Love at First Hate (2018)

Pure romantic comedy (but lacking subtlety) (︶︹︺)

PLOT: Due to the malice of a jealous rival (half sister, also an actress), FL, a star actress, has a scandal with a handsome doctor, ML. At first, ML and FL cordially hate each other [+ ML in conflict with FL's mother]. However, little by little, ML falls in love. To save FL's career, they decide to get married and live together, despite her mother, who is determined to do everything to prevent this marriage.

+++ Son Yuke Songpaisan = handsome ML.
+++ Rhythm, emotions

### FL = Mook Worranit Thawornwong, plays an excessively childish, idiotic, stubborn, naive FL [for a renowned actress???], ultra-submissive to her abusive mother, ... unbearable! Moreover, her acting lacks expression.
### Many of the actors are expressionless in this lakorn :(
### Ridiculous twists and turns (VERY big plot holes) and melodramatic.

=> Good lakorn (especially thanks to Son, the only convincing one)!!
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Je découvre avec bonheur le monde du lakorn ❤ et la culture thaï.

PLOT: A cause d'1 malveillance d'1 rivale jalouse (1/2 sœur, actrice aussi), la FL, actrice star, a un scandale avec 1 handsome docteur, le ML. Au 1e abord, ML & FL se détestent cordialement [+ ML en conflit avec FL's mother]. Cpdt, peu à peu, le ML tombe amoureux. Pr sauvegarder la carrière de la FL, ils décident de se marier et de vivre ensemble, malgré la mère, décidée à tout pr empêcher ce mariage.

+++ Son Yuke Songpaisan = handsome ML.
+++ Du rythme, des émotions

### FL = Mook Worranit Thawornwong, joue une FL excessivement puérile, idiote, têtue, naïve [pour une actrice renommée ??? ] , ultra soumise à sa mère abusive, ... insupportable ! De plus, son jeu manque d'expressions.
### Bcp d'acteurs sont inexpressifs dans ce lakorn :(
### Twists and turns ridicules (TRES grosses ficelles) et mélodramatiques.

=> Bon lakorn (surtt grâce à Son, le seul convaincant) !!

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I really enjoyed this Thai Drama, though I may be biased because the ML is so darn good looking ;-)
It was cute & fluffy and filled with adorable moments and great side characters that though we didn't get to dive deeply into them as characters, they were still somehow memorable and great support for the lead cast. (honestly, shows with super complicated side character plots kind of annoy me in Thai dramas anyway because they are rarely well done/interesting enough for me not to want to just skip through. Personal Opinion.)

I (opposite of others, it seems) actually was not that convinced by the acting of the main antagonist, the evil step sister, so her role and how important it was to the plot/story was probably one of the only issues I had with this show. It felt off to me.

One other minor "issue" I had with the show was in a scene we see people deceive the FL to "test her feelings" which really hurt her, enough to call a BFF and cry. I felt this whole scene was played off way too easily and the ML should have really had to pay for this mistake and rethink what he was doing/how he made her feel by doing that. I think her insta-forgiveness (literally) was unbelievable and ticked me off as a woman/viewer. That kind of emotional manipulation is not OK and it could have been handled better in the show.

BUT, other than the two minor issues above, this show is lovely and I would DEF re-watch! I LOVE the cast and I LOVE the REAL kisses and REALISTIC emotions from the ML & FL. Adorable.

OH & an FYI. I started to watch this show with Eng Subs on a random website, but noticed in the first few minutes that the subs seemed "off". I found the show on YouTube and the subs there were GREAT, so I definitely suggest watching on YouTube for the better subbing experience :)

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