Reviews

IT ENDED TOO SOON. I usually think that the allotted time for most dramas is appropriate, but in this case, it ended too soon. I thought the story was too good to be told only in 11 episodes. Buzzer Beat is a drama that deserved to have more too it. It needed more time, so the audience could see the characters develop better, and see the romance between the two leads progress slower. The acting was great. I really loved the acting. Yamapi is already one of my favorite actors, so of course, immediately, because of him, the acting was going to be great. I have only seen the lead actress in Paradise Kiss, and didn't care for her character all that much in the movie, but after seeing Buzzer Beat, I am truly impressed with her acting ability. I loved her character, and especially the character that's Riko's best friend. The theme song had a great melody, beat,rhythm, and was really catchy, except, I didn't care for the singing at all. I didn't think that the singer's voice fit in well with the concept of the drama. I would rewatch this drama, because it was just too good! Overall, I give it an 8. It scores an 8 because I didn't think there was enough time to develop the character's and relationship between the two leads to the point it should have been.

Leia Mais

I can't believe I've fallen in love with yet another drama about a girl disguised as a boy. I saw all the good reviews, but still expected it to be another wannabe coffee prince, or the korean version of Yentl. I also expected to be bored by a historical drama with a predictable/cliché storyline, but instead I was hooked from the very first episode.

What makes this drama so great, from the very beginning, is the four lead characters. As much as i loved the romance in Sungkyunkwan Scandal (including what's now one of my favorite k-drama kiss scenes), I still loved the bromance between all four main characters more. Yoo Ah In as the impetuous rebel Moon Jae Shin, Micky Yoochun as the logic driven bookworm Lee Sun Joon, Park Min Young as the inspiringly ambitious "Kim Yoon Shik", and (my favorite) Song Jung Ki as the playfully manipulative Goo Yong Ha, are each outstanding in their role, and have amazing chemistry with each other. There were even times when the chemistry between Moon Jae Shin & Goo Yong Ha rivaled the main couple.

I also have to give a special mention to Kim Min Seo as Cho Sun, who was my favorite supporting character, and played her part expertly. It was really refreshing to see two strong female characters, especially since the story revolves around an all boys school. This is now among my favorite all time dramas, mainly because of the cast. I loved them so much, I was tempted to rewatch the entire drama right after I finished it.

One small criticism I have is that the political part of the plot was sometimes hard for me to follow, since korean history is completely (and literally) foreign to me. This is not really a fault of the drama, but it did stop me from personally seeing this as a perfect 10. It became much easier for me to follow the noron/soron conflicts after a while, but I could still enjoy the drama without being 100% clear. There's a good amount of action, and mystery, which keeps the political plot entertaining.

Another criticism is, as much as I liked the endings for the 4 main characters, there were still unanswered questions, and some supporting characters that deserved better endings.

Overall, there was much more to praise than criticize. I can definitely see myself rewatching this multiple times, even if it's just to see Goo Yong Ha spin. I know there are many dramas with similar plots, but a drama that's entertaining from the 1st to the last episode is rare. I recommend Sungkyunkwan Scandal as one of those rare dramas.

Leia Mais

I decided to watch Cain and Abel because the premise sounded interesting and I'm a new fan of Han Ji Min. I also wanted to see what all the fuss about So Ji Sub was…

Story- Very intense throughout. I liked not exactly knowing what was going to happen next. I liked that it took place in different settings. It helped to keep the story fresh and watchable till the end. The episodes have a good pace. The wea point of the story would be the romance. It was kind of not believable at certain times just because Cho In was so obsessed with the first gf for a long time. Solid ending.

Acting/cast- Solid acting by the 4 leads. So Ji Sub was very good at playing both the Dr. and Young Ji’s fake cousin. He pulled off the two different characters well. Now even though the acting was top notch, I just could not get invested in the characters. First, I was turned off by So Ji Sub’s character in the beginning. His decision to date his older brother's love just because he had been gone a while, just didn’t sit right with me. Now as odd as it sounds, I actually was rooting for the villain Sun Woo. Yes he did unforgivable things but I kind of understood where he was coming from. I was rooting for him to see the light and be reunited with Seo Yeon. Ha Ji Min’s character was sooo annoying. Not only was her North Korean accent she had throughout annoying but also her actions just made her character not likeable. She also asks too many questions! Let’s just say it was really hard to root for her. I liked the supporting cast. The villains were villainy and the side Dr. couple was funny/cute.

Music- it fit the scenes but I didn’t really like it.

Rewatch- I don’t think I’ll be watching this again but it is rewatchable.

Overall, on the surface Cain and Abel is a high quality drama but I just didn’t get that feeling you get by the end when you really enjoyed a drama and are sad to see it end.

Leia Mais

As a fan of the first season, I had high hopes for this drama.

To start out, I really enjoyed the first few episodes. I would start to lose interest, and the writers would lure me back in with love triangle(s) and the like. However, I have some real bones to pick...

I feel like this drama was about 4 episodes too long. The plot line started to get really diluted, and I couldn't even keep track of what was happening. Early in the drama, it was obvious that there were 4 main characters. I wish that they wouldn't have wasted the viewers time with the others (I realize this won't be a popular opinion). Frankly, I didn't care for the secondary cast (especially the teachers--minus the guidance counselor). In saying this, I just wanted the 4 mains to be fleshed out more. I wanted to know more about Lian and JB.

I didn't know who to root for concerning the JB-HyeSung-YooJin triangle. I could see Lian's frustration. Yeah, Lian was a nasty jerk-- But at least she wasn't annoying. I thought JB and HyeSung were cute, but then I felt bad for YooJin. I don't know, I just feel as though I'm ranting.

I just felt that certain story lines were really muted. The ending felt really rushed, and didn't make a lot of sense. I stuck with this drama because every time I felt like dropping it, they would give me a little ray of hope. I'm very confused by the ending. And disappointed.

:P

Leia Mais

The start of the drama was really good. I like bad boys + music band, a great combo, I had so much expectations....
But it went all wrong -.-

Bad:
The guys were all pretty much the same, no character stood out from the band. The support charas too and the main girl was a typical good girl. No character development.

The story didn´t reach any peak and was predictable. Even the cliffhanger didn´t get me (every week i watched rather Dream High 2 first than this).

The pairings had no chemistry at all. I still can´t understand why someone liked the other.

Good:
The guys looks great :3

The music was listenable ^^

Lee Min Ki was great as Joo Byung Hee, unfortunately he had only a guest role.

Leia Mais

A very badly acted, random drama with very few entertaining scenes and a nice song or two.

Story: I watched it because when I read the description, it "sounded" interesting. But having watched this when I was new to dramas, I was in for a surprise and not necessarily a pleasant one.

Acting/Cast: It was horrible. There was a lot of overacting by everyone.

Music: The music was fairly decent. I still listen to one song from the OST, "Bitter Tea".

Re-watch: I never plan on watching this again and I honestly don't recommend it to anyone.

Overall: I watched this when dramas were bright and shiny for me and when I didn't drop dramas. If had I watched this now, it would have been dropped by episode 2 at the most. Or more likely, I wouldn't have even bothered with it.

Leia Mais

Let me first off say that I was unable to fully complete this drama, because I could not find episode 13 anywhere!! But I don't think that is really relevant concerning my review. I really think that this drama is underestimated. I loved the story about long lost brothers having to work together to inherit their father's money. It's not a story that is typically seen, and that is what attracted me to this drama in the first place. I do think that the drama focuses more on the relationships the brothers develop with the girls in their class rather than with each other, but there is definitely the aspect of brotherly love, and friendship that I thought was one of the best parts of this drama. I think the actors actually did good. I'm not too familiar with Taiwanese music stars, and I know that this drama was apparently an idol drama, and what people typically say is that idols can't act, well I think they did a good job here. Each character had their own unique personality, and the actors did a great job of portraying each and everyone. There wasn't one character that stood out more or less, they each were able to hold onto the spotlight when they needed to. The theme song was extremely catchy, which is a big thing from me, because I don't really like Chinese music, but I really did like the music in this. I will watch this drama again one of these days. It's not a must watch once every month, on every holiday, and during every sporting event sort of drama, but I most likely will check it out again in a year or two. Overall, I thought this drama was extremely cute, and should be higher rated than it is! And if you're able to find the complete 13th episode somewhere, please tell me...I would really like to see how this drama ends.

Leia Mais

I've tried not to be too critical of this drama, and I've never compared it to the first series, but this show made no sense. The characters would suddenly change personality from one second to the next; there was no consistency. The story... there wasn't really a story. I mean, I can see what they were trying to do, but the execution was so bad that it just ended up a big mess. There was never really much tension; why would I care about characters if nothing that happens actually matters?

I quite liked the music in it, and Hello to Myself has became a favourite song of mine. But JB as an actor is pretty bad. He's adorable, has a lovely smile, a decent singing voice, and can clearly dance. So for an idol, he's perfect. Just don't try acting again, JB. Jinwoon and JiYeon did a decent-ish job, as did Kang Sora. I mean, there were no spectacular actors in this show so at least they didn't have people comparing them to each other. They all got to be mediocre together.

I don't necessarily think I wasted over 16 hours of my life on this drama, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Leia Mais

To be fair I have to warm you that is a totally biased opinion, because I has a fan of the first installment of the drama , I felt totally cheated with the direction that these opus took. If I was fair and still try to rate this show I would just say that if you took away the music there were nothing good to redeem this show in my eyes, it was over acted, scattered to the point of totally loosing me, I wonder most of the time what was going on. The addition of new characters that pop out of nowhere it was as if the writers where writing the story has they went. To be true I came back too it just because I like watching Jung Jinwoon , oh yes there were a lot of eyes candy in these drama , probably the only thing that brought many viewers back, trying to support they little sweet tooth ( even though it's the eyes that get satisfy.) I not even going to try to explain that ending , it was simply disappointing. So my recommendation is too watch this when you really have nothing to do, it's raining outside and you are looking for a well construct story that can keep your attention, then you are welcome to waste 16 hours of your life on Dream High 2.

Leia Mais

When I first started watching Dream High 2, I was unsure if I was going to like it, because I didn't like the storyline about already famous stars becoming even more famous. After I watched the first few episodes though, I started to really like Dream High 2, even more so than Dream High. I felt that the story was heading in the right direction, but somewhere along the way I feel that Dream High 2 lost it's gusto. By the middle, the story seemed a bit too rushed. There are still things that are left unclear, and really it seems that the writers just gave up. It fell into a plain, boring pattern. But! I did, however, love the ending. Something about Dream High and Dream High 2's endings really get to me. The ending is realistic, it's not some super, happy, everyone becomes a superstar sort of ending, it's realistic in the sense that it makes it obvious that not everyone can achieve their dreams. I really liked how it ended with the greatest thing each and every character got out of their experience; friendship. I actually liked the cast. I know, I know, Idols. They aren't the greatest of actors, but I really feel like they did a great job! The only two characters I really couldn't stand were JB, and HaeSung. The acting was forced, and I didn't see much chemistry, but I have to be a little nice, since it was JB's first drama, and all. The one I felt did the best was JinWoon. Already a fan of 2AM. It was great to see him act, and I loved his character the most, and I felt that out of all the Idols, he did the absolute best.The music was ok, but there was a lot more music in Dream High. This one focused more on dancing, which I didn't like. I wish they had more music, and more of them all singing together, instead of all the individual performances. I would rewatch this...maybe? It was a good drama, and I did enjoy watching it, but overall, I think that it can't compare to Dream High. I just hope if they decide to make a Dream High 3, the writers can seriously step up their game, because they almost ruined a story that seemed to be going somewhere.

Leia Mais

Story - very original and caught my attention quickly. Had me laughing and anticipating throughout. However, towards the end, it became drawn out, even though it should have finished (too predictable by that time).

Acting/Cast - The two main characters fit well together. I fell in love with their bond. Cast was chosen well and Ki Joon gives off the appearance of a true businessman.

Music - Personally, I didn't notice it too much since it blended well with the drama. When I did notice, the songs were nice to listen to and go well with the scene playing at that time.

Overall - I was watching two fully aired dramas at once. This one took precedence over the other.

Leia Mais

Story - The story was okay for a school drama. It appeared simple, and I found it slightly boring. At first, I wondered who the actual main characters were, if there was an actual plot to the drama, and if I was watching a musical. Though, as the story went on, it started to stabilize a bit more.

Acting/cast - The casting was good. The most developed characters would be Rian and Jin Yoo Jin. Rian is an amazing actor.

I was anticipating Kang So Ra to suddenly surprise everyone (maybe a little dramatic haha) - A big let down. Her acting wasn't unbearable/too bad, but her character was nothing outstanding and I found myself forgetting about her (even though she has enough screen time for a main) till the very end.

Music - This drama is good primarily for the music. All the songs that were used are amazing and catchy. I would definitely recommend if you are going to watch for the music and dancing. There are some amazing vocals in this drama.

Overall - It was a decent school drama. The plot was the only thing really bringing the quality down, but the music makes up for that.

Leia Mais

I cried...then Laughed; cried again and laughed. This was an awesome Drama. Usually I get annoyed having to wait for the other episodes to be released but when they did I was continually satisfied.

The Storyline was executed brilliantly; take a basic structure of what you need to make a fantastic drama, add that with a serious dose of great music, and top it if off with a great cast...what do you get?

A GREAT DRAMA!

I enjoyed every bit of it, but what I liked the most was the pace in which the drama had, every single scene was understandable, nothing was rushed and you could tell the plot was well thought through. I was completely engrossed into this drama and loved every bit of it!

I really wanted to be critical with my scoring, but having judged this drama against it's own kind (i.e. Music band drama's) This was so worth every mark awarded...I can't speak for you, so all I can say to you is Shut up and watch (^_^)/

Leia Mais