I remember when this was airing, it was all over social media, especially on tumblr, so I did have high expectations when I started watching. It definitely did not turn out as good as I expected it to be.
For starters, it has all the problems that other Thai dramas I've watched have; the acting is lacking, the story has plot points that are totally exaggerated, there's background music every.single.second up to when sometime there was a character singing and yet there was a song unrelated to it playing in the background. All these are tolerable enough though.
What I don't find tolerable is ruining a perfectly good couple right when they become one. The chemistry was there since their first encounters, especially from Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn's (Tine) side. It's not that Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree (Sawarat) wasn't working for me, but I felt that maybe Sawarat was simply not a character for him to play (for example, most of the time that he was supposed to look grumpy, he looked like he was trying not to laugh). They went through the whole cycle; fake dating, getting closer, the usual misunderstandings and then confessing. All good up to here. And then they got together...
For some reason, instead of showing us Tine and Sawarat going into this relationship and gradually learning how to make it work, they made up some dumb girl/boy drama and filled the remaining time with side couples that in my opinion sparked no interest at all. Even the few moments we got with them being a couple were really awkward; it was like the chemistry from the first episodes wasn't even there to begin with.
Also, as a side note, I wish I could erase every scene of Green because I hate it when they take a "stereotypical gay" character, make them a creep and ta-da, there's our entire show premise. *major eye roll*
The series was a solid 7/10 but it got ruined pretty quickly, hence the 4/10. I will be watching the sequel though with hopes that they fixed what they couldn't do right in this season.
For starters, it has all the problems that other Thai dramas I've watched have; the acting is lacking, the story has plot points that are totally exaggerated, there's background music every.single.second up to when sometime there was a character singing and yet there was a song unrelated to it playing in the background. All these are tolerable enough though.
What I don't find tolerable is ruining a perfectly good couple right when they become one. The chemistry was there since their first encounters, especially from Win Metawin Opas-iamkajorn's (Tine) side. It's not that Bright Vachirawit Chivaaree (Sawarat) wasn't working for me, but I felt that maybe Sawarat was simply not a character for him to play (for example, most of the time that he was supposed to look grumpy, he looked like he was trying not to laugh). They went through the whole cycle; fake dating, getting closer, the usual misunderstandings and then confessing. All good up to here. And then they got together...
For some reason, instead of showing us Tine and Sawarat going into this relationship and gradually learning how to make it work, they made up some dumb girl/boy drama and filled the remaining time with side couples that in my opinion sparked no interest at all. Even the few moments we got with them being a couple were really awkward; it was like the chemistry from the first episodes wasn't even there to begin with.
Also, as a side note, I wish I could erase every scene of Green because I hate it when they take a "stereotypical gay" character, make them a creep and ta-da, there's our entire show premise. *major eye roll*
The series was a solid 7/10 but it got ruined pretty quickly, hence the 4/10. I will be watching the sequel though with hopes that they fixed what they couldn't do right in this season.
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