So I watched three premieres this week of (what I thought was) this fairly uninteresting crop of dramas. Nothing jumps out at me, but if I had to choose, I’d pick Vincenzo over Sisyphus or Hello? It’s Me. There were many issues, episode length and too much slo-mo, to begin with. But the cast appears cray cray enough, show is not taking itself too seriously, and the Korean-accented Italian (with SJK sounding like he’s struggling to read off a teleprompter) is the source of many laughs already. I might check out the next episode of this, then. Maybe.
Totally agree with you. I didn’t know what this was about and was just enjoying SJK’s pretty face. But there were so many times I had to replay a scene from laughing so much.
And the music is spot on. The shower scene especially. I enjoyed the first episode with the introduction of all the tenants.
So let’s hope it stays as goofy with episode 2.
Yes yes yes, to the music!! It was definitely one of the better things about the episode!!! Thank goodness they didn’t break into Kpop-inspired BGM. What was in fact chosen was very appropriate indeed
Agree with all of this! I’ll also just add that the visuals as a whole in this show are amazing. The opening with the dream of the collapsing building, the scene with the vineyard going up in a conflagration as the car sped away, and really all of the scenes where SJK is up front and center are really nice to look at.
His Italian is not that bad, in fact. I think it’s better than his English. But he couldn’t pass as someone who’s lived all his adult life in Italy, his pronunciation isn’t bad at all, but he totally lacks intonation, specially considering how musical Italian is. And even so, as I said, it wasn’t that bad.
It was funny how the Italian sentences were softened so, so much when translated, that was even funnier.
I read that he didn’t know a word of Italian so he and his coach have done a really, really good job.
He got all the “cazzo” correctly 😂😂😂
I could tell his intonation was off, he kept saying every sentence in the same way- but it’s good to know he’s not that bad lol.
They softened a lot of the Korean in translation too- which for Netflix is a bit of a shocker… what with their 2019 habit of throwing the F word in subs when nobody was talking lmao
Considering the main translation for cazzo would be the F word, yes.
I only replayed a couple of sentences, but because the lines didn’t match the translation. Once I realized it was being really softened I didn’t (like I’m not mad and I’m hearing things and reading others).
I think he did a good job (and his coach, of course).
A little more hands talking would have been welcome. As I said before, Italian (as we Spanish) tend to gesticulate a lot and speak both with out mouth and our hands.
Besides the intonation, what also gave him away was how *slowly* he spoke. My recollection of Italian on the streets is that the words per minute is much higher than most others, and of course, it’s very animated – the use of hands as you say – like the Spanish. These were all giveaways. But good to know that he’s done a decent job otherwise!
pickleddragon
February 21, 2021 at 3:57 AM
So I watched three premieres this week of (what I thought was) this fairly uninteresting crop of dramas. Nothing jumps out at me, but if I had to choose, I’d pick Vincenzo over Sisyphus or Hello? It’s Me. There were many issues, episode length and too much slo-mo, to begin with. But the cast appears cray cray enough, show is not taking itself too seriously, and the Korean-accented Italian (with SJK sounding like he’s struggling to read off a teleprompter) is the source of many laughs already. I might check out the next episode of this, then. Maybe.
stpauligurl
February 21, 2021 at 5:07 AM
Totally agree with you. I didn’t know what this was about and was just enjoying SJK’s pretty face. But there were so many times I had to replay a scene from laughing so much.
And the music is spot on. The shower scene especially. I enjoyed the first episode with the introduction of all the tenants.
So let’s hope it stays as goofy with episode 2.
bbstl 🧹
February 21, 2021 at 8:20 AM
The music made me laugh so many times!
pickleddragon
February 21, 2021 at 10:18 AM
Yes yes yes, to the music!! It was definitely one of the better things about the episode!!! Thank goodness they didn’t break into Kpop-inspired BGM. What was in fact chosen was very appropriate indeed
Maq
February 21, 2021 at 8:53 PM
Agree with all of this! I’ll also just add that the visuals as a whole in this show are amazing. The opening with the dream of the collapsing building, the scene with the vineyard going up in a conflagration as the car sped away, and really all of the scenes where SJK is up front and center are really nice to look at.
Eazal
February 21, 2021 at 11:12 AM
His Italian is not that bad, in fact. I think it’s better than his English. But he couldn’t pass as someone who’s lived all his adult life in Italy, his pronunciation isn’t bad at all, but he totally lacks intonation, specially considering how musical Italian is. And even so, as I said, it wasn’t that bad.
It was funny how the Italian sentences were softened so, so much when translated, that was even funnier.
I read that he didn’t know a word of Italian so he and his coach have done a really, really good job.
He got all the “cazzo” correctly 😂😂😂
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 21, 2021 at 1:29 PM
I could tell his intonation was off, he kept saying every sentence in the same way- but it’s good to know he’s not that bad lol.
They softened a lot of the Korean in translation too- which for Netflix is a bit of a shocker… what with their 2019 habit of throwing the F word in subs when nobody was talking lmao
Eazal
February 21, 2021 at 1:37 PM
Considering the main translation for cazzo would be the F word, yes.
I only replayed a couple of sentences, but because the lines didn’t match the translation. Once I realized it was being really softened I didn’t (like I’m not mad and I’m hearing things and reading others).
I think he did a good job (and his coach, of course).
A little more hands talking would have been welcome. As I said before, Italian (as we Spanish) tend to gesticulate a lot and speak both with out mouth and our hands.
💜🍍☠ Sicarius The Queen of Melonia ☠🍍💜
February 21, 2021 at 2:09 PM
*snorts* So tame.
Ahhh yes the hands. I feel like that is the opposite of how Korean’s express themselves eh.
Maq
February 21, 2021 at 8:58 PM
Speaking of hand gestures, I was looking for these:
http://gph.is/1oUENWF
http://gph.is/1NtLhsy
https://gph.is/g/ZWm68zd
https://gph.is/g/aXpM1eD
pickleddragon
February 21, 2021 at 9:46 PM
Absolutely correct! This is so distinctively Italian, and it was certainly missed!!
pickleddragon
February 21, 2021 at 7:25 PM
Besides the intonation, what also gave him away was how *slowly* he spoke. My recollection of Italian on the streets is that the words per minute is much higher than most others, and of course, it’s very animated – the use of hands as you say – like the Spanish. These were all giveaways. But good to know that he’s done a decent job otherwise!
Maq
February 21, 2021 at 8:51 PM
I like it. It’s not amazing or anything, but it’s fun and wacky and SJK is lovely to look at. The side characters are all weird but funny.