Most Overrated K-Dramas

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:34 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Jumping on the Goong band wagon, I found the characters slightly annoying and the plot was just over the top I think I only watched it for Joo Ji Hun. I was slightly dissappointed with the fact that an actor was the only reason I watched it....

Coffee prince was another. I gave up on it about half way through I just was extremely dissapointed with how boring the plot was.

Posted: Tue Aug 12, 2008 6:57 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Some really great choices here, and I agree with a lot of them. I find most kdramas to be good, but some just get too much praise.

My List of Most Overrated: (in no order)

Autumn in My Heart / A Tale of Autumn / Autumn Story / Endless Love - It was just dull, no? Lots of crying, lots of semi-incest, lots of people doing stupid things. Lots of me rolling my eyes and yelling at the screen.

Coffee Prince - Where do I begin? Everyone thinking she was a boy lasted about four episodes too long. Then, the rest of the series just sort of dragged on and got, what's the word. . . repetittive. Han Kyul and Eun Chan were very cute, but I remember getting very bored with the whole show around episode 12 or so. I watched out of habit, but, eh. . . it wasn't a "masterpiece", it was just a good show.

My Name is Kim Sam-Soon - I really didn't like this show, not even for a moment. I think my issue was that I simply did not care for the main female character. It's very odd, because this show could be a favorite - just without Sam-soon.

Iljimae - This one really didn't keep my interest. Loved the actors and the characters were good, but I felt it was a bit draggy, like it took took long to get to a point and once it got to the point, it dealt with that point too quickly.

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

GOONG!

MEDIOCRITY to the highest level!

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 10:50 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Boys Over Flowers: Poor acting by most of the main cast, especially Koo Hye Sun (Sorry, but her pronunciation & over acting got on my nerves). A lot of hype & not much substance. Korean F4 look better, but I think the Japanese HYD kicks this drama in the nuts.

Goong: Again, poor acting especially by YEH (I'm very glad she has improved) Started off fresh, light & comedic, but soon got draggy.

My Girl: Also had a pretty good start but soon got draggy. The transition from the comedic beginning to the super dramatic ending was not smooth.

Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:11 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I agree with you guys
Goong is overrated
But I don't think the acting was poor, I think the plot was not interesting
So the drama became very boring for me

Full House
I think it is a good drama, but not that great like everyone said
It was interesting in the begining. but in the middle everything was the same, nothing happened
it drive me crazy, i was wondering when it would end

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm actually a BIG fan of Goong but I have to agree that some parts of the KDrama bored me. Too much revenge! And come on, 24 episodes? That's too much. 15-16 episodes are enough.

Another over-rated KDrama is Kim Sam Soon. The lead character doesn't really work for me.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:17 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

1. Goong
2. Full House
3. Hana Yori Dango

waaay overated.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:19 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:41 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I have to agree with everyone who said My Girl. Really didn't get the hype, but having said that...
I think I should watch it again. There are a couple of dramas such as Hello Fox and Flowers for My Life that I did not like the first time. However, I recently watched them again and found them to be rather cute. Now that I have seen many more dramas and many, many, many bad dramas (Insoon is Pretty), I think I can appreciate them more. They will NOT go down as the best dramas of all time, but they make it off the trash list.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:01 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I must agree about

Full House (though it was my first k-drama and I liked it then)

And Boys Over Flowers (they changed some things I didn't like but it's still good)

And definitely Goong.

The manga is great, but the drama .... meh.{I think it's was soo overrated because the manga is good.} It was the second time I saw Yoon Eun Hye (hope I spelled that correctly) and from seeing Coffee Prince first I realised how good she was in acting and that she deserved that award. And that she's pretty!!!

I can't believe some people are saying My Girl. She was unexpectedly funny. The first time I thought it was ok, but the second time I was shocked at the funny stupid things she did. (like bumping her head against the wall whenshe jumped on the bed, and the many embarrassing moments and lies she was caught in.)

And I can't believe some say Hana Yori (though that's japanese, unless that person really meant BOF), after watching it a second time I thought it was even better. But everyone including me are entitled to their own opinion.

Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:06 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

1) Autumn tale: Yeah, lots of eye candy, but too much melodrama and the storyline itself was sour. It was kind of gross how Joon Suh and Eun Suh fell in love, since they were brought up together as siblings. The storyline tries to play it safe by making the characters know that they're not blood-related, but how can you still have romantic feelings for each other when they were mere kids. Kind of gave off the incestuous vibe...eww

2) What happened in Bali: Booorrrring. I didn't like any of the characters, so there was no reason why I forced myself to watch 6-8 eps of this overrated drama. Too slow, pathetic storyline, and unlikeable characters = waste of my time.

3) Boys Over Flowers: Love Minho, but the storyline had some noticeable flaws. Redundant music used at inappropriate times and some below average acting performances from the cast. It was a guilty pleasure to watch this drama, but not classic enough to be on my top 5 list. So overall, it wasn't too bad, but not that great either.

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 1:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'd have to say Goong too. I didn't watch it for Joo Ji Hoon or Yoon Eun Hye but Kim Jeong Hoon, he's just too pretty to pass up lol. Aside from that, Ji Hoon came off as too much of a jerk , Yoon Eun Hye too weepy and the royal family seemed to have a stick up their ***. I always get tired of a show where the male/female lead walk around like "woe is me" through the majority of the show.