The Shore (2020)

Watch this one for the lovely beaches and the interesting plot

This is an interesting series, though not a world-beater. Here are the strong points:

-- The scenery. Lots of lovely shots on beautiful tropical beaches. (So nice to imagine when we are grounded by the pandemic.)
-- Making love on the beach: Of course there's nothing too explicit, but the romantic scenes had a higher passion factor than most BL dramas manage. Well done. (I can only imagine how annoying the sand must have been, while filming.....)
-- The Plot. I won't spoil it for anyone, but there is a plot twist which is central to the story. Before that happened, I was saying to myself "wow is this just going to be the most formulaic thing ever?" But no. After the plot twist I found myself saying "hey that was intriguing....have to think about that." So in the end I appreciated the story much more.

The weak point is the pacing. In the episodes on the island there is just a lottttt of time when the two leads are getting to know one another and I think it could be much tighter and (at least) one episode could have been removed without losing anything. It's just too slow.

The actors are charming, but clearly not real experienced. I came to like Simon quite a bit because he becomes a clear character with passion and strong views.

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The idea, the theme is good, but unfortunately a bit incomplete, so I had to lower my rating. The currency of the series is the environment, the effort to find the right and most beautiful true feeling in the world and the fact that the actors, although almost unloved by acting, managed it decently and were very likeable (David, Simon, Vince). Among the little things that didn't bother the creators, but will surprise many viewers, was, for example, the fact that after two days on the island, when he ran around the beach screaming "help" for almost an entire episode, David wasn't thirsty, which in the harsh Philippine sun would have already done his (he was hungry) that after a few days on the island with Simon, they didn't grow beards, nails, etc. But the positives outweighed the little things, hence my slightly above average rating.



Myšlenka, námět dobré, ale bohužel trošku nedotažené, proto mé hodnocení jsem musel snížit. Devizou seriálku je prostředí, snaha najít ten správný a nejkrásnější pravý cit na světě a to, že herci, ať téměř nepolíbení herectvím, to zvládli slušně a byli velmi sympatičtí (David, Simon, Vince). Z těch drobností, které tvůrce nepálily, ale mnohého diváka zarazí, bylo například to, že po dvou dnech na ostrově, kdy s křikem "pomoc" pobíhal téměř celý jeden díl po pláži, neměl David žízeň, což na ostrém filipínském slunci by už udělalo své (měl hlad), že po několikadenním pobytu na ostrově se Simonem jim nedorostly vousy, nehty atd. Ale klady převážily drobnosti, proto mé slabě nadprůměrné hodnocení.

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