafficking and gangs. A good, exciting and educational break from the cute but at times unrealistic and annoying love lines that happen in a Kim So Hyun drama, for example (I don’t hate her, she’s the one that I can think of at the moment if I think of romance-high school drama). All being said, I don’t hate high school dramas or love triangles in general, I’m just expressing my preferences as someone who usually avoids high school dramas.Going back to Extracurricular, I started watching it as soon as it came out because it was showing on my Netflix. I knew it was coming but as the main leads were high school students I thought that maybe I was not going to like it but then the illegal activity after school mentioned in the synopsis made me curious. I stopped it for a couple of days in between and went to finish Sky Castle with my sister and then Kim Dong-hee made me wanna finish it. He is a high school student in both these dramas but the difference in the two characters is astronomical. Like Ji-soo, woah, what in the world are you doing!? And Park Joo-hyun was so good too, I loved her. We’ve seen many female characters in dramas that are unhappy with their parents and hate their life but she took action and did something about it, even though what she did was illegal. She portrayed her character so strongly, showing all the emotions and making Gyu-ri a real person not just a character in a story. All the actors did such a good job. I was feeling all the emotions while watching it.
As for the ending, wow again. I’m not going to say much as I don’t want to spoil but I wanted a season 2 at first, as I always do, I don’t want to let them go if you get what I mean, I just want the story to keep on going (only if the drama is really good though). But now I think that season two is not needed. What are they even going to show? Even though how they left the ending is just too much to decide on our own as viewers, I feel like maybe another season is not necessary. But if they decide to make it, I wouldn’t mind.
One of the most exciting high school dramas ever ⭐️
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I started it as it was a psychological thriller and after watching 2 episodes i knew i would take a breath only after finishing it.
Instead of blaming fate for the life Bae GyuRi(Female lead) is leading, she just tries to stay strong and is not afraid of doing anything to just make things in her life easier . JiSoo(Male Lead) is no different,in order to lead a decent life in the future he gets ready to do anything to earn quick money .After watching this drama i was really amazed to see how a person can change based on the situation he/she is in.It perfectly depicts the inner conflicts of humans(Should we do the right things? or do things right?)
This drama got me so indulged into it and literally i was hoping for an ending which would be favourable for both the leads.When i thought OK,now things are getting better for them but then came BOOM.... plot twist and then again i thought, it will get easier for them atleast NOW!!! and then another BOOM BOOM ending followed.Though i did not understand the behaviour of few characters at the end,I thoroughly enjoyed this drama.After completing it i was left with No Regrets,No Disappointment and No Thoughts.
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This is the kinda drama that even when the main character does bad stuff, you like them and you are obviously rooting for them to get out of the situation and have an happy ending, its not always so, anything can happen, he is doing something wrong and we cant deny that, they can get caught and die also.
I love the fact that they were realistic on what some teenagers actually think and talk about, sex, smokes, rebellion, top notch.
As frustrating as this drama was for me, the main cast jisoo being smart but actually very dumb, there were so many situations he could avoid with a simple lie, and Gyuri being so annoying and butting into jisoo life but there's really no drama without people like that right, i actually ended up liking her while watching it, she acted smart when she needed to, something i expected from jisoo, i love the girl that acted minhee(cant remember her name) followed all her films,shes a very good actress, but i didnt feel she was the right person for this role
I liked gitae, he didnt mess up anything really and helped even though he didnt know he was doing so, finding out that he actually cared was nice.
I kinda like endings like this, but i need more, whats gonna happen really
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Seriously though, I hadn't even heard of this show before it premiered on Netflix. I decided to give a go basically on a whim. Like I recognized the lead because I had just watched Itaewon Class (which I wasn't a fan of btw), and was like sure lets see what this kid can do as the lead now.
Well damn! Took me by surprise and then some. A gritty and fantastic show that I was completely hooked on. I can see why this is a fully Netflix show and not something that was on a Korean channel. No channel would have greenlit this. The entire theme and characters are pretty dark. There is no fluff or sweet k-drama fantasies here. There are no typical k-drama caricatures here either. The characters are unique and realistically fleshed out. All the actors do a great job and you can tell that the director really let them loose.
Honestly I have nothing really bad to say about this show. Maybe only that I wish it was longer. Maybe a second season? Though I'm not really sure where they would go with it, but I would be on board. As long as they put the kind of passion into it that they clearly did with the first.
With Kingdom, and now this, I really hope more writers, directors, and producers look to Netflix to make their more daring projects, that would more than likely be stifled if handled by a Korean station (even the cable ones).
If you are looking for something more dark and daring than your typical k-drama fare, don't hesitate on this one. GO AND WATCH IT! NOW!
Btw, I loved the intro theme, despite it not really being a full song. It was short, but I still never wanted to skip the opening theme.
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what's the point
Of course it's my own perception, but as pedagogue I won't advice you to watch Extracurricular.Youth dating for money, robbery, emotional and psychic pain and school youth bullying eachother are a daily reality all over the world. Perhaps a point of discussion in the Korean society, always good to discuss these thema's but I don't need to see that in a K-drama.
I'm a happy and positive person otherwise I would be tent to get in a depression. I was really happen to finish this K-drama, so I could start a new one and forget Extracurricular.
Definately not my cup tea, an average 6 is far to much.
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A Concept with Potential, But a Failed Potential at that...
This show has a pretty good concept, However, Netflix is back at it again with dissapointing originals like no other. The show is predictable and hard to watch due to either too fast pacing and vice versa. OST was a banger, but the acting wasn't. In the show the MC is portrayed as the ace of the school, but in his weak actions and his over-emotional personality, I see no ace in him at all, kind of reminds me of a certain Netflix movie (which suprisingly did better), 'White Yagami Syndrome' anyone? Honestly, the show is such a let down, it has a fun concept, but ultimately failed due to poor character writing and poor pacing.Esta resenha foi útil para você?
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this drama is so amazing, since netflix started producing their own dramas i havent been too impressed but this absolutely blew me away.
if you thought the world of the married pushed boundaries this will make you think again. i have never seen a kdrama as dark, gritty and graphic as this. extracurricular is like an anti-kdrama.
while yes, crime dramas can get quite dark they still have the fluffy kdrama glaze over them. netflix have thrown that all away with extracurricular and spat right in our faces. but in a good way.
kim dong hee portrays jisoo incredibly well. he really has an eye for dramas and im really excited to see where he will go in the future.
anyway to conclude this ramble; watch this show
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In the beginning, it seemed like just a simple mystery drama as I didn't really read the synopsis or pay much attention to the trailer. However, I'm glad I didn't so I could watch the story with a fresh eye. The story was really intriguing and as things progressed, the story became more interesting as the female lead got involved. Really, and truly if she never got in evolved the story wouldn't have ended like that. Although she was selfish, unempathetic, stupid and plain stubborn, without her we wouldn't have been able to see exactly how much situations like this can escalate and boy did things from 0 to 100 real quick. (To be honest, almost all the main characters had some unpleasant traits, except for Mr Lee, he was an MVP.)
All in all, it was an intriguing and enlightening story. The number of emotions that jumped out towards the end really showed the great skills of the actors. Not to mention that the main cast is around 20-22 years old. The amount of suspense and thrills the story displayed literally, as cliche as it is, had me on the edge my seat biting my nails waiting to see what happened next. Not to mention the addition of reality was what really made this story so astounding. And the ending wasn't exactly "a happy ending for all" but more of a bittersweet one. 10/10 would recommend if you like thrillers and don't mind some violence. Honestly, I could write a whole essay on this from the plot to the SFX, to the osts.
Oh, and chances are, there might be a season 2 since there is a lot of significant loose ends but I don't think they will since while the drama was entertaining it was also meant to send a message. I'm personally satisfied with the ending though.
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I just finished this drama and I'm absolutely speechless. Wow, this drama completely exceeded my expectations. When I started watching this drama I didn't have much expectations about it and the first four episodes of the drama were a bit boring in my opinion but lord it improved towards the end! As I watched the last episode, I stared with my eyes round and my mouth wide open without saying a word. This drama is indescribable!
This drama has everything I hope for: suspense, interesting plot twists, lunatic characters, decent romance and most importantly it really made me feel every emotions behind the screen. I shouted, cried, laughed and everything between.
The plot of the drama is really great and takes the viewers along with it, therefore, you can’t stop watching. All the characters are absolutely fantastic and interesting, but Jisoo in particular is magnificent! From the outside, he seems innocent, calm, and cowardly, but actually he has psychopathic traits that make him an awesomely mysterious character.
I would also like to mention how amazingly the actors throw-in to the role. The actors fit their characters perfectly and really performed wonderfully. Especially the performances of Kim Dong Hee and Park Joo Hyun were phenomenal! I can't wait to see them working together in the next season.
Whoever is still missing out on this show, please go watch it cause otherwise that’s just sad
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It was well written. I see no plot holes in this drama. The actors were superb! The main couple giving us that Bonnie and Clyde feels with their heist. Kim Dong Hee's acting was so great, he looks so good being a bad*ss despite that calm, pupply look he always has.
The OST! This is the only kdrama that I didn't skip the intro. I loved the opening intro! I wish Netflix will release the song soon enough.
If you are a big fan of crime dramas, this is definitely for you! Intensely great in every way. One of the best kdramas ever!
10/10 perfect ?
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