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Who am I? I am the WU
First of all, this is my first Sky-Nani series. I have not watched any works of Sky, the same goes for Nani. I actually did not plan to watch this. It was just one weekend and I don’t have anything to watch so I decided to try this. I can happily say it was the rightest decision!
The concept:
I have read similar plots like this but haven't watch anything like this so I liked it a lot. When I read the novel, it's not much different from the series itself. The only thing that I wished was they could have shown more about Pete and the monkey demon's dyanmic. When I hear the word "demon" I imagine it's dangerous, powerful, and unstoppable. But the way they showed it was very... tame. A monkey in a judo costume. I wished they intensified him a bit more.
The acting:
I am pleasantly impressed with the whole cast. I am not a Chinese speaker so I can't comment much on the scenes they speak Chinese but I think they at least did a good job. Furthermore, I believe this man deserves a separate praise but holy moly Krist! When I first saw Li Pou, Krist immediately came to my mind. But I disregarded it thinking it might be not him. But when I saw the cast, I was honestly amazed. Krist did an amazing job. He was unrecognisable. I also want to commend Nani and his three friends for all of that action scenes they did. The last episode made me a bit dizzy with all the camera switching lol. Personally, the action scenes could have been shown more intensely. I feel like there were times I could see how rehearsed the stunts were (like the punches) but overall, it’s a great stepup for the action scenes.
The cinematography:
I would say this is one of the few GMMTV series that is obviously budgeted. Although there are some scenes that the CGI looked silly but majority of the time, it's great and a stepup from what I see in Thai series or movies in general. I very much liked the color grading as well.
I did not give it a solid 10 because of those silly product placements. For a serious scene, it's just so ridiculous to see a girl in the middle of summoning a demon, drink milk. Like I get that you need to show the sponsorship of the series but come on, there are proper scenes to do that. It honestly ruined that episode for me. Combined with the wonky fog CGI too.
Overall, I have rewatched this when it was not even finished yet. I'll rewatch it again this coming weekend. That's how rewatchable this series is. This also got me interested in Sky and Nani lol.
The concept:
I have read similar plots like this but haven't watch anything like this so I liked it a lot. When I read the novel, it's not much different from the series itself. The only thing that I wished was they could have shown more about Pete and the monkey demon's dyanmic. When I hear the word "demon" I imagine it's dangerous, powerful, and unstoppable. But the way they showed it was very... tame. A monkey in a judo costume. I wished they intensified him a bit more.
The acting:
I am pleasantly impressed with the whole cast. I am not a Chinese speaker so I can't comment much on the scenes they speak Chinese but I think they at least did a good job. Furthermore, I believe this man deserves a separate praise but holy moly Krist! When I first saw Li Pou, Krist immediately came to my mind. But I disregarded it thinking it might be not him. But when I saw the cast, I was honestly amazed. Krist did an amazing job. He was unrecognisable. I also want to commend Nani and his three friends for all of that action scenes they did. The last episode made me a bit dizzy with all the camera switching lol. Personally, the action scenes could have been shown more intensely. I feel like there were times I could see how rehearsed the stunts were (like the punches) but overall, it’s a great stepup for the action scenes.
The cinematography:
I would say this is one of the few GMMTV series that is obviously budgeted. Although there are some scenes that the CGI looked silly but majority of the time, it's great and a stepup from what I see in Thai series or movies in general. I very much liked the color grading as well.
I did not give it a solid 10 because of those silly product placements. For a serious scene, it's just so ridiculous to see a girl in the middle of summoning a demon, drink milk. Like I get that you need to show the sponsorship of the series but come on, there are proper scenes to do that. It honestly ruined that episode for me. Combined with the wonky fog CGI too.
Overall, I have rewatched this when it was not even finished yet. I'll rewatch it again this coming weekend. That's how rewatchable this series is. This also got me interested in Sky and Nani lol.
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