Reviews

Mile and Apo - good acting

Good acting, I'm impressed. After seeing Mile Phakphum Romsaithong playing the macho character in KinnPorsche, now I'm speechless seeing him play this hippie character. He does a very good performance impersonating this head-in-the-clouds artist, smoking weed and being a bohemian. He looks like a real hippie: the gestures, the silly laughter, the way he moves, everything looks genuine. Furthermore, he made all those videos taken at Woodstock in '69 come to memory in such a vivid way. Not that I necessarily like the hippie phenomenon. Also, I don't especially like Mile. And TBH, I didn't even like KinnPorsche. =)) Apo Nattawin Wattanagitiphat on the other hand, attracted my attention in the above-mentioned series with his naturalness of switching from the manly womanizer in the bar to the somewhat gentler gay partner very much in love. In this first episode of "Shine" he once again proved his talent and versatility. The way he looked at and embraced his French female partner, with such a masculine vibe, and the shyness and fluster he exhibits in the interactions with Tanwa, are both very convincing. I truly am impressed with these two actors. The story itself is not a fascinating topic for me, but I will give it a chance (or more), due to the artists performances.

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Good in depth about training to be a idol but questionable writing

The writing feels kind of strange for this case especially the end. I think it was pretty clear the rainbow taxi team didn't want Jang Na Ra's character to die there at the end with Kim Do Gi trying to save her from falling from the rooftop but it was too much for her. The rainbow taxi team are supposed to be very clever but here it seems like they looked foolish in letting her get her way to die than eventually being arrested for her crimes. They should have known that on the rooftop, she would have of course consider taking the easy way out and fall to her death. Why would they send a bunch of drones to flash lights at her that made her lost in the moment and walked backwards nearing the edge of the rooftop? When Do Gi loses his grip on her hand/purse, we get this dramatic scene of her falling all the way down that I thought they would do something like the rainbow taxi team caught her with an helicopter or a there's a rescue air cushion ready for her down there but we don't know. The next scene is the team hanging out eating cheerfully. In short, they never wanted to kill her but why wasn't it just as simple as dodger her attack with her cane and tackle her down later sending her to the police. This writing made them look foolish in them not punishing her the way they probably wanted. Onto the good things, it was really fun seeing Do Gi go undercover as a manager for a Kpop girl group. I really enjoyed most is how he formed a wonderful bond with the girl group in such a short time that he even became a fan of them after. He usually goes undercover as some character to side with the villains then destroys them at the end but this time while he was undercover, there were actually people he could help, connect, or be kind to genuinely. The best part was seeing him as a manger fill in for one of their members to dance with the rest while being filmed on tv. What can Lee Je Hoon not do? There was actually a viral video of a popular Kpop girl group Apink and their manager who like Do Gi filled in for a member and danced with the rest. It looks just like the scene here in Taxi Driver season 3. I'd like to believe the writers used that as inspiration for this scene which was amusing.

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