Wow! That hit much harder than I was expecting. I don't react like that unless something is very well done. This was very well done. Everything fits in place at the end. As a long-time film reviewer, I'm very familiar with "bad acting". Anyone claiming the acting was bad doesn't know much. I have a problem with someone talking about this bad thing or that but can't provide any evidence. So yeah. It can appear disjointed at times, but that too is part of its charm. It's nice to not have everything revealed upfront. Relax. enjoy the show. Watch it get sorted out.
If someone is going to call the storyline weak, they need to define weak and then describe what is weak about it. I thought the storyline was very good. There were some surprises and no, it did not "speed up" at the end. Ayen's character mellowed, a bit and Akk did as well, each in their own way. Ayen is pushy by nature and he never disappoints. Akk is timid and tries too much to be pleasing. That's their nature. First and Khaotung did a great job of bringing the characters to life, making us believe in them, and delivering a great story. GMMTV has clearly expanded the amount of kissing allowed in a story since the days of Sotus.
It's been several years since New saw something in Santa and introduced him to Earth. And it was months later before Earth actually talked to him. New has a way of seeing things that are very important to a director in terms of allowing him to craft the product he sees in his head. What most international viewers run into is not having a real understanding of Thai culture when it comes to young males coming to terms with the way they feel. This story begins sometime in the 90's and only just gets into the 2000's. Expecting them to include features of today's society is not appropriate. Clearly, the author was deeply affected by events either in her own life or of someone she was close to. New did an excellent job of delivering those feelings to the audience.
Grand Master of Demonic Possession is now available in English at your fave bookstore. Wei Wuxian makes clear very early on the nature of his interest in a particular sort of relationship. It also allows the reader to see what the script writers had to accomplish to get it made in China.
As a reviewer, I have to watch the good, the bad, the ugly, and the stinky corpses. I'll probably write something scathing when it's done. I'm thankful for 2nd couple so I don't have to puke after each episode.
That said, I think the acting is actually good, but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The story is really bad. With the material I've seen through episode 8, packed together it might make a 45-minute story.
I was happy they shot so little of it on campus. Jeff's cameo was great, but it appeared like they started mid episode and what was the heavy grudge about. And it looked like he had a real knife. Weird. Also, Kaitoon is so dependable about everything but P'Non. Guess the heart knows what it wants. Mostly I really liked it.
As a long-time film reviewer, I'm very familiar with "bad acting". Anyone claiming the acting was bad doesn't know much. I have a problem with someone talking about this bad thing or that but can't provide any evidence.
So yeah. It can appear disjointed at times, but that too is part of its charm. It's nice to not have everything revealed upfront. Relax. enjoy the show. Watch it get sorted out.
I thought the storyline was very good. There were some surprises and no, it did not "speed up" at the end.
Ayen's character mellowed, a bit and Akk did as well, each in their own way. Ayen is pushy by nature and he never disappoints. Akk is timid and tries too much to be pleasing. That's their nature.
First and Khaotung did a great job of bringing the characters to life, making us believe in them, and delivering a great story.
GMMTV has clearly expanded the amount of kissing allowed in a story since the days of Sotus.
New has a way of seeing things that are very important to a director in terms of allowing him to craft the product he sees in his head.
What most international viewers run into is not having a real understanding of Thai culture when it comes to young males coming to terms with the way they feel.
This story begins sometime in the 90's and only just gets into the 2000's. Expecting them to include features of today's society is not appropriate.
Clearly, the author was deeply affected by events either in her own life or of someone she was close to. New did an excellent job of delivering those feelings to the audience.
Wei Wuxian makes clear very early on the nature of his interest in a particular sort of relationship.
It also allows the reader to see what the script writers had to accomplish to get it made in China.
That said, I think the acting is actually good, but you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. The story is really bad. With the material I've seen through episode 8, packed together it might make a 45-minute story.
Also, Kaitoon is so dependable about everything but P'Non. Guess the heart knows what it wants.
Mostly I really liked it.