Winter Is Not the Death of Summer but the Birth of Spring
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by J-atty
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Lesson lost in production
This is the first Thai prison production that I've seen and I believe more should be told. Two things: I've never been to prison and most importantly a Thai prison so the commentary below is from a novice's pov.
Plot: The story of prison life and learning to appreciate your life outside. That's universal. Learning to love yourself and accept love from others. Also universal.
Acting: It's a first time for both main leads but even with a better script, this was terrible. Especially, Jed. Bible and Khuen did a fair job. Kudos to the warden who seemed to have had more experience than all. The long stares and pauses between made this feel even cheaper than it was.
Thoughts: What hampered this from having a greater impact was the production of it. Bad audio. Bad directing. Impromptu humor that didn't fit or was grossly displayed. Very poor script. Choppy, disconnected and erratic pacing. Unrealistic scenes. Prisoners walking around doing nothing at all but talk. Doing laundry, sporadically talking and stares. Why was one actor given two roles? Being the prison doctor and being a prisoner, which did nothing to propel the story. Lack of funding, perhaps. This story could have used less people and made the a more concise representation of prison life. Jed made this unbearble. His wide open mouth and creepy mannerisms, one would think he should be behind bars. Having sex in the open where communal washing is done. This is one of the unrealistic parts. Having to wait 3 weeks for the ending as the series was paused, here the momentum was lost.
Nothing was learnt at the ending that wasn't told in the beginning. I will defin̈itely not rewatch. If you haven't, pass.
Plot: The story of prison life and learning to appreciate your life outside. That's universal. Learning to love yourself and accept love from others. Also universal.
Acting: It's a first time for both main leads but even with a better script, this was terrible. Especially, Jed. Bible and Khuen did a fair job. Kudos to the warden who seemed to have had more experience than all. The long stares and pauses between made this feel even cheaper than it was.
Thoughts: What hampered this from having a greater impact was the production of it. Bad audio. Bad directing. Impromptu humor that didn't fit or was grossly displayed. Very poor script. Choppy, disconnected and erratic pacing. Unrealistic scenes. Prisoners walking around doing nothing at all but talk. Doing laundry, sporadically talking and stares. Why was one actor given two roles? Being the prison doctor and being a prisoner, which did nothing to propel the story. Lack of funding, perhaps. This story could have used less people and made the a more concise representation of prison life. Jed made this unbearble. His wide open mouth and creepy mannerisms, one would think he should be behind bars. Having sex in the open where communal washing is done. This is one of the unrealistic parts. Having to wait 3 weeks for the ending as the series was paused, here the momentum was lost.
Nothing was learnt at the ending that wasn't told in the beginning. I will defin̈itely not rewatch. If you haven't, pass.
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