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BEST 2020 THAI LAKORN! <3
I just finished my first ever lakorn and I am not disappointed at all!I just saw its’ trailer on GMA (tv network here in PH because it will be aired here) and I felt like I wanted to try something new because I have been a long time fan of korean dramas.
I’ve also been seeing Mark Prin in my timeline because I’m also supporting So Wayree. I gave this drama a try not knowing I’ll be hooked in finishing it right away.
Mark Prin is a good actor. He’s very talented. Even his role in this drama has a good character development.
Mew Nittha is an amazing actress. I find her so good in both the emotional and funny scenes. She’s so natural and she has a thai beauty. No matter how simple her looks are in this drama, she’s beautiful in every angle.
I laughed so many times in this drama but my favorite part is their Myanmar scenes. It didn’t only show their true feelings for each other, it showed MYANMAR’s beauty and culture as well.
No wonder this drama receive a lot of recognitions!
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Bad script and story
The pacing of this show is really bad. Whole episodes go by without anything really happening.And when something does happen, often they're just going through the same problems over and over.
There are also 2 or 3 places in which the story and the behavior of the characters stopped making any sense. To the point near the end where a "surprise" felt so out of place that it felt insulting to the audience.
The neverending songs and flashbacks were mostly unnecessary.
Besides that, the acting of the main actors was good, as it usually is.
The quality of the sound recording and editing was often lacking, as it usually is.
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Editing is terrible but show is still good once you understand these few things
As someone who has never read the novel, watching this show was very confusing at times due to the terrible editing and cutting of some scenes & flashbacks. Truly, I've never seen a lakorn do this badly with editing. It's not bad all the time, but at critical moments like flashbacks, it was chopped up so much and put together so sloppily that I didn't know a lot of important information until I came to MDL to read people's comments. If the show had done better with this, it would've been a more enjoyable experience.With some tolerance and patience, I kept watching this show because I adored Mew and Mark's acting and chemistry. There were some events that happened early in the series that made me almost drop the show (due to how confusing it was and how sudden it was in showing Muey's character in a different light), but I trudged through and the payoff by the end was pretty good. What helped me accept that mini-arc and Muey's personality was that Thien truly didn't know her and we the audience was also learning who she really was like he was.
I'm glad Muey didn't let him off so easily in the latter half of the series. Also, I'm glad that our antagonist girl didn't get a terrible ending because she deserved so much better.
I didn't expect a mainstream lakorn show like this to have boys' love/girls' love, which was pretty cool. I'm glad that it was taken seriously and not brushed aside as some joke.
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You won't regret
I created account in here to write about this drama....This is amazing
First 2 episodes might bore you but that's what is base of the story
The actors are amazing
Until 12 episodes it is a comedy and romance
But last three episodes get heated up
You'll enjoy it.. entirely...trust me..I am very picky about dramas but I loved this enormously
Both leads are amazing...FL is initially naive and cute and finally she is sophisticated and matured. FL is dashing and very hot...he did the job amazingly...
It's has happy ending and you'll be satisfied.
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A Chaotic Ride I Somehow Couldn't Stop Watching
honestly, I wasn't even planning to watch My Husband in Law. After To the Moon and Back, which was recommended to me, I was having a really hard time starting a new drama. Nothing was clicking. I dropped a couple of dramas, tried a few from my PTW, and still couldn't find anything that grabbed me. So, with a little help from ChatGPT, I somehow landed here. It wasn't even on my PTW list. I read through the tags, gave it a try, and surprisingly, it hooked me from the very first scene. That chaotic wedding between Thien and Muey immediately made me curious about what kind of ride I had signed up for.The first three or four episodes were probably the strongest hook for me. Thien doesn't want to marry Muey because he has spent years thinking of her as his little sister, largely because of his mother's influence. But because of family pressure, he ends up marrying her, while also trying to escape his ex and her gangster husband. Meanwhile, Muey has loved Thien since she was a teenager and doesn't really ask for much. More than anything, she just wants to spend some happy moments with the man she has loved for years. She tolerates A LOT from him, even though he can be excessively rude to her. Surprisingly, I didn't mind it as much as I expected because there was something entertaining about watching this completely one-sided situation slowly change. Thien keeps insisting that Muey is like a sister to him, while his own behaviour constantly contradicts that idea. He gets jealous of Kob several times, even before admitting to himself that he has feelings for Muey. His brain simply refuses to connect the dots.
Then came the hacking arc, and this was where things became much more complicated for me. Suddenly, Muey becomes a genius hacker and breaks into Thien's company, despite the drama giving us almost no indication beforehand that she had these kinds of skills. It honestly felt like, "We need another conflict, so let's make Muey a hacker." I didn't hate the storyline itself as much as I disliked how abruptly it appeared. There was no proper foundation for it, so it felt completely disconnected from the character we had been watching. This was also the point where Muey started feeling a little creepy and stalker-ish to me. The whole situation made me uncomfortable, and then somehow the story moved forward without giving that arc the proper closure I expected. Instead, everyone starts blaming Thien for treating Muey badly and for not loving her simply because she loves him. I could understand why Muey was hurt, but I couldn't completely get behind the way the drama handled the situation.
Then we move into the Dawei arc, and I had another problem because the previous conflict didn't feel properly resolved before the next major storyline started. Muey goes back to pursuing Thien, repeatedly telling him that she will make him fall in love with her and doing everything possible to win him over. Eventually, she succeeds, but once she finally has what she wanted, she becomes insecure. Instead of communicating properly, both of them start making decisions for each other. Muey basically pushes Thien away, and later becomes angry that he disappeared from her life, even though she was the one who asked for a divorce. Thien, meanwhile, decides what is best for her without actually talking to her. This was probably my biggest frustration with their relationship. They both kept making decisions based on assumptions instead of simply talking to each other.
I have seen reviews where people complain that Muey changes her mind too much, especially when Thien finally wants to be with her and she doesn't immediately accept him. But I actually understand her hesitation. The problem is that Thien never properly tells her how he feels. He is arrogant, emotionally repressed and terrible at communicating his feelings. He wants Muey to understand him and follow his lead, but he doesn't actually give her the reassurance she needs. His teasing and indirect behaviour might have worked during the early marriage phase, but by the Myanmar phase, Muey is already completely convinced that he doesn't love her and never will. At that point, teasing isn't enough. She needs reassurance, and Thien doesn't give it to her. Then, after discovering everything Muey has done for him, he unilaterally decides that he needs to leave her without properly discussing it with her. So honestly, I completely understood why she struggled to accept him later.
The noble-idiocy and pregnancy phase was actually enjoyable for me in one particular way. FINALLY, Thien had to work for it. After spending so much time watching Muey chase him, it was satisfying to see the roles reverse. We finally get to see him chase after her, beg her, openly show affection and actually try to prove that he loves her. That was a huge change from the man we saw earlier. I could have done without the kidney drama, though. I understand what the writers were trying to accomplish by showing that Thien would risk everything for Muey and that his feelings had completely changed, but I think they could have found a better and more meaningful way to show that. Still, it worked emotionally to some degree.
Unfortunately, there is one storyline I simply cannot overlook. Honestly, I was able to tolerate a lot of uncomfortable and borderline unethical things because I understood that this was a melodramatic lakorn and adjusted my expectations accordingly. But once the drama shows Thien getting Muey drunk so that he can have sex with her and she cannot later use it as a reason to divorce him, I was done. That was not something I could excuse simply because the story eventually gave them a happy ending. I couldn't really like the drama in the same way after that, and I couldn't take their romance seriously anymore. For me, there are certain lines a story can cross where the later romantic payoff doesn't erase what happened before.
That said, the actors themselves gave some really good performances. The acting is actually pretty good all around for a lakorn, and Mark and Mew especially are a big reason I didn't drop the drama. They weren't given particularly likable characters to play, yet their charisma shines through and makes the drama much more tolerable. Mark is so handsome and adorable in a non-cold way, even when Thien is acting like an ass. Mew is incredibly lovable even though Muey's character can be over-the-top and extremely self-sacrificing in the name of love. I also think they have good chemistry and some great acting moments together. I just wish they had been given more genuinely cute and fluffy scenes as a couple, and I definitely wanted better kisses.
I could understand the basic concept of their relationship because Thien had been conditioned to see Muey as a younger sister figure, while Muey had loved him for years. But the transition from that dynamic into a believable romantic relationship wasn't always convincing to me. The biggest problem wasn't really Muey's feelings. It was their inability to communicate those feelings properly.
One thing I really appreciated was that almost every character had a strong role in the story. Thien's mother was probably my favourite. She was hilarious and constantly made me laugh. Even when the main storyline became frustrating, her scenes often brought some much-needed entertainment. The supporting characters also weren't simply standing around waiting for the leads to finish their story. They had their own motivations, conflicts and relationships.
The supporting romances, however, felt like wasted potential to me. Why introduce these storylines if you're not going to properly develop them? There was enough runtime to give some of these characters more meaningful romantic journeys instead of throwing in random developments. I really didn't understand why we needed to spend so much time on Ms. Accountant's new occupation or why we needed the reveal involving the real Chet. I would much rather have seen more of the actual romantic journeys of the supporting couples, or not had those storylines at all. Yada and Pondech especially seemed much more interesting to me. I wanted to know more about their backgrounds, how their relationship started and what brought them together, instead of repeatedly watching difficult and violent scenes.
The abusive relationship between Pondech and his wife was particularly disturbing. He treated her horribly, almost like a rag doll, and he was genuinely vile. His hatred toward Thien adds another layer because Thien had previously slept with his wife without knowing she was married, and Pondech becomes determined to destroy him. He even comes close to ending Thien's life. The storyline was intense, but I still think the drama could have used its runtime much better.
One thing this drama definitely taught me is what to expect from a lakorn. This is only my third Thai lakorn, so I'm still figuring out the genre. I quickly learned that you can have a contract marriage, childhood unrequited love, gangster ex-husbands, company drama, international construction projects, hacking, pregnancy, kidney drama, murder attempts and several completely random plot developments all in the same story. And somehow, you're just expected to go along with it. Normally, I would probably be much more annoyed by that, but My Husband in Law was entertaining enough that I kept watching anyway.
I also really liked the cinematography. The Myanmar locations were beautiful, and the construction arc gave the drama a refreshing visual change from the usual office and domestic settings. The drama generally looked good, and the different locations helped keep the long runtime from feeling visually repetitive.
One thing I really loved about the drama was the poetry. There were quite a few poetic lines and expressions that caught my attention, and I honestly wished the translations had preserved more of that poetic feeling instead of giving us such direct, literal translations. I would have loved to understand those lines in a more poetic way, because I think a lot of the emotion and beauty gets lost when poetry is translated too literally.
This was definitely not a perfect drama for me. I had A LOT of problems with the writing, especially the lack of communication, abrupt plot developments, questionable decisions, the hacking storyline, the wasted potential in some of the supporting romances, and most importantly, the non-consensual sex scene. And yet, I still binge-watched it. I watched the first 11 episodes almost in one sitting. For a C-drama watcher, even 1.5-hour episodes are long, and sometimes even a one-hour K-drama can feel long to me. Yet somehow, My Husband in Law kept me entertained enough to continue.
The early marriage and Myanmar construction phases were easily my favourite parts. They had the perfect combination of romance, comedy, family dynamics and ridiculous situations. The Myanmar arc in particular had so many laugh-out-loud moments, and watching Muey use every cringe-worthy method possible to flirt with Thien was genuinely fun. Thien's reactions were priceless, especially because he was clearly affected by her even while refusing to admit it.
The later parts became much more draggy, and once the leads finally got together, the story lost some of the fun that originally kept me hooked. So despite all my complaints, I can't say I regret watching it. It was chaotic, frustrating, entertaining, sometimes uncomfortable and occasionally completely ridiculous. Maybe that's exactly what I needed after struggling to find my next drama after To the Moon and Back.
As my third lakorn, it definitely gave me a better idea of what I can expect from the genre. I'm still not sure My Husband in Law completely worked for me as a romance, especially because of some choices I simply couldn't overlook, but it certainly kept me watching. It was a messy, over-the-top and sometimes problematic ride that I somehow had far too much fun binge-watching.
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Great Chemistry and story line
Should you? Would you? Could you?You should watch this one (YES! )
You would recommend this to others. (YES!)
You could watch this again. (In Parts!)
Ending: Happy
I liked it a lot. It’s got the right emotional roller coaster that we want from a serial. The hate, the love, the mystery, the stress are all balanced well. The chemistry between the lead is amazing. They are 2 very fine actors. The only negative for me was the abrupt ending of many scenes. The editing could have been better. There are some episodes that start without any connect to the ending of the last one and that baffled me. The female lead’s character also showed shades of ridiculous at times which is in contrast to her “hidden talent” ( don’t want to reveal any spoilers). But all in all a good drama to watch. I loved the way she disguises her intelligence under the guise of foolishness but reveals it during the need of the hour. What a beautiful refreshing end to the negative female lead character. Her transformation of self-realization is so beautifully portrayed.
The only negative for me is the last 3 episodes which take a sudden dramatic turn which could have been avoided. But all in all, it’s a very enjoyable series.
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Not to my taste
Watched this since there's a lot of good reviews and of course for Mark. The story doesn't seem that bad at first but later on the plot is a bit weird but it's typical for lakorn. Love the chemistry of Mark and Mew. They seem very natural and that's the only good thing about this lakorn.ML is very harsh toward his wife and most of the time he is a bit of a trash. FL is a bratty person probably because of how her mother in law always spoilt her. She always did as she pleased and ML would end up cleaning her mess. The most annoying part is that Mrs. Sajee never trust her son. I understand that her son is a trash but she prefers to pamper her daughter in law more and always blame ML over everything without even bother to investigate. The fact that she always meddle in their wedding life is also weird since no matter how you love your son (daughter in law for her case), you should never meddle in your child's marriage problem.
In the first few episodes, I pitied FL since she kept on chasing after her husband who is always harsh and directly show his disinterest toward her. It's became too much until it seemed like she disregard her dignity especially when she kept on telling everyone how she wants to sleep with him and kept on throwing herself on him. Her character also became too unbearable. Was hoping she could be slightly matured by the end of the lakorn and she still acted like a child when she was pregnant. I guess she became better once they had a twin? ML is also an @ss especially when he made her drunk so that he could sleep with her and stop her from filling a divorce. At first he is a typical annoying ML but toward the end he became slightly better since he finally acknowledged his love toward FL. It's funny how FL and Mrs. Sajee kept on pushing ML to accept the wedding but they wanted ML to stay away from FL when the ML finally want FL.
The funnies part in this lakorn is that ML's family look more like a mafia than the mafia guy. They also easily subdue the mafia LOL. Suddenly FL and her sister in law became hackers? LOL There's also BL and GL ship but only the GL has happy ending. Although Yada was supposed to be the villain, she showed the best character development and she deserve some acknowledgement. Some part toward the end of this lakorn remind me of Sawan Biang especially the running away to a village when FL knew about her pregnancy and ML will chase after her and do his best to win her back. Very typical lakorn setting and turned out Anne from Sawang Biang is the producer of this lakorn.
All in all, do watch if you like the typical lakorn with this kind of setting but I don't think this lakorn has a high rewatch value...well at least for me
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Best meaning of Love
Best and one and only besttt drama in my life..i love every character specially MOEI and THIEN I have watched it 10 times..still can't move on.All should watch it..it takes us to the true world of love..Moei's deep love just touched my heart..i love its all songs..i love its ending..u will never bore..it is a romcom drama..I love it veryyyyyy much.After watching it,Moei is my idol.how dedicated moei is!..i love her everything
Then Thien is also awesome ..i love her teasing..... his realization was so heart touching
I love its ending
I love mark mew
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Addicting and so interesting!!
After watching so many cdrama and kdrama, I tried my first thai drama and that worth it. Even the first chapter is so interesting. Whoever loves romantic comedy will love it. It took me somedays to get over them.In the beginning I thought Muey is an idiot who loves Thein one sided for all these years and bears everything then i find out that she is actually very smart and multi talented that makes me very into this series. In the beginning Thein treated Muey for granted but towards the end he repented and loves her thousand times more. I dont want to share more of the story and be a spoiler.
Their chemistry is really something. It is all epic from he dont like her to fall in love with her wholeheartedly. In those last chapters i longed for more episodes mainly because of their chemistry. Their chemistry is out of the world. I though shipped them unknowingly that they already have respective partners, that much chemistry they held in this series.
Their acting! I cant believe that they were acting. Thein played by Mark Prin, his acting is outstanding. I watched 'My forever sunshine' played by him and astonished by the chemistry.
I didn't like their flashbacks that comes sometimes. Even though there are two morr side love stories, most of times i skipped them.
Overall it is an awesome series, because of only this i watched another one too, that of course Mark Prin's . I love to watch thr interviews too.
So why are you waiting? Just go and watch.
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This review may contain spoilers. This lakorn is beautiful
Guys, this lakorn is superb! I liked it from the start. I didn't skip anything. Mark Prin was great. I don't think there will be better chemistry for him with anyone else. I loved Mew. Moei is so different from the other female leads. She is strong, smart and so cute. The first few episodes were really fun. Thien was annoying, I would have slapped him. But, when the scenario changes the story becomes more intense and everything slowly comes out. When she is running away for the first time and he reaches her and before opening the car door( OMG! he was so charming and handsome, man! XD) he says: "I'll make you come back to where you were. I'll make you stay using reinforced concrete ... so that you wan ' t leave me again. Not in this life. Not in the next life " he totally captured me and I wish she had listened to those words too.. And the trip to the Temple? and the vows? those scenes made me dream. When Moei really went away later I got mad! I mean, now that he had clarified his feelings ...Some episode later, when things were finally looking good, everything happened, in a negative way. Was all that pain necessary? I wonder. It was nice to find out that Moei was Thien's first love (he had kept an eye on her first, even though he didn't know it was her XD. I wonder why at that time he didn't check the number of freshman of his Mentee, it would have been easier). In the end, Thien makes a heartfelt gesture and saves Moei's life and this is an act of love that will unite them forever. This Lakorn gave me so much love, but also suffering and pain (in a good way). I will definitely watch it again. 10/10
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Stiff female lead. Script isn't good.
In the story, the female lead pursues the male lead. One of her chasing trick is sending her own composition of flirting poems to him as a secret admirer. Those poems were embarrassing both for the awkward meaning and unsmooth rhyme. The writer tries hard to forcefully put the right sound into the rhyme position of the poem but fails to select the right word for the meaning. As the result, those poems carry weird meanings with forceful sounds. If you know the rhyming rules of Thai poetry, you'd know the poems in this story are lame and a shame.I don't like this drama after finish watching it, so I'm not really interested in talking/writing about it in detail, but I kind of feel obligated to give proper reasons on some negative points since I mentioned those points as a comparison on another drama's review (also Thai drama). So in conclusion about the poems, they are cringey and badly composed - broken on both the meanings and aesthetic. In the story, the female lead is supposed to be a genius, these poems exist just to downgrade that claim.
Apart from the poems, the dialogue is super cringey. No one would talk like the female lead in real life and get the male lead as the result. In reality, this kind of dialogue would make the speaker embarrassed and make those who hear it secondhand embarrassed as well.
I can see the actress playing the female lead really tries her best in acting. She says all those lame dialogues with all her heart. She acts with courage and hopes to make the best out of it. But nonetheless, her acting is still amateur and too stiff. If you understand Thai, you would know the way she talks is very unnatural. It's reciting. She put too much effort in every word so the words she says have come out intentional, robotic and stiffen her own overall acting.
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The drama starts out a bit slow and had me disliking the ML (keep on watching he matures). As the show progressed, the ML/FL got more interesting as they mature. In fact, the ML/FL were the only reason I continued to watch. The drama could have been better if they had better storlines for the rest of the cast. Yada 's story was interesting and they could have done something with it but they mainly toed the line. The side romances (Chett/Nut, Kang/Kawfang ) storylines felt contrived and did not add to the drama thus having no good reason to exist. I wish they had done a storyline with Thien's brother and sister-in law. They were very cute. And they should have a found a girl for Kob. One waiting in the wings for him to notice her romantically. It could have been awesome.
Acting - It was typical of a Thai drama but a bit better.
Music - Was good
Rewatch Value - I rewatched Muey and Thien's parts while the drama was in progress but have no current interest in rewatching after completing the drama.
Overall - I would recommend this drama if you are looking for a light watch and are used to Thai dramas. I loved watching the ML and FL interact and liked how they grew. Their family and friends were wonderful. I wish I could export them (family and friends) to other dramas , especially kdramas involving family.
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