K-pop idols lackluster on big screen

Idols' failure to shine on the silver screen is not only attributed to their poor acting skills. The changing landscape of the media industry is also playing a part, according to industry officials.

And maybe because we're still in the midst of an worldwide pandemic?

The general public has always been iffy about idols appearing in movies or dramas, only a handful truly manage to hit it big.

The problem is that even amongst groups that hit it really big, most idols groups’ promotions as a group tend to not last long. Idols know this, and the companies know this, so they get into acting to have a chance of extending their individual careers. It’s shitty but outside of mc’ing/variety shows/solo careers there’s not many options for idols once they stop promoting as a group. I’m not excusing idols beating out non-idols for acting roles bc of the influence and power their companies have but there’s not many other options either. Just shitty all around.

Well the criticism re: their acting really is warranted if you consider that some of these idols get lead roles even as rookies (Joy in particular got cast as lead role right away iirc). But it’s not like the industry has no bad actors (who aren’t idols)

also not familiar how other movies fare but isn’t the pandemic to blame for their lackluster ticket sales

I'm not even gonna hate on idol actors, because we have enough actors as is who can't act that well either. There are also the models turned actors and so on. People like to criticize idols more because they look down on the idol lifestyle, but it's not as if idols are the only ones who should be criticized or rather, should be criticized that harshly.

I have no problem with idols dipping their toes into acting because as someone already pointed out, they need a Plan B because an idol's shelf life is so short and a very few percentage gets to keep doing it if their debut wasnt amazing. My issue is when idols who are still very green get main lead roles that ruin the drama or movie watching experience for me. They need to learn from more experienced actors first and aim for smaller supporting roles, build experience, take acting classes. I think one exception will be the main cast of Reply 1997 who are mostly idols with limited acting experience, because the writing and directing are very strong in those shows and the actors actually auditioned to win the part.

I'm surprised Suzy has been able to successfully transition to acting, her acting is terrible IMO. i haven't watched, nor plan on watching Double Patty but the trailer was so cringe. Irene wearing her full cakey idol stage makeup while flipping burgers and pretending to be humble took me out😂😂

I need rowoon to stop picking flop dramas I can’t sit thru anyyyyy of his shit

Will be interesting to see how dawon acts next to boyoung

there is something really strange about this article. they clearly try to make a point about idols but mention real issue at the end (it almost comes out of nowhere because article itself focuses on just idols).
idk how author can pin it idols when mentioned movies are mostly indies and very low budget (idk all of them but some actually had big problems with finding distribution companies) so they can't go all out guns blazing with promo campaigns. of course box office data will be low. to blame idols for that is a lot of stretching and flexing.
also you know...could at least mention corona once because that's an overarching issue if you gonna talk about ticket sales in (2020-)2021 instead of movies with idols throughout the years and how it could affect movie industry.