Created to be featured on the variety show "Gozen 0ji no Mori"
'Nekutai magatteru yo', which in English would be translated as "Your necktie is crooked", by Japanese director Ikeda Ayano, is a Thai-Japanese BL short film starring Perth Nakhun Screaigh as Rokko, and Lay Talay Sanguandikul as Ratanapol.The film marks the return after four years of two of the actors who first participated as a couple in the 2020 Thai BL drama 'My Engineer', playing Ram and King, respectively.
The short film, just 7 minutes long, was created with the purpose of being presented in the variety program "Gozen 0ji no Mori" (Midnight Forest). It is a one-hour Japanese television interview program in which participants talk about a wide variety of topics that have recently happened in Japan during the Reiwa era, the current era of Japan that began in May 2019.
As assistant director of the program "Gozen 0ji no Mori", Ayano Ikeda conceived the idea of interviewing the two actors visiting Japan under the legend "Reunited in Tokyo", while a short dramatized film aired, without great claims, in which both participated, and which also served as a letter of introduction to the public.
Due to the popularity of BL in Japan, the television space has invited Perth on several occasions to talk about Thai dramas of this genre. Taking advantage of the coincidence of Talay being in that nation, he was also invited to present himself.
The short film also pays a kind of tribute to the culture of the two countries, since the story revolves around two young Thais, one of them an actor (Talay) and the other a translator of the Thai-Japanese languages (Perth). , who separated after having had a romance, because each one took a different path to build a future, and now, six years later, for work reasons, they meet again in Japanese lands and, as they are still in love, they have the opportunity to continue their love relationship.
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I wish this was a full sized drama!
I would love to see a season of their love story before separating and a 2nd season or a few episodes after they meet again of them reuniting and being happy together again. I wish this was longer I'd LOVE 20+ episodes, 30 minutes each. Perth and Talay are amazing actors and their chemistry is undeniable. Even in such a short drama such as this they're able to portray love, adoration, awkwardness, fear, misunderstanding. this would make a wonderful full sized drama. I hope to see these 2 collaborate on even more dramas in the futureWas this review helpful to you?
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It's Only 7 Minutes Long! Just Watch It if you Love Perth and Talay. Don't read my review first!!
Although a must watch for Perth and Talay fans, it's honestly nothing too special.The actors did well for what they got, but the plot wasn't anything worth talking about.
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Rokko and Ratanapol were once a couple, but had to break up due to Ratanapol wanting to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Now, six years later, Ratanapol has achieved his dream and his a best selling actor. Rokko becomes a Thai-Japanese interpreter. He ends up interpreting for Ratanapol during his Japanese press conference. Their reunion is bitter at first, but Ratanapol goes off script and surprises Rokko with a sudden confession.
Honestly, seeing Perth and Talay on screen together brought tears to my eyes, but the plot instantly dried them. It feels like a poorly written one-shot fanfiction due to how boring the script was.
While Perth and Talay are great actors and have amazing chemistry, the plot really gave them nothing to work with. There was really no reason to cheer on Rokko and Ratanapol's love because there was no backstory showing how amazing their love was beforehand. We start off the film with a breakup scene, then go straight to the time skip. We also don't get any scene with them actually showing any sort of love for each other, so... yeah... Are they really a couple?
I understand that they only had 7 minutes to work with, but I've seen shorter music videos that give me more compelling stories, and that's with the artist's random singing cut-scenes. I really don't want to bash on this too much since it's so short, but I kinda wish we got some cute scenes of them together instead of the half-hearted angst they attempted to pull off. Maybe a cute drama would have been better? I don't know.
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Please don't get me wrong, this is a really nice comeback for Perth and Talay fans, who have been waiting for years after My Engineer to see them finally get together. However, we've seen Perth and Talay in better dramas that this short 7 minute drama isn't really doesn't do much for us. It also doesn't help that we don't get any scenes with them visually expressing their love for each other.
Lastly, I know I bashed on it a lot in this review, but watch it first. It's honestly not that bad unless you decide to knit-pick at it like I did for the sake of this review.
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