Look Tard (2014)

The Journey of a Slave’s Child to Finding his Worth & His Freedom

Before I begin, this drama is about a slave's path to freedom and achieving his dreams. The story centres around that. Not the romance. It is not a romance heavy drama. So if you are someone who can not watch a drama that's not romance first and everything else second then this will not be a drama you will find interesting.

I personally enjoyed it a lot (as you can see by the rating). Although the quality of the video available was low, I could see how well each scene was shot, and how aesthetically pleasing the director kept the shots.

The actors all did a wonderful job. There was not one actor who did badly in my humble opinion. Moreover, the characters that were in this drama were mostly (aside from the villain) all grey characters. They did selfless, pure things and they also made mistakes like normal humans do.

This is something that is not seen often in dramas. If a person is good, they are a whole saint. If a person is bad, there is not a single attribute about their personality that is pleasant. In this drama, however, the good guys made human mistakes and the bad guys (well...) also had time to show that they have good parts too or their actions could be rationalised.

The plot of the drama was very well done too. While it did keep some things that have already been seen before — however, the screenwriters and director did a wonderful job not keeping those feeling repetitive or boring. I enjoyed the plot so much!

I will list down things that one might not be able to enjoy:
- lack of physical contact between leads.
- The CGI and green screen work was sometimes very off. I could totally tell they had green screen behind them.
- Some characters didn’t have to die.

Overall, I enjoyed this drama. I’m really impressed.

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just finished watching this drama and it did not disappoint! personally it was a little bit slow and didn’t really make me go on edge but it was such a breath of fresh air since this is not heavily centred on the romance of the main protagonists but instead focused kaew’s fight to freedom and the obstacles he faced for being a slave. ken executed his role so well i was actually surprised, i mean obviously his character was a literal saint and it can’t get more in depth than that but he was exceptional in bringing out kaew’s lovable traits and inner strength. the romance between the leads were really subtle and not in your face. it went w the flow of the drama and the flow, imo, made it a hq drama!! it’s the little love hints here and there that will make you understand their sacrifices and love for each other :( it’s definitely not cliche at all however the drama wasn’t really action-packed, very subtle and slow progress and not in your face. but like i said, this is focused on kaew and his transformation (historical timeline was accurate too) so i wasn’t even disappointed or surprised about the flow. as for the characters, they were all lovable!! from boon jerm to mae nom to dukda they all played very important roles in the transformation of kaew its hella refreshing seeing even the littlest characters help bring out the best in kaew :) the only fault i had in this drama was a few characters, the antagonist (manoj) tbh his character was fine but i had a problem w his acting lmao... and the other the FL!! she was sweet and well spoken but she had NO BACKBONE, was always crying and being a pushover to manoj & her father (didn’t really have a head of her own tbh) and the fact that she thought being married to khun phra was the same as being w manoj...baby he’s not your cousin who’s tryna r*pe you and steal your inheritance or kill your lover lmao i rlly couldn’t stand her. imo bella as namtip was really boring and bland her character did not stand out at all i wish they had some other actress playing? preferably a less mixed or euroasian actress lol.
anyway, overall the drama was still really enjoyable and im definitely looking forward to more of ken’s work :)

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