10 minutes equals eternity
..at least in this drama. Do yourself a favor and increase the watching speed,if you absolutely want to watch this.What we get:
- a lot of very moist kisses, at least from one of the actors. The other party prefers to not move any facial muscle.
- a lot of screams,racked with pain, especially in the first episodes, and without any visible reason for it.
- almost every movement between the actors from every possible angle, which leads to looooong moments of unbuttoning the very first button
- a lot of zooming in bushes
- soliloquis
- incoherent scenes following each other, leading to a lot of confusion (did they cut the plot out?)
- very soft music, almost not hearable
What we don't get:
- Tension: Basically nowhere; no arc of suspense, no red line, no sexual tension.
- the explanation for the message displayed on a smartphone somewhere in the middle saying one of them will marry
- a proper explanation for anything
- the tagged themes such as BDSM/Lust.
What would have been nice:
- less cut-off scenes
- a coherent script with a plot
- an acting teacher for kissing scenes; alternatively cancelling all intimate scenes
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Probably,there will be a second season
The plot revolves around a typical "came back after plastic surgery and now you're going to suffer"-trope as described. Filled with sound effects and a lot of constantly horny, handsome guys.What seems to be very clichee is actually very well acted out,although one should be prepared for a lot of sex,childhood mobbing and plastic bags.
It helps if you understand at least a bit of thai, since the timed english comments are very delayed and sometimes may not be completely right.
What confused me in the beginning (and judging by lots of comments on iqiyi,others are confused as well) is the age of the characters: They are supposed to be around 18, but the actors look much more mature than that.
Another one is the relationship between Bin and Fuchi: They were introduced as "cousins", but given the fact that they've only seen each other once in their childhood, I suspect a translation error since thai people tend to use family-related forms of adress also for not blood-related people.
The ending felt a bit rushed to me, since it came from "absolutely no decision,complete confusion and heartbreak" in ep.58 to "decided,happy and fine with the decision" in under 5minutes. If it weren't for the last 30seconds that gave the impression of a possible second season (or at least another solution), I wouldn't be okay with that.
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Plot hole Alarm
This might be the series with the highest amount of plot holes I ever watched and honestly, I don't even know how and why I finished it.If you plan to watch this one, here are a few warnings for you:
First of all,there's a lot of violence going on in this drama including guns, riding crops and golf clubs in various situations.
Second, there's also a lot of non-consensual sexual stuff happening throughout the whole series.
Third: music choices and timing. Awkward as hell.
The so called plot is basically about two destined people that meet each other by accident without knowing their actual background, and it is filled with almost every trope you can imagine. But especially the last 10 episodes had so many twists and turns that left me speechless- I'm still wondering what (probably illegal) stuff the author was consuming o.O
That being said, no one can blame the actors for not being able to give their all here. Over all, with a noticeably better script and maybe slightly longer episodes,this could have been easily a good show.
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Not your typical BL ...
...but if you're willing to watch it with some attention and an open mind, it will make you happy.Since it was available on gagaolala as a movie (2h 53min) only, I watched it completely for I absolutely couldn't find a good moment to pause it.
The first hour confused me a bit. This was mainly caused by the summary and tags on gol, which weren't on point at all imo..
so if you're planning to watch it, forget everything you read beforehand and just go in blindfolded.
I absolutely loved the storyline and the setting of it! Somehow the director managed to give some hints and clues from the very beginning without being too obvious or making it boring. They excellently used colors, angles and lightning to express different moods and layers, and I highly recommend to keep that in mind while watching.
The main actors did an amazing job in transferring the individual struggles of the different characters in a realistic way, and it is for sure a bittersweet fact that this is a story that could have happened exactly like that in real life.
Music was a bit disturbing in the beginning,but it also adds to the story as a whole and is absolutely on point once you get into this drama.
Will I watch this again? After some time, absolutely.
Will I recommend this? YES.
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