Boys Over Flowers (2009)

This drama is based on the situation of late 90s between the rich and the poor .A system where all the wealthy people can get all the better facilities.
Jan Di belonging to poor family fell in love with Goo Joon Pyo (heir of Shinhwa group). His mother tried to create many misunderstanding and stop them but she fails. Their love remain the same.(So call True love)
The most sadest part for me was for Ji Hoo. He also like Jan Di but for friendship he gave up his feeling .He is great and supportive.

Music-All the music in this drama is good but for me I would say the violin music (Ji hoo theme ) because it makes me feel the sadness and loneliness felt by Ji Hoo.

Acting of all the actor/actress are very good and adorable.Their coordination and timing is very perfect.

It could have been more better if they had shown that Ji Hoo had found his girl which understand him very well.

Watching it after so many years again I realized how the time has passed away . All the actor have aged so as we ..

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Most popular coming-of-age kdrama of all time!

Boys over Flowers is the first kdrama I ever watched. I remembered period of my life when I watched it - in July 2011, I had just resigned from job to pursue a master's degree overseas. This series was playing on tv when I returned home early from the last week of my work. I was intrigued so I watched the series in whole. It has been 13 years since I watched this series so I'm writing based on what I remember and compilation video from Asian Crush (no time and desire to rewatch this series).

What I liked:
1. Ji Hoon - I always prefer Ji Hoo to Joon Pyo. He's quiet, mature and kind. The happily ever after guy not the happy for now type of guy (that's Joon Pyo).
2. Romance - I actually like the relationship between Yi Jung and Ga Eul because it was natural and sincere. Ki Bum was so endearing.
3. Sass - Not a fan of her character but Jan Di had sass to fight against Joon Pyo and her school bullies.

What I disliked:
1. Too much drama - too much for me to handle, be it from school bullying to Joon Pyo's family saga. His mother was really overbearing.
2. Joon Pyo's hairstyle - who could ever forget?
3. Class inequality - This drama really emphasised the big gap between rich and poor. Snobbery. I hate that Joon Pyo was condescending towards Jan Di at the start.

Favourite scene
When Ji Hoo kissed Yi Jung. What a tease!

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Beautiful drama with good lesson to our lifes

In the beginning, I couldn't enjoy this drama very much, because of excessive bullying etc, but, after some episodes, the story and the characters started being interesting, and more and more, enjoyable. The inside and deep feelings of the boys, that are rich but meanwhile have many problems in your family and life, make us understand that humans are humans, don't matter what do you do or which family you came from, we are no different. We need to be lovely with everyone and understand the pain of our friends and stop judging people by appearance. After all, i found that this drama is beautiful and have a good lesson to us, to take it to our life. I recommend for everyone.

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A BLAST TO THE PAST

First of all i would like to say i don't conduct bullying of any sorts especially to doing that to someone who u claim to like perhaps if this drama premiered today it will get canceled and i would have been commenting negative words on every post but it did not so in that note despite all the things I've said nobody can deny the chokehold this drama had on us my first ever k drama and it was epic it took me on a Rollercoaster of emotions that i still feel to this day at the time of watching this i didnt understand the bullying aspect now that i am older i can understand i am physically repulsed by the idea but still can't deny i absolutely love this drama it's like a toxic ex u can't get enough of is it disgusting in the plot aspect yes but am i also gonna rebinge it every 1 or 2 years also yes whats a girl to do

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O Conto Moderno de Cinderela em um Universo de Luxo

Boys Over Flowers é um dos dramas mais icônicos da Coreia do Sul, inspirado no popular mangá japonês Hana Yori Dango. A história gira em torno de Geum Jan-di, uma jovem humilde que, ao conseguir uma bolsa de estudos em uma escola de elite, se vê no meio da vida glamourosa e tumultuada dos ricos. Lá, ela cruza o caminho do F4, um grupo de quatro rapazes ricos e poderosos, especialmente Goo Jun-pyo, o líder arrogante que lentamente se apaixona por ela.

Este drama encantou o público ao misturar romance, drama escolar e os obstáculos de classes sociais. O desenvolvimento dos personagens, especialmente a evolução do relacionamento de Jan-di e Jun-pyo, cativa pela forma como o amor transforma personalidades. Com cenários luxuosos, figurinos deslumbrantes e uma trilha sonora memorável, Boys Over Flowers se tornou um marco na história dos doramas.

Para os fãs de histórias de amor épicas, este drama oferece o conto clássico da garota comum conquistando o coração do "príncipe" em um mundo cheio de desafios e opulência.

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You cannot be a true K-drama lover if you haven't watched this show. It may have been made in 2009 but it is by far the best drama I have ever watched. By the first episode all your doubts about the show will disappear. I would suggest watching the Chinese remake of the show Meteor Garden before you watch the show because it makes it even more interesting to watch. The soundtrack just brings the story together. This show can only be described with one word. Roller coaster. It's like your on a journey with the characters. When one cries you feel the urge to cry, when one laughs you laugh. This show really teaches you to stand up for the one you love and to never let anyone stop you from doing what you want to do. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

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Teenaged Rom-Com

BOYS OVER FLOWERS (2009) is a now classic (and iconic) teenaged romantic comedy / Kdrama.

It is my personal opinion that this drama was one of the drama's that caused Kdramas to become so popular and more mainstream in the West. This drama is one of the few that started the craze.

While I appreciate it now, there are a few times I found things to be cringy or controversial. Nevertheless, "Boys Over Flowers" is a near iconic rom com in the realm of dramaland.

"Geum Jan Di gets a scholarship to the elite Shin Hwa High School. She is picked on by Gu Jun Pyo, one of the richest and most popular students, but soon Jun Pyo finds himself attracted to her."

Overall, this was one of the earliest Kdramas I've watched. It will always be somewhat special to me.

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Iconic Drama

This drama is one of biggest hit, story wise is not really good but if you're a avid consumer of korean culture it's a must-watch (even just to get the reference). F4 is such a iconic meme, you will always see someone mention it.
Acting wise is so so, ML and FL dont have chemistry at all. The ending barely makes sense (what the hell happened with mom bad btch? Just give up like that?Since when she wants to be a doctor?).
Now, on serious note bullying is one big problem on Korea (in the whole world really) and having a drama being nonchalant about it is icky to me. You cant go around saying that bullies can change once they fall in love and deserve a happy ending too, bullies should be punished to the extension of law.

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To begin with the story is very good, really, there are a lot of things I liked and others I didn't like. But unfortunately some characters are very dumb, which is a counterpoint to others that are quite emblematic. I don't even like to mention the main one that gave me the creeps, not because of the acting but because of the personality of the character that seems like a child. As they put it on the youtube video, there is a lot wrong with this drama and it's not just the most violent and psychologically unstable parts. Clearly this drama will be on the list of those I would never watch in my life.

I know that a lot of people were introduced to the world of dramas because of this, and that the vast majority watched it years ago, but for me who watched it for the first time now it was a huge crap. The ost is quite weak compared to others from the same year.

I confess that I only watched until the end because I wanted to know who the soul mate was and what she would lose, according to what that psychic said.

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Jun-pyo was so toxic regardless of him changing.

Jun-pyo's character was like any of the F4 stories, the leader of F4. And the bully of the whole school. Leading him to do whatever he wants. At first, I LOVED the drama. Like I couldn't get enough of it. But now, it's like "meh." I've never realized how toxic Jun-pyo was. Even with Jan-di in his life at first. Remember that episode where Jun-pyo grabbed Jan-di by the collar because he was pissed about her photoshoot with a guy? Yeah. There was NO REASON for Jun-pyo to do that. Sure, you could say that Jun-pyo never had a girlfriend so he didn't know how to act. But he had a whole damn sister yet was never hands on hands with her. Or any girl in the school other than Jan-di. Personally I think Meteor Garden is better than this show.
Also, Remember when Jan-di supposedly slept with a guy? Jun-pyo couldn't care less if the students did shit to her. Knowing that they would.
Toxic relationships in K-dramas are normalize or even were. Even if Jun-pyo changed and came back for Jan-di doesn't mean he's a good person overall. Also. Don't even get me started with Yijang and Woobin. I love Woobin but like come on, Jun-pyo in the first few episodes gave Jan-di the F4 card. Leading her to get emotionally tortured by the students. Anybody could tell that a Boy bullying a Girl is wrong. Ji-hoo was the only one that somewhat helped Jan-di? Y'know how the guys tried to r@pe her? Or at least I think. Anyways, Ji-hoo came and told those mf's to get lost. Is Jun-pyo stupid? Jun-pyo is literally telling a bunch of guys to go and torture a teenager. A girl at that.
Honestly, the only thing I really liked in this show was the damn music. The intro and outro music, the acting was okay for a 2009 show but Jun-pyo's character could've been better. Also. Before I end this review, I wanna say that Jan-di's character got somewhat weak overtime. She was strong and brave when it came to F4, but later on she became more stupid and soft. I've re watched this show probably over 3 times, but I suggest you re watch it if you wanna understand the background relationships like Eun, Yijang, Woobin, JI-hoo, Jan-di's family and more. The main couple is cute looks wise but relation wise? Not much.

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Yes, there was a story to be told and once again, the story goes back and forth in continual tragedies and women. These writings about the mothers... mean just mean... Well, at least the writer kept the loyalty between the two main leads except he kept separating them with two interferences (you have to watch to see what I mean). It sounds like I didn't like this KDrama but happy to say that I did like it (not loved it) but liked it. I love watching Lee Min Ho and now I like to see more of Kim Hyun Joong. The rest of the cast did okay, I'll give them their respect. It seems there were two Happy endings... like the story was going to end but didn't and it ended again... just please watch it!

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