El amor va más allá de lo que podemos ver.
El final del episodio 9: Mhok y Day viendo el atrdecer de The Last Twilight, ese final donde Day queda cieo pero Mhok esta ahípara él. Simplemente una belleza.
Definitivamente creo que esta es una historia muy arriesgada, por el personaje de Day (Sea) pero este hizo un trabajo increíble. Mhok (Jimmy) fue gran protagonista de esta historia, ayudando a Day a crecer como persona, a ayudarle a ver las cosas buenas en sí mismo y a no dejar que se escondiera en su habitación por toda la vida. Es una historia muy optimista dónde el amor supera las barreras de las dificultades y dónde como una persona puede llegar a ser el apoyo de otra. Un final feliz, para una historia de amor increíble.
El hecho de hacer también una pareja hetero entre Night y Porjai (con hijos) es un detalle muy bonito, no me desagrada.
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Why?
So I Gotta say it was amazingThe chemistry between Mhok and Day was so good and they were so cute but for me the time skip in the last episodes were completely unnecessary! Tbh I was never a fan of time skips, I really don’t like them. Day breaking up with Mhok was very random, instead of a time skip, they should have talked it out or atleast stay In contact with each other. I can’t really like the fact that they haven’t talked for straight up 3 years. Was the job as cook really that necessary? I don’t think so, like in the end Mhok didn’t take the plane back as if it wasn’t important to keep the Job. Without the time skip I would rate this series a 100/10 but It was really random and I didn’t enjoyed it so just a 9/10.
I just talked about the bad things right now sorry, this series is still an amazing BL! All in all, the characters,acting,visuals,story(except the end lol) was full of beauty❤️❤️ I wish for another JimmySea series❤️
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i'd watch any series with those two leads blindly !
I've watched vice versa before ,that's why i have decided that i'd watch this ,they're both so talented.this drama is worth watching, though some reasoning is weak , "drama logic" of the background of mohk Character but jimmy absolutely did a great job that they broke my heart at one point, burst into tears at some moments fell in love and felt happy for them and that's how you know it was a good drama when they play your emotions and change your mood
One thing is worth applauding is how mature the Character were .
felt so good to have watched it definitely recommended.
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Don’t let people’s opinions on the last two episodes stop you
I avoided watching this for a long time because I had read so many negative comments about the last two episodes, which is where a lot of actual issue resolution is handled. Ahead of those two, it was a mostly straightforward plot - meaningful and beautifully executed, but still a relatively simple plot. I actually think they could have expanded this to 16 episodes to really handle the issue resolution pieces better, but it is what it is. It’s a great show. It’s a more mature theme than other BLs. Don’t let the hype on the last two episodes keep you away - they aren’t bad. Without them, they would have left some pretty large (adult) plot issues unresolved. They aren’t handled *great* as-is, but at least they weren’t ignored.Was this review helpful to you?
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Let’s talk about Mhok
As this series highlights on Day’s life, I hope this review gives some insight on Mhok’s characters and my brief thoughts on episode 12 (spoiler-free).From what I gathered throughout the episodes, the Last Twilight is not only the story of a blind man (Day) who feared of society’s perception because he was once a beloved national athlete.
This is also the story of an orphan (Mhok) who struggled to integrate back into the society because he was once a convict with unresolved trauma.
I would like to commend on Mhok for his love, support, commitment and devotion in Day's day-to-day life. He rebuilds Day’s confidence (like a mechanic) and helping Day to face the outside world, once again as a blind man.
Since the series begins with Mhok’s flawed and woeful past, I feel this series should ends with Mhok redeems himself by forgiving himself over his past.
Mhok is a person who tries his best for others despite being too tough on himself. He is a person with tough exterior but also with insecurities which mainly kept to himself - e.g: how society treated him as a convict, trauma over the lost of family member, power imbalance and social status between him and Day, the feeling of inferiority with his capability to provide and care for Day.
Mhok’s issues should be explored on later episodes, however this can only happen - if and only if Day reciprocates by trying to understand where Mhok’s insecurities stem from.
Maybe an extra episode to explore this will be suffice?
In my opinion, this series should ends with a relatable yet heartfelt lesson of how these two unfortunate characters heal their relationship. And also for Mhok to absolve himself over his past, giving himself the closure he needed the most.
[note of reference: Moonlight Chicken (2023) explored the complexity of different characters overcoming the loss of loved ones and going through phases of denial, grief, healing and acceptance - e.g.: ideally the relationship of Alan and Wen, Jim and Beam, Gaipa and his mom/ Jim].
About the second half of episode 12, perhaps the screenwriter and director were hoping to dedicate this part to a specific audience - e.g.: the blind community.
This might be why episode 12 has a fairytale-like ending, where there might be a chance in life that the intended audience could once see again.
Nonetheless the cinematography, soundtrack and locations chosen for this series are equally pleasing and beautiful.
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A near perfect bl that suffered from bad finale syndrome
Episodes 1-9 were some of the best episodes in a bl I've ever seen and I binged them so quickly, but I felt myself struggling to watch 10-12. It was as if the writers forgot what made this series so special and even the key qualities that made the characters who they were, taking away any of their development. The whole story was about how Day was normal (and how people with disabilities are normal) but in a monologue in the finale he talks about someone blind not being normal? I genuinely don't think Day should have gotten the surgery because it erased his growth throughout the series and felt slightly disrespectful. Mhok was an amazing character, probably one of my favorite characters in any bl, but in the finale it was like he was a completely different person. I am also just not a fan of time skips especially if they are just there because the writers couldn't figure out how to end a series. I was pleasantly surprised with Night's journey throughout the show. At first I really didn't like Night but he quickly became my favorite (especially after they ruined Mhok). Night isn't a typical character that I would like (considering he's not queer and you don't see much of him) but I related so much to him. I can relate to that feeling of when you make a huge mistake but don't know how to fix it, and when you try to fix it, it just makes it worse and worse to the point that you feel like you can't do anything correctly. When Night cried because they acknowledge his favorite food it really got me because something as small as that was so moving to him because of how neglected he was feeling in his family. Overall a good series and JimmySea were amazing (my first series I've seen from them but their chemistry was great!). And at the end of the day, the only reason I feel so strongly about the bad final episodes is because of my love for the first 9 in the series.Was this review helpful to you?
Unexpectedly extraordinary
JimmySea have not gotten any exceptional roles so far – ViceVersa fell a little flat and felt like unfulfilled potential – but their effort has paid off in Last Twilight. Every detail in the show demonstrates how they have paid attention to the little things.And then there’s Mark Pakin. who has once again proven to be a versatile actor with range. The scene of him eating beef stew and exchanging a few (seemingly innocuous but profoundly meaningful) sentences with his mother and brother was probably one of the most skilfully-executed scenes.
The storyline isn't terribly original (unlikely caretaker becomes the caretaker of a privileged person with a disability) but it has superb execution: Exceptional chemistry, thoughtful writing, and spectacular acting.
Some fans took issue with the ending of episode 11 (the famed the episode 11 curse strikes back), and I thought there could have been a less abrupt way around it. But all in all, nothing too damaging that it completely wrecks the other merits of the show.
This one will go in the history books as a love story to rewatch.
Full review: https://asianblreviews.wordpress.com/2024/01/26/bl-last-twilight-2023-review/
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Could Have Been A Masterpiece!
This gem comes along with its stunning, nearly perfect love story that crashed and burned at the end. It just had to make it have a ‘feel-good’ happy ending. Unfortunately in that process, it transformed into a trite overblown conclusion. I cried as hard at the demise of this fantastic series as I did during the whole of this series. The ending completely ruined it for me. The series starts out so exceptional and I felt the curse of Thai BLs would finally be broken where it would not be so epigonic. It is a beautiful story of privilege meeting non-privilege with the union becoming one precariously in the middle. This is one of the few Thai BLs that handled a story about a disability with a sense of maturity, commitment, and a level-headedness, and a realistic albeit not always positive outcome or solution. One overriding theme that they presented and telegraphed throughout was the abhorrence of pity in dealing with people with disabilities. Again, having spent my entire professional career in that field, that is a compete truism. Yet, somehow, I knew that theme would also be its downfall and it was. This was an exceptional series until the last 2 episodes and then it completely fell apart. The ending simply destroyed and ruined this otherwise brilliant series.Was this review helpful to you?
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I'm honestly disappointed with the ending
Okay, i just finish this drama and i have mixed feelings.First of all, I need to say that i didn’t like Jimmy at all. I first meet him in his role in "Bad Buddy" and i didn’t fall with him, BUT, I decided to give him a chance, and i have nothing against sea, soooo, i decided to start my way with JimmySea by watching ‘Last Twilight’ (everyone was talking a lot about this drama last year and I’m an education grad studend and I’m learning a lot bout inclusive education, and Thai did a really wonderful job with HeartLiMing in Moonlight Chicken).
OK, then. I need to say that i really enjoy this drama, like... I stayed up until 1am just crying and soobing with this mf, so, yeah, i like them a little bit. But we have a BIG, GIANTIC, MOTHERFUCKING ASSHOLE ending. Like C’MON!!!!
Lemme explaing my point. I'll first point out all the positive things in Last Twilight, just to be kind: I LOVE Pohjai and Mhok relationship, for real. I think i’ve never see such a beautiful ex-boyfriend relationship before (at all in a thai bl), so they make me feel so happy and full of love, like... they TAKE CARE for each other, even when Pohjai was daiting an asshole, when she said that she was pregnant, like... dude... Mhok break up with her when he was in jail.... FOR GOD SAKE!!! I LOVE THIS WOMAN. And they weren't weird around each other when Mhok started liking and dating Day, she was putting gasoline in their fire!!! Such a cutties.
They didn’t villainize Rung’s suicide and didn’t try to make her a bitch for it (at all, i fell they didn’t explore her story, but okay). Mhok didn’t blame her, like he said “i don’t agree with her choice” but he was okay, like, he loves his sister and she choose what she choose (i honestly feel a little touched by her story, as someone who has the same thoughts);
Mhok take care of Day in the very first moment. He obviously didn’t want the job at first and he was a little angry about the whole situation, but he just did as they asked and tried to make Day live better (i would probably give up hahaha) even when every single one of them were jerks to him.
I NEED to pay a special attention to ALL they’re relationships, even with the fish, like THEY ARE SO MF CUTE. Mhok and Day in that dino costume AAAAAAAGH, they playing, they laughing, they having FUN, they’re just a sweet piece of cake with cherries and chocolate on top. All they're dynamics reminds me of HeartLiMing.
Another thing that just makes me MORE in love with Mhok is that he NEVER made a fuss when Day pushed him away, even when he broke up with him or just fired him, Mhok just accepted it.
For MOST of the show they got a really good stance about the fact that Day is blind and blind people in general. when Day talks about how he can do things just like he used to or when that stupid guy asks about sex and porn and Day just says it's the same as before. The activities for the blind and the way that Mhok always be respectful with the problems and difficulties that Day has. And Day never decreased himself for being blind (I'll talk about that again in the negatives). And Aun was such a beautiful friend to Day (I love him and his wife).
OKAY, now that I've mentined the positive points, I need to point the negatives, and everything that makes me sad about this drama, and took away the possibility of it being a masterpiece.
First of all: the whole motherfucking annoyng tantrum between Day and Night. Like BITCH, I was thinking that Night had done something TERRIBLE to Day, but that car accident happend just because Day was a little dumb. Like... bro... STOP THE MF CAR!!!! c'mon, It was no big deal and Day started being a passive bitch to Night??? For real, if I were Mhok I would laugh. Of course Night could blame himself for the accident, but Day???? Such a unnecessary tantrum.
WHEN THAT FUCKER LOSER OF THEY DAD SHOWED UP?????! BRO? I felt like i could tear my skin off. And all that crap "I wasn't a good father" YOU CHEATED ON YOUR WIFE BRO!!! U LET YOUR KIDS AND UR MOTHERFUCKING WIFE TO THEY'RE OWN!!! GO FUCK UR SELF. And Day just forgave him :)))) For real....
AND, their mom was a shrew!! And they just let it all in the past! I was like M'AM YOUR KID ISN'T DYING!!! HE'S JUST GOING BLIND!! And she just acted like Night didn't exist, like???
Day was a little cruel to Mhok. He was like "you're cold, you're r a bad boy, you're not careful, you're rough" and Mhok was the sweetest person in the world. And Day kept saying this crap even when they were dating, like WHY???? LET HIM WITH ME THEN!!!
And It was scratching ma brain at the very end, HOW they let a complete stranger, with no caregiving skills take care of Day??? like, wasn't his mom an overprotective mom??? They just found Mhok in a hospital and that was it???? Okay that Day insisted, but? Complete nonsense.
The two last eps at all -
Like, ok. Day was a brilliant badminton player and a college student and suddenly he was a car accident and went blind, I can't imagine how he was feeling, how confused and angry he must have been, and his family was just pretending that wasn't happend and they are't given him a help, they're never put him on therapy or something, so, alot of what he was doing, feeling and saying it's completely understandable. But why did he never bother to talk to Mhok about Mhok's feelings? Like, Mhok lost his sister, she killed her self and he feel guilty about that, Mhok was afraid of everything cuz of that, Mhok said "for me there is only today", but Day didn't try to talk to him?? Mhok opened his heart and put himself in Day's shoes, but couldn't Day do the same? C'mon. The way Day just broke up with Mhok on his first mistake was so cruel, I can't- Thai Bl's always has this shit in the last few eps, a dumbass fight that take to a dumbass break up, but do they really need to do that? It's okay if Day got upset and broke up, but he just let Mhok go and let THREE YEARS go by and didn't even TRY to call him? to say sorry? to ASK how he's doing? Bitch....
And to be honest, if I were Mhok I wouldn't get back together with Day after all that shit at the wedding. I would AT LEAST make Day fly to the US to try and meet me and apologize (which Day never did :))))
Now, the WORST thing, I honestly I think that with this they simply throw away EVERYTHING they said, when Day said he would return to his """"""normal life """""" after recovering his vision with surgery. BITCH FOR REAL. IM CRYING WHIT ANGER HERE. What the fuck were they thinking??? FOR GOD'S SAKE. It would be so better if they hadn't even tried, cuz they just made a BIG DEAL and put a lot of shit on top of it. They chose such an fucking important topic to talk about and ended up doing it??? For real, I'm really angry. As i said before, I'm a graduate student in education and I'm learning about inclusive education, I had a whole YEAR studying with a deaf teatcher learning about people with disabilities and this is how they finish the series??? For real, I can't even explain HOW sad and disaponted I am in Thailand and the directors right now.
Lastly, another thing that bothered me was that they didn't explain what Mhok was doing now and what Day will do now that he hás regained his sight. Honestly, Day could work with his bookshop for the blind and continue to be an actvist for the rights of the blind, but u know....
Well, this is my opinion on this show. I'm really going to act like the last two eps didn't exist if I ever watch it again, and i have to say I really liked it, and that's what makes me most disaponted with the crappy ending.
So, yeah. At least, now i like Jimmy and I'm thinking about watching Vice-versa, and I have to say that JimmySea are a plate full of acting skills. And please, Thailand, when you want to talk about something so important, be careful and respectful.
P.S: I just noticed that the person who directed "Last Twilight" was P'Aof, honestly, how did he manage to do such a good job on "Moonlight Chicken" and ruin everything here????
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Amazing.. but it's complicated
Last Twilight is one of those series you start preparing for the worst, only to be pleasantly surprised, then get whacked in the face with emotional turmoil, and finally finish it and lean back into your seat feeling like you're disgustingly single (even more than when you started).What can I say, it's just that good. The acting is honestly out of this world, and don't take that lightly. I especially took note of Mhok's actor, I've seen him in Bad Buddy but he didn't shine as much back then. Here, his eyes are so expressive and he sells his part SO WELL. The rest of the cast is also great ofc, the woman who plays the mom was giving it her all with the crying scenes omg.
The story is tender yet bold, taking on the challenge of following a disabled character. Since Moonlight Chicken, I'd been wishing GMMTV would release another series with a similar protagonist, just to broaden the spectrum of experiences that they portray. Day is immensely charismatic, he demands your affection but not your pity, and he grows so much throughout the series by learning to live with his blindness and crafting his life around it. I liked the book concept, how they follow Me's story to reflect on Day's situation in a poetic manner. The twilight metaphor is beautiful once you come to understand it as the audience.
Mhok and Day's relationship develops naturally and with an incredible amount of chemistry. They are so so good together. I cannot stress this enough. And the supporting cast does an amazing job at adding depth to the plot with their respective stories. This is one of the few series where I've rated episodes a 5/5.
There were multiple things I was not a fan of. Frustratingly, Last Twilight loses me towards the end -in the last three or two episodes. A series that has championed natural and grounded relationships suddenly loses its grip and starts throwing tropes at you -the 'going abroad' trope, the 'breaking up in the second to last episode' trope, the misunderstanding and miscommunication. It was disappointing. And, in the last episode, things go by so fast and characters change their minds so quickly that it gives me whiplash (I'm looking at you, Day).
The thing is this: last episode, and they haven't seen each other for THREE YEARS. That's a looong ahh time to not see a person. But they somehow reconnect as if nothing happened. The problem they had three years prior is still there, even if you still like each other! Mhok is still overprotective and too worried that he'll lose Day. And, honestly, it feels like they ran out of time to develop their relationship at that point and had to shove their reconciliation in a very short timeframe, making it feel rushed. Realistically, there would be tension. Realistically, they would have to talk things out -Mhok's fear of losing his loved ones, his approach to Day's disability, etcetera. But they didn't do any of that.
And finally: the end. I'll just be clear and say that I'm not visually impaired, and therefore don't know shit about the matter. But, as an audience member who grew attached to Day and his struggles, who watched him grow and accept and evolve, the ending felt completely out of the blue and, honestly, disrespectful to people who *are* blind for life, without a cure. Why did I just sit through -probably more than- twelve hours of content, following Day and his complicated relationship with blindness, only for it to just *go away* magically at the end, and "solve all his problems"? He literally says in the end that he now has a "normal" life, that his story has ended differently than Me's, who "fades away" in the book. How is that supposed to be satisfying as a viewer? All that growth and in the end is just like, "nevermind, here, you can be normal again," and it's all undermined??? I just think that if I were blind and heard that there's a new series with a blind protagonist and started watching, only for him to be "cured", I would be disappointed. It's like making a movie about a weelchair-bound person and have them walk by the end, after they've already come to terms with their situation and embraced it.
I'm not saying that blind people should stay blind if given the chance to better their sight. But, in this case, they had the chance to write a beautiful story about a *permanently* blind person, and show that you can live with it and find love and not be miserable. Live a "normal life".
I realize this last part was a rant lol. But yeah, good series overall. One of the best from GMMTV.
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A beautiful story with an even more beautiful cinematography
Ok, I knew I liked Jimmy and Sea's acting but this series just cemented how much I enjoyed their work. They have amazing chemistry and the way they portrayed these two characters was breathtaking, they gave them dimension and weight and that's something that we can't always say about the Bl series.I enjoyed the evolution of Mhok's character, he starts as your typical bad-boy delinquent but by the end of the series, he is much more than that. How he deals with his feelings and with the way Day needs him is incredible and seeing him grow throughout the series was amazing.
On the other hand, we have Day who is not only dealing with his disability but also with the trauma and frustration that comes with it. The way this disability has affected not only his relationship with his family and friends but also the way he faces the world. The way Mhok and Day influence each other was incredibly well written and I truly enjoyed seeing them change little by little and opening up to each other.
Now I think one of my favourite parts of this series is the way it was filmed, the way they chose to portray what Day can actually see allowing the viewer to pardon the pun see through Day's eyes worked really well. The use of colour and scents to distinguish characters and locations was really well done.
I also enjoyed the secondary couple with Night and Phojai and the way their relationship developed it does help that they are the biggest Mhok/Day shippers.
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I actually really liked the fact that they break apart at a point which gives Day a chance to be more than someone who needs to be taken care of. At the same time allows Mhok to grow and realize that Day doesn't need him at his beck and call every day. I do think that the end didn't really need to be the "fixing" of Day especially not after spending most of the series talking about how "normal" he actually is and he needs no fixing just a little adapting.
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