Premise: A drama
that discusses the life of students beyond the school setting. This portrays a reflection
on the student’s learning behavior that affects their performance in school.
It basically wants to address the issue on why students hate studying. It includes
family problems, personal background, and attitude that are crucial to the stage of a typical coming of age by adolescents as manifested in real life through
this drama.
Commentaries:
The story: I’m
not the biggest fan of school setting dramas, Japanese dramas aside, and after
watching this series, my belief that this type of genre for K-dramas is auto-disliked by
my taste has been made firmer because I can’t help but to
compare. Unlike in Japanese dramas which are actually more expressive that
really works for me, it is a huge disappointment to the Korean counterpart to
reach such degree of effectiveness.
I found the drama lacking in so many aspect of expression, most
especially in conveying the message of the story. Perhaps, it has something to
do with a powerful OST to suffice the interaction that happens
among everyone. With regards to the execution of the scenes that was truly distasteful
and non-engaging in my opinion, I was looking for something more to
it that would be worth praising for in the drama. The cinematography was
the same as well due to a confined setting which is school, and in reference to
what I’m asking for is that if you’ve seen Nobuta wo Produce, they utilized the
rooftop and also, other settings possible aside from school to
express the different kinds of environment that the students have which is a vital factor affecting the student's behavior and
attitude. Theirs exemplified a very good characterization of the story and in revealing the important elements in contribution to the total being of a person, not just being
a student. Adding to my list of must haves to this drama is filling the insufficient number of students involved in the scenes to express the energy of
what a school is supposed to have, especially that we have high school students
for this show. Probably I’m asking for more display of playfulness like what the characters
have portrayed in the J-do series, Nobuta wo Produce. Basically, they only
focused to a class of students where the story revolved around in itself, but
when you think about it, it’s pretty much the same for Japanese dramas.
However, in contrast to that, it seemed that there is isolation to their class because of not interacting with everyone else in the school other than their
acquaintances and the members of the administration. Phew. Can we have more extra roles to this drama, please?
Perhaps, these disappointments are rooted from the high
expectations I had to the series because of Jong Suk and Woo Bin being part of
the show. Don’t misunderstand, I’m not their biggest fan out there but, since I’ve
seen these two in few of their supporting roles in the past wherein both have
left a good impression, I thought that this should be a great show to devote
with. I think that the story and execution fell short to showcase their talent
and this goes to apply to everyone in the show as well. It’s
interesting though, because I really wanted to be hooked with them, and since
there’s an opportunity like this, why not? Yes, they were the ones that draw me
in to watching the show and even though I have complaints about it, I’m truly
happy I was able finish it till the end. Though, I’d be lying if I say that I watched
everything because I'm guilty of snoozing in most parts of it. But it’s because you’d get
the gist of the drama even without reading the subtitles or even when you skip few
scenes of it, it's okay you’d still understand it somehow. The pace of the
show went through like that; nothing changed much other than everybody becoming more open
to each other as the time goes by and as the stories unfold one by one.
What worked to me:
I’m in for the bromance and the lovely exchange of brotherly skinship between Jong
Suk and Woobin so maybe, I squealed on some scenes of them together. *Laughs* you
can freely judge me now for that but you can’t really blame me, can you? *Excuses*
but I’m really amused with myself that I went that far to fangirling. Hehe.
Adding to my list of appreciation is Jang Nara, I think that
she has touched me the most in the series because of her role as a teacher whom
has a lot of good qualities for having so much passion, love and
understanding to give to her students. Other than that, she is really compassionate towards
everyone and if you were a part of her class, you are heartless if you wouldn’t
feel her efforts to address everyone’s concern. She even made me cry on a scene
and it goes to show her experience as an actor. She’s already a senior
compared to everyone in this series but her beauty is still daebak, the
best! I thought that she’s at her peak of attractiveness here. How old
is she now? I’m not sure but I'm positive that she’s over 30.
The most important thing that I liked is how the drama
eventually replaced the question on why students hate being in the school to
why students go to school. It is something that was unexpected despite of so
many disliked points that I gave to this series. I feel good about it,
regardless.
Characters:
We have our leading character Go Nam Soon who is far from being a perfect
student and that is characterized with flaws surrounding his life, which is contrary
to the role given to him as the class president. His identity is not exposed to
everyone and has maintained discretion from everyone’s knowledge, until the
appearance of someone who has truly known him for so long whom he’d shared
memories with in the past. This is where Park Heung Soo character is inserted
in the drama, a returning student who is troubled and can’t be disciplined. His
character will start to bring out the issues that concern the students, the
teachers, their internal conflicts, and their relationship as individuals.
The story basically progressed from dealing with the
supporting role’s problems while the lead roles act towards its resolution.
Rating: Average
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