Herdeiros (2013)

I knew coming in that this was going to be a cheesy teen romance drama, so luckily I didn't set myself up to be disappointed. That being said, it was still entertaining enough for me to watch till the end. Not a horrible drama, but not that great either.

So, let's get the bad things out of the way first. The story was awful. Nothing really happened. It was a big circle with lots of little circles in it. The narration at the end even says something like "not much has changed," and I agree. A few things get a little better, a few things get worse, but mostly nothing's different. Another problem with it was that there were way too many characters. It made it hard for any of them to have time to be fully developed. The music was awful and annoying. Not much more I can say about it besides that. And a lot of the costumes were horrible. (*cough*uglysweaters*cough*)

Now, on to the characters. This is kind of a gray area as far as good or bad. I really couldn't get into the leads at all. Kim Tan was a character I had a hard time rooting for. It's a pity because I actually liked Lee Min Ho's acting despite the character he had to work with. The kid's acting improves with each drama he's in. Cha Eun Sang was pretty much just your typical cliche female lead. There wasn't much chemistry between them either. t lot of the parents were annoying and just there to cause drama. There were so many wasted characters, like big bro Won and his love interest.

But then there were the characters who made up for the awful ones. So many amazing characters! Characters who kept me watching through the crappy storyline. Choi Young Do was the best character. A bit psychotic, but still the best. I didn't ship him with Eun Sang or anything, but I loved every scene he was in. And Kim Woo Bin did an amazing job playing him. I really think that boy needs the chance at a lead. Chan Young and Bo Na were also my favorites. Such a cute couple and really good friends to everyone. I loved the relationship between Tan and Eun Sang's mothers. Hyo Shin was a great character who I wish would've been given more chance to develop. Overall, a really great supporting cast.

So, basically, dumb story, boring leads, but an amazing supporting cast who kept the whole thing from falling apart. I'll probably never re-watch it, but Heirs was fun while it lasted.

Leia Mais

After going through 20 episodes of one of the hottest dramas last year, I have to admit I am slightly disappointed.
The cast was brilliant from the first sight and that was the main reason for me to watch it. Kim WooBin, Lee MinHo, Choi JiHyuk, Kang HaNeun and idol-actors C.N Blue’s MinHyuk, ZE:A’s HyungShik and f(x) Krystal were the ones I really wanted to see and most of them did not leave me disappointed in their acting, despite the over-all disappointment about the drama.
Per example, neither WooBin nor MinHo looks 18, and that was really a ‘what on earth’ moment for me. They both look at least 20-24 years old and way out of high-teen dramas, but that could only be me.
I do want to say that I am very, very pleased with WooBin’s acting and he and his character YoungDo were the ones that actually made me watch this to the end. YoungDo was one of the two characters (other being Choi JiHyuk’s Kim Won) who had any kind of development and growth during the drama and actually evolved, while the rest stayed the same trough-out everything.
Idol-actors did an excellent job and scenes with them were amusing, interesting and sincere and I do hope they will get more acting chances in the future. They have something in them – especially HyungShik, who could really pull off some main comical characters in new high-teen dramas – and I do wish to see more of them.
Apart from the cast, which was great and did a great job, the story itself was very mediocre and highly cliché. A poor girl gets courted by two high-class hunks and she, of course, chooses only one leaving other heartbroken. Then we have the evil family, the status/money issues and mean girls getting their mean deeds done. A memory lost and an unreasonable time jump of 2-4 years was the only one’s missing to make this a true cliché masterpiece.
To add to the upper mentioned cliché, we can even see that ONE OST song, that is played SO often it drills to your brain (like “Almost Paradise” in “Boys Before Flowers”) and here it was “Love is the Moment”. The song on its own is fine and 2AM’s ChangMin’s voice is wonderful, but the song in the drama is overused.
I don’t should I add EunSang’s (played by Park ShinHye) constant crying in every.single.episode, but I sure as hell found it really annoying and as disturbing as Tan’s (Lee MinHo) extra creepy way of courting a girl.
Over all, the drama was rather dry, predictable and only the end when the actual business issues appeared was interesting. I might even say, I would not recommend this to anyone, maybe only because of WooBin, to watch his acting skills, but that’s about it.

Leia Mais

I think they should have put this as the main title for Heirs He Who Wishes To Wear the Crown, Must Endure Its Weight. It fits the drama perfectly.

They said it themselves. You who casts A-list K-actors and K-actresses and make a plot full of rubbish must endure the criticism. Hand grabbing,back hugs,intense stares,abusive parents,and bad acting. That is this show to the core. I'm not going to sugarcoat it.

I went into Heirs as a #1 fan of Lee Min Ho. I watched this drama and I was stunned. Stunned by gorgeous Lee Min Ho....NO. Stunned by how bad his acting was. I couldn't even look at times because I felt I had been cheated into watching Lee Min Ho look like a fool but no it was all him. The guy may look like a million bucks but he sure can't ACT. Being a actor you have to know how to act right? If anyone is saying no right now. I know just the drama for you Boys Before Flowers. Wait what is the difference between BOF and Heirs?? Nothing really.....Same plot,same lead actor....you see were I am going with this.

Park Shin Hye..............god.....her acting also...just no.....not good at all. I don't really even want to describe it....her character in this story has no sense of herself. Also she gets pushed around like a rag doll....no one can like a character like that.

Kim Woo Bin at least he can act. I'm sorry but it's true at least he can! What would we have done without him in this drama....honestly I don't know...because it seemed like he was the only one really ACTING in this drama. His character also wasn't the best but he did the best he could...considering the writer made the character a creepy,stalker,bully.

Why do we watch dramas? To see a good plot, full of well developed characters...maybe something fun. I don't watch the drama if the people CAN'T ACT. As simple as that.

Those who enjoyed this show did not enjoy the plot but the viewing of their favorite A list K-celeb.

The few things which held this show in place were disregarded throughout the series (Kim Woo Bin) which made this show even harder to watch.

The k-pop idol actors I could care less about.....


What I'm trying to say is if you want to see your favorite k-celeb look like a fool go ahead if you don't want that DO NOT WATCH THIS DRAMA.

Leia Mais

*Storyline: Let’s call it “Little bit slow, problematic story about mothers with issues and people with psychopathic tendencies trying to deal with some rebellious teenagers + California dream;P”

*Actors: If you're watching it bc you like those actors that's good - everyone shows decent skill and whole cast is truly talented. It's satisfying in this matter, because some of the characters will surely stay in one's mind for awhile (for example little psycho girl, or a girl with a smiling heart, or one black knight;)).

*Music: It's good. Sometimes annoying with its timing, but good. And I noticed two new, very nice songs. Besides that I’m all for rock, so all rock-like music pieces were like honey for my ears;) Unfortunately they were noticeable only in first part of the story...

*Overall: Strong 6. This drama surely has its own atmosphere. It’s very well made and it can really hook you up for a couple of episodes. Unfortunately in the same time, it belongs to the category of shows in which 'forward button' is easily abused -> Conclusion: it could be better if it would be about 7 or 8 episodes shorter.

~Cheers!
(and I apologize for grammar mistakes;))

P.S. I really love Lim Ju Eun, who played Jun Hyun Joo. To be frank, I stared to watch this drama because of her!, so it was veeery disappointing when it turned out that she was just background character... Ah, such marvellous actress overlooked again.

Leia Mais

After trying to put it on hold for too long I finished it just today. I did expect much from it because of the cast but as soon as the story goes by I finally concluded that I'm annoyed with Park Shin Hye's character here. She's too weak. I didn't like Lee Min Ho's character as well and the only thing I liked here is Choi Young Do (both the character on how he portrayed it and the actor himself). The storyline is too weak,there's not much of a substance and not original. Too much hype with pretty faces/cast and that's all.I'm surprised I was able to keep up with it. I don't totally hate the drama it's just that it didn't meet my expectations with their stellar cast. I'm not sure whether I will re-watch it again but I really don't think so because I certainly didn't enjoy it that much so the possibility is really very low. I only recommend this if you are a fan of any of the cast or you like these kind/genre of dramas. That's all.

Leia Mais

Well,basically, I felt a need to write a review for this show. When I think about it, Heirs wasn't SUCH A DISASTER, neither did it live up its hype as it had its own strengths too (along with its many flaws). I didn't like it alot though, mainly because park shinhye's acting (really sorry psh fans, understand that you must have your own reasons for liking her).

Let's start off saying, this show had SOOOO much potential. It had a wide selection of talented actors and actresses as well as its fair share of enjoyable OSTs. I'm not kidding - as much as I grew to hate kimtan though I loved him at the start, Lee Minho is as talented an actor you can get. I really wanted the super-popular woobin to see what was so great bout him - and he didn't disappoint! DIdn't like his character at the start but grew to root for him and feel for him :') an cry for him too.Kang Haneul and Choi Jin Hyuk did a great job playing their roles Hyoshin and ChoiWon (love rivals too), the girl they loved, Hyunjoo did a fab job too. One of the few times I remembering tearing and crying in the show was because of them! so *applause* for them! Kang Minhyuk and Krystal did a GREAT JOB as Chanyoung X Bona, absolutely loved them , they're one of the reasons I kept watching. I loved Kimtan's and Eunsang's mums together too. THey're so adorable! ALso one of the pairs that kept me through the show. Park Hyunsik fro ZE:A proved that idols can act too! He was so cute and I loved him lots as Jo Myungsoo

Leia Mais

In the beginning, I was really excited to watch this drama after hearing my favorite actor, Lee Min Ho, along with many other famous actors/singers participating this drama. Nonetheless, I had high expectations for this drama to be a great hit. The story had so many elements that could have drove the plot into a different and better direction but however, it ended up to be a cliche, predictable, and repeating drama. There were so many characters that were introduced but didn't contribute anything to the drama and their acting was gone to waste. The only character I enjoyed watching was Kim Woo Bin. His acting in the drama was outstanding. The only comedy relief was the relationship between Krystal and Min Hyuk. Overall, I was very disappointed in this drama. It does not live up to the all hype surrounding it and I advise people to not waste their 20 hours.

Leia Mais

Yes, this drama were overrated. It was horrible? No, just too much overrated. People expected too much of this drama and in the end it wasn't all that. So if you want an beautiful, well written drama, with a brilliant plot, this drama is a trap. Park Shin Hye and MinHo aren't all that. But if you like a drama with good side stories, lovable supporting characters, some comedy and if you don't have anything else to watch, 'The Heirs' is the perfect call.

The main story is too shabby, nothing that you haven't seen before. But it's not too bad, trust me, I used too hate Park Shin Hye ('You're Beautiful' drama fault) and I don't really understand this love for Lee MinHo... But I watched, all 20 episodes, without wanting to give up, I'm a survivor, and you know how I survived? SUPPORTING CHARACTERS. >> Moment - Changmin

Leia Mais

One thing that actually made me watch this drama was the glamour. It reminded me so much of Boys Before Flowers just without the theatrics of over acting good looking boys. Not that this show is short of good looking guys, its actually the contrary. There's just the absence of humor because this drama has too much angst and is money driven that eventually it became too tiring to watch. Viewing this drama felt like my brain cells would deteriorate anytime because I don't even had to think over about the situations... I could count my hair and I would still be able to follow on with the story and predict what's going to happen.

The story was very typical. Rich boy falls in love with poor girl and vice versa. So what made this interesting to watch? Well honestly it's not the story line because that had me lost in the middle of the series. What actually made me continue on watching was the characters. I was very much interested in the character development of the actors that I couldn't help but finish the drama because of them. Yes the male lead Kim Tan was a mopey teenager with so much daddy issues while our female lead did nothing but cry her eyes out on all the bad things that has ever happened to her. And so I waited for their progress, thinking that maybe something drastic would happen in their lives and their characters would evolve on that awaited change but unfortunately - Heirs failed me big time.

But!!! One thing that this drama did right for me was casting Kim Woo-bin. It was my first time to see him in a drama and I fell in love with the bad boy image of his character that I had a hard time moving on from his role. I had a bad dose of second lead syndrome because of him.

Music wise, there was nothing note worthy but it did add to the onscreen chemistry, so I have nothing against it. I would recommend this drama for the Lee Min Ho and Kim Woo-bin fans out there. But over all... this isn't going to be in my list of must watch drama of 2013.

Leia Mais

For starters, this drama has many characters apart from the main leads (you can already tell from the poster). I believe The Heirs became popular due to it's cast, many with Lee Min Ho, Park Shin Hye and Kim Woo BIn as the leads. In addition, many of the supporting characters are kpop stars as well so definitely a good looking bunch of people in this drama. If you're looking for eye candy, this definitely is a drama for you.

The central plot was not really developed but we are able to get the gist of the story. As for characters, I think Kim Woo Bin is the only actor that stood out for me and I believe he successfully portrayed his character well. He truly gave me SLS, and character growth was excellent as well. In fact, I would say that the sole reason I managed to finish this rather bland drama was due to Young Do (KWB's character). Lee Min Ho and Park Shin Hye were OK, cute moments were fluffy but nothing made me swoon. Acting was generally okay, just that, like I said, character development was lacking.

At the end of the drama there weren't satisfying resolutions for most of its characters, which I believe is due to the fact that there are so many characters. Hence, at the end of the day, this drama delivers cute moments, your typical high school drama and solutions that were not really meaningful in resolving the major plot issues.

Leia Mais

Well the drama was good but it wasn't the bestest drama EVER. I enjoyed most aspects of it. The eye-candy mostly (Lee Min Ho, Woo Bin, Jin Hyuk, Kang Ha Neul, & the rest of the male gender of this drama...LOL!) I'm not sure y but when they make ppl that I know r old enough to be in college play roles as high school kids I just have issues. It just seems very unrealistic. Which is exactly what I was looking for when I started this drama. So not once was I disappointed about how much bs was thrown in my face. That being said; I enjoyed the drama very much. I rly didn't care what type of role Lee Min Ho was in I just wanted to watch him act. I think this drama did point out 1 thing that lots of adults forget. Life is hard for a kid when they r 18. As we get older we forget that at that age there is a lot of pressure on them to make some heavy life choices. And that they will sometimes make mistakes. I was rly glad that this drama showed that the parents weren't perfect & that their children were privy to the bad choices that they made (even if they didn't know all the details).

Overall it was a good drama. There were hot guys, cute girls, good (but typical) story line, music was so-so, & I got some laughs out of it. I would recommend others watch it. ENJOY!~)

Leia Mais

This drama was completely held up by Woobin, but not even his amazing acting and layered character work could hold this ship floating as both Lee Minho and Park Shin Hye seemed set on running it straight into the wall, over and over again. I cannot deal with the absolute lack of chemistry between the main characters, and the story is so unoriginal that I want to puke. When people ask me about the series, I don't remember if the things I remember really happened in this show or just some other show, because this is basically a collage of all the good "Rich guy poor girl" dramas from the last ten years. Urgh.
Only reason I give the acting a 4 is because I would like to give Woobin a ten personally. Oh my god did you see how amazingly he read his character and gave him layers? How one look could say more than a long string of lines? He was amazing in this drama, and I had never watched him in anything else before, so this was the drama that made him my favourite actor.
Anyways, don't watch this drama, seriously. It's not worth it!

Leia Mais