Roy Leh Sanae Rai (2015)

Look, there is a certain market for this type of drama/lakorn: fulfilling the niche of a psychotic guy trying to control a super humble and sweet girl. This lakorn falls into that category. I know not all Lakorns are like this (thank goodness), but this is the first slap/kiss Lakorn I've encountered and I'm not quite sure how to proceed from here in my selection of different Lakorns to watch next.

I'd only recommend this Lakorn under very specific circumstances:

1. You aren't sensitive to very triggering themes (rape, mainly)
2. You like watching endless cat fights
3. You're in the mood for something very angst inducing with a couple that gives each other a lot of long looks of despair
4. You are okay with endless misunderstandings
5. You are okay with suuuuuuuuper annoying side characters

I guess it was entertaining (if you FF through all the side stuff)? I don't know, I feel like you have to be in a certain mood to enjoy this. And you also have to suspend your disbelief at how HORRIBLE the male guy is to the lead female.

I just don't think this Lakorn can ever be accused of having "quality" -- it was pretty poorly constructed: not very well fleshed out characters, the character roles basically being caricatures of themselves, no flowing story where the guy earns the love of the female, and really outdated drama tropes that were annoying to see repeated over and over again.

I don't want to give any spoilers, but I was completely unsatisfied with the end and how he "won" the girl. I was hoping for more character improvement and growth.

So....watch this I guess if you're a fan of slap/kiss lakorns? .....I on the other hand will be lamenting over how I gave 14 episodes of my life over to this show, and in the end....I'm not entirely sure it was worth it. I'm an angst addict, so I certainly enjoyed parts of it, but the main guy was waaaay too horrible for me to say I'm glad I watched it.

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ok i have mixed feeling over this drama
i don't search for logics in dramas but in this most characters lack a bit of common sense & are a bit annoying sometimes including the heroine .
that being said ..shd really appreciate the lead guy ...i mean no matter how manipulative & psychotic his character is ..u can't help but like him & root for him ..fab job in making u love a hateful role
the dynamics between the lead actors is really good ..major reason to watch this drama for me.
this drama is ok but could have been better.

watch it for the lead actors !!! definately not a waste of time.

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Main guy was just so attractive that a lot of the horrible things he did, i kind of still remained on his side through it all... but there were a lot of questionable moment (like being pinned to a bed screaming "let me go" while romantic/happy music plays), but in the moments the two leads were interacting there was undeniable CHEMISTRY, but i would credit the male leads eyes for that. wow, the fireworks were real. I just feel like no one told the female lead she was acting in a romance, rather than a thriller were the main lead is the psycho murderer, cuz in the moments she hated him, she REALLY seemed to detest him. like even the moments that seemed like should be "romantic" and sway her to like him, she honestly seemed unmoved and unchanged :(

Honestly, if your tired of shows that tiptoe around skinship and those sorts of situations, this is the drama for you. I was just happy that people actually slept together and kiss within this drama rather than waiting 14 hours for a single kiss. BEWARE unnessesary sub-plot, stupid decisions and entirely avoidable misunderstandings, as well as possibly finding yourself liking sexy male lead who is very bad/evil/confusing/sweet/flirty... but very sexy.

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I am going to be very honest about this drama. (I apologize if there are some unintentional spoilers)

First of all I haven't watched many Thai lakorns so I don't know if it's just a culture difference but this whole drama had so many things wrong with it.

I loved the plot even though it was pretty cliché but the way they portrayed it was so wrong! The whole drama was so childish from beginning to end. And let's not talk about the forced skinship and sex. I didn't like a bit of it. The guy was too much (doesn't matter how much I love Push), his antics of 'let me show you who your husband is' was so over the top stupid and awkward. Most of the romance scenes were non consensual and forced which made it so difficult to watch.
The female lead's revenge was also excessive and the trying to 'escape' thing was so immature (lets not talk about the whole 'let's tie her up' or 'put her in a cell' to prevent her running away ugh...)
And all those unnecessary female 'bitch' characters were also too much. The 'drama' they tried so hard to incorporate was so exaggerated that at a certain point you don't even know why the 99th cat fight is happening for. Also 99% of the lakorn is characters shouting and screaming at each other.

Even at the very end of the last episode the female lead hates the male lead and is trying to escape to another country but the male lead cries a few petty tears and somehow the female lead abandons her plane and suddenly says 'I love you too' WHAT? Oh, and all of this happens in a span of what? 3 minutes. Then they hug and everything is alright again? Happy ending? What on earth was that?

I don't normally hate dramas and even if I dislike certain dramas I don't really take the time to write about it but THIS I just really want you guys to not waste your time. This is not worth your time. I know Push is handsome as always but REALLY the story is horrible.

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Why so cliche ??

•Watched a video on Facebook and I really liked it to the point that I ended up searching the lakron.
•Story-synopsis says it all and for execution, you have to watch it. the negative character story and their downfall was utmost satisfying. Script was done amazingly well. The pace was nice neither fast nor slow.
•Acting- Push as Kongpop was no doubt handsome tricking the girl to fall in love with him. As this was a cliche lakron character his expressions were good and I liked overpowering and controlling behaviour, which showed his likeness towards her.
Pantila as Namneung, had a very flat facial expression. I felt like she was having a constipation the whole time. even when there was romance during the initial episodes she didn’t seemed happy. Her crying expressions were only seemed fine. I didn’t get if she is happy, sad, strong, or bratty during the scenes.
Supporting character Tor,Yim and tin as namneung friends did were very supportive. I liked them.
•Music- purng roo hua jai tua by Tono & Dust was just ok
•Rewatch- no, as I already know the story and I don’t get any urge to its story.
Recommendation- if you like characters hating each other to falling in love you can watch it. Also, Push Putthichai is good as a rude, angry man character

●NOTE- I don’t support rape in a marriage. Yes I liked the drama but that cliche part of drama I am extremely against it. Just to show your love you don’t have to force someone to sleep with you. You could have showered her with love and respect from your family instead of crushing her and her family with your selfish love.

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After rewatching it again

For the first watching I gave it 7 , yet after rewatching it I found something new about this story. I am not encouraging such a behaviour , I am not supporting it. Yet I see now many problems from the others now then after my first rewatch 2 years ago when I found the tittle and watched the story again. If mother have said the truth to the daughter this would not happen, if the lawyer said the reason the true love would found it's way and bloom. The story would took the different turn , if I would ever made to remake the existing script I would told him the reason, and make him fall in love organically, He would want and need to prove and get her mothers approvement , Would tell her the truth so she will be able to decide on her own and rethink what is more important living good loving live without despisng anyone or decide to not take that offered true love and go deeper into saddness and revange. My conclussion the acting was on point, thats the script , thats the character you need to portray as the actor.

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This was my first time watching a slap/kiss lakorn and it was quite entertaining and a bit confusing at times. I felt bad enjoying this lakorn because it was wrong on so many levels but if you get past the rape and kidnapping scenes, the unnecessary use of violence and the women brainless attitude, you could say it's fairly enjoyable and funny at times.

The story itself was good. I liked the lead actors, especially Push. He is too handsome for his own good and such a great actor. Also Neung was such a sweet and pitiful character, you just want to hug her forever.

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This lakorn was just “ugh”. I went in giving it the benefit of the doubt, despite bad reviews. I thought maybe it had some guilty pleasure watching to it. Instead I felt guilty giving it a chance! The acting of the main lead was weak, as was her character. The main male was a total douche bag that decided he “loved” her after raping her in episode 10. Thats after he married her under false pretenses. Did I mention he later in-prisons her as well?! Then, then!, he expects her to love him and be faithful to him. What the—?! Don't even get me started on the awful side strip club dancer characters. They were completely unnecessary to the story and just fought ALL THE TIME. Then the main males aunt and wannabe fiancé were always in cahoots. Like, he couldn't be man enough to put them in their place, but he could jump to constant wrong conclusions about his wife?? What an idiot. They were all idiots. I didn’t like the story, the characters, the acting, or the beyond horribly inappropriate song choices at the wrong times. (You'll understand when you hear 50s rock playing as he's carrying her to the bed to rape her). Just pass this Lakorn, unless you like badly done soap operas.

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To be very honest, acting was HORRIBLE. Plus, the typical Thai Lakorn thing kept making the story Predictable. Same female second lead who creates endless misunderstandings TILL THE END, same second male lead who's sweeter and caring than EVER so we feel sorry for him too, and a huge number of side female characters who only shout and quarrel like bitches.
Moreover, constant forcing of male lead over the female lead makes the atmosphere so torturing for the audience that even if the romance occurs, it leaves no positive feelings, since it's all A FORCED ROMANCE (more precisely it's rape) that never happens in reality. It's a total disrespect for the girl, so it seems very unreal, when it comes to love. Neung, the female lead, had the worst acting in the start, but it became better till episode 7.
Some love scenes are cute, and constant dominance of male lead makes the series interesting. The male lead's (Khun Kongpope's) consistency is what kept me watching the drama till the end.
Music is somehow captivating too. But only one song kept repeating, so it made the music less influencing.

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Usually I never write reviews but having already read all the reviews and comments before watching, I just felt I wanted to share my thoughts on this one. To begin with, this drama is your typical slap/kiss lakorn with all the screaming, irritating characters, an innocent and naive female lead, forced kisses and skinship and even rape. I read a large number of comments complaining about violence being romanticized in thai lakorns. I totally agree that this is the case but I also want to state that thai lakorns are not the only dramas that involve these situations (forced skinship, possesive male lead, rape etc). As an avid fan of Hispanic telenovelas I’ve seen these kind of thing there as well. I actually remember a novela where the male lead raped the female lead cause he was jealous and the next morning she was thinking whether she actually liked it or not. So people stop criticizing thai dramas for these kind of scripts. Plus, if you had read the synopsis and noticed the tags in dramalist, it actually warns you and says rape.
As for the drama itself, the plot was pretty much decent, the actors did a great job portraying their characters and the main couple had amazing chemistry. I enjoyed all of their moments and interactions together. I loved the main couple, although the main lead was psychotic and obsessed with her which was annoying. Also, I have to praise my favorite thai actor Push for his acting skills and the portrayal of this complex character. I consider Push as one of the best thai actors and although most of his characters (U-Prince Series: The Handsome Cowboy, Club Friday 10: Rak Rai, Roy Leh Sanae Rai) were horrible, he did an amazing job playing them. Not to mention his dreamy looks and attractiveness. As for the female lead, at first I didn't like her cause she was too naive and trusted him too much but her change as a character and her change of attitude towards him made a difference for me and I started liking her too. The rest of the cast did a good job as well. Having mentioned the forced skinship before, of course it was there, throughout the whole drama actually, and I cannot say that I liked it but I'd never drop the drama because of this. All in all, I found this drama really good and I actually enjoyed myself while watching it. Generally, slap/kiss lakorns are not my preference but they are more like a guilty pleasure to me and that's the case with this drama.

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rape is not romance.

Like the original from 2002; Crazy drama drips from every episode. But, sadly, they did the one thing they shouldn't have done. Regurgitated, a kidnapping and rape in episode 10, complete with a cringe-worthy morning after cuddle between the male lead rapist, and his female lead victim.

ML: "Are you still angry with me?"
FL: "I'm not angry. But, I hate you."
[EP 10, 55:56]

Even, the acting seems to be affected by the scenes, and falls flat right through to the end of episode eleven. I know the out-come, pregnancy, is being used to force reconciliation in the end. But, why can't this script, just once use 'love' as the reason. I mean, it's unconscionable, this was the 2015 remake. If it wasn't for the rape, this would be a drama that I would recommend. But, rape is not romance, and doesn't belong in the romance genre. Avoid.

(source; read; My Custom List "Rated One")

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If you want a drama where girls are always fighting with each and and pull each other's hair, then this is the drama you should be looking for.

Since drama contains betrayal of the main lead. I happened to watch the drama randomly but was addicted to it since I like this kind of plot.

The male lead triesto deceive the female lead and thus married her. But after he has fallen in love with her he becomes sincere to her.

I have watched a lot of drama where the ML is easily tricked and thus hates the FL. But this is the first drama I have watched where no matter how hard the vamps tried to separate them, they never succeeded. He would avoid everything and hold tight on to his wife even of she is found with another guy.

I found it very interesting that no matter what schemes the villains made, the ML will not believe them and go back to his wife.

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