A Love So Beautiful (2024)

A Love NOT So Beautiful

First of all is it even a remake of A Love So Beautiful drama because it doesn't seem like it at all. Well little changes are definitely fine but they literally changed the whole story. The original drama and also the Korean remake starts with the female lead confessing her love to the male lead and when she gets rejected instead of being heartbroken she decides to win him over. This scene shows that the female lead wants the male lead to know that she loves him right? In this drama I never once felt that Som-O loves Chadjen. Som-O didn't want Chadjen to know that she likes him. Like she was screaming at him for no reason, getting mad, behaving as if she's his best friend. And blah blah blah

They messed up the original characters so much like bruh you won't even believe it. Jiang Chen is a cold male lead and in my opinion one of the best cold male lead in dramaland but is Jiang Chen a emotionally unavailable when you need him. The answer is no. Yes he doesn't express his feelings that much. But he still cares about Xiao Xi, his friends and sibling a lot. He is a kind hearted person, he is smart, he is mature. On the other hand they first showed that Chadjen as a clumsy person in his early childhood, then a famous student in his teenage years and an emotionally unavailable person in his adulthood. Yes the male lead is a smart guy, he is a topper but in the original he was a normal student NOT A CELEBRITY. Chadjen was like a celebrity, like a real one. Many girls were approaching to him and he didn't know how to say no, Jiang Chen knew how to say no. Also Chadjen was a really good swimmer in the first two to three episodes but after that the swimmer Chadjen just disappeared. Why did they even had to add this swimming Chadjen thing. Was the male lead a swimmer in the original drama? No, he wasn't, only the second male lead was a swimmer. I bet they didn't do any kind of research before making this drama. There were so many things wrong with the character of male lead.

Xiao Xi is a bit childish but she's responsible enough about most of the things. In the original the female lead becomes an independent woman. And watching her character development, felt like a beautiful journey. Xiao Xi made so many efforts for Jiang Chen, like waking up early, cooking for him, trying to be a better student, trying to get his attention and so on. Som-O is not Xiao Xi at all, she cooked for him once and then nothing else. She is so stupid but then she wanted to be a doctor like seriously!!!! Then when she failed her admission examination and she wanted Chadjen to tutor her. Why he should help you? Don't you have any self respect? Som-O is the most annoying character ever. I didn't like her at all.

Neo did justice to Wu Bo Song's character as Tao but still something was missing. Neo is a good actor and that's why Tao was likable. But the writing kinda messed up lots of things. Lin Jing Xiao was tough and cool but she was cute and kind at the same time. Emma was the right choice for this role but she wasn't anything like Lin Jing Xiao, she tried to act tough and cool but failed miserably. Lu Yang our chinese Nobita was so cute and funny but New was kinda annoying.

Xiao Xi's father supported her in everything, this father daughter duo was on same team in their little family. But in this version what's wrong with the father? He's so irritating, controlling his daughter, being overprotective for nothing. Your daughter Som-O isn't even that pretty or smart. I don't know why but I didn't like Som-O's mother too.


They messed up the main plots, this 5 students are friends, they like and care for each other a lot. They had bonding and their those chaotic, sad or cute moments was everything but we got nothing. In this version they just met up became friends instantly, no development at all. The poem Jiang Chen had written for his father literally made me cry but what the hell Chadjen wrote? Jiang Chen had a reason, strong desire to be a doctor but it was never shown in Chadjen's character. After admission examination failure Xiao Xi became mature, she made herself better in terms of many things. Don't let me get started on that stage play thing.

AND why the hell they turned the School Doctor to a senior student? I wanted to see the doctor student cute interactions again T_T

Every single thing about this drama is nonsense to me. I hate this drama a looooooooooooooot.

Dew is a horrible actor. Prim is below average. Some people were saying that she is a good actress but she acts good only in thriller dramas. I mean does that even make any sense. If she was a good actor, she would have acted well in every genre.


GMMTV used to be a company who used to make good adaptions or at least watchable one's. I don't know what happened to them after F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers, they started doing a poor job adapting new remake dramas. In GMMTV 2023 they announced 6 remakes project and all of them failed miserably when it comes to storyline. I knew the same was gonna happen to this one too after watching Faceless Love, Cherry Magic, Find Yourself and Beauty Newbie, still these dramas were watchable for the first half but A Love So Beautiful was a NIGHTMARE. I am so glad my nightmare finally ended!

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Over long, repetitive, improbable, terrible acting by leads

This series has 18 episodes. When you remember that excellent Thai series with strong plots, attractive actors and full of action like Dangerous Romance, 10 Years Ticket, Blacklist, The Gifted, etc. had only 12 episodes, you think that A Love So Beautiful must be packed with events. In fact, nothing happens. The heterosexual love story goes from Year 10 in high school to past university graduation. The girl is attracted to the unrelated boy who lives in her parents' house because his mother is overseas. She spends her time alternately swooning over him and being exasperated with him. He has no idea about this and stands around like a block of wood with a puzzled expression. He is very tall and looms over her. She wears a black pudding-bowl wig and looks awful as well as being an annoying person. It goes on episode after episode with no advancement. Even when they are adults and she invites him to live in her apartment, she is shocked to see a man's bare chest when he comes out of the bathroom with a towel round his waist. It is pathetic and unbelievable. I had to skim the supernumerary epsiodes from 10 onward and then gave up altogether. Weak acting by the leads, especially the male (Dew), repetitive, long drawn out, padded out, totally unworthy of more than one episode, and even that would have been a waste of time.

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An Abomination remake of the Chinese

I want to keep this review short and simple. Like I'll not even explain the actors' acting and characters in this cause that's how confused and stupid this show was through these 18 episodes.

First off, this series doesn't even deserve a 5.5 overall rating. Even this much was given only for Neo Trai Nimtawat's acting. In my opinion, Tao's character was the only watchable and likeable character because, at some times, I felt he related to the Chinese version.

I don't think I even need to rant on Chadjen's character[more like Dew's acting], but I did not like it.

The second couple was also okay, the ending for them was cute.

Som-o should just open her eyes and go for Tao instead of Chadjen because Chadjen doesn't deserve her love.

That's all.

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A Love So Questionable

In all honesty, I'm surprised I watched the whole thing. I mostly finished it for Neo, and the visuals. I was excited for this, especially since I love Prim, and would love to see her with a different on screen partner, but my expectations must've been too high. I'm not going to compare this to any of the other adaptations. Why? Because I haven't seen any of them. Therefore, this is a honest review from someone that didn't know how the story went, and just watched it without any knowledge. That being said, I may not have the best opinion because I haven't seen any of the other adaptations, therefore, I can't compare them on how good any of them are.

The cast was great mostly, but it's just the fact that the storytelling wasn't great. I love Prim, whether it's for her acting or just for the actor, and I'd love to see her in a lot more, especially Romance, but this.. this was not it. Dew just has a stiff face with his acting. I doubt that's just how the character is. I've only seen Dew in one other thing, and that was F4 Thailand. He seemed to have pretty good expressions, although I don't remember it too much since I watched it last June, but it seems that in his more recent dramas, it hasn't been too well. I don't want to criticize his acting too much, but honestly he needs some acting classes to fix those expressions.

I'm not going to get too in depth with the story, for the fact that I have not seen how it is in other adaptations so the story could just be like that. But, I just want to say it didn't feel hooking. About half the series, 9 episodes I'm pretty sure, it takes place of Som-o in high school, and the rest of it is her in college and the adult life. I don't know if it's just the chemistry or the way the last few episodes were, but I just felt bored.

I felt little chemistry. I don't know if it's because I've seen Prim and Dew with a different pairing that I didn't feel the chemistry like the other pairings, but I just felt like they were awkward. Aren't they like childhood friends? So why would they be awkward with each other? Maybe that's just how the story is, but that's doubtful.

In all, this felt dragging. I didn't feel any fun with it during the last 4-6 episodes. The relationship was confusing to me, especially with the proposal with the second lead, like, I didn't even know they were together. I really wanted to finish it to see who would be end game, but in the end, I wish I wouldve dropped it.

The only thing good in this show is the high school life and Khao & News relationship. Wouldn't recommend to someone with high expectations.

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It’s cute so far!

I have only watched the two first episodes but it seems to be doing decently for me. I think this do will just end up being one of those “hey I have free time” shows, but the main characters are fun to watch and there isn’t anything that super annoying about it so far. I think I should also mention the other versions and how the Thai version will place for perspective so personally I think it’s so far better than the Korean version, but not too much better than the Chinese version. I’m not sure why maybe it’s because it’s only been two episodes 💀but give it a shot if you have the time!

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It was frustrating to watch

I was super excited to watch this series because I love Dew. Its basically a friends to lovers trope, Chadjen and Som-O have been friends for over 10 years and in high school, they became friends with Khao, New and Tao. Together they navigate the ups and downs of life. So let's get on with the review:

Rating- 6.5/10

I know it had high viewership in Thailand during its airing but hear me out. Khao and New's relationship was my favorite in the whole drama because there was understanding and communication. Khao was with New through both of his recoveries. Khao supported New to pursue his dreams of being a game developer. New proposed in the best way possible and the wedding was the cutest. Tao liked Som-O amd he showed it through his actions. He traded medals for her banners(the cutest istg) and was there for her whenever she was at her lowest. I get that Som-O and Chadjen liked each other but Chadjen put 0 efforts in the relationship. He never really had any time for her. He didn't fight for their relationship. He made New and Khao's wedding all about himself, I hated that. I was disappointed I only watched till the end to support Dew, nothing more. Hope Dew has a better series next time.

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If you watched either the Chinese version or the Korean version then it is a time waste.

My first favorite is always the Chinese version. Furthermore, I liked the Korean version too because I ship the story. However, I didn't like the Thai version much. In terms of the story, direction, and acting, what I liked in the drama was the second lead couple, who were main leads friends and got married at the end. Overall, the drama was not good in many aspects. It seemed like the story was written in a hurry, which affected the direction and acting. As a result, the actors didn't give their best performances. I initially decided to watch the drama because I liked the male lead and was interested in the storyline, but it ended up disappointing me a lot.

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