La Ong Dao (2017)

This Story has so much potential to become much more interesting actually. But for me the storyline is too slow, I don't understand why it takes 3 years for the leads to admit their love? Starting with what I like about this drama :
1. I like the main leads, both their visual and acting.
2. There are a wicked side of the female lead, that I wish to see more. It's fun to watch. too bad there are only shown on few last episodes.
3. The second (or third) leads love story is much more interesting actually, I enjoy it much more than the main leads'.

What I don't like about this drama :
1. the storyline is too slow, lack of sweetness between two main leads, not to mention on how they keep denying that their love to each other
2. the time difference are unclear. It suddenly jump from the first year to the second year, and then suddenly it's already three years.
3. 15 episodes are too long, I think it can be shortened.

Overall acting are OK. But I don't think I will rewatch it again. maybe if I do, I'll just fast forward a lot :)

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Stardust: A Fairytale

La Ong Dao (Stardust) is based on a novel of the same name. It was written in the early 1960s by a famous author Phanom Thian. Phanom Thian is also the author of the novel by which Massaya was adapted from, and most of his novels have been adapted over and over again into dramas.

I have watched both Massaya and La Ong Dao and I have noticed that both have a very mellow feel to it. It feels like you've transported into the 1960s summer and romantic music is playing in the background. I've also noticed that both dramas have romance between adopted siblings, which I suppose in the 1960s was even more acceptable than now.

I'll go into my assessment of this drama now. I personally enjoyed it.
Yes, it was frustrating in the beginning 6-7 episodes because of the male lead. However, La Ong Dao is a very easing going, breezy drama. Not a lot happens, and it's not as romantically charged as other Thai lakorns — but I think this is the charm of this drama.

Below I am going to list down things that might not be considered great, as well as things that are nice.

⌜Good Points⌟
1. Easy going plot
2. No face slapping (or well just one but it's really satisfying)
3. No crazy angst
4. Everyone gets what they deserve
5. No 2D evil person. You can understand how she became this way.
6. Amazing OST.
7. It's like a fairytale for fairytale lovers
8. The evil girl had good friends (not flame blowers)
9. ML doesn't let his GF say crap about FL. He's protective.
10. ML doesn't hide FL's heritage when he found out.

⌜Bad Points⌟
1. Slow paced. Some people might find it boring
2. Little to no skinship
3. The ML keeps trying to keep the FL close by calling her "sister" until ending EPs.
4. Story was predictable
5. Tanchai Sadayu still doesn't get love lmao~ oh well, he has me
6. ML is a drunkard bum. He is an alcoholic and has no job. Really embarrassing.
7. Sometimes it's hard to guess how much time has passed in the drama.
8. They don't get together until the final episode

You might not like this drama if you like fast-paced plot and romance. It doesn't have either of those. It's slow paced, like our normal daily life. It takes time and boils slowly. Most of you might not like that.

I think for the first 7 episodes I could not stand the ML. I wanted to slap him left right and center. And throw salt on the ML's GF so that the evil could just disappear. But by EP10 I began to relax and just watch the drama for what it was. If you're like me... you might enjoy this drama :)

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