I don't even necessarily always need a happy ending to be satisfied with a story but with this one I need the happiest, fluffiest ending ever or I won't recover.
I desperately want to rate this a 10 but I know from bitter experience that it brings bad luck to give a good rating before a show has ended. So I will wait. You are welcome!
My issue with some Thai shows is that they seem to drag on for unneccesarily long and it loses quality as a result meanwhile my issue with a lot of Japanese shows is that they are too short. I wish they would split the difference! I just realized this is 6 episodes instead of 8 and I'm horrified.
It kind of blew my mind when I realized this is by the same director/screenwriter who did The Novelist... Now it makes COMPLETE sense why I love it so much.
smooth production is important for every story.. see NLMG has all ingredients but still things don't flow smoothly..Additionally,…
Sure I just meant it might be considered less important compared to things like decent acting and a decent story. And I know it's a budget issue but this show really made me appreciate how nice it is when things just flow.
One thing I REALLY appreciate about this show is how smooth the production is.
It might seem insignificant but it really means so much for my overall enjoyment that the editing, soundtrack and little things like that is on point. It makes it a joy to watch and is just super refreshing. Maybe it's partly because I've been fed up with the quality of other shows I've been watching lately lol.
adding to the negativity.. the joke is, the source material actually had some really good content to be adapted…
@dizzyjaze Oh interesting. Personally I think it has something to do with both. When a scene sometimes feels lackluster even with Boun and Prem's great chemistry, or when they have a tendency to act slightly overdramatic at times (at least for my taste), I blame that on a bad call by the director. But I'm biased too because I'm not a fan of New in general from the works I've seen.
adding to the negativity.. the joke is, the source material actually had some really good content to be adapted…
I agree with everything you said. Sadly. New, the director, has a "gift" of taking a scene that actually sounds great on paper and then somehow ruining it by having it completely lack intimacy and depth. Obviously there were some nice stand-alone scenes too, not everything was a mess. But as much as I adore Boun and Prem (and that's a lot), their chemistry wasn't enough to make this series enjoyable to me...
We can only imagine what this show could have been like with a different director.
I usually don't shy away from dropping shows left and right but this one hurts.
I've tried to force myself to watch this until the end because I have been religiously waiting for it ever since the day it was first announced. But I just can't get any further than episode 9 and I stopped enjoying it after episode 5. Too many repititions, too many pointless flashbacks, too many missed opportunities. Not a single mention of Win's bisexuality, really? No therapy for Team about his trauma? I miss authenticity. I miss feeling the director truly cares about the characters. I miss chemistry in the ensemble cast as a whole.
I'm so sad it came to this. Maybe I'll pick it up again one day. For now, my interest is gone. Boun and Prem deserved better material to work with and a better production. Most of all, they deserved better directing. It's obvious they have both grown as actors, especially Boun, but they simply weren't given enough chances to properly show it off without the scene falling flat for whatever reason - lazy dialogue, lack of intention, becoming overly dramatic thus ineffective, etc. What a shame.
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It might seem insignificant but it really means so much for my overall enjoyment that the editing, soundtrack and little things like that is on point. It makes it a joy to watch and is just super refreshing. Maybe it's partly because I've been fed up with the quality of other shows I've been watching lately lol.
We can only imagine what this show could have been like with a different director.
I usually don't shy away from dropping shows left and right but this one hurts.
I've tried to force myself to watch this until the end because I have been religiously waiting for it ever since the day it was first announced. But I just can't get any further than episode 9 and I stopped enjoying it after episode 5. Too many repititions, too many pointless flashbacks, too many missed opportunities. Not a single mention of Win's bisexuality, really? No therapy for Team about his trauma? I miss authenticity. I miss feeling the director truly cares about the characters. I miss chemistry in the ensemble cast as a whole.
I'm so sad it came to this. Maybe I'll pick it up again one day. For now, my interest is gone. Boun and Prem deserved better material to work with and a better production. Most of all, they deserved better directing. It's obvious they have both grown as actors, especially Boun, but they simply weren't given enough chances to properly show it off without the scene falling flat for whatever reason - lazy dialogue, lack of intention, becoming overly dramatic thus ineffective, etc. What a shame.