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A good show that could have been amazing
I didn't expect to love this show as much as I did. For the first 10 episodes I was HOOKED. I couldn't wait for the new episode each week, it became MY show. The one where I would sit down and never get distracted because of how invested I was.I loved seeing the relationship between Mhok and Day grow how each of them were able to help each other, how Mhok was able to get Day to come out of his shell and how both of them were able to realize that life really is beautiful and worth living.
Then episode 11 happened.
Listen, as much as I love this show, I couldn't even finish episode 12. I was already disappointed with whatever the heck episode 11 was, and then there was a time jump. I rarely like a time jump, but I thought, maybe I'll just stick it out and see if episode 12 can kind of redeem itself. While there were some cute moments, Mhok flirting up a storm and Phojai and Night getting ready to marry each other, but I had already seen a couple of spoilers and I was just getting a bad feeling, so I fully spoiled myself. And honestly, based off the spoilers I did see, I'm pretty okay with not finishing the episode. I still feel like I got a full story and I don't feel like I'm missing anything.
If anyone is reading this and thinking about watching, my suggestion would be to watch till episode 10 and then call it good. I promise you're not missing much.
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Best BL of All Time
Don't say no more, it belongs to the greatest BLs of all time in the history of BLs. It's not often GMMTV produces a BL that is genuinely great, let's be honest. The story concept really fits JimmySea's image.The OST? Spot on! Though, i thought Joong was the one who sang it haha they have the same singing voice. The minor characters are great. There were just some sloppy writings towards the end.
An unwanted opinion, the script almost felt like they were antagonizing Mhok by always baby-ing Day. I felt like they didn't delve enough on Mhok's side. Just my cents.
Overall, one of the best out there.
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"Last Twilight": A Luminous Finale to a Tale of Love, Growth, and Cultural Splendor.
As the final credits roll on "Last Twilight," I find myself reflecting on a story that was as stunning in its narrative as it was in its presentation. Each character's journey was a testament to growth and resilience. Night's learning curve through her brother's mishap, Porjai's renewed trust after betrayal, and Day and Mhok's painful yet growth-inducing breakup were masterfully showcased, culminating in a culturally rich and respectful marriage ceremony that was nothing short of beautiful.The chemistry between Jimmy and Sea, who brought Mhok and Day to life, was palpable. Their performances were not just acting; they were the pure embodiment of their characters' souls, bringing a raw emotional depth that resonated with authenticity. The mature handling of their relationship, characterized by open communication and emotional intelligence, was a refreshing departure from the often dramatic and concealed nature of television romances.
Night and Porjai's narrative was a masterpiece in subtlety, proving that sometimes less is more. Porjai's portrayal was stunning, and Mark's versatility shone through, demanding greater recognition.
However, the series wasn't without its minor flaws. Day's portrayal of blindness sometimes missed a beat in logical consistency, leaving room for a more nuanced depiction that could have lent greater agency and realism to his character.
In its entirety, "Last Twilight" was a celebration of television's potential to craft stories that resonate deeply with its viewers. Its end marks the culmination of a journey that has been as much ours as it was the characters'.
To the cast, especially Jimmy Sea, Mark & Phojai, to the director, the crew, and every single hand that contributed to this series, your work has left an indelible mark. Thank you for this journey, and may your future endeavors be just as impactful and cherished.
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A relationship goes both ways
mhok was taking care of day as well as he could and did a great job at it, while he did slip up in the last eps, day had done worse stuff throughout the series to his family. i would have loved it if instead of mhok thanking day for breaking up with him they would had a talk about his feeling instead. That thing made me feel like mhok was giving day more than day was willing to give him, made me kinda sad.The music was overall good, with the ost sounding good enough to be listened to spotify.
I LOVE the actor who played mhok and the character itself. He was a baddie (criminal) who was trying get back on his own feet. He did whatever he could to make his life better and take care of day, at the end of the day he even found love and what he wanted to do as a career.
Now. the actor who played day did a great job at acting blind it felt believable unlike some other series where blindness is exaggerated.
The series overall treated the character of day as a normal person who was now blind beacuse of an accident, which i loved.
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BL addressing captivingly a difficult topic, very memorable moments but wish for different ending
This drama revolves around the relationship of Day who faces partial blindness and Mhok who is hired as his caregiver. This BL has a very interesting plotline which addresses in a gripping way the topic of disabilities. The subject is discussed in the series through several angles: the perspective of the person having the disability, the perspective of his entourage, the way the world see him and how he perceives the world...I liked a lot some of the parallelisms done in the story, in particular thanks to a very special book featured in the drama.The story is not without flaws but those are minors comparing to the overall quality and excitment the show provides. The pacing could have been a bit better as well as the treatment of some of the secondary characters. There was also a certain predictability to the overall scenario. I was expecting some scenes, it lacked a bit of surprises but was still very well done. I regret a bit a specific scenaristic choice made for the ending. I was expecting the series to take that road but still hoped the series would have gone into another direction as I think it could have been even more meaningful in that way.
The casting was generally good. Mark Pakin has a support role and is excellent (as usual) in it. I personally think that the overall series would have been less good without him to carry a storyline that could have felt flat and one note with a less talented actor. It is my first time watching the Jimmy X Sea pairing and they were very good together...Their chemistry was very convincing, it is not about lust but rather about love and care in each other...It was truly pure and enjoyable.
The OST was quite standard with one nice romantic song but I was bothered by some of the background music, the melodramatic music was sometimes overused and overwhelming..It was supposed to amps up the drama but it lacked subtlety and was a bit too much for my taste. In terms of production, there are some really memorable scenes with some good filmmaking and directing choice. The production value is quite in line with most of similar production but it is the way some scenes were filmed and some of the direction choices regarding for example the disability of the main character that are making the difference and elavating the series.
I would recommend this to people looking for a BL story quite deep and which is very healing while approaching a difficult topic. Its treatment of disability feels relatable and real. The acting was solid and despite some minor flaws in the writing and questionable scenaristic choice in the ending, it is very worth the time as it will leave on the viewer a lasting and resounding impression.
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It's 2024, Disability Is Not A Sad Ending
It took me a while to want to revisit this show and how badly the ending fumbled the legacy of the show in my eyes, but I wanted to update my profile so here we are. Anyway. It's been 3 weeks since the finale and I'm sure everything that needed to be said has already been said. As the title shows, I'm on the side of very bad ending. I was seated for every single episode of this show, it had amazing acting from JimmySea and MarkNamtan, the cinematography was breathtaking, the literary parallels were beautiful, the osts were magical. This show had everything to make up a good show and for the first 10 episodes it was! The character development was character development-ing, the plot was plotting, and the messages were giving! But they had to ruin it by making MhokDay break up and immediately time jumping with no resolution to their fight and then giving Day his eyesight back. I'll start with the breakup: I understand that MhokDay were heavy codependent and needed to break up and mature away from each other, I get that. But that only works if the blindness was a permanent thing, which SURPRISE TO LITERALLY EVERYONE IT WASN'T???? I don't know, I'm so tired I don't wanna get into it about how disability isn't a curse of misery and disabled people deserved to be happy and we are all too old to be making stories that use disability as a plot device rather than having it be something that fleshes out a character and informs their decisions and isn't viewed with pity idk. I'm sure this review makes no sense so long story short, loved the show, ending soured my love for it, if anyone wants to watch it, just stop at episode 9 or 10.Was this review helpful to you?
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Overall well- made but not without issues
I personally am of the opinion that Day shouldn’t have regained his eyesight bc, as some people have already pointed out, it not only doesn’t add anything to the story but actively takes away from it.I was actually positively surprised when Day didn’t regain his sight when he received the first eye donation. It brought more weight and depth to the story bc before the surgery, even when he slowly started to get used to the situation with Morks help, Day still lived with the hope that one day he will become “normal” and will be able to see again.
The fact that the surgery didn’t work was an important story point and a huge milestone for Day’s character development. After that, Day needed to come to terms with the fact that his blindness will (most likely) remain permanent and that forced him to let go of the hope of regaining his previous way of living and forced him to accept a new one.
An end of something is simultaneously a beginning of something else and the story made a wonderful example of it. After the unsuccessful surgery Day slowly started actively dealing with the situation and ultimately embracing his new way of living. He started seeing himself as part of the society, albeit a bit different from most people, and he still wanted to participate in life as actively as other people do. This was a huge deal for his character development and he managed to do all that by the end of the series so why was it necessary for him to regain his sight? It wasn’t. It didn’t bring anything new to the table and actively undermined the message of the story, which I find quite sad tbh.
When it comes to the romance, I liked it overall but I wish they gave the characters a bit more time before Mork confessed. The whole relationship build-up felt a bit awkward bc at first it seemed like the both of them started to slowly like each other around the same time (kind of). We see Mork starting to become more aware of Day and the same could be said about Day ( the “goodnight” moment etc) but the show suddenly decided to blindside it’s audience with Days confession towards August. Still, till then I was still on board with it, even after Day told Mork that the latter wasn’t his type, but then they got together pretty quickly after that and it felt slightly off. The show should’ve given them about one or two more episodes to develop Days feelings more before he accepted Morks confession.
The break up felt quite forced too. It makes sense that Rungs death would weight heavily on Mork but if that was supposed to be a big deal and part of the break- up reason the story should’ve incorporated the plot point way sooner and not quite so randomly. The worst part of it all is that we don’t even get to see Mork getting to terms with the situation.
There is a 3 year time skip and suddenly we are supposed to believe that he has dealt with it now and therefore is super happy and heathy and ready for a new start. It doesn’t work like that though.
These issues need to be explained and dealt with properly - by actively showing the audience how a character gets over it. You can’t just invoke a time skip and announce that everything is in the past. It’s called “Show, don’t tell” and not the other way around for a reason. Overall the last two episodes were ridiculous but the rest was good and the topic was unique and important so I’m giving it a high rating.
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BEST BL OF 2023 ISTG!!!
Before Last Twilight even aired, I ALREADY knew it was gonna be a masterpiece!!! I like other fans, had to wait for MONTHS for LW and let me tell you so far it has not dissapointed me!!! Its already over half way done and every episode is just bussin xD! Like i dont really know what else to say i just wanted to write a review to support this show and let it be more well known because its REALLY GOOD YALL :3. This show actually has quite a unique plot and its not your stereotypical university bl and the cinematography is good so as the ACTING OMLLL GOOD ACTING xD! Anywayss if your hesitating 2 watch then ur insane.Was this review helpful to you?
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Would have been good if not for the last episodes. Watch it.
Love everything until the last two episodes. Apparently loving someone means they are pitying them. Especially, if the recipient is blind because heaven forbids no one can love a blind person wholly and only due to via pity. That's the message of this show. This is where you know the writers of this show haven't spent enough time around people with disabilities. Yes, the folks with disabilities have an ailment that makes them not as able of those who don't have any - but at the end of the day - they are human just like the rest of us and do not take any and all acts of kindness and warmth as pity. By the end of episode 11 I was like, "Day, get over yourself. No one gives a sh*t that you are blind. Especially Mhok."Would have been better if the ending was bitter sweet because Day did not deserve a happy ending - because he was the one constantly wanting to wallow in self pity. But nope - everyone else is at fault and everyone is always constantly pitying him, apparently. Suddenly a person (Mhok) who wants to spend most of his time and days with the people/person he loves because his own sister's suicide - is treating his love with pity (Day), because he can't possibly JUST want to spend his life with the person he loves so he has to be pitying Day - GTFO here with that nonsense. People make sacrifices all the time for the people they love. I'm at a point in my life (late 30s) where people around me are making the realizations and regrets that they sacrificed love, family, and friendships for careers and it was not worth it. Yet, here we have a character demanding and forcing his supposed "love" to leave him and convinces him that his love only stems from pity because "woe me - I am blind." They even made Mhok admit he was was indeed casting "pity" in episode 12. Take that garbage out of here. The writer of this show is severely pushing the agenda that love for people with disabilities only stems from pity (this is the hill I am dying on because at end the disability disappears).
Had high hopes. The last two episodes were not it. And they were definitely sending the wrong kind of message. As if Mhok was completely at fault and had made the mistakes. Not only that but in episode 12 they also add a fake out - yet around the same issue of "he don't really love me because he only feels sorry for me because I am blind." THEN to top it all off - they get a happy ending and there's no more pity because *SEVERE SARCASM COMING* Day's blindness is cured and thus, his love ain't pity but real. WTF. That is all I have to say.
I really really loved this show... until the last two episode. Made it very apparent that the writers used a disability as a f**king plot device rather explore the character as a real as possible character. After writing this review I had it as a 7/10 but no I have to lower it. Pity is just an excuse to be self-absorbed. And Day was milking that for all it's worth. I would have rather see Mhok get with someone else new, living a happy life (with a shit ton of babies because I am feeling super petty and hateful right now) and seeing Day see his lost (and they can and should keep Day with being a successful writer and book shop owner at the end too and he should still be blind - because being blind does not mean you cannot be successful... or overcome your challenges and to overcome blindness does not mean being able to see again) - that would have been more fitting.
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A WHOLESOME SERIES
To be honest, I really love series that is not cliche like Not Me and Love Syndrome but THIS SERIES. RIGHT HERE!!!! OH MY GOD..... I JUST LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH????? JimmySea is such a good pairing and OH GOD I JUST LOVE THEM SO MUCH????!!!! I mean okay I did not expect that I would love Sea this much but he is so good at playing Day. His stubbornness and the way he plays the part of someone blind really amaze me. He really makes us believe that he is really blind especially the part where he touch Mhok's face first to flip him off. He must have study the body language in order to makes us believe in his character.I am a skipper, once again, but this series makes me watch the series from the start until the end and even the sex scene makes me feel like it is such a pure and innocent making love scene like they really exchange their love through that way and to show that they really care for each other. I truly love their characters and I understand Day's feelings. He is not someone that born with blindness but he could see then he lose his sight so it is obviously he would flip off??? AND CAN I JUST SAY I LOVE THE SCENE WHERE MHOK WEARS THE BRIGHT PINK SHIRT TO MAKES SURE DAY CAN SEE HIM??? IT is so PURE!!! AND I JUST- I REALLY WANNA CRY.
Jimmy on the other hand, he is GORGEOUS and HIS ACTING SKILL BRUH IM TELLING YOU.... HE DID NOT COME TO PLAY BRUH. He gave all of him to makes sure Mhok is alive in the series. I still cant believe up until now that Jimmy is a doctor. LOL. Anyway, Mhok have really serious anger issue though, and I could feel the pain when he is holding back from throwing punch at his opponent to avoid from getting caught by police AGAIN.
I still cant get over how gorgeous Jimmy is. UGH. But anyway, totally 10 out of 10.
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Everything
Last twilight: Beautiful story😍😘I loved this series so much that I did a pose in the bl. I stopped watching bl dramas for a while. Last Twilight met all my expectations. This is why this series is my top 1 of 2023.
Story: The story is very very very well done. The love plot between a blind man and his guardian is basic but, p'Aof managed to bring out the best in this Bl. In my opinion, this story is a real story which takes into account the realities of life.
This is a very touching and instructive story.
Music: All the music was magnificent, touching and informative.
Acting: All the main and secondary characters played very, very well (Jimmy, Sea, Mark, Ohm, Namtan, Film, the mother, the second blind man....) I became so attached to the characters, especially Mhokday.Jimmy and Sea have once again demonstrated that they have great chemistry, from Vice Versa to Last Twilight. Sick chemistry, I felt the intrigues in each episode.It was as if the story was happening right next to me.
Looking forward to another bl from Jimmysea.
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Ladies and Gays, please welcome, the BEST BL OF THE YEAR!!!
everyone in this series did their best esp jimmysea. you can really tell how much effort they put and how dedicated they were to be able to convey the beautiful message of the series. i've been a fan of this pair since vice versa and i noticed how they grow together, how they genuinely care for each other, and how they work hard to improve their chemistry even more. back then, most of the BL fans didn't really notice them that much, maybe because other pairs are much more popular. but now i am glad about the recognition they received; they really deserve it! i hope to see them together in another series soon. a big round of applause to everyone who are part of the production of this masterpiece! 👏🌻Was this review helpful to you?
