More like a treatment than a proper series
Foundational Romance Tropes? None really, one of its issuesThis four part mini-series featured a bossy barista and his new trainee finding love. It was quite amateurish, and with a compressed time frame of less than an hour total it felt more like a series outline (or visual cliffnotes). It hit many BL tropes, but without any substance or character development none of them had any kind of significance or impact. It was cute enough for a short run (no kisses, just hand holds etc...) and okay acting but quite sparse.
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Although this web series is short and the goal is clear, it didn't seem so bad to me. Above all, I perceived very nice accompanying music, which tastefully underscored the individual scenes (I don't mean the main song during the credits), nice faces (except for the overheated owner of the cafe, but no offense intended). I appreciate that none of the actors had that hideous affine helmet and you got a better sense of the shape of the face. I just missed the famous final kiss...
Jednoduchý příběh jak sbalit toho, pro koho nám zahořelo naše srdce a duše.
Přestože je tento web seriálek krátký a cíl jasný, tak mi zase až tak špatný nepřipadal. Především jsem vnímal velmi pěknou doprovodnou hudbu, která podkreslovala vkusně jednotlivé scény (nemyslím hlavní píseň u titulků), sympatické tváře (až na hodně přihřátého majitele kavárny, ale není míněno ve zlém). Oceňuji, že ani jeden z herců neměl tu příšernou afinkovou helmu a člověk lépe vnímal tvar obličeje. Jen ta pověstná závěrečná pusinka mi chyběla ...
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Not polished in most aspects
Almost everything about this production appears amateurish: the script, the main character's acting, the cinematography, the lighting, the sound, etc.The story isn't very coherent, especially the "twist" at the end. While the twist demonstrates the writers' grasp of the BL genre, it fails to account for the characters' behaviors like why the trainee barista (Sakay) would behave so arrogantly if he likes the first barista (Tham) even before working at the cafe.
Many scenes feel as though someone with a high-resolution camera has filmed scenes of people and put the scenes together. The continuity is largely acceptable and the scenes don't seem haphazardly put together. But there seems to be little regard for the composition of the shots. The lighting at the nighttime beach scene looks unnatural, and post-production efforts seem minimal. There is at least one point at which the background music is ended awkwardly.
The acting isn't very good either, with the exception of the actress playing the role of the customer who is infatuated with the first barista. How often do I encounter a BL series that makes me not just appreciate but also wish for more scenes featuring the female character who seemingly stands in the way of the BL couple? Evening Cafe manages to achieve the unachievable in this regard.
To be fair, the mini series looks like it's a really low-budget production and this already limits a lot of things. There are also some scenes that are quite decently, like the scene with Tham and Sakay riding a bike together. Finally, the theme song sounds rather nice though music isn't always used to great effect (nor is there variety) in the series. Anyone wanting to watch the series must, however, be able to put up with its weaknesses.
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Trope-filled short BL series
This is a low-budget series with a lot of production issues. But that is not the reason why this series is so mediocre. It is just a badly written series with every known trope for BL series thrown into 45 minutes. The heavy reliance on standard story lines is getting old and trite. In addition, the constant taunting and victimizing someone because he is good looking IS sexual harassment and these behaviors are simply unacceptable. It is no longer funny, or entertaining and needs to stop. Ironically, the two main actors give this boring series some life. They ought to be 'shipped' for other series since they do have good screen chemistry and they did try and make this work. If only they had more to work with. Too bad.Was this review helpful to you?
rasa
É uma serie tão rasa que parece ter sido organizada e dirigida por uma turma do ensino fundamental, não é interessante, tem uns personagens bem chatinhos e você pode assistir na velocidade 2.0 ou pular alguns segundos sempre que não afeta em nada eles falam super arrastados e o roteiro é previsível (tentando entender o pq que colocaram um short tão pequeno e colado no menino, é pra apelar?) o final foi tão ???????????????????????????????? se eu tivesse lido um spoiler eu não teria assistido.Was this review helpful to you?
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Fraca
Xoxa, capenga, sem graça. Até a série que o Gulf fez com os colegas de faculdade é mil vezes melhor que essa.Não tem muito a dizer. Um plot clichê, mas que devido (eu acho) aos poucos e curtíssimos eps não foi desenvolvido de forma correta. O desenvolvimento do casal foi a coisa mais sem noção que já vi. No mesmo ep Tham odiava Sakay, e dois minutos depois, ao ouvir uma história triste, já estava implorando pela amizade dele. Os dois protagonistas aparentam ser muito velhos para serem colegiais. Nem o visual da praia eles aproveitaram pra fazer umas cenas mais "uau". Isso pra não falar das atuações péssimas.
Do nada eles viram um casal, sem nenhum tipo de desenvolvimento... na noite da festa a garota sumiu sem explicação, algo que uma moça apaixonada não deveria ter feito, nada faz sentido. Não teve uma ost interessante, aff.
Enfim, eu não veria de novo. Indico pq é bem rapidinha, em menos de 1 hora vc vê a série inteira e talvez tenha outra opinião, diferente da minha.
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