could be saved with re-edits
I'm gonna try to avoid spoilers. Good points first: LM is a phenomenal actress. Sonya isn't far behind. Lilly and Belle have great potential.
onto the rest:
The sound engineers seem to not trust the actors and pasted such loud dramatic music over every scene that i contemplated watching on mute. At times it felt like music and show are two different genres- telenovela v serious drama.
standing close in an elevator isn't tension. and kissing someone uninvited in a bathroom is anything but romantic. forced closeness isn't hot.
The father stories didn't add anything and could have been reduced to two moments of them saying "this project is important".
The director was meddling too much with LMSY physical acting. They have a natural chemistry and way to interact. and i am not just talking about intimate scenes. When LMSY walk around an event the way they move in sync and hold hands is beautiful. Sure in the beginning of the show their characters can't be close like old friends. Whoever told them to move a certain way or tone things down did them an injustice.
The side couple was done dirty. if you invent a relationship that wasn't in the source material you have to put some serious work in. This one was messy, full of holes and not fleshed out. Yam does some things which never get fully addressed. So the relationship doesn't feel cemented or her character serious enough in her feelings toward G.
Product placement... it's part of any GL. it's existence doesn't bother me. however in the final episode something horrible happens and almost immediately after they advertise some face cream. can't get more tone deaf than that
giving 5.5 because it wasn't bad enough to drop
onto the rest:
The sound engineers seem to not trust the actors and pasted such loud dramatic music over every scene that i contemplated watching on mute. At times it felt like music and show are two different genres- telenovela v serious drama.
standing close in an elevator isn't tension. and kissing someone uninvited in a bathroom is anything but romantic. forced closeness isn't hot.
The father stories didn't add anything and could have been reduced to two moments of them saying "this project is important".
The director was meddling too much with LMSY physical acting. They have a natural chemistry and way to interact. and i am not just talking about intimate scenes. When LMSY walk around an event the way they move in sync and hold hands is beautiful. Sure in the beginning of the show their characters can't be close like old friends. Whoever told them to move a certain way or tone things down did them an injustice.
The side couple was done dirty. if you invent a relationship that wasn't in the source material you have to put some serious work in. This one was messy, full of holes and not fleshed out. Yam does some things which never get fully addressed. So the relationship doesn't feel cemented or her character serious enough in her feelings toward G.
Product placement... it's part of any GL. it's existence doesn't bother me. however in the final episode something horrible happens and almost immediately after they advertise some face cream. can't get more tone deaf than that
giving 5.5 because it wasn't bad enough to drop
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