Moving and Heartbreaking
A really well told story about mental illness. The way it was shot and the light and music and set dressing were amazing for setting the scene and making you feel what the main lead is feeling. This might be too intense for those dealing with self harm issues but it was really well told. I super loved this season of Project S. It was beautiful, the music was touching the visaules. Depression and anger are no joke and this series really explores those themes with heart. 100% rewatchable 100% would and have recommendedWas this review helpful to you?
Probably the most impressive Thai drama I've seen.
In the first 5 mins, I can already understand why this has such high ratings. The first FIVE minutes! When I found out that it was the same writer and director for In Family We Trust and Bad Genius, it all made sense.Acting is exceptional. I thought they had hire a real skater to play Simon lol! This is really amazing cast with charismatic characters and believable conflict; I fell in love with everyone. I'm also in love with the lighting in this show. Like wow!
Can't rave anymore. Probably the first Thai show I've given a 10. Everyone needs to see this NOW.
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Just being alive is the greatest thing!
What an amazing drama! Highly predictable, full of clichés and yet gripping and thought provoking and it concerns each and every one of us!The main topic is depression and teens and how the parental and/or societal expectations can ruin someone's self-esteem and ultimately the will to live. This is a story of Boo, who faced with his own shortcomings compared to his brilliant father thinks seriously about suicide. But a chance encounter with a group of skateboarders, make him fine a new will to live. His father, still completely oblivious to his sons misery, tries to steer him in the direction he wants him to go, whether Boo is happy about it or not. The penny drops for the father when he realizes he has no recent photos of his son: the latest one being from primary school.
The mental health representation in this drama is perfect. The kid's unhappiness, the reasons for it, how to deal with it and what the depression is, are excellently explained and shown. The most important fact here ,that they stressed repeatedly, is that the path to well being is long and difficult, the patients need to be surrounded by well meaning and caring family and friends who need to be vigilant because of possible setbacks! The actor playing Boo is incredible: he manages to show Boo's deep feelings of unhappiness by subtle mannerisms, posture and facial microexpressions. Perfect!
Other characters are the usual suspects!
The father too busy to notice anything is wrong and quick to criticize and demand excellence and blind obeissance.
A young shrink projecting onto Boo her own family trauma in order to help him but getting into it too deep.
An older youth, a skateboarding master who becomes Boo's idol and who takes no nonsense from anyone and talks like that as well.
The youth's sister who plays with Boo's heart and unwittingly provokes a life changing accident.
All of the characters change, learn and mature during the drama and by the end of it, they all have learned important life lessons. The ending is a bit sappy and too fluffy for my taste but it is feelgood and just what the doctor ordered.
Cinematography is excellent, especially in episodes 6 & 7 when certain scenes are monochrome: pink, green, red etc. to go with the moods of suffering characters. Music is just the right amount of rock to go with skateboarding and ominous background score for the depression.
This is an amazing drama which, in spite of its serious subject matter and the cliché characters, grabs your attention from the get go and keeps it until the last moment of the last short episode! The length of the drama is perfect: 8 short episodes are just enough to tell a comprehensive story without it losing momentum by introducing secondary characters' stories!
I am surprised that it is not watched more! It should be! It gives us all a valuable lesson about life which we often seem to forget!
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minha opinião sobre a serie
eu sinceramente , amei a serie, retrata de problemas que a maioria dos adolecentes sofrem, como depressao, a pressao com notas, a pressão familiar, amizades e etc
o ator que fez o personagem principal ,a atuação ficou perfeita sem nenhum defeito, não so o dele como os dos outros, a produçao tambem arrasou
essa serie é exatamente o tipo de serie que nao importa quantas vezes voce assista , ela nunca vai perde a "graça" , ou entao nao importa como quantas vezes voce assista voce sempre vai rir junto, vai chorrar junto
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Shipleri beğenmedim
İlk başlarda çok ilgi çekiciydi ama bir süre sonra sahneler çok yavaş gelmeye başladı. Bakışma sahneleri, bi şeyleri gösterme sahneleri falan çok yavaşlamaya başladı. Dayanamadım, videoları hızlandırasım geldi. Bi şeyi hızlandırarak izleyeceğime hiç izlemem daha iyi, di mi?Ayrıca shipler hiç hoşuma gitmedi. Koca dizide ilgimi çeken tek karakter Simon'du. Onun flörtü Bell ilgimi çekmedi, Boo ve Fern ilgimi çekmedi. Umurumda bile olmadılar açıkçası. Dolayısıyla bıraktım. Belki Simon ve Boo olsaydı izlerdim.
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