Coming of age without enough time
With a cast like this, I knew I had to watch Summer Night. It was a very fun show to watch and while I enjoyed watching it weekly, I would guess it's better watched in a shorter period of time. I wouldn't call it slow, but it did feel like a lot of conflicts were drawn out a little too long, especially when it's obvious who Star will end up with.Lune (Phuwin) has always been a loner . After getting bullied at his last school and then transferring to a new one, he's become fine with this fact - and is also fine with simply admiring his crush Star (Parn) from afar. That is, until White (Dunk) decides he'll do whatever it takes to get Lune to join his friend group. Lune starts becoming closer with White, Star, Ivy (Lookjun), and Jewel (Ryu), but when White reveals his secret crush on Star, Lune feels obligated to hide his feelings. He feels even more obligated to do so when it turns out Star might have those same feelings for him. Faced with either losing a girl or his new best friend, Lune tries to please everyone and ends up doing quite the opposite.
I really enjoyed Lune's arc in this show, even when he was a bit stupid at times. However, I felt like the relationship between Lune and Star could have been so much better! It felt like there were so few scenes with them being happy together. Plus, the overly drawn out jealousy plotline got annoying real quick. With all the characters in the show, it felt like they were trying hard to balance out screentime, and it got the best of them. Honestly, if this had been a 12 episode series instead of 10 they might have been able to do a bit more, but it just felt like some things were rushed while others were too slow. But still, the cast was great and it was definitely enjoyable.
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It was... okay.
I checked out the show and thought it was pretty good, but I'm not entirely convinced I want to watch it again. The storyline was engaging, yet being a GMMTV teen drama, it had a familiar feel to their other series. Most of the cast performed decently, but the more dramatic scenes really highlighted who could shine and who struggled. I felt a bit disconnected during Parn's emotional moments, as her co-star seemed to only express one emotion.The series primarily focused on Star, with her character growth and the relationships surrounding her taking center stage, which I believe was a smart choice.
In any case, I’d love to see Parn in another series, perhaps alongside Nanon, Mark, Namtan, or Tu.
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Lacunas nos roteiros, incertezas e mal formação dos casais.
Aqui temos um Lakorn com uma mísera participação de um casal BL, que por sinal teve menos de 1 minuto de tela nesse EP, 28:39 até 29:22, se somar as participações dos personagens BL talvez não chegue nem um curta-metragem.Outro ponto que vale ressaltar é que, a GMM fez um investimento para shippar o Phuwin e Naravit nos BLS We Are, Never Let Me Go e Fish Upon the Sky, agor coloca o cara como um "hetero", que por sinal ainda está algo meio que "forçado".
Não bastasse, ainda temos o nosso, Dunk Natachai de Hidden Agenda que fez papel principal com Joong Archen. Enfim, me parece que a produção quis empurrar um algo que eu nem considero até o momento como um Lakorn muito menos como BL.
Por fim, Summer Night parece que foi escrito as pressas e que não teve sua definição. Uma série que cria várias expectativas mas que não atende a nenhuma delas, do meu ponto de vista foi o maior erro em produção da GMM.
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