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I don't think WWII and thai buffoon-acting gels well
I'm not a fan of Bie Sukrit (I neither find him attractive, nor a good actor. Even after I watched 'Ruk Jub Jai' and understood he honestly works hard, it's just how it is). Or period/war. Not a fan of one nationality actors being cast as other nationality characters. Not very interested to see this was I, then:) Nevertheless, it got subtitled... So I tried.
Besides the leading young couple, there's a numerous cast of "uncles" I know from many previous lakorns, of course. I don't want to offend anybody, I enjoy thai lakorns tremendously, I just don't think the WWII and thai buffoon-acting gels well. As one of the Tags here lists 'Tragedy', I was prepared for one (just in the different sense of it, LOL).
Well, the tragedy mostly consists of hearing Bie Sukrit trying to sound like born japanese. On the other hand, he picks up on thai language remarkably well, LOL. It was soon clear to me that if I was to continue watching, I just must concentrate on the romance side of it and ignore all the japanese/war element with all my might. Else this lakorn would get dropped by me in episode 1. So I really hoped the romance would be good (I rated 'Teacher's Diary' 10, despite it being almost "one man show" of Bie Sukrit).
So, how's the romance? Pra'ek likes nang'ek from the start. He's supposed to be high ranking military official, yet he does not understand why they shoudn't be all friends. Of course it's to make him a likeable character, but it's a bit beside reality even for a lakorn. After all, they're at war, LOL. Whenever there's a slightest disagreement, he acts all surprised. It's easy to see why nang'ek is annoyed with him, there's many scenes where there's tension but he keeps smiling. Until one of those days nang'ek finds herself smiling along...? I tried to get hooked on the romance and I couldn't.
Even the simplest dialogue here tires me. Bie Sukrit and Noona Nuengtida speak to each other laboriously, as ones speaks foreign language. Plus Bie Sukrit then speaks this way even in the language that's supposed to be his own.
As Bie Sukrit is not pleasant to my eye and his or Noona's japanese not pleasant to my ear, plus there's many "uncles" with exactly the same way of acting like they do in a crazy lakorn but there is WWII, this already feels long to me after 5 episodes out of 24. How do I withstand all 24? Do I fastforward a lot? Oops, already doing that...
...And practically sleeping through it. At 9 episode out of 24... Pra'ek finds a GUY hiding in the closet at nang'ek's bedroom. LOL! I woke up... Oops! The guy is Oliver Pupart. Gah! I'm like starting to charge fine to this "lakorn". And now (perhaps because his character is supposed to be shocked?) Bie Sukrit starts speaking english, even (am I to be spared nothing?) which sounds like he's gonna throw up his own tonsils. Is this all like for real or not? I don't know whether I should laugh my a** off or angrily stop watching due the piety to WWII victims, I only know I can't imagine anyone taking this show seriously. Watching the antics of Ui Kriengkrai Oonhanun's character in the next scene... I confirmed there seriously should be a 'Parody' tag here on MDL, instead of 'Tragedy'.
At episode 10, there is a kiss scene (no faking). Perhaps things shall change for the better when the two of them are married? I'll be only glad, shifting my attention to their marriage, from the war. I like crazy humour sometimes, but watching thai parody on the war events? I better concentrate on the heroine re-playing the kiss in her mind saying to herself: "No, I hate him! He's the enemy!" And then he can come around and say: "Hey, no worries. See I am thai, like you! My name is Bie Sukrit!" LOL. If THAT actually happened in the scene, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. This IS parody, no matter what.
Next epi they don't bother to shoot real kiss anymore, so I'm afraid this show's ONLY asset has gone, LOL. On the verge of dropping this, again... I'm trying, Noona Nuengtida at least has her big expressive eyes, but Bie Sukrit just keeps showing his teeth tensely, which presents majority of his "acting". Ugh...
Epi 13: Truly bored. Yawn. Epi 14: I feel like dropping a huge bomb on the whole place so that everyone dies and the series ends now and not in TEN more episodes. Coincidentally, Bie Sukrit's character gives a speech in which he repeats he's willing to die. And I thought: "Please...":LOL. This is NOT the lakorn where I fastforward some scenes to get to those featuring both pra'ek & nang'ek together. This lakorn I fast-forward even during ONE conversation in between pra'ek & nang'ek! As I find it TOO LONG! Enough said?
I think I should really quit watching something I'm not really watching... Still, I feel like I should be awarded for surviving almost FOURTEEN episodes (didn't "watch" the 14th to the end). Because I have been suffering since the very first one.
Besides the leading young couple, there's a numerous cast of "uncles" I know from many previous lakorns, of course. I don't want to offend anybody, I enjoy thai lakorns tremendously, I just don't think the WWII and thai buffoon-acting gels well. As one of the Tags here lists 'Tragedy', I was prepared for one (just in the different sense of it, LOL).
Well, the tragedy mostly consists of hearing Bie Sukrit trying to sound like born japanese. On the other hand, he picks up on thai language remarkably well, LOL. It was soon clear to me that if I was to continue watching, I just must concentrate on the romance side of it and ignore all the japanese/war element with all my might. Else this lakorn would get dropped by me in episode 1. So I really hoped the romance would be good (I rated 'Teacher's Diary' 10, despite it being almost "one man show" of Bie Sukrit).
So, how's the romance? Pra'ek likes nang'ek from the start. He's supposed to be high ranking military official, yet he does not understand why they shoudn't be all friends. Of course it's to make him a likeable character, but it's a bit beside reality even for a lakorn. After all, they're at war, LOL. Whenever there's a slightest disagreement, he acts all surprised. It's easy to see why nang'ek is annoyed with him, there's many scenes where there's tension but he keeps smiling. Until one of those days nang'ek finds herself smiling along...? I tried to get hooked on the romance and I couldn't.
Even the simplest dialogue here tires me. Bie Sukrit and Noona Nuengtida speak to each other laboriously, as ones speaks foreign language. Plus Bie Sukrit then speaks this way even in the language that's supposed to be his own.
As Bie Sukrit is not pleasant to my eye and his or Noona's japanese not pleasant to my ear, plus there's many "uncles" with exactly the same way of acting like they do in a crazy lakorn but there is WWII, this already feels long to me after 5 episodes out of 24. How do I withstand all 24? Do I fastforward a lot? Oops, already doing that...
...And practically sleeping through it. At 9 episode out of 24... Pra'ek finds a GUY hiding in the closet at nang'ek's bedroom. LOL! I woke up... Oops! The guy is Oliver Pupart. Gah! I'm like starting to charge fine to this "lakorn". And now (perhaps because his character is supposed to be shocked?) Bie Sukrit starts speaking english, even (am I to be spared nothing?) which sounds like he's gonna throw up his own tonsils. Is this all like for real or not? I don't know whether I should laugh my a** off or angrily stop watching due the piety to WWII victims, I only know I can't imagine anyone taking this show seriously. Watching the antics of Ui Kriengkrai Oonhanun's character in the next scene... I confirmed there seriously should be a 'Parody' tag here on MDL, instead of 'Tragedy'.
At episode 10, there is a kiss scene (no faking). Perhaps things shall change for the better when the two of them are married? I'll be only glad, shifting my attention to their marriage, from the war. I like crazy humour sometimes, but watching thai parody on the war events? I better concentrate on the heroine re-playing the kiss in her mind saying to herself: "No, I hate him! He's the enemy!" And then he can come around and say: "Hey, no worries. See I am thai, like you! My name is Bie Sukrit!" LOL. If THAT actually happened in the scene, I wouldn't be a bit surprised. This IS parody, no matter what.
Next epi they don't bother to shoot real kiss anymore, so I'm afraid this show's ONLY asset has gone, LOL. On the verge of dropping this, again... I'm trying, Noona Nuengtida at least has her big expressive eyes, but Bie Sukrit just keeps showing his teeth tensely, which presents majority of his "acting". Ugh...
Epi 13: Truly bored. Yawn. Epi 14: I feel like dropping a huge bomb on the whole place so that everyone dies and the series ends now and not in TEN more episodes. Coincidentally, Bie Sukrit's character gives a speech in which he repeats he's willing to die. And I thought: "Please...":LOL. This is NOT the lakorn where I fastforward some scenes to get to those featuring both pra'ek & nang'ek together. This lakorn I fast-forward even during ONE conversation in between pra'ek & nang'ek! As I find it TOO LONG! Enough said?
I think I should really quit watching something I'm not really watching... Still, I feel like I should be awarded for surviving almost FOURTEEN episodes (didn't "watch" the 14th to the end). Because I have been suffering since the very first one.
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