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Star-crossed lovers that made my heart bleed...

"Till the End of the Moon" is the best chinese drama i have ever seen. I am flabbergasted, i am sad, i am shocked...all emotions all at once and that does not often happen to me when watching a drama. I feel like there are no words enough expressing my deep affection for this story, its a marvelous epic fantasy war drama that consists of 40 episodes that kept me glued to the screen. All of the realms, all of the magical events and the songs kept my heart singing and all of the characters that rocked their part of the story, wether good and bad. I love it, i love all of it. Wow!!!

Tantai Jin, oh my my what a character. He is so deep and so complex!! One of the best written characters i have ever seen on-screen. Born for destruction and destined for the same. He was doomed before he even was born. He hated the world and he hated his miserable existence. There was no drop of goodness lent to him. Sheer will and selfishness made him live on, and sheer cunningness made him survive. His transformation from a abused hostage to a powerful King....i just find it so amazing! All of it!!But in mids of all that he meets Li Susu in the form of his wife Ye Xihu...finding her sudden change of behaviour strange and even more that she is willing to protect and die for him. He never even knew how starved of affection he was before she started to show that to him. He was sedcued and tempted by her goodness and light. Fascinated by her stubborness and fearlessness. Alive only when he was near her, he fell completely and irrevocably in love with her. How much i cried with him, he made my heart bleed with his torture. The actor did a remarkable job, making this character alive in its perfection. His stunning beauty and his deep longing eyes. Wow...just wow. His beloved heroine Li Susu feels like a dear friend of mine, her mission costing almost her life...and she was still so insistent in making it succeed. Her pain was my pain as well. She desperately wished she could stay by Tantai Jin`s side and be the light in his darkness...alas fate. The fate of star-crossed lovers. It was always them, it was always about them...they were the End of the Moon.

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"Samee Chua Keun" is a lakhorn with a very interesting storyline, but the execution is so poor that it got painful. Just bad writing with some wayward characters and repititive tiring scenes that caused a headache.I think it was around ep 4 i realized how really slow the pace was.Bad lakhorns like these were done a while ago, and it is such a shame that the writers didn`t care enough to make this as good as they could when they had all the possible means to do it. They have great OST, handsome main-leads, and a great plot to build the story around and they had to make a miss out of it. Its just hard for me to comprehend that this is the same writers that made "Fah Mee Tawan" which is a favourite lakhorn of mine. Don`t let my negative review or rating affect you though, this lakhorn had at least some great episodes i enjoyed, and the on-screen chemistry between Euro and Pinkploy is really good.

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"Yah Leum Chan" (which means:"Forget Me Not") is a romantic slap-kiss drama that showes us the second chance love-story between separated lovers, Tik Jesadporn starring as the energic and ruthless Tycoon Khemachad, and Anne Thongprasom starring as the gentle and angelic Suriyawadee. All viewers had looked forward on watching Tik and Anne star on-screen together, as they both have had acting careers over a decade and they finally choose to be on this lakhorn-project together for the first time. Suriyawadee marries a much older man to repay her family debts, and in turn has to leave her college sweetheart Khemchad. Leaving only a note, telling him to forget her, he soon gets crashed by a car and almost died. Her leaving him to marry a older rich guy makes him a dying living human being, and losing all the love he could ever feel in his heart he is determined to clear his studies and become a rich and powerful businessman just to spite Suriyawadee if he ever sees her again. Several years forward they meet again, and Khemchad has succeded in both fame and fortune, but is feared by all his employes and enemies, except his optimistic girlfriend Gaenlong (played by Rita Jensen), and Suriyawadee herself has a changed name,is a widow and have twins she is taking care of. The hatred carved into Khem`s heart multiplies when he sees Suriayadee again and swears to make her life a living hell, and hurt her the same as she hurt him before.

Revenge, seduction, forbidden love is a mix in between over the whole path in the story. Its a wonderful sight to watch Tik and Anne interact, opening the longing and pain inside the characters of Khem and Wadee. Fate did bring them together, and both of them did unknowingly choose to follow it. Many will also fan-girl over the secondary romance between Kong and Rita, their friend-to-lovers story line are so utterly adorable! Many will despise Khem`s personality (i even succeded in hating him more than i ever hated Kawee or Kongpop) as he is not the young carefree innocent man he once was in college. He is soothing hatred and does many selfish actions just for the satisfaction of it, and even seduces and tricks Wadee for revenge. But damn does he also grovel blood,hehehe! The director who brought us "Buang Hong","Tarm Ruk Keun Jai" and "Raeng Pradtanaha" and the producer who brought us "Kluen Cheewit"," Sawan Biang" and "Sood Snaeha" have both collaborated to create this lakhorn in which a important flower symbolize eternal love between Khem and Wadee, which is "Forget me Not".

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Now "The House Arrest of Us" is a whole unique project and such a good idea to create at the right time,since it takes place during lockdown year 2020 which was a hard year for all of us. The beloved filipino love-team Kathryn Bernardo & Daniel Padilla portrays a long-time couple of three years who decides to get engaged, the rich and smart Quincess "Q" and the handsome and golden-hearted Korics.They didn`t expect that their families would dislike each other so badly that their engagement threatened to get annuled but the chance comes when both families must stay under one roof during lockdown,becaue of the threat of covid-19. We get many funny situations and troubles to solve, and in the central of it all Q and Korics struggle to make their relationship work with all the obstacles,fears and doubts between them.

I love the opening song sung by Daniel Padilla and how the whole cast dance together,adds much charm and humor to the series.I loved and enjoyed all 13 episodes and find myself so lucky that i found the english subtitles for it. Charm,humor,romance and tears! This Digi Movie series offers it all. Kathryn looks so stunning with her yellow top and Daniel goddamn gorgoues with his outfits,he brought much charm to Korics character and i absolutely adore the whole cast.Everyone portrayed their characters so well and everyone got the spotlight they deserved! Will defenitely re-watch "The House Arrest of Us" again and i 100% recommend it to everyone who wants to watch something over the top,funny and so romantic!

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Yeah i admit it, i fell in love with this teleserya.Although i am more into the old-school soap opera tropes i do appreaciate cheesiness when its done right.In this case the story line was done perfectly in just 10 episodes with the perfect cast to deliver it. Donny and Belle had the CHEMISTRY to make us feel kilig (romantic thrill) in their every scene together. I love how their characters went from enemies-to friends-to lovers. Donny`s character Dieb Enrile really grew on the viewers,he fell much early in love with Belle`s character Maxpein.God how much he courts,chases and loves her throughout this story,near the end he also tells her with tears in his eyes how much it hurts.His character reminds me of another badboy character from a filipino teleserya with the name Gino.Although Gino was more selfish and wicked in character from the start,he grows to become his female leads most ardent, relentless and humble lover. Maxpein herself wasn`t a bad heroine,i almost crushed on her myself since she is such a badass who stood up against Dieb with dignity when he bullied her...while also stealing his heart.

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"Must Be Love" actually started KathNiel`s ( Kathryn & Daniel) trend of being the King and Queen of breaking movie box office records in Phillipines and took their stardom to another level.This movie is definitely more youth oriented,but still leaves a important message about self-love. Kathryn and Daniel are both TERRIFIC actors and co-stars!Their chemistry is MAGICAL and they always make me swoon.They took the friends-to-lovers trope on a whole another level about the child-hood bestfriends Patchot and Ivan.Patchot is the one who first relizes that she have loved him all along and it will take time for the charming Ivan to realize that his beloved bestfriend always have been his dream girl. But...love indeed makes you blind sometimes.

I absolutely loved watching Liza Soberano on-screen,she looks so beautiful! I also know she starred as the second female lead again in "Got To Believe" which is another KathNiel starrer.So glad she gets the female lead roles now!Again,i adored this movie.It is lovely,funny and so romantic!Absolutely love the dance sequences with Ivan and Patchot-simply magical!

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"He saw many Roses,but she was The Only One for him".

Honestly, this is one of the better written vertical dramas, a bittersweet romance drama set in high-school between the heroine Jiang Qiao who wants to live her short life in fullest and transfers to a new school and meets the cold and flamboyant badboy Xu Si portrayed by the very beautiful and oh so talented actor Ke Chun. These two embark in a wonderful friendship where both challenge , support and protect each other in their last years in high-school, even so it was only natural for the romance to blossom between one another since their chemistry and attraction was so instant and chemical.

I am gonna say Xu Si & Jiang Qiao are soulmates in this story. They made me smile so much!!! They made me cry so much!!I am so glad Ke Chun got another role where his acting came in roll with his incredible talent and the raw feelings he is able to convey. He is literally soooo iconic in "Save Myself" and i love the role of the lonely and tortured soul that is Xi Su, it just broke my heart with how unworthy he felt of Jiang Qiao but that he still could not resist her light. Both are such beautiful people who deeply loved each other...so beautiful_))

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"Luk Mai Klai Ton" (which means: "The Fruit Falls Far from the Tree") has been said by many hardcore lakhorn lovers to be a MasterPiece of a kind.I have to 100% agree on that. Its gold hidden amongst the gold these days, and it has everything worth experiencing for a lakhorn lover. The directing, acting and writing and production is top-notch. It is so incredibly done that you live in this world and experience all the motions through life together with these characters. Everything starts with two important occurrence in this story,which involves two very powerful Diamond companies and these occurrences happens in the head families household. In one family the father rapes his servant,and in the other family the fathers`s wife leaves him for another man,leaving him alone with his two sons. The brothers Chanon and Apirak are left deeply traumatized by this incident,especially the oldest brother Chanon who becomes the mother and father for Apirak. Back to the other family, the mans rape produces a child, our heroine Rasa (starring Kob Kob Suvanant) whose mother tells her on her deathbed who her real father is and reveals that he is a rich man who raped her when she worked in his house. Rasa is furious with grief and decides to marsch into his company and force him to go to her mothers corpse and beg for apology.Her problem however is that no one believes her,especially his handsome and brooding future son-in-law Chanon ( starring Andrew Gregson) who after his mothers abandonement hates and distrusts all women. Chanon comes to hate Rasa even more when she befriends his naive brother Apirak who falls madly in love with her. In the center in this whole sad tale of betrayal, sacrifice, hope, a blooming flower of desire and love will erupt between the two very passionate characters of Chanon and Rasa, from the very brewing war of wills that started between them. This is a trainwreck on a whole another level without even being dramatic. We get to learn, we get to cry, and we get to love this master piece.

Kob Suvanant can play any role she gets,and she nailed it perfectly with Rasa`s character. Rasa is a passionate individual with great self-respect and dignity and has such a great stubborness everyone around her had to admire. She fought for her father to accept her as his daughter..and for him to repent for his crime towards her mother. She is a stunning lady and i admired her for it! We also get to see Chompoo Araya A. Hargate play the role of Sasikarn, the biological sister of Rasa who also is Chanon`s fiance-to-be. My gosh how young she was in this lakhorn and what a great talent she had in such a early stage of acting. Wichaya Jarujinda stars in his first role as the carefree and goofy Apirak,Chanon`s younger brother who at all means chases after Rasa from the start and blindly falls for her on first sight. For many viewers Apirak is thought of selfish and weak and dramatic...he was all that from the start but he undergoes such a great character developement who learns patience and understanding and tries to put himself in Chanon`s shoes for once.One of my favourite aspects in this lakhorns was the brotherhood between Chanon and Apirak.Both are so different,but their love and adoration for each other are fierce. Chanon is the man in the household, he is the boss, he has the brains and the strength to carry out their company while Apirak always stays in his shadow.

Andrew Gregson stole my heart ever since i first watched him in "Tang Parn Kammathep" where he blew my mind away from his incredible performance.In "Luk Mai Klai Ton" he plays the tortured leading hero Chanon who refuses to step down from his principles. Everyone around him keeps telling him he is heartless and cold...but deep down he is always the one hurting the most. He is a man who will keep the tears in to stay strong for his family. He always has been the solid rock and caretaker of the family ever since his mother left them for another man. The way Andrew Gregson performed was MAGNIFICENT and his way of acting really reminds me of the way the movie icon James Dean acted in his movies.Andrew Gregson has the dynamic on-screen presence that demands attention and i couldn`t keep my eyes away from him!He was clearly the head star in this lakhorn for me. I love how he hated his attraction for Rasa and i also love how he finally explodes and succumbs to it.That scene was so powerful that i simply swooned!Andrew and Kob definitely has one of the most powerful on-screen chemistry i have ever seen and its such a shame they never starred in more lakhorns together!

I recommend this lakhorn to everyone. It delivers a powerful message of you reap what you sow and that every deed has its consequences that can come back and bit you in the future.It also clearly show the picture of reality in the way it presents the older days in Thailand`s society-between the higher class and the under class.One thing i have to mention is that this lakhornhas not finished english subtitles,the first 17 episodes are subbed, so there are 3 episodes left for them to finish subbing.I have watched so many lakhorns that i understand much of thai language these days so i had no problem understanding.This lakhorn also has a strong dialuge and every character was needed for this story,no scene for me was unnecessary and everyone delivered A-class performances.I can say without hesitation that this has become one of the best lakhorns i have ever seen and trust me,i have seen many!

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Revenge has never tasted sweeter...

"Love Trap Limerence" follows the story of past lovers separated by a bitter betrayal. The heroine Jiang Yao is a secret agent to a organisation that wanted the demise of the powerful warlord Chi Yan Zhou`s father and it resulted in his death. Chi Yan Zhou comes back more powerful than ever, in his thirst for revenge towards the one and only woman who has ever owned his heart.

The plot, dialuge , OST , the chemistry and the visuals. I loved it. Zi Xian is so handsome and talented, a fine charismatic hero for the screen and the way his character could not keep his hands off his heroine was a DELIGHT to watch. My first time seeing the actress portraying the heroine and she did a fine job as well. Loved her figure by the way, she had fine curves! The agony and longing was so clearly felt through the screen between these two. It was quite heartbreaking actually, when he asked her with tears running down his eyes if she ever truly did love him all those years ago.

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This was hot hot hot!

Revenge of Begonia did catch my eye while it aired but i decided to wait til summer to watch it. Its not for everyone`s taste, especially being a web short drama, and the cliche trope (though so deliciously done) and the very dark turn of events where the mainleads get so destructive in their relationship. I loved the mainleads so much. The Male Lead was this ruthless but neverthless good hearted warrior and our female lead totally ensnared him with her pure seduction and charm...and eventually stole his heart. I love romance so much and the romance between them was so very gawd hot and passionate!

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"Growing Up" is the tv-drama that started the whole KathNiel love-team fandom in the Philippines.I could not find it anywhere with eng subs, so i still watched it raw because it only had 24 episodes and i am a BIG FAN of Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla.According to them (in their interviews) shooting for Growing Up was one of the greatest experiences in their lives,it is also at that time they started to fall in love with each other in real life,which also lead to Daniel starting to pursue Kathryn right after they finished this tv-series.Ah,so romantic! They were so young in this series,and so adorable!

Growing Up reminds me of those coming of age summer beach tv-series that usually airs here on Sweden`s child channels on the summers. It is about Sun Spikers, a volley ball club hat involves six high-school students that makes us follow up in their lives where they dream,fall in love,get heartbroken,learn how to forgive and trying to accept the mistakes people make around you. The friendship and deep bond Sun Spikers had was incredible. How they helped and supported each other through everything during the series just made my heart touched.The highlight of this tv-series is WITHOUT A DOUBT the characters, the head-strong Ella and the rich arrogant Patrick (portrayed by Kathryn & Daniel)...both always argue with each other despite secretly loving each other,absolutely adorable!So many cute unforgettable moments between them to re-watch!

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"Mai Muang" is a old thai drama from 1999 which stars Andrew Gregson and Benz Pornchita in their younger years.It can`t be found anywhere with english subtitles so i watched it raw on Youtube. It was worth it. The production clearly didn`t rely on ratings making this lakhorn but really wanted to show the reality in humanity through the social classes,especially when it came to male modelling business where famous model Boo Rajit (played by Lek Aisoon) gets into an affair with a much older rich lady who has a grand daughter named Mai (played by Benz) who hates him with her every being,knowing he is a gold-digger and using her grandmother for her money.It doesn`t get better when Boo Rajit`s only son,the handsome and golden-hearted Charan (played by Andrew) also moves in after his mother dies in a car accident.Mai tries to figure out a way to kick the father and son out while Boo Rajit tries to use Charan for his own benefits and always manipulates him to do what he wants.

I have to say,this is not a love-story and barely has any romance.In fact both main-leads spend much more time with other people on-screen which could be frustrating at times because things got so much more interesting in their every interaction.There was so much hatred and disgust oozing out of Mai already from the start towards Charan that there is this huge wall between them that never got broken until the end.Andrew brought out a charm in the character of Charan who is a person that despite suffering from loneliness and despair always tried to find positive things in life.Benz is such a terrific actress and conveyed the emotions of such a complex heroine as Mai so well.Living rich but being a orphan and having a grandmother only obsessed with younger men was a strain for Mai who found it easier to get hot-tempered and illogical instead.She has the best character developement where life keeps throwing obstacles in her path for her to find her true self.

Watching this lakhorn i could feel how sad it went along the second half because in this story both Charan and Mai are victims of such terrible deceit that it almost destroyed them.In many ways this must be one of the most angsty lakhorns i have ever watched since it explore so many topics like abortion,prostitution,exploitation,trauma,abandonement and the whole cast managed to act out all those emotions of sadness,heartbreak and torment so well.A lakhorn of the slice of life genre,it brought many tears out of me.

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"I´ve been lost in the dark side of the moon for so long...but lucky me,today i get to see how beautiful the bright side of the moon is. .- "Ae" Thanakim
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"Lhong Ngao Jun" (which mean " Enchanted Moon") is a old-school thai lakhorn i have had my eyes on for a very long time before i decided to sit down to watch it.It stars the wonderful veteran actress Kob Suvanant as the demure and goodhearted "Pim" Pimchanok who becomes the victim of "Ae" Thanakim`s revenge played by Stephan Tasit. Her natural beauty and deep core patience and calmness enchants Ae`s souldeep anger and turns it into love.He mistakes her for being the woman who broke his friends heart and caused him to die on a car accident while driving drunk-never even suspecting that she has a evil younger sister Khem who is the real culprit and whose life reason is to cause every trouble for Pim.
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"I have no right to love anyone,but i do have the right not to love you"
-"Pim" Pimchanok to Ae
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So many aspects of this plot reminded me of "Ngao Asoke" especially with how sacrificial Pim was when it came to her happiness-she was willing to beg Ae to marry her sister so her relationship with her family would be peaceful,full well knowing that Ae loves her and not Khem.One more thing i found familiar was how Ae was after her THE WHOLE TIME!First he followed her around to terrorize her and destroy her life to pieces but that need of violence and revenge slowly dies down when Pim hits him with a rock after he forcefully kissess her. With a bloody face he drives away from there and get stuck in a car accident and wakes up with half his body paralyzed.Because of her guilt Pim takes care of him those 6 months and helps him recover. I thought it wonderful how devoted and smitten Ae is towards her and gets jealous of every other man around her-even his own bestfriend P`Kim,LOL.

I wish this lakhorn could have been directed and edited better.Some scenes are cut down in middle of conversations which frustrated me at times.There are some scenes that are done very well.Love how the hospital Pim works in are organized in a very realistic way.I also came to fall for Ae`s bestfriend P´Kim (have seen the actor in many other lakhorns)..and how he mocked lakhorns although they were living in one themselves.There is also the beginning scene i find very endearing when Ae,P´Kim and their now dead friend Thip drove bicycles when they were little boys and met the very young Pim who fetches her nursing bag to help the hurt little Thip-all the three boys thought she was an angel,LOL.That scene was so adorable,and i found it more adorable that Ae as a child still looked into her garden every day after that just to look for her..but she had already moved away at that point.It makes it even more ironic that their fates get sealed into a pact of revenge a decade later.

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"Sometimes loving someone with all your heart is enough" - Ae`s mother

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