So bad that it feels disrespectful
Spoiler free review:If you're thinking of watching it, don't. Or do. It really depends on how much time you have to waste and how much tolerance you have for foolishness. Cinematography & setting was good and everybody's makeup was TEA (the MUAs need a raise, IMMEDIATELY!). That's it for the pros. Everything else was absolute ass.
Spoiled review:
I've watched almost all of ppw's works together. FUTS was funny but flawed, NLMG sucked severely and We Are will always be one of my favourites. Now, being a fan of We Are, I'd expected that things could only get better from there. Boy, was I wrong. Me & Thee was a huge, steaming pile of disappointment. I don't know how they've managed to make almost every facet of a show grating. The characters were annoying and unlikeable at worst, irrelevant at best. Peach has got to be the most boring, "not like other guys" mfer on the face of planet earth. I hated having to endure him as the main lead. Bro is so righteous it just comes off as being really fcking annoying. Why are you, as a grown man, teaching another grown man social cues and respect? Don't piss me off. And Thee. Dear god what a disaster of a man. His character sounded fun in theory but was incredibly under-baked. Pond's acting was stiff and over done so Thee became cringe, awkward and too much. And I know Thee is supposed to be all of those things but it felt incredibly forced. I've seen cringe characters done well in other shows, this was not one of those. Thee was cute and funny a few times but I mostly found myself cringing/getting irritated when he was on screen. And he constantly makes this stupid, "shy" smile that makes my skin itch every time. Add to that that he's supposed to be a domineering mafia boss when he's already giving a weak performance, and you get a very painful watching experience.
Santa didn't do too bad but Perth's performance was mid as usual. Their arc was actually kind of interesting until the writers decided to completely flip Tawan's personality when he lost all his money. If he was an asshole rich he's still gonna be an asshole poor. But I guess Aran's into poverty because he suddenly takes Tawan's weirdo ass back once he's destitute and pitiful. Yuck. Wouldn't it have been more interesting to see Tawan get a job and start to learn some hard lessons while Aran minds his business and finds happiness elsewhere? But I guess that would require too much depth to be poured into the plot.
Mok was meh. The judgemental body guard thing was a little amusing at first but got tired fast. Rome was irritating. Seeing him smirk made me want to pluck all the hair out of his damn head. Which sucks for my blood pressure because all he does is smirk. As a Westie. I hated what they did to William in this show. They slicked his hair back, put him in the most ill fitting dad suits I've ever seen and even worse- they confiscated his platforms. So now I have to watch this midget try and fail at being charming and all I can think about is how silly he looks. Sigh.
My next gripe- Absolutely no one had chemistry. Thee and Peach were so bad together I was recoiling in pain at their "romantic" scenes. I had to skip past their kiss scenes for fear of injuring myself because my brain was begging me to sink my fingers into my eyeballs so I wouldn't have to see this bs ever again. Not even my fave cp could save this foolishness. Somehow they managed to suck the chemistry out of WilliamEst and their scenes ended up just being cringe. And the lack of chemistry doesn't just go for the romantic couples. Plub and Peach were the least sibling-like siblings ever. They would've been more believable as distant cousins who only see each other for 30 mins every 5 years. They kept giving me scenes that were meant to show how close they are but all it did was make my skin crawl at the awkwardness.
My next issue: The lines. My god, the lines. Everyone's lines were so disjointed, unnatural and painfully cringe. These people will have your brain melting through your ears almost every time they speak.
So basically, Me and Thee is painfully cringe, awkward and worst of all- boring. It claims to be a comedy but I wasn't laughing. I could tell it was trying to be funny and that made it even worse. It takes itself far too seriously and clumsily attempts to dive into serious issues with laughable results. It's also a mafia show so you have to endure Pond, Est and William fail spectacularly at looking cool. Fortunately it only had 10 episodes because by the end I was genuinely angry. How dare gmmtv even think to put this hot, steaming pile of shit in front of viewer's faces? Bl fans will watch anything right? Why bother putting effort into creating something beautiful when you can drop a couple pretty boys in there, make them kiss and say some sappy words to each other and advertise your fcking dry ass looking cake snack thing. Everyone's performances sucked so bad that I'm starting to question why we need to keep seeing ppw together when it's disappointment after disappointment with them. Sure, I like looking at them but pretty faces can only go so far. I need substance. I got a peek of what they could be in We Are but my hopes were chewed up, swallowed, digested and shat out along with this waste of air time. Ppw needs to take a break from acting, sign up for acting classes and try to get more comfortable with each other. If they're just gonna keep churning out trash I'd rather they just keep it at this point.
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