BounPrem is the only reason to watch it
Sadly, that was pretty underwhelming. I wish I could give it a higher ranking, but even giving it 6.5 is already a lot.
The amount of times I were just sitting in the full confusion trying to understand what was going on is insane.
There were a few good things though:
1. BounPrem. They were the only reason I gave this series a chance in the first place. If not for them and their performance, this series wouldn't get anything higher than 4. I also really liked how Prem looked with his red hair, it was quite a bold move but in my opinion he looked great.
2. Mangkorn and Ashing. Even though as I previously said I only came here for Boun and Prem, I was quite happy with the side couple as well. Honestly, their actors did a good job, and even though it is my first time seeing them in a series, I was glad they were even in it. Their love story was a bit rushed, and I can even call it weird.
But when it comes to this series, them and BounPrem was quite literally almost the only thing comforting me enough to push through and finish this series. Unfortunately, they didn't have much screen time, but even then I still enjoyed their little story.
3. Gorgeous locations. I fell in love with those amazing beach views, everything looked so great. Made me want to travel and see it all in real life.
4. Supportive dads. Their little convo about their son's future and that no matter who they end up with, love is love made me smile. It wasn't anything super impressive, but this little thing did warmed up my soul a bit.
5. Boxing match. Back to the Mangkorn and Ashing, while this boxing match was a bit weird I did liked it after all, and I was happy to see them having their happy ending as well.
Now to the things that I did not like about this series:
1. First 4.5 episodes. They were so boring and confusing, only after watching halfway through the fifth episode did it got better.
2. Couples. I didn't see any valid reason for this series to have that many couples. I would understand if there was enough screen time to show every single one of them, their love story, etc. But that was absolutely not the case here, so I have no idea why they did what they did.
3. A lot of questions that weren't answered. There were quite a few really confusing things that we never got any explanations about.
But the one that got me confused the most is all the “adult toys” that Athit had casually lying around in his bedroom (that weren't used for quite some time) under the covers. Was it all just a plan to try to scare Sun? Or did he just leave them there and forgot? These are questions I never got any answers to, and I guess I never will.
4. Story. I honestly both loved and hated it. And what I mean by that is that I really liked the idea but hated the way they executed it. There were so much better ways to do it. They had such a great plot in their hands, but they terribly failed with it.
The plot twist was quite interesting and satisfying and even though this debt collector trope could be considered cliche, I think it still had a high chance of success if shown right, however it just wasn't.
5. Sun's father. That is just my personal dislike. I hated the fact that Sun's father sends him to an island to get money from somebody, and when his son learns the truth about everything and calls him to confront him. All he does is acts like he doesn't know what Sun is talking about, and then hangs up on him, leaving him stranded alone in the middle of nowhere.
He is a terrible father and when in the end he tried to come and hug Sun I felt nothing but disgust towards him.
6. Excluding friends. I dislike the fact that they never showed us Sun going back to Bangkok. I know that he choose to stay and live on the island with Athit. But I would love to see him coming back to Bangkok together with Athit and sharing some good news with both his friends and father.
For me personally, it's just felt kinda weird that they never showed us this part, at least a little video call to his friend or something.
They've been friends since childhood, so the fact he didn't talked to them felt really out of character for both Sun and his friends. Because they also haven't contacted him since he just came to the island.
He also never shared anything with them when he was in trouble, he never called his friends to ask for help. While I understand that he might've wanted to resolve it all by himself, it still felt a bit odd.
7. Acting from some side characters were lacking at times, while it isn't that big of a deal, it's still made this experience a bit worse.
Overall, I don't regret watching it, but I probably won't watch it again. This series is not that long, so if you want to check it out, I can only recommend watching it for the actors and beautiful locations and views.
The amount of times I were just sitting in the full confusion trying to understand what was going on is insane.
There were a few good things though:
1. BounPrem. They were the only reason I gave this series a chance in the first place. If not for them and their performance, this series wouldn't get anything higher than 4. I also really liked how Prem looked with his red hair, it was quite a bold move but in my opinion he looked great.
2. Mangkorn and Ashing. Even though as I previously said I only came here for Boun and Prem, I was quite happy with the side couple as well. Honestly, their actors did a good job, and even though it is my first time seeing them in a series, I was glad they were even in it. Their love story was a bit rushed, and I can even call it weird.
But when it comes to this series, them and BounPrem was quite literally almost the only thing comforting me enough to push through and finish this series. Unfortunately, they didn't have much screen time, but even then I still enjoyed their little story.
3. Gorgeous locations. I fell in love with those amazing beach views, everything looked so great. Made me want to travel and see it all in real life.
4. Supportive dads. Their little convo about their son's future and that no matter who they end up with, love is love made me smile. It wasn't anything super impressive, but this little thing did warmed up my soul a bit.
5. Boxing match. Back to the Mangkorn and Ashing, while this boxing match was a bit weird I did liked it after all, and I was happy to see them having their happy ending as well.
Now to the things that I did not like about this series:
1. First 4.5 episodes. They were so boring and confusing, only after watching halfway through the fifth episode did it got better.
2. Couples. I didn't see any valid reason for this series to have that many couples. I would understand if there was enough screen time to show every single one of them, their love story, etc. But that was absolutely not the case here, so I have no idea why they did what they did.
3. A lot of questions that weren't answered. There were quite a few really confusing things that we never got any explanations about.
But the one that got me confused the most is all the “adult toys” that Athit had casually lying around in his bedroom (that weren't used for quite some time) under the covers. Was it all just a plan to try to scare Sun? Or did he just leave them there and forgot? These are questions I never got any answers to, and I guess I never will.
4. Story. I honestly both loved and hated it. And what I mean by that is that I really liked the idea but hated the way they executed it. There were so much better ways to do it. They had such a great plot in their hands, but they terribly failed with it.
The plot twist was quite interesting and satisfying and even though this debt collector trope could be considered cliche, I think it still had a high chance of success if shown right, however it just wasn't.
5. Sun's father. That is just my personal dislike. I hated the fact that Sun's father sends him to an island to get money from somebody, and when his son learns the truth about everything and calls him to confront him. All he does is acts like he doesn't know what Sun is talking about, and then hangs up on him, leaving him stranded alone in the middle of nowhere.
He is a terrible father and when in the end he tried to come and hug Sun I felt nothing but disgust towards him.
6. Excluding friends. I dislike the fact that they never showed us Sun going back to Bangkok. I know that he choose to stay and live on the island with Athit. But I would love to see him coming back to Bangkok together with Athit and sharing some good news with both his friends and father.
For me personally, it's just felt kinda weird that they never showed us this part, at least a little video call to his friend or something.
They've been friends since childhood, so the fact he didn't talked to them felt really out of character for both Sun and his friends. Because they also haven't contacted him since he just came to the island.
He also never shared anything with them when he was in trouble, he never called his friends to ask for help. While I understand that he might've wanted to resolve it all by himself, it still felt a bit odd.
7. Acting from some side characters were lacking at times, while it isn't that big of a deal, it's still made this experience a bit worse.
Overall, I don't regret watching it, but I probably won't watch it again. This series is not that long, so if you want to check it out, I can only recommend watching it for the actors and beautiful locations and views.
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