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I didn't really cheer for him to get her
From the beginning, this is a "clever" show. Of course, there is amnesia involved. A "famous" actress and small village teacher got switched and nobody knows, because Andy Gregson's character decided not to tell (guess the actress was not that "famous" after all). And he really lets her teach children when she has no memory (plus he knows she was not qualified for it even before) so I guess he cares about his workers' kids really a lot. Also nice, young, pretty girl dies in episode 1, and she was more likeable than the nang'ek. Wow, what a start.Tui Kiatkamol is in the side-role. I still remember him as a pra'ek (the adorable 'Keuy Ban Nok') and he's not older than Andy (actually, he's younger). But... Our Andy refuses to retire. Will this be better than his Mafia Mungkorn stunt?
Kirk Schiller is in the villain role. It's not supposed to be a comic relief... but, who knows?
Among this all, Bella Vanita (or Bella Ranee) acts very cute. I remember her performance from 'Pon Prom Onlaweng', she was always able to convey a different character in the wrong body:) This time, misplaced identity. No problem for Bella Vanita:) She is endearing and - in stark contrast to exasperated Andy - a fun to watch.
When Andy acts all moaning and shivering (his character is supposed to have some kind of trauma) it's even worse (I had to laugh in wrong places). 11 years older, still his acting skills are not tantamount to hers. Also character-wise he's not the fuel of the show.
Her character is funny at least. I actually enjoyed having that kind of a nang'ek:) For once, she refused to listen to anyone's cr*p. She refused to be everyone's punchbag. She usually showed no fear, her first reaction was actually to rescue others. She wasn't really bad when her personality got dissected by this experience where she "forgot" how spoiled she was. On the other hand, Andy's character kept lying to her, purposedly confusing her when she tried to recover her memory, putting her into position she was not fit for then criticizing her, and ocasionally just plain put her down or insulted her. He was having his revenge on how the "old" Mekala first treated him without properly knowing him. But by the time he was still doing that HE should have known her a bit better. It just didn't sit quite well with me he should be the one giving her constant lecture about good character. (All the while there is a character who drinks, steals, beats women & children and nobody is particularly lecturing HIM.) Also there is another girl only faking to be good and he can't see through it. Plus he meets the evil aunt & her daughter and never treats THEM that bad.
Mekala is actually not just lost in her amnesia but also alone in the world, as she's got no one who really cares. Her remaining family members are horrible and only care about money. Therefore I found it important she'd end up with a good guy, at least.
Despite being completely clueless, the "naughty nang'ek" spends only a short while living near Andy's character and her heartfelt wish is to run away. I kinda understood her. While even the evil characters don't take themselves so seriously (Kirk Schiller can't help himself) he's more of an annoyance. I must say the ecology activism of Andy's character had such unlikable form I would understand if nang'ek just sold the forest, LOL.
Things get to crumble with the whole amnesia plot when Mekala's relatives show up. Then the last straw of logic seems to dissappear, but then again there never was any logic to any amnesia plot to begin with. Why look for it here? At least here we have Bella Vanita who is both entertaining & easy on the eye. You might think it's not that much, but given everything, it was her alone who kept the show going. As without her I would have probably DROPPED the lakorn. I loved how she was developing better personality but never slipped into typical miss goody two shoes. No matter what, she didn't bore me.
During it all nang'ek & pra'ek grew closer, of course. Though I just didn't really understand her trying to win his good side after how he always treated her. And him, even if he believed she was not a good person, still many occasions I couldn't understand how could he treat that way a woman who was so beautiful (that too without wearing heavy makeup like a porn star, as the other, supposedly "nicer" girl... even pra'ek's mom make-up was too strong a coffee, btw.) Before she regained her memory though, they started having really cute interactions... They got together sooner than I thought possible. Bella Ranee's acting was adorable and so natural, again I must compliment her. The romance line progress is fast, he says he loves her in half the series already. Doing that, he's still calling her by a name of a different person, though (I wondered how he explained this to himself). So let's not forget he's still purposedly keeping her in the dark about her own identity. First he lets her believe she's humble country teacher and then when someone succeeds in making her believe she's a secret assassin, he supports her believing that, too. Just anything but the truth.
During this, the amnesiac heroine doesn't have any problem to marry Andy's character even while her memory didn't yet come back. She never seemed to have real problem with anything, actually. When she was told she is an assassin, she just started training to fight, without being told much as to how. She never seemed to have problem with being a teacher, either. She might train for her action scenes as an actress but she never educated children. Yet we never once see her asking what materials should she teach from, how should she grade tests... Without knowing anything, she just does the job. So when without knowing anything, she just gets married, it kinda isn't that surprising. After all, she's "in love". I just couldn't wait for her memory to (finally) come back and wipe the smile from Andy's face. And when she came back to her old self, I again appreciated the versatility of this actress (in huge contrast to Andy's "acting").
Of course among all the antics we see some human trafficking, just casually... It happens to be in every other thai series, we don't deal with it much, it looks like the thai tv would just like us to get used to the idea of this being common thing. Anyways after 10 episodes I was generally tired of this. The heroine found out the whole truth already and wished to have nothing more to do with the guy. And I could relate, I was also tired with Andy and his character. I just wanted things to end. Why so loong runtime?
In conclusion, this show's main failure was the choice of the guy Mekala got paired with. Not only her character rocked more, she was also too young and too pretty for him and I didn't really cheer for him to get her.
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I was looking forward to this one
So far, none of the previous 'Cupid' stories has received higher than average rating from me (some received lower). But this one I was looking forward to: cast is hot (he's the lead from 'Fatal Destiny') and also this girl's character got my attention since the first introduction at the beginning of the first story (she said falling in love & having a boyfriend was too EXPENSIVE, lol).Tono & Nychaa make kinda uneven couple as he is decade older. But Pear Pitchapa's nang'rai makes things unexpectedly interesting (and I am a kind of audience who is NEVER interested in having a nang'rai:) Also this nang'ek, who is capable of chasing a purse-snatcher on a motorcycle and then beat him with her helmet, just because he took her money, then replying dead seriously to the pra'ek who's kidding her that he would sign her up for next race on big money, that if the money is big she would do it, keeps things from boring. So you see, I had to wait for 6th Cupids story out of 8 to finally not be bored, at least. But their kiss was fake. So, I was not bored, but I was not pleased (there's something so hot about Tono Pakin, but it's wasted here). But, we see more and more glimpses of the final couple's story, which I suspect would be the best (Ken Theeradeth:)
In conclusion, this was a nice watch, WITH the exception of the skinship. It's a pitty as else the two of them seemed so natural, and they LOOKED super cute together. But when it came to a kiss, it always changed to rigid or awkward... Okay, there's a real, but stiff kiss in episode 6 (Nychaa is just too young and/or constrained to really go for it). And also with the exception of the stupid role of Honey Passorn Boonyakiat (and the whole side line which concerned her character) or the fact that another side-character goes way too much psycho for this kind of genre. It filled the final episode with amateur crime cr*p instead of romance and I seriously thought the death too much. Looks like (*sigh*) even this Cupid story won't make it over average rating.
Cupid Hut is a dating agency, this show was supposed to be about dating. Not about the agency to end up being sued for not doing enough background check and letting serial killers in. It's hard to think about romance after that. The producers of this should concentrate on one genre, preferably the one they ARE able to do in good enough quality (I am actually tired of pointing this out while watching lakorns:)
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There main couple here consists of Prin Suparat who looks funny when trying to look seriously badass (I think it was in 'Tawan Deard' where he best managed to not cross the thin line into getting ridiculous with the badass thing) and his regular onscreen/offscreen gf (they don't do a good onscreen kiss, though) Kimberley Anne Woltemas. Apart from them, we have 2 more.
The main villain is actually main girl's brother, who is a creepy guy on drugs.
Kom Faek's fighting style is very entertaining. Apart from it being actually funny at times, it mostly uses baton as a main weapon. It's a special baton of unique shape. It looks cool (just don't look on the poster, I don't know what's that there, but definitely not it:) The variety of things you can do with the baton seem endless. It also keeps the fight on the right level (not just fists, and not shooting each other to pieces, either) and out of stereotype.
Romance line is half-hearted, unconvincing and lukewarm - despite all the involved drama - for all 3 couples.
The main plot is about overthrowing the local mobster who is terrorizing people in small village and working with dirty cops cooperating with US army. Understandably I tried to absolutely ignore that and just concentrate on the individual fightings.
Though at times I had fun watching, I didn't really care whether Prin Suparat's character dies. And even if I cared I obviously didn't have to worry, as it seemed nobody is able to actually kill anyone, here. Had it not been like that, the main hero would not see the light of episode 2, and the same goes for the main villain, too (if nobody else, one of his not-so-loving lovers could take care of him while he slept). But things dragged and in the second half of the series, it all started to re-play itself.
By episode 9, my overall interest was gone. That time, someone started appearing there regularly turning into a smoke (as if this needed a supernatural element added) so I figured it was the best time to quit it... First, I dropped it, then I needed to rate it so I returned to watch the last 3 epis. And I ended up even lowering my rating.
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So, this could be the same good fun, or even better, as we don't have to deal with anyone's feces. But! These 3+1 ladies cannot measure up to the main foursome who were way cuter and funnier in Diary. Also, not often you see opening credits that have such a distinct party style. Most cases I felt a pitty the episode that followed did not have quite the same drive and it was like still waiting for something to "get the party started". But it has good friendship feel and understanding of relationships. And I admit Pompam Niti is way better actor than I would think him.
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I liked the cast. The older actress looks gentle and kind and the younger is beautiful with cute smile. The cute guy is not far away, either. He is someone she briefly met when still old, not daring to dream. Now she is allowed to like him. First few episodes I was rather annoyed we still needed to deal with the "magical cat" who allowed Sumire to become young: that turned into a middle aged guy with eye makeup and black nail polish, who stayed in the heroine's house (and her story) which I did not find necessary. But I appreciated it when this character was able to bring more conclusion and then even an explanation why he was portrayed by middle-aged guy:)
See, I found Kiritani Mirei quite a decent actress, actually doing better job than Oikawa Mitsuhiro. I could tell she most probably spent some time with Matsuzaka Keiko and learned her facial expressions.
But what I honestly appreciated most about this drama were the characters. Each character had a meaning in the story and each was portrayed exquisitely including the small roles. Like Akimoto Sayaka, she was perfect and without her the character would not worked this much. The guy portraying the main love interest who got to date our young/old lady also could not been chosen better, his style of behavior could not be more compatible. And what I appreciated the most was the character of the main heroine. She knew GRATITUDE, not just attitude like all them leading ladies:) I really loved her and not just for being pretty, this time.
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I wasn't that into the straight couple here (most of the time, the guy is wearing more blush than she is, and they both shared the same makeup artist so obviously) but they had to deal with him shooting some kind of silly BL series which fictional teaser/trailer was shown and I had to laugh, it was funny how they had nailed the BL genre. As for the gay couple...
There is really HOT scene right at the beginning of episode 5:) Seriously... youtube asked me to confirm my age, LOL:D I was in shock how early such scene has come. Some series you wait for like 20 episodes... for nothing. On the other hand: while I understood the number of episodes was low, speeding from someone "unwilling to talk about what happened the other night" to someone declaring love and offering the home keys was not satisfactory. The hot guy was crying during that scene, which I thought over the top too, still I liked his character, and the portraying actor best (like I mentioned, he was the main one for me:)
Most of the characters work for a radio station. Senior female in there is the most funny character with a speedy mouth. Whatever happens, she doesn't lose the focus on getting things done, LOL. But once when she spoken to someone whom she suspected having love trouble, she slipped into sounding like the 'Club Friday' radio host, one of those kind, wise aunties. I'm sure it was intended parody. Never a dull moment with her. Nevertheless MDL doesn't even list her role here: her name is Tui Tui Puttachat Pongsuchat (I tried to add her:)
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Andy Gregson is not acting... just acting out.
My. Andy is getting close to middle-age mark. Frankly, the more I find disturbing the level of "acting" he is at. If this was his "first work after a long hiatus", then perhaps the hiatus should have been shorter/even longer.His character here is a "playboy", who is shocked to be kissed (it's a fake kiss, of course) by a decade younger girl. More or less instantly he gets all giddy and confident they'll become couple. She says such things like she would love to fly away and never come back. He never stops smiling from ear to ear, making funny faces (he is NOT that young anymore, so it looks kinda ridiculous) and grand romantic gestures to this completely strange girl he barely met. When she says she shouldn't have been born, he finally notices something is wrong, LOL.
As she is in quite strained life situation, he oscillates among how to help her/get her/get jealous. The more volatile the character, even more the job of its actor. Some of his scenes I just stared at the screen with raised eyebrows. In sharp comparison, Pu Montree rocks in his role. It's him who makes this show a fun watch. Only it gets a bit undermined by Andy's performance, who appears he's featuring in a comic relief role, too. Either they didn't tell him he's supposed to be the pra'ek in this, or he really cannot act. In result, his character appears he's only joking, then the story continues in a way it's revealed he was actually serious. My.
I was at loss as to how to rate this. It's not average so I could give it 5 out of 10, like Tiger. It's not boring so I could give it 2 of 10, like Lion (as I rate boredom VERY low:) It's just beside any kind of audience experience, as here Andy Gregson is not acting, just acting out. Should I give it 1 of 10? That doesn't seem fair to all the other people who worked on this besides Andy. Music is good. Other cast is good. I think I give it a 3. In a way, it's more scornful than 1:)
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Wish to see Preem paired with generation older Chakrit, or with the hairy Bomb? You'll get both.
I like Preem Ranida. She started being nang'ek very young, yet she never felt immature teenager onscreen. So seeing this lakorn got her a double role, I knew she can pull it off. It's her partners I was worried about.Chakrit Yamnarm is IMMENSELY cute. If not for that, he couldn't have remained pra'ek till almost middle-aged. Still, to watch him courting a college-student looking girl, or calling the fellow actress "mother" (yeah, I guess she had him at age 9) IS kinda weird. The characters were supposed to be playing around as kids. We are shown their past being a little girl, and a boy that's way taller. But I'd think to play together, the boy could be like 6 years older... Not 18 years older. As for "Bomb" Tanin, he's kinda awkward, as always.
What is also awkward is the (unnecessary) thing that one of the twins lived abroad. Preem Ranida can speak decent enough english, but I got extremely irritated when she and the character of her abroad friend started speaking thai replacing solely the thai word for "I" (or "you") with the english one, always literally saying "you" among the other thai words in the thai sentence. It's not how an expat would talk, it's how a moron would talk.
I usually don't enjoy twin romances. But I gotta admit this one started out nice. The opening credits feature Preem Ranida interacting with her own self really graceful, supported by the title song, too. It's soft, not shrill or fervid as lakorns usually use. For the feelings to develop, the scriptwriters usually do the jealousy arch. Like, to watch the person we don't fully realize we like, dance with someone else. Suddenly the jealousy pangs, and bang. Classic scene. Here, this scene has something more. The heroine can watch the guy dance with someone else... who he thinks HER. She can now see only what the others can see (like the others who'd tell you "oh, you didn't notice he likes you?"), she can watch him and see how he is taken with her, how he looks at her... Bang!:) Then of course, as we have 2 couples featuring 4 people, it gets soon interrupted, as the show is kinda crowded.
But being crowded doesn't put this show down! It resolves in the two pra'eks having full dance battle right there on the spot, surrounded by plentiful crew:) There goes my deviant love for bollywood movies getting rocks off, LMAO. Chakrit rocks:) So cute and funny... No, this show is something else. I can now forgive it being totally age-surreal, and whatever flaws. I thought: If it's going to be fun like this, I'm gonna love it unreservedly:)
I knew nothing will probably be able to beat the bollywood moment, but from then onwards I continued watching without any more complaints. I hope it's not considered a spoiler if I mention the twins sometimes did switch. For the one sister to be able to go away on a "holiday", the other had to act as her "stand-in":) It was interesting to watch how well - despite being, and staying, completely different person - she was able to do that, how she connected with everyone. Especially the scenes of her with the mother were a treat. While the other twin had her own romance line with the workaholic pra'ek Chakrit portrayed. I liked how well this was delivered, too. It seemed the direction of this lakorn was quite good so I looked at MDL and found out director is actually very beautiful woman (nang'ek:). I thought: Well, she can be proud of this.
But! It was all enjoyable only till the two girls stayed friends. I appreciated how smoothly it went when they first met, they decided to do DNA test to learn whether they found a sister or "just" a friend, but they WERE cool about it. Then their behavior changed and the whole show changed. Regrettably, it all takes another twist. Situation arises such the truth SHOULD get revealed. I did not understand why the other twin kept pretending THIS time. It's no longer joy to watch the good interaction with the parent she DIDN'T grow up with, now she's doing something unforgivable (and for no reason whatsoever). NOTHING makes sense any longer. Either the writer should get smacked, or I am disappointed in ALL the characters. It's not even a twins story anymore. At any rate, I don't like the course it all has taken. I thought: Shall we have another bollywood moment? Because only THAT could cheer me up now... In short, exactly at the half of the series, EVERYTHING I PREVIOUSLY PRAISED HAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
The remaining episodes, I wished for one of the girls to stop acting like a TOTAL moron and tell the truth to the mother/Kanlong IMMEDIATELLY (as for Warat, he knew there were 2 of them, he should know by himself) which would be the only thing that would redeem the character, even if probably not the show. That really took a bad turn.
There was one more dance scene, this time just a simple couple dance, which I LOVED, it was exquisite, both Chakrit & Preem's dancing and FACIAL EXPRESSIONS during the dance... The sadder I was dance scenes are so rare in lakorns and we have it in this dumb and dysfunctional one... with not even really a couple... Such a waste.
From then on, it dragged even more unsufferably (even having 10 episodes only, it felt VERY long). I have watched many lakorns featuring rapes, steals, murders. Yet I have never felt so bothered by the story's morality as watching this one, LOL. Just what the writers were thinking was beyond me. Absolutely nothing made sense. It all felt so bizarre. It should really not be difficult to shoot something decent with the cast (Um Apasiri should deserve special praise). Basically any stupid thousand-times seen story would be better and SMARTER than this:)
Sorry about my rating, I'm not usually this harsh but this is really WEIRD piece of work and I can't even count it as a proper lakorn.
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So brave of Anne especially to show onscreen that many embarassing physical things accompannying real pregnancy and having a baby. And BECAUSE she was not embarrassed to play such role, the more cool she is. This is the lakorn I refer to when telling someone that Anne is comedy veteran. The scenes with her wildly eating any flowers in sight would make you pi** yourself with laughter and stick in my memory even it's years already since I watched: might enter some kind of lakorn golden hall of fame:)
Also Ken Theeradeth got a chance here, as we all know he's not only handsome, but versatile. Capable of being cute/sexy/crazy... Here it's his role to showcase his wide range of facial expressions, making him some sort of thai Jim Carrey.
So, why don't I rate higher? I don't really know... I didn't like the ending, that much I remember. I didn't want to re-watch this (and re-watch quality means TRUE quality to me:)
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The dull-doll-diana sends this even below average
I remember looking forward to this one, as I was among those - back then maybe not among that many - who cheered up for Pope to be a pra'ek, as I adored him in 'Tawan Deard', 'Buang', etc... What was my disappointment!Turns out it DOES matter who they pair him with. As 'Khun Chai Pawornruj' proved to be the weakest link of 'Suparburoot Jutathep'. 'Ruk Ok Rit' & 'Sapai Jao' drowned in lacklustre, too. But nothing compared to the effect of a completely lifeless doll by his side (she is pretty, but that's it), called Diana Flipo.
After a promissing start, the story drags (the kind of story where the pra'ek LEAVES for years? really?) nothing can save this, not the period setting, not any attempts to enrich it with some sort of mission featuring Alex Rendell, not the antics of once again too-annoying-to-not-skip-all-her-scenes Tanya Tanyares, and least of everything not the main couple cast. I wish I could get my hours wasted watching back. Enough said....
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That bod in that uniform is definitely something
Apart from that - without being stung with a figurative gun slowing your brain cells - this is difficult to watch without constant eye-rolling.Way trashier than other Love Mission series, and that's something, LOL. Which means it's actually LESS boring, but... Like I've mentioned above. Do YOU prefer boring or stupid?:D
There is actually no comic relief in this other than the blatant ridiculous cast of them all (the soldiers, the scientists, the terrorist) which gives you the constant eye-roll, or maybe even laugh. Else, if you watch these lakorns seriously, be advised that this "story" contains death of a small child. Not every viewer can process this and then smile over a light conversation in the other scene few minutes later. Or see yet another heart-wrenching death(s) in the same episode? As this is about terrorist group, you cannot escape of some scenes of, well... terror. So, even if the cinematography IS at the level of the release year of Top Gun (LOL), be advised.
This is the last story, so it offers closure for all four.
First, stupidity culminates in closing the 'Yeut Fah Ha Pikat Rak' story. Then it's all about the camaraderie among the 4 soldiers (that's way better*:) They even promised to look after each other's girlfriends, should one of them end up a widow, she gets 3 brothers to watch over her... But you can guess if in their universe THAT really happens, LOL:)
*All them hunks onscreen together:)
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I liked the main couple, they looked good together (2 years later they made one more lakorn together). But the story is rather glum. Full of dark past. And shady family members. Also there's the creepy guy who slept with his aunt since childhood (seriously), and he kinda liked it and it kinda made him messed up. That's just for illustration what kind of characters you can expect here (I found it maybe a bit too much). Of course Thanwa sheds lots of tears, directors always make him do that, as he looks cute crying. I liked how he never told the nang'ek he loved her, it was only implied. Then he told her when she didn't remember him:) Though bits like this can't save this lakorn as whole, still I'll look forward seeing 2016 Rissaya with this same couple. Was this review helpful to you?
Jin is your opposite of hoarder: she wants to throw every single item she does not curretly use, away. Which is quite a liberating process, I have to admit. Though, you will really know for sure there is zero chance you could ever discover "things in the attic" that would unexpectedly become monetary valuable with time, forgotten fun, or weirdly useful. Jin is decided to leave the past behind, get more space for light and fresh air.
She even has a piano she wants to throw away (though she could just paint it white, then it would become invisible anyways). She is unstoppable, getting rid of things - often of sentimental, or "sentimental" value - mercillesly. She doesn't even donate or sell the things. She says: "If I throw it, it's gone TODAY." When her raiding the house stuff into black waste bags looks almost sociopatic, she halts herself and starts going through the things again. She can still make someone else happy with some of the stuff. Someone specific, with specific stuff. Gifting/returning specific item to the specific person then ironically revives the past she's decided to leave behind:) When facing again a certain person is too hard, she decides to mail the stuff.
Like the ex-boyfriend:) Who rejected the package:) She leaves the stuff on his doorstep. Ringing the bell first, though. He calls after her, so she like unwittingly turns her back, to face him. And he's Sunny Suwanmethanont!:) She then gives him items no longer of much benefit to him, and says some words of explanation for her past behavior, for which it could be said the same. I got the feeling that THIS was precisely the past she SHOULD mindlessly throw in the trash. First, he says nothing, which I thought a befitting response. But then he reacts in a way that only happens in movies:) How will she react when HE returns HER stuff? How will she feel watching him mirroring her actions?
Turns out, the old things - though being just worn, lifeless objects - can be quite emotional... Nevertheless, in this movie, though it has generous runtime, nothing much happens, and we're just left with Jin in the empty house, with empty heart and empty ending.
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I like the poster (at least something:)
Firstly, 'Buang Athithan' is a supernatural ghost story: NOT my favorite kind of lakorn. And if dealing with low-budget cgi ghosts forms the whole story and presents a majority of the screentime, I start skipping through such lakorn, no matter the cast. 'The Sixth Sense' became totally unwatchable despite having FIVE super beautiful girls + Louis Scott. Cast isn't everything. But when I'm mentioning it, you can see 2 of the 'Sixth Sense' girls here (One of them looks already a bit on the older side... Oops, that's the one who's 19. Perhaps there is a typo in her year of birth).Secondly, this is 2-timelines show, which usually I do not like, either. I always stick only with one and ignore the other, or if it's 'Tae Pang Korn' (any version) I drop it entirely. For me, that's unwatchable. But here at 'Buang Athithan', I started watching the "historical" line, too. At least there is no ghost there, yet... and characters seemed to be interacting more in there. Now, as the romance has to be super-good to compell me into watching something this demented, the lead pair's chemistry is very important. But Patricia Tanchanok Good (good name, LOL) while being pretty and cute (the cheek dimple:) is still teenage. Her performance is adequate to not yet being mature actress. Don't take me wrong, I know the exceptions DO exist. Mark Naktakhe just finished another lakorn right before this one, where he was alongside then only 16 years old Benz Narinya, and she stole the whole show and has blown everyone away. Patricia is NOT such a rare exception though, to work smoothly in being paired with 7 years older Prin Suparat. Their dynamics IS uneven. I don't buy their "chemistry". Sometimes their skinship scenes made me shudder (and not with excitement), as he looks like molesting his kid sister. Sometimes she looks ridiculous trying to "tease" him.
So, the romance? I couldn't thoroughly enjoy it. In the period, the wedding scene looks georgeous, but Prin Suparat's fake long hair bothered me, it grew like right from his face in places where sideburns should rather be, like he was monkey (remember 'Planet of the Apes'?:) Patricia Tanchanok Good is probably GOOD pick from thousands of girls some casting agency had to choose from, but she is still a girl, not a woman. She still needed more girlish role. Also, they get married like in epi 4 out of 11 so the rest is no longer romance, just dragging side-story of them dealing with that side-character, who then becomes the ghost/is the ghost in the contemporary line. In the modern version they are not married yet, and he's got human hair, but they have way less exciting character dynamics. She just keeps taking pictures in his house and randomly waking up from dreaming about the period bits. He starts pursuing her rather early, saying he feels like she is someone he's been waiting for. It's the reference of their shared past life, of course, nevertheless it does not change the fact that there is no real spark. Also, soon the oldtime line takes up almost all the screentime.
AND it is soon as boring and annoying as the modern one. That side-character is practically major character here (at least in the modern times, she is just lurking there occasionally) and the side actress has nothing that would make viewers interested in watching so many scenes with ther. I started skipping, again.
Maybe Eye Kamolned & Mark Naktakhe's line could save this show from being a total letdown? I hoped. Sometimes the "second couple" practically becomes the first couple. And I definitely liked THEIR dynamics. They were funny since episode 1, where we see them squabble at the hotel reception. Then they appear in the historical line, too. He is the hot guy from 'Naree Rissaya' (actually 2 years her junior), looks funny with the long hair too, but their couple has more comedy anyways. They're both superior actors to the main couple ones. But soon they almost disappear from the story, there were at least 3 (hour and three-quarters long) episodes with barely any scenes of them together... When they re-appear, they're really cute. Pitty Mark Naktakhe never got any more roles. Seeing him in this stupid show with the fake ape-hair can't be how we are to remember him forever?
In conclusion... I wondered how to rate this. See, if we should cut out anything Butsakorn-related (name of that side-character) the whole lakorn would have about 50 minutes runtime. So I think just knowing this, it's up to everyone whether to watch, or skip.
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The opening song by Pijika is totally sweet and completely corresponds with sweet cute looks of Urassaya Sperbund, but what fails is the lakorn itself that follows it. To say it does not do the opening song justice would be an understatement. Atichart is just plain annoying in this... Whenever he starts yelling, his acting drops below average. It's painful to watch (and listen). He's really not cut out for these type of roles (in 'Jam Loey Rak'/'Borisut Bumbut Kaen', I've seen the worst of him so far).
Besides Atichart & Yaya having enough age gap themselves, the story is featuring another Romeo, 20-year older Sornram Theappitak (yeah, the one from the old 'Dung Duang Haruetai'!) wearing a huge quiff on his head that's supposed to distract the viewers from noticing his age, or smth. Apart from that there are some people living in the pra'ek house, most of them loud screamers, but one of them is nicknamed Parrot (Boon Arthur Benjakul) and he's actually cute, and nice character. Not enough to watch this for him, though. I was not interested in whatever happens to the Yaya's young reporter or Atichart's ex-actor hero... yawn.
When shall the thai lakorns give up on being crime themed? Every time they do that their quality goes LOWER not higher. Overall even 13 episodes felt like too many. I started skipping since early episodes (I lost my overall interest before I reached half of this lakorn) and almost dropped it entirely, in the end I just fastforwarded through the rest to quickly move on the still unwatched 'Mon Jun Tra'... Can't be worse than this.
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