Líderes de Torcida (2022)

Very jumbled and rambling plot line

This show has been on my list for a while, and since I have enjoyed Bae In Hyuk in other things, I figured I'd give it a try. For me, it was torture to get through, and I've never been so happy to finish something in my life. I usually like to give all the positive aspects of a show, regardless of whether I ultimately ended up liking it, but hmmm, can't think of any here.

1) I found the Fl extremely irritating. Her bouncing around and then suddenly pouting about something, pick a mood and stick with it. This might seem like a small thing, but every time she said 안녕하세요 to someone, her voice went up about four octaves and she used this baby, breathy voice that was SO irritating!
2) STRONG triangle. It went on entirely too long and SML kissing her without consent, just no.
3) Why did ML and FL like each other? Never really saw development, they just suddenly liked each other.
4) The mystery. Why? I didn't care for it, and it went on for so long that once I got to the end I didn't care anyway.
5) The one "dance" they did throughout the whole drama. Their rehearsals revolved about that one arm-swinging movement, over and over again.
6) And can we talk about the costuming?! Oh, my gosh, the costume designer should have been forced to wear one of their own designs as punishment. It was really hard to take any of the conversations seriously while they were wearing their cheer costumes, they were so ridiculous. In real life, you would not have anyone want to be on the cheer team unless they were getting paid to wear those costumes. I can't get over how bad they were.

While I may not say run away from this show, I would suggest turning and walking away quickly, and find something better to watch.

Leia Mais

I'm sorry I didn't like it (''´艸`) I'll explain what was distracting me the most first. Because I had no idea how cheering squads in Korea looked like, I was surprised by seeing their costumes, believe it or not, but they are dressed exactly like tamer in circus here, all those jackets and velvet and bling-bling. I know they're supposed to cheer, but I thought of our circus all the time.

There's nothing particularly bad about it actually, but to me it is a passable drama. And I also didn't like it making it into a love triangle, because it is obvious that someone will leave with a broken heart and don't feed me this bs that second male lead is for the audience to love.

The only good part is that Cheer Up managed to reconnect me with kdramas after I saw several cuts from it on YT. I watched several kdramas years ago, but I guess either I was unlucky in my choosing or melodramatic plots were the thing back then and I honestly couldn't watch those. But during this time I felt like I could give it a try and added few dramas in the list and Cheer Up was one of them. I will say my deep thanks to it for that, things changed and I was left amazed on how production grew, cinematography is insane and overall there are gems. Unfortunately, I can't say that Cheer Up is one of them.

I thought the beginning was pretty okay, the university like any other has their own legends and the cheering squad has those too. The intrigue is there after all. I was amazed to find how cheering squads dress and what they do... I mean it's cheering, okay, but I wonder if it's me, but seeing them doing almost the same thing made me wonder, if it's that hard (?_? ) You need stamina, but they felt like going for cheering olympics. I understand it's more about passion and ability to rile up the crowd, to have that presence on stage. I think I'm too far away from it as a foreigner to truly feel the charm of it, I understand the passion, but when you never went through same experience it's hard to relate, my life in uni was bleak too. I also had my main costumes distraction at all times.
The mains were also interesting, Do Hae Yi is so lively and striving, there is nothing bad about wanting to earn and when you have money you can do many things. Park Jung Woo is responsible and serious about the cheering squad, he truly wants it to work, despite the legends. Seemingly different people together start to strive for the same goal. Although Do Hae Yi joined the club for the money, but she came to care about it and it stopped being just a task or a contract. But I particularly don't like when they have the second male lead who also falls in love with FL, but we all know he won't get anything.
I wasn't even mad that both of Hae Yi and Jung Woo acted like children when they came together, very sugary couple. But the sudden twist at the ending I felt not needed. I'm not a fan when they add a sudden illness of the loved ones, like can't you do without it? I thought having a villain who wants the profecy to work is enough for the thrill.
And with the sporty campus love story and thrilling chase after the person behind the scenes I felt like the ending drowned me with so many couples and relationships :'D

My personal favorites were actually Hae Yi and Sun Ho moms. I don't know, they brought me joy, even if you knew that Sun Ho's mom drank not out of happy married life and Hae Yi's mom spent in poverty most of her life. But here they are and keep on going. Aye.

Leia Mais

wasted potential

Cheer up had so much potential, but is ruined by a non-sense love triangle and an awful plot.

When I watched Cheer up's first episodes, I feel in love with the characters and the mystery that envolves the theia squad, but when the episodes were passing by, it got terrible.

First the love triangle that they pushed until the last minute and it was one of the main reasons for reducing my evaluation. The SL was so freaking annoying. Even if the female lead rejected him loads of times, he continued to insist. HE KISSED HER WHEN SHE WAS DRUNK, THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN THAT. There were bunch of scenes that the FL looked more like a SL than the actual SL :(. I'm so happy that the SL is going to spend his whole life alone because i hate him sm. Plus, this actor is so good, I'm really looking foward to see a drama with him as the FL, because his acting is so amazing.

Second, the plot. It started so good, with the mystery of the three profecies, but then it got annoying as hell. That guy was actually total stalker obsessed with rules and so freaking annoying, hate him sm. They actually didn't explain if he was caught, but I believe yes, thanks to God. Plus, I actually missed a good plot twist, I wasn't even that interested in the story anymore.

But now the good things, because it wasn't THAT bad. The main couple had bunch of chemestry and all of their scenes made me blush hard. I cringed sometimes, but even that I loved about them, how they were so sweet with each other and happy with the little things, all that mattered was to be together.

My actually favorite part was the secondary couples, they were all so cute and had bunch of chemestry (especially minjae and sunja).

And the squad. I loved the family aspect of them and how they really cared for each other. I simply LOVE a found family trope.

But even with this AWESOME aspects, cheer up was brutally ruined by a terrible plot and an unnecessary love triangle. Inhyuk, please never work with SBS another time :(

Leia Mais

great potential wasted: disappointing script

This show had a very promising start, however its potential was wasted on an overused and badly written love triangle. actors and production did a good job, however, the script was tooooo lacking. such a second male lead is not healthy. no means no and x times asking and proposing after being rejected is not endearing. I loved the mothers. I would be happy to watch a show of their own. I liked the supporting cast. unfortunately some of the supporting characters had more depths than male lead. It felt like they forgot about him or the main couple in general which than resulted in a rushed ending.

Leia Mais

Fantastic characters trapped in a drab plot

Those first few episodes started out, quite simply, very strong. And then they started to add a bunch of different elements and the final result was a huge cast that was trapped in a story that just tries to do far too much.

From the very beginning I knew that Do Haeyi would become one of my favorite female leads of all time. It wasn't just that she was so fun and bubbly, but also that she was full of paradoxes — She's fun and bubbly but also straightforward, hardworking, prideful, and VERY realistic. Her personality is so relatable and I loved her dynamic with all her family and friends.

I even quite enjoyed the love triangle because it was very clearly about Haeyi's values and choosing between money or love.

As the episodes went on, it just...lost the plot. Parental and class issues are great topics and it was really where the drama shined. I think it could've done completely without the thriller subplot because it always teetered on the line between being an actual legit thriller, and something that was not so different from any other youth drama with an annoying saboteur character.

The love triangle also got so insanely draggy; it was like Groundhog Day seeing the FL reject the SML, just to have him say he's okay with one-sided love, just to go back to chasing her and getting upset when another rejection comes.

Add to the mix THREE side ships (two of which I marginally care about and one which I thought was a waste of time considering how many scenes they got) and I just felt like we were getting bits and pieces of subplots but never the full story. Everything felt half-baked and we barely got to see any cheering.

In tidbits this drama has fantastic scenes and great lines of insightful dialogue that will make you think. In the last two episodes, I absolutely did cry my eyes out when the story returned to the issue of money and life's priorities, and it made me think that it was such a shame that the drama veered away from that and decided to focus on a love triangle and treat it like a random kdrama FL trapped between two MLs, both of which I did not care for.

Leia Mais

Wanted to cheer up, left being frustrated...

The drama lacks a solid story plot, let alone the execution of it. May be fun and thrilling for early teens, but young adults like me might not be fond of this drama. 10+ eps for such a futile plot is not what I signed up for.

I initially thought the drama is related to "Cheer up 2015", also known as Sassy Go which starred Jung Eun Ji, turned out it wasn't.

The cheerleading part is not fun to watch either. They do the same cheerleading steps throughout, the same meetings, the same prophecy-related "mystery" which's execution is rather annoying. I personally don't think a school club that has nothing to offer to your life goals is that important where you don't get to sleep (ML said he sleeps only 2-3 hrs ) and risk your college senior life when it's time to be serious about your career and internships. I'm not saying that cheerleading isn't worth making a livelihood, but in this drama, they clearly don't seem to be passionate about it. It's like they're doing it out of compulsion or guilt of leaving the club.

Something that I can't take in even if I try to is - them claiming that they weren't able to keep in touch with Lee Yoo-Min (the previous leader who got into the accident). No one went to the hospital with her after the accident? They legit assumed she died rather than giving her a visit and seeing how she was doing? Okay, even to assume that she died, try to go to her funeral and pay the family a visit?? Fortunately, she didn't lol, shitty-ass friends she got. Let's say they didn't have her address. Try to find it out from the office administration or even her classmates?? Pretty sure a university takes info of such along with the student's family details?? It's just the ML texting her one-sided. If you that anxious, go find her??? Lol, the writer tsk tsk.

The love triangle side of the story is itself undigestable. There is little to no chemistry between the main leads. The second lead himself isn't a strong character. Idk how people are rooting for the ML/SML, I don't feel any connection at all, just a bunch of stares rather than romantic gazes. Bae In Hyuk deserves a better drama than this. It'd have been better if the story stuck to friendship and college life concepts as I do not feel any compassion for the characters. The main leads aren't given much growth/story either. It's all over the place.

I feel like most of the cast look older than their characters, which might be why I can't feel what I'm supposed to. Casting properly aged people to the roles is vital. The seniors look like they're in their 30s rather than in their late teens/early 20s.

Also, very cringe-y to see characters drinking often and acting drunk. It's not cute at all.

They're trying to make the suspense unnecessarily intense with no strong support to the plot.
Might drop (currently in ep 8).

Leia Mais

jin sunho is a b

hate that b jin sunho, he doesn't understand what no means
i screamed at my tv because he's just such an idiot can't even describe it istg

otherwise the show is great, love the main character
............................................ ............................................
............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................ ............................................

Leia Mais

The back-and-forth between the main leads can be annoying...

I have several issues with this show and there are so many side stories going on that it doesn't flow easily and makes the drama messy.

First, let's talk about the Cheer Team's strict no-dating rule. When it's later revealed what happened to the previous captain and why she left and also the fact that the ML had a crush on her, you understand why the no-dating rule exists. But then we have to watch the ML, Jung Woo, a senior ("sunbae"), have a crush on the FL, Hae Yi, a freshman. There's all this push and pull and flirting back and forth, and then let's keep our distance from each other. I was scratching my head wondering why the hell would the ML, who is now the cheer team's captain, even think of crossing the no-dating rule line after what happened in the past. Not to mention all the suspicious and dangerous things happening in the present. It makes zero sense.

I don't even see any chemistry between the two leads. I'm just annoyed with their back-and-forth and the third love triangle trope keeps dragging on.

Then there's the FL, Hae Yi. I get annoyed at her childish behaviour when it comes to "chasing" the ML. One minute she's happy to chase after him and then when she feels rejected or ignored, her mood changes 180° and she's all sulky. This of hers goes back and forth quite a bit. Let's not even get started on her bad drinking habit and what seems like her irritable bowel syndrome.

Another very poignant fact about the FL is her stance and gripes about money. Her family doesn't have a lot of money so she works multiple jobs and does whatever she can to make money in order to help her brother study at an academy so that he can go to medical school. You can understand why her ex couldn't "handle" her with her penny-pinching and why her brother gets angry with her for always talking about money. The way she's more responsible than her useless mom is annoying too. I hated the scene when her brother ends up at the police station for some kind of fight he got into with another student. The first thing she does is walks into the police station and then goes up to her brother and slaps him HARD, and then kneels and begs for forgiveness from the other party. She doesn't even hear her brother out. That scene was just horrible.

Another horrible scene was one that happened with a female side character, another member of the cheer team. Her ex-boyfriend just walks up to her and slaps her really hard in public because she had "blocked" his phone calls. Sure, she managed to beat him off but still, in reality, in most domestic abuse scenarios, most abusive men are cunning and manipulative and a lot of the time, they don't beat their women in public like that. Most abusers privately beat their victims. I was surprised that the writers went in this direction. I feel like this side story wasn't even really necessary. As if the story was added in as a filler to pass time.

(In regards to both slapping scenes, you can tell the director wanted it really loud and emphasized and it did nothing but leave you hating both the FL and the angry ex-boyfriend.)

The FL has two rich guys who like her... Her ex-boyfriend, Jae Hyuk and a cheer teammate, Sun Ho. Her ex pines after her but is still ashamed of her being poor even though she's hard-working. The SML, Sun Ho, her teammate on the cheer team is really rich and popular and yet likes the FL as she is. He likes the fact that she's a diligent worker. I think that the FL has more chemistry with Sun Ho than with the ML. I dislike the fact that the writers made the FL such a money penny-pincher who works hard but yet doesn't think she can be in the same league or is good enough for Sun Ho because he's so rich. Of course, she doesn't like him for other reasons but her being "poor" shouldn't be a factor. I would rather have her empowered by feeling like she's good enough. Money or no money.

I can't help but keep thinking that the ML who is the FL's "sunbae" should just be that.... a respectful mentor and captain and clearly draw the line at no dating. It's so repetitive to see him try to keep his distance from the FL but as soon as he sees the SML with her, he gets jealous and almost competitive. And not to mention the FL's constant disrespect of Sun Ho's feelings for her. Sometimes she acts so oblivious around him especially when the ML is around. And then she wonders why he walks off or why he's upset. Like, get a clue. I think this is just poor writing and direction.

When they do the cheer practice montage, it's not interesting because the cheer moves look so repetitive with them waving their arms up and down and back and forth and back and forth and back... you get it.

There are all these different stories going on and different characters appearing here and there... the embezzlement, the prophecies, and the mysterious stalker, all the side crushes, he likes her, she likes him, no one likes the other, she's jealous, he's jealous, who is this person now, and back and forth and back and forth it goes... just like their repetitive cheering arms.

(EP 7 as of writing)

Leia Mais

Lost potential..

Just watched the last episode and honestly i am disappointed.....i think the drama had soo much potential, especially the first 6 episodes were soo good but than they had to ruin the story with the love triangle. I didnt really like the motive of the villain either...i think it was kinda lazy to just make him crazy or whatever. I think thats just me but i didnt really understand the connection between Do Hae Yi and Lee Yoo Min.. just because they had similar characters ? I didnt really get that part tbh. I really liked their friendship and overcoming hardships and training togehter i just wish they would have helped other members other that Do Hae Yi out too. I understand that she is the Main character but i think it would bring out their deep bond more and i think it would have been great for the story too. I hate how they made the 3 things that will happen (sorry i dont know the english word) to the team into a big joke at the end by saying "somebody will die of LONELINESS", for me it really made the whole story into a big joke.... rather than a mystery drama it became a comedy. Still i think they are all great actors and i really enjoyed all of their acting. I am just disappointed in the story...

Leia Mais

Nothing to cheer about

LIKES:
Wardrobe was good, same with colour pallet.
Cinematography was okay.
Okay music, nothing memorable.
Familiar locations, same as other dramas.
I liked Hae Yi’s best friend and her interaction with Min Jae.
FX for scrapes and their zombie game, were decent.

DISLIKES:
Pacing:
I skipped some parts, which is why I don’t know what happened in the end For Soo II, after he fought with the “villain”, but I also don’t care enough to watch that whole episode again.
Production and Editing:
Some parts were abruptly cut and hard to follow what happened. Even their episode recap was a mess.
Shaking camera syndrome appears again (lack of using film stabilizer).
Directing:
Drawn out scenes that could’ve spent time on development of characters.
Everyone carries a cell phone, but no one uses it to call 119. Instead they yell at the person who is in distress, over and over and shakes the wounded person.
Overly delayed reactions of characters.
Writing:
Too many filler scenes, plot holes and an under developed love triangle, where chemistry between the FL, ML and 2ML, was severely lacking.
The characters felt like they were in high school, but some looked way older than university.
The thriller wasn’t thrilling and was so obvious who it was. Also how that was concluded made no sense.

OVERALL: The actors/actresses did as well as they could considering the terrible script and filming. This is a decent filler show, when you're waiting for your show to post new episodes. No adult scenes, a few kisses and hugs. Expected more since it's a 2022 made show. I wont watch it again and it barely made it to 4/10 (that was me being generous too).

Leia Mais

Most Boring Main Male Lead Of All Time

The whole story was just very all over the place. The supposedly evil scenes and this mysterious guy just randomly pop up after not being relevant at all in certain episodes and I felt like it was more of an add-on and a nuisance to the story rather than something actually interesting. The concept was great the execution was not so much.
The main issue with the story is how the Main Male Lead had zero build-up with the Female Lead and still got her. I had no problem with him winning since the Second Male Lead wasn't much but at least he tried and had decent chemistry with Female Lead. The Main Lead did absolutely nothing and still won. Especially in episode 13 when they were on the date he messed up in every way possible, had negative rizz, and then she called him annoying even though he didn't do anything and he got a kiss???? That had zero build-up and was just terrible. The Second Male Lead wasn't great and didn't give me second-lead syndrome but since the Main Male Lead was so bad honestly the Second Male Lead would have been better even though he was just alright

The supporting cast was much better as their romances had some buildup and were solid nothing exceptional though. The Female Lead is very outgoing and I feel like people would enjoy her character but the Main Male Lead was just not good in terms of story (Not hating on his acting) it's just the character they gave him didn't do anything and won which still confuses me.

Overall I don't think this drama is worth a watch due to the Main Male Lead being barely relevant and randomly decided he was gonna be the male lead on episode 13. The Second Male Lead wasn't anything great either so he's not worth the watch, The story was a mess although great in concept was not done greatly. I did enjoy the FEMALE LEAD though as she made it bearable to watch and enjoyable at times but still, the Main Male Lead made it hard to watch. Overall this show is not worth the watch.

Leia Mais

Heat Death of The Universe

Well, the drama certainly failed to cheer me up. The entire show was manufactured to be a spectacular disaster. There was no one major issue that held it back but rather a complete systematic failure. Starting from the top of the pyramid, about 80% of the cast members were barely surviving to remain functional. In equal terms, about 80% of the characters were generic youth NPCs from a modern lens. Speaking of characters, how did the writer think that writing the female lead this way was appealing in the slightest? It's baffling! That's also applicable to her cheap copy-cat, Joo Sun Ja, sharing the same revolting DNA. Moving on to relationships, pairs, ex-lovers, triangles, and squares, all of which can be tagged as insufferable spectacles. The reason why the drama added the mystery side plot is because it was unbelievably dry and was in desperate need for something supplementary to help creating the illusion that something is actually happening. It wouldn't have been bad if it served a functional purpose with the overarching narrative. Now, this is a drama about cheering and dancing but this had the worst moves I've ever seen in this context. It was nothing more than choreographed performances by PE teacher for elementary kids. It's seriously bad and embarrassing! Especially when it's coming from Kpop-land. Obviously, there were a lot more to be said but these were some of the highlights. The writer worked on both V.I.P (2019) and this drama, a solid bad track record so far, should be very cautious with future projects.

Leia Mais