My Forever Sunshine (2020)

this is a winner

One of the best dramas i ever watched... The ML and FL are established actors that totally deserve their fame, being not just handsome, but also very gifted! The rest of the cast is also spectacular.
The action is quite slow, but if you are in mood, you can enjoy every moment of it. If not, just fast forward.
This drama sets very high standards in terms of acting and settings - it looks effortlessly luxurious. It definitely wins - hands down - the 1st prize for settings/interiors/landscapes and also cinematography... everything looks so enchanting! I'd mention for instance the rose garden... is there someone out there who wouldnt like to work in a rose garden? Definitely not me - this particular rose garden drove me crazy!
Though i skipped some parts for being kinda slow, i still admit i enjoyed most of this lakorn. Despite dwelling on some old tropes, it's a treat!

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Aesthetically pleasing and fluffy

This is the 3rd lakorn of Mark Prin I am watching this year alone (this is all Kleun Cheewit's fault lol). So I may be a little biased because I am smitten by him.

The story is not that unique actually but I am not looking for greatness or too much dramatics so it fits just right with what I need at the moment. The chemistry is there and believable. I liked the character development of everybody not just the main leads. The comedic parts were blended well. I loved that there's no major villains in here and most characters are overall good people. I'm willing to give a pass on some overnight character transformation (ahem Arthit's mom and Nang) because they didn't do much to give a major heartbreak for our leads.

One of my concerns though was the pretty bad kissing scenes. Kao is so stiff at the kisses like she doesn't wanna do it. She's supposed to be in love but when she kisses him I can't feel it.

I loved the OST. It adds to the fluff of the show and it just instantly boosts the mood. And yes, this show is really visually stunning! I LOVED the farm set-up. The flowers! OMG I'm in love with them. The way they shot most scenes with the right light from the sun is chef's kiss. It really emphasized the warmness of the sun which was paralleled to how Paeng views Arthit.

Will definitely recommend this to those who are looking to watch a lakorn with no slap kiss, little to no villains, no damsel in distress female and rude for no reason male lead.

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Spiked rose water with a dash of sun...

I beg your pardon... I never promised you a rose garden... However it is pretty much what you will get here, pretty flowers with thorns that dry up in the heat... Or something like that... there are at least a lot of roses. This drama is not good, it is not bad it is good not mediocre, but it will grab your attention and once you get in to it becomes extremely addictive and highly entertaining... Like some kind of rose drug...

The amount of annoying elements, things that make 0 sense, overacting and characters you wish where dead is huge as you will probably want to punch all but maybe 3 of the cast at one pint or another. The leads take turns at being the character you want to punch, the one you want to hug ,send to prison... . The male leas has more red flags than the red flag campaign (yes there is such a thing). But they are both mostly smart, and interesting to watch plus heir chemistry, bickering, mood-swings is just lovely, they are extremely charming and they are indeed both very nice to look at. But again this must come with a warning do not do this at home, do not set this up as relationship goals...

The story has a few very predictable twists and others that I would not say took me by surprise but where not as predictable as the rest. The amount of cliches is almost overwhelming, luckily I love cliches but if you do not then this drama is definitely not for you. The scenery is also very lovely. The editing is a bit off, the acting varies in quality and though the music is a bit repetitive it is very catchy and could be one of this dramas biggest spoilers telling you who are supposed to be the villains, who are supposed to fall in love etc...

All in all a highly addictive fun to watch drama for those who do not really care about quality and can live with a bunch of annoying characters you will want to strangle.

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Its hard for me to move on

Usually after i finished any korean or chinese drama i will find another drama to watch.. But not with this drama.. People will see it just like any romance drama,, but for me i stuck from the start. Yes the beginner of the episode some of you might want to drop it because its little bit boring in case the ml and the fl is still young.. But after that the storyline build up every second.. And another more of course the actor and the actress, lead or second lead they are so fine, gorgeous and always make u happy.. I have fimished this drama and this my second week i keep searching on them on youtube, i love every each of them.. Thanks for make me realize the valuable of thai drama.. For sure every lakorn are on my list

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Cute countryside love.

I was super excited for this lakorn from trailers to soundtracks. I will always wake up super early to watch the FINS while waiting for subs.

Story: 8/10 - The first 5 episodes were really good, it was the foundation for everything that's going to happen later. 5 or 6 years later, Paeng came back to redeem herself. For awhile,  after her return, it was pretty good how Arthit is slowly falling for Paeng, but then the character Mark showed up. I find the story kind of boring after he showed up. (There were a lot of snakes in this lakorn).
Acting/Cast/Characters: 7/10 - The cast were amazing. Once again, Mark Prin's acting is so natural and good! He portrayed Arthit really well. From a caring brother to someone who has hatred in his heart who later realized the meaning of redemption and forgiveness. This is my first lakorn of Kao, so I'm only going to state my opinions based on this lakorn only. For the most part her acting is pretty good. Sometimes her acting were exaggerated, but that doesn't affect the scenes much. I honestly don't really like the character Paeng. She was stupid and easily manipulated. I think the only time I liked her was at the beginning before she gets sent away. But, after she came back, her personality suddenly changed. It was like a whole new character which I felt wasn't a smooth transition. (I also don't like how the main leads refer to each other as siblings like how Paeng address Arthit as P'Arthit. Idk that's just me. Lol.)
Music: 9/10 - The songs are really nice and matched the main characters well. I find myself doing the little dance of the theme song sometimes.
Rewatch Value: 7.5/10 - Maybe I'll rewatch, but fast forward.

Overall, it's a good lakorn. If you like love-hate relationship then I reccomend. There's a lot of memorable scenes too.

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One of the best Thai lakorn/drama

I was very hesitant to start this series. But, I am so glad that I watched it! And, I'd recommend others to give this a try!!

[This review contains some spoilers, but not all that much]

The first 5-6 episodes are a little hard to watch due to the FL's antics. While I understood the need for 5 detailed episodes on setting the context, I still think it was 3-4 episodes too long! Also, some of the things that the FL does in those 5 episodes - it was really, really hard to watch. After finishing the series, I understood why the FL acted that way, I understand that she was emotionally unstable and was desperately trying to find an anchor, but that doesn't excuse the sexual assault (that is what it was!) & sexual assault claim she places on the ML. - Huh! I needed to get that off my chest!

That said, I'm super thankful to the writers who allowed the FL to grow into a beautiful, smart, strong woman. She didn't find excuses for her behavior and wasn't a doormat either! Despite being annoyed at the FL all through the first 5 episodes, I fell in love with her through the rest of the series! (:

And, the ML! OMG! I loved him!! I liked how he didn't fall for the FL overnight (again, thank you writers!)! And, their bickering and cute antics was so engaging! Plus, I think the FL and ML had a lot of amazing chemistry! (:

I should mention that every support-character was so well-rounded and weren't there just for the sake of it! I absolutely loved Ling & other friends of the ML. Usually, I skip many parts of Thai lakorns often, but this one - I wanted every episode, every part! It was very engaging & pretty tight editing too! A shout out to all the actors too! Everyone did a brilliant job!
I'd happily rewatch this series! :)

Like stated previously, the first 5 episodes can be hard to get through, but please, please stick with it and you'll not regret it!

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Another beautiful hate to love story! This time, he became her forever sunshine!

Just finished watching this beautiful lakorn. It was honestly an emotional roller coaster ride and I will have a hard time moving on from this one thanks to our lovely leads, Arthit and Paeng.

When it comes to the plot, I can say I enjoyed the storyline from beginning to very end. Even though this lakorn feels long because of its 19 episodes, the story has its own phases. For example, beginning episodes focuses on the part where Paeng loses both her parents and struggles to adapt to her new life with Arthit’s family at their farm. From there, she falls in love with Arthit because aside from Arthit’s dad, he’s the only one who is kind to her, who understands her, who makes her feel like she’s not alone. However, at the time, he only sees her as a younger sister, nothing else. As she tries hard to cling to Arthit, he ends up hating her and pushing Paeng away. After an “incident” that puts Arthit in a life or death situation, Paeng has to leave the farm to atone for her mistake, and the story fast-forwards her life up until she graduates from university, and of course, returns back to the farm to help Arthit’s dad on behalf of his request to use her agricultural degree and starts on the rose garden project.

Personally, this is where the storyline gets really interesting. Not only the plot focuses on the development of Arthit’s hatred towards Paeng turning into love, but the mystery behind Paeng’s parents death comes into light. Even as a lakorn lover for many years, I myself did not expect this plot twist.

Also, this is the part where our two leads begin to have beautiful moments full of chemistry! These moments between them were amazing (I will be rewatching these scenes!). You could feel their emotions! Especially Mark, I’ve got to say that he did a fantastic job portraying as Arthit!

Oh, and the plot does focus on side couples, side characters, and annoying ones! Music, background music, and production were great quality too! These things made the lakorn more emotional!

By the way guys, some of you may find certain parts of the plot very slow, or even boring, but personally, I enjoyed this lakorn as it was a great combination of romance, comedy, friendship, and of course you’ll see surprises!

I would say, give this one a try! I would highly recommend it! And if you’re one of those who find this to be slow, hang on up at least until Episode 10! This is where the real plot kicks in!

Thanks for reading and see you in the next lakorn/drama!

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Precious gem of 2020 with no slap/kiss

•With all the hype created when the trailer and ost were dropped, it actually deserved it that hype. While there was so many spoilers while its ongoing, I couldn’t escape and ended up watching it to avoid spoilers within the last three days of airing. Its a no slap/kiss romantic tale which makes it one of the best drama of 2020 with lots of life lessons.
•Story - writers did an excellent job making it a steady romcom.while it, well the synopsis goes for three four episodes, it made me confused that it might be typical revenge lakron type but its nowhere like that. Its beautiful story of a teenage who lost her parents and then grow to be a kind person with life as a teacher.The screen-play and scripting were done beautifully.while the first half is amazing 2nd half is rocky yet interesting.
•Acting-
◇Kao as paeng in teens just fabulous. She was too the point portraying her bratty character. then playing an adult she was so mature and superb.I just loved her mouth patterns while getting angry.
◇Mark Prin as Artit just nailed his character. He is one of the reasons I watched the drama. His expressions were just apt, and made the show more watchable. His jealousies, possessiveness,romance were totally flattering and very lively.
◇Sirilak as Ling- I liked her maturity since start. Her eyes were so innocent that it speaks itself. Since its her first lakron she did amazingly well.
◇Duke bandhej as kongprateep/ artits father was an angel. He was the most normal person of the drama and his acting was unbelievably believable.
Punjan as non and freud as kot were also amazing. They were like support system of the drama.
▪︎Heading to negative characters:
◇Daew as Mark- he played his character well as its written. I hated him because he is a villane, but He could have done better with expreassions
◇Karun as nang and Mam as tubtim were the charactes I hated to bones. Their evilness couldn’t be explained as they were like setup only to bully the female lead.
•Music- just amazing, from the opening track to ending track I didn’t skip any. Opening ost “my forever sunshine” is amazing,and has a beautiful MV too with the cast dancing to tunes. You must check out MV.Yes I feel like dancing too.
BGM when leads are together, was truly making my heart beat. Hoooohoooohoooo it was something like this.
Other BGM and other tunes were nice and based on situation.
•Rewatch- its not a question to be asked. Ofcourse yes
▪︎Appreciation- I just loved the scenes and the colors filled in it. The detailing in the romantic scenes were excellent I couldn’t stop prasing the director and editor. I loved the costumes of female leads as a teenage.
▪︎Criticism- flaw was nobody actually cared to ask why paeng behaved as bratty instead assume thing everytime. Somewere it felt like supporting character were gone. Non and Ling could have made a good story. Villain was introduced very late and abruptly.
▪︎Life lessons
1》The best person to teach us is ourselves(paeng)
2》Do not take advantage of situation and respect your loved one and family

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I think, this is the best lakorn i've ever seen so far (my list is short). From beginning until the end, this lakorn is not making me want to fast foward or skip some scenes. I can truly enjoy this lakorn and relate to those characters.

First, i really like the story. It is really light but also put some weight in their dialogues and details. Many of those make me more appriciate about family, friends and the one you loved. You also can not easily judge someone for being evil just because you only see the result, but the process and their motives also very important. The influence from significant others also can trigger someone for either being a better person or even worse. And also how patience and love from someone you believe in is very important, especially when you are at your teen stage. Because in that stage, some teenager find it is really hard to communicate with older people, not to mention having a psychological trauma. The lack of quality time with your parents also can make a teen who emotionally not yet stable, for having a temper tantrum issue (this is a common problem in middle up family). On the other side, a mother will do whatever she can to protect her child, even if it would make her being hated. So, i really can relate with the story and find it quite realistic.

The characters are also believable, although some deliver more like a caricature for comedic purpose. It also has a makjang time, but i think it is normal and still... This is a soap opera, isn't it? The ML and FL also very good for bringing their characters into flesh. And i must admit, i really love Mark Prin's acting here. His acting is really natural and on point. I love how he can easily shifting his expression from being naughty to shock or nervous with little effort. He also can deliver emotion with his eyes, without being a mopey or having a dramatic crying scene like most of *drama that i've ever watched (imo). The FL also quite good when she is acting fierce and cute, but i think she can improve more in her expression, specially her eyes cause sometimes i find it hard to relate with her emotional scene (maybe because she has big eyes, i dunno). The supporting characters also do their job very good. They all have motives, and make me understand why they can act like that.

For the music ( OST & BGM) itself, i find it match with the scenes very well. The editing also very good, and you can see how beautiful the scenery is. The props, wardrobes and color palette are really neutral, beautiful and easy in eyes. If i have to complain, it is the pacing. Although has a good storytelling but it is very slow burn, and if you didn't binge watching then maybe it is really hard to bringing back the 'feeling' from previous episode (imo). And in earlier episode, there is some scenes that i find it weird and do not match with the timeline. But as the story progresses, everything is told really good and every story has satisfying closure (imo).

I really recommend this lakorn, because it is less dramatic and focuses in character development. But of course, this lakorn is not for everybody. Some find it quite unrealistic and too many exaggerated acting. I suggest if you still want to watch but only the good part of the drama, then just find clips on youtube. There's lot of sweet moment and it is satisfying to watch Mark Prin being bullied by a little girl hehehe ;)

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