Vincenzo (2021)

🔥Hola mafiosos, ¿Cómo están?🔥 Hoy les vengo con la reseña de uno de los doramas que más disfruté ver en lo que va del año.

🇮🇹Por si no saben de qué trata, acá les cuento: A los 8 años un niño llamado Park Joo Hyung fue adoptado por una familia de Italia. Ahora, de adulto, es conocido como Vincenzo Cassano, el consiglieri más importante de la mafia italiana.
Luego de la muerte del jefe de su familia, huye a Corea donde conoce a los habitantes de Plaza Geumga y a la abogada Hong Cha Young, con quien se alía para destruir a una empresa llamada Babel.

💥Este kdrama es una seguidilla de sucesos uno atrás del otro que hacen que te enganches de principio a fin. Los momentos de acción están increíbles y la actuación de Song Joong Ki en esas escenas está a otro nivel.

🍠La serie en sí ES sus personajes, la trama pasa a un segundo plano. Tanto los principales cómo los secundarios son el plato fuerte del dorama. Tenemos a los protas como antihéroes que hacen lo que haya que hacer con tal de joderles los planes a los "malos", no importa qué. Y si hablamos de villanos, el jefe máximo no solo está bien actuado, sino que el personaje en sí tiene una construcción muy buena. Sus secuaces también están muy bien logrados, real que a algunos llegás a odiarlos con todo tu ser. Los habitantes de Plaza Geumga son todo lo que está bien y más, es inevitable no quererlos porque son un estallo constante, algunos de ellos se ganan tu corazón por completo.

Pasando a la trama, a pesar de que pasan muchas cosas todo el tiempo, todo se va construyendo de forma constante y nada de lo que pasa se siente apresurado. Puede que no sea espectacular, pero funciona.

🕊Aunque todo lo que vengo diciendo son cosas favorables, hay algunas que hacen que este kdrama no llegue a ser un diez. Hay algunos momentos en los que ya pecan de exagerados (en dos escenas puntuales es imposible no pensar "esto ya es demasiado"). Además hay cuestiones súper convenientes para la trama que hacen bastante predecibles algunas situaciones.

💯Vincenzo es un drama que sabe cómo mantenerte al borde del asiento y hacerte estallar de risa, todo en el mismo capítulo.

@altoplottwist

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Just Okay at the End

From the first episode, I thought I knew what I was getting into, and I confess, the first few episodes did seem to confirm my thoughts! But by the 18th episode, I had lost a lot of interest. In my opinion, there was way way more that could have been done with the writing. I understand it was a dark comedy thing they were going for, and the comedy was many times really good! But the villains were lackluster, and the development of characters was nearly non-existent. The villains kept doing the exact same thing (that OBVIOUSLY didn't work), and when Vincenzo would intercept it, they'd be like :O. But you kept doing the EXACT same things?? And the romance between Vincenzo and Cha Young, like I enjoyed it, but when it came to Cha Young's character values, it seemed way too muddled. At least there could have been some sort of conflict in that area, since she was initially portrayed to somewhat have some reserve towards how far she was willing to go, vs Vincenzo. There was also the wasted opportunities for the op character and even the writing of the Plaza's people was questionable sometimes (felt unbelievable/convenient). But anyways, that's just my gripe and this is just my opinion. Though it made finishing the last few episodes a hassle, the show was still a solid okay, I won't argue with that.

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I have quite high expectation for the drama, with the hype everywhere and the high ratings. Well, the expectation wasn't 100 percent fulfilled but I still give quite high rating as I enjoyed the series. I expected more for the storyline you know like law and stuff, but it was rather simple. It did shows some smart moves but hm I don't know I just expected more like coolness, smart, mind blowing things. But I do enjoy the whole anti-hero perspective, the 'evil punishing other evil' thingy, and since I was ready for it, I enjoyed it a lottt. It was evil and gruesome especially towards the end, but it was a literal satisfaction for me, because i kinda agree, justice won't always win. The acting were all amazingggg, all casts did a great job, I'm okay with the humor I actually like it and for the romance, well I love those slow burn romance but it's not like 'aaa they're so cutee kiss now' it's more like I root for them but the last episode I find it cute. Oh and the pace were good for me, it's not too slow lovee it and there are some parts that I wish we got more explanations. Lastly, one of the complaints that I have is the ppl? it's too obvious and I find it annoying sometimes haha. So yeah, bottomline is, I enjoyed it but I did expect more. It was good <3

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A little disappointed

Sooo i started Vinzenzo beacause of my friend who loved it ♡
The beginning was impressive, but then it was a little to boring (at first it was slow the story but after 10 episode came the 'good stuff' )
I understand that they wanted to combine all the types •action
•mafia
•sadness
•comedy
•romance
But the result for me was: some scenes was masterpiece and some others was boring.
Except from that, the story was good and interesting but there were times that i was lost for what was going on
On the other side i can say that i loved the acting like OMG i was not expecting but i was shocked(in a good way) many times
I loved that the role of female protagonist was a powerful (metaphorical) woman
The production, ok, i don't have words, it was obvious FANTASTIC and the ost was veryyy good
I reccomaded mostly for the acting!

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MUST WATCH!!!!

I think this drama very interesting kind of fun to watch. Theres a lot of plot twist srsly im waiting for new ep rn n the visual of song joong ki is no jokes waa im fall in love again after dots.😭 I really recommend this drama not being over but just my opinion hehehe kinda curious how the drama ending every ep always make me curious with the plot twist😂so if u like action n comedy (dark comedy) drama then this will be the best for u bcs i think this drama quite amused. This drama mybe will make us scared at first but due to the comedy so it makes this drama balanced.

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Persevere, people.

I know a lot of people come to this section to evaluate if it's worth it watching based on other's opinions. So I'm gonna give my honest opinion but regardless of that, I think everyone should try to watch at least the first episode, and ideally til the fourth. I'm saying this because I wasn't that excited until episode 4. Also, I'm terrible in giving ratings, so don't trust my grades, just read this. I'll try not to spoil anything.

So let's go.

First, the Story: I'm "relatively" new to the kdrama world, it has been almost a year since I started and even though I've watched over 50 dramas so far, it's mostly from 2016 to 2020, so I haven't watched a lot of classics but based on my experience, this "mafia" related, coming from another country, being essentially and unapologetic on the other side of the law is something new to me. The fact is that Vicenzo is someone who did, does and plans to do illegal things, despite being apparently a good person. I started not that excited because the story didn't caught my attention at first. I guess the whole Babel's Pharmaceuticals issue was not thoroughly explained in the beginning, I had a feeling that they just said "Just know Babel is bad." because the story begins in the middle of the problem, but things became more clear as the story developed (and I got more interested in it). I was surprised by three characters: a death and two revelations. Perhaps I was surprised because as I was not invested, I didn't pay much attention. So even though the first three episodes weren't THAT thrilling, a got really excited in the fourth and I have a really good feeling about it. I know a lot of people are not interested in romance in a drama like this, but I love romance in any kind of drama, so I'm also expecting a good one in this.

Second, the Cast and Acting: starting with Song Joong Ki (Vicenzo), I personally think he is a great actor overall, haven't watch a lot of dramas with him (kind of dropped Descendants of The Sun, though I plan on finishing), but I just finished Arthdal Chronicles, and his acting was amazing in it, so I expected a good job in Vicenzo and I'm not disappointed. I think he's doing an amazing job, even though I guess the writers will make him to be not as ruthless as the first episode led us to believe. I think he's good in portraying emotions, specially in the court flashback scene, we could really see him struggling inside about his mixed emotions; Now on Jun Yeo Bin (Lawyer Hong Cha Young), I not really into those type off exaggerated and loud characters like she is in the beginning, but I do believe she's slowly maturing. I guess she's trying to be someone she's not due something that will later be explained, and has deep unresolved issues to deal with. As I said, I love romance, so I think her personality contrasts with Vicenzo's, therefore I'm expecting a well developed relationship; I guess the whole building squad are there to provide comedy and lightness to the drama, and I always like this type of groups. Extra opinion: I love the Vicenzo and italian Chef interactions and I'm waiting for more.

Third, Music: I didn't really paid attention, so I'm thinking not remarkable? I did notice some italian/opera thing, which I guess fits. Will pay more attention from now on.

Fourth, Rewatch Value: can't say it yet, I'm not really a "rewatch" person, so no opinions on that.

Fifth, Overall: I think it's definitely worth watching, you can ways drop if you don't like it. But I would definitely put in the "worth watching" category. If you trust me and persevere till at least the fourth episode (the best for me so far), I think you won't regret it.

Ps.: I loved the pandemic references, they obviously are not in a pandemic (they just occasionally use masks to hide their faces), but it was mentioned playfully social distancing, quarantine and they checked temperature for a party. I liked that.

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Che drama bellissimo!

Vincenzo è un drama spettacolare con una sceneggiatura e un cast fantastici.
È un mix perfetto di molto generi che si amalgamano alla perfezione. La trama è stravagante e divertente, ma anche molto seria quando si parla di crimine, corruzione, vendetta e giustizia. La parte romance è quasi inesistente ma credo che sia giusto per il tipo di storia che si racconta.
Song Joong Ki è perfetto nel ruolo di Vincenzo; il suo personaggio è coerente dall’inizio alla fine e forse è proprio per questo che piace tanto. Bravissima Jeon Yeo Bin che come coprotagonista mi è piaciuta tantissimo. Oh Taec Yeon è stato fenomenale nella sua interpretazione. Ma devo dire che mi sono piaciuti tutti gli attori, ognuno perfetto nella sua parte.
Vi consiglio assolutamente la visione di questo drama e sono sicura che non ne rimarrete delusi.

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Damn son!!!

Okay, so I put it on hold while watching this title because after ep 14, me thinking about waiting for 3 more weeks to get the finale made me anxious. I am a binge-watcher so I told my mom that we are halting at ep 14.
After that, my work got a bit tough and I got a bit late, but I really wanted to give a review. So here it is.

ACTING: Do I really need to say anything about the acting? Like really? This is a star stud....1000000/100 for the acting.
SOUND: Mmmhhh chef's kiss.....no words.
PLOT: The plot is so interesting... this whole thing is so new. Honestly, in my life of watching so many kdramas, I have never watched an MC killing off people like it's no biggie. Like it's normal. It would've been so weird if Vin being a mafia didn't kill people.
Also the comedy....a drama without a bit of comedy is just lifeless to me unless we are doing serial-killer stuff.

Also my baby Kwak Dong Yeon, writer-nim waeee??? Also I hated the fact that none of then gave a damn about my baby after he died while saying "Hyung I did well right?". Nobody had a char. dev. like my babe did.

REWATCH VALUE: Well I don't re-watch mystery thrillers (unless it's Signal or Healer or some other) so the rewatch value is less for me. Because all the mystery is gone. I'll again rewatch it when I am in my 30's maybe(currently in my 20's)


Those who are thinking if they should watch this, I have 3 things to say:
1. Yes
2. Oh YES
3. HELL YESSS

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WOW, JUST WOW

okay so, I don't know how to start but I've never written a review for any drama but this drama, Vincenzo is just wow. Like, WOW. I'm not "capping" but this drama is just chef kisses, Michelin 10 star. I swear to god, the story, the acting, the plot, etc. is just wow, it's so good to the point that I find no other drama interesting. Legit.

If you're reading this comment, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, watch it. There are no boring parts at all, If you're not a fan of horror or thriller "like me", Vincenzo isn't horrifying, or extreme so, yes. Watch it.

Lmao, this review is kinda dumb but I just want to express how good Vincenzo is lol.

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