4Minutes (2024)

Would’ve Worked Better as a 2-Hour Movie, Story Feels Stretched

Honestly, I would’ve liked it more as a 2-hour movie rather than a series. Maybe it’s a budget thing, but it really felt like they stretched the story out.

First, the acting. Nothing felt weird or cringey—they all played their characters well. The cinematography was fine too, no issues there. But the forced happy ending? That didn’t sit right with me. It made no sense for Great’s character to still be alive, almost like he was being given a chance to redeem himself just because he’s the main lead.

I’m also confused—did I miss why Tonkla didn’t kill Title? There were also a few unnecessary characters, like Dr. Den’s female patient. And Manee, the woman Great hit, has these random scenes where she’s alive, and there’s also this mystery about her child’s death(?)Plus the temple scene. But isn’t this Great’s memory that’s supposed to be fixed in 4 minutes? It all got a bit confusing, and it’s definitely not everyone’s cup of tea.

But that’s how the real world is, right? No one’s entirely good or sinless. Nothing’s purely black or white; it’s all gray, just like real people.

Oh, and I have to mention—the product placement wasn’t smooth at all. It really stood out, especially in that swimming pool scene with the sunscreen. But, whatever.

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Great' wasn't as great as we thought...

Ufff, thank God I dropped this drama by the third episode and then watched it again from the beginning after it ended. I understood that I would only be able to fully grasp it if I watched the entire drama in one go.

Although, to be honest, there wasn't really any deep science that we couldn't understand... In my religion, I had already read that after death, a person's brain stays alive for 7 minutes, and during that time, they see everything they did in their entire life or the memories of things they regret.

Now, in this series, the concept is just about 4 minutes instead of 7... Simply put, in the first 5 episodes of the drama, we are seeing the guilt and memories of the last 4 minutes of 'Great's' life—what he did and what he could have changed but didn't. In episodes 6 and 7, we see what actually happened in real life that 'Great' couldn't change, meaning 'Great' wasn't as great as we thought by episode 5..???... And Tonkla killed the title and also shot 'Great,' taking revenge for his brother's murder... And the part where Tonkla's brother (who returned home at the end of episode 4) was also 'Great's' hallucination because, in the last 4 minutes of his memory, he tried to save him... The scenes related to Tonkla, Korn, and Win are mostly real, not imagined.

"And in the last episode, we are shown 'Tyme's' last 4 minutes, where he wishes that he had met him naturally without any purpose, and had only continued their relationship with genuine love."

Now that's love—Korn, even after hearing the truth from Tonkla, sacrifices himself after Tonkla dies, and they both die lying in the same position as they did during their first date while talking. That was very emotional... And then the mini heart attack at the end of the drama, hahah... Overall, I've never seen a BL series like this. They have played with science very well...

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It's a 9 for me but...

I loved the series, the acting was amazing, the quality was top tier and the cinematography was beautiful.

To me everything was spectacular until the last half of the last episode, they rushed everything too much, we didn't get to see Great waking up, we don't know who tortured Warit, we couldn't see Tyme and Great reunion after both woke up and other things that were left unanswered.

Other than that, I know many people don't feel the same way, but I believe they did a good job with this series, of course the start was confusing, that was their intention, but with every episode we got to understand what was actually going on.

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FINALLY.... A STORY!

Finally an original idea!
Finally a concept with a concrete story behind it!
Finally a series that gives real space to the roles to develop!
Finally a series that you watch because you are interested in how its story will develop!
Finally a series whose twists have consistency and explanation!
Finally a series created by people who didn't get bored of their work.
Finally a series whose raison d'être is an idea and not an hour-long commercial forced by actors without a script.

PS Don't get me wrong... I high value the attempt of the series to bring something meaningful and new. It's not perfect in many ways and a lot of things could be fixed but it's miles away from the classic, boring recipes based only on fan love of specific actors. Also my perceptive...if you kept the sex part from the whole series, that's fine and it's perfectly legitimate, but that's probably what you were looking for in the series.

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lots of potential, HOWEVER

My expectations were very high starting this series and the first episodes lived up to it. The actors and the visuals were Great (pun intendet) so no complains on that aspect. However, I wished they could've done more episodes and dedicated the story and all its plotlines, as well as the romance, more time. Everything happens very fast, many plotholes weren't filled and the characters lost depth, as their development wasn't given enough space (specifically Greats brother, as well as the relationship between him and Ton Kla, Great and Tyme and the police officer). Everything was rushed, so as watcher I felt myself growing emotionally distant to the story, and unbothered when certain character's died.

(Also, a bit of more explanation to why some characters acted the way they did would've been nice. Why kill someone randomly? The art exhibition? Ton Klas actions in the first few episodes?)

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Wish it was longer.

As the title suggests this show would have had a higher rating from me had it been more fleshed out over more episodes imo.
Things which I liked:
1) The elevated overall production value and the care placed in every detail from the cinematography, locations, characters’ styling, music scoring and of course the directing.
2) Majority of the cast protrayed their characters convincingly bar Jjay and Jet in some of their scenes but overall they were decent too.
3) I liked that not all characters (bar Tyme’s grandma maybe) especially the leads are these cliched “good spirited/heroic” ones in fact most are gray and some are just straight up fcked up lol.
4) Stand out acting performances especially from Bas and Fuaiz. Hope to see each one of them given more roles because I appreciate their talent and performances a lot.
5) Those cat mascots are adorable I need them.
Things I didnt like:
1) So much build up in the earlier episodes but by the finale many points that were emphasized earlier were left unanswered or attainded to.
2)Personally for me the ending as sad as it was regarding KornTonkla made sense and was appropriate given the grave errors both of them commited especially Tonkla. The ending for TymeGreat left a lot to be desired and was borderline non-sensical imo (especially given what Great commited). Same point can be applied to Great’s parents as well.
3) Unfinished/rushed eplanations for certain characters’ fates (Nan Sarman that lady that was hit by Great etc) wish they explained more on them but I guess with just 8 episodes not everything was going to be tackled perfectly.

Overall it was a nice and a different series that definetly stood out to me in the see of mediocre BL shows this year.

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Great show but the end was rushed

The concept of the show was amazing. It kept me guessing til the 6th episode where they explain everything. The cinematography was great, the actors were good especially the second couple BasFuaiz. Those two completely stole the show with their performance, in my opinion.
Where the show started with a bang, I feel like the ending was a bit lacking. Too much was condensed in the last episode, they should have added an additional one.
Tyme's alternative timeline should have been explored longer. They should have given more screentime to the main couple relationship outside of the justice/political debacle in the real timeline. The relationship aspect was a bit neglected.

The ending of the second couple was fitting but, common ! Couldn't they give them proper last moments ? I would have loved to see a longer version of their own 4 minutes like the main couple. They deserved it ! I would have loved to see them living happily in the open even if it was fake.

All in all, the serie was great. It's outside of the cliched tropes for BL and I hope to see more of those kind of projects.

Love you Bible !

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Disappointed 4 Minutes

First off the acting was superb. Second there was a lot more ass on display than I care for and I am not opposed to nudity when warranted. It wasn’t but not to say it was done in poor taste. I am just not an ass person. So it just looked like it was done for shock value than needed scenery. If they showed back or abs it would be more pleasant for me. But that’s just a style choice the director. The sex scenes were definitely soft porn. It looks like they were really doing it.

The chemistry was there for all 3 couple. The main couple. The second couple. The cheating half of the second couple with the officer. They really deliver on the sex and kissing. That 17 year old actor was not a frigid actor who have qualms about kissing and nudity. I know people are mad about him being young and doing it with older actors. I don’t know about y’all but 17 year old boys are full of hormones and a lot have sex at this age. Women need to stop portraying girl’s safety issue of rape and pregnancy into gay male norms. It stigmatized gay boys with straight girl social norms which is what most of the BL fandom consist of.

Anyway, I am disappointed with this series being in a loop of 3X. I don’t know if this is an alternate universe series or whatnot but I feel cheated of a good beginning middle and end series. I don’t know what I expected but this was not it. I don’t think I had any expectations other than to see a well written series. I feel like this series was a screenwriter writing the same idea of a story and the rewrote it 2 times more. This was the result. As someone who use to write stories this was something did a lot. This was very reminiscent of that writing exercise I did in creative writing class.

This is why I gave it a low rating in story but high marks for acting. In the end I was very disappointed with this series. Not the actors.

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Hot Scenes you don't want to miss...?

Oh, I have to say can't forget that Bible (Great) and Jes (Tyme) are the mains in this. ?

Now on to it. I really liked this for the most part, the acting was great, the sex scenes were oh so nice ?, lets not forget the chemistry going on with them. It was nice to see how Great and Tyme were with each other, how Great seem to be flustered and caught off-guard by Tyme's presence, even how Tyme seemed to be off-guard around Great a bit to. They had a lovely connection, it was impossible not to get sucked in them. It was so cute how Great was around Tyme. they bith did a great job, you saw it all with thier acting.

Lets not forget Tonkla and Korn, Talk about a messed up love yet at the same time a strong love. In parts I didn't like Korn much, though Tonjka wasn't much better times, even though he was in a crisis still not good to do. In the end they were with each other...

I liked the concept of this one, being able to see 4 minutes in to the future in order to change the out come. It seem to even change Great in a good way. I also liked how Tyme believed him and not thinking he was crazy, he was willing to help Great find out what was happening to him.

I do have to say that I got confused in this... I don't want to say to much, I just want to say the closer it got to the end eps I just got confused. Even though I did, I did like the whole series. I just can't rate it as high as I would have liked to because I just had to many questions at the end.

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Some reviews mentioned that this series was too confusing, and I agree. It even led me to re-watch episode 6 from the beginning once it started to show different perspectives.

However, I think that’s one of the series' strengths! I fell in love with how it shifted to an unexpected perspective I couldn’t have imagined. The way they developed multiple sides to the story made it even more intriguing. That said, they could have added Lukwa's perspective so the audience could better understand her relationship with Great beyond just sharing symptoms.

I have to admit, Bible and Jes are excellent actors. Actually, all of them are fantastic, and this is one of the reasons I could finish the series in one sitting.

There is one major flaw I should mention. I used to work in a hospital, and my job was related to surgery, so I was really bothered by how easily outsiders accessed the Operating Room. In real life, this is nearly impossible, especially in a larger hospital like the one shown. Accessing an OR typically requires multiple levels of clearance.

Aside from that, this is a great Thai series you shouldn’t miss this year!

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