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I've been thinking about this a lot, trying to figure out why it really didn't work for me. I usually like slower paced and slice of life series. The Thai way of incorporating grief into a story without letting it overwhelm it is something I usually love.... So why am I so meh about this?
It wasn't the cast, they did well enough with what they had to work with. But it's like a sparse handful of common cliches strung together with Meaningful Looks, some snogs and Inspirational sentiments taken from posters of sunshine, puppies and a cross. The setting was beautiful, the house was a dream, the kids were cute. But the villagers were more cliches. The attempted-murder mystery was so very weak and the motivations in it were very much why did they bother.
I did like the conversation with his father scene, but it felt unconnected with the rest.
All in all, it was over-produced. From most of the background music to the artificially white make-up shine to the soft focus lens to the cliched emotions. I could believe moments, but not the whole. Not even the romance arc.
It's also one where it's impossible to forget these are made as romantic fantasies for women. LGBTQ feels like such a misnomer in the tags. With the Christian quote and the very pale skin, I wonder if this one was perhaps made to chase the US audience in particular.
It wasn't bad enough to drop, especially as it's only 10 episodes. But other than the house and Khaohom's adorableness, there really isn't anything to draw me back or even remember. It was very undemanding and filled some time.
Those are my thoughts. Normally I wouldn't bother with a review for something like this, but I'm interested if others have similar reactions or their own insights. Please share yours in the comments.
It wasn't the cast, they did well enough with what they had to work with. But it's like a sparse handful of common cliches strung together with Meaningful Looks, some snogs and Inspirational sentiments taken from posters of sunshine, puppies and a cross. The setting was beautiful, the house was a dream, the kids were cute. But the villagers were more cliches. The attempted-murder mystery was so very weak and the motivations in it were very much why did they bother.
I did like the conversation with his father scene, but it felt unconnected with the rest.
All in all, it was over-produced. From most of the background music to the artificially white make-up shine to the soft focus lens to the cliched emotions. I could believe moments, but not the whole. Not even the romance arc.
It's also one where it's impossible to forget these are made as romantic fantasies for women. LGBTQ feels like such a misnomer in the tags. With the Christian quote and the very pale skin, I wonder if this one was perhaps made to chase the US audience in particular.
It wasn't bad enough to drop, especially as it's only 10 episodes. But other than the house and Khaohom's adorableness, there really isn't anything to draw me back or even remember. It was very undemanding and filled some time.
Those are my thoughts. Normally I wouldn't bother with a review for something like this, but I'm interested if others have similar reactions or their own insights. Please share yours in the comments.
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