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BIG disappointment...
That was indeed a rollercoaster, and not a good one.
Of course, I had low to none expectations, but somehow it was still worse than what I had in mind.
It's so slow that even watching it at x2 is not enough, that was so boring it's not even funny.
They had enough plot for 4 episodes max, but they choose to stretch it out and honestly that was a terrible idea, since in the end I had nothing to say about the plot except is that there was barely any…
The only reason I could see why anybody would want to watch it, is for a Mark but even then it is so not worth it, omg at this point just go and watch/rewatch a Jack and Joker or something because there you could at least enjoy what you're seeing instead of being bored to death and just honestly annoyed at how bad this is.
I think that hating on some series is kinda bad, but to be honest with this one it's the first time I'm literally agreeing with almost every comment and every review, because only god knows how I didn't just drop this series and went on with my life.
I'm always trying to push through the series and finish them no matter how bad they are, so I did finish that one, but I wouldn't recommend it even to my enemies.
Okay, so now that I finished with my rant, let's talk more in depth about the things that I did and didn't like about this series!
Things I DID like:
1. The cinematography was pretty good, a lot of beautiful shots, especially food. I enjoyed watching and even honestly learning a bit more about the Thai food.
2. The acting was not the worst I've seen, Mark and Zung did a pretty good job when it comes to acting, I did enjoy their performance. There were a few weird moments, but other than that, the acting wasn't lacking.
And that's about it when it comes to things that I liked…
Now, the thing's that I DIDN'T like:
1. SIDE COUPLES! We are starting strong with the side couples, throughout the whole series I was honestly so uninterested in them. When it comes to Lek and Chompoo I would just mostly ignore them since we saw them together only 2–3 times per entire series. But when it comes to Vich and Prem omg I would sigh every time I would see them on the screen, there were NO chemistry AT ALL, there were no signs that they would be together at all. Of course, it's easy to understand that they would end up together, but they had little to none interactions that would pull them in that direction.
This couple were so unnecessary, and it would make so much sense if they would be just friends/colleagues.
2. Unnecessary side characters without a proper backstory! Instead of trying to stretch this series as much as possible, they should've written better backstory to most of the side characters. Wiphob, Chef Mu and Eve had very little screen time, and the one that they did have was not enough to understand them. They were painted to be a “bad guys” but as much as I tried to feel at least something towards their characters I ended up feeling nothing since I couldn't even understand half of what was going on.
3. The Aek's mom. When it comes to the main character's mom I had a lot of questions about her “motives” and what exactly she was trying to do. The fact she was against Aek becoming a chef, and a lot of other stuff she did, do not sit right with me since it doesn't make much sense, but oh well.
4. SLOW! And that says it all. If you plan to watch it, I could only recommend doing it on x2 since watching it in any other way is just a torture.
5. Episodes № 8, 9, 10! I don't even want to talk about it, if you know you know and if you don't, believe me you don't want to know, that was just straight up garbage, no excuses.
That's about it, I can't believe I'm finally free and don't have to ever go through that hell of a ride again!!! :D
Of course, I had low to none expectations, but somehow it was still worse than what I had in mind.
It's so slow that even watching it at x2 is not enough, that was so boring it's not even funny.
They had enough plot for 4 episodes max, but they choose to stretch it out and honestly that was a terrible idea, since in the end I had nothing to say about the plot except is that there was barely any…
The only reason I could see why anybody would want to watch it, is for a Mark but even then it is so not worth it, omg at this point just go and watch/rewatch a Jack and Joker or something because there you could at least enjoy what you're seeing instead of being bored to death and just honestly annoyed at how bad this is.
I think that hating on some series is kinda bad, but to be honest with this one it's the first time I'm literally agreeing with almost every comment and every review, because only god knows how I didn't just drop this series and went on with my life.
I'm always trying to push through the series and finish them no matter how bad they are, so I did finish that one, but I wouldn't recommend it even to my enemies.
Okay, so now that I finished with my rant, let's talk more in depth about the things that I did and didn't like about this series!
Things I DID like:
1. The cinematography was pretty good, a lot of beautiful shots, especially food. I enjoyed watching and even honestly learning a bit more about the Thai food.
2. The acting was not the worst I've seen, Mark and Zung did a pretty good job when it comes to acting, I did enjoy their performance. There were a few weird moments, but other than that, the acting wasn't lacking.
And that's about it when it comes to things that I liked…
Now, the thing's that I DIDN'T like:
1. SIDE COUPLES! We are starting strong with the side couples, throughout the whole series I was honestly so uninterested in them. When it comes to Lek and Chompoo I would just mostly ignore them since we saw them together only 2–3 times per entire series. But when it comes to Vich and Prem omg I would sigh every time I would see them on the screen, there were NO chemistry AT ALL, there were no signs that they would be together at all. Of course, it's easy to understand that they would end up together, but they had little to none interactions that would pull them in that direction.
This couple were so unnecessary, and it would make so much sense if they would be just friends/colleagues.
2. Unnecessary side characters without a proper backstory! Instead of trying to stretch this series as much as possible, they should've written better backstory to most of the side characters. Wiphob, Chef Mu and Eve had very little screen time, and the one that they did have was not enough to understand them. They were painted to be a “bad guys” but as much as I tried to feel at least something towards their characters I ended up feeling nothing since I couldn't even understand half of what was going on.
3. The Aek's mom. When it comes to the main character's mom I had a lot of questions about her “motives” and what exactly she was trying to do. The fact she was against Aek becoming a chef, and a lot of other stuff she did, do not sit right with me since it doesn't make much sense, but oh well.
4. SLOW! And that says it all. If you plan to watch it, I could only recommend doing it on x2 since watching it in any other way is just a torture.
5. Episodes № 8, 9, 10! I don't even want to talk about it, if you know you know and if you don't, believe me you don't want to know, that was just straight up garbage, no excuses.
That's about it, I can't believe I'm finally free and don't have to ever go through that hell of a ride again!!! :D
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