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If you are looking for a wig-snatching supernatural romance series that has epic combat scenes, touching emotional moments, an intriguing story and deep nuanced characters, then keep looking, because this series will give you absolutely none of that!Tell me you don't know what a vampire is without telling me you don't know what a vampire is...
Common sense was chasing those characters but they were way faster because none of what happens made sense at any point...
I think it's my fault for having expectations but I was soooo hyped for this series when the trailer came out, but now I just wish I could hypnotize myself to forget what a failure this was.
I mean just look at it: BounPrem in a vampire setting?? Yes please!! But turns out we weren't even robbed, we got full on bullied by GMMTV.
The casting is top notch but I think they forgot to give them the script until the day before the shooting because tell me why it all feels so improvised?? The acting is so awful and wannabe edgy and dark, it hurts to look at... I spent the whole time watching in x2 speed because of second-hand embarrassment...
The pacing is so weird. This series focuses on everything and nothing at the same time. It spends such a long time on unnecessary details and forgets to get anything done. It just throws some plot details here and there like "i love claw machines. oh yeah also I have a century old evil vampire brother that's still roaming free and probably wants to kill me and everyone I love but I guess that won't be an issue. also did i tell you i love claw machines?"
The romance feels so forced... Don't get me wrong, I love BounPrem and their previous works. But what the fuck is going on here?? It feels like Ramil and Punn never really got over that weird awkward first stage of trying to get to know someone and now they're stuck with each other unable to bring themselves to break the awkwardness, like an everlasting uncomfortable first date.
"I want to stay with you forever." MY BROTHER IN CHRIST YOU HAVE KNOWN THIS MAN FOR A WEEK AND ALMOST DIED 1000 TIMES CAN'T YOU CATCH A BREAK??
I absolutely HATED the last episode. It's so rushed it felt like a joke... What do you mean Ramil gives the title of vampire leader to Methus because he is "the best and most reliable brother"?? What was the point of all the bonding scenes and playing house with everyone for 3 episodes if you are just going to say you dislike your family? Aren't things in GMMTV supposed to be ruled by the power of friendship anymore??
Early in the series, Pokpong had a whole crashout about going to live abroad (which is so valid by the way, like wdym you're my financially stable, independent, living in a huge house brother and you can't even take me in even though we literally don't have anyone else and I STILL work part time to support myself??). So tell me why he seems ok that Punn is going to live forever inside a fucking painting with his vampire boyfriend that he's known for a week?? PLEASE BE ANGRY DO SOMETHING FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.
So you're telling me Pokpong is just going to watch his brother not age while he's still gonna grow old and wither and die??
I could say that Punn and Ramil are incredible lead characters that carry the whole story, but I won't, cause I don't like to lie.
From his very first apparition, I instantly KNEW that Ramil would be very laughable. That man has no depth whatsoever. His only personality trait is that he has none. I hate his alpha male demeanor, breathing heavily turning red and screaming in the last episode. Please sir stop thinking you're so mysterious and edgy when really your claw hands are making you look cringe. I mean this whole show is just so cringe it becomes the norm... We saw one scene of his past and suddenly he is this tortured figure that's lived through the apocalypse...
Punn was so devout of life it physically hurt to see him interact with other characters. From the first episodes, I was constantly screaming at him to wake up and FEEL something, because tell why that man isn't even phased about falling inside a damn PAINTING and dragging home a VAMPIRE that later on invites his BROTHER inside Punn's house without even asking?? THE WHOLE TIME PUNN WAS JUST LIKE "yeah typical sunday 👍"
I mean yes the whole time he was actually a hunter so he knows about vampires and their whereabouts so that kinda makes sense but still??? Have at least the decency to make your enemies think you're a normal human being instead of being so mysterious and suspicious...
I could seriously go on and on about this show and give one argument for each year Ramil has lived to show you how bad this series really is...
Spare yourself, don't watch it. Even My Golden Blood wasn't that edgy. Don't lose your time on this show and go rewatch Between us...
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high hopes crushed by 5 dollar budget
don't get me wrong, i love daouoffroad.but what the fuck is this?
i was sooo hyped for this and... it just didn't deliver. the casting was good and the overall idea seemed fine.
i was hooked from the first episodes, and then my enthusiasm slowly began to die as i got further into the story as i came to realize that the plot was literally hanging on by a thread and the production budget seemed to have been cut off mid shooting.
the characters were all so stereotypical and shallow...
pheem was... maybe kinda likeable?? i mean yes he has lived a very hard life. but i thought, after all the hardships his father had made him endure, he would come back to thanavej and take everything flip off his dad and marry than. but no. he chose to try to rise to power but still under his dad's order???? WHY??? YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE EVERYTHING FROM THE MAN THAT HURT YOU THE MOST AND YOU STILL CHOSE TO ATTACK CHET WHO WE JUST SPENT A WHOLE EPISODE REMINISCING ABOUT THE TIMES HE WASN'T ACTUALLY BAD ALL ALONG AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF HIS MOTHER????? because let's be real, chet was evil but that's all on dad. if he wasn't pushing his children against each other and enabling his wife when she killed pheem's mother all of that wouldn't have happened.
also, why does he keep making promises to than he KNOWS he's not gonna keep? he runs away and then cries because than doesn't want him anymore. NO SHIT SHERLOCK??? MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFOREHAND!!!
than was very perplexing. it's like he got used to the drama. why the fuck did he forgive pheem after he did exactly what than didn't want him to do? that just didn't make any sense. he was a good character, if only he wasn't so dumb...
chet was the archetype of the bad guy: always yells, get angry at everything, is not very smart, makes the dumbest decisions ever, has a kind of attempted but aborted redemption arc at the end. he was not nuanced at all, which really bothered me. you're really telling me that this man would actually try to shoot his own brother in a room full of people while actively trying to make himself look good so his father could take him in again? come on!! his character was not realistic at all and his death was kind of painfully cringe to watch as i didn't feel any sympathy for him. and i guess park was okay, tho his death seemed as unnecessary as predictable.
risa was supposed to be written as this evil mastermind but the switch in tone and pacing never really occurred for he character which only made it seem like she changed her mind and decided to become a villain at the last second. it wasn't even a plot twist it just felt like i had skipped and episode. her bodyguard was fine i guess though she was very forgettable. there was potential but it was so wasted. she was insignificant to me. i would've loved to see her relationship with risa unfold more, or even with park or than, but nothing. such a shame.
the dad, don't get me started on the dad. he was so badly written. he was not smart or cunning or anything. he was merely a plot device. i wish he had been more nuanced. i mean each time his children did something shady he would turn to the next one without suspecting anything and the cycle would start again. AND HE NEVER TRIED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
ms. nit was also very forgettable. she's supposed to be pheem's mother figure, but she's just never on screen for more than two minutes at a time. i should have counted how many times pheem went and told her that it would be the last time she helped him. because that happened at least four time.
the plot was paper-thin and very badly written, and had very drastic tonal changes that felt very strange. like you're telling me this is supposed to be a dark, edgy action series with very serious topics and then there's an inexplicable scene where than and pheem go on a little pottery and painting date??? hello??? is this a romcom??? it just felt very out of place...
the production was... interesting. i believe the editors went on strike halfway through... the cgi was soooo bad it was painful to look at. the bullets and wounds were made in a way that seemed sooo cheap. did they edit this in capcut of something?? because it sure looked like it. give me ketchup and a cookie cutter and i'm sure i can do better.
and don't get me started about the lest episode. it was a literal hemoglobin fest. when than put the video online and risa watched it, i couldn't help but giggle at the name of the site, "Dark Web". that was so silly. the way risa and her little team along with park died in the elevator felt so rushed it lost all meaning. and come on... pheem's reappearance? i mean yeah we all saw it coming but that was so unnecessary. he could've informed than so much earlier and saved him the grief to have the love of his life die in front of him... but nooo my man pheem decided to wait two fucking weeks because he was "busy with paperwork"!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!! AND THAN FORGAVE HIM ONCE AGAIN COME ON PEOPLE HAVE SOME FUCKING COMMON SENSE
overall this series was infuriating because every character kept making the wrong fucking decision at every turn and it drove me insane.
BUT
daouoffroad's chemistry is so unmatched, imma let it slide and i'll pray that their next work together has more than 5 dollars of budget and that the screenwriters don't commit suicide halfway through because of how bad the script is being written.
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my favourite movie so far
This movie is just wonderful. The atmosphere is just so calm and quiet, the colors are really pretty, the sceneries are amazing...The amount of oxygen that it gave me is insane, I felt like I was breathing after holding my breath for too long. I couldn't describe the feeling that I've got, something like cold mornings in a little house, with the golden light of the sun illuminating the countryside... After watching it, I felt humble and modest towards life.
The movie was painful to watch because it reminded me a lot of myself, but it portrays life within its all. The cruelty, happiness, anger, and issues of a gay couple living with a child in early 2000's Japan. Every character has their own palette of behavior, and you can't just hate one of them because they all have a valid point for acting as they do. The ending was incredible, and I think it is the best that could happen to them.
If you want to watch another movie with the same vibe, I recommend "Restart After Comeback Home".
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