Confusing.....
I feel like for this type of series, I need to watch at least 2-3 times to get it. The plot was okaish I guess, I didn't like the fact that we barely got in dept with our own main characters. The romance felt bleak because I didn't know why they like each other so much that they would turn their back on their own family without a second thought. I am kinda confused with the timeline. But I wont go through all that. Overall pretty meh tbh. I felt like some characters were just there and weren't really needed. Well the actors did great I guess. It was genius to caste Bible as a bottom. Sex scenes were great as expected from Thailand. But this series is kinda not for me...Was this review helpful to you?
There are some hard to believe moments, like a police officer sharing highly confidential information with a guy he just had a one-night stand with, which felt a bit unrealistic. The series definitely leans into the surreal. However, Great was easily my favorite character; he has questionable morals but is so tragic, a "poor kid" trapped in his family’s cycle of corruption. Watching him finally break free from that facade was incredibly satisfying.
I really liked Tyme’s doctor friend; at first, I actually thought he’d be Tyme’s partner! As for Tonkla and Korn, I would have loved a different ending for them, but given how Korn is portrayed, it couldn't have gone any other way.
The series can be chaotic and, at times, notoriously difficult to understand, but that doesn't make it a bad show. Its ambition and emotional depth make it a journey worth taking.
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Great' wasn't as great as we thought...
Ufff, thank God I dropped this drama by the third episode and then watched it again from the beginning after it ended. I understood that I would only be able to fully grasp it if I watched the entire drama in one go.Although, to be honest, there wasn't really any deep science that we couldn't understand... In my religion, I had already read that after death, a person's brain stays alive for 7 minutes, and during that time, they see everything they did in their entire life or the memories of things they regret.
Now, in this series, the concept is just about 4 minutes instead of 7... Simply put, in the first 5 episodes of the drama, we are seeing the guilt and memories of the last 4 minutes of 'Great's' life—what he did and what he could have changed but didn't. In episodes 6 and 7, we see what actually happened in real life that 'Great' couldn't change, meaning 'Great' wasn't as great as we thought by episode 5..😅😅😅... And Tonkla killed the title and also shot 'Great,' taking revenge for his brother's murder... And the part where Tonkla's brother (who returned home at the end of episode 4) was also 'Great's' hallucination because, in the last 4 minutes of his memory, he tried to save him... The scenes related to Tonkla, Korn, and Win are mostly real, not imagined.
"And in the last episode, we are shown 'Tyme's' last 4 minutes, where he wishes that he had met him naturally without any purpose, and had only continued their relationship with genuine love."
Now that's love—Korn, even after hearing the truth from Tonkla, sacrifices himself after Tonkla dies, and they both die lying in the same position as they did during their first date while talking. That was very emotional... And then the mini heart attack at the end of the drama, hahah... Overall, I've never seen a BL series like this. They have played with science very well...
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Don't start this serie if you're not gonna give it 100% of your attention
Don't start this serie if you're not gonna give it 100% of your attention and focus on the details. This is not just "another BL", the story telling will either make you hoked or drop the serie, but if you give it time everything will fall into place, it makes you come up with 100 possible theory of what's going on.The acting was great i loved Bible and Jess together, It's totally worth it one of the best original story BL out there.
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A Well Scripted Thriller with Intriguing Characters
A Captivating Journey Through Time and Love – A Final Review of “4 Minutes”After watching all eight episodes of Thailand’s “4 Minutes”, I can confidently say this series has been a compelling roller coaster of emotions, mystery, and passion. What started as an intriguing premise quickly transformed into a layered narrative that kept me glued to the screen. Each episode unraveled new dimensions of time, relationships, and personal growth, making it one of the most thought-provoking BL series I’ve watched.
A Love Story Rooted in Time
Great and Tyme’s chemistry started to develop by Episodes 3 and 4, pushing their love story to unprecedented emotional heights. Great, who has the extraordinary capacity to see four minutes into the future, begins to realize how this ability impacts not just his life but also his relationships with people in general and Tyme in particular. Great’s fragility is progressively revealed by the plot, especially when he confides in Tyme about the dreams he has of him, which is a precursor to the love tension that will develop throughout the episodes.
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Highly original, mind-bending watch
4 Minutes is perplexing. Every time you think you’ve worked out where the narrative is headed, it swerves in a different direction. The synopsis makes the series seem like a “get a glimpse into the future and change your destiny” plot, but it’s far more complex than that.The journey itself is enjoyable rather than nauseating. Instead of predictable build-ups into scenes which are clearly designated as ‘payoffs’, the story is delightfully fragmented and slippery. It’s not entirely clear which sequences took place when, so it requires some mental gymnastics to untangle everything and come to your own conclusions.
Beoncloud has its way with creating such dark and complex characters, sometimes with sinister motivations. In any case, I liked the deeper message driving the show. At the end of our lives, we will always look back on our regrets and wish that we did things differently. All so that the remaining moments of our life aren’t spent being weighed down by our conscience.
While humans are capable of making some pretty awful decisions, 4 Minutes also reminds us that we can choose otherwise. There is always a choice.
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Setting the standards for BL
This show is soo good it feels illegal to even write a review of it. Like I don't want to spoil the thrill for others watching it for the first time.This show has made me rethink my ratings for the series that I have previously rated higher. So I give this series a 100/10.
There were some minor loopholes offcourse but despite that I would still say for a Thriller, Mystery, romance(if it was) this show is a trendsetter for BLs.
So I will rather keep it short
Why to watch this series:
1. Storytelling might seem confusing but it makes up for it in the end and that is the reason what makes you soo engaged to the series as you'll have a lot of questions.
2. Beautiful top quality cinematography
4. Amazing acting from the whole cast
5. CGi and visual effects done right
6. Unique storyline and engaging plot
7. Flawed and complex characters
8. NC scenes were realistic and didn't feel cringe or fake
Improvement points:
Series should have been atleast 10-12 episodes rather than 8 episodes to explore the Main characters more.
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Ummmmmmm…..yeh
I couldn’t finish the show for multiple reasons. The first and main reason just being as to why on earth the 17 year old had more and more detailed sex scenes than the walk-in characters in the 1st 3 episodes. I’m extremely impressed by Fuaiz’s acting scenes, but I just feel like BoC has a knack for making younger actors do crazy stuff the sect of they turn legal enough. Not to say the whole film industry doesn’t do the same tho…. Anyways.Next , like many have said, it was getting confusing. I watched it whilst it was airing and I couldn’t actually put my finger on what exactly was happening. I feel like , from what I saw, they put more effort into the acting in the explicit scenes more so than the actual emotional scenes. However, I cannot say I’ve watched all of it as I clearly haven’t but seeing allll there 4 and 5 star reviews saying it just got worse as it went on I think it’s safe for me to say it.
Please spend you’re time watching something else ?
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It's a 9 for me but...
I loved the series, the acting was amazing, the quality was top tier and the cinematography was beautiful.To me everything was spectacular until the last half of the last episode, they rushed everything too much, we didn't get to see Great waking up, we don't know who tortured Warit, we couldn't see Tyme and Great reunion after both woke up and other things that were left unanswered.
Other than that, I know many people don't feel the same way, but I believe they did a good job with this series, of course the start was confusing, that was their intention, but with every episode we got to understand what was actually going on.
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A Must-Watch!
I was super excited to see Bible work with Jes in this show, and BOY did they deliver!! This show was absolutely incredible and had me at the edge of my seat every episode. A thrilling, action-packed plotline was perfectly partnered with a slowly forming romance between the main leads, and side characters that could stand alone in their own series round it out beautifully. The only potential issue with this one was that the 18+ rating needs to be taken real seriously....both with the violence and explicit sex scenes.When Great (Bible) hits and kills a woman while driving, he suddenly finds himself with a strange ability: he is occasionally (and not of his own will) sent back in time 4 minutes to fix mistakes. After preventing the death of this woman, she still ends up in the hospital. Great, feeling bad about this, goes to visit her and meets Dr. Tyme (Jes). The two slowly get to know each other, but it seems their lives are more intertwined than they thought. Great's family's shady business seems to be willing to go to any lengths to continue their work, and Tyme seems to be somehow connected to all this. Meanwhile, Great's brother Korn (Bas) and his boyfriend Tonkla (Fuaiz) seem to be more involved in the inner workings of this shady family business, which is straining their relationship.
I can't begin to describe how incredible this show was. The plot twists were INCREDIBLE and had me sitting in shock at the end of the episodes. I can't possibly describe all the interesting plot points that happen without horrible spoilers, but it is truly an experience to watch it. I love when a plot doesn't only revolve around the romance, and this one definitely isn't focused on it, but uses the romance to enhance the plot. Again, the explicit scenes in this show were a bit much for me, but overall it was fantastic and I would highly recommend it.
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1What can you do in 4Minutes?
You can listen to Why Don't You Stay by Jeff Satur.You can watch an episode of Back to Seventeen.
You can drink a Thai Milk Tea.
The things that happened in four minutes here though..
Saying anything would spoil something, in essential, that would mean I can say nothing about the story.
But even this statement is an indicator of how mind bending the plot is, it keeps you on your toes, makes you come up with theories and you're invested throughout, just waiting to get all the answers to the tens and hundreds of questions that will inevitably pop up in your mind.
The synopsis is basis enough to go off on, at least according to me, since that way, there's no ideas on what you can expect, you can just let the complexity and intrigue of the story surprise you.
What you can expect though, in addition to the above, is great acting, NC scenes and brilliant cinematography. You'll want to rewatch the episodes over and over again to see if you missed any details and with eight episodes, it's a series you can watch quickly and revisit as many times as you want.
So grab your notebooks and pens, grab someone to discuss theories with, and just go for it. If you're not in the mood for something this complex and confusing, set it aside and come back to it later, because it is so worth it.
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4 MINUTES BEFORE BRAIN DEAD
For your questions to be answered on what is going on, you have to finish it first. Those who created this drama is a genius, they have put the answers to every questions a viewers may have all throughout the drama specially at the end, but believe me, even though you would realize that you have seen the answer it will still turn out that you do not understand it, you'll just see that the enemy was killed and the misunderstanding was cleared, the main lead got their revenge and the main meads ended up together, that's it !The catchy thing here was the 4 minutes prediction of Great , at first I thought it was a fantasy, but the first half was just I think imagination of Great to foresee what will happen after 4 minutes because on the episode 6 there was no more predictions from him that was shown, everything happens the way they should be , and it turns out that the first parts seems a hallucinations only that is being studied by the other doctor that was a friend of P'Tyme. And that the story went into something like it was showing that what really happens in the 4 minutes that the brain still working without an oxygen, maybe that was when someone is about to be brain dead, that is what I understood about this show.
About what has happened with the other characters for me nothing was special about it because I have seen so many crime and plot twists stories like that but it was still great.
The drama was a good one, not boring and you can really prove to yourself that it was a high quality show and great actors has starred , I mean look at the acting ! It was superb, binge watchable , for me this is a recommended one , looking forward for more of Bible's works he is such a fine man and actor .
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