Only one reason to watch this. : the Sizzling Chemistry b/w Tui & Kwan .... From the first moment he lays his eyes on her you can feel the sparks ...
Also, very nice Romance Progression, a believable Love and good Story.
Characters: Sharif, King Ahmed and his wife were all wonderful characters ... especially the Dashing Sharif <3 .... However, Michelle was a Weak Whinny Heroine that sometimes was stupidly stubborn..
Bad or weak parts: many things are horrid, mainly Poor Production and Amateur Writing: The Stupid Dialogues... the Ignorance of most basic things in the culture, ... the shameful Stereotypes ... the Racist remarks,.... the fake wigs/beards, the ugly costumes ... and the very Cartoonish Villain! ..... :P ...Yuck! It looks like a bad copy of a Disney Cartoon ... full of contradictions and hypocrisies.
Like most people I watched only first 8 episodes subbed, rest were raw.... so I did not get a complete picture of the scenario.
Nonetheless, this is a good slap/kiss w/ pretty good acting, good chemistry, and two hot leads ... BUT, it lacked good writing ..... The bones of the story (based on a book) are very good, but the script lacked well-developed characters and did not much delve into motivation and psyche .... Instead, they focused too much on the 2-D villains and their stupid plans ... Chai Iewo, Urasee and other side characters were uninteresting or used as filler ... Too bad! :((
Still, Tui and Kwan sizzle on screen ;)
I wanted to see a deeper exploration of the two leads' characters and more insight into the conflicted feelings of both ...... More about Patawee's torment and passions, how he felt about the two women in his life, and how true love changed him and eased his tormented heart ... and more about how Chichaba's hate turned to love....
I wanted more of the Unending Fire of Passion !!!
When this first came out, Ninjakkn started subbing and stopped after 8th episode ... keyhui.me also subbed it completely and provided it on her website if u pay a fee ... As a result, all other subbers dropped the project, since it was already taken ...
Now, keyhui's accounts are closed and so a completely subbed version is no longer accessible atm...... Until a new subber, or Ninjakkn decide to pick it up!
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Censorship and original aired videos are now cut!
I first started watching it subbed on Dailymotion as it was airing (stopped while waiting for subs) .... The version I watched is no longer there... All the ones available now have sensational parts removed ... all the more graphic scenes b/w Patawee and Chitchaba have been cut out !! ... you can still see some of them in the trailer tho ...
Here what's weird, I think I watched it on Ninjakkn 's page (account closed now) of DM .... but now those same videos stamped w/ ninjakkn are the ones that are censored... very weird!
In the review it says "Wee begins Raping her" and while I've watched like 50 lakorns and am used…
It is like Sealed w/ a Kiss type ... He bribes her into being his mistress, so she knows what she is getting into.... but she's tough and will try to make his life as difficult as possible.
Also, he wants revenge against her, but is tortured seeing her hate him ...
So yes, it happens more than once, like SWAK .... but he feels neither guilty (wants revenge) nor satisfied (he wants her love not hate) ... Basically torture to both :P
this is very interesting and intense but why is one episode 4 hours long? am i at the wrong website or something…
It's alwaysmeena version w/ higher quality video..split into 4 long parts(eps)...So it is either:
12 episodes @1hr35min each = 19 hours total ....or....
4 episodes @4hr45min each = 19 hours total.
Dramacool has the 4 episode version although they also include the shorter episodes 5-12 .
I like your list, especially cute innocent Healer and the perfect best friend Li Da Ren.
My list of "Best Surprisingly Decent Guys":
1) Wei Wu Ji (Eddie Peng) in --- Sound of the Desert --- Incredibly supportive and patient in the friendzone, a hero w/ a bad-boy image and heart of gold... Perfect!
2) Lu Li Cheng (Wallace Chung) in--- Best Time --- drama gets silly later, but he's Perfect!
3) He Yi Chen (Wallace Chung) in --- My Sunshine --- Mature, understanding and patient.
The plot sounds similar to Manee Yard Fah ... EDIT: synopsis has been updated... only similarity is the marriage to protect her part .... Manee Yard Fah is being remade By Anne T., starring Nadech and Yaya.
Ooooh.... this sounds good, lots of angst and pining and fighting his own heart .....
I am expecting Weir to show a lot of this internal conflict through skinship and humor... XD
Typical newer lakorn .... The original is much better, w/ deep meaning. They took away the complex well-developed characters, made them simple. They took away character development as a plot device, and replaced it w/ action. Worst of all, they took away the wonderful insightful conversations of Chanon and Rasa, replaced it w/ typical lakorn senseless anger.
Also, Andrew and Kob are wonderful actors that showed the nuances of conflicted emotions .... Om and Min lack the talent to show subtlety and depth.
What a waste of a wonderful lead like Cee , like @Cheer said below he is super hot!!! ..... I loved Cee, he is scary when he's hateful and still good when sweet. Good chemistry w/ Min.
In general, this suffers from incredibly weak writing. .. Just typical slap/kiss formula, sprinkled w/ a few cliches and over-used tropes, resulting in mediocre plot. The few episodes when he was just nice, were very boring.
Too many useless filler scenes, lots of unnecessary talk that did not advance the plot or give insight into characters, it was not even funny or amusing.
Cee tried his best to make things sizzle, but romance was not compelling.
I think it would have been better if they would have shown more internal conflict for both leads ... If Nakrop (Cee) had struggled w/ his mother's influence vs. his guilt and trying to make amends.
If Ouijai (Min) had struggled w/ love/hate towards the man responsible for her brother's death.
Instead, they went through phases of feeling one way or the other without being conflicted .... It would have added lots of angst and greatly improved the romance and plot.
I recommend watching only for Cee's hotness, u can do a lot of fast-forwarding in this one.
When I compare this to the exasperating Wong Wien Hua Jai, that had every cliche in the book, over the top evilness, ridiculous personality changes at the last minute, WWHJ still had a more compelling romance w/ lots of angst and feels.
Guys, Three Lives Three Worlds is just a cleverly disguised Return of the Condor Heroes. I don't recommend…
Wow... Thank you!.... I did not realize that, or that LOCH was inspiration for Star Wars I-III ...
I've only seen Return of the Condor Heroes, I want to see the old Hon Kong versions.
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Also, very nice Romance Progression, a believable Love and good Story.
Characters: Sharif, King Ahmed and his wife were all wonderful characters ... especially the Dashing Sharif <3 .... However, Michelle was a Weak Whinny Heroine that sometimes was stupidly stubborn..
Bad or weak parts: many things are horrid, mainly Poor Production and Amateur Writing:
The Stupid Dialogues... the Ignorance of most basic things in the culture, ... the shameful Stereotypes ... the Racist remarks,.... the fake wigs/beards, the ugly costumes ... and the very Cartoonish Villain! ..... :P ...Yuck!
It looks like a bad copy of a Disney Cartoon ... full of contradictions and hypocrisies.
Nonetheless, this is a good slap/kiss w/ pretty good acting, good chemistry, and two hot leads ... BUT, it lacked good writing ..... The bones of the story (based on a book) are very good, but the script lacked well-developed characters and did not much delve into motivation and psyche .... Instead, they focused too much on the 2-D villains and their stupid plans ... Chai Iewo, Urasee and other side characters were uninteresting or used as filler ... Too bad! :((
Still, Tui and Kwan sizzle on screen ;)
I wanted to see a deeper exploration of the two leads' characters and more insight into the conflicted feelings of both ...... More about Patawee's torment and passions, how he felt about the two women in his life, and how true love changed him and eased his tormented heart ... and more about how Chichaba's hate turned to love....
I wanted more of the Unending Fire of Passion !!!
When this first came out, Ninjakkn started subbing and stopped after 8th episode ... keyhui.me also subbed it completely and provided it on her website if u pay a fee ... As a result, all other subbers dropped the project, since it was already taken ...
Now, keyhui's accounts are closed and so a completely subbed version is no longer accessible atm...... Until a new subber, or Ninjakkn decide to pick it up!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Censorship and original aired videos are now cut!
I first started watching it subbed on Dailymotion as it was airing (stopped while waiting for subs) .... The version I watched is no longer there... All the ones available now have sensational parts removed ... all the more graphic scenes b/w Patawee and Chitchaba have been cut out !! ... you can still see some of them in the trailer tho ...
Here what's weird, I think I watched it on Ninjakkn 's page (account closed now) of DM .... but now those same videos stamped w/ ninjakkn are the ones that are censored... very weird!
Also, he wants revenge against her, but is tortured seeing her hate him ...
So yes, it happens more than once, like SWAK .... but he feels neither guilty (wants revenge) nor satisfied (he wants her love not hate) ... Basically torture to both :P
Subs are available, but raw videos have to be split.
This lakorn is really worth it, one of the better ones, certainly in my top 5 slap/kiss.
12 episodes @1hr35min each = 19 hours total ....or....
4 episodes @4hr45min each = 19 hours total.
Dramacool has the 4 episode version although they also include the shorter episodes 5-12 .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcKZ3-jbtxM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eouGkcw-1tk
My list of "Best Surprisingly Decent Guys":
1) Wei Wu Ji (Eddie Peng) in --- Sound of the Desert --- Incredibly supportive and patient in the friendzone, a hero w/ a bad-boy image and heart of gold... Perfect!
2) Lu Li Cheng (Wallace Chung) in--- Best Time --- drama gets silly later, but he's Perfect!
3) He Yi Chen (Wallace Chung) in --- My Sunshine --- Mature, understanding and patient.
EDIT: synopsis has been updated... only similarity is the marriage to protect her part ....
Manee Yard Fah is being remade By Anne T., starring Nadech and Yaya.
I am expecting Weir to show a lot of this internal conflict through skinship and humor... XD
They took away the complex well-developed characters, made them simple.
They took away character development as a plot device, and replaced it w/ action.
Worst of all, they took away the wonderful insightful conversations of Chanon and Rasa, replaced it w/ typical lakorn senseless anger.
Also, Andrew and Kob are wonderful actors that showed the nuances of conflicted emotions ....
Om and Min lack the talent to show subtlety and depth.
In general, this suffers from incredibly weak writing. .. Just typical slap/kiss formula, sprinkled w/ a few cliches and over-used tropes, resulting in mediocre plot. The few episodes when he was just nice, were very boring.
Too many useless filler scenes, lots of unnecessary talk that did not advance the plot or give insight into characters, it was not even funny or amusing.
Cee tried his best to make things sizzle, but romance was not compelling.
I think it would have been better if they would have shown more internal conflict for both leads ... If Nakrop (Cee) had struggled w/ his mother's influence vs. his guilt and trying to make amends.
If Ouijai (Min) had struggled w/ love/hate towards the man responsible for her brother's death.
Instead, they went through phases of feeling one way or the other without being conflicted .... It would have added lots of angst and greatly improved the romance and plot.
I recommend watching only for Cee's hotness, u can do a lot of fast-forwarding in this one.
When I compare this to the exasperating Wong Wien Hua Jai, that had every cliche in the book, over the top evilness, ridiculous personality changes at the last minute, WWHJ still had a more compelling romance w/ lots of angst and feels.
I've only seen Return of the Condor Heroes, I want to see the old Hon Kong versions.