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FrankIncese

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Theory of Love thai drama review
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Theory of Love
12 people found this review helpful
by FrankIncese
Oct 6, 2020
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.5
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 6.0
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 2.0

Only for the appeal of the popular stars

Aside from the general appeal of the actors, this was a total fail for me.

Khai is one of the most unlikeable characters I've ever come across. He's not just oblivious, he's incredibly selfish. Clean my apartment, make my food, do my homework. I don't know why anyone would ever want to be friends with this guy, let alone be romantically interested. Plus, he's totally straight. I don't believe for one second that he could change to being head over heels in love with Third. It wasn't properly motivated, his transformation was too sudden and the manner in which he "questions" himself felt like trite cliches from someone who has never experienced love - let alone gay love - let alone discovered their sexuality was something other than what they had thought at first (trust me, I've been through it. It wasn't a day or two of "Huh? Maybe I'm..."). So with all that, I could never believe the love story.

Third is rather pathetic. I get it. That's his character. But the writers and director did very little to try to make me root for him beyond the lovesick/pining over his best friend set-up.

ZERO romantic chemistry between these two. Do they seem like buddies... absolutely. But there is never that look in their eyes that says, I love you. Watch Perth just GLANCE at Saint in "Love by Chance". That boy is IN LOVE. Or Gulf looking at Mew. Love, lust, desire and even more. Those guys can ACT. These guys are eye candy (and not the bext eye candy either)

So, you've got one straight guy who inexplicably falls for a gay guy. Why do we need the EXACT SAME STORY for Un and Two? Even worse. After Two SUPPOSEDLY starts to feel something for Un, he lusts after the very next hot girl with "big boobs" to walk by. Hello, Screenwriter! Have you forgotten your characters motivations? Oh, that's right. You were never really paying attention to them anyway. It was all in service of the ridiculous plot.

I really like Off. He's charming. But he's not a real actor. It's all surface level. A lot of times he was just spitting out dialogue rapid-fire without emoting. Gun is better, but with a character that has this much internal struggle going on, I didn't think he truly rose to the occasion either.

This was one of White's better performances. I don't typically like him very much. He had more going on here, and he did an okay job. Likewise, Earth's best performance to date. I finally saw potential for him to be a leading man (since he certainly has the leading man looks). Mike was strong, yet again.

Best thing about the series is the comedy. I chuckled a few times.

When the story, script, characters and acting are this lame, good cinematography and music can't save it. I will NEVER watch this again. I don't recommend you watch it at all.
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