Badarn Jai (2008)

I choose to to watch this lakorn basically because of the leads.

The acting
I like Aum's acting. He really pissed me off. His character is really annoying & he deliver it so good. Meanwhile, Margie's acting is also very good with few annoying scenes. They give justice on their character potrayal.

The story
The plan of ML's sister is quite silly & unrealistic. I do hope it has more romance & Aum's character is not that stiff. The apperance of his death ex gf sister is also not pleasant to see considering they look so much alike. She made several attemps to make Aum's character to fall for her & also create scenarios that made him hate margie's character. This action is so very low and plain stupid. Also, ML should make up his decision & not confuse the FL. Here i am thinking he was genuine falling inlove with her but next moment he hates her. Even I is confuse with this behavior. The return of the FL (after presumed death) is not as glamour as i want to BUT somehow i still like her transformation.

On the other hand, I do like the gradual falling inlove of their brother & sister. Its quite silly at first. From the moment they first meet, I think everyone (who watch this lakorn) guess that they are compatible. Its quite good to see that their hate to each other turn to love.

I have no plan to rewatch it.
My rating: 7.5/10

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An illogical conspiracy story

This drama started off well but then somewhere mid it derailed. Family members of both the leads conspire with the FL and inform the ML that she died in a car accident. The FL then pretends to be someone else and flaunts her supposed fiancé to test the ML's love. The ML on the other hand after hearing his wife died in a car accident does not bother to check with the local authorities but tries to look for her body (which is missing along with the car!) in a forest that does not have ANY evidence of the mishap.
Not to be left behind in the art of scheming at the end, ML pretends to be seriously ill and gets admitted to the hospital. A deeply regretful FL declares her love and then when all is fine, the ML continues to remain in the hospital (even though he is hale and hearty) instead of accompanying the FL back home. You wonder why?? Well, it is for the psycho #iwannabeyourgirlfriend SFL to kidnap and then attempt to kill the FL.
Apart from the nonsensical predictable storyline here are things that I disliked about the characters -
1. ML is dependent on his parents financially and does no work at home or anywhere else. Spends his time pondering about his lost ex-love. Even after his marriage to FL, he is lying (literally on the sofa) around the house doing nothing. How irresponsible.
2. FL is supposed to be a chirpy, innocent character - she was annoying. Maybe it is the way she delivers highly intense emotional dialogues... I detest a screeching female be it an FL or SFL or anyone else.
3. Too many interferences from the family in order to get the lead together especially brainless plans by ML's sister
4. ML's ex-girlfriend's psycho sister #iwannabeyourgirlfriend - such characters exist in almost ALL Thai dramas.

Personally, I like to see romance where the ML is possessive and jealous (which he is) and therefore would love to see a remake minus many scenes that I skipped through - e.g., the romance between the house helps... and since I did not like the ML's sister's constant scheming, I skipped through her scenes as well.

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