Boys Over Flowers (2009)

old but still okay

i saw the Thai F4 first and I must say I like the Thai version alot more then this one. I may be because it's an old show or it just got annoying at a point and made me bored.

it's dragged out alot and felt abit hollow in the end, like you worker your self through so many episodes and the it's just meh in the end.

but I did still enjoy it, but it didnt capture my focus to binge it. it's more been a backgrounds show when I did other stuff.

the acting was alitke cringe attime, the female lead got me annoyed alot of the times, and was just too much

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First k-drama

Okay.. so i guess most of the watched this drama as their first k-drama.. this drama is reason i started watching k dramas. This drama released in 2009. So i guess for that time it was really nice drama. Its cast is superb.. but i really dont like ML and FML to be honest. I watched this drama again only because of ji hoo. He is my fav. And like other ppl i also wanted him to get a girl in the end. And 2nd thing i like most is their friendship. Specially yijung woo bin. Jun pyo is real bully and jan di even though she was courageous she was really stupid sometimes. And in whole series i guess she is just wearing two expressions. Either laughing stupidly or crying. She is female lead and also connecting part of all characters but her acting i really didn't like. This character and actor could have done much better. And after sometime time you will realize story is repeating. Like scene of jan di jun pyo the misunderstanding and ji hoo helping jan di and yijung and woo bin also try to resolve. And i really felt jan di really didn't like jun pyo from starting. She started liking him after he declared himself as her bf without asking her or considering her opinion or feeling and then started showing care and concern. its like guilty liking where girl feel when boys are doing so much for them and then start to like to them. I really like Story of yijung and ga eul is also cute i love the way their character shapes in the series. And felt sorry for jun pyo's fiancee. She was actually good.

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I know this is most people's first in drama world, so I understand why it has so many fans.
I'm afraid I don't share that love. In fact, I only started to more or less enjoy it for the last five episodes. I think one of its main faults is that it is too long.

I didn't like the plot. To me it's a bunch of stereotypes. I know that's what's intended somehow, but either way I didn't like it.

As for the cast, I was pleasantly surprised about Lee Min Ho. I'm not exactly a fan, but I think he did a great job as the spoiled chaebol and he proved he has a comedic side. I also liked Kim So Eun as the female lead's sidekick. The rest of the cast was just ok (I love Kim Bum, but he was nothing more than beautiful in here), I guess. I must admit that I don't particularly like Kim Hyun Joong, and I hated his character all along, unlike many BOF fans.

The soundtrack is definitely one of the series's strong points. I guess it remains a classic.

Lastly, I haven't seen Hana Yori Dango, so I can't compare, but I have the feeling that the Japanese series must be much better.

This one won't definitely remain as one of my favourite dramas and I seriously doubt that I rewatch it again, but you can enjoy some of it somehow if you don't take it too seriously.

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Don't mind the bad reviews give this a chance

This is not half as bad as most of make it out to be. Ofc there were some things that were unrealistic and things I didn't like, such as jihu never getting over jandi till the end even after having been rejected tons of times by her, the fact that the show focused a lot on jihu and jandi's relationship taking the focus out of the main couple at times. I feel there could have been more jandi and junpyo scenes although the ones there were, were good and they made up for it.

The love between the main couple is endearing, pure and unconditional and it will make you fall in love with their love.

The osts were good and I listen to them outside of the drama.

Overall this is a good, iconic, must watch show and I 100% rec it. It was entertaining until the end and that's what matters the most. I felt like it was worth my time.

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Comencé a ver esta serie para conocer los comienzos de Lee Min Ho, leí que había sido un exito en su momento y ahi él se hizo mas conocido, también leí que esta basado en manga shōjo japonés y me llamo mas la atención.
La verdad es una serie entretenida, poco profunda, con escenas que al verlas lo que provoca es apagar el TV, Seguí viéndola y reconozco que la historia se hace interesante y te engancha. Y ahi es donde hice la conexión que me permitió verla de una manera diferente. Ejemplo, al principio pensabe como es posible que en una escuela pasen esas cosa y nadie supervise o castigue, que mal, después pensaba, es posible que cuando ves o lees manga, no piensas en esas cosas, solo ves el dibujo y lees lo importante. Cuando entendí eso empece a disfrutarla mas, muchas escenas que las veia como dibujos, la ropa, los peinados, los contrastes, es evidente que hicieron ese esfuerzo para que la estética tuviera mucho que ver. Verlo de esa manera lo puedes disfrutar mucho.
Ahora, hubo algo que me molesto todo el tiempo y no pude lograr disfrutar la serie solo por eso. La actuación de Gu Hye Seon, me costaba sentir empatía por ella, sus muecas eran las mismas para todo. Muy mal ahi.
El otro pero los flashbacks, creo que se pasaron, si no hubieran exagerado, la serie seguro duraba 18 capítulos, jajajaja.
Por supuesto que no la voy a volver a ver, reconozco porque Lee Min Ho fue premiado en su actuación, muy bueno, claro ahora es mucho mejor.
Si la ven como si vieran manga, seguro la disfrutan mas.

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If you’ve never heard of “Boys over Flowers” before... you’re obviously a newbie because if you are a true die-hard Asian Drama fan, Boys over Flowers is a CLASSIC. Put it this way, it’s like the “BIG BANG/SNSD” of the Korean Drama world;)

Let’s Start. I actually found out about boys over Flowers due to my aunt who was watching it on her laptop and so I decided to join her in watching it ever since the first episode. Boys over flower is probably one of the most unique Koreans dramas I’ve ever watched, it has a newly type of plot that No one ever did before, and that’s great, since nowadays most drama plots are predictable and boring. But the plot was also extra confusing, the scene I hated the most was when *SCENE SPOILER ALERT* the school ganged up on the main character and threw eggs at her *sighs* and on top of that after they threw eggs at her I thunk they also put flower on top of her head, those scenes were so unessary.

And the F4 thing was hella funny AF, but I loved how this drama had so much plot twists and turning points of the story. I especially liked how they kept making the main character choose between two guys and making a complicated Love triangle.

What’s Negative?: Honestly the F4 was stupid but it was also what made the Drama poppin. I hated how the F4 was made up of Spoiled rich handsome arrogant guys that liked to play with girls hearts. I also hated the “School involvement thing” that was unessary, the whole school didn’t have to be involved for the story to stay entertaining it actually made the story more boring and sad.

Positive Outlooks: I think style of the story was really smooth, I liked how the writer created tension between Joon Pyo and Ji pyo and made them Love Rivals, I loved how the story showed flashbacks of How the F4 was made and why each of the guys are what they are now, the story also show the weaknesses of each character and using that weakness to create a better storyline

Side Couples: Is it just me or do the side characters in this drama are acually more interesting than the actual main characters, I love the relationship with Ga Eul and Yi Jung >~<. The whole time I was only fixed in the relationship between these two it was soooo cute <3 I lived how these two ended it was such a great ending.

Overall: 9.5/10 a great and classical drama. You should watch this first if you are a newbie:)

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simplemente la quieres por lo que es y ya está

No vamos a engañar a nadie, la historia no vale para nada la pena. Pero Boys Over Flowers es obligatoria para cualquier que se esté adentrando en el mundo de los dramas asiáticos y además es la primera historia de muchos de nosotros. Así que no es que no sepamos que es mala o no lo queramos ver. Somos conscientes de las actitudes nefastas de los personajes, de como nos meten un triángulo amoroso sin sentido, también sabemos que no deberíamos dejar nunca entrar en nuestra vida a un Gu Jun Pyo, pero la queremos.

Queremos a Boys Over Flowers y le perdonamos cualquier cosa. La hemos visto hace años y la hemos visto ahora, más deconstruidas e informadas, habiendo visto mil dramas mucho mejores. Pero ha sido el comienzo para muchos y por eso siempre tendrá un huequecito en nuestro corazón.

O la amas o la odias. No hay punto intermedio.

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I had to…

Because it’s LMH a d because everybody’s talking about it. I saw the Chinese version before “meteor garden” and wanted to see the original.
But I was sadly disappointed. The drama is old, full of cliches and badly produced. You can even see the crew sometimes when reflected in glasses or mirrors. I know it was one of the first dramas for “our” Lee Min Ho but this hairdo!! So tacky … and the second lead syndrome is the worst ever! He’s following Jan Di like a sad puppy without even taking any action. Sooooo frustrating.

I’ve got to give something positive though: it is a reference in kdrama because of the story, those famous cliches and the tension between the characters. It’s a good base for a kdrama beginner but I’ve been watching drama for quite a while now and I found this one too much…
Watch it for reference.

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Boys over flower was my first drama. I fell in love with this drama just by listening to its story. Yes it is a must watch story.
I was in love with Goo joon pyo's role. At first he was cold hearted but when he met jandi he became someone new. I loved his playing pranks on jandi and laughing like a child. I always supported him to get jandi in starting, some moments were heartbreaking, so I cried a lot. He give his full for his role.
The lead actress role was adorable. I loved the way jandi fight for everythingand never lose hope. She was always active so after watching her I also wanted to be active like her.
Jihoo's role was of a godfather, always comes to help jandi. I sometimes wanted that he should get someone good for him too. I really liked him and sometimes become sad for him too.
As a whole you will enjoy watching this.

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a pure waste of time

okay, so i watched this quite some time ago and i even finished it, even tho it was pretty bad. I did notreally like the female lead, she was just not a sympathic person! The same goes for the male lead. I know that Lee Min Ho is a pretty popular actor, but just don't like him. Especially not in this show bc the charcter he portrays is just a total jerk with barly any charcter development.
I really liked the second male lead, cuz he was just very very nice, but of course she did not end up with him, what was predictibale, but it still pissed me off, cuz i just hated the main lead....
The side couple was quite cute tho, so that's maybe one of the few good points of the drama.
I started watching the Chinese adaptation called Meteor Garden and so far i like it WAYYY more than Boys over Flowers. I also herad that the Japanese version is quite nice. Better go watch one of these versions.
So I really do not recommend watching the Korean version. Rewatch value is definitly 0 for me.

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