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A mobster who likes it rough, but has a heart of gold. or does he?
This is my second time watching...but my first reviewOverall: This series if awesome if you are NOT looking for sweet, fluffy, or darling romance. There's red flags, bd**, codependency, violence, murder (off screen), and general chaos. Lots of reviews say it's cringy. For me, it's not. It's got some sweet and adorable moments that made me smile, and lots of messy, chaos which I also enjoyed.
Acting: I love an actor who is a good cryer. When they are able to actually bring real tears, don't cry too loudly, and let out these heartbreaking little sobs or soft crying noises. This always connects me to the character, and I can immediately feel their pain. I'm invested. I found myself wanting to hug Kim (Ton) throughout much of this series. He does some emotions very well.
Yoon is a terrific bad guy with selective tastes in the bedroom, and plays the character of Kamol perfectly. Their chemistry is sometimes awkward, but at the same time, undeniable. Skinship and spice moments are plentiful. Permission is asked, so that's always a plus, but the pain is also a given. I love how whispery Kamol's voice is when he speaks to Kim. If he looked at me with that intense look, I'd be a puddle. Just saying....But when he's ticked off, watch out! I love the swag in his walk, esp in ep 6. For me, he could have shown even more fury and that would have been just fine. lol
Love the girls, Sammy is her usually humorous self -it's nice seeing her in a grown up, office role. Baitoey is not someone I'm familiar with, but I really love her. Her character Metawee (Mai, Mei, May) defends and tries to protect her boss in a non-crush kinda way. She's also his go-to for advice.
Kuma Punnathorn Pornprasit who plays Salmon did a spectacular job especially for a child actor. He's simply adorable.
Really enjoyed all the side characters.
Cast: the boys are crazy built, and hot, the ladies are pretty. what more do you need?
Story: It's different. lol...the business parts of the story are full of lies, double crosses, chaos and violence. The mobsters are mobstering, so keep that in mind before you watch, this may not be for you. From ep 6 on the total chaos is real. Danai is over the top. I do wonder just how many phones and ipads he goes through. lol
The romance part of the story....oh my. One night stand becomes more, even if one of them isn't sure what he wants. But since he does some personal research after his first night--Methinks he doth protest too much. lol
If you like the enemies to lovers trope (they aren't really enemies-just that the one being chased is running very hard) , keep watching. But beware, there are plenty of red flags, and forceful behaviors. (he doesn't use force per say, but his personality IS forceful and determined to get his own way). I actually loved the way they developed their relationship over the length of the series. Kim says no with his mouth, but yes with his body and expressions. So there are a lot of mixed signals.
The ending is soft, and sweet, with an unexpected surprise. lol
The tigers? well, for me that's a big NO. They should be in the wild, or a refuge. Not someone's home. Everytime Kim sticks his hands into the cage, or holds onto the bars I'm like NO NO NO....lol
Memorable quotes:
Kamol-I can be whatever you want me to be.
Mei-The didn't try to kill you, did they?
Kamol-He's so stubborn, just the way I like it.
Lop-I am so dead.
Kamol-A person like me doesn't threaten.
Danai-If you love him so much, I'll send you both to hell.
Kim-I know who I am, and what I am doing.
Kamol-What past? There's only the present and the future...
Wardrobe: I LOVE the styles in this series. The jackets were really on point. The turtle necks, the suits, the glasses....They did a great job with all the cast. The assistant girls (Metawee and Jin) clothes are SOOO awesome! I did feel that a lot of Cherry's clothes looked more like she was going clubbing, and not really dayware, or rather ready for her attempts at espionage. lol
Product placement: without it, there's no series. lol...for the most part, they do a good job blending them into the story in the early eps. gets to be a bit much as the show progresses. But it is what it is.
Music: the score often increases the dramatic value without overpowering the dialogue which is great. and it's not constant noise. I appreciate some down time from the music.
Filming/Lighting: most of the time it was fine. But the dramatic flashes for some of the scenes were a bit much.
Timeline: Yeah, don't ask me. Supposedly, the first half or so happens while Kim in on his 1 week vaca. But this makes no sense, considering everything that happens. So don't stress too much over it.
Final note: The 3 main body guards are all gorgeous, and deserve their own story. After about ep 7, you start to see more of their personalities. I love that they know ALL about their boss's preferences, root for him, and seem to love him. lol Oh ep 10 will live in my mind forever. lol
The side romance well...I love this little crush, and since they are both of age more power to them...irl they are only a couple years apart, although the younger seems SO young. lol
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Oh boy this sucks
I don't normally write reviews due to the amount of words needed but boy oh boy do I have words for this series.First the story, oh my god its all over the place with plot holes and twist that make no since. However I wont lie and say I didn't keep watching it because of said plot twist. The stupid plot twist are the only reason I kept watching because of how stupid it was. I guess they did a good job at pulling me in to keep watching but I found myself skipping a lot of the story due to it being poorly acted.
So that brings me to the acting and boy oh boy this shit is cringy. I get it, its a Thai BL its gonna be cringy but DAMN this acting is unbearable at most and unlikeable at least. The decisions that the characters make are so unrealistic and make no sense. While all the characters are so unrememberable so I cant tell who from who.
Now onto the rewatch value. For me it has none, the story is full of scenes that add nothing to the story. They try to be apart of the plot but fail. Things happen so unexpectedly without any reason.
But yeah that the end, watch it if you want it sucks but I kept wanting to watch however I don't think I'll be watching it ever again.
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Give it a shot!
This really isn't as bad as some people make it out to be!Just don't compare it to Kinnporsche, because it's a completely different show.
I enjoyed watching it, binged it in 2 days.
Funny scenes, sweet even, with a couple that start off with a one night stand, but slowly start trusting each other and falling for each other. I liked that they found their perfect match in each other, when both characters needed someone special and out of the ordinary. That is well worked out.
The side characters are also interesting and show growth. And some give the show the lightness it needs.
This show is not perfect, but few BL's are, right?
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…What
So many unanswered questions.So many random moments that just didn’t make sense and served no purpose.
Honestly found myself super bored watching this. There wasn’t anything super memorable about this BL. Honestly I just watched it to fill in time while I’m waiting for Love in the Air to finish airing. I only finished it because I hate leaving shows unfinished if I can help it. I really really wished something had happened with the side couple (if you can even call them that) they introduced the idea of Baiboon and Khom forming a relationship together, but then they just left it hanging there. Nothing became of them. They just remained the same as before. They obviously both have feelings for each other but they just let that be and didn’t bother to do anything about it.
The main couple was honestly nothing spectacular. When a BL has really good romance and is super refreshing I find my self craving to watch the next episode every time. This show didn’t give me any of that. No butterflies from the romance parts. They could have made the romance so much better. There was no moment that ripped my heart out and I honestly missed that feeling of screaming at my screen “JUST KISS. JUST DO IT”. Now I am looking forward to finding a really good BL to watch after this to make me happy.
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Una obra incomprendida
He visto mucha gente decir que esto es una total mierda que no vale la pena, que da mucho cringe, que no da risa (cuando esto ni categoría comedia tiene) y no se siente asi la verdad. Mis quejan son para el director que parece que fuera su primer trabajo poniéndome planos medio raros aveces y dirigiendo la primera de sexo con su culo de ahí yo no se porque tanto hate a esto es un bl yo no vengo aca esperando me den la ultima revelación cinematográfica encima estos por ratos es como ver una novela de latam yo estoy en mi salsa qué te digo.En el capítulo 10 pasaron muchas cosas que hasta ahora no proceso esto.
Y como mis quejan son para él directo lo mandaría a estudiar un poco lo que es la composición porque si por ratos se siente medio extraño pero para mi esta piola como para verlo un día en el que no sabes aue hacer con tu vida.
A Cherry yo la amo y la voy a defender siempre ante cualquier cosa, ella mata a alguien y yo voy a decir "bueno, algo habrá hecho".
Igual ver a Yoon hablar ingles y coreano a mi me gusto qué te digo
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it's not as bad or toxic as people say
before I watched it I saw many people saying it was terrible, toxic and etc, but honestly it's pretty basic, there are much worse productions.as for acting, it's average, the secret is not to have high expectations while watching. the script isnt extremely elaborate, it has many repetitions of lines. the characters are ok, what I have to agree is that maybe the actor wasnt the right fit for the character of mobster.
surprisingly, even being a basic production, the whole context involving bdsm was consensual throughout the history.
It's a valid recommendation if you don't want to watch something too seriously :)
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This is was so healthy for a mafia watch maybe I'm the problem lmao
So many thing about this I loved; the various languages, Kim's parents, Baiboon, Ith and Day, Kim's softness, the S/M?!, Danil!!!Overall it's an amazing story that def deserves the watch but also it's missing something to attract me, still one I'd reccomend (just to form ur own opinion) but I need more, maybe more romance less sex or maybe diversity in sexuality/personality/expression/emotions??
The green flags Kim was handing out FOR FREE!! woah I was genuienely thinking that maybe I'm the problem, that I'm toxic lmao. this was so healthy for a mafia watch lol
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It just sucked me in for more and more
With mixed reviews, I wasn't sure about watching Unforgotten Night, but then I saw a clip on TikTok and decided to give it a chance. I have no idea whether it was good or so bad it was amazing, but it kept me coming back for more and I plowed through it and would watch it again. There was a facial expression on Kamol in the first episode that I feel should have been adjusted, but this may have been new territory for the directors so I can understand the error/confusion in directing that scene. Also? There is an ongoing side story that hits all the green flags and has such a reserved level of sweetness.Update: I've now watched the series three times. It's oddly become a comfort series for me.
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BDSM
My first concern was that in one of the rare shows exploring BDSM, they didn’t go hard on the issue of consent. No safe word with a stranger?!?! Komol knows better.Also, these are the worst bodyguards since I watched KinnPorshe. Someone was always just walking right on in. Or flouncing right on out. Where was the communication?
Thirdly, I really want a spinoff of Day and Itt. Had me checking to see if it had already been made and maybe I should watch it first.
The giant tattoo and the drugged up kitties, not a fan.
Pushing past all of that, I stayed for the hand kisses (my new favorite thing) and the Princess treatment. I don't usually like mafia shows but I love that he was willing to retire for his boo. Usually it is the Princess who has all the extra love interests but this time it was the Prince, for a change of pace.
My absolute favorite thing, though, is how happy the littlest thing done for him by Kim made Komol so happy. That's goals right there. I hope they never lose that aspect of their relationship.
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Not good.
I wanted to see more from the couple kim and the boss. I was bothered by the fact that Kim always ran away from the boss…..and often when things got exciting the stupid mobile phone rang…….Very annoying…!!!Too sad Khom and Baiboon didn’t become a couple…..they looked so good together……:-(…there was an attraction between the two.
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i was almost dying while trying to finish
it was painful to complete it. shitty acting shitty shooting shitty story. it'll be in my top 5 worst bl list. a huge waste of time. at least it could've been so much better if they filmed it professionally and acted it realistic. the only thing i liked is baiboon and khom. just them. imo who has a good taste and high expectations from series would definitely hate. i can't understand why people liked this tho. lol. just trust me and don't watch it. go watch(or rewatch) bad buddy or not me cuz it'll be worth.Was this review helpful to you?
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Better than I remembered
I watched this a while back and I think I saw it right around the same time as KinnPorsche. That, unfortunately, didn't work in this series' favor as, out of the two, I personally think KP was a better production overall.However, after watching this again, it's actually so much better than I remembered. As it's own story, without comparing it to anything else, this is actually quite good.
I don't want to say Unforgotten Night is "more simple," because it is certainly complex in its own way, but it didn't have as many plot points trying to war with each other like KP did. It was very straight forward and the storyline flowed together with progression pretty well.
One of the gripes I remember having with this series the first time around was the chemistry between the MC. I felt like, for a story that is supposed to be centered around instant love and obsession and melding of preferences, it lacked that aspect upon first watch. This time, however, I realized that the version I had seen previously was a cut version where they didn't show much of the intimacy or full version of the NC scenes and boy, does it make a difference. I mean, come on, if you don't know what you are getting into just by the movie poster and synopsis, then you are not paying enough attention. It didn't make sense to skimp on the smut so might as well enjoy it.
I liked that the main couple was the focus throughout which helped understand the characters better. There was enough of the mafia element to add the suspense without becoming stereotypical and there was enough intrigue with the supporting characters to keep things moving along. There was sort of a secondary couple but they didn't force too much time on them to make it awkward and left it open in a way to make us wonder will they or wont they.
I thought the acting was slightly above average though there were a few times I was like "okay, that was a little cringe." But there weren't awkward pauses or people standing around waiting for the next line and felt like a lot of it was reactionary as it should be. Yoon did a great job in keeping his stoic persona and when his emotions threatened to overtake, you could see the struggle he has to keep them at bay. Cherry was an interesting character where you love her one moment and hate her the next. I thought her arc was just as meaningful and went hand in hand along with the MC well.
And last but certainly not least, the lack of miscommunications and misunderstandings is a friggin breath of fresh air. Actually, the communication between the MC is bang on right from the start where they clearly state what they want and what they are looking for and go along accordingly. There were no hidden motives, no catfishing, none of that stuff and yet they still had an interesting story that made me hit the "next episode" button every time. There needs to be more shows like this where they can have dramatic storylines without the "silly drama," if that makes sense.
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