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REVAMP DOES NOT DESERVE THE HATE IT GETS! PLEASE GIVE IT A CHANCE
First of all, this show is getting hatred way more than it deserves, that's why I'm giving it a 10/10. (People are really rating it way below than it deserves)Ket's break down various aspects of the show and the criticisms it is getting-
One of the biggest hates it got was from the final trailer- Many people didn't even give it a chance after watching it claiming it wasn't as "dark" as the initial pilots. Even thought that might be a bit true, a 3-minute trailer IS NEVER going to tell you what a 10 EPISODE SERIES has to unravel. Way to be prejudiced, also the greatest eg. of a BANDWAGON EFFECT (where people blindly follow something coz many other people do it)
Next hate being- IT HAS COMEDY. Well Boun has always been clear that it wouldn't be 100% dark and serious, he aims at playing a goofy, cute and lovable vampire, but who is also serious and responsible when he is needed to be.
Another pattern that I noticed is people dropping it after 2-3 eps (A close friend of mine did it as well). Won't you give a show a chance for the story to unravel? It got so good from ep 4 and some eps like 4,6,8 and 9 truly stood out in every sense, too bad that you don't get to watch it coz you were too busy being prejudiced.
And I can't believe some people actually called Prem's acting lifeless, Boun's acting cringe and that they have no chemistry. Check out Prem's work in MuTeLuv and let's see if you still dare to call his acting "lifeless" .They have been a CP for 7 years and have been working in this industry with zero acting skills; yeah, right. Think before you bluff.
That's the hate comments I came across.
Now let's talk about how the show was, for me.
1) Story/Plot- 10/10
As a novel reader, they did 95% justice to the novel and I'm glad that they barely took out anything from it. The fantasy and sci-fi aspects of it were so deep and mind-blowing. The romance and all the other emotions are also well-written, the story was perfect in my eyes.
2) Acting- They did a pretty good job at this as well. Especially ep 6 blew my mind, it's evident that they've truly given it their all. I would give it 9/10
3) Cinematography and technicalities like CGI- The location and some camerawork were pretty impressive, and the CGI was very decent, compared to a lot of other GMM shows. Some of the locations and sets were truly stunning, like Greenmoore and Punn's antique shop. 9/10
4) OSTs+BGMs- PERFECTION. 1000000/10 Boun and Prem and GREAT singers and they proved it once again. I also really really love the BGMs of this show, especially the eng song that was played in ep 4 (while ramil hugs punn)+ the song when they slow dance
5) Direction- This is a bit controversial. This is the reason why REVAMP is getting all the hate that it is getting. It is a bit all over the place; not balanced out. I've never been a fan of N8w's work, only exception being a very few works (mainly because it has a good cast it is his field of expertise)- yeah, he is suited for ensemble cast uni-romance, that is his usual and comfortable area of work- his forte. He openly admitted that he wouldn't take on a project like this as it was too much for him- way to be unprofessional; at least he could have handed it over to some other director if he wasn't really up for it. In the book, the romance, fantasy, action, emotions, everything is well-balanced but when it was executed, they rushed the fantasy aspects of it and gave a lot of screentime for lesser important stuff. It was not well-balanced. The first ep was pretty well-made, but then it dropped a bit- there wasn't much to be invested abt in ep 2 and 3- this is the reason why 1/3rd of the people dropped it after 2nd or 3rd ep. But it REALLY picked up from the 4th and honestly got a LOT BETTER, tbh better with EVERY EPISODE. But they rushed the important stuff towards the end, especially the final battle, which could have been given way more imp, was rushed and felt like the director did it for the sake of doing it. The last ep was only around 30 minutes.
It is unfortunate how the lack of a good direction impacted a 3-4 years long project, moreover P'boun's biggest dream and both BounPrem's hardwork not get the praise they deserve, instead is accumulating unwanted and unnecessary hate.
PLEASE GIVE THIS SHOW A CHANCE, YOU WON'T REGRET IT.
In my eyes, the show deserves 8/10, but BounPrem's effort and hard work deserves 1000000000/10
If you read until here, I hope you were convinced to give it a chance, Thank you <3
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